Princess Linjiang was really anxious, otherwise she wouldn't have been so hasty to ask Concubine Yu to come in - she had never done this before.
Prince Linjiang's reaction was cold. He glanced at her coldly when he stepped over the threshold, then walked past her, turned around the screen, walked around the antique shelf and entered the east side room. He sat down and asked her, "What did you say?"
Emperor Longqing had just caught Prince Duan with evidence, had just exterminated the Fang family, and had a new little prince. At this time, could he still take care of finding wives for these princes
He raised his eyebrows and looked at Princess Linjiang. He slowly drank a sip of tea to ease the dizziness caused by not sleeping all night. He raised his head and asked again, "You just said that Jingxing's wife is in the works. What do you mean?"
Mother Jin had already led the waiters to leave, leaving only the couple in the east side room. Princess Linjiang sat down beside him, raised her hand to refill his glass of water, and whispered, "It's... It's the Fairy Princess."
She felt a little uneasy. She could see the coldness of King Linjiang. After thinking about it, she realized that she was indeed too impatient recently. She suppressed her uneasiness and looked up at King Linjiang: "After all these changes, it's still the same..."
After Li Gui Niang left, the Fairy-looking County Lady Yuan Sheng came. Princess Linjiang was really having a headache.
King Linjiang bent his fingers and tapped on the small table a few times, then suddenly looked up and asked her, "Who told you the news?"
After seeing that Li Gui Niang was impossible, Prince Linjiang had already roughly guessed the candidate. According to Emperor Longqing's temperament, if it was not Li Gui Niang, it would be Princess Xianrong, or he could choose a few inconspicuous girls from his loyal ministers and confidants.
But he hasn't mentioned this to Princess Linjiang yet. How did Princess Linjiang know about it
Princess Linjiang was silent for a moment before she said, "Didn't Changying invite us that day? Princess Duan and Princess Jin both went, so it would be bad if I didn't go, so I followed them. That day... Gui Niang was not very polite to Xianrong, and her words were full of thorns. They usually have a very good relationship... I felt something was wrong, and then I heard the sourness in Gui Niang's words, and I guessed something."
Princess Changying chose a man from the direct branch of the Shen family in Shangqiu for Li Gui Niang. It was an excellent marriage no matter how you looked at it, but Li Gui Niang was still like a proud peacock, and she squeezed even someone as good-tempered as Princess Xianrong to the point that her eyes almost turned red.
Others may not know what it is for, but Princess Linjiang, who has been through it, can see through it at a glance.
What's more... Princess Linjiang suppressed the words that were about to come out - her son had also revealed this to her.
She came to ask her husband's opinion on behalf of her son.
King Linjiang glanced at her and asked her, "What do you think of the fairy's appearance?"
Compared to Li Guiniang's aggressive and aggressive attitude, Xianrong County Lady is much more low-key. Although she is low-key, she is not always afraid of things and retreats - this can be seen from the previous incident with the Peng family.
With Li Gui Niang in the lead, Princess Linjiang naturally thought that everyone was good. After a pause, she said, "It can only be this way."
King Linjiang nodded and said, "It's good that you think so. Jingxing and his family are already in a difficult situation. Marrying a princess' daughter is the most reassuring thing for him in the eyes of the higher-ups."
What's more, with Chu Jingxing's scheming and means, there is no problem at all for him to keep a fairy-looking county lady in his hands - Li Gui Niang is a firecracker, you don't know when she will explode, so there is no way to control her. Such a person is dangerous, you don't know when she can blow you to pieces.
Both are the daughters of princesses, and both may be spies sent by Emperor Longqing to the Prince of Linjiang's Palace, but Princess Xianrong is much better than Li Guiniang - people who know their limits can always distinguish between the pros and cons.
Only those who can distinguish the pros and cons are normal people.
Princess Linjiang agreed, and then said, "The palace sent red eggs and good news, and I have already given them rewards."
She looked at Prince Linjiang's face and said, "The Empress Defei also gave birth to a little prince this time. His Majesty should be satisfied this time. Should we also have news about returning to our fiefdom?"
The muddy water in the capital is getting muddier and muddier. If it continues like this, they might suffocate to death in it.
King Linjiang hummed, looked up at the sky, and after a long while he said, "Soon."
He stood up and instructed Princess Linjiang: "In Chang'an, you should remain the same as usual. You don't need to be too distant, but you also don't need to be too close. In Changying, just be polite and don't have any more interactions."
Don't let anything unexpected happen at that time.
Princess Linjiang nodded quickly, stood up and saw him out: "Your Highness, are you going to the study?"
"Yes." King Linjiang agreed, "Maybe I won't be back for dinner tonight, so you don't have to wait for me. I have to go to the palace to congratulate you early tomorrow morning, so you can go to bed early."
After he gave his instructions promptly, he quickly walked out of the backyard, entered the study room at the front, and asked someone to invite Chu Jingxing.
Chu Jingxing arrived very quickly. Emperor Longqing had a new son today, so the studies of these princes and sons were suspended and they did not need to go to the palace.
King Linjiang didn't look at him, his eyes still on a picture on his desk. He asked him to sit down. After a while, when he heard from outside that Chu Jingwu and Shen Chen had arrived, he raised his eyebrows and asked them both to come in.
After greeting each other, King Linjiang asked Shen Chen, "How is it?"
He has always been particularly kind to Shen Chen and much gentler than he is to his sons.
Shen Chen was not at all polite to him. He was always very casual in front of him. He shook his head unceremoniously: "I don't understand!"
Since Emperor Longqing had spoken out to promote him to the Maritime Customs, Prince Linjiang gave him several of his advisers so that he could familiarize himself with the situation in Fujian as quickly as possible.
It has been more than a month, and he still has not gained anything.
Chu Jingxing frowned inwardly.
Chu Jingwu also complained: "The relationship over there is indeed complicated. I still haven't figured it out. It's really overwhelming."
Prince Linjiang couldn't help but laugh: "If the relationship was complicated, His Majesty wouldn't have let you go. What's wrong? Is there something you don't understand?"
The Maritime Customs Office has always been a lucrative place, with shipping in its hands, which is not much different from salt transportation. If you do it well, it is a job that will make money.
But at the same time, they are not the only ones eyeing this piece of fat meat. It is indeed troublesome to gain a foothold in the Maritime Customs.
Shen Chen is still young, and it is really too difficult for him to deal with all this alone.
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