Chapter 248 Your Highness should also try to be a prostitute
Shangguan Hongye still couldn't help but struggle: "If you and I break up, will my father let you go?"
Ming Lan smiled nonchalantly: "Oh, thank you for reminding me, then I can work for His Highness the Crown Prince if I don't get married. Which one does His Highness King Qin prefer? Which one do you choose?"
Shangguan Hongye suppressed his anger and ground his molars, wanting to bite this witch into pieces and eat her!
But at this time, Tang Bijun had already walked up to them, smiled and saluted: "See His Highness King Qin, Concubine Ming."
Ming Lanruo said calmly: "Second Miss Tang, you are so polite. Please get back on your feet."
Tang Bijun then stood up. Her beautiful and majestic facial features were now painted with makeup, making them even more gorgeous. She looked at Shangguan Hongye with a smile: "Your Highness, did you like the sword dance just now?"
Ming Lanruo: "..."
Oh, this eldest sister is so straightforward. She completely pretends that her "first wife" does not exist and directly seduces others.
But she was happy to see the result, and even looked at him with a rude sideways glance.
Shangguan Hongye forced a smile with a pessimistic expression: "Yes, the bottom plate is very stable. It can be seen that Miss Tang Er often stalls."
Ming Lanruo: "..."
Did this guy do this on purpose? Which man would praise a woman like that!
Shangguan Hongye didn't care if Ming Lanruo stepped on him secretly!
If he were asked to praise this woman for anything else, he would never do it.
Tang Bijun, on the other hand, seemed to have heard some interesting compliments, his eyes were bright, and he covered his lips and smiled softly: "Your Highness is right, the master hired by my father always punished me when I was a child. Have you ever been punished by the master when you were practicing martial arts?
"
Shangguan Hongye saw that these words were not pretentious, so he nodded: "People who practice martial arts must practice hard in basic skills, and they will definitely be punished if they don't do well."
Tang Bijun smiled: "Your Highness, as a nobleman of Tianhuang, can still be so attentive. No wonder he is invincible on the battlefield. If there is an opportunity, Bijun would like to ask His Highness for two tricks."
Ming Lanruo watched the two of them walk forward naturally, leaving her behind.
She smiled and pretended not to know that Tang Bijun deliberately used the topic of martial arts to exclude her, who was not good at martial arts, and at the same time approached Shangguan Hongye.
It's good. She doesn't need to worry about that idiot Shangguan Hongye who doesn't know how to seduce.
She led everyone to follow him nonchalantly, and she also had a new impression of Tang Bijun in her heart.
This Miss Tang Er is the one who truly possesses the true ability of Magistrate Tang - speaking nonsense to people and lying to ghosts.
He is domineering and cruel to ordinary people who are inferior to him, but he has the ability to humiliate people whose status is higher than his own, even if his ear is cut off, as if the matter does not exist at all.
Swallow and resolve all embarrassments with ease.
"Miss Tang Er, you are really a character. She can endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens very well." Ming Lanruo whispered to Qiao Yan beside her.
Qiao Yan nodded slightly: "When a person like this smiles at you, the hand behind his back must be holding a knife. Whenever he has the opportunity, he will stab his enemy many times."
Ming Lanruo was a little jealous and hummed: "Your tone sounds familiar. What, you know Miss Tang Er very well?"
Qiao Yan smiled softly: "Because this is the kind of person this subordinate is."
Ming Lanruo trembled: "..."
Okay, here are the people who can really tolerate it!
The group of people walked deep into the peach forest and saw a gorgeous mansion with an extremely large area - cornices, brackets, and winding corridors.
Full of Jiangnan style.
This is no other courtyard on the island, this is clearly a palace!
Ming Lanruo was stunned for a moment, it was really...a big deal.
"Heiliaocheng, no, are the local emperors of Northeastern Territory really so rich? But Northeastern Territory pays a lot of taxes to the court every year. The Yumi Township in the south of the Yangtze River is so rich, but no one is as rich as Northeastern Territory."
Ming Lanruo was puzzled and asked Qiao Yan in a low voice.
"As the saying goes, a small temple has a big evil spirit. This temple in Northeast China is not only not small, but also has a big evil spirit." Qiao Yan narrowed his eyes.
He said: "Northeastern Xinjiang and Beijin people border Goguryeo, and there is mutual trade every year, which is a lot of money. Secondly, although Northeastern Xinjiang will pay taxes on time, people from Beijin will come to invade from time to time, and the Ministry of Household Affairs of the imperial court will allocate large sums of money every year.
A sum of money and provisions are coming down."
"So, it actually means that the money arrived at the household department and was transferred and then came out again?" Ming Lanruo snorted lightly when he heard this.
This was a good deal. The Tang magistrate had a reputation of being loyal and patriotic, and he also got money.
Ming Lanruo asked again: "He has been here for more than 20 years, and all the feudal officials above him have been transferred several times. Why can he remain the prefect for 20 years?"
Qiao Yan said calmly: "Just because he is a fourth-grade prefect and not a second- or third-grade official who is watched closely by the court, he can manage to grow so far, and..."
Ming Lanruo murmured in a low voice: "Besides, I'm afraid he may have colluded with the prince later."
Shangguan Hongye's power was in the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of War, but the prince's power was in the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials, otherwise he wouldn't have taken over the emperor's black market just to make money.
As long as the prince takes care of these two places a little, it will be easy to protect a mere fourth-grade prefect from being transferred for twenty years.
Qiao Yan looked at Ming Lanruo with a warm smile: "The little empress is really smart. If she is a man, she can also be a minister."
If Ming Lan was praised, he was praised seriously by a serious and top official.
She whispered with pleasure and a little emotion: "This world just doesn't give girls a chance. If they can study and become officials like men, who says women are inferior to men?"
While he was talking, Magistrate Tang had already come over and saw Shangguan Hongye and Tang Bijun chatting happily. The smile on his plump face became even brighter.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Ming, the banquet has been prepared." He stretched out his hand to make a respectful gesture of invitation.
Although it was the birthday banquet of the Tang magistrate, Ming Lanruo and King Qin were invited to the upper left seat, while Tang Zhifu and Ruan sat in the upper right seat.
The rest of the young masters, ladies and guests all took their seats, but Tang Bijun was placed where King Qin was bowing his head. Although they were separated by some people, they could almost see each other by raising their eyes.
"Because it is a family banquet, if I have made any negligence, please forgive me, Your Highness, Concubine Ming." Magistrate Tang said with a genuine smile.
Shangguan Hongye said calmly: "Master Tang is joking. There is something wrong with such a banquet. The banquet in the palace will be shameful."
The Tang magistrate did not seem to hear his sarcasm, and still smiled like Maitreya Buddha, beckoning everyone to start the feast, and started singing and dancing.
One after another delicacies were served like running water, the sound of silk, bamboo, sheng and flute was faint, the petals of the peach blossom forest were flying, the door was crowded with guests, and congratulatory gifts were sent one after another.
Ming Lanruo watched the dance and ate with great interest.
She was originally poisonous and was never afraid of poisons. She also prepared pills that could prevent poisons and intoxicants for her people to take.
Tang Bijun, on the other hand, saw her eating and drinking calmly and happily. He raised his eyes and raised a glass to her: "Ming Fei, what do you think of my father's birthday banquet today?"
Minglanruo's starry eyes were smiling and she also raised her glass: "This ten-mile peach forest and meandering water banquet is something I have never seen before in the royal family. It is an eye-opener. The peach banquet in the sky is nothing more than this."
Ming Lanruo's sincere praise made Tang Bijun choke.
She looked at Ming Lanruo with unpredictable eyes. Is this woman really careless or brainless, or... is she pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger?
But it doesn't matter, no matter what Minglan wants to do, she won't be able to go back alive today.
Mrs. Ruan felt that she had been praised, because she had organized the banquet by herself, and smiled proudly: "Your Majesty, you're welcome, this banquet is nothing."
Tang Bijun looked at Ruan with cold eyes and smiled sarcastically. She was such a...short-sighted girl.
Then, she toasted to Shangguan Hongye with a smile: "Your Highness, this is the white-brewed Shao Daozi from Northeast Xinjiang. The taste is different from the Shao Daozi on the market, but it is just as hot. Would you like to try it?"
Shangguan Hongye originally wanted to pretend that he didn't hear what he was talking to Magistrate Tang, but the woman next to him suddenly stepped on his foot while he was not paying attention, and slowly and hard crushed him.
Shangguan Hongye's handsome face sank, but he still picked up the wine glass angrily, shook it casually at Tang Bijun, and was about to drink it all in one gulp with a cold face.
But I heard Ming Lanruo pretending to drink alcohol casually, but lowered her voice: "Smile, don't you know how to laugh? You can't even seduce people!"
Shangguan Hongye froze and smiled humiliatingly at Tang Bijun.
Seeing that Tang Bijun seemed quite satisfied with his "knowledge", she also smiled at him with satisfaction.
Shangguan Hongye had a handsome face, and his complexion was ashen.
Damn it! Why does he have to smile at a woman like a brothel prostitute? But he has already done it!
At this moment, he suddenly realized the feelings of those women who were sent by their husbands and masters to other men to accompany them with wine and bed.
Humiliation and grief and anger!
Ming Lanruo wasn't interested in seeing his mood, and he didn't consider her mood when he gave her to the prince in his previous life.
"Your Highness, this is for your great cause, just bear with it, remember to smile, you know, don't forget to toast Miss Tang Er later." She sipped the wine lazily.
Anyway, he can do anything for the great cause, right?
These words were extremely harsh to Shangguan Hongye's ears. What did she take him for?
For the sake of a great cause, can he be a bitch? It’s obviously to save his father...
He involuntarily squeezed the cup in his hand angrily, but suddenly felt ridiculous and took a sip of wine.
No, it is undeniable that even saving her father is for the great cause, so——
Yes, he really did a fucking bitch for the great cause!
Qiao Yan was holding his sword not far away and had a panoramic view of Shangguan Hongye being forced to drink with Ming Lanruo. He was in a good mood and curled his lips fondly.
His little empress is really decisive.
To those you don’t love, you really don’t show any hesitation.
When he wronged her because of Yun Ni, she immediately turned her back and refused to recognize him. She was so cold and cold to the end. Now Shangguan Hongye can taste it.
…
Ming Lanruo no longer paid attention to Shangguan Hongye's ugly and gloomy expression.
Her attention has been on Tang Bijun and Ruan Shi from just now.
Because when Ruan was joking with him just now, Tang Bijun saw that Ruan’s expression was not right——
It was really not like the look in the eyes of a daughter looking at her biological mother, which was full of contempt, contempt, and indifference.
In her previous life, when she was the concubine of the Eastern Palace, Shangguan Zhou, a cold-blooded person who put his interests first, also despised the former queen as useless and unable to keep her position as queen, thus causing him trouble.
But when it comes to the Queen, no matter how disgusted or irritated she is, the bond between family members is still very clear.
But although Tang Bijun didn't show any disrespect towards Ruan, the indifference in her eyes was completely like looking at a useless servant.
She calmly watched the interactions between Ruan and her other biological children, and she discovered that something was even more wrong.
The Ruan family has a harmonious relationship with their eldest son, as well as their eldest daughter who went home to celebrate her birthday after getting married, and other children.
Even though she is a taciturn person who likes to act like a proper wife, she and her other children always show a closeness and gentleness, whether they are toasting or exchanging a word or two occasionally.
but……
Regarding Tang Bijun, Ruan's expression was a little different.
She obviously looks like a 'mother is kind and her son is filial', but the movements of her smiling muscles are a bit polite and distant, even uncomfortable.
Not like you treat your children, but like your boss.
She was thoughtful, could it be that this Tang Bijun was not the Ruan family’s biological child? But why was it recorded in the Ruan family’s name?
Before she could figure out why, suddenly...
"Pfft——!" Shangguan Hongye beside him suddenly froze, and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground. Then he spit out a large mouthful of blood.
Then, his face turned pale and he leaned over and fell down.
Ming Lanruo looked stern, and with quick eyes and hands, she supported him.