reborn princess

Chapter 357
When Prince Li saw that her mouth would not stop, he couldn't help but glared at her, "What nonsense are you talking about in front of the emperor and empress?"

While cursing, he secretly thought in his heart, what a stinking bitch with long hair and short knowledge, she didn't know how to stop even entering the palace, and dared to provoke such useless things in front of the emperor and empress. Don't you feel uncomfortable for yourself?

The eldest princess heard that she was looking for Xuan Chen, and immediately said in disapproval: "Second brother deserves it, who told him to bully me, I just ran a few steps in the palace, and he did it to me What a rebellious thing, scolding me like that. According to me, Brother Chen beat him lightly!"

Princess Li said earnestly, "Princess, you are young and still don't understand, even if the second prince is wrong, he is also a king, and there is a difference between a king and his ministers. This minister cannot commit the same crime."

"Wangfei's words are wrong!" Suddenly a young man's voice interrupted Liqin and Wangfei's words. Immediately afterwards, someone reported that the prince was coming. After a while, a roc wearing black embroidered golden wings walked in from the outside. A boy in casual clothes.

The boy is not very old, his appearance is about five points similar to the emperor, and the other five points is more like a queen, with red lips and white teeth, extraordinary bearing, and a heroic appearance. After entering, he knelt down to greet the emperor and queen, and then got up and said: "I just went to the royal palace. The study room, intending to pay respects to the royal father, but I heard that the royal father has come to the queen mother's bedroom."

The three members of Prince Li's family and Xuan Yu and his wife also got up to salute the crown prince. Although they are elders, there are differences between monarchs and ministers, and etiquette cannot be discarded.

The prince returned the gifts one by one.

The emperor asked again: "Can I go to pay my respects to the Queen Mother?"

"I've already been there. My son went to greet the queen mother early in the morning." The prince said, turning to look at Liqin and Wangfei. "Princess Li just said that there is a difference between a monarch and his ministers. It is not wrong for the ministers to commit crimes. This is true, but it is also wrong. If there is a Dao Mingjun, he can govern the country well on weekdays, and his virtues are not bad. The crime deserves death, but it is disrespectful. But if the emperor is innocent, and he only knows how to spend time and drink, has no virtue and no deeds, why should the ministers commit crimes below? You must know that "the son of heaven breaks the law and the common people are the same crime", otherwise, wouldn't it be a crime? Lawless? Some people say, 'Women are virtuous without talent', but I don't think there is any truth to this statement. If a woman doesn't even understand the most basic principles of life, what kind of virtue can she talk about?"

Princess Li was so scolded by his words that her face was red and her ears were red, she couldn't lift her head, she just wished she could find a hole in the ground and get in.

Where did Princess Wancui see her mother being humiliated like this, so she said: "What the prince said, if the prince makes a mistake, the minister can beat him too?"

The crown prince sneered, "I don't know that Princess Bancui likes to argue so much at such a young age, but the princess just said, what mistakes have I made?"

Princess Wancui rolled her eyes, and then smiled, "I don't know what mistakes the prince made in the past, but from today on, I will keep an eye on the prince. The emperor and empress are here. As the saying goes , 'A real man keeps his promises', the crown prince said this today, you have to remember it, don't make mistakes in the future and refuse to admit it!"

Bailiyao laughed softly at the side; "The princess must not do something like sending someone off to the prince's bed, and then bite back at the end, otherwise, the princess will be the one who has lost his virtue! It’s best not to do things like provoking the prince, biting the prince and bullying others. Don’t steal the prince’s keepsake and frame it. You must know that things in this world are done by humans and God is watching!”

Princess Wancui's face turned red immediately, because Bailiyao's words pierced through her thoughts. She originally thought so, but she couldn't admit it, so she cried and said: "Princess Changping County wants me to Who have you become? How can I, an innocent daughter, do such a lowly thing? "

As she said that, she knelt down in front of the emperor and empress with a "plop", "Your majesty, empress, the concubine of Changping County insulted my courtier like this in front of you two, I will not survive."

"Okay, let's not say a few words. It's Chinese New Year, what's the fuss about?" The empress was very unhappy at first. The prince is her own son, and being squeezed out like this, can she be happy?However, Bailiyao's words made Princess Bancui feel embarrassed, and the cloud in her heart suddenly lifted.

The prince glanced at her indifferently. He had almost never seen her distant cousin on weekdays, and he didn't feel anything. He just turned around and gave Xuan Yu and Bailiyao a wink.

Xuan Yu was noncommittal to his hints. He was an expert in killing people, and a habitual offender in beating people, but he couldn't do it when he persuaded people.

Bailiyao shook his head slightly at the prince, and then turned his attention to Prince Li's family, meaning that there are too many people here and it is inconvenient.

The crown prince is the crown prince of a country, if he wants to go out and travel, he should not be known by too many people, especially the family members of the royal family like Prince Li.

The prince is also very smart, so he understood what she meant. Knowing that there are too many people here, it is difficult to talk, so he smiled and asked Xuan Chen about it.

"I'm really envious of Brother Chen. He can go to the military camp in the north to practice. I think he will improve his martial arts when he comes back."

Bai Liyao said: "His Royal Highness, don't envy him. He is exposed to the wind and sun over there, and his whole body is dark and thin. A mother like me will feel distressed to death. If His Royal Highness becomes like that , the emperor and empress don't know how to feel sorry for them."

The queen laughed and said: "That's what I said, emperor, you'd better stay in the capital and study hard, so that you can help your father, and when you grow up, you can help your father with errands."

The prince respectfully replied: "Yes!"

Prince Li got up and said: "I would like to report to the emperor, empress, I have received the emperor's grace to be responsible for the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. Now it is a busy time, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you."

The emperor nodded, "then, brother, hurry up and get busy. The palace banquets these days are all arranged by the emperor. Brother, you must take good care of your health and don't work too hard. If there is anything, please tell the people below. do it."

Only then did Prince Li take his wife and children out of the queen's bedroom, and as soon as he went out, he turned cold and glared at Princess Li and Princess Bancui angrily, "You two really don't care, the Changping County Prince's family is now The holy family is prosperous, you dare to provoke them. And the prince, is it the one who picks the prince in front of the empress, do you think your brains are not strong enough or what?"

Princess Li said unconvinced: "I am not for my sister-in-law. Back then, my sister-in-law died at the hands of the Prince of Changping County. Who doesn't know about this?"

Hearing her mention of her own sister, Prince Li's anger subsided, "Okay, I'm going to be busy with the palace banquet, you two go around."

However, in the queen's bedroom, a young eunuch suddenly respectfully brought in a gold lacquer tray from outside. On the tray was an exquisite mother-of-pearl lacquer box. He came up to him, saluted the emperor and the queen, and then bowed his head and said: "Report to the emperor, empress, this is the jewelry that the princess of Changping county presented to the empress."

When Xuan Yu and his wife entered the palace, they prepared gifts everywhere, but they couldn't take all the gifts when they entered the palace, so they had to hand them over to the eunuch in charge of internal affairs for registration and inspection, no problem, Then distribute it to the little eunuchs of each palace, and after the little eunuchs of each palace have received it, they will bring it up and present it to the master for inspection before putting it in the warehouse.

The queen narrowed her eyes slightly, but said nothing, and the personal nurse beside her went over to take the mother-of-pearl lacquer box.

Others don't know, but the queen and the personal nurse beside her know that the mother-of-pearl lacquer boxes presented to her by Baili Yaojin are all with hidden compartments. On the surface, they contain a set of jewelry, but in fact , there are silver bills hidden in the dark grid.

Speaking of it, I still think back to the time when the queen was still unmarried, so she and Bailiyao handed over handkerchiefs.

Later, Bailiyao started to do business, and Empress Empress took a stake out of fun.

Now, Bailiyao's business is getting bigger and bigger, and the queen's share of dividends is also increasing.

But the queen is now the mother of a country, if people know that it is not good to do business with her, she withdraws from those businesses.

But every year, Bailiyao secretly hides a huge amount of silver bills in the dark compartment of the mother-of-pearl lacquer box by giving New Year's gifts to the queen.

One banknote for 10 taels, ten bills for 1000 taels, fifty bills for 100 taels, and so on every year.

It's not easy to be a queen. If you don't have money in hand, and the rewards are not generous enough, you can't win people over.

While talking, someone came to report that the queen's natal family had come. The queen was born in the Pingnan Palace, and her great-grandfather had made great contributions in quelling the chaos in southern Xinjiang, so she was named King Pingnan. Not so outstanding, and when it came to the generation of the queen's father, he kept a low profile and stayed at home all day, ignoring state affairs.

However, the queen's brothers have gradually shown their talents in recent years, and the few errands assigned by the emperor have been done well, and the Pingnan Palace has regained its prestige.

When the queen heard that her natal family was coming, she hurriedly asked someone to invite them in.

After a while, a young eunuch led a large group of men, women and children in, and greeted the emperor and queen first.

The emperor talked with them for a while, then got up and said: "It's not easy for you and your family to meet each other. Naturally, you have something to say. I'm going to the imperial study to discuss some business with the Prince of Changping."

The queen also got up and said: "Then the emperor pays attention to his body, don't get tired."

Xuan Yu and his wife followed suit.

The emperor drove all the accompanying ladies and eunuchs away, and walked side by side with their husband and wife, and then said with a sullen face: "I have something to tell you, now your business is getting better and better, and your business is getting better and better. The bigger you get, the more money you earn, and the envy of others. Some people have already spoken in front of me, saying that you are corrupt and perverting the law, relying on favor and arrogance, and bullying others..." He stopped and turned to stare at Xuan Yu. Every word is authentic. "Gong, Gao, Zhen, Lord!"

(End of this chapter)