"The fourth princess is the one who brought it upon herself. Your Highness does not need to sympathize with her." Leng Yue felt hypocritical when thinking of Yun Zijiao.
It is obvious that he is a doormat and dare not say a word when being abused by his husband, but he dares to use vicious methods on His Highness. He deserves to end up like this.
After a while, two maids came in carrying cut fruits, including iced watermelon, peaches, and plum juice.
"You guys bring a plate over and eat." Yun Zishu ordered, "I and Sicang will be alone for a while."
"yes."
Leng Yue hurriedly carried a plate of watermelon and led the two maids in the palace out.
"Come and sit." Yun Zishu raised her hand to greet Sicang, "I just tasted this peach. It's very sweet. You should try it too."
Sicang sat over and had no interest in fruits, but he still obediently ate a piece with a bamboo stick: "Wei Cheng and the officials of King Jing's party have begun to make moves secretly. At present, Prime Minister Wei has the power of a civil servant in the court.
Support, King Jing’s party has a stronger background. His Highness thinks that if the emperor’s wishes are ignored, which one of them has a better chance of winning?”
Yun Zishu drank the sour plum juice, which was cold, sour and sweet, and tasted great: "The King of Qi himself is not as capable as King Jing, not to mention that the civil servants can slowly gather them, but not everyone can have military power and huge financial resources."
Therefore, whether Prime Minister Wei is secretly making small moves to deal with the prince, or trying to draw dirty water to Yun Zishu, you can let him go for the time being, as long as they don't fall for the trick.
"My father is probably aware of the recent instability in the court. He knows that once the prince is deposed, the two parties, King Qi and King Jing, will immediately take action. It is not good for King Jing to depose the prince now." Yun Zishu smiled lightly, "So this is the reason.
It explains why my father can tolerate the prince doing such ridiculous things."
It's not because of anything else, it's just that the emperor feels that it's not the time to depose the crown prince yet, and King Jing still lacks a step of experience. Once the two factions of King Qi and King Jing really start fighting for the throne, King Jing's energy will be dispersed a lot, which will not be conducive to winning more for him.
time to win over the important officials in the DPRK.
On the contrary, the emperor tolerated such a mess caused by the prince. Many ministers in the court thought that Concubine Wu and the prince were still the most favored, and could be forgiven for committing such a heinous mistake. With this thought in their hearts,
You won't be easily swayed by others.
The plan that Prime Minister Wei wanted to plan for King Qi would be more difficult.
"Let them mess around." Yun Zishu smiled faintly, "We just have to pay attention to it ourselves. If we notice any flaws at any time, we can fix them in time and we won't join in their fun for the time being."
July is passing day by day, and the weather is still hot and dry.
As the Xiao family's affairs cooled down, the prince's troubles in the palace gradually cooled down, and the emperor's anger gradually calmed down.
In August, the Ministry of Rites became busy, and the situation between the DPRK and China also experienced some obvious changes.
Su Muchen's life was a bit difficult during this period. The main reason was that his colleagues in the court looked at him with subtle eyes, and occasionally asked directly: "What is the origin of the beauty that Mr. Su gave to the prince?"
Su Muchen smiled bitterly: "To be honest, she is really my sister. I was forced to panic by the princess a few days ago. I had no choice but to offer this sister in my panic."
Yun Zishu sent someone to specifically tell Su Muchen that Lianyue was his sister. Even if she was not a biological sister, she could still be a sister from the same clan and the same surname. Anyway, his family was not in the capital. Even if someone really went to investigate, it would not take a day or two.
It can be found.
Furthermore, if someone really went to his hometown to investigate the matter, Sicang would arrange for someone to intercept him in the middle. In short, it would not be possible for anyone to know Lianyue's identity, and it would not be possible for Su Muchen to be charged with deceiving the emperor.
As long as he doesn't admit it, no one can do anything to him.
After the court that day, the emperor summoned Su Muchen to go to the imperial study, and finally asked about Lianyue. Su Muchen knelt on the ground and said in fear: "Damn it, I brought her here with the intention of marrying sister Lianyue."
Beijing, I never thought..."
"Didn't Lianyue bring it to the prince yourself?"
"Yes." Su Muchen lowered his head, "Your Majesty."
"explain."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw my biological sister on the street one day. He said that he fell in love with me at first sight. He is so lucky to be able to serve His Royal Highness the Prince's capable sister. But unfortunately, on the day when the Crown Prince went to the minister's house, he happened to meet his eldest princess... She...
…”
Emperor Zhaoming's expression darkened, and he probably remembered Yun Zishu's ridiculous behavior, and said calmly: "Let's get to the point."
"The princess brought Chen's mother and sister to the princess mansion. The prince took me to ask for someone, but the princess didn't buy it and even sent Chen's sister to clean the toilet. The prince walked away in anger, and I didn't dare to follow the princess.
To resist, we can only resign first."
Brush the toilet?
Emperor Zhaoming's expression froze, and he couldn't help but become more and more disgusted with Yun Zishu's behavior.
"Later, I felt unsure and worried that His Highness the Crown Prince would be angry, so I took it upon myself to dedicate another sister to the Crown Prince." Su Muchen whispered, "Originally, this sister had no intention of showing up to the public so early because she was born too young.
She is beautiful, I want to find a good marriage for her, so giving her to the prince is a helpless move, I hope the emperor will understand."
"Lianyue is also your biological sister?"
"No." Su Muchen lowered his head, "She is a sister from the same clan in Chen's hometown. This time I went back to pick up my mother and sister to the capital. I accidentally learned that she was noticed because of her beauty, so I thought of bringing her to the capital.
Come on, I thought to myself, with her appearance, it shouldn’t be a problem to marry a young man from an aristocratic family, but I didn’t expect that such a thing would happen.”
"Lianyue is missing now."
"When I heard about this, I have been uneasy these days. I always feel ashamed of her." Su Muchen looked sad, and then he apologized in fear, "I don't know how to blame the prince, please see the emperor clearly."
"Lian Yue has an innocent life experience?"
"I guarantee that her life experience is innocent."
The emperor nodded: "Please step back first."
"I excuse myself."
The emperor sat in front of the royal desk, his brows calm, but his eyes glowed with a dark and calculating look.
"Your Majesty," Yang Xi reported respectfully, "Master Taifu is here."
"please come in."
"yes."
Taifu Wu walked into the imperial study, knelt down respectfully and saluted the emperor: "Old minister, see the emperor——"
"Your Majesty, please get up quickly." Emperor Zhaoming stood up and raised his hand to indicate his level, "I summoned your Majesty here because I have something important to discuss with him."
Wu Taifu has been troubled by the prince's affairs in the past two days. He was also anxious when he was summoned today. Hearing the emperor's words, he quickly replied: "Your Majesty has given you an order. I will definitely die to my death."
"There is no need for Taifu to be so fussy." Emperor Zhaoming's tone was gentler, with a smile on his face, "It's just a very common thing."