Chapter 432: The prince's wife must not be bullied! 16
The prince’s wife must not be bullied! (16)
Lan Nuo turned around and left, noticing that He Lanji next to her was looking at her with worry in her eyes. Chu Tianjiao was busy smiling at him, "Don't worry, just the few civil servants under you, they can't play with me!"
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At night.
In the palace hall, the lights were flickering and the tables were full of delicacies.
Several civil and military ministers in Loulan City were all present. Seeing that the sky was getting late, Chu Tianjiao still did not appear. Everyone was calm at first, but gradually became a little impatient.
Only Long Xiang and several other members of the Red Flame Group, He Lanji, were accompanying the generals. They were sitting upright on the futon with solemn expressions.
With soft footsteps, Chu Tianjiao, wearing a light green dress, slowly walked in from the outside, followed by Lan Nuo and Zhu Qinglan, one on the left and one on the right.
Without looking at the people around her, she walked straight up to the throne that originally belonged to He Lanji on the high platform, picked up her robe and sat down.
"Meet Princess!"
The ministers immediately stood up and knelt down to her. Naturally, some of them were perfunctory.
Helanji and the others were wary of this little princess, but they were quite disapproving of it. Helanji had always been more tolerant to the people before, and these guys had made a lot of money. Now it is autumn, the harvest season. At this time
, was also the time when the passing caravans were the densest. Knowing that He Lanji was dead, these people immediately let go of their hands and joined hands secretly to embezzle most of the tax money and food. This was exactly what Lan Nuo had reported before.
These guys also guessed that Chu Tianjiao invited them here this time for this matter. They had already prepared sufficient reasons in their hearts. In addition, they didn't care about this little guy, and their expressions were very casual.
"The concubine has not been feeling well these days. I am late, so please forgive me!" Chu Tianjiao casually picked up the wine glass on the table, "I know that the prince must still be alive. With this glass, I pray for the prince's safe return!"
After saying this, she raised her hand and drank the wine in the glass.
Long Xiang and others all drank with her, and several tampering civil servants exchanged glances. Although they also drank, they were just perfunctory. They didn't think that He Lanji really could come back, otherwise they would have the courage to do so.
They also don't dare to commit corruption.
Putting down his wine glass, Chu Tianjiao looked sideways at Li Shuzheng, who was sitting at the top of the list of civil servants on the right, "I am not familiar with government affairs. During the period when the prince has not come back, I have worked hard on the Mid-Autumn Festival tax collection in the northwest county, Mr. Li!"