Now Yao Fu couldn't even enter the princess's room, but she stood waiting outside the door, not paying attention to the casual comments and ridicule of the palace ladies.
When dealing with women, women have to be shameless and skinless, while when dealing with men, they are ready to welcome and refuse.
As long as she can stand in the East Palace, it doesn't matter whether she is standing next to the Crown Princess or not. Look, she can know just by standing outside the door that Chen Danzhu has entered the palace gate again and met His Majesty.
Although His Majesty was angry again and drove Chen Danzhu out. It is said that he was also angry with the iron-faced general who wanted to protect Chen Danzhu. The little eunuchs swept away the fragments of the inkstone from the palace, which were smashed by the emperor.
But it was a pity that the emperor only drove Chen Danzhu out and did not mention evicting him from the capital again.
Yao Fu's heart ached with hatred, and the sound of the princess dropping the tea cup could be heard from inside.
The Crown Princess was also angry, because although the Emperor scolded Chen Danzhu away and was angry with General Iron Mask, Princess Jin Yao and the Third Prince came later, and the Emperor called them in to talk, and later the Emperor followed the Three Princes.
The prince went to see the progress of using strategies to win soldiers.
"How come your Majesty thinks so highly of the third prince when you hang out with people like Chen Danzhu?" The Crown Princess frowned.
The prince was not here. The fifth prince sat aside and polished his fingernails: "Sister-in-law, please don't say this to the prince's brother, don't disturb his mood."
The Crown Princess sighed softly: "Of course I won't tell him this. He is currently busy with the matters assigned by Your Majesty with peace of mind. He cannot show any dissatisfaction."
The fifth prince nodded: "That's good. Father doesn't value the third prince, but pities him."
It's enough to pity him and give him good food and drink and never treat him harshly. It's not just pity to ask him to do things, the princess thought to herself, especially when she heard that the emperor also questioned the third prince because some details of selecting scholars based on policy were not correct.
Appropriate.
Being scolded harshly by the emperor is also a sign of respect.
"I heard that the cough has gotten worse recently." The fifth prince said casually, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, third brother is a patient after all."
Therefore, the third prince has never gotten married. It is not certain whether he can have children after getting married. No matter where he compares, he cannot compare with the prince. The prince took a deep breath and sighed to the fifth prince: "I'm not worried about anything. I
I just feel that now that I have come to Xinjing, these younger brothers and sisters are different from before."
The fifth prince smiled: "What's the difference? No matter how different, they are still younger brothers and sisters. I am suffocated in the palace. The weather is getting warmer. It's time for us younger brothers and sisters to get together and play."
The Crown Princess was a little dissatisfied, and the Queen had also reprimanded him. At this time, she couldn't help the Crown Prince, and she still wanted to have fun: "There are so many things going on in the court recently, so don't mess around and annoy His Majesty."
The fifth prince said: "No, my father likes to see us brothers and sisters loving each other and having fun together." After that, he stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't have to worry about it. I'll go find Zhou Xuan and let him come forward. Father
It will only make me happier."
That's true. Because Zhou Xuan's father died, the emperor felt that the whole world owed him a father. The conniving Zhou Xuan was so rampant that even the princes did not look down on him and even allowed him to control the military. According to the prince,
The emperor intended to let Zhou Xuan take over the mantle of Iron Mask General.
In this case, Zhou Xuan still has to win over him. It is a good thing for the fifth prince to be close to him. The queen also wants to marry Jin Yao to Zhou Xuan.
"Then go ahead." The Crown Princess said with a smile, "There hasn't been a banquet in the palace for a long time."
I heard that King Wu’s palace banquets were held almost every day. As the cold winter gradually faded away, the scenery in the palace became more and more beautiful. It was time for more excitement to dispel the tension of these days.
The fifth prince left. The princess glanced at Yao Fu, who was standing obediently outside, and asked her confidant, "Has she gone to see the prince these days?"
The palace maid shook her head gently: "No." She smiled again, "Speaking of which, it was all because of her negligence that Chen Danzhu slipped through the net and caused today's situation, which troubled His Highness. She still dared to
Go to His Highness?"
But the prince didn't say anything about driving Yao Fu away. The princess thought to herself, squeezed the teacup, and whispered to her confidant maid: "Go and ask the prince if you want to send her back."
The confidant palace maid responded, hurried out, and came back not long after.
"His Highness said no." She whispered, looking at Yao Fu who was standing obediently outside the door, "His Highness said that the Fourth Miss is still useful."
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Not long after the prince's maid left, Fu Qing came in and whispered a few words to the prince who was busy at his desk.
The prince's hand holding the pen paused for a moment: "Mother, have you made the arrangements?"
Fuqing nodded.
The prince said nothing and continued to review the memorial.
Fu Qing quietly retreated out, as if he had never come in.
The emperor was troubled one after another. He gave all the memorials to the prince and lay in the study every day. No one in the palace dared to disturb him. Outside the palace, Chen Danzhu would definitely not dare to come again after being driven away.
Eunuch Jinzhong brought in a lot of food and asked a performer to play the piano, giving the emperor a rare moment of enjoyment.
The emperor was lying on the Arhat bed, with his eyes closed, listening to the piano and taking a few bites casually. He didn't seem very interested.
"Your Highness, look at this." Jin Zhong brought a small plate over, "This is the sugar hawthorn made by His Highness."
The emperor then opened his eyes and saw three bunches of bamboo sticks on the plate, each with two hawthorn fruits. He reached out and picked up a bunch, took a bite and tasted it, and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad." But.
When I thought that such a good thing was made by the third prince for Chen Danzhu, I became angry again. I finished eating one of them bitterly, then lay down and sighed, "These two are really troublesome for me."
Eunuch Jinzhong suppressed his laughter: "Your Majesty, please be at ease. Didn't the general say it? He didn't really admit it. It was Chen Danzhu who forcibly shouted. It's not surprising that someone like Miss Danzhu would do such a thing."
The emperor sneered: "Force? If he doesn't want to, who can force him? I don't know someone like him - "
Eunuch Jinzhong hurriedly handed over another bunch: "Your Majesty, you can eat another one, using the hawthorn saved by the third prince, we will finish it for him."
Let’s see how he will make sugar hawthorns for people next time. The emperor thought it was a good idea. He stopped being angry and took it. As he was eating, a eunuch outside the door whispered, "The Marquis of Guan Nei is here."
I forgot, Chen Danzhu and Zhou Xuan came out of the palace. Looking at the eunuchs' replies, they didn't ask for an audience, but came.
The emperor almost swallowed half of the hawthorn in one gulp, but fortunately Eunuch Jinzhong stopped him urgently, so the emperor vomited it out. Zhou Xuan was already outside the door. The emperor said, "Come in," and he stepped in.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Zhou Xuan strode like a meteor and brought up a gust of wind, "Chen Danzhu made you angry again? I said you can't condone her, let me drive her away——"
The emperor waved his hands angrily: "Okay, okay, if you don't cause trouble for me, I won't be angry."
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The hawthorn fruit, "Have the hawthorn fruit been fried? Let me try it." After saying that, he picked it up and took two crunchy bites. He nodded and shook his head, "It's too sweet. Your Majesty, please eat less of this kind of thing."
I say, hawthorn fruit tastes best when eaten directly."
The emperor looked at the empty plate and thought that there was nothing left to eat. Forget it, he asked: "What are you doing here?"
Zhou Xuan's eyebrows were dancing: "I want to hold a banquet. It has been a while since the Marquis Mansion was completed. It has been packed up and can be taken out to show off."
