The emperor wanted to laugh even more when he saw it, thinking that this cold noodle Yan Luo would actually be controlled by a woman one day!
"Why? A forced melon is not sweet, brother Zhuo."
Yan Zhuo said coldly, "The melons grow in the field. If you take good care of them, they will naturally become sweet."
The emperor was speechless.
But he had already agreed, so there was no reason to regret it, so he tried to comfort her, "Don't be so impatient, I did this for a reason, I didn't want to put too much pressure on the Jiang family, and Concubine Chen was the first to be pregnant, and besides, you were mostly in the palace, and the time I spent seeing her every day after marrying her home would not be as long as when she entered the palace and was close to me. Didn't I ask you before, did you want to get her body, or did you want her both physically and mentally, what did you answer?"
Yan Zhuo stopped talking, and a blush appeared on his ears.
The emperor smiled like an experienced person, "That's fine. Women are soft-hearted and hard-hearted. You have a lot to learn from me! But I think that the Jiang family's biological daughter and adopted daughter each have their own charm. My biological daughter Jiang Ying was a village girl who dared to give you medicine and left you behind after the incident. I wonder if she wanted to find someone to have a child with? As for Jiang Yilin, she's so pitiful. It makes people want to see her even more miserable. I didn't care about the concubine's displeasure, so I wanted to take her into the palace!"
"Okay, I have something to do at home, so I'll leave first." Yan Zhuo was too lazy to listen to the emperor's love story.
The emperor knew his character, a rare infatuated man, so he didn't say anything, but he mentioned, "The Jiang family's daughter-recognition banquet will be moved to tomorrow. I will ask Eunuch Huang to deliver a big gift."
Not just for Yan Zhuo, but for his own children and the throne, he must take good care of the Jiang family.
Upon hearing this, Yan Zhuo thanked him and retreated into the hall. Standing on the high steps, he let out a long sigh.
What should I do with her...
-
The ant-like hospitality of the Qinwang Mansion really caught all the officials and nobles in the capital by surprise.
Even when I returned home, I could hear people crying in fear in the backyard.
The elder masters comforted their wives, daughters and young children, but they were furious. The imperial censors had already prepared their memorials, planning to come to the court the day after tomorrow to severely criticize the king.
King Qin had a premonition of this, but he had no time to deal with Tong, so he immediately found someone to clean up the house and prepare gifts for the Guichao Banquet tomorrow.
Thinking of the emperor's regard for Jiang Ying, that is his future daughter-in-law, King Qin ordered the housekeeper, "Prepare more. The two governments are relatives, and we can't let others compete."
The housekeeper wanted to speak.
Prince Qin frowned, "What? Prince Wang's words are useless? Or without Tong Shi, you can't even prepare a gift?"
These years, he was busy outside and left the inner house to Tong. Everything was fine at first, but he never thought it was just a glamorous appearance!
This time he moved directly to another courtyard and was determined to clean up the palace thoroughly. If he found nothing fishy, it would be fine. But if he did, his relationship with Tong would be over!
The butler's voice trembled, "The princess had already sent a betrothal gift to the Jiang family. According to the rules, she gave 120 taels. As a result, the wedding date was postponed. I don't know what to do with the betrothal gift."
The King of Qin glared at him, "What punishment? The marriage was postponed, not cancelled. It will be used sooner or later."
"But as far as I know, when the prince was not aware of Miss Jiang's identity, he wanted to take her as a concubine, so he personally sent a betrothal gift of 120 dan to Yuhui Xiaozhu. Now the prince's wife is good, and the concubine is good, both are Miss Jiang, so the total is a full 240 dan. Now the prince wants us to prepare a heavy gift, this... is it too much?"
King Qin was not shy about this for a moment, but glanced at the butler.
"You are settling accounts with the king. Is it possible that you have no money left?" He had a hunch that Tong might not be so reckless in killing people, and might have done many things that he was not aware of.
Thinking of this, King Qin no longer trusted the housekeeper and asked someone else to check the accounts carefully.
The expenses of a government office were so long, lasting for more than 20 years. After checking, it took until the next morning to get a result. "My Lord, the princess has lost nearly 100,000 taels of silver."
"One hundred thousand taels!" King Qin was stunned, and his beautiful beard tilted to one side in anger.
The subordinate in charge of checking the accounts was stunned. One hundred thousand taels of silver was enough to feed the disaster victims of an entire town or county for a whole year!
But things have already happened, and King Qin has no choice but to accept reality.
Send someone to arrest the housekeeper first, and deal with the others after everything is clear. He gritted his teeth and said, "No, we can't save the gift from the Duke's Mansion. You can prepare as you should. The king will figure out a way."
Who could have imagined that a prince would have to worry about money!
…
In a blink of an eye, the night passed.
It was still dark in the Duke's Mansion, and the masters from all over the place had almost woken up, preparing for today's grand banquet.
Even the old lady woke up very early, but she told Yin Shuang not to wake Jiang Ying so early, "Yingying sometimes gets up at night to feed, and she doesn't sleep well. Call her later."
So when Jiang Ying got up at about seven o'clock and packed up, guests had already arrived one after another.
The old lady had personally supervised her outfit, and it was extremely exquisite. She wore a pink and white butterfly skirt with a flower pattern, a crabapple red satin jacket with red gold thread, and double-sided embroidered shoes. The color combination was very striking.
She wears a complete set of gemstone ornaments on her forehead, neck, hair and wrists, all made of dusty white jade, one bright and one pure, which is very unique.
Jiang Ying's figure is impeccable. She has been taking care of herself for the past six months. Even without makeup, she is already very pretty. Now she is comparable to Chang'e in the Moon Palace, with a beautiful appearance and the most gorgeous woman among all!
It was still a little chilly in the early morning of April, so Yinping took a fragrant apricot jacquard cape, which was light on the outside and deep on the inside, giving off an artistic sense of layers.
[Wow~ Mommy is so beautiful today! ]
[She looks like a beauty that came out of a painting! ]
Xiao Yan exclaimed sincerely, her pair of black grape-like eyes almost staring straight ahead.
A few beauties nearby were looking at her, covering their mouths and smiling, but in fact Xiao Yan was not the only one stunned by her beauty. There was no one in the room who was not stunned by her beauty!
But other people are adults after all, and their reactions are faster than children.
Xiao Yan has suffered a lot as a baby.
[Mother, give me a kiss, hug and lift me up high~] Xiao Yan was reluctant to leave Jiang Ying even for a second.
Grandma Tang smiled and said, "Miss Di, you won't be holding the little prince today, right? You have to go to the gate to welcome the guests. I took a look and found that those who can rival our Duke's Mansion in reputation have not arrived yet."
"That's to welcome them, to let our Yingying show off. No matter if they are from the capital, or peasants, they should know that the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion has been replaced."
As a lady of the first rank, Lian was always the most honorable one in any banquet except the palace banquet.
She didn't have to go through the trouble of entertaining guests at home, but today, for the sake of her granddaughter, she still attended in person.
Jiang Ying was a little embarrassed, and the old lady patted her hands, "Don't worry about grandma getting tired, grandma is in much better shape now, so standing for a while won't be a problem. As for me, I want to see our Yingying shine."