Chapter 113 Lambs to be slaughtered
Emperor Qingling looked at the Empress and said slowly: "Your Majesty, you have worked hard."
The Empress pulled her lips and said: "It's not hard, it's all my share."
The three-person table was a bit crowded.
Emperor Qingling sat close to Concubine Shu Gui, and from time to time he wiped the food residue from her lips.
The two of them exchanged glances and quickly dodged.
Concubine Shu Gui blushed, and the main hall of Jingren Palace was red.
"Your Majesty, please don't be like this, the Empress is still here."
The Empress silently served the emperor: "Your Majesty, Jingren Palace often prepares your favorite dishes, but Your Majesty rarely comes to Jingren Palace these days. Is it because of the affairs of my concubine's family that Your Majesty resents me?"
After the words fell, the main hall was so quiet that no one spoke first.
Concubine Shu looked at Emperor Qingling and opened her lips to excuse him: "Empress, please don't blame the emperor. He is busy with the matter of welcoming An and it is common for him to neglect the harem. It is my fault and has nothing to do with the emperor."
Nanny Yu looked at Concubine Shu with dissatisfaction, but she couldn't say anything with the emperor around.
The queen lowered her eyes and rarely said anything to refute.
Emperor Qingling raised his arm and put his hand on Concubine Shu's hand, signaling her not to speak.
Shu Guifei realized that she had said too much, and immediately said, "Your Majesty, I have spoken out
of turn, I hope Your Majesty will not blame me." The Queen curled her lips and smiled, "My sister is outspoken, naive and frivolous, how can I blame her."
After she finished speaking, Emperor Qingling's expression also eased slightly.
He let go of Shu Guifei's hand, looked at the Queen and said, "I know that Prince Heng has nothing to do with you. If the Queen is willing to put aside the past grudges, not take the blame for Prince Heng's mistakes on herself, and sever the father-daughter relationship with Prince Heng, the Queen and I are still the masters of the Central Palace. If you insist on pleading for Prince Heng, then I can do nothing about it."
The meaning of this sentence is already very clear.
If the Queen wants to use the name of the Master of the Central Palace to force the Emperor to release Prince Heng, then he will not let the Queen go.
Then the Prince Heng's Mansion would become truly without a successor.
The Queen naturally knew which was more important, and she said lightly: "Since I have entered the palace, I am the Emperor's person. I am also the Queen, the mother of a country. Prince Heng intended to rebel and harmed the Fourteenth Master. He should bear any punishment. I will not plead for him for such a serious crime."
After saying this, Emperor Qingling raised his eyes and looked deeply at the Queen.
"I am a little surprised that the Queen is so open-minded, but I am very happy that you think so."
The Queen lowered her eyes and said slowly: "The Emperor is happy, and I am happy too."
Concubine Shugui did not speak, but her thoughts were very heavy.
The Queen distanced herself from Prince Heng in this way, although she saved her position as the master of the harem, but this was a double-edged sword.
She was so impatient, I'm afraid it was because of the emperor's sentimental and thoughtful nature, he would doubt the queen's heart.
Cruel, selfish, and uncaring. If
the mother of a country has such a temperament, why worry about development?
Why worry about the harem coexisting in harmony and loving each other?
Seeing that Wu Ya was raised by her family, she only knew how to have great power, not how to control people's hearts.
Wu Ya tried to control the emperor's heart, but it always backfired, and she was even hated and rejected by people, so that the couple became estranged, and the emperor chose a new person. The queen
was relieved, and even her expression was much more relaxed.
She looked at Emperor Qingling and said softly, "Your Majesty, is there any news about the princess? Concubine Shu has been absent-minded today. If there is still no news about the princess, I am afraid her body cannot bear it."
Emperor Qingling glanced at Concubine Shu and found that her face was indeed not very good.
Only at this moment did he realize that she had been forcing herself to smile and force herself to be a good concubine.
He felt very distressed, and even his brows wrinkled a little.
"Not yet. Wei Xin said that he searched the city thoroughly, but there is still no news about Ying'an. I am afraid that she has been moved out of the city, but the fourteenth brother has already... Where can she, a baby, go?"
In Furong City, a hundred miles away from the capital, two grown men led a three-year-old baby wandering aimlessly on the street.
"Ying'an, are you sure this will be the central hub in the future? It doesn't look as prosperous as the capital." Zong Yaozhi looked around with suspicion.
The main street of Furong City should be the most prosperous place, but it is very desolate.
One word can be seen everywhere, poor.
Even the largest restaurant in the city was built in imitation of Huichun Tower, which is a bit like a clumsy imitation of a beauty.
It didn't imitate the essence and looked rustic.
The plaque at the door looked like it was made casually by a carpenter, it was crooked and ugly.
The Fourteenth Master, who was dressed up, frowned, looking at the plants and trees here, and a bit of sadness rose in his eyes out of nowhere.
"I didn't expect that Furong City next to the capital is so backward. I'm afraid that the people in other cities in Daling are even more miserable. They can hardly make ends meet."
His words silenced Zong Yaozhi.
Zong Yaozhi bowed silently and said, "I just spoke too quickly. I didn't mean it, nor was I mocking you. I hope the God of Land and God of Wealth will forgive me."
The Fourteenth Master also realized that he seemed too serious and said solemnly, "Sorry, it's an occupational disease."
Little Ying'an shook the Fourteenth Master's hand and comforted him, "Fourteenth Uncle, don't listen to your uncle. This is great love. You are the one who truly cares about the people's lives. As a son of the royal family, what you do is... It's already very good."
The Fourteenth Master lowered his head and looked at Xiao Ying'an, curling his lips: "Thank you, Xiao Ying'an, Uncle Fourteen is very happy."
Xiao Ying'an raised his eyebrows at the Fourteenth Master, and asked for credit: "Then Uncle Fourteen, you are so happy, why don't you take me to the most lively place in the city to play?"
The Fourteenth Master readily agreed: "Okay, Xiao Ying'an, do you know where the most lively place is?"
He was still immersed in the joy of being praised by Ying'an, but Zong Yaozhi on the side had seen through his true nature.
He looked at the Fourteenth Master sympathetically, lowered his eyes and shook his head helplessly, looked at Xiao Ying'an, frowned and pouted, and mouthed: "Trick your Uncle Fourteen, go back and get beaten!"
Xiao Ying'an made a face at him, thinking: [If you don't take me, I'll let Uncle Fourteen take me! Humph!]
Zong Yaozhi was helpless.
Little Ying'an walked up to the Fourteenth Master and hugged his thighs for a hug.
The Fourteenth Master helplessly picked her up and said, "What were you two whispering about just now?"
Little Ying'an shook her head like a wave drum: "No, we were discussing where the busiest place in a city is."
The Fourteenth Master looked at the delicate little Ying'an and couldn't help but raised his hand to scratch her nose and said, "What's the result?"
Little Ying'an opened her lips, smiled cunningly, and showed two rows of neat little teeth. She pointed her index finger at the store in front of her and said, "Casino!"
The Fourteenth Master and Zong Yaozhi cast their eyes over at the same time.
They were really standing in front of the casino now. The gamblers coming and going looked at them with greed in their eyes.
Anyone who comes here is a lamb to be slaughtered.
The Fourteenth Master said sternly: "No! Children are not allowed to enter!"