Zhangjia Jinzhi

Chapter 42
Li Taiwei couldn't look down on Prince Chun's family.

Prince Chun is not easy to get along with, he has a deep city and evil intentions, he used his power to enclose many fertile fields in the suburbs of Beijing, and secretly raised a lot of soldiers in Bozhou City.He supported the crown prince on the surface, but secretly colluded with the second prince. In his previous life, he almost became the regent. Fortunately, Lu Xiao had a heart, so he overwhelmed him and beheaded the second prince and his party.

Prince Chun's eldest son Ming Yu is a petite man, he was carved out of the same mold as his old man, he is cunning and accidental, and he is able to mix with ease among the princes.

He and Princess Yi'an are direct brothers and sisters of the same mother. Because Yi'an and Li Taiwei did not get along, they usually never gave Li Taiwei any good looks.But after all, because of the great power of the Li family, Li Taiwei's identity was deeply favored by the emperor, and she would not dare to make a confrontation with the Li family easily on weekdays.If it wasn't for Li Taiwei's agitation today, he wouldn't have challenged Li Taiwei in public.

With a straight face, Lu Xiao glanced up at Prince Chun's son, squeezed a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and put it in his mouth, then turned his face and winked at an unobtrusive court lady behind him.The palace lady understood and quietly withdrew.

Li Taiwei put down the teacup, smiled slightly and said:
"It turned out to be a gossip between us girls. I never thought that the son of the world would make a move. Could it be that he bullied me and didn't have a real brother to protect me?"

As soon as these words came out, all the female relatives began to whisper, the current situation, isn't it just that Prince Chun's residence has bullied Princess Chonghua together?
The queen frowned, looking a little displeased.

Although Li Taiwei is used to being pampered, she did not violate the rules just now. On the contrary, Yi'an's words were fierce, and Prince Chun's son stood up again at this time. The queen glanced at the sullen Princess Chun, who was stunned and hurriedly Bow down.

All the teenagers looked at Prince Chun's son with complicated eyes. Mingyu couldn't help but feel angry. He was angry just now, but in the current situation
Concubine Jin quickly gave Fourth Prince Ming Jue a wink, Ming Jue stood up and said softly:

"Although my cousin doesn't have a direct brother, there are still cousins ​​like us."

Chang Ping rolled his eyes in his heart, and quickly interrupted the fourth prince's words, saying:
"That's right, my prince's elder brother is also good at chess, why don't you ask him to play a game with your cousin?"

The queen glanced at the prince calmly.

Prince Minghua glanced at his sister, didn't speak, just looked at Li Taiwei with a smile.

The fourth prince sat down in embarrassment, with a bit of resentment in his eyes.

"Princess Chonghua is worrying too much. Princess Yi'an just wants to play against you. Princess Chonghua doesn't think much of Princess Yi'an's chess skills, but can she still look down on Prince Chun's son?"

A lady at the bottom slowly opened her mouth, and several people joined in after a while.

Princess Chun's complexion eased, and she smiled at the woman.

Li Taiwei raised her eyes and looked at the woman in a bright green dress opposite, it was Pan Taiwei's first wife Zhu Shi, she looked over with cold eyes, as if she was watching a play.

Sitting next to Mrs. Zhu were the eldest daughter Pan Yumei and the second daughter Pan Yulan. The two looked upright, the elder sister was good at piano, and the younger sister was good at chess. They were known as the twins of the capital.

Pan Yumei and Prince Chun's son had been married since they were young. Since the two families were related by marriage, there was no reason for them to stand on the sidelines.

The eldest daughter Pan Yumei's eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Zhu's. At this time, her face is cold, and the eyes looking at Li Taiwei are two points more chilly.

Pan Yulan was different from this pair of mother and daughter, she had a smile on her face, she didn't show any hostility in her body, she nodded towards Li Taiwei very kindly.

Mrs. Li smiled.

Among the girls of the Pan family, this second girl, Pan, is the most difficult.This Pan Yulan was originally a concubine and was raised under the name of her aunt.Although Pan Yumei had a marriage contract with Prince Chun's son in the previous life, it was Pan Yulan who climbed to the position of Prince Chun's son and concubine later.

"The children are just playing around. There is nothing to look down on. The left and right are just for fun. Mrs. Pan's words are serious."

Taiwei Pan's wife, Mrs. Zhu, never thought that someone would contradict her openly, she frowned and looked over, and it was actually Mrs. Dong, the wife of Dr. Jin Zhengfeng, the censor.

Li Taiwei nodded and smiled at Dong Shi.

Mrs. Dong probably got the news that Jin Ling fell into the water, looked at her with gratitude, and nodded calmly.

The wives of several important ministers in the court sang the opposite stage, and the other female relatives below became a little uneasy, for fear that they were in the wrong team.Only a few wives of generals watched the play calmly, and Luo Shi, the concubine of Changping, hid among the female relatives, carefully watching the situation.

"What the two wives said is very reasonable. Since Prince Chun's son invited me to play chess, if I should not, it would make people look down on our Li family."

Li Taiwei stood up, blessed the princes, and said with a sweet smile:

"Thank you all for your kindness, but before entering the palace, my father said that my mother is not here today. If anyone bullies me, I will bully me back."

These words were extremely childish, which made everyone laugh, and the tense situation eased for a while.

Everyone sighed in their hearts for a moment. After all, their status is not ordinary. They dared to say such words in front of the empress and the prince. They also felt that the princess of Chonghua was really spoiled. It was a bit of a shame not to say anything. Too stupid.

Only Lu Xiao stared at the murderous look in Li Taiwei's eyes with stern eyes, and pinched another piece of pastry with great satisfaction.

"However. Playing chess today, it's no fun without a lottery."

Li Taiwei winked at Changping while talking.

Chang Ping immediately understood, and hurriedly said with a smile:

"The imperial concubine Jin said just now that the fourth brother got a pair of snow jade chess pieces. I don't know if the fourth brother is willing to take it out as a prize?"

The Fourth Prince was stunned, seeing everyone looking over, he could only bite the bullet and respond, Concubine Jin's face immediately turned a little ugly, but because of her face, naturally she couldn't say anything.

The Empress laughed and reprimanded Chang Ping for being unruly, she took a jasper bracelet from her hand and handed it to the servant, saying:

"Then I'm here to have fun too."

At the beginning of the empress, several empresses naturally couldn't let go, and they took gold ornaments one after another and handed them over.

Sitting silently beside Li Taiwei, Mrs. Bai got up, blessed the empress, and said:
"Since it's the chess game of our princess, please allow your wife to also add to the prize."

Naturally, the queen had nothing to say, so Bai took off a red gold step shaker and handed it to the servant on a nanmu tray.

Then Li Yao and Zhao Shi also got up, took off the gold ornaments and handed them over.

Mrs. Jin also stood up immediately, and put on an emerald ring.

Immediately afterwards, all the female relatives followed suit, and the servants walked up to the empress with a pile of precious jewelry, and the empress smiled.

"It seems that today's chess game is not easy."

The crown prince and the others couldn't help but look at Ming Yu's face. Prince Chun's son looked at the pile of women's jewelry, and his teeth hurt. If he won this game of chess, what's the matter with bringing a bunch of women's jewelry back home? Make people laugh out loud?
With this in mind, Mingyu stepped forward and bowed:
"Empress, I just want to have fun today. Why don't these prizes be given to the losers as a comfort?"

The queen said nothing, but nodded with a smile.

Li Taiwei's eyes lit up, and he raised his voice and said:
"Master, have you thought about it clearly? These jewelry are all women's personal accessories. Do you really mean this?"

Mingyu sneered, and raised his hand towards Li Taiwei:

"Princess, please!"

(End of this chapter)