Chapter 38 Slap
The eldest princess is the only daughter of the late emperor, now his majesty the emperor on the throne, that is, named Yongtao eldest princess, from the period of the Cheng Wang Fu, until the palace, this princess is extremely favored, but the temperament did not go along the flying and domineering road, but rather to the sorrowful green lake water more and more deeper and more deeper, not moving, sad spring and sad autumn, because of the flying flowers tears, because of the east to the river sniffles- -Of course, this is a certain character trait that is revealed only in front of the closest people.
She looked at the empress dowager with a grudge and said, “The emperor s brother is also yes, promised to which family is not good, have to be promised to the Fan family, knowing that the Fan family and the prime minister lord ……”
“You guys go out first.” The Empress Dowager suddenly opened her eyes, lowered her voice but said two words very majestically. The Sisters were expressionless and quietly retreated.
“Snap!” With a sound, a reddish palm print appeared on the face of the eldest princess, and she looked at her mother in front of her with eyes full of fear. The Empress Dowager gritted her teeth and said in a chilling voice, “How many times have I said, don’t mention that person in front of me! You don’t want face, our royal family still wants face! Back then, if you hadn’t used this life of yours to protect him, I would have killed that person long ago!”
“After all these years, I didn’t let him see Chen’er once, but I didn’t put any obstacles in his way.” The Empress Dowager’s kindness has long gone nowhere at this time, and her face is full of frost, “Because I know that when he wanted to marry you, it was you who were afraid of mistaking his future, so you didn’t marry …… well! You want to give him the future, I will give him the future, now he has been the head of the hundred officials, you should also have finished the original wish, but …… I do not allow you and him to have any further relationship, and in the morning child’s marriage above, surnamed Lin’s family, there can not be any right to speak, understand it?”
The eldest princess wiped away her tears and tried to smile, but her voice was a little shaky, “Understood.”
“Yes.” The Empress had long been shocked by the scene just now, and hurriedly bowed her head and answered.
“Empress ah, you shouldn’t keep serving by the side of the mourning family. When you have free time, you still need to accompany His Majesty more and relieve His Majesty’s worries.” The Empress Dowager’s tone was much milder, the encouragement between her words was obvious.
The Empress smiled bitterly and responded as well, suddenly her brows furrowed as if she thought of something.
How could the Empress Dowager not be aware of these people’s thoughts, and said softly, “If there is something, just say it.”
The Empress glanced at the Eldest Princess who was still wiping away her tearstains. In a low voice, she said, “Eunuch Hong sent someone earlier to say that a case is being tried in the Kyoto government office today.”
“Oh? What case, actually even that old dog is interested.”
The Empress smiled embarrassedly, “Mother, this matter is actually of interest to everyone in the capital, because this case was in the morning in the government office, and has been delayed until earlier to have a result …… I heard that it was Guo Baokun, the only son of Guo Youzhi, the minister of etiquette, suing the one in the Fan House, saying that last night that person would be Guo Baokun stopped the street beat up some, but also recited a poem, which poem …… previously mother also looked at.”
“Oh?” The empress dowager was very surprised and said, “Miles of sadness often as a guest beat someone?”
This word, next to the queen could not help but cover her mouth and laughed, even the eldest princess also broke into laughter and said, “Mother speak really funny.”
The empress dowager laughed, “It’s not me who’s funny, it’s that Fan Xian who’s funny, it’s only been a few days since he entered the capital, why did he beat up the son of the minister of the Shangshu, quickly give me an explanation, and what’s the scene like above this government office.” She suddenly thought of something and frowned, “The Kyoto government didn’t dare to use torture, right? If this is going to be broken, how can we get married in October?”
The Empress puffed and laughed, “What is Mother saying, although Fan Xian is not of any proper birth, but after all, he is the flesh and blood of Uncle Sinan, and has talent in his chest and belly, and has long been a scholar of the Xiu Cai, so it’s impossible for him to be beaten.”
“That’s good.” The empress dowager said, “Then Guo Baokun is not often with the crown prince with those people?”
For some reason, the Empress’s face instantly became a little uneasy, and she answered yes in a low voice. Sure enough, the empress hummed and said, “Those little brats, who only persuade Chengqian to walk the horse and make eagles, are all full of bad water, needless to say, that Fan Xian must have fought well.”
Rapunzel’s expression does not move, but the mood is very complicated, never expected mother is not ask the reason, will think Fan bastard hit good, but she was slapped earlier to teach, this time is in any case not convenient to speak. Fortunately, the Empress said in a small way, “That Guo Codifier does have some talent, and to be beaten in the street like this is always a bit of a stretch.”
Seems to notice that the empress and her own thoughts are not quite the same, the empress dowager did not have much of a reaction, faintly asked: “How is the result of the case trial?”
“Fan Xian moved King Jing’s son out as a witness, so the Kyoto government office had no choice but to temporarily adjourn the trial.”
“Hong Cheng gave him a witness? It seems that this little Fan Xian still has some popularity.”
The Empress was secretly pleased in her heart, knowing that although the Empress Dowager did not have anything on the surface, she was actually most tired of the overly close ties between the hundred officials and the royal family, but she also knew that things had to be measured, and that it was impossible to say too much, so she changed the subject back, “I heard that on the night when Compiler Guo was beaten up, the Fan family’s son and the World’s son were on the Liujing River… . lingering, so this matter should have nothing to do with him.”
There was silence in the back garden of the palace for a while, the atmosphere seemed a bit depressing, and the empress dowager suddenly got up and said, “It’s a bit tiring.” Outside the Sisters Palace Maidens rushed up to help, a large group of people to go back to the palace road.
After watching the Empress Dowager’s canonical carriage slowly turn into the palace wall, the Empress and the Eldest Princess only stood up and glanced at each other. A bitter smile spread across the Empress’ lips, ”It seems that although the Empress Dowager is very unhappy that the Fan family is harboring prostitutes, her tone has not loosened. I’m only afraid that in half a year, Chen’er will really be married.”
The eldest princess sighed and said, “I’m just worried about that Fan Xian’s character, but ……” she looked at the Empress, her soft and vulnerable look resembling a weeping willow on the banks of the river, and said softly, “The Fan family has a good relationship with the King of Jing’s House, Empress Mother Still be careful.”
Empress heart a flinch, know that the other party is to remind himself, if that surnamed Fan boy really married each other’s daughter, and his majesty really will be the inner treasury that way business to the Fan family to manage, then the Fan family father and son, one in the Ministry of the household, one in the inner treasury, is the same as mastering the large number of Qing country’s money to and from the silver. And if the Fan family because of the relationship of the Jing royal family, really fell to the second prince, only afraid of the crown prince …… She frowned, thinking that his son is not talented, but after all, it is his majesty’s only first born, could it be that his majesty’s move has any deep meaning?
“Don’t think too much.” Rapunzel comforted, “You also know, these two years I also rarely care about the inner treasury, the Supervisory Court has also been manned to look after it, the Fan family after all is not enough status, that Fan Xian, even if he really marries Chen’er, he can’t really take charge of the inner treasury.”
The Empress frowned and said, “I’m just very skeptical right now, what kind of magic soup did that old guy Fan Jian pour into the Emperor, that he even talked His Majesty into it.”
The Eldest Princess smiled and said, “It should also be a long time since Your Majesty summoned Liu to the palace, right?”
The Empress’ face chilled as she said, “That woman married Fan Jian as a concubine, looking foolish but actually cunning and ruthless in her heart. Four years ago you came up with the idea to kill Tanyuu’s illegitimate son, but it turned out to be Liu’s head, she must be harboring a grudge against us, and I’m afraid it’s not going to be easy to lure her out to use her as a shield again.”
“So what?” Rapunzel smiled sweetly, the skin of a person in her thirties still maintained very well, “Could it be that she dares to say something more? Besides, I’ve known Liu since we were young and know that she’s an extreme fan of bull’s-eye.”
The Empress suddenly frowned, “It’s strange to say, why did His Majesty decide four years ago to give the inner treasury to the Fan family to manage? If things hadn’t come out in a hurry, there would have been no need to take the risk at that time.” The eldest princess softly said, “The emperor’s brother doesn’t like me to be too close to you, so he decided a long time ago to let me get out of the inner treasury …… or else he wouldn’t have let the dean of the house send someone to station at my place from the very beginning.”
She then sighed: “This dynasty full of civil and military officials, regardless of clear and stupid, there is always a way to control, but it is that Lord Dean Chen, who is devoted to His Majesty, and will take care of the affairs of the courtyard impermeable, we actually can not be able to insert manpower into it.”
Hearing this, the Empress frowned imperceptibly, “As a subject, loyalty to His Majesty is a matter of course, we are also worried that His Majesty will be hoodwinked by treacherous ministers by secretly inserting manpower, Director Chen’s loyalty can be seen by the heavens and the sun, there’s no need to say anything more.” The Eldest Princess knew that she had said the wrong thing and softly said, “Yes, but over the years, the Supervisory Academy has not stopped pursuing that assassination case in Tanyu, it seems that it was His Majesty who gave the strict order.”
“This is natural. At that time, when His Majesty saw your daughter after drinking, he was so delighted that he accepted her as a righteous daughter on the spot and assigned her to the Fan family, a matter known only to a few people in the palace.” The Empress recalled the scene from four years ago and coldly said, “As a result, within a month, there was an assassin in Tanyuzhou, and although this matter was not kicked off, the Supervisory Court was clear about it, so how could His Majesty not know about it? He naturally doesn’t care about the death or life of that bastard, but cares a lot about the fact that in the middle of this palace, someone would dare to leak out his words.”