Chapter 390 He Bet Right
The Grand Master was speechless when asked.
Lu Li glanced at the ministers below and found a loser.
"Well, Master Li Zheng, isn't your youngest son the child of your wife and someone else?"
Li Zheng, the Imperial Counselor, was in tears.
He didn't say anything, why did the Ninth Princess point him out?
He had no objection to her becoming the Crown Princess.
Everyone looked at Li Zheng with a subtle expression.
It turns out that three years ago, Li Zheng divorced his wife because she had an affair, which made him become a father.
"And Master Taifu, you have three daughters and so many concubines, and they are all pregnant. Do you think you are really that powerful? They were the result of fights between them and your guards." Lu Li mercilessly revealed the secret of the Taifu.
"Oh, and there's another one from a fight with your grandson."
Lu Li is three years old and already understands a few things.
Every time the melon turned dark, it was because the adults were fighting, and after the fight, a baby would appear.
The old face of the tutor turned red.
How come the Ninth Princess revealed something he had kept secret for so long?
How will his colleagues view him in the future?
What's more, his bastard grandson actually had an affair with his concubine.
What a misfortune for this family.
He couldn't argue with the princess, for fear that she would say something shocking again.
The Grand Tutor was so ashamed and angry that he almost fell down. He simply closed his eyes and pretended to faint.
Ministers: Wow, the Grand Tutor is still strong even at his age. He is nearly seventy years old and can still take care of three women at night.
Lu Yanshi: So this is why the Grand Tutor had a son in his old age! He thought the Grand Tutor was just exceptionally powerful.
"and……"
Lu Li was just about to look around to see if there were any families with children who were not her biological children, when she was interrupted in a hurry by the ministers.
"Your Majesty is wise! It is a wise decision to make the Ninth Princess the Crown Princess. We all agree with this."
"Your Majesty is wise."
Everyone echoed what was said.
Afraid that Lu Li would reveal her privacy again.
Lu Yanshi was very satisfied with this. He ordered someone to send the pretending-to-faint Taifu to the Imperial Medical Hospital, and then issued an edict to finalize the matter.
Soon, the news that Lu Li was appointed as the Crown Princess spread throughout the capital.
Everyone was surprised, the Crown Princess?
Does this mean they're going to have an empress?
But the people were not too surprised. After all, they were accustomed to Concubine Shu going to the battlefield and women entering the court.
We already have female generals and female rulers, so it's normal to have a female empress, right?
Most of the concubines in the harem were very pleased.
It is great that the Ninth Princess is the Crown Princess. They can hear her thoughts and this way they can perfectly avoid offending her.
Life in the harem will be easier in the future.
Almost everyone was happy about this.
Only Kong Fuling stood there in a daze.
"If I had known that the Emperor wanted to make the Princess the Crown Princess, why would I have fought for her..." Her tears rolled down silently, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on her face.
Her last hope was shattered.
Her son can no longer be the crown prince.
…
On the third day after the announcement of the Crown Princess, Lu Li refused to do anything.
"Wuwuwu, you didn't say that I have to study and write after becoming the Crown Princess." Lu Li burst into tears as she looked at the books that had doubled in number than before.
"You are the emperor, but you can't read. How can you review memorials?" Lu Yanshi patiently persuaded his daughter.
"Why don't you just let them tell me?" Lu Li replied with sobs.
"What if they cheat you?" Lu Yanshi asked again.
"No one dares to lie to me." Lu Li said confidently.
[I have Guagua. If anyone dares to deceive me, I will chop him up! ]
Lu Yanshi: ...
He couldn't expose his daughter, so he could only change his words to try to make her continue to be the Crown Princess: "We pulled the hook at the beginning, and it's the puppy who regretted it. Could it be that you want to regret it?"
"Woof woof woof!" Lu Li imitated a dog's barking without hesitation.
Lu Yanshi: ...
His little daughter is really flexible.
"Father, can I stop studying?" Lu Li put down the textbook and looked at him pitifully.
This time, Lu Yanshi was not moved by her coquettishness.
He said with a straight face: "You swore an oath. If you don't become the Crown Princess anymore, I will send Yuanlunlun and the others out of the palace, and you will never see them again."
When Lu Li heard this, she looked confused.
[What can I do? I can't bear to let them go.]
Hearing this, Lu Yanshi smiled with confidence.
It looks like my daughter is going to be convinced.
But the next moment, he couldn't laugh anymore.
[It's okay, I have Guagua. I can use Guagua to watch them anytime.]
[And Jinjin! Jinjin can also fly back to see me. ]
Lu Yanshi: ...
"Okay, father, please send them out." Lu Li showed an expression of sacrificing one's own family for the sake of justice.
"Don't forget, your gold lock will also be confiscated." Lu Yanshi reminded again.
Lu Li's face froze, she was extremely heartbroken. The golden lock was her lifeblood!
"Okay, then I will continue to be the Crown Princess." For the sake of the golden lock, Lu Li could only continue to study and practice calligraphy.
Ten days later.
Lu Li couldn't bear it any longer and put down her brush when Lu Yanshi asked her to continue practicing calligraphy.
"Father, you can take the golden lock. I no longer want to be the Crown Princess. Lord Qu once said that even if you spend all your money, you can still get it back. I will have more golden locks in the future."
She closed her eyes with a look of heartache after she finished speaking.
【Ah, my little money, I'm so reluctant to part with it. 】
[But I really don’t want to study and write. ]
[I can only apologize to you, Xiaoqian. 】
Lu Yanshi was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that Jinsuo couldn't control this little money-grubber.
But he absolutely disagreed to appointing the Crown Princess as the new Crown Princess.
The only thing I can do now is to continue deceiving Xiaojiu.
"Alas." Lu Yanshi let out a long sigh.
When Lu Li heard him sigh, she couldn't help but open her eyes.
"Father, what's wrong with you?"
"Father is feeling sad." Lu Yanshi pretended to wipe away tears.
"In their hearts, those ministers don't want you to be the empress. They think that your father has poor eyesight and chose you to inherit the throne."
When Lu Li heard this, he immediately became angry.
"Father, whoever said that, I will chop down his ancestral grave!"
Lu Yanshi hurriedly hugged her tightly and continued, "But father knows that our little Jiu is smart, capable, kind, filial, and a capable child. When he grows up, he will definitely be able to lead Daxia to the other side of the sea and avenge our ancestors."
"Our little Jiu is the best. Of all the children, you are the one that the emperor has the most confidence in."
Lu Li's face turned red because of the compliment.
"I'm not as good as my father said."
"No, you said it better than father. Our Xiaojiu is not stupid, she just doesn't want to learn. As long as you want to learn, you can learn all these words in a few days, right?" Lu Yanshi coaxed her gently.
"Yes!" Lu Li nodded subconsciously.
She is not stupid.
"Then Xiaojiu, finish your studies quickly, become the empress, and slap those ministers in the face, okay?" Lu Yanshi continued to coax her.
"The faster you learn, the sooner these classes can be finished. Isn't that good?"
"That's right. I'll finish learning it quickly so I don't have to study anymore." Lu Li's thoughts were gradually led astray by him.
"Father, let's learn quickly and give those ministers a slap in the face!" She immediately raised her fighting spirit.
Lu Yanshi let out a long sigh of relief.
He was right. Xiaojiu is a good and filial child who is willing to give in to soft words and not to harsh ones.
And like him, she is very concerned about her reputation.
Even though others said he couldn't do it, he insisted on doing it in front of them.
From then on, every time Lu Li wanted to give up, Lu Yanshi would call the concubines in the harem and the princes and princesses to encourage her one by one.
With so many people praising herself, Lu Li had no nerve to quit, so she persisted day after day.
This persistence lasted for fifteen years.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Li was eighteen years old.