Chapter 146 What I Want is to Be Different
But who can stop Xiao Yanru from picking anyone else, and she picked the most noble man in the world.
The Marquis' Mansion can't do anything to the emperor, and they have to listen to the emperor.
"Grandmother, I will accompany you to have a good meal today, and we will only talk about family matters, not other things."
As long as she talks about the matters of her mother and father, her grandmother's temper has never been as bad as when she was young.
To be honest, only his grandmother in the world would dislike his father's son-in-law so much.
A son-in-law with such a noble status, if it were someone else's family, would be something that others would not even hope for.
"Okay, accompany me to have dinner, and don't talk about your mother's heartless daughter."
Old Madam Sheng agreed, because when she talked about this daughter, she was full of anger and heartache.
Old Madam Sheng didn't want to make things difficult for her body, so she didn't mention it if she could.
Hasn't she been doing this all these years?
The Yongjing Marquis' Mansion needs to keep a distance from the Empress and the Crown Prince, but the Emperor still allows Madam Sheng to enter the palace to see the Empress.
However, Madam Sheng has been to the harem to see the Empress the least of all people.
It's not that the Emperor wants to trust the people of the Yongjing Marquis' Mansion, but the people of the Yongjing Marquis' Mansion have done things so beautifully
that the Emperor has no intention of pulling their pigtails.
The Emperor will never forget the resolute expression on the old Marquis's face when he returned the military power and was willing to retire.
The Emperor has no doubt about the determination of the old Marquis' Mansion, and cannot deceive himself into thinking that the old Marquis is just acting, and his ambitions are also very big.
After being in the harem for many years, the Emperor can tell whether the old Marquis is sincere or fake.
What made the emperor even more satisfied was that the three generations of the Xiao family were not confused.
After Xiao Jingzhan's generation, the emperor was more satisfied with the people of Yongjing Marquis's Mansion.
As long as the prince kept a good distance between him and Yongjing Marquis's Mansion, he would continue to support the prince as the crown prince,
and was willing to preserve the wealth and glory of Yongjing Marquis's Mansion and continue to give Xiao Jingzhan opportunities.
Once upon a time, only men from the Xiao family were on the list of the emperor.
Now, Zhu Xuntao's name also appeared on this list.
After dinner, Xiao Jingzhan saw the prince off:
"Prince, won't you tell Taotao about the kang?"
"Because of the timely appearance of the kang, the number of casualties in the north has been reduced by more than ten people in recent days compared to previous years."
In other words, the timely appearance of the kang has saved more than a dozen lives.
After a whole winter, this number will increase and will definitely exceed a hundred people.
If the snow disaster is resolved, Xiao Jingzhan can't calculate
how many people Zhu Xuntao has saved in such a short time.
It is said that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.
According to this conversion, can Zhu Xuntao's pagoda be built to the end?
The prince laughed out loud and looked up at the twinkling stars hanging on the black screen:
"It looks like tomorrow will be another good day, and it won't snow in our capital."
"Xiao Jingzhan, Zhu Xuntao is indeed very good."
"She has done so many good things, but she is unwilling to take credit for them, and she never wanted to be in the spotlight."
"So, it doesn't matter whether she says it or not, because Zhu Xuntao knows it in her heart."
Xiao Jingzhan nodded: "Yes, Taotao is very good."
"She is not greedy for fame, nor is she greedy."
"But she is greedy for money."
The prince added with a smile,
"Fortunately, she is still greedy for money. If she had no human emotions, I would doubt whether she was still a human being?"
"She is a human being, with the shortcomings that people often have, that's good."
"That way I can rest assured. She will stay in Yong Dynasty and protect the people of Yong Dynasty."
Xiao Jingzhan did not admit:
"Taotao is not a money-lover."
"After being married to Taotao for two months, I found that Taotao's life is not extravagant at all."
"She has three dishes and one soup for every meal at most. Except for special reasons, she only buys herself a new set of clothes every season."
There are not many girls in the Xiao family, but there are many daughters-in-law in the Xiao family, so women are indispensable.
Xiao Jingzhan has seen how Jiang Yijing spends money and how Xiao Miluo spends money.
Because of the different styles of Xuntao, Xiao Jingzhan did a sum of money.
There is no need to compare Xiao Miluo, who was
brought up by the pampering of the whole mansion. If his mother or any of the two aunts in the mansion bought things for themselves in a year in exchange for raising Zhu Xuntao, it would be enough for Zhu Xuntao to live for three or four years.
Hearing Xiao Jingzhan say this, the prince was also surprised:
"Is there a woman in the world who doesn't like gorgeous clothes and jewelry?"
The prince has seen a lot of women in the palace.
How many concubines fought for these things besides his father's favor.
The prince always thought that women's love for clothes was deep in their bones.
Zhu Xuntao, is she an exception?
"Or is it that Zhu Xuntao is a Pixiu, who only takes in money but never spends it, and is reluctant to spend it no matter how much she earns?"
Xiao Jingzhan smiled bitterly:
"On the contrary, Taotao is more ferocious than anyone else when it comes to spending money."
"She is so good at making money, and I have given her all my savings over the years."
"But the banknotes in her box have never been full, and she has to go down from time to time."
"If it weren't for the silver mirror shop, the banknotes in her box might have been empty long ago."
Xiao Jingzhan heard Qiuyue mutter more than once that Zhu Xuntao was particularly good at squandering money and spending it like water.
Qiuyue muttered more and more, so he naturally observed this situation.
But what Xiao Jingzhan couldn't figure out was, where did Zhu Xuntao spend all that money?
Anyway, he didn't see Zhu Xuntao with anything extra on her. She
usually dressed more simply than anyone else.
"You didn't check the source of such a big thing?"
The prince didn't understand. What did he want to know? With Xiao Jingzhan's ability, he could just send someone to check, and the answer would come, right?
Zhu Xuntao's friends are smarter than most people.
But in this regard, Zhu Xuntao can't compare with them at all.
Xiao Jingzhan shook his head:
"I don't want to."
"If Taotao wants to tell me, I will listen attentively."
"If Taotao doesn't want to, I will check it, and it will make Taotao sad."
"I don't want to hurt Taotao."
"..."
The prince was choked by Xiao Jingzhan's words.
On the prince's side, all he did was to stick to the facts and handle official business impartially.
Xiao Jingzhan's words just now expressed his feelings for Zhu Xuntao.
Meaning, the prince was talking to Xiao Jingzhan about reason, and Xiao Jingzhan said that he was talking about feelings...
"As expected of a married man with a wife, you are really different."
"Xiao Jingzhan, you have become emotional."
Xiao Jingzhan did not refute the prince's words:
"To the prince, Taotao is a lucky star that may protect the world."
"To me, Taotao is just my wife, and I should love and protect her."
"It is right that I am different from the prince."