Chapter 279 It’s better to die in the Queen Mother’s belly
The emperor saw this scene as soon as he arrived at Changchun Palace. He waved his hand to signal everyone to stand up, then looked at the people in the palace with interest.
"What's going on? Why does the girl from the Zhang family look so unhappy?"
Zhang Shuier finally suppressed the urge to feel nauseous and hurried forward to bow.
"Yes, it is true that I am still not used to the taste of this tea."
"Oh? What kind of tea?"
As the emperor spoke, he gestured to Eunuch Fu to pour him a bowl of tea. Before the tea was even handed to him, he could already smell the poor taste.
He waved his hand, signaling Eunuch Fu to move the tea bowl away.
"The last time I drank this kind of coarse tea was when I was ordered to supervise the army at Yucheng Pass. So many years have passed in the blink of an eye."
There was a hint of sigh in his tone, as if he was recalling the old times.
The queen sat in the chair calmly, drinking tea from the tea bowl in small sips, and did not respond to his words at all.
Back then, he still had the nerve to talk about back then!
What she hated most now was recalling the past. Whenever she thought of what happened back then, she wanted to slap herself a few times.
The emperor was very unhappy because no one supported the topic he raised.
But the Empress had been like this for the past year and had never been kind to him. He even refused to come to Changchun Palace on the first and fifteenth of every month. It was as if the relationship between the two of them had been completely torn apart and they no longer had any affection for each other.
So, knowing that the queen no longer had any respect or love for him, even though he was unhappy, he did not express it immediately.
He found a step for himself, chuckled a few times, and then turned his gaze to Lu Xinran.
"Young Master Lu, your wedding to the fourth son is in two months, right?"
Lu Xinran stood up and replied, "Your Majesty, the wedding date between me and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei is on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is indeed in more than two months."
"Well, time really flies. I'm already old enough to start a family and a career."
[Establish a career? What career? As a prince, can he, as a father, tolerate this? 】
emperor:"……"
Very good, although late but it arrived.
He knows that there will always be a lot of complaints about him.
"Did you go to the Queen Mother's place today?"
"Yes, several of our servants went to the Queen Mother's palace to pay respects and have just returned."
The emperor kept his eyes on Lu Xinran while asking questions, so she had no choice but to reply immediately.
"Well, the Queen Mother's palace is quiet and lonely. It's rare that you young people get along well with each other. When you have nothing to do in the future, come to the palace often to accompany her."
"Yes, I've made note of it."
Lu Xinran replied obediently, but he was already rolling his eyes to the sky in his heart.
[What on earth is the dog emperor doing here? If you have something to say, just ask directly. You are hesitating like this and acting like an emperor. It's really...]
She wanted to slap him in the face.
The emperor stopped tapping his fingers on his knees for a moment. He squinted his eyes and scanned the people in the room, finally turning his attention back to the empress.
"Why are you using the coarse tea from the border for no reason? Is there something wrong with the quota for Changchun Palace?"
"No, I just had a sudden thought today. I only brought back this one pack of tea, and this is the last one."
The last pot is not a memory.
The Empress' words did not give the Emperor any chance to find fault, and only made the Emperor feel even more unhappy, which had been accumulating since he entered Changchun Palace.
His expression had already begun to look unfriendly, but Lu Xinran didn't want to see him throwing tantrums like a scumbag towards the queen, so she boldly started talking, relying on the fact that she had complained about the emperor many times in the past but he was still alive and well.
[Isn't drinking tea a personal freedom? Why does he have to control what the queen wants to drink? 】
[He didn't even give the queen basic respect, and now he's meddling in her affairs. Does he really think he can be a scumbag without restraint just because he's the emperor?]
[Forget it, I'll come and see what he's doing here, and send him away quickly, or I won't be able to eat lunch in front of this face.]
Several people in the room: "..."
How dare you!
Zhang Shui'er didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that she would become the unlucky one.
The Queen met the Emperor's fiery gaze with a smile on her lips, and the look she gave Lu Xinran was full of clear encouragement.
If you can talk, just say more. Anyway, if someone takes the initiative to come up to you and make you feel uncomfortable, you can't blame others.
The system worked tirelessly to help Lu Xinran load the emperor's booklet, but after loading only a small part, the system received a reminder that a large amount of health points would be consumed.
"Host, the emperor's identity is too special. He cannot be loaded normally like other people."
"How many health points are needed?"
Lu Xinran had already heard the system's beeping alarm and asked calmly.
The system fiddled with it for a while before replying weakly, "It will take ten years."
"Feed it!"
"You can only save it for one day in ten years. The booklet will disappear by this time tomorrow. Do you really want to load it?"
Ten years were spent just for one day, and the system was so distressed like a miser.
"What are you afraid of? As long as you eat melons, you will have life points. It's only ten years. Or do you think the emperor is so worthless?"
Since the emperor's pamphlet is clearly priced, it must have a high return.
The system immediately fed in the health points and saved the emperor's next volume.
The host is smart, this makes so much sense!
Lu Xinran speechlessly opened the emperor's booklet. Now... she had to fool even the system.
[I really like taking shortcuts. 】
Seeing that the emperor was planning to confiscate her property again, she thought that she would have to look for another candidate here. She was really speechless.
She now felt that all the civil and military officials in the court were pigs kept in a pen by the emperor, and whenever he wanted to eat their meat, he could just drag them out and kill them with a flick of his finger.
[Since there is a lack of money, why not open up sea routes and resume maritime trade with neighboring countries? 】
Killing corrupt officials, what is the difference between this and killing the goose to get the eggs? !
[Even if we break through the Western Regions and reopen the Silk Road, it would be good. If we break through the Western Regions and completely scare the tribes outside the Great Wall, the military pay and supplies needed in the future will be less than now.]
[Moreover, his own private treasury is extremely rich. Is he really prepared to take it with him into the coffin after his death? Isn’t he afraid that his grave will be dug up in the future?! ]
Although he knew that he should not talk nonsense anymore, Lu Xinran really couldn't control himself.
She suddenly felt a sense of regret, and always felt that the emperor should have died in the empress dowager's belly to avoid harming the court officials and the people.
Lu Xinlan grabbed her wrist and said, "Don't say such things casually."
The emperor could tolerate other things, but not this.
Lu Xinran felt a pain in her wrist and immediately collected her thoughts. She glanced at the emperor and found that although his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, there was no sign of impending rage.
The emperor probably didn’t hear the last sentence!
The emperor didn't hear the result he wanted, and he knew that if he stayed any longer he would only be pissed off, so he stood up and left.
It was already 15:00 when Lu Xinran came out of the palace, and he went straight to Prince Wei's Palace.
She still went in through the back door, but this time Song Junyan was already waiting in the study. He was quite surprised to see her come in so hurriedly.
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"The emperor's pamphlet cannot be preserved. Whether the truth from five years ago can be found out depends on this one move."
Ten years of life value, I hope she doesn’t lose it!
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Ahhh, I haven’t written it again. No, I must finish writing about that year’s gossip tomorrow!