Jiang Changning asked the prince to stay in the next room. When she entered the palace, she saw four palace maids guarding a girl. "Why didn't you invite the wife of Minister Zuo?"
My daughter is in trouble, how can I not let her as a mother come over
"To answer your Majesty, the wife of Minister Zuo took leave and did not enter the palace." Ban Qin replied.
Normally, no one would be absent from the New Year's Eve banquet unless they were truly ill and unable to get up. However, the wife of Minister Zuo actually asked for leave, which meant that her time was up.
Her mother was seriously ill, but as a daughter, instead of staying at home to take care of her, she went to the palace to attend the banquet. Not only that, she even resorted to trickery and tried to get close to the prince. This was truly unfaithful and unfilial.
Jiang Changning already had a bad impression of this girl, and now it got even worse. He walked over, stretched out his hand to lift the girl's chin, and said coldly: "A beautiful woman crying makes people feel pity. You are so ugly, so don't cry, or you will scare people."
The girl didn't expect that the queen, who was the mother of the country, was beautiful but had such a sharp tongue. She was stunned.
Jiang Changning shook her chin away and wiped his hands with a handkerchief. "Go and quietly invite Master Fu here. I am not interested in raising someone else's daughter."
She finally remembered the surname of the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works. This Lord Fu was good at flood control and was promoted by Emperor Xuanzhi less than half a year ago for his meritorious service in flood control.
If you don't teach your adopted daughter, she will betray your father.
"My queen, please have mercy on me. Please help me." Miss Fu knelt in front of Jiang Changning.
Jiang Changning snorted coldly, "Are you going to fulfill your shamelessness?"
Miss Fu choked, and Jiang Changning continued, "You want to hurt my son, and you still want me to have mercy on you. You are really shameless."
"I have no intention of hurting the prince. I just admire him and want to serve him."
"Enough, these hypocritical words make me sick. Stop talking. I've seen a lot of people like you. I know exactly what you're up to." Jiang Changning scolded.
Miss Fu knew that she could not achieve her goal and she cried sadly. This time she was really sad. She had no connection with the Crown Prince, and even the guards around the Crown Prince had no connection with her. The person who saved her was a eunuch, and she couldn't marry a eunuch!
She cried very quietly, so Jiang Changning just let her go. He took out a handful of melon seeds from his pouch and started to eat them slowly.
A quarter of an hour later, Master Fu arrived. It was a cold winter day and he was sweating profusely. He knelt down as soon as he entered the hall and said, "Your humble servant greets the queen. May the queen live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."
"Master Fu, there is no need to be so polite. Stand up and talk." Jiang Changning raised his hand and said.
"Thank you, Madam."
"Master Fu, I think they have told you everything on the way here. What do you think?" Jiang Changning asked.
"It's all up to Your Majesty," said Lord Fu.
Jiang Changning smiled and said, "What do you think if I marry your daughter to the eunuch who saved her?"
Lord Fu closed his eyes, then opened them and said, "She got what she wanted." He has other children, and there is no way he would sacrifice the Fu family for this one daughter.
"No, I don't want it." Miss Fu screamed.
Jiang Changning glanced at her and said, "Master Fu, don't just focus on flood control. You should also educate your children. If the younger generation doesn't work hard, it will be useless to earn a fortune."
"Your Majesty is right." Lord Fu said dejectedly.
"Master Fu, a girl should not be kept at home when she grows up. If you keep her, you will only end up with enemies. It is better to settle your daughter's marriage as soon as possible and let her get married."
"In reply to Your Majesty, I have already found a good family for my daughter, and we will go through the six rituals after the New Year." Lord Fu thought quickly and arranged a marriage for his daughter.
Miss Fu's expression was one of shock. Jiang Changning's eyes gleamed, but he did not expose Master Fu's lie. Instead, he smiled and said, "Master Fu, just stay at home and take care of your daughter's marriage."
Master Fu's face changed slightly. Is the Queen going to suspend him? "My Queen."
Although the Queen Mother does not have the power to suspend someone from his/her post, she is qualified to influence others.
When Emperor Xuanzhi learned about this from Jiang Changning, he felt that she was too gentle, but he said, "This is a good way to deal with it."
Because of this, Jiang Changning specially trained the prince, "Miss Fu's trick is the worst. Young masters always have people around them and will not take risks easily, unless the person who falls is their loved one."
"Some people often take advantage of this and deliberately mislead people. When it is clearly not the man's beloved who fell into the water, they say it was her who fell, and trick the man into jumping into the water to save her."
The prince's expression became serious, "How can this be avoided?"
"Remember, although saving people is urgent, don't panic. Think quickly about why your loved one went to the water? Why did he fall into the water? Who called for help? Why didn't she go down to save him?"
The prince nodded slightly, and Jiang Changning continued, "Men are all heroic. When they see weak and helpless women, they will feel pity and want to rescue them. So there are women with bad intentions who deliberately pretend to be weak to deceive men."
"There are also women who rely on their talents to attract men's attention."
Jiang Changning listed several tricks that women use to seduce men, and concluded: "If you see a pretty girl on the street, you must control yourself and don't lose your composure."
And: "Remember, the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie."
The prince asked, "Does the Queen Mother also lie?"
Jiang Changning was silent for a moment, then said with difficulty: "I told a white lie."
The prince was a considerate son and did not continue to ask her who she had told this white lie to.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, there was a grand court meeting. Lord Fu arrived at the hour of Mao, but a eunuch came over and said, "Lord Fu, please go home and take care of your household chores before coming back."
Mr. Fu lost all hope and said weakly, "Yes."
The other court officials exchanged glances. What happened in this Fu family? It even alarmed the emperor.
At the palace banquet, the incident did not alarm other people. Although some officials who were familiar with the Fu family were surprised that Lord Fu left early, they never thought that Miss Fu would be so bold.
But a few days later, they heard that Lord Fu was arranging a marriage for their daughter. Some of them remembered what happened at the palace banquet and couldn't help but wonder if Miss Fu wanted to seduce the emperor
Yes, no one guessed that Miss Fu wanted to seduce the prince.
Although Lord Fu was anxious to marry off his daughter, he couldn't cheat her, so he still had to make a choice.
It just so happened that most of the marriage arrangements were handled by the women in the family, but his wife was seriously ill and couldn't take care of it.
After being busy for seven or eight days, the Lantern Festival was over and he still hadn't found a suitable family for his daughter.
Emperor Xuanzhi had someone remind him, "February 26th is a good day for getting married."
It is impossible to plot against the crown prince and get away with it unscathed. Emperor Xuanzhi is quite vindictive and cruel.
Lord Fu did not dare to delay any longer, and quickly selected a man from among them and hurriedly performed the six rituals.
(End of this chapter)