Chapter 179 Liang Yuan
Capital city, Prince’s Palace.
Nanyiyuan.
Li Yao was dressed up beautifully and was appreciating the flowers in the garden with her good friend Qi Yaner.
"Alas, I wonder what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is busy with today. He hasn't been to our Nanyiyuan for a long time."
Qi Yan'er also complained a little, "I haven't seen His Highness for two months. I only heard from the servants that His Highness seems to be busy with disaster relief recently."
"Disaster relief?" Li Yao said with a smile, "Our Prince's Mansion is not that wealthy, yet Your Highness can actually afford disaster relief."
Qi Yan'er said with a sour tone, "Yes, we Zhaoxun are the legitimate concubines of the crown prince after all. His Highness has saved so much private money, but he only gives us so little money every month."
Li Yao sighed for a while and suddenly thought of something, "Come to think of it, the last person in our Nanyi Courtyard who saw His Highness should be Qin Yuwei, right?"
"I think...right."
The two fell into silence again, each with their own thoughts.
Ever since Nanny Li had spoken, although they still looked down on Qin Yuwei, who came from a poor family, they could no longer treat her as a servant. The most they could do was to say a few sarcastic words to her when they met, so as to prevent her from getting carried away.
Nanyiyuan is adjacent to the wall of the East Palace, and outside is a wide avenue.
The sound of carriages and horses gradually came from the avenue, which immediately attracted the attention of Li Yao and Qi Yaner.
Qin Yuwei happened to walk out of the room and looked towards the wall. She calculated the time and guessed that Xu Shiming and Zhao Nei Shi had returned.
Li Yao was eating melon seeds when he saw Qin Yuwei. He sneered, raised his voice, pointed at a tree nearby and said to Qi Yaner:
"Yan'er, do you see the sparrows on the treetops over there? I don't know what they are doing jumping around all day long."
Qi Yan'er understood and said, "I guess he also wants to fly up to the tree and experience the feeling of being a phoenix?"
The two of them were talking to each other, and it was obvious that they were talking to Qin Yuwei.
Qin Yuwei smiled faintly, not annoyed, and was too lazy to argue with them.
She was not like those women in the backyard who had nothing to do all day and made trouble because they couldn't wait for the arrival of the prince.
Aunt Zhang Si has already bought a shop in the capital, which is several times bigger than the one in Jiangzhou City. Following the wishes of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, she plans to expand the women's products business to the capital, and she plans to go and take a look today.
Li Yao kicked the cotton, becoming even angrier. She threw the melon seeds in her hand away and stood in front of Qin Yuwei.
"Although I don't know what method you used to get His Highness to allow you to enter and leave the East Palace freely. But I warn you, don't do anything you shouldn't do outside. If you dare to let our Highness down, I, Li Yao, will be the first one to not let you go!"
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Xu Shiming and Eunuch Zhao were exhausted from the journey, and their robes were a little worn. They had no time to change and wash them, so they hurried to see Yan Xiuyun.
Li Yan, covered in dust and dirt, followed behind the two of them, looking defeated.
Yan Xiuyun was obviously very happy to see them.
"Your trip to Long'an County to provide disaster relief has greatly improved the reputation of my father and our Eastern Palace among the people. You have done a great job.
When I received the news a few days ago, I had already sent a memorial to my father, and the reply arrived today."
Yan Xiuyun said this, pointing to the official documents on the table and signaling Eunuch Zhao to read them.
Eunuch Zhao wiped his hands with a handkerchief, then carefully picked up the document, read two lines, and immediately became a little excited.
The official document commended the Prince's Mansion for its achievements in disaster relief and saving the people, and Emperor Liang specially rewarded it with a batch of jewels and brocade.
"Mr. Xu, I heard that you made a very clever prediction while on the road, and even predicted that Long'an County would rain again. Please hurry up and hurry on your way, so as to avoid any disaster."
Yan Xiuyun looked at Xu Shiming with some approval, "From today on, I will officially appoint you as the prince's groom. You can discuss political affairs with me."
Although Xu Shiming's robes were old, he still looked like an immortal. He looked calm and saluted, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness, for a thousand years."
Eunuch Zhao also received some jewels and brocade as rewards, and his face was filled with joy.
Yan Xiuyun's gaze finally fell on Li Yan, who lowered his head feeling a little guilty.
Since His Highness already knew that Mr. Xu had predicted that it would rain, then His Highness must have also known in advance that I wasted time and was beaten by that woman.
Yan Xiuyun frowned and asked him, "I heard that you were beaten by a student from Longchang Academy. Who is so bold?"
Li Yan stole a glance at his expression, and from what he said, it seemed that he didn't blame him much, so he began to defend himself:
"Your Highness, I was just suspicious of that woman's identity, and I was afraid she was someone with ulterior motives, but she attacked me without any explanation..."
Yan Xiuyun snorted coldly, "Do you think I don't know what happened on the road? You dawdled and wasted time, and almost missed the big thing.
"I didn't mention you just now because everyone who should be punished has already been punished. Your uncle Li Changjing was just dismissed from his position as the commander-in-chief of the Five Cities Army today. Did you know that?"
Li Yan stayed where he was.
The position of the commander-in-chief of the Five Cities Military Department is a position that only His Majesty the Emperor can appoint and dismiss. Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot move from it!
The image of the woman in red riding a horse with a long whip in her hand appeared in front of his eyes, and her cold words were still ringing in his ears.
"...Wucheng Bingmasi, Li Changjing, I've made a note of that... Let him cherish his official hat for a few more days when we get back."
Who is this woman...?
He was about to ask Yan Xiuyun, but Yan Xiuyun spoke first, "Who was the woman who beat you that night?"
"I don't know..."
"You idiot, try to remember what she looks like!"
Li Yan had no choice but to talk while recalling. Yan Xiuyun listened with his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
This image of a man in red riding a furious horse, daring to attack the nephew of the commander-in-chief of the Five Cities Military Department, and even writing a secret letter to ask the emperor to dismiss Li Changjing...
Could it be the princess of the Zhenbei Wang family?
But she should be on the third brother's side, so why would she help the East Palace's disaster relief convoy?
Yan Xiuyun was puzzled.
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In Nanyiyuan, Li Yao and Qi Yan'er were still standing in front of Qin Yuwei, and each word they said was more sarcastic than the last.
A shrill voice suddenly sounded behind the two of them.
"Your Majesty's order—"
Li Yao and the other two were frightened. They turned around and saw that it was the eunuch from the palace. They were so scared that they immediately knelt on the ground.
Qin Yuwei also knelt down.
"Qin Yuwei of Zhaoxun is kindhearted and generous, donating three thousand taels of silver to help the victims. Her actions are in line with the will of the emperor and the people, and her achievements are outstanding. I now commend her and promote her to the title of Prince's concubine to honor her virtue."
Li Yao and Qi Yaner opened their mouths in shock.
According to the regulations, even if Zhao Xun was promoted, she had to serve as the Crown Prince's Consort for two years first. Unexpectedly, she skipped a level and was directly promoted to the Crown Prince's Consort!
You have to know that there is only one Crown Princess, one Liang Di, two Liang Yuan, and several Cheng Hui and Zhao Xun in the East Palace. With Qin Yuwei's promotion, from now on, above her will only be the most favored Crown Princess Dong and Zhou Liang Di!
Also, three thousand taels, did they hear it right?
Just say that all the people in the Prince's Eastern Palace combined cannot raise so much money.
How could Qin Yuwei, a girl of common origin, possibly come up with this?
The father-in-law personally helped Qin Yuwei up and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Qin Liangyuan."
"Thank you, eunuch." Qin Yuwei took out a silver ingot the size of half a palm from her arms and stuffed it into the other's hand.
Li Yao and Qi Yan'er just stood up and saw the silver ingot. They almost suspected that they were dreaming!
After seeing the eunuch off, Qin Yuwei looked at the two of them with a slight smile on her lips.
"Two sisters, oh no, maybe I should call you sisters, no need to be so polite."
Li Yao and the other two only reacted after hearing this. As Zhao Xun, they should kneel down when seeing Liang Yuan. Although they were extremely reluctant, they had to kneel down in order to avoid being caught.
Qin Yuwei reached out and supported them both, saying gently, "I just said, no need to salute."
"Congratulations to Qin Liangyuan." Li Yao said while gritting her teeth, and she and Qi Yan'er wanted to leave like two defeated peacocks.
"Stop." Qin Yuwei said slowly.
"What else do you want!?" Li Yao thought of what he had done to Qin Yuwei in the past, and suddenly had a premonition of revenge in his heart.
"Don't worry, I won't retaliate against you." Qin Yuwei opened her red lips and leaned over to whisper in their ears.
"I will not tell anyone about Sister Li Yao secretly delivering items from the Eastern Palace to my home, or Sister Yan'er secretly making a doll for the Crown Princess.
I even helped you clean up many clues and traces."
Li Yao and Qi Yan'er's faces turned pale instantly, and their backs felt a little cold.
They used to think that Qin Yuwei was just an innocent little white rabbit, so they were not very cautious towards her.
It turns out they were all pretending!
Li Yao clenched her fists in anger, and a huge fear rose in her heart. You know, if these things were to be told, she would be expelled from the palace in serious cases, and sent to the Dali Temple in worse cases!
"What do you want to do?" Qi Yan'er's voice trembled.
Qin Yuwei stared at the two of them for a long while, the smile in her eyes becoming deeper and deeper.
She had no one to rely on in the East Palace. Although she had to temporarily become a knife in the hands of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, she could not do it empty-handed.
"I want both of you to serve me from now on."
(I will write more for this chapter. I have to go out for fun on May Day and have no time to write, so there may be a few days of single update. QAQ I will try to make up for it after the holiday! I wish you all a happy holiday and good fortune~!)
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