Chapter 248 They are all people standing at the pinnacle of the imperial city.
Xie Shang had just reached the entrance of Taihua Hall when he saw Jiang Fenghua standing in the corridor not far away.
Sunlight shone on her beautiful face, and her eyes seemed to sparkle with joy. She was dignified and serene, and even with her pregnant belly, she did not lose any of her beauty. Her smile held a mysterious allure.
No matter the moment, Jiang Fenghua always maintained her dignity and elegance, making people feel that a daughter raised in a scholarly family should be just like her.
The moment Xie Shang saw her, his mind cleared up and he was instantly filled with energy. He smiled with boundless joy, concealing all his inner emotions, and said gently, "Ruan Ruan."
He held her in his arms, temporarily setting aside the thought that he was merely a tool for procreation, and savored the peace of the moment.
Ruan Ruan is perfect because she can both bear him imperial offspring and is also liked by him.
Jiang Fenghua sensed that Xie Shang was in a bad mood, but she smiled and pushed him away as if she didn't notice. "Your Highness must not have eaten yet, so I brought you some food."
Looking at Jiang Fenghua's smiling face, he touched her face with his fingertips, his voice becoming low and hoarse, carrying a complex emotion that was hard to describe. He took her hand, and a bright smile appeared on his lips. "Would the Crown Princess like to have something to eat with me?"
"Yes, Your Highness, I deliberately saved my belly to dine with you. The children are also waiting for their father." She was becoming more and more adept at fobbing Xie Shang off.
Aoxue and Lianye carried the food box and went straight to set out the meal, completely ignoring the two people who were cuddling together.
In her previous life, the person who dined with him was Su Tingwan, and the person he loved was also her. Who could have imagined that a man's love would create a series of butterfly effects, affecting the entire Jiang family? Compared to the harm they caused her, she felt no remorse for her hypocrisy.
They are all people standing at the top of the imperial city, and they must all understand that the least suitable thing here is petty love and romance.
Xie Shang said in a deep voice, "Grand Tutor Jiang has been frightened."
Jiang Fenghua had already anticipated this; the fact that the Emperor had punished the Thousand-Faced Gentleman and the Wang family father and son in front of all the scholars in the land already explained everything.
She smiled and said, "Anyway, Father is fine. It was just a false alarm. I don't blame Your Highness for not finding the real culprit. On the contrary, Your Highness trusted my father and took me to the Emperor to explain the truth, giving my father a chance to defend himself. I am already very satisfied. As long as he is safe, that's all that matters."
Xie Shang didn't say anything more, but then asked, "How did Ruan Ruan know there were two Wang Qings?"
She knew Xie Shang would ask, but luckily she had been with Xie Shang all night and hadn't sent her own people to investigate the Wang family until today.
She said, "Didn't I say that I saw Wang Qing come to study at the Jiang Mansion three years ago? The Wang Qing at that time was completely different from the Wang Qing who spoke eloquently in the Golden Palace. Everyone said that Wang Qing was a good-for-nothing. Even after three years, I think he is still the same old man. So I made a bold guess. I didn't expect that Aoxue and Yeying would actually find the real Wang Qing hiding in the Wang Mansion."
After seeing that the fake Wang Qing had been arrested by the authorities, the real Wang Qing probably felt that everything was safe, so he lowered his guard, which is how we found him. If he had continued to hide, my father would probably be drowned in the spittle of the students today.
"No, Grand Tutor Jiang is very eloquent and cunning. He knows how to lure the enemy into a trap and leave the fake Wang Qing speechless," Xie Shang said.
Jiang Fenghua's smile widened. "I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat. I never expected my father to be so cunning. He usually acts like a pushover, always trying to be polite to everyone, afraid of offending anyone. I thought my father was just an honest scholar. I never expected him to be so brave and to stand up for the students."
“Scholars aren’t entirely useless; at least they have sharp minds. It’s just a pity…” Xie Shang hesitated, then stopped.
"What's a pity?" she asked.
"It's a pity that my Ruan Ruan isn't a boy, otherwise she could have debated in the main hall today. Those well-read and eloquent scholars are not even a tenth as knowledgeable as Ruan Ruan."
"Your Highness means that Ruan Ruan can be a female tutor. In that case, Ruan Ruan will not be stingy and will pass on all the knowledge in my mind to them."
"No." Of course, he didn't want to let other men see his beautiful wife. Jiang Fenghua was too dazzling, making people want to explore her more deeply.
Jiang Fenghua stared at him, feeling that he had a pair of extremely possessive eyes. He had already caged her and turned her into his canary. She had entered the cage willingly and never thought of flying out.
Although she was in a cage, it did not affect her desire to establish a girls' school or her ability to put it into practice.
She thought: Let's create a peaceful and serene haven for women!
"What delicious food did Ruan Ruan bring for me?"
"The food made in the Empress Dowager's palace is all His Highness's favorite."
He took her hand and led her into the Taihua Palace.
This is where the crown princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty studied. It's so grand and luxurious, exuding an aura of power. She loves it, and her son will study here in the future.
Jiang Fenghua had become accustomed to the habit of not speaking while eating or sleeping, eating quietly and becoming reserved and cautious.
Xie Shang saw that she ate with the same graceful manner as always, chewing slowly and carefully as if afraid of hurting the grains of rice. He didn't say a word. Perhaps influenced by her, he even became much more composed when eating.
Even the Emperor couldn't find a single fault with Jiang Fenghua; she was the kind of daughter-in-law who should be a royal daughter-in-law, the kind of Crown Princess she should be.
After the meal, Jiang Fenghua said, "I wish to leave the palace to visit my father and mother; they must be terrified." She could not stay in the palace because there were too many things to attend to outside.
Su Xuan's plan failed, and he must be furious and want to see her radiant. How can she incite her enemies' desire to defeat her if she doesn't leave the palace to show off her success?
The Emperor has already been secretly eliminating the Su family's spies in the palace. Soon the area will be clean, and it will be much safer for her to live in the palace.
"Alright, I'll have Lin Feng escort you. With Ao Xue and Ye Ying protecting you, I'm quite at ease." He knew that the Su family had plotted against Grand Tutor Jiang, and their ultimate target was Jiang Fenghua, because her position was too high, and the royal family had recently given the Jiang family too much, inevitably arousing jealousy.
Six months ago, Su Xuan was indeed in Shengjing City. At that time, he and Su Tingwan were doing well. Su Xuan probably had long wanted to deal with Jiang Fenghua and make Su Tingwan take over.
When the Zhang family was in trouble, was the assassin who tried to kill Ruan Ruan also Su Xuan's doing? But he was on the battlefield at that time.
Today's events couldn't be traced back to him at all. Even if we know there were spies planted by the Su family in the palace, it only proves that the Su family was gathering information, not that Su Xuan orchestrated all of this.
Su Xuan's scheming was far more profound than that of his grandfather and father.
To Jiang Fenghua's surprise, Xie Shang did not offer to send her out of the palace. Just a few days ago, he had said he would leave the palace to accompany her during childbirth and make it up to her. Now it seemed as if he had forgotten.
She sensed that Xie Shang was different today than usual.
Xie Shang did not send her out of the palace because he still had too much to learn and see; he was preparing for the future when he could rule the world.
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