Chapter 205: Prepare Gifts and Apology
Prince Yi suffered a great loss at the hands of Qu Ling and Zhao Yuanrong yesterday.
After returning home, I became angrier and angrier.
He asked someone to investigate the weaknesses of these two people, and he actually found out that Qu Ling's husband's mother had passed away.
"Her husband is serving as the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple, right?" Prince Yi said, his teeth itching with rage. "He even passed the imperial examination and became an official."
Okay, very good.
Considering how much Qu Ling is favored by the emperor, he will definitely be exempted from the mourning period by imperial decree.
Generally speaking, no one in the court would deliberately hold onto this matter.
After all, everyone has parents, and anyone could be the next to observe a period of mourning.
If you jump out and block others' future today, it may be your turn or even your descendants' turn in the future.
But Prince Yi is different.
He has no parents.
As long as he took the initiative to raise this matter and stood above the rules of propriety, the emperor would not be able to be exempted from mourning.
Chi Yuan will definitely blame Qu Ling for losing the official position he obtained through hard study.
Qu Ling will not have a good life in the future.
There are so many ways to deal with a woman.
Prince Yi stood in the court with a bruise on his forehead, and the wound was aching slightly.
He glanced at Zhao Yuanrong who was standing in the first place, and his breath was held in his chest. How could a little girl stand in that position!
"Your Majesty," Prince Yi suddenly stepped out and said in a loud voice, "I have a memorial to report."
"speak."
"The mother of the Dali Temple's Shaoqing, Mrs. Zhong, passed away yesterday. According to etiquette, she should observe mourning."
Prince Yi said righteously, "But I heard that he didn't even go to the wake, which is really against filial piety."
No one in the hall spoke.
The Shaoqing of Dali Temple, isn’t that the son of Marquis Jingwei?
Didn’t you say you were getting divorced a while ago?
Which family is the lady from? The prince just mentioned the Zhong family.
The Empress stared at him, "You are well-informed."
"Chi Yuan has submitted a memorial of mourning, and I have approved it."
Prince Yi was stunned.
He didn't expect Chi Yuan to give up the powerful position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple so easily.
"Your Majesty is wise," he reluctantly agreed, but couldn't help but add, "It's just that he won't attend the wake..."
"Prince Yi."
The emperor laughed. "When did you become so familiar with the Zhong family? Could it be that you want to become in-laws?"
The emperor seemed to be reminiscing, "I remember your legitimate son hasn't married yet..."
Prince Yi suddenly felt something was wrong and his face turned pale with fright.
He had high hopes for his legitimate son and absolutely could not allow him to marry a girl from such an unknown family.
"Your Majesty has misunderstood. I have no intention of becoming in-laws with the Zhong family."
"Then why do you know so much about the Zhong family?" The emperor's voice became a little deeper.
Prince Yi hesitated.
You can't say that he was deliberately causing trouble for Chi Yuan.
He caught a glimpse of Zhao Yuanrong and thought quickly, "Yesterday I met Princess Jia'an at the Imperial Mausoleum. I saw that Princess Jia'an was very handsome and had an extraordinary demeanor. When I returned home and mentioned it to the princess, she mentioned his mother's passing. She also said that since I knew him, she had sent someone to offer condolences."
"You are telling a lie."
The emperor looked at him with a smile.
All the officials in the hall pricked up their ears to listen.
"Yesterday you sneaked into the imperial mausoleum, disturbing the princess's biological mother's peace and quiet, and were beaten as a thief. You don't hold a grudge against the princess and her husband, but instead praise him?"
The emperor's words made everyone's heart noisy.
They also heard about the fight between Prince Yi and Princess Jiaping yesterday.
It turned out that I had disturbed the peace of the dead.
So immoral.
The emperor's face suddenly turned cold. "Don't think I don't know that you are deliberately seeking revenge. You even instigated the Zhong family to cause trouble at the Marquis' Mansion."
"I acknowledge my guilt!"
Prince Yi did not expect the emperor to expose him so ruthlessly.
The most surprising thing was that Chi Yuan took the initiative to submit a memorial of mourning, which made all his actions seem to have ulterior motives.
"You are a prince, my cousin," the emperor sighed deliberately, "can you please focus on serious matters?"
"Stop spending all your time focusing on who's dead and who's getting married. You're obsessed with the death of a fifth-rank official's daughter. How can you care about sharing my worries?"
Prince Yi was scolded so badly that he couldn't even raise his head. His face turned pale and blue, and he wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Once again shooting oneself in the foot.
"Also, you embarrassed yourself by going to the Imperial Mausoleum yesterday. I have considered this and, to prevent such incidents from happening again, have drafted two imperial edicts."
She ordered the eunuch, "Announce the decree."
The eunuch who announced the decree looked old and frail, and the old officials in the court recognized him at a glance. He was the eunuch Wu who had served the late emperor.
He hasn't been seen for many years.
Everyone thought he was dead.
I never thought that there would be a day when I would appear in this world.
The emperor specifically asked him to announce the decree so that he could tell everyone that he was still alive.
Eunuch Wu stepped forward and unfolded the yellow silk.
The imperial edict was that Qu Ling had submitted a petition requesting the revocation of the title. The emperor, with great understanding of justice and sympathy for her loneliness and poverty, specially conferred her the title of Princess Jia'an and posthumously conferred her mother Xu the title of Princess Zhaoyue.
If you look closely at this decree, you can find faults.
But no one wants to argue about this.
After Song Guang's death, the Secretariat no longer had a Secretary-General. The emperor held the power in his own hands, with only an Assistant Secretary to assist him.
Xiao Ciyu didn't say anything, and neither did the Imperial Censor Zhang Jing. Anyone who dared to speak was disobeying the emperor.
"Prince Yi," the emperor called out, "you were at fault first. Prepare gifts and apologize to the princess."
Everyone's eyes were on Prince Yi, and the only word that came to mind was: not worthy of being shown in public.
It was midsummer and the weather was hot and dry.
When he left the court, Prince Yi's official uniform was soaked with sweat.
He returned to the palace angrily and kicked over Bingjian as soon as he entered the backyard.
"It's only been a few months, and you've already used up the Ice Mirror. All the money in the mansion has been spent by you just like this!"
Princess Yi was a weak woman with an ordinary appearance, which could only be described as pretty.
She hurriedly ordered the servants to carry Bingjian out, then tremblingly said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."
Prince Yi felt annoyed whenever he saw her. If it weren't for his son, he wouldn't even bother to step into this courtyard.
"How many days will it take for Chongli to arrive in the capital?"
The princess said, "It will be soon. We will return to the capital tomorrow."
At the time, Zhao Chongli and Song Zhang were in the Eastern Palace with the prince. They had a conflict, which scared the princess so much that she prepared gifts and went to apologize in person.
Prince Yi was also uneasy, but he still felt that this was too embarrassing.
He found an excuse to send Zhao Chongli out to travel, but in fact he was trying to avoid disaster.
"It's all because of you, a useless and short-sighted person, who has close ties with the Song family, that I'm targeted by Zhao Ju!" Prince Yi cursed.
The princess covered her face and cried.
How can you blame her?
It was clearly the prince who said that the Song family was extremely powerful and that he needed to do more to manage things in private.
Her family background was not prominent, and she was not a noble lady in the capital. Her father was a great scholar in Jiangnan and had close acquaintance with the old prince, which was why he engaged her.
After the old prince passed away, her husband never took her seriously and often yelled at her.
Prince Yi vented his anger and went to the courtyard of Concubine Feng.
Feng was the daughter of the Junior Supervisor of the Military Equipment Bureau. She was beautiful and very good at observing people's words and expressions.
She was very pampered and lived in the best courtyard in the mansion.
There are ice jars in all four corners, and the coolness is refreshing.
The precious light gauze hung in the yard, which not only blocked the scorching sun but also made the skin of the person underneath the gauze look as white as snow.
She was wearing a thin outer garment, and it was obvious at a glance that Prince Yi was angry.
"Your Highness, are you still worried about those two princesses?"
She fanned herself with the fan in her hand and told the maid to get some iced flower tea with a look.
Prince Yi felt the coolness and the heat in his heart subsided a lot.
In a blink of an eye, he saw Concubine Feng's white breasts, and his mouth became dry again.
"The unlucky star in Dingxiang Marquis's mansion is now a princess."
Prince Yi pulled her into his arms, his hands restless and his eyes gloomy. "His Majesty also asked me to prepare a gift to apologize to her."
Concubine Feng covered her mouth with her fan and laughed like a bell, "Your Highness is a man of great things, why would he care about a little girl?"
The maid brought tea, and Concubine Feng personally fed it to Prince Yi, "I have a way to deal with her and vent your anger."
"I haven't found her weakness yet, do you have a solution?"
Prince Yi didn't believe it.
"You men, all you know is fighting and killing," Concubine Feng glared at him, her red lips breathing out sweet orchids, "We women know how to deal with women."
"but--"
Concubine Feng's beautiful eyes turned slightly, "I have to borrow the princess's name to accomplish this."
"Just go ahead and do it," Prince Yi waved his hand nonchalantly, "Princess, don't worry about it."
Seeing that Concubine Feng was charming and seductive, he dragged her into the inner room in broad daylight.
That afternoon, an invitation was delivered from Prince Yi's Mansion to Marquis Jingwei's Mansion.
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