A Poisonous Woman from a Good Story

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly said: "It's just some poetry and scriptures inscribed on Buddhist scriptures. As for the craftsmen, the northern barbarians have different living habits from ours, so they will go with them at that time, so as to improve the princess's diet and daily life."

The sixth prince sneered and said: "Can those barbarians understand those books? As for Princess Changning, she went to meet her parents to strengthen the relationship between the two countries. Going to the countryside to do as the Romans is an indispensable trick to buy people's hearts. According to me, they are all withdrawn." Bar."

The Book of the Ministry of Rites held back and said: "This is a dowry routine. Those books are not for the northern barbarians, but for Princess Changning's boredom, and the dowry list has already been sent. It may not be appropriate to change it. The emperor has already seen it." I saw it, and there was nothing wrong with it.”

The sixth prince looked coldly at the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and saw that his forehead was sweating. Then the sixth prince said: "I'm afraid that the king of Jun'an will also have a dowry. Do you know what he is a dowry?"

The Book of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly said: "It's his family's make-up, it's not included in it, and it will be made into a list at that time, and it will be handed over to Beiman together with this. I don't know what it is."

"That's your negligence." The sixth prince threw the dowry list on the table with a snap, and said, "You should immediately order someone to check carefully and count the dowry items one by one. In case the people in the palace are slack , I gave away what shouldn’t be given, but it’s your dereliction of duty, and I’ll detain all the books and craftsmen from his family.”

The Minister of Rites replied respectfully: "Dowrying these books and craftsmen is a common practice. Please forgive me, forgive me. I can't violate the rules. In addition, if I said something inappropriate, Your Highness is not working in the court. I don't care about it." Come to the Ministry of Rites. There is really no right to order ministers to do so, unless it is holy will."

The sixth prince laughed loudly when he heard the words, stepped forward and patted the Minister of Rites on the shoulder and said: "Okay, he is a tough man, and he is worthy of being a good minister of Daqi, but I don't understand something. Daqi didn't really marry the princess before The precedent of foreign countries, I don’t know where you always follow, could it be from the previous dynasty?”

Say it.Without waiting for the Minister of Rites to explain, he walked out swaggeringly.

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites wiped his sweat guiltily, and the officials next to him persuaded: "If not, just do what the sixth prince said, why bother to offend him."

The Minister of Rites sneered and said, "Without the holy will, who of you would dare to search for Princess Changning's dowry? I'd like to see what he can do?" Having said that, he thought in his heart that he should blow the wind in front of the emperor. , lest the wicked sixth prince file a complaint first.

The sixth prince came out from the Ministry of Rites.Seeing that it was getting late, he went back to his residence first, and came to the East Palace early the next morning to talk to the prince.

The prince is in a good mood at this moment.First, Li Yishu cut off his money, and then Li Yaoqin refused him that day, all these made him very annoyed, but it was due to many factors.He couldn't deal with Li Yishu's brother and sister for a while, and now he saw that Li Yaoqin was going to Beiman to be a concubine and widow.How could it not make him feel elated: How can a foreign widow compare to the Crown Prince Liangdi, the future imperial concubine?

Seeing the sixth prince coming, the prince hurriedly got up to catch him, smiled and pulled him into the house for tea, and couldn't help gloating about Beiman's wanting to marry him for a moment.

The sixth prince said: "It's strange to say that the two of them are not well-known in the world, so why does the Northern Man prince insist on having two of them?"

The prince had guessed the reason at this time.It's just that there are some things that the sixth prince cannot know, so he hesitated and said: "Who knows what the northern barbarian thinks. Anyway, it has nothing to do with you and me, so let him alone."

Seeing the prince like this, the sixth prince felt suspicious in his heart, but didn't show it on his face. After thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "I just went to the Ministry of Rites to see Princess Changning's dowry, tsk tsk, it's really a good deal for this Beiman to marry a princess. That’s not a small amount.”

The prince snorted and said, "Don't worry, he will not use it to buy food in the future, and let him keep the gold and silver for the time being. In the future, we will all get together. Let them have a good time."

The sixth prince laughed with the prince, and said: "I saw some farming books in the dowry, do you think they will eat our food in the future, and then quietly save their rations as seeds, plant A lot of food is produced, so we don’t need to come to Daqi to buy it.”

The prince was stunned when he heard this, and hesitated, "No way, they haven't been able to eat enough for so many years, they can grow food with just a few books."

The sixth prince approached the prince and whispered: "One year or two years may not be successful, but after ten years or eight years, I heard that many skilled craftsmen from my family will also marry together this time, and they tinkered with useful farm tools. , and then cultivate the crops according to the book. At that time, it is very likely that the eldest brother will be in power, and there will be no one who can contain the northern barbarians. Is it true that they will become a brother country from a vassal state? People in the future will not say that it is because of the dowry of Princess Changning , as long as the elder brother's achievements are not as good as those of his predecessors."

When the prince heard this, he stood up abruptly and said, "Yes, we must not take the blame for this. I want to talk to my father."

The sixth prince smiled and said: "Brother is wise. There is also the old man of the Ministry of Rites, do we need to worry about these things? He should have thought about it a long time ago, hmph, I asked him face to face, and he still has a contemptuous expression on his face, with ulterior motives." !"

After chatting for a while, the sixth prince left.

The prince originally wanted to see the emperor immediately, but after thinking about it, he ordered someone to invite Xu Jie to discuss it.

After hearing this, Xu Jie pondered for a while, and also felt that what the prince said made sense, although changing the dowry temporarily was a bit ugly, but for the sake of continuing to suppress Beiman in the future, he couldn't care less.

For a while, he discussed with the prince carefully how to tell the emperor about this matter, but accidentally learned from the prince that it was the proposal of the sixth prince. Assist the prince, otherwise, I'm afraid I'll have to worry about it again in the future.

After hearing the crown prince's statement, the emperor nodded and said: "What you said is very reasonable, I will think about it carefully, you should go back first."

Seeing the crown prince retreating, the emperor asked Cao Gonggong beside him: "I seem to have heard that yesterday the sixth son went to the Ministry of Rites to blackmail Princess Changning's dowry and failed. Is it the one who is looking for them? Is there such a thing?"

Eunuch Cao accompanied him with a smile: "Yesterday, two servants grind their teeth and talked about this matter. The old slave thinks it's just His Royal Highness being mischievous, and it's not a big deal. Your Majesty is worried about the affairs of the world. There's no need to bring this trivial matter to the imperial court. I ordered them not to mention it on my own initiative, but I didn’t expect the emperor to hear it, the old slave deserves to die.”

The emperor smiled and said: "Throw those two boys out, someone wants me to know that Lao Liu has done some stupid things again, but this hand stretched too far, you did a good job."

Only then did Eunuch Cao feel relieved, and said cautiously: "This old slave will definitely find out."

The emperor shook his head and said: "No need, just give them a warning. It's just a passing message. I want to listen to it more. I dare not use other means to borrow their courage."

Eunuch Cao hurriedly responded, and said for a while: "Yesterday, the sixth prince made a fuss about the dowry at the ceremony department, and just now he went to the East Palace again, and now the prince has said such words again..."

Seeing Eunuch Cao paused, the emperor smiled and said, "This sixth son... is small-minded enough, and I don't know how the northern barbarian offended him, so I can't find it. But it's also subtle enough, and you can think of such a thing." , I don’t know what he’s thinking about every day.”

Eunuch Cao whispered: "No matter what, the prince's words are quite reasonable, I don't know the emperor..."

The emperor squinted his eyes and sneered: "If that General Xiao is a law-abiding man, how could he get himself killed? He must have deserved the crime. The Beiman is just relying on me, Daqi, who is not easy to start a war with him, so he is pressing every step of the way. Qi's noble daughter is also what he wants, which makes the state of Qi so powerful. I originally wanted to find something to rectify the northern barbarians. Someone is calling."

When the Minister of Rites saw the emperor opened his mouth, he asked about the books and craftsmen in the dowry. He knew that the sixth prince must have come to file a complaint. Fortunately, he had prepared the manuscript before, but when he was about to speak, a book was thrown down by the emperor, and he cursed: "What do I want you to do? I can't handle this. I'll block their rations in the front, and you will send farming methods and tools to people later, and eat things that crawl inside and outside."

When the Minister of Rites saw that the emperor had charged him with treason and collaborating with the enemy, he was so frightened that he quickly got down on the knees and pleaded guilty, so he dared to make excuses.

Fortunately, the emperor also knew that the minister of the Ministry of Rites was a decent person, but he was a bit pedantic in his work, so he was asked to go home and think about his mistakes, and then called the prince to come and leave the matter to the prince.

This is an offending job, the prince hesitated for a moment, and said: "The sixth younger brother complained to me yesterday, saying that he is a prince who is idle all day long and has no serious business. He really wants to share the worries of the father, so the son If you think about it, let him do it, and if you do it well, you can give him an errand to do it seriously."

The emperor looked at his son and said with a sneer: "If he is a good brother who is willing to support his brother, well, let him do this."

The crown prince bowed and retired, and the emperor said again: "You don't need to take out all the books. It seems that I am not educated enough in Daqi. Instead, I will replace the replaced books with Buddhist scriptures. The Buddhist scriptures have boundless power and can make people peaceful and docile. It's time for the northern barbarians to appreciate the subtlety of Buddhism."

Seeing that the matter fell to him, the sixth prince secretly rejoiced, and he really didn't trust others to do it. After all, this was Shen Qiujun's intention, and it would be more reassuring for him to watch it himself.

The sixth prince took people to the Ministry of Rites first, not only replaced the books, but also looked at all the dowries one by one, and took out all the things with words that had nothing to do with Buddhist scriptures.

Everyone in the Ministry of Rites was ordered to go home because of the Shangshu, and they were already angry with the sixth prince, but now seeing him succeeding in his villainy, holding a chicken feather as an arrow, they are even more disdainful, and they all found trouble to avoid the sixth prince's errand.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Wang Qing, the Minister of Rites, busy in front of the sixth prince like a pug, very busy. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)