"Don't get too proud too early." Ms. Zhang narrowed her eyes, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, "Concubine Ye just offended Princess Yongle, maybe she didn't realize it?"
Princess Yongle?
Ye Fuxun raised his eyebrows and glanced at Mrs. Zhang calmly: "Concubine Zhang is familiar with Princess Yongle?"
"That's natural!" Ms. Zhang curled her lips. How did Ye Fuxun know how powerful Princess Yongle was?
She had been in and out of the palace since she was a child, so she naturally knew that the late emperor had so many princesses, and the one she loved the most was the youngest Princess Yongle.
In order to please Princess Yongle, she had spent a lot of time in the past.
No, it has been almost four years since Princess Yongle left the capital. When she came back, as soon as she saw her, she pulled her close and talked about her family's shortcomings.
When he learned that she had entered the Prince's Mansion, he asked His Highness many questions in detail.
It must be because I care about her.
Also, when Princess Yongle left the capital, His Highness had not yet returned to the capital, so naturally she was not familiar with His Highness's situation.
Mrs. Zhang then told Princess Yongle in detail.
This time, Princess Yongle seems to be planning to return to the capital to stay for a long time and become good friends with Princess Yongle. Maybe she can also take advantage of Princess Yongle's success and contribute to His Highness.
Seeing Mrs. Zhang's mysterious and proud expression, Ye Fuxun couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, and simply held the tea and drank it slowly.
I no longer had the interest to question Mr. Zhang.
The dinner began, and when the dinner was about halfway through, Princess Yongle suddenly stood up and bowed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Yongle accidentally found a merit stone in Lu County, which means that our Yan Kingdom is prosperous and peaceful, and the emperor's talents and strategies are a blessing to our people all over the world.
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Princess Yongle spoke beautifully. After hearing this, the emperor was very interested in the merit stone she talked about and asked someone to bring it up for a look.
At this moment, Jiujiu's voice sounded in Ye Fuxun's mind again: 'Host, we have a new mission.'
"Say." Ye Fuxun took the dish and put it into his mouth unhurriedly.
'Please host try to expose Princess Yongle's plan and let the emperor find out that the poison on the merit stone was actually done intentionally by Princess Yongle.'
"The merit stone is poisonous?" Ye Fuxun was surprised.
Princess Yongle is the emperor's sister, why did she give the poisonous merit stone?
Want to poison the emperor?
In full view of everyone?
impossible.
Ye Fuxun instantly overturned this idea.
"Jiujiu, since you said that the poison on the merit stone was done intentionally by Princess Yongle..." Ye Fuxun frowned slightly, "Did she want to blame this matter on others?"
Jiujiu paused for a moment and then spoke: 'Host, I found some information.'
"read."
‘The goal of Princess Yongle’s visit to the capital this time is to persuade the emperor to allow her to live in the capital permanently.’
'The surface of the Merit Stone is poisonous. Princess Yongle tried her best to cause the Emperor's father-in-law to be poisoned and die, and take revenge.'
'The emperor was furious and must have ordered a thorough investigation. Princess Yongle can prove that the merit stone was not poisonous when it was brought into the palace for inspection, and she never touched the merit stone again after entering the palace. This proves that someone in the palace wants to frame her.'
'After that, Princess Yongle went to the emperor to cry out her grievances, so that the emperor would be relieved of what happened and allow her to return to the capital to live permanently.'
"Host, I've finished reading the message." Jiujiu poked his finger. He was reading the book carefully just now and almost forgot to click the question mark button.
Ye Fuxun nodded slightly.
In this way, the whole thing becomes much clearer.
Princess Yongle left the capital many years ago for good reasons. In order to return to the capital this time, she really went out of her way and even resorted to poisoning.
She was not afraid that the emperor would personally come down and touch the merit stone when he was happy. Then, let alone thoroughly investigate the real culprit, he would just kill her first.
Even if a thorough investigation was conducted first, how could she, the person who brought the merit stone into the palace, not be implicated?
I feel like Princess Yongle’s brain is not very good either.
While Ye Fuxun was thinking about it, he saw two eunuchs holding a two-foot-square tray. The tray was covered with red silk cloth, and a large silver cover was covered on top of the red silk cloth.
Just like the food.
Everyone looked at the shining silver lid and wondered how the merit stone looked like.
The emperor laughed loudly and said: "Since it is a rare merit stone, everyone should come out to have a look!"
As soon as he finished speaking, many courtiers and officials responded and walked towards the merit stone while praising him.
There were also courageous female relatives who came forward in twos and threes to join in the fun.
Ye Fuxun secretly said hello and stood up.
I heard Madam Zhang murmuring from the side: "The Crown Princess has told us not to ruin the reputation of the Crown Prince's Mansion. Why don't Concubine Ye just stay here and stay there, so as not to cause any trouble later."
Ye Fuxun responded with a smile but not a smile: "I just realized today that Concubine Zhang is so self-aware."
After saying this, she turned sideways lightly and walked towards the merit stone.
Not long after she got close, she saw Ji Yannuo walking towards her, standing beside her and asking in a low voice: "Ah Xun, are you curious?"
She smiled and raised her face: "Your Highness, this is the first time for me to see the merit stone."
The two of them whispered intimately, which made Zhang, who had not understood the meaning of Ye Fulun's words just now, suddenly turn red again.
This Concubine Ye!
At that time, under the signal of Eunuch De, one of the eunuchs holding the merit stone opened the silver cover, revealing a white and smooth natural stone one foot square.
"What kind of stone is this? How come it is so crystal clear, like jewelry?"
"Look at the shape of this merit stone. Does it look like a running deer?"
"It's like! It's so like! Such a naturally-born merit stone is simply a miraculous workmanship. Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!"
"The white deer is auspicious! This merit stone means that our country, Yan, will be peaceful and prosperous!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, may all generations live together!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, may all generations live together!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, may all generations live together!"
The words almost echoed throughout the entire hall.
After hearing this, the emperor was very happy. He looked at his father-in-law and told him to hold up the merit stone for him to take a good look at.
Eunuch De smiled and agreed, walking down in small steps.
Ye Fuxun kept squinting at the merit stone.
One after another, undulating lines like waves are vaguely visible on the white and smooth stone. The color of those lines is not deep, but light green.
If you look carefully, you can see that the color of the green lines changes quite regularly, from deep to light, and then from light to dark.
She suddenly pulled Ji Yannuo's sleeve: "Your Highness, does this stone look similar to the zircon star we saw in ancient books a few days ago?"
Because he was very interested in the special strings of Que Shi Qin, Ye Fuxun heard that Ji Yannuo mentioned that he had read about the string information in ancient books, so he took him to search the books.
The two of them searched many ancient books together and read a lot of related materials that can be used to make strings.
The stone described in one of the books is almost identical to this merit stone.