The news that the East Palace would soon have a master spread from the palace to the government office, from the government office to the houses, and from the houses to the people. In just one or two days, it became the hottest news in the entire capital. For the four heads of the Yashe who had been summoned and lectured by the emperor once, this sudden news was like a thunderbolt heralding the coming of spring.
Everyone guessed that the third prince was the popular candidate to enter the Eastern Palace, but no one expected that the emperor would not drag his feet on establishing the Eastern Palace like he had done in previous years, but would suddenly make a thundering decision.
Therefore, the three principals who occasionally got together a few days ago—Principal Hong, who had a strange temper, was excluded from the circle by the other three early on—did not have time to drink tea and chat together in the past two days. Some people stayed in their rooms and did not go out, as if they were thinking about countermeasures; some went out every day and met guests every day; and some had to receive several visiting students every day.
Seeing others busy every day, Hong, who had met Chu Kuan once, was relatively calm. However, when she saw her father, Hong Shanchang, becoming more and more irritated, she knew that her father was probably regretting his straightforward request to return home in front of the emperor.
Perhaps my father really doesn't care that much about fame, wealth and power, but if I can become the prince's teacher, if the future emperor can grow up under my guidance, and if he ascends the throne in the future, he can implement certain policies that I have advised, then for my father, it will be an irresistible temptation!
But others didn't know, but she heard clearly from Chu Kuan that the emperor was fed up with her self-righteous father, Hong Shanchang, and there was no way he would keep her. When Chu Kuan offered her that great bait, the Third Prince was still the Third Prince, but now the Third Prince was about to become the Crown Prince, and even she herself felt that there was little hope of fulfilling Chu Kuan's promise.
At this moment, Mrs. Hong was sorting out the boxes and crates as ordered by her father, and she heard a bang. When she turned around, she saw that Mr. Hong had already dropped the book in his hand. If it were normal, she would have gone up to persuade him, but now she was too lazy to move, because she had persuaded too much and was tired. But the next moment, she heard a knock on the door.
"Madam Hong, Princess Yongping sent you an invitation to Yuehua Tower."
Hong's heart skipped a beat and she instinctively turned her head to look at Hong Shanchang. The last time she went out, she received a note saying that they would meet at Yuehua Tower, but her father, who knew about this, criticized Princess Yongping for being a hen that crowed at dawn and hated the Yuehua Tower literary gathering. She knew that it was not Princess Yongping who invited them, but she couldn't expose it.
However, the post sent this time was directly signed by Princess Yongping, so it couldn't be Chu Kuan's trick again.
She thought her father would object and complain, but what she saw was a face that instantly froze and had no expression. So she quickly walked to the door and opened it. Seeing the waiter presenting the note with a big smile on his face, she nodded in thanks, but carefully avoided her father's sight and took out a handful of money as a reward.
When everyone left satisfied, Mrs. Hong was surprised to see that the post was dated today. She quickly turned around and went to her father to explain the matter in a low voice. As a result, she thought she would have to spend a lot of time to convince him, but Mr. Hong agreed easily, but his tone was still a little stiff.