"Princess Li, your daughter-in-law is no longer suitable to be in charge of the household chores. Here are the keys to the pair of cards. Please accept them, Princess Li." The Lady of Nanhua County took a small box from the maid and handed it to the princess.
"You child, you have been well taken care of. You can continue to do so. I haven't taken care of you for a long time, and you have become accustomed to the leisurely life." The princess said with a smile.
She really didn't want to answer it. It would be so nice to live a leisurely life.
She doesn't need to rely on this to prove her status.
"My dear Concubine, my husband is only the adopted son of the prince. How can a daughter-in-law be qualified to manage the household expenses? If outsiders knew about this, they would say that the prince's palace has no rules. If you don't want to be in charge, just leave it to your sister-in-law." The eyes of the Nanhua County Lady turned red as she spoke.
She felt so wronged, but she had no one to share her pain with.
"Oh, fine, Concubine Li will continue to take care of it. Your sister-in-law has three children, so she doesn't have the time to take care of it." The princess accepted it helplessly.
She also knew that it was no longer appropriate to let Nanhua take charge.
The prince did not expel Zishu from the palace because he did not want him to have the possibility of looking for the third wife.
Then he would marry two wives and they would also stay in the palace.
But the palace is not short of that little money, so there is nothing wrong in keeping him.
The princess generously accepted the housekeeper's power.
"Don't think too much. Just wait for Zishu to come back and wait for him to return. When a man has a career and achievements, he won't think too much about the past. He understands a lot now." The princess was still gentle and virtuous as always.
"Yes, Concubine Li. My daughter-in-law wants to go back to her parents' home."
"Go ahead."
Nanhua handed over the food and left.
It was not possible for her to go back to her parents' home these days. Two people had died in the palace, and she could not go back during the mourning period.
Now half a month has passed and the palace has finally calmed down, so she plans to go back.
Yu Yuanzheng looked at her back as she just came and left in a hurry, and sneered in his heart.
She had always looked down on Nanhua for using such despicable means to scheme against others for the position of a princess.
Although Yu Chaoyang also plotted against her for his own position, she is now sober and she still looks up to him.
But she didn't see any calmness in Nanhua's eyes, so she probably must have other ideas.
But it has nothing to do with her. As long as you don't offend her, you can live your own life.
She has always been like this: I won’t offend others unless they offend me.
She suddenly thought of someone she hated, the second old lady who had disliked her and made things difficult for her ever since she married into the palace.
She was sent to a nunnery, and I don't know how she is doing now.
She had been away all this time, so she didn't know the old woman's situation.
I don’t know if she has heard about such a big incident in the palace.
She wanted to play a prank.
The news that Shangguan Ziqi's leg had healed had spread throughout the capital over the past ten days.
For this reason, the Emperor sent someone to summon him to the palace for questioning today.
I learned that he had his leg healed after a trip to Southern Shu.
He just wanted to ask if it was possible for the eldest prince to be cured. It turned out that the eldest prince already knew that his emperor would ask this question, so he waited halfway and went to see the emperor with Shangguan Ziqi.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Shangguan Ziqi rarely knelt down and kowtowed.
"Stop being polite. Your leg has just been healed. Can you do the kneeling ceremony?" The emperor walked down from behind the desk with a smile and helped the man up.
He watched this child grow up, and he was also the one who chose the study companion for his eldest son.
However, the hunting was once taken advantage of by someone.
He only found out these few days that it was the third son of the palace who was the culprit.
Thinking of this, he thought of the royal family.
Which prince has not wanted to fight for this position?
"Your son pays homage to the Emperor." The eldest prince was still sitting in a wheelchair.
"Well. Ziqi, come and sit down." The emperor took the lead and sat on the chair by the window, indicating that he wanted to have a good chat.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"You went to Southern Shu, found the iron box, and cured your leg. Not bad."
"I went out just to find the iron box." Shangguan Ziqi felt a little guilty. He and the eldest prince's legs had long been healed, but they had never let the emperor know.
Will they be charged with deceiving the emperor then?
"Hey, the iron box was found. But no one can open it. Now it is only temporarily deterring Canglan Country. The attack is not that fierce, but there are still small-scale battles at the border from time to time.
They don't know whether the Great Wei can be opened, so they are waiting and watching. "The emperor sighed.
Canglan sent out an army of 150,000, and Dawei had to send out nearly 300,000 troops to hold off, but they also lost a city.
The people of Wei are small, their soldiers are not strong, and their horses are not strong. This is a regional characteristic and there is nothing he can do about it.
If it weren't for the old Lord Rong and the old Princess Rong using that special weapon, the Great Wei might have been occupied by Canglan a hundred years ago.
But the emperor was very sorry that when the old prince Rong signed the peace agreement, he actually locked the secret recipe of the weapon in an iron box.
Don't let future generations use it.
Unless someone can open that box.
"Your Majesty, I will go to the battlefield." Shangguan Ziqi immediately expressed his opinion.
"Your leg has just recovered, so you should wait a little longer. Canglan hasn't launched a large-scale attack yet."
"Yes." Shangguan Ziqi didn't say to go now. His second brother had already gone, so there was no need for him to go in such a hurry.
"Your leg is already cured, why didn't you bring back the miracle doctor you found?" The emperor asked about the person he cared about most.
Shangguan Ziqi knew that the emperor would ask this question, and he had already made up his mind to tell the emperor the truth.
Now that the cause of his injury has been investigated, there is no need to hide it from the Emperor any longer.
But the eldest prince shook his head indifferently.
"Your Majesty, I don't want to treat my leg for the time being." The eldest prince immediately took over the conversation.
And he looked at the emperor with a firm gaze.
The emperor knew what he meant as soon as he heard it.
The third brother's departure for the battlefield couldn't be more conspicuous.
The second brother asked to go to the Ministry of Revenue for training, and his purpose was self-evident.
The war between Canglan Kingdom and Wei Kingdom is still at a stalemate.
If his eldest son's leg healed, would he be assassinated again?
"Well, it's up to you. But don't wait too long, I'm old." The emperor sighed.
"Your Majesty, you are only forty-five years old, how come you are old? It's still a long time before that. You have to watch your sons and children grow up." The eldest prince didn't like to hear such words.
The emperor has always loved him. Although he is very strict with him, he loves him sincerely.
Without anyone to look after him, he was able to walk steadily and was not bullied.
"Okay. Let's not talk about this. Since Zishu is not your father's son, Ziqi must take on the responsibility of the prince's son and manage the palace well. Don't let the same thing happen again." The emperor looked at Shangguan Ziqi again and said.
"yes."
A few people were chatting when the chief steward, Eunuch Hai, came in with his head bowed.
"Your Majesty, the abbot of Huguo Temple is requesting to see you outside the palace." Eunuch Hai reported respectfully.
"Oh? What does he want to see you for?" The emperor was puzzled.
Except when the royal family had large-scale sacrificial activities and needed his services, the two seldom met at other times.
But today he suddenly came to the palace gate to ask for an audience.
"I don't know." Eunuch Hai only received the message passed in by the palace gate guards.
"Bring him to the imperial study."
Eunuch Hai immediately stepped back and led his men.
"Your Majesty, since you have guests, I will take my leave." Shangguan Ziqi was very conscious.
"Go." The emperor waved his hand.
The eldest prince and Shangguan Ziqi left the imperial study together.
But when they were halfway there, they met Eunuch Hai and the abbot of the Huguo Temple, Master Huihai.
An old monk in his fifties.
He was dressed in a grey cassock and walked with steady steps.
His slightly chubby face looked very kind. He was clean-shaven and looked like he had never aged. He looked like he was forty, fifty, and sixty.
"I greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Eldest Young Master." Master Huihai bowed and performed a Buddhist salute.
"Master Huihai, there's no need to be so polite. The Emperor is waiting for you." The eldest prince supported him lightly.
"Are you two going to leave the palace? Please go with me to see the emperor." Master Huihai bowed again.
Shangguan Ziqi and the eldest prince looked at each other.
What does this mean, old monk?
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