readytorunbook Chapter 149: Everyone speaks
Chapter 149: Everyone speaks
News continued to come from the people about the great military exploits of the Third Prince.
The imperial concubine dressed up gorgeously every day, and no one in the harem could match her popularity.
In the Yanyun Palace, Meng Yanzhen was wearing a water-colored skirt that showed off her slender waist. She stood facing the wind, with a ribbon fluttering around her waist. Her black hair was piled up loosely. She had no hairpins or jewelry, only a fresh white peony with dew on it, and the petals were slightly pink. Meng Yanzhen looked even brighter and more charming.
Lan Ye held the little prince and played with a rattle, watching Meng Yanzhen cellaring jasmine flowers bit by bit, just like Zhao Fangyu did at the beginning.
"Your Majesty has been here a lot these days, tell everyone in the palace to be careful and not let in anything that shouldn't be in there."
Meng Yanzhen does not compete with the imperial concubine for the limelight.
She seems not to be fighting, but in fact she is already fighting.
The third prince must have done something in Longxi, otherwise he would not have made such great contributions, but the emperor remained indifferent.
Not even a hairpin was given to the third prince's mother. Even the third prince's pregnant wife who stayed in the capital had never received a single needle or thread from the emperor.
Not long after, Qian Jiangping's voice of reporting came from outside the palace gate. Meng Yanzhen stood up hurriedly, a strand of hair fell on her cheek. She was not wearing any makeup, but she had a natural beauty that no one could compare to.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is safe."
Meng Yanzhen bowed gently, and the emperor smiled and took her hand as he led her into the palace. Lan Ye followed tactfully, holding the little prince in her arms.
Qian Jiangping stood outside the hall steadily.
Xiao Rouzi, who was beside the imperial concubine, came over to ask for a meeting, but before she reached Qian Jiangping, she was stopped by Xiao Quanzi.
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The public's discussion about the third prince suddenly died down, but with the groundwork laid in the previous days, the public's discussion about the third prince could not be stopped by Yang Xiaofei's timely withdrawal.
With the spread of public opinion and the fate of other princes' mothers' families, there are more and more comments about the third prince, to the point that it seems that except for the third prince, every other prince is a useless piece of shit.
The emperor looked at the news reported by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, sneered twice, and threw the letter away. Pei Yan watched coldly without saying a word.
Zhao Fangyu knew nothing about the news in the palace. She was just like an ordinary girl. She took Shisiniang on a quick tour and worshipped Buddha to fulfill her vows.
"I think the scar on your face seems to have faded a little."
Zhao Fangyu pinched Shisiniang's face and looked at her left and right, examining her carefully.
The doctor that the lady invited from Jiangnan was indeed very capable. He applied medicine every day and the condition seemed to have improved a little.
Shisiniang no longer cared about the scar on her face and wanted to touch it, but Zhao Fangyu stopped her: "You don't want to get better, right? How can you touch it casually? What if it gets damaged?"
Shisiniang begged for mercy: "Okay, okay, I won't touch you. You really care more about me than my mother."
Zhao Fangyu smiled and hit Shisiniang: "You want to slander me? I can't afford a troublesome girl like you."
"How can you hurt yourself like this for others?"
"If I find any wine in your room again, just wait!"
Shisiniang whined and moaned, and snuggled into Zhao Fangyu's arms and acted coquettishly. This was the scene Zhao Fangjin saw when he came.
"Okay guys, what are you going to play?"
Zhao Fangjin was wearing a golden-red brocade skirt with folds and a beige wide-sleeved jacket embroidered with white peonies in gold thread.
Shu Jie'er, who was holding Aba Aba in her arms and reaching out to Zhao Fangyu to hold her, said with bright eyes, "You two are having fun. It's a pity for our Shu Jie, who has been calling for you at home every day."
As soon as she got off the ground, Shu Jie'er rushed into Zhao Fangyu's arms. The little chubby girl, who could not even walk steadily, was so anxious that she almost ran away. When she was picked up, her two little chubby legs were still tumbling in the air.
"Aunt!"
A kiss was imprinted on Zhao Fangyu's face, and Shisiniang also moved her face closer. Shu Jie'er did not show any partiality and kissed each of them with a loud smack!
Zhao Fangjin also came over, and the three of them sat together: "Speaking of which, you have to thank me. The Second Prince is going back to the court."
Zhao Fangyu was surprised: "Did you win?"
"No, that's not the case. I heard the news from the court this morning. I was afraid that you would miss him, so I brought Sister Shu to tell you as soon as I got the news."
Thinking of Zhou Qinghe, the first thing Zhao Fangyu thought of was the fat bamboo leaf purse that had not been given away.
When he came to his senses again, he met the playful gazes of Shisiniang and Zhao Fangjin.
"Come back if you want. What does it have to do with me? Do you want me to go to the city gate and beat the gongs and drums?"
Shisiniang couldn't suppress the smile on her face, and she didn't even want to suppress it: "I don't know who it is, but he told me before that it was just okay."
As she spoke, she pulled out a fat bamboo leaf purse from the needlework frame on the other side of the room and said, "Big sister, come and take a look for me. Does Li Ge'er need such a big purse?"
Zhao Fangyu: "..."
Zhao Fangjin took it in a pretentious manner, carefully examined it in his hands, and then turned to Zhao Fangyu and said earnestly: "I am not good at sewing, wait for me to ask mother!"
As she was about to leave, Zhao Fangyu pulled her back: "Big sister!"
The three of them were laughing and joking, and Shu Jie'er also shouted to join in this fun that she couldn't understand. The noise was so noisy that the Jinyiwei couldn't hear anything and left quietly.
The three of them played until the evening. Shu Jie'er stayed at the Zhao family and lived with the eldest lady, while Zhao Fangjin still lived in his own yard. After Zhao Fangyu dismissed everyone, she quietly opened the note that Zhao Fangjin had stuffed into her bed with the help of a dim light.
The emperor is planning to make the second prince a king, and the Secretariat has already received an imperial edict with the imperial seal.
I'm afraid the imperial edict will be issued as soon as the second prince returns to the court.
Zhao Fangyu looked at the words above with terrifying calmness.
He went over the recent news in his mind again and again, and finally determined that the emperor might be displeased with the third prince.
The third prince did not reveal such shortcomings in the past. As a prince, the future prince favored by the emperor naturally enjoyed the limelight.
But now that the shortcomings have been exposed, everything has to change.
As a prince, he forced his stepmother's younger brother to disguise himself as him and fight on the battlefield.
If this matter is done by someone else, it will not have the same effect.
Zhao Fangyu put the cigarette into the lamp with a cold face and burned it. His eyes were like water and no emotion could be seen.
Before long, the news that the princes were returning to the court spread everywhere.
Zhao Fangyu was not the only one who knew about this. The Third Prince's Mansion was also in turmoil.
Yang Xiaofei, with her bulging belly, brought her two concubines and made grand arrangements in the prince's mansion.
Just from going to the silk shop to purchase red chips for decoration, we purchased thousands of feet of them!
He also hired an unmarried woman with a clean background and both parents alive to make silk flowers at the Third Prince's residence. The whole Upper Capital knew that the Third Prince, who had made great military achievements in Longxi, was returning to the court to receive rewards.
In the Yanyun Palace, Meng Yanzhen leaned on the emperor's arms, holding the emperor's chest again and again: "I don't know how my illegitimate brother is doing. I sent him to Longxi in the past because I wanted to ask the brothers from my maternal grandfather's family to take care of him."
"I just hope he doesn't cause any trouble."
The emperor paused while turning the rosary in his hand, then patted Meng Yanzhen again, "Don't worry, he's fine."