Looking at the situation of the father and son, you can tell that the little thing was not punished by his father in the court, otherwise it would be impossible for the father and son to come side by side so harmoniously.
But if Li Zhi doesn't deal with him, it doesn't mean that she, Wu Mei, won't deal with him. There are still three people sitting in the Ganlu Hall at this moment. They didn't come because they accompanied His Majesty to Ci'en Temple yesterday.
Instead, she came here today, crying to him about Li Hong's evil deeds and allowing his maids to beat and intimidate the emperor's relatives.
"Looking at the newly appointed Minister of Household Affairs' glowing face and high-spirited appearance, does he seem to be very favored by His Majesty in the court?" Wu Mei sneered, looked at the two of them and said, "I wonder if Minister Li Hong will follow Your Majesty to the harem?" What's the matter? Haven't you finished reporting to the court yet?"
"Father, I feel murderous intent." Li Hong paused and looked at Wu Mei's half-smiling face, and a chill began to rise from his back.
"Murderous aura? How did the little guy feel it?" Li Zhi looked at Wu Mei's uncertain face staring at Li Hong, and naturally knew who the little guy was afraid of.
"Whenever the queen mother calls me by my full name, her murderous intent becomes particularly strong. Father, my son is now your minister in the court and is in charge of the household department. You can't just die without saving me." Li Hong began to drag Li Zhi's sleeves slid back.
"You can handle your own affairs by yourself. I've been extremely merciful by not settling the accounts with you regarding your aunt's affairs. It's impossible for me to help you unless you can make some achievements in the household department in the future."
"It's too late... Oh... Mother... It hurts, my ears." Li Hong begged for mercy while staring at Li Zhi fiercely. If Li Zhi hadn't dragged him, how could he have been caught.
"You little thing who doesn't know the heights of the world and gets into trouble every day, come in here." Wu Meiruyu's forehead had a few wisps of black threads floating on it, and she dragged Li Hong by his ears into the Ganlu Hall.
Li Hong used his toes to figure out what was going on. Wu Yuanshuang, Wu Yuanqing and He Lan Minzhi were standing in the Ganlu Hall. Wu Yuanshuang's wrist was still covered with a thick bandage, and the wrist that was broken by Xia Zhi was also wrapped. I don’t know if it’s good or not.
The three of them looked at Wu Mei holding Li Hong, who was screaming and begging for mercy, but their hearts were full of loneliness and helplessness. The queen's behavior was probably just for her, and she probably wouldn't be punished because of herself and others. Beaten, and really blamed the prince.
Li Zhi walked in and sat down with a smile. Wu Mei sat down beside him, still holding Li Hong's ear in his hand.
Xia Zhi and Hua Meng timidly followed Yang Wu and walked in, standing opposite Wu Yuanshuang and the others. He Lanmin's eyes flashed coldly as he stared at Xia Zhi.
His Majesty and the Queen cannot be allowed to punish Li Hong, and he and others admit it, but a little palace maid can rely on the Crown Prince's protection and not be punished.
From now on, He Lan Minzhi's prestige in the royal circle will be greatly reduced. In the future, Li Sujie and other concubine princes will also dare to ignore him at will.
But now the emperor and the empress have not spoken, so naturally he Lan Minzhi can only accompany Wu Yuanshuang and Wu Yuanqing and stand there.
Wu Mei grabbed Li Hong's ear and scolded her for a while until her hand started to cramp, and then angrily let go of the red little ear.
Li Hong hurriedly took two steps back and rubbed his burning ears like a monkey: "It hurts so much, mother. Next time, can you pinch the two ears alternately? Otherwise, one ear will be bigger and the other will be smaller. Wouldn’t it make the officials in the court laugh?”
As Erpi Lian spoke, he nuzzled into the arms of Wu Mei, who was still cold-faced. As soon as he got closer, Wu Mei kicked him out with an indecent kick. Erpi Lian was not discouraged. He walked around behind the chair with a smile and began to flatter Wu Mei by massaging her shoulders.
"Xia Zhi, kneel down." Wu Mei said coldly to Xia Zhi.
"My servant Xia Zhi has met your majesty and the queen." Xia Zhi hurriedly took two steps and knelt not far in front of Li Zhi and Wu Mei.
"Huh, you're just a palace maid. Who gave you such courage? It was you who broke Wu Shaojian's hand!" Wu Mei looked at Xia Zhi and asked coldly.
"Back to the queen, it was my servant who broke it." Xia Zhi replied respectfully.
When Wu Mei was talking to Xia Zhi, she clearly felt Li Hong's hand pressing her shoulder, which visibly stiffened and paused.
"Do you know your guilt?" Wu Mei continued to ask, and Li Hong's hands continued to massage her.
"This slave is aware of his crime and please punish me, Queen."
"You naturally know the crime of assaulting a relative of the emperor. Since you have served the prince for many years, you should go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect the crime yourself. The prince does not need you to worry about it. Someone will naturally take his place." After Wu Mei finished speaking, she saw The two eunuchs at the far end of the door came over and stepped forward to take Xia Zhi away.
"No, no, no, goodbye, mother, if you have something to say, please listen to what my uncle has to say first." When Li Hong saw that his mother was serious, he didn't want to just scold her and end the matter. He hurriedly walked out from behind the chair, kicked one by one, Kicked away two eunuchs who wanted to take Xia Zhi away.
Wu Mei glared at Li Hong, then turned to look at Li Zhi, who was sitting there with a leisurely look on his face. Could he have been bribed again? After thinking about it for a while, he agreed to Li Hong's suggestion.
So Li Hong glanced at Xia Zhi who was kneeling there, looked at Wu Yuanshuang and the others, and asked: "Uncle, could you please tell my mother the details about the situation the night before yesterday? By the way, Cousin Helan , and you, please try to be more objective, okay?"
Li Hong's eyes were filled with murderous intent, which made the three of them feel guilty, especially He Lan Minzhi, who felt the deepest feeling. In front of the doting queen, the prince was obviously becoming more and more dissatisfied with him.
His Majesty, the superior, was silent, and he knew that he was already a little dissatisfied with him due to what happened a few days ago. While Wu Yuanshuang was crying and describing the twists and turns of the day before, Helan Minzhi was weighing it in his heart. Pros and cons.
After Li Hong finished speaking, he walked behind Wu Mei again, pinched her shoulders and whispered in Wu Mei's ear: "Mother, do you still remember what I told you a few days ago?"
"Stop pretending to be mysterious. You told me too many things. Do you think I have to remember every one of them?" Wu Mei rolled her eyes at him and motioned for Wu Yuanshuang to continue her statement.
Li Hong continued to flatter Wu Mei in a low voice: "Mother, do you still remember what I told you that I will give you some good things in the next few days? Yesterday, Taiyi said there was news , This baby is almost ready, and it will be ready to be sent to the palace in a few days. "
Li Zhi on the side also stretched out his ears, his eyes full of inquiry and curiosity, listening to what treasure the little thing was planning to give to his mother.
"Oh, so what?" Wu Mei didn't know what he was thinking, so she asked coldly.
"Hong'er, what a wonderful treasure it is, please share it with your father."
"It has nothing to do with you. If I give you that thing, you won't be of much use." Li Hong, who was paying the bribe, impatiently interrupted his father's curiosity.
"Pah..." His head was suddenly patted from left to right.
"Why are you talking to your father?" This was the sound that Wu Mei and Li Zhi made at the same time as they patted Li Hong's head.
"I..." The crown prince's crown, which was originally crooked on his head, was hanging loosely on his head now, and his hair like tangled grass was hung with a crown, making him extremely embarrassed.
In the middle of his statement, Wu Yuanshuang looked at the warm family of three and didn't know whether to continue crying or wait until later.
Li Hong touched the crown that had fallen to his ears, lay down on the table between Li Zhi and Wu Mei, and shouted to Xia Zhi, who was kneeling on the ground: "Xia Zhi, come here and take this off my head. You can't even see it." It’s about to fall.”
Xia Zhi hurriedly raised her head and saw that Wu Mei was not looking at her, so she stood up carefully, walked to Li Hong, helped Li Hong take off the crown, and then, at Li Hong's signal, tied up his black and slippery hair. Put it into a ponytail on the back of your head.
After Xia Zhi finished, she walked forward and was about to kneel down again when Li Hong chased her from behind: "Xia Zhi, wait a minute, you forgot what you wanted to give my mother. Really, you are a pig."
Xia Zhi turned around with a confused expression. He had no plans to give the queen anything.
Li Hong ignored her and walked up to her. He first touched Xia Zhi's waist but couldn't find it. He said to himself: "Impossible. How could you not bring it with you? If you like stinky beauty so much, I Look again.”
Wu Mei looked helpless, looking at the free ponytail hanging on the back of her head, she curled her lips angrily. Sooner or later, these royal rules would be broken beyond recognition by this little brat.
At this time, only Li Hong's hand was seen, calmly and generously touching Xia Zhi's chest in front of the public. He was about to say something, but after thinking about it, it was Li Hong's maid, so it would be okay to do this.
"Hey, you're pretty good at hiding. You're afraid that others will steal yours. You're really stingy." Li Hong took out a palm-sized, round wooden disc from the secret pocket on Xia Zhi's chest: "Okay. Go to Hua Meng."
After finishing speaking, Li Hong turned around and walked to Wu Mei, continued to lie on the table, holding a wooden disc about half an inch thick in his hand, and said to Wu Mei mysteriously: "Mother, look at what this is. This is Xia Zhi's filial piety to you. It is so hidden that no one can even see it. If I hadn't known about it earlier, I'm afraid you'd punish her and I don't know when I'd have the opportunity to show her filial piety to you. "
Wu Mei naturally knew that Li Hong was trying to excuse Xia Zhi. Since Xiao Xia Zhi was by his side, it was understandable that Li Hong loved her. Otherwise, she didn't really want to execute Xia Zhi, but it was just for the three people to see.
"What is this?" Before Wu Mei could say anything, Li Zhi took the lead and looked at the thing in Li Hong's hand and asked curiously. I saw beautiful patterns engraved on the surface of the wooden disc, and the wood looked particularly smooth and beautiful because of the polishing. Although it was not valuable, it still looked like a pretty good handle.
"This is for your useless father, specially made for my mother. Mother, take a look at it, what do you think? Is it beautiful?" Li Hong said as he opened the wooden disc about half an inch back as if it was a treasure. .
After opening it, there was actually a small round mirror on the top and some rouge and the like on the bottom.
Wu Mei was suddenly pleasantly surprised, took it in her hand and asked, "This is..."
"Hehe, I call it a make-up mirror. For example, after you leave the palace, you can use it to check your makeup to see if there are any flowers or anything like that. By the way, this is just a preliminary test. It will take a few days. , when I finish it, I will give you some jade makeup mirrors, filled with all kinds of fine gouache, what do you think? The outside will be engraved with the pattern of phoenix dancing in the sky, I promise. It’s a pleasure to use.”
(End of chapter)