Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 623
There is light rain during the flowering period, and the slanting wind is mild, and the spring equinox arrives again.

On the tenth day of February, the edict to abolish the throne was issued on time.

It was Cao De who came to pass the decree. As an old man beside the emperor, he has always been very measured in doing things. After reading the content of the edict quickly, he immediately put on a smiling face and respectfully said: "Your Majesty also asked this old slave to bring you a sentence— ——The lady left the palace this time, and she gave me a special gift of ten thousand taels of silver, and several boxes of gold and jade jewelry. In addition, you can take away the treasures and antiques of the Eastern Palace, as long as you like it..."

In the middle of speaking, I glanced at the corridor, my heart pounded.

A box, a cage, gold and silver, jewels and jade, intertwined with colorful light in the sun.

He hesitated for a moment, then raised his head with a look of embarrassment on his face: "Miss Zhao, you are..."

Zhao Xiwei was dressed in a bamboo green gauze dress, precious jewelry such as gold, jade, pearls and emeralds had been removed from his jet-black hair bun, and only an ordinary jasper hairpin was inserted obliquely, and two pearl flowers made of silk gauze were inserted on the hairpin.

She took the imperial decree, handed it to the servant girl, then stood up and said with a smile: "Since Eunuch Cao is here, I won't bother you again!"

She waved her hand and signaled to the small servants at the gate of the courtyard, "Come here."

The little waiter felt different, but was inexplicably overwhelmed by her aura, so she had to forget the fact that she was a "waste princess", and trotted over: "What do you want?"

Zhao Xiwei ignored their flattery, just held up the hem of her skirt and went down the steps, and then walked slowly across the atrium with their dumbfounded expressions, and came to the long dragon-like cage.

The dress is fluttering, and the posture is leisurely.

The opened boxes of gold and silver treasures reflected her bright and clean face, like pearls shining brightly, making people afraid to look directly at her.

She walked slowly, with a light tone: "Clothes, jewelry, shoes and socks, cloth, and gold and jade jewelry...all have been packed and registered together. After my father-in-law checked and verified, I will immediately seal the box and submit it. Warehouse—" After finishing his sentence, without waiting for Cao De's response, he raised his right hand, palm up, and ordered: "Get the account book."

"Yes."

The palace people didn't dare to neglect at all, they only felt that the princess who had been abolished was even more majestic than before, so she hurriedly held the account book and knelt down: "This is the servants who have been sorting out all night, all the things you used before , worn, worn, one by one, one by one, all are registered in the register, and please have a look at it.”

Zhao Xi slightly nodded.

Jinxiu stepped forward to take the account book, held it in both hands and handed it to her: "Miss."

Zhao Xiwei took it over, carefully read two pages, then returned it, then raised his eyes, and motioned to the little servants: "Let's start, you guys, take the account book and check one by one. If there is any missing , or something missing, just tell Suyu."

Cao De was beating a drum in his heart, and when he heard this sentence, the drum beat stopped, and hurriedly declined: "Miss Zhao, this old slave is only responsible for reading out the imperial decree, and doesn't care about anything else..." While speaking, while He glared at the few servants.

Zhao Xiwei didn't want to embarrass him, so he nodded with a smile: "In this case, then send it directly to the warehouse!"

By the time everything was set up, the sun was shining overhead.

Cao De hurriedly left the East Palace with a few servants, and he didn't stop until he stepped through the last gate, and looked back.

Several servants stopped after them, and turned their heads to look at the past.

But I saw that the palace wall was deep, the pear blossoms were shaking, and the ground was white.

"Hey——" Cao De withdrew his gaze, shook his head helplessly, and said with a long sigh: "One is so ruthless, the other is calm, how come the day of reunion after breaking the mirror... I'm afraid it will be completely broken... "

Hearing this inexplicable emotion, the little servant was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Master, what are you talking about? Who can calm down, who can calm down? What's the point of reunion?"

Cao De raised his hand and knocked a chestnut on the forehead of the servant, and reprimanded him: "What did the master teach you in the past? You forgot!?" After finishing speaking, he stared at the waiter with hatred, stepped forward and go.

"Master, I haven't forgotten." After being beaten for no reason, several servants hurriedly chased after him with their clothes on, "Master, you have educated the young ones, you have to be careful when talking and doing things in the palace... ..." Followed closely with small steps, while muttering silently: "Master, you said, what you hear may not be true, and what you see may not be true. The disciples have memorized it verbatim in their hearts. Look, This princess... oh no, this Mrs. Zhao is no longer the princess, but the apprentices can tell from the look in your eyes that she is still very noble, so the disciples dare not neglect you..."

Halfway through the speech, suddenly realized: "Master, what you said is that there will be a day when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Mrs. Zhao will be reunited?"

Cao De paused again, glanced at the servant, and suddenly ordered: "You guys, go and find out what His Highness the Crown Prince is doing."

It is said that a husband and wife can be gracious for a hundred days a day, and seeing how His Highness the Crown Prince once loved the Crown Princess, it does not seem to be fake.

Even the emperor couldn't let go of his heart, and told him again and again not to hurt his peace.

How could Cao De not understand what the emperor meant?
It's a small matter to hurt the peace, if the prince is angered, it's not impossible to resist the decree...

So he came to the East Palace with the imperial decree in hand, all the way with his head on the waistband of his trousers, afraid that His Highness the Crown Prince would take him down with a knife.

But who would have expected that when Mrs. Zhao was about to leave the palace with the abolishment edict, half of His Highness the Crown Prince was gone, not even a word of consolation.

In the Chongwen Hall, the ruthless Crown Prince is discussing matters with the ministers.

The officials of the East Palace gathered together, and the other three princes and nine ministers knelt facing north.

Different from the usual silence, everyone was blushing and spitting, fighting to the death.

The crown prince is going to send troops to Xiliang to avoid future troubles forever.

However, the three lords and nine ministers each have their own minorities and responsibilities, and they are used to living a good life. Who wants to suddenly tighten their belts and live a precarious and miserable life?
For a time, all reached a united front——

"His Royal Highness! Last year, Jiangnan and Hebei were severely affected by disasters, and the treasury had no surplus in granaries. The people should have rested and recuperated, so how can there be another war!"

"His Royal Highness, please pardon the old minister's blunt words - soldiers are the great affairs of the country. The place of death and life, the way of survival, must be investigated! Your Highness, you have to think twice!"

"Yes, Your Royal Highness, the bandits in Liangzhou have been in chaos for many years and have been at war with our court for a long time. In the past few years, when the army is strong and vigorous, we must not attack rashly!"

For a while, the words "think twice" rang in my ears endlessly.

And the officials of the East Palace are all the prince's people, how can they sit idly by and ignore this one-sided pressure?
Immediately stood up abruptly, and refuted them one by one with reason and evidence:

"It's nonsense! The border is unstable and the people's hearts are uneasy. How can the treasury be surplus and rich, and how can the people rest and live?"

(End of this chapter)