Chapter 229: Vicious Female Supporting Character vs. Childless Emperor 73
The front hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The incense table had been removed, and the imperial edict conferring the title of empress was casually thrown on the table. Ji Yunhuan sat in the center, surrounded by a circle of people.
Qiao Yue sighed, "If I had known this would happen, I should not have gone home. I should have followed you to Taoli Village. You didn't have anyone to serve you, so you gave the emperor an opportunity to take advantage of you!"
Ji Yunhuan lowered his head, feeling particularly guilty.
She deliberately sent Qiao Yue away, and Qiao Yue suffered such a great injustice on the day of the palace coup. If she still forced Qiao Yue to serve her, wouldn't it be too inhumane?
Prime Minister Ji was so angry that he started cursing loudly, not caring at all that Eunuch Wei in the side hall heard him.
"I've seen that he has bad intentions! He deliberately went to Linlang Garden and insisted on seeing Huan'er. I told him at the time that Huan'er would not enter the palace to serve him, but he still refused to give up and actually went to Taoli Village secretly without telling us!"
"This behavior is simply... shameless! Shameless to the extreme! How is he any different from a street scoundrel? He coaxed and tricked Huan'er into following him, and now he has issued an imperial decree to force Huan'er to enter the palace. He is really scheming!"
Zhuo Wei sat beside her daughter, her eyes full of worry, "Huan'er, mother has long told you that men in the royal family are not good matches. Tell mother honestly, did he force you to do this? This beast! All men are really bad!"
Ji Yunhuan quickly explained for Long Lin, "No! He didn't force me, I did it of my own accord. He and I loved each other, and I wanted to marry him, and he also said he would marry me."
Zhuo Wei poked her daughter's forehead and scolded, "You are still speaking for him. A man will not recognize you once he puts on his pants, and the one who suffers in the end is the woman! You are still young and don't understand anything. He is already in his twenties and knows everything he should know."
"He concealed his identity and went to find you because he knew you were easy to coax and that you would be completely devoted to him with just a few sweet words. If he had come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find your father first, your father would definitely not agree. He would not even want to be the prime minister anymore!"
"Yes! I quit!" Prime Minister Ji slammed the table and immediately asked the butler to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone. He wrote a letter of resignation in a very eloquent manner and handed it to the butler together with the memorial to reduce the power of the feudal lords.
"Give it to Eunuch Wei and have him bring it into the palace and give it to His Majesty."
Zhuo Wei also moved a set of account books from her study, filling up a mahogany box. She was sweating profusely from exhaustion, and said with her hands on her hips:
"Also, send these over as well. Your Majesty, you should find someone else to take care of your private vault. Ahem…" Zhuo Wei covered her mouth and coughed, and said confidently, "I'm sick and can't handle the task. Please ask Your Majesty to find someone else to take care of it."
Ji Yunping felt that he couldn't fall behind, so he immediately said, "Then I will also resign. I won't be the chief priest of the Imperial College anymore!"
Prime Minister Ji kicked his eldest son and cursed, "Why are you meddling in this? Wait until you are as old as your father before you talk about resigning. It doesn't matter if you are just the chief priest of the Imperial College or not. Get out of here! Get out of here! Get out of my way!"
After being kicked, Ji Yunping wisely stopped talking.
His father was in a bad mood and his second brother was not around, so his father had to take it out on him.
Wei Kun announced the imperial decree to confer the title of empress, but not only did she not receive any reward money, she was instead driven out of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The young eunuch beside him said worriedly, "Prime Minister Ji doesn't want his daughter to enter the palace. What should we do? Will His Majesty blame us for not doing our job well?"
Wei Kun shook the whisk in his hand and smiled slightly, "It's okay, it's all within your majesty's expectations, we are just going through the motions."
"Prime Minister Ji is very smart. He said he was resigning, but he also gave me the memorial. It's obvious that he wants to negotiate with Your Majesty. Your Majesty also knows that Prime Minister Ji will not agree, so he sent an oral order for the Queen to enter the palace tomorrow, waiting for Prime Minister Ji to make a move."
The young eunuch flattered him very smoothly, "No wonder His Majesty relies on Eunuch Wei for everything. Eunuch's brain is really good. I am just confused and can't figure it out. When it comes to guessing the emperor's intentions, Eunuch is really the best! I admire you!"
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The next morning, the emperor went incognito and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion quietly.
Zhuo Wei asked Ji Yunhuan to stay in Linlang Garden and not go anywhere. Taohong listened to her mistress and kept an eye on the young lady diligently, fearing that she would run out to meet the emperor in private.
Ji Yunhuan looked at Tao Hong who followed him closely, feeling helpless. "I'm going to the toilet, do you want to follow me?"
Tao Hong nodded vigorously, "Madam said that the young lady is young and naive. She was deceived by Long Haochang before, and now she is deceived by the emperor. You can't go to the front yard to get involved. Even if the emperor calls Linlangyuan, he must be kicked out!"
Ji Yunhuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She really wasn't that stupid.
If it was coaxing, it was actually she who coaxed the emperor and seduced him into bed, so the emperor would definitely welcome her into the palace.
She was also pregnant with the emperor's son. She would never learn any female virtues or teachings, pretending to be virtuous and taking concubines for her husband. She would never let other women get pregnant with the emperor's son. Her son must be the crown prince!
As for the royal heirs, she just needs to give birth to a few more to ensure that the Dragon Kingdom has successors.
If Long Lin marries her, he will only have her in the future. If Long Lin dares to betray her, she will go to the "treasure house" to see if she can find some good things that can make people disappear quietly.
In her past and present lives, she knew that she was not a good woman in the eyes of the world, but she didn't care. Being a good person was too depressing, and it was more satisfying to be a vicious woman!
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The front hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Long Lin knew that he was unwelcome, and even the butler who served tea was resentful.
Prime Minister Ji sat opposite Long Lin, with a bit of anger on his face, and said sternly: "If Your Majesty insists on forcing me, then I will just hit my head and die here. Huan'er has to observe mourning. Your Majesty can't force her to marry him during the mourning period, right?"
Long Lin stood up, flicked his wide sleeves, and saluted to Prime Minister Ji as a student.
"Teacher, don't treat me as the emperor. Just treat me as your student. When the empress dowager had her own son, she threw me into a side hall and ignored me. If you hadn't felt sorry for me and mentioned it to the late emperor, I would never have had the opportunity to study in the South Study."
"Once a teacher, always a father. I will always remember the kindness you have shown me over the years. I will never let Huan'er down."
Prime Minister Ji knew that this guy was playing the victim, but he couldn't help but think of the boy who was shivering in the snow that year. The thin child hid under the wall of the South Study to attend the class, and was found by the senior palace maid beside Concubine Xian, and dragged all the way back.
Later he found out that there was another prince in the palace. His biological mother died early, so he was raised by Concubine Xian. Since Concubine Xian already had her own child, she naturally didn't care about this prince of humble origins.
Long Lin was not even ranked with the other princes, as if he did not exist in the palace.
At that time, Prime Minister Ji was just a minor official in the Imperial College. His talent was well-known and he was able to teach the princes in the Southern Study.
Long Lin was really smart, and more studious than the other pampered princes. He was moved by compassion, so he risked being disliked by the late emperor and mentioned the neglected prince.
No one would have expected that a prince who was ignored at the beginning would eventually ascend the throne, and a minor official in the Imperial College would become the prime minister of the dynasty!
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