But when I heard the last sentence, uh... they admitted that they didn't let her sleep well, but not letting her eat enough, are they just lying through their teeth?
To exaggerate a bit, if it weren't for the skillful management of the old lady of the Marquis of Changxing, the Marquis of Changxing's mansion would have been bankrupted by her!
And then there's the Emperor. He knows Chuanwen is a foodie, and he'll send a portion of any delicious food he finds to the Marquis of Changxing's residence.
The emperor rubbed his temples and sighed, looking innocent, speechless, and helpless.
After Chuanwen finished complaining, she realized that the emperor had just asked her a question.
She looked at the emperor with a bewildered expression, her eyes still a little red.
The emperor felt a pang of sympathy seeing her like this; he hadn't used much force, so why was the girl almost crying from the pain?
So her tone of voice was much softer than usual, and she patiently asked her question again.
The officials in the hall couldn't help but feel envious of Chuanwen. When had the emperor ever spoken to them in such a gentle tone? Even Prime Minister Zhang, who was previously the emperor's most favored minister, had never received such treatment.
Chuan Hai twitched his lips. Even if his niece didn't have the skills she possessed, she could still do quite well just by relying on her looks!
However, Chuanwen blinked, "[You ask me what I think? How can I think about it? Horizontally? Vertically?]"
Chuanwen doesn't understand, so why ask her?
"You go out for walks every day, haven't you heard anything about it?"
The emperor asked again.
Chuanwen shook his head. "I haven't heard of it."
She really had never heard of it.
The emperor nodded, then turned to Zhou Menglin and asked, "Minister Zhou, what is your opinion?"
Several ellipses appeared above Chuan Wen's head: "Why do I have a feeling the Emperor isn't really interested in hearing my thoughts?"
The emperor smiled inwardly. He hadn't really wanted to hear what she had to say. The key was that she couldn't say what she had read in the script. This was just to wake her up and hear her true feelings.
The emperor and his ministers discussed the matter. Some said it was just a rumor, some wondered if it might be one of the children that had been abducted by Prince Rong, and others said it might be a conspiracy brewing, just like the previous Star Worship Cult.
While they were discussing, Chuanwen also became very interested in digging into the details of the script.
[This was said by a feng shui master...]
Chuanwen paused for a moment upon seeing these words, [Feng Shui Master? Hasn't my adoptive grandfather been frequently consulting Feng Shui masters lately?]
The emperor listened to Chuanwen's thoughts with one ear and the ministers' discussions with the other.
Everyone knows that Marquis Changxing has recently become superstitious about feng shui. Some of his old friends even joked that with a granddaughter like Chuanwen, no amount of feng shui consultations would help him.
Chuan Hai, who was standing in the ranks of civil officials with his head bowed, stiffened. This matter had nothing to do with his father, right?
[Wow! The feng shui master who spread that rumor is actually the one my grandfather hired!]
Chuanwen was engrossed in watching the drama unfold when Chuanhai sensed a gaze. Without even looking up, he knew it was the Emperor! Waaah! Father, please, please don't get involved in this!
[Hehe, right now that feng shui master is setting up a miracle, stuffing a strip of cloth inside a fish's belly, then selling it at the market, waiting for someone to buy the fish and discover the cloth inside...]
Chuanwen frowned as he read on, [This method looks familiar...isn't it from the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising?]
I was speechless for a moment, but the emperor and his ministers didn't quite understand. The cultural heritage of this world was different from that of the world before the text was passed on, and they didn't know about Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.
However, the idea of something appearing inside a fish's belly is not uncommon. They had heard of similar miracles before, such as a woman who bought a fish and found a petition written by a deity to the heavens inside it when she was cleaning it. The petition stated that so-and-so was a descendant of a certain star and would become a famous minister and general, and that this petition was being presented to the heavens.
After hearing about this miracle, the emperor secretly sent someone to investigate the man. He found that the man was indeed talented and appointed him to a military post. After that, the man fought alongside Xu Yunfei and made many military achievements.
A military officer behind Xu Yunfei felt the gazes of his colleagues—cough, because he was the so-and-so mentioned in the memorial—but he blinked and remained expressionless, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.
At this point, everyone has a question: what was written on the strip of cloth that the feng shui master stuffed into the fish's belly? And what was his purpose in doing this?
Chuanwen was also intrigued by this, so he did some digging, and what he found was quite surprising: [This feng shui master is actually a descendant of Princess Jingmin! ...Uh, who is Princess Jingmin?]
The ministers who were discussing the matter were stunned. Chuanwen did not know who Princess Jingmin was, but they were familiar with the name!
However, Chuanwen, who was busy watching the drama unfold, didn't notice this small anomaly.
Not only were the ministers stunned, but even the emperor frowned. The Great Jin Dynasty has gone through twenty-one generations, and the most favored princess among these twenty-one generations is Princess Jingmin, even surpassing her younger sister, Princess Baohui.
Well! The main thing is, he's rather stingy. He's reluctant to enjoy himself, let alone do things like Emperor Shunzong building the tallest viewing tower for Princess Jingmin and throwing her a grand banquet with a flowing stream for her birthday.
While the emperor and his ministers were searching their minds for information about Princess Jingmin, Chuanwen also came to mind.
[Oh, so she was Emperor Shunzong's most favored daughter. But that's a bit too distant, isn't it? Emperor Shunzong was the current emperor's great-great-grandfather! So what are her descendants to the current emperor?]
After counting the emperors one by one, Chuanwen tried to count them on his fingers in his mind, but he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
The emperor couldn't figure it out either, but he didn't want to. Anyway, he felt that Princess Jingmin's descendants were not very smart to do such a thing.
So the topic was dropped. If the strip of cloth were discovered, he could simply have someone investigate it secretly. If it really was a descendant of Princess Jingmin, it wouldn't be unreasonable to let him acknowledge his ancestors.
After discussing some more matters, the court session adjourned. Chuanwen pinched the little dumpling's cheek, waved goodbye to her, and then got into the carriage with Chuanhai to return to the Changxing Marquis's residence.
Because the emperor needed to provide technical support to the female students, he no longer kept her confined to the palace.
After Chuanwen and the others left, the military officer Yi He was surrounded.
"Commander Yi, was it you who put that memorial inside the fish's belly?"
"Did you write the content of that memorial as well?"
"Commander Yi, you're incredibly resourceful! How did you come up with all this?"
One question after another was thrown at him, but Yi He waved his hand dismissively, "You're overthinking it. Do you think I'm that kind of person? Excuse me, excuse me, my wife is about to give birth, I have to go back right away!"
Yi pushed his way through the crowd and left, but some people still chased after him, unwilling to give up. "Hey, we won't laugh at you, tell us about it!"
Yi He quickened his pace and only breathed a long sigh of relief after shaking off the group of bored officials behind him. What a close call! He almost got discovered!
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