Before the princess could finish speaking, she was stopped by the queen.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" The queen was a little dumbfounded, frowned and said: "The emperor just wants to teach the prince a lesson, so that he can remember it long. It's not too bad for you to say this!" The queen glared at her and sneered: "Even if your bad words come true, why, can you still make peace with the crown prince?"
The concubine's face turned pale all of a sudden, and she said in a trembling voice: "Queen, no, no! The crown prince must not be deposed! Queen mother, the crown prince is your own son, you must intercede for him!"
"Okay, okay, it's up to you to say that?" The queen frowned and said, "Look at you, it's not shameful to scare you like this at the slightest movement! Don't let me back down! Wait!" , you can just talk nonsense in front of this palace, if you think the prince is not unlucky enough, you can talk outside!"
The Crown Princess suddenly panicked, her face turned even paler, and she said repeatedly, "Don't dare!"
The queen nodded her head and gave a "hmm", then waved her hand impatiently and ordered her to back down.
The concubine was still worried, and she couldn't help but said before leaving: "Mother, you must remember to plead with the emperor for the prince! The loyalty of the prince to the emperor is a lesson from heaven and earth!"
"Okay, I know it! Go back and tell the prince, don't act rashly, go! And you, please calm down for me, there can be no more troubles in the East Palace at this time!" The queen was a little helpless.
"The concubine knows." The princess nodded, and then she stepped back obediently.
"What an idiot! Extremely useless!" The queen said with a face full of contempt, flicking her sleeves.
Aunt Qing exchanged hot tea for the empress, offered the royal sapphire teacup inlaid with gold rims, and said with a smile: "Isn't this the good wife that the empress has chosen for the prince?"
The queen also laughed unconsciously, and said lightly: "You are right, it seems that this palace has a really good vision!"
The master and servant looked at each other and laughed.
The queen flicked the tea with the lid of the tea bowl in her hand, took two sips, and said unhurriedly: "You did a good job, this time, the emperor is really angry."
"You should put your heart into doing things for your empress," Aunt Qing said with a smile, "but, why doesn't your empress take this opportunity to add fire and pull the crown prince from the position of prince?"
"Huh!" The queen snorted softly, and said coldly: "It's enough for me to help that bitch raise his son for so many years, and it's about time to pull him down! But, now is not the best time, I don't want to make it easy for the fourth child!"
"Fourth prince?" Aunt Qing was slightly taken aback.
The queen looked at her and said with a smile: "Don't you also think that the fourth child has no intention of taking that position, and only wants to be a virtuous king who assists Mingjun?"
Aunt Qing smiled and didn't say anything, which was tantamount to acquiescing.
The queen sneered and said: "It looks like it, but I always think that people born in this palace are the flesh and blood of the emperor, how could they not want that chair? No matter what he thinks, I don't care, I don't care about it. The palace only accepts this principle! As long as there is such a possibility, this palace will not let it go. If the outsider is taken advantage of for nothing, wouldn't this palace have to spend a lot of time thinking."
Aunt Qing felt a little cold in her heart, forced a smile and said: "Your Majesty, you have always been considerate in doing things, but this servant has a shallow eyelid."
The queen sighed softly, and said with a smile: "I'm a mother, so naturally I have to plan for my son in everything! By the way, how is he doing recently? What has he done? Tell me quickly! "
The queen's expression suddenly softened a little, and she asked with a smile.
Aunt Qing hurriedly smiled and talked to her in detail.
On the side of Qianqing Palace, there was no rest.
Emperor Xiangqing heard about Zhou Shizhi and asked him about raising money for the prince. The words are quite blameworthy, most likely he and the prince have united to deceive himself.
Zhou Shizhi smiled wryly, kowtowed on the ground, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, this humble minister is just a subordinate. The crown prince has orders. If the humble minister can do it without violating the laws of the Great Zhou, I will do it. As for the others, I didn't dare to ask, let alone come up with random ideas. Since the prince didn't even tell the emperor about this matter, how could he tell me? How could it be said to deceive the emperor! I have the courage , I dare not!"
Emperor Xiangqing thought about it carefully, and his expression gradually softened.
What Zhou Shizhi said also makes sense. Moreover, according to what he said, it means that he is not considered as the prince's "person of his own", which reassures him a lot.
"In this way, I have wronged you! Get up and answer!" Emperor Xiangqing's tone changed, and when he felt that the king's face was hard to let go, he grimaced again and said: "But as a minister of Dazhou, you are my servant. Courtier, no matter whether the crown prince says it or not, he asked you for so much money, shouldn't you answer me? Hmm?"
"The emperor calm down!" Zhou Shizhi hurriedly said: "This... is my negligence! I am lazy, always feel that one more thing is worse than one less thing! If there is a next time, I will definitely report everything to the emperor in every detail."
"Next time?" Emperor Xiangqing sneered: "You still want to have a next time! However," he gave him a cold look, "the amount of money is not small. Since you are not the prince's confidant, why would he dare to follow you?" Do you want silver?"
Zhou Shi was taken aback for a moment, and then hesitated a bit.
Emperor Xiangqing became angry when he saw this, his face darkened and he shouted sharply: "Speak!"
"Yes, yes!" Zhou Shizhi hurriedly said: "My minister, I dare not hide it from your majesty. It was my minister who accidentally found out that the crown prince was short of money, and took the initiative to come to the door..."
Emperor Xiangqing's eyes flickered, staring at him, indicating to continue.
Zhou Shizhi showed a very ashamed expression, and said in a low voice: "The prince once mentioned that the second lady of the Wang family was given to the humble minister as his wife. I wonder if the emperor has any impression of this matter?"
The second lady of the Wang family? Now she has become the prince's own side concubine...
The corner of Emperor Xiangqing's mouth twitched into a sneer, nodded and said: "Of course I have an impression, but why is this matter involved with her again?"
Zhou Shizhi then said: "I don't like the second lady of the Wang family, but the crown princess is pressing her every step of the way, and I feel very difficult. When I was struggling to solve this matter thoroughly, I happened to know that the crown prince needs money, so, The minister then took the initiative to ask the prince to see him, expressing his willingness to pay the money, and asked the prince to help the minister reject this marriage..."
"Just to push back this marriage?" Emperor Xiangqing was a little stunned, more out of disbelief.
"Yes." Zhou Shizhi nodded: "I don't want to marry the Wang family!"
Emperor Xiangqing's heart moved, and he remembered what he said when the prince casually mentioned the marriage in front of him. From this point of view, the backer king is loyal to himself as the monarch, so that's why...
Thinking of this, Emperor Xiangqing was even more relieved, nodded immediately, and said: "I see! You are young and energetic, and you are willing to refuse such a good marriage! Do you know that you are married to the sister of the princess's natal family? But the future is endless!"
Emperor Xiangqing's tone carried a hint of sarcasm.
Zhou Shizhi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is wise and has cleared away the grievances of the humble ministers. Now that the humble ministers are enshrined as kings, they already enjoy inexhaustible wealth. What future is there? What future is better than this?" Better? Since that's the case, how can marriage be a trifle? Wouldn't it be better to marry a woman you like... "
Emperor Xiangqing couldn't help laughing, nodded and said with a smile: "You seem to have some truth in what you said!"
With a thought in his mind, he originally wanted to ask him how he learned that the prince needed money, but then he thought about such a big case, and when the investigation got to that point, the prince just lied to him in the deep palace. It is also unlikely! It is not difficult to ask Zhou Shizhi to know and go!
It can be seen how hateful this rebellious son is. He wants to hide things from others that others know. How do the ministers who know the truth think of him? They won't think that he is ignorant, but they will think that he is pretending to be deaf and dumb! Where does he put his face as a monarch!
"That's all! Let's forget about this matter! If you dare to hide anything from me in the future, I will never forgive you!" Emperor Xiangqing suddenly became a little upset, and said coldly: "I can give this title to you. Naturally, it can be taken back! Step back!"
Zhou Shizhi had no choice but to agree, bowed and bowed and retreated. There is no regret in my heart.
There is only one sentence short, as long as he still has a chance to say one sentence, he can take the opportunity to ask the emperor to grant him and Lu Xiaoshu a favor, but unfortunately, it is only a little short...
This is really doomed to take a long time!
Zhou Shizhi smiled wryly.
In Zhou's house, Lu Xiaoshu couldn't help but vomit bitterness to Zhou Shizhi. The situation intensified and developed to such a point that she couldn't bear it.
It is clearly an ordinary catch. According to her idea, the result of the rape incident was that the crown prince had to accept Wang Yihui into the East Palace, and let her two sisters have a good fight, to see if there was so much free time to provoke her! Let that Wang Yihui be unable to escape the oppression and resentment of her own sister for the rest of her life!
Didn't she rely on her sister's power to show off her might? Let her taste her sister's wrath for herself! The taste in the fire pit, she would never want to escape in her life.
But Lu Xiaoshu never imagined in his wildest dreams that the whole body would be affected by a single trigger, and things would actually evolve to this point.
"I really didn't expect it to be like this!" Lu Xiaoshu was a little frustrated, and said to Zhou Shizhi eagerly: "If I knew this, I would have asked you to help me teach Wang Yihui a lesson! I finally made a move by myself, but I almost made it The world is in chaos..."
"Don't blame yourself," Zhou Shizhi said with a smile, "it doesn't matter if the world is chaotic or not, as long as we are not chaotic! It can only be said that the crown prince's luck is bad, and he is destined to have such a catastrophe. No wonder others! "
"Forget it!" Lu Xiaoshu felt that his chest was still swollen with an indescribable emotion, and he hurriedly said to Zhou Shizhi, "You must not let the rumors go unnoticed by me. Otherwise, I will be miserable! It's no wonder that Donggong and his followers can spare me!"