"I have no conscience?" She seemed to have never expected someone to say such a thing, and she was shaking with anger. "When I was a second-class palace maid, I received a monthly allowance of four taels of silver. Occasionally, the palace would reward me with cloth and food. I saved all of this and gave it all to my cousin when I met my family."
"Since my mother passed away, I have met my family three times. Each time, my cousin accepted the silver and cloth I gave him without any shame."
"Why? Isn't this money enough to repay my aunt for taking care of our family over the years?"
"Can favors be replaced by money?" My aunt said without a trace of shame. "You're engaged to your cousin, after all. He's having a hard time now, and you've become successful. What's wrong with helping him out?"
"My cousin is already a scholar, so how can his life be so difficult? As long as he takes the higher exams, it's only a matter of time before he brings honor to our family."
"This is what I'm asking of you." At this point, she cried even more heartbrokenly than before. "Your cousin was a guarantor for several scholars taking the Tongsheng exam some time ago. Unexpectedly, one of them had cheat sheets smuggled in, and they were caught and punished on the spot. Your cousin was also implicated and stripped of his title."
"It's so difficult to pass the exam again, so could you please talk to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
"say what?"
Her aunt knelt down in front of her. She dodged to the side and said, "Ask His Highness to give your cousin an official position. I know His Highness the Crown Prince is capable of it. It doesn't need to be a high position, a fifth or sixth rank will be enough."
Tu Qingyu: ???
What did she hear? Five or six grades would be enough?
Are the fifth and sixth rank cabbages just cabbages? Can the prince just give them to me?
And how could this person have the nerve to say such things after doing such a thing to the original owner?
Dabao: "I don't quite understand the young master's purpose for leaving the palace. Since you don't like them, why not just not meet them?"
And let them come to us with a shameless face and beg for help.
Tu Qingyu: "Haven't you been studying with the Crown Prince for a long time? How come you still don't understand? Humans have a saying called 'killing someone and destroying their heart.'"
Dabao: "I only know shrimp and pig heart."
Tu Qingyu: "I just want them to know that they have a wealthy relative who they could have married into, but because of their previous greed, they didn't get a single ounce of this overwhelming wealth."
Dabao: "I understand. The prince lost his scholar. His family may live in poverty for the rest of their lives. But they will always think of you who are getting better and better in the palace. Unfortunately, they don't have any way to get closer to you."
Tu Qingyu: “Yes.”
Having wealth that is within reach but never reaches you is much more painful than a lifetime of poverty.
She looked down at her aunt and said, "Aunt, if you hadn't done anything treacherous, I would have mentioned this to His Highness regardless of whether it was successful or not. Even if I couldn't get the official position, I could still give you more money."
"But...I really hate it when people lie to me."
After she finished speaking, she began to walk out. Her aunt hugged her feet and said, "Are you really going to be so heartless? Aren't you afraid that I'll tell everyone about your engagement?"
"Go ahead and tell me." She looked at her feet. "I'm pregnant with His Highness's first child. If you're not afraid of death, go ahead and ask me."
My aunt subconsciously let go of her hand.
When they went out again, the whole family looked pale.
Tu Qingyu held the box tightly in his hand and said, "Your Highness, let's go back."
"Qingyu." Seeing her about to leave, Wang Qing subconsciously called out.
Jiang Jingchuan reached out and held Tu Qingyu's hand. "What's the matter with you, my Liangyuan?"
The prince's sharp eyes swept over him, and he didn't dare to say another word. "No, nothing."
In the end, my aunt did not dare to tell the prince about Tu Qingyu's engagement.
She didn't know that the prince already knew about this matter. She just thought that Tu Qingyu was just angry about being deceived.
In her memory, Tu Qingyu has always been a soft-hearted girl.
As long as she remains the prince's favorite concubine, they will have the opportunity to enjoy this immense wealth.
After all, they were the only relatives Tu Qingyu had left. She didn't believe that Tu Qingyu would remain unmoved even if she begged him a few more times.
After seeing the people leave, Wang He finally breathed a sigh of relief. After calming down, she said excitedly, "Why haven't I heard my mother-in-law and husband mention such a relative in our family before?"
"Oh my God!" She was so excited, "That's the prince! I've actually met the prince before."
"Our cousin is so lucky."
Wang Qing's expression remained sullen. After she said a few words, he scolded her softly, "Why are you saying so much?! Why don't you just go and do what you should do?!"
Wang He was stunned by her shouting, "Husband, what's wrong with you?"
"He just suddenly found out that his sister got married but didn't inform us, so he's a little angry." My aunt pushed her back and said, "Go and do your thing."
"Okay, I'll get busy then." She walked towards the kitchen with the basket.
But I was wondering in my heart why it seemed that neither my mother-in-law nor my husband were very happy about such a good thing.
Besides, she is a concubine in the palace, how can she inform her family?
"What are you thinking about?"
In the carriage, Jiang Jingchuan saw Tu Qingyu keeping her head down, so he reached out and lifted her chin.
"Thinking about your cousin?"
"Is a piece of shit like that worth you thinking about it for so long?"
Tu Qingyu angrily slapped his hand away, "Your Highness, what are you talking about? I was just thinking about my aunt."
"Miss her?" He looked at his hands that were almost red from slapping, not angry at all. Instead, he glanced at her palm out of the corner of his eye.
"What did you talk about in the wing? Did she ask you to help me get an official position for her son?"
Tu Qingyu raised his head and looked at the other party in disbelief, "How did Your Highness know this?"
Jiang Jingchuan pulled her into his arms and said, "Human nature is mostly like this. If your aunt and her family were truly good people, they wouldn't have deceived you like that."
"I guessed it when I saw your aunt."
Although the other party's eyes were obscure when he looked at them, the greed and shrewdness in them were clearly visible to him.
Tu Qingyu lowered his head sadly, "Your Highness is really smart, unlike me, who was deceived by them for so long."
"You're already very good like this."
He couldn't imagine what would happen if this stupid rabbit became smart.
Maybe in the future he will like rabbits that grow and become smarter.
But if he had met a smart and calculating Tu Qingyu at the beginning, no matter how beautiful she was, it would probably be difficult for him to fall in love with her.
If she is favored, she will be kept in the palace and will be no different from the women in the harem.
It’s not like now, where he is always worried and his first reaction is heartache when something happens.
Not long after returning, it was time for patrol.
During those days, there was constant flow of water in the study in the main hall, and people visited the Crown Princess every day.
Because according to the rules, the prince needs to arrange someone to serve him when he goes on tour, and in previous years, this person was always arranged by the crown princess.
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