Chapter 291: The Village Beauty Who Falsely Claims Favors in a Farming Story (End)
At the end of the month, the matter of Prince An was finally decided.
Prince An assassinated and framed his own brothers, colluded with foreign enemies, deceived the emperor, and harbored treasonous intentions. He was punished for multiple crimes, stripped of his prince status, demoted to a commoner, and imprisoned for life.
"Zhao Ce, you must be very proud now." Zhao Sheng glared at Zhao Ce fiercely, "This time I am not as skilled as you, I lost, but just wait, as long as I live, I will not let you go, I will avenge this sooner or later."
Zhao Ce's eyes didn't waver at all. He pulled the corner of his mouth in an unidentified expression of mockery or pity: "Then you may not have this day."
He glanced back and saw the eunuch bending over with a cup of poisoned wine.
The resentment on Zhao Sheng's face froze, and he couldn't control himself and became panicked: "What is this? Zhao Ce, what are you doing? This is the imperial palace, how dare you kill me?"
Zhao Ce looked at him calmly: "Do you want to drink it yourself or do you want me to have someone pour it for you?"
Zhao Sheng took two steps back and was cornered by the eunuch: "Get out of here! You dog slave! Zhao Ce, you can't kill me. My father didn't order me to be killed!"
Zhao Ce's eyes finally wavered, revealing a trace of pity: "Do you think that I would come to you with poisoned wine without my father's order?"
It hit me like a hammer.
Zhao Sheng was stunned for a moment, the corners of his mouth twitching uncontrollably, as if he was crying and laughing, his tone was trance: "What did you say?"
That’s all I have to say.
The pity in Zhao Ce's eyes disappeared, and his voice was cold: "Drink it."
The eunuch held Zhao Sheng down and forced him to drink the poisoned wine with almost no effort.
There are many magnificent palaces in the palace, but there are also many dilapidated abandoned palaces like this one.
Walking out of the door, the sunlight shone on me again, dispelling the cold and gloomy air that lingered inside.
Behind him, Zhao Sheng was lying crookedly with a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, lifeless.
Seeing him come out, Su Yu hurriedly went to greet him: "You're out."
Zhao Ce nodded, put his arm around her, and stopped her from looking into the door: "There's nothing to see. Let's go. I'll take you to see your mother."
"oh."
In fact, Su Yu had already seen Zhao Sheng's current appearance with just a quick glance.
"Is he dead?"
Zhao Ce nodded: "Yeah."
Su Yu seemed curious: "Why did he do those things?"
Zhao Ce paused, dismissed the eunuchs who followed him, and without hiding anything, briefly described the original grudge.
Su Yu frowned and thought: "So he attacked you to avenge his mother?"
Zhao Ce hummed and looked down at her: "Do you feel pity for him?"
Su Yu quickly shook her head: "He is a bad man. He lied to me, threatened me, and called me a country girl. He deserves it."
Zhao Ce chuckled, raised his eyes to look at the sky outside the palace wall, and said with emotion: "There are no good people or bad people in the palace, only losers and winners."
Weakness and stupidity are original sins.
Concubine Shu was a beautiful woman. Even though she was quite old, one could still tell how stunningly stunning she was when she was young.
The most attractive thing is not her face, but her graceful and elegant temperament. The slanted corners of her eyes make people respect and fear her. Even if Su Yu is given another ten years, she will not be able to learn this.
She has become much more haggard during this period because of Zhao Ce's affairs. If Zhao Ce had brought a woman who came out of nowhere into the palace and said that he wanted to make that woman his principal wife, Shufei would have been furious long ago.
But at this moment she had only one thought, as long as she was safe.
Seeing Su Yu, Concubine Shu's attitude was not very warm, but she did not deliberately make things difficult for her: "The eldest princess came to the palace and told me about her before. Seeing her today, she is indeed beautiful. No wonder you look down on other noble ladies in the capital."
Zhao Ce was not modest at all: "Ayu is indeed better-born than others, but what is rare is that she also has a very good temperament, gentle and meticulous, respectful and virtuous, and I like her very much."
Concubine Shu: “…” When did my son become so shameless?
Su Yu was confused. Was the male protagonist talking about her?
After coming out of Concubine Shu's palace, Su Yu had a jade bracelet with extremely fine water on her wrist. In Zhao Ce's words, if something really happened to him and he could not protect her one day, selling this jade bracelet would ensure that she would live a rich and worry-free life for the rest of her life.
You can imagine how valuable this jade bracelet is.
Su Yu's eyes lit up: "My Lord, your mother is so beautiful, kind-hearted, and rich, just like you. I like her so much."
When Concubine Shu heard this, she curled her lips and said, "She is quite sensible."
Another month passed, and suddenly an imperial decree came from the palace, granting the marriage between Prince Jin and Su Yu. The wedding date was set for three months later, and everything would be arranged by the Ministry of Rites. Although time was tight, all matters must not be neglected.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites were cursing in their hearts and were busy all day long.
Many noble ladies in the capital were heartbroken.
Some people were also wondering, who is this woman named Su Yu who suddenly appeared?
Regardless, the wedding banquet went on as scheduled.
Su Yu's mother and elder brother were brought to the capital. Zhao Ce bought a house for them in the capital, sent Su Yu's nephews and nieces to school, and arranged an easy and unimportant official position for her elder brother.
As for Su Dayou and his second and third brothers, they gave them some silver and rushed back to Sujia Village, under the pretext that the ancestral home could not be left unguarded.
Su Yu was very satisfied with this arrangement.
The wedding banquet is over. In the bridal chamber, the red candles are lit and the tent is warm, and the sounds coming out of it make people blush and their hearts beat faster.
Coincidentally, the emperor passed away just a few months after their marriage. People's attention quickly shifted from the fact that Prince Jin married a woman with no family background to the succession of imperial power.
The emperor's death was not without warning.
Several months ago, the emperor spent most of the day in a coma, and later he was completely unconscious. The affairs of the court were completely taken over by the prince. The fact that he lasted for several months was beyond everyone's expectations.
Someone keenly noticed one thing: since the emperor had been in a coma for a long time, who issued the imperial decree to grant Prince Jin a marriage?
I clearly heard some time ago that the Emperor intended to choose a principal wife for Prince Jin from among the noble ladies in the capital. How come he changed his mind after such a short time?
It's understandable that she changed her mind, but it's strange that she changed so drastically. It goes without saying how big the gap is between a noble lady in the capital and a country girl. It's really strange.
Some people think more deeply.
Although Prince Jin entered the court later than his other brothers, his uncle was the General Zhenyuan who commanded a large number of troops and had great prestige in the army. If he had his eyes on the throne, coupled with his wife's powerful family, it might be possible for him to seize power.
But the granted marriage directly cut off this possibility.
In this way, the person who benefits the most is... the prince!
Dirty fight royal.
Zhao Ce and the prince didn't know that these people had imagined so much. In short, the transfer of imperial power was very smooth and almost nothing went wrong.
As time went by, people realized that Zhao Ce's marriage to a village girl with no background was not out of compulsion, but out of true love. For her, he did not even take a concubine, and his backyard was incredibly clean.
After Prince An fell, Su Lingyu's Wuweizhai business not only did not get worse, but became more and more prosperous under Zhao Ce's deliberate care, and became the number one restaurant in the capital. He brought all his family members to the capital to enjoy their lives.
Since then, a wave of giving birth to daughters has emerged in Sujia Village, but that is a story for later.
"Shopkeeper, Miss Chunmei from Prince Jin's Mansion is here again."
Su Lingyu looked numb: "Tell me, what do you want to eat today, Su Yu?"
The waiter smiled and quickly read out a long list of dishes.
Half an hour later, Chunmei raised her neck and looked at people, took the heavy food box, and left Wuweizhai under the warm hospitality of the waiter.
After unremitting efforts, Chunmei finally realized her dream of becoming a domineering maid.
Many years later, Chunmei told the young maid who had just entered the mansion about her glorious deeds when she was young: "If you want to live a good life, it is important to choose the right person."
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