Chapter 913 We are childhood sweethearts
Seeing that she had calmed down a bit, Jiang Fenghua continued, "So what's the point of Aunt Wang making a scene with Uncle Wang? You want to go back to the Northwest, are you trying to make room for other women? The more Aunt Wang thinks like that, the happier they are. Once you leave, they will be even more unscrupulous. Are you willing to accept that?"
Yuezhi loved Xie Kang. He was indeed handsome; no man in the Northwest was as good-looking as him. She had taken a liking to him at first sight. She would never give Xie Kang up to someone else; she was his lawfully wedded wife.
Yuezhi said, "I will definitely take him back with me."
Jiang Fenghua said, "Shengjing City is Kang Wangshu's home. He is a prince of the royal family. Where does Wangshu want to take Kang Wangshu? The emperor values family ties very much. He hasn't seen Wangshu for a long time, so the emperor sent Wangshu back to the capital. He must be entrusting him with important responsibilities. The emperor also needs Wangshu's help to govern the Great Zhou. Shengjing City is so prosperous. Doesn't Wangshu want to live in Shengjing City?"
The Yuezhi frowned, his eyes full of disdain. "If the royal family truly valued Xie Kang, how could they be so heartless as to send him to the Northwest to suffer? He was banished to the Northwest by your emperor back then."
In terms of living environment, the Northwest is definitely not as good as Shengjing, but the Northwest is free!
Occupying Shengjing would also be their dream. Living here, they wouldn't have to suffer from the yellow sand or the freezing snow. Spring would be warm and flowers would bloom, and the climate would be pleasant. Her skin even improved after she came.
Jiang Fenghua, with her innocent, rabbit-like face and bewildered eyes, said, "Uncle Kang was banished to the Northwest by the late Emperor. The Emperor wasn't even born yet. The Emperor also wanted to mend his relationship with Uncle Kang!"
The Yuezhi scoffed, "No matter what, the Xie family has hurt the prince's feelings."
Jiang Fenghua spoke softly and gently, even more sincerely than when she coaxed Xie Shang. She began to chatter on and on, “When I married the Emperor, he was just a prince. He had never met Uncle Kang, and neither had I. Even the Empress Dowager didn’t attend our wedding banquet. Alas! I don’t know about the grudges of our elders, but I did hear the Emperor say that no matter what, Uncle Kang is still our elder. Uncle Kang and Aunt Wang only have two children, Princess Minmin and Prince Yun. The Emperor wants to promote them and cultivate the Xie family into talented individuals. The grudges and entanglements of our elders have nothing to do with us younger generation. All that is in the past. The late Emperor has also passed away. Uncle Kang also wants to wipe the slate clean of his grudges with the late Emperor. Aunt Wang should support him.”
Yuezhi thought to herself: So Xie Shang wants to mend his relationship with Xie Kang! It's just a pity that the damage has already been done, and it's not something they can fix just because they want to.
Yuezhi continued, "When he treated Minmin and Yun'er like that, I was also very angry. He truly treated them as family, so how could he have humiliated them like that?"
Jiang Fenghua smiled and said, "Aunt Wang really misunderstood. I explained to you at the time that Prince Yun and Princess Minmin committed a capital crime. If His Majesty does not punish them, how can he explain to the people and the world? The emperor is subject to the same laws as the common people. His Majesty has no choice but to punish them. His Majesty is in a difficult position."
The Yuezhi had questioned their son and daughter and learned that they had kidnapped the family members of officials to blackmail them into embezzling disaster relief funds. If this had happened in the Yuezhi, Minmin and Yun'er would have been severely punished as well.
Seeing that she had nothing more to say, Jiang Fenghua offered another suggestion, "Aunt Wang, why don't you go back to the palace first? I'll go and sound out that woman's opinion. Do she and Prince Kang really have a relationship that has lasted for over thirty years?"
"What is she anyway? Just a lowly wet nurse," Yue said coldly. "I don't believe Xie Kang really likes her that much. I can't handle her."
How could she possibly let that woman go at this point?
Jiang Fenghua sighed, "Aunt Wang, don't underestimate a wet nurse. As long as a man likes her, Aunt Wang really can't do anything about her. Even a merchant's daughter can seduce the Emperor's heart. I can't do anything about her either. If I dare to hurt that merchant's daughter, the Emperor will definitely become estranged from me. It's not worth it to damage my relationship with the Emperor for a lowly woman."
The Yuezhi asked, "What would the Empress do if she encountered such a situation?"
Jiang Fenghua said helplessly, "If the Emperor likes her, then of course I should be magnanimous and bring her into the palace to keep her under my watchful eye. It's easy to get rid of a merchant's daughter, but who knows what other women might come to seduce the Emperor? I don't want to anger the Emperor, so I'll just go along with his wishes. I can't stop other women from getting close to the Emperor! Women who marry into the royal family not only have to learn how to be an Empress, but also how to please their husbands."
The Yuezhi had never suffered such humiliation. She was the daughter of the northwestern natives, and everyone acted according to her wishes. Why should she have to be subservient to others?
She said, "The women of your Great Zhou have such a hard life! Xie Kang wouldn't dare treat me like this. He was raised by our Yuezhi. Without our Yuezhi, he wouldn't be where he is today."
The Yuezhi still possessed a certain sense of superiority and arrogance, and there was a reason why Xie Kang favored the gentle and graceful Chang Mingxiu.
When she arrived in Shengjing, she discovered that men in the Great Zhou Dynasty would marry many women into their households, and the women would only fight over each other, making the inner quarters a mess.
Princess Kang was still willing to listen to advice. When she sat calmly in front of Chang Mingxiu, she raised her eyes high and said in a deep voice, "How long have you known the Prince?"
Chang Mingxiu was a concubine of the late emperor, and in terms of status, she should have been the Princess Consort of Kang, who listened to her instructions. Now that she has become Xie Kang's concubine, her status has been greatly diminished.
Chang Mingxiu's arrogance in the palace vanished instantly. She glanced at Xie Kang, who instructed her to be submissive in front of Princess Kang.
Xie Kangchao winked at her, and Chang Mingxiu said, "We're childhood sweethearts, we've known each other since we were little."
She didn't want to suffer this humiliation.
Jiang Fenghua was stunned when she heard this. How dare Chang Mingxiu say such a thing?
The Yuezhi were so angry their faces turned green.
No one present could hear a word Chang Mingxiu said, because none of them wanted to hear it.
Chang Mingxiu was still rambling on about her past with Xie Kang.
She seemed oblivious to the fact that no one in the room wanted to hear her talk about how much she loved Xie Kang and how deep their affection was.
Xie Yang felt utterly humiliated. He then slammed a wine glass onto the ground. The glass flipped over, making a small noise, but it drew everyone's attention.
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