The news of someone being beaten to death in public spread quickly. By the time Mrs. Xun's body arrived at the gate of Xun Mansion, the entire Yuan'an, from the common people to the nobles, knew the news.
There's nothing Zhou Qiongyue's handwriting here, but there are the handwriting of many noble ministers of Yuan'an! When the rabbit dies, the fox mourns. Who doesn't have some special industry that can make money? If the emperor can just grab whoever he likes, then what's the point of living like this?
Jin was the most anxious. As soon as she heard the news, she immediately sent someone to find Cheng Enhou. At a time like this, she must quickly find her husband, find a way to help her daughter, and even deal with the rest of the matter.
Zhou Qiongyue was very calm. Although the one who died was a fifth-rank imperial concubine, as a princess, she was doing this to protect the emperor's reputation and dignity!
When the emperor learned about it, it was Eunuch He who received the news and reported it. At that time, the emperor did not think too much about it and directly asked Eunuch He to tell it in front of the prince.
After hearing this, both of them stood up immediately, which shows how explosive the news was.
Crown Prince Li Jingchen looked at the Emperor in disbelief, "Father, you gave the silver from the national treasury to your fourth brother? Oh, that doesn't even include the silver from the national treasury. It's currently considered Princess Fu'an's private property. You didn't contribute any money at the time, did you?"
If the prince didn't dare to be disrespectful, his words would have been even more unpleasant. Isn't this crazy?
They hadn't even crossed the river, and they were already tearing down the bridge. If he had any problems in the future, how could he have the nerve to go to his cousin?
The emperor looked at his son with a look in his eyes that asked, "Are you crazy?" Even the emperor, who was usually thick-skinned, blushed at this moment.
The emperor could only wave his hand and ask all the servants in the hall to leave, until only the prince and the emperor were left in the hall.
The emperor rubbed his forehead in embarrassment, "I and Concubine Rong drank a little too much that day!"
Seeing his son's disapproving look, the emperor quickly added: "But I didn't agree. I just didn't want to spoil the atmosphere. Let Rong Fei ask Shuxian if she wants to sell it herself.
That silver didn't go into Shuxian's pocket, so Shuxian definitely wouldn't sell it. Isn't that a happy ending for everyone?"
The emperor would not admit that he was wrong. He did not think Zhou Qiongyue was wrong either. After all, he still had to rely on others to make money! So the emperor just wanted to scold Rong Fei for being an idiot.
At this moment, the emperor could imagine how the many nobles of Shuxian and Yuanan viewed him, and felt that his reputation was ruined by the fool Rong Fei.
He really wasn't the kind of emperor who would seize other people's private property and give it to his son.
The prince was convinced by his father. He was already in his forties, so could he be more serious? "Then what about the trouble caused by your true love?"
When the prince asked this question, he felt surprisingly happy. It was his chance to watch his father have fun.
The emperor grabbed the inkstone next to him and was about to throw it at Crown Prince Li Jingchen. Just before throwing it, the emperor realized that he was holding a hard object and had to put it down quickly.
The emperor continued to scold without showing any weakness: "You rebellious son, what nonsense are you talking about? My true love is your mother."
The Crown Prince didn't say whether he believed it or not, and he changed the subject perfunctorily, "Oh, then what should we do now? Madam Xun was beaten to death. Lord Xun and the Fourth Prince will not let this go."
In the emperor's view, if that idiot died, then so be it. Even if she didn't die, he would have ordered her to be executed. But his reputation couldn't be ruined! Otherwise, who would dare to follow such an emperor? "Is that the point? The point is that everyone now thinks I want to take my wife's property and give it to my son."
"No, it's for my fourth brother. I didn't intend to give it to my son."
The prince said fearlessly that he did not want to take the blame.
"You rebellious son, do you want to piss me off to death?" The emperor was already convinced by this child, but now he only knew how to watch the fun and talk back.
"Then shall I go to Kunyun Palace to see my mother?" The prince felt that he had no good solution. This matter had become so serious that the emperor must make a decision in person.
The prince thought that he should go and comfort his mother. It would be bad if he made her sick due to anger.
The emperor then remembered that the queen had always loved her niece Zhou Qiongyue. If she really made the queen angry and something bad happened, he would not be able to trust anyone to take care of the mess in the harem.
So the emperor hurriedly urged: "Then what are you still doing here? You are already the crown prince, but you still don't have any sense at all."
The prince didn't even bother to politely leave and just left.
The emperor could only curse unwillingly, "Rebellious son!"
The main reason was that the emperor was reluctant to use other insults to scold his son, so he kept calling Li Jingchen a "rebellious son".
When Crown Prince Li Jingchen arrived at Kunyun Palace, he happened to see Amber, the queen's maid, coming out in a hurry.
"Your Highness!" Amber immediately saluted when she saw the prince.
The prince asked knowingly, "Where are you going in such a hurry, Aunt Amber?"
"Your Majesty is afraid that the princess will be bullied. I have to leave the palace quickly to support the princess. I will tell His Highness in detail when I come back." After Amber said this, she bowed and was about to leave in a hurry.
Amber also watched Zhou Qiongyue grow up, and she was afraid that if she went too late, the princess would be bullied.
The prince thought to himself that his cousin was so fierce, who would dare to mess with her? But when he saw the worried look on Amber's face, he didn't dare to say anything.
He simply waved his hand to let Amber go, and then he walked in quickly.
When the prince entered, he looked at the porcelain pieces scattered all over the floor with a look of surprise on his face. He had rarely seen his mother so out of control.
"Mother!" The prince bowed politely.
The Queen had no intention of concealing her feelings. She simply sat up straighter and said, "Chen'er is here."
"Is mother angry?" the prince asked knowingly.
"Shouldn't I be angry? The Emperor actually snatched Yue'er's private property and gave it to that bitch Rong Fei. The Emperor is really a good man."
The Queen didn't even vent her anger on Concubine Rong. She just wanted to stab the bastard Emperor with a knife. All her efforts over the years were in vain.
"Mother, my cousin will be fine. The money from the fireworks in her name did not go into her pocket, but into the national treasury.
Just for this, Father won't do anything to my cousin."
The prince revealed some things to his mother only after he saw that there was no one to serve him in the palace.
The queen felt a little better after hearing her son's words. At least he wasn't stealing Yue'er's things. "So it was your father who paid for the fireworks display?"
Seeing the way his mother was staring at him, the prince could only helplessly touch the jade pendant on his waist and said, "Not really, this is the money that my son and my cousin paid together. From now on, it belongs to me."
When the queen heard this, she threw the set of teacups beside her with a bang, which showed that she was very angry.
The Crown Prince quickly tried to appease the Queen, "Please calm down, Mother. I really didn't mean to stir up trouble."
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