"who?!"
Li Mingyue, who had originally had a calm expression, raised her eyebrows when she heard the word "demon".
If her former husband was the man she hated the most, then Lu Chen was the man she hated the second most.
She had buried the first one with her own hands, and as for the second one, she really couldn't do anything about it in the short term.
Thinking of Lu Chen's disgusting face, Li Mingyue squeezed the wine glass in her hand and asked, "Why did you provoke this person? Are you also planning to take over Sheng'en Dan? What did I tell you before?"
Qian Tong fell to his knees with a plop, sobbing and complaining, "Your Highness, I am innocent! I have been by your side for so many years, how could I not understand such a thing? Sheng'en Dan is a strategic resource of the country. Since Your Majesty has issued an order, whoever touches it will die. No matter how confused I am, I will not make a mistake in this matter. Isn't this embarrassing for Your Highness?"
Li Mingyue nodded, and her expression relaxed a lot.
As long as it didn't involve Sheng Endan, she wouldn't worry. To be honest, the court had made a big fuss about Sheng Endan some time ago, which really scared her.
"Tell me, what exactly happened?"
Qian Tong was just waiting for this. He spoke excitedly, "I heard that Lu Chen invented a machine that can spin wool into cloth. I heard that the ministers also think it's a good thing and can even help the country pacify the rebellion in the northwest. I thought that since we are a family of royal relatives, we should naturally do our part to help with this."
"So today I took the money and went to find that demon Taoist. I openly ordered a thousand of these machines from him and told him very clearly that they were needed by the Princess's residence. I told him to hurry up and if there was any money left, I didn't need to change it. I could just consider it as the Princess's support for their work."
"But who could have imagined that this old servant wouldn't even get to see that demonic Taoist priest before being thrown out by the person in charge! Your Highness, this is a great shame and humiliation!"
"Is this really true?!"
Li Mingyue's eyebrows stood up. She thought it was good enough that she didn't bully others. How could someone dare to bully her?
What's more, there was already some grudge between her and Lu Chen. When she thought of what Lu Chen had said to her and the hand that touched her, Li Mingyue felt a strange feeling in her body, and the murderous intent in her heart grew stronger and stronger.
Seeing that Qian Tong wanted to continue crying, Li Mingyue waved her hand impatiently and said, "You can go down first. In the future, don't go to Lu Chen unless there is something important. He is a favorite of the emperor now, and we in the Great Qi Dynasty do need to rely on him for many things. So wait a little longer."
It is said that it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Li Mingyue is not a gentleman, but it is not difficult to wait for three to five years.
Qian Tong wiped the nonexistent tears from his face and bowed as he retreated. He hadn't actually told the truth, or at least not the whole truth. He had indeed gone to Lu Chen to buy a machine today, but he'd asked for twenty taels apiece.
After hearing his arrogant offer, Lu Chen had no intention of meeting him at all, which led to him being beaten out later.
Qian Tong was Li Mingyue's subordinate. Li Mingyue knew very well what kind of person he was and knew that he must not have told the whole story.
But Li Mingyue didn't care about these things. She just hated Lu Chen. Sooner or later, she would settle the score with Lu Chen for all the things that happened in the past.
What Qian Tong said today was just another addition.
Just as Li Mingyue was wondering how long to wait and what opportunity to find to deal with Lu Chen, a female official beside her came up and said, "Your Highness, everyone's rouge and powder are almost mixed."
Li Mingyue glanced down and saw the expectant eyes of many young girls. She nodded lazily and said, "Okay, then let's evaluate them together and see whose watercolor is better this time."
As she spoke, she had already stood up from the chaise longue.
Watching Li Mingyue tasting the rouge and powder one by one, Chen Bijun excitedly pulled Wei Cai'er and said, "Cai'er, do you think these powders of mine will please the princess later? If she really likes this powder of mine, what do you think I should ask her?"
Since they wanted to compete in gouache, Chen Bijun's family had naturally made preparations in advance.
The formula she gave was also developed by many gouache masters after a long period of research.
Looking at her handkerchief friend, Wei Caier smiled and said, "You are getting married soon, so why not ask Her Royal Highness the Princess to give you a flying phoenix hairpin?"
"If you can wear a hairpin like this on your wedding day, then even if you go to your husband's house in the future, your husband's mother-in-law, sisters-in-law, and sisters-in-law will not dare to look down on you."
Unless it was given as a reward by nobles, ordinary families would not dare to use the phoenix hairpin casually.
If you can really have such a hairpin when you get married, it would be a very proud thing.
In the past, this kind of reward could only be given by the queen. It was simply a fantasy for these little girls to want to see the queen.
Fortunately, Li Mingyue was also quite favored, so the emperor and empress would not say anything if she gave out such a hairpin as a reward.
"Okay! If I can really get first place, then I want a hairpin! By the way, Cai'er, why don't you mix the gouache? Don't you have anything you want?"
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