Chapter 51: Handsome Men and Good Wine
"That was when I was blind."
"Now, are you still blind?"
"If I'm not blind anymore, can I still divorce him or what?"
"There's no chance for you to get divorced in this lifetime."
Li Yueyao curled her lips and said regretfully.
"I hope he can turn around after these things happened." Concubine Xian said helplessly.
Li Yueyao smiled after hearing this and said, "Send someone to keep an eye on Concubine Rong and the Seventh Prince, and don't tell His Majesty about this for now.
When the right opportunity comes, I'll tell him."
Xian Fei sighed and said, "Well, it seems that the palace restrictions still need to be strengthened. How can Rongpin be allowed to come and go freely?"
Li Yueyao said: "No, you should leave her an opening like you did with the imperial concubine, so as to avoid a complete loss of both sides.
Wait until your junior uncle has dealt with the Left Prime Minister, then you can close the net. We must cooperate well."
"Yes." Concubine Xian nodded.
After a while, he said again: "I still have to go through this harem one by one again, otherwise I will not be at ease."
"You haven't been out for five years, and you've only been in charge of the harem for ten days. There's still a lot of time, so take your time." Li Yueyao comforted.
"This time, when the Imperial Concubine was in trouble, I took the opportunity to place my people throughout the harem. However, I didn't have enough manpower, so I even borrowed the people from Concubine Shu. Sigh..."
"You and Concubine Shu should help each other and sort out the harem first. Your Majesty, the Right Prime Minister and I can then focus on dealing with these people in the court."
"Yeah, don't worry."
The two chatted for a while, and Cuiwei and the others had already packed up their things. Concubine Xian sent Li Yueyao to the sedan chair and watched her leave.
As soon as Li Yueyao returned home, she saw Feng Shenyu sitting in the hall drinking tea.
Seeing his leisurely and relaxed look, Li Yueyao had an illusion that she might have come to the wrong place. Was this the house of the Right Prime Minister?
"Right Prime Minister, is there something important that you've come to do?"
Li Yueyao walked into the hall, took off her cloak and handed it to Nanny Qin.
"Is it a big deal to congratulate His Highness on his move?" Feng Shenyu stood up and said with a smile.
“That’s not a big deal.
Besides, my residence is so close to the palace. I can see the palace moat from the north gate at the back. It’s just like living in the palace.”
"It's different. Inside and outside the palace are two different worlds." Feng Shenyu said with a smile.
Li Yueyao took two steps forward and sat down on the chair.
Cui Xin quickly served a cup of tea. Li Yueyao took a sip and asked seriously, "What brings you here, Right Prime Minister?"
"First, I want to inform His Highness that I have emptied Gao Hongchen's vault.
Secondly, I want to inform His Highness that I am preparing a great gift for the Left Prime Minister."
Li Yueyao laughed when she heard this: "Oh, the Right Prime Minister's great gift, I have to listen to it."
Feng Shenyu looked at the sky outside and said, "It's going to snow tonight, can you have a drink?"
Li Yueyao smiled and said, "Come on, let's prepare a banquet."
"I heard that the plum blossoms in Her Royal Highness's backyard are beautiful. How about we enjoy them together and drink some wine?"
Li Yueyao readily agreed.
There has been continuous light snow these days. Having a handsome man by my side, drinking wine and appreciating plum blossoms is a joy in life.
The two of them came to the small pavilion under the plum forest in the backyard, drinking and enjoying the scenery.
"Your Highness, how does the scenery in the capital compare to the Spring Mountain Palace?"
"Of course the scenery of Chunshan is better." Li Yueyao replied.
Feng Shenyu hinted, "Yes, I also like to watch the spring mountain scenery in Canghe. There are hundreds of flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, cool breezes in summer and snow in winter. It is really fascinating."
"Yes, after the palace affairs are settled and the court is stable, I will return to live in the Spring Mountain Palace. There is more freedom there."
Feng Shenyu curled the corners of his mouth after hearing this.
He is worthy of being the person I have chosen. He is in a high position, but he has no desire for the highest power in the world. He only wants to live in seclusion in the mountains.
This is very similar to myself.
The court is a boring place, full of intrigue and deception. It is better to live freely in the world with the one you love.
So he smiled and said, "Is that so? Your Highness, please remember to invite me to stay for a while so that I can carefully appreciate the magnificent scenery of the spring mountains."
"That's natural."
Li Yueyao raised her glass and clinked it with Feng Shenyu.
Then he looked at Feng Shenyu's smiling face and said, "Before I met the Right Prime Minister, everyone said that he was a notoriously cold-faced man in the capital.
But after contacting them for the past few days, I found that the rumors were wrong.
The Right Prime Minister not only loves to laugh, but his smile is also particularly pleasing to the eye."
Feng Shenyu saw Li Yueyao start to look at his face again, so his smile deepened:
“To be honest, I found that the person I was looking for seemed to prefer seeing my smiling face.
So, in order to please the beautiful lady, I had no choice but to smile more."
Li Yueyao glanced sideways and said, "Oh, what the Right Prime Minister said really piqued my curiosity.
Who is this beautiful woman who could actually capture the soul of the Right Prime Minister?
Feng Shenyu smiled and looked at Li Yueyao and said, "She has a bright and beautiful appearance, like a blooming peony.
She is talented, elegant, courageous, and resourceful. In my eyes, she is a perfect person."
Cuiwei, who was serving nearby, heard this and subconsciously glanced at Li Yueyao. Isn't this talking about my prince?
Li Yueyao frowned as she listened. "A woman like this must not be an unknown person. Which family in the capital is she from?"
Feng Shenyu saw that his words were so clear, but Li Yueyao didn't even think about him.
My heart sank. This Princess Jinyang was indeed different from ordinary women.
Then he said, "It cannot be said. It cannot be said."
Li Yueyao curled her lips after hearing this and said, "Forget it, if you don't want to talk about it, then don't talk about it."
Then he looked at Feng Shenyu and said seriously, "By the way, what gift do you want to give to the Left Prime Minister?"
Feng Shenyu put down his wine glass, looked at Li Yueyao and said:
"There's a place called 'Chunhui Garden' by the Jian River. Your Highness, do you know about it?"
Li Yueyao shook her head after hearing this.
"That Chunhui Garden is the private residence of Qi Zhuo, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue."
"Ministry of Revenue, Qi Zhuo?"
"Yes. Chunhui Garden is where Qi Zhuo bribed officials in the court."
After hearing this, Li Yueyao looked at Feng Shenyu with a strange expression: "Bribery, the kind of bribery I understand?"
Feng Shenyu nodded after hearing this.
"He sent people to abduct many young girls, and after they died, he threw them into the lotus pond in the backyard."
Li Yueyao frowned as she listened, "But I haven't heard that Jingzhao Prefecture and the Dali Temple have received any reports of the case?"
"They were very careful. They were all bought from pawnbrokers, or people from other places who came to the capital to make a living, so no one came to report the case."
"It's really cruel." Li Yueyao said angrily.
"Since the Chinese New Year is coming soon, we can discuss this matter after the New Year."
"Why can't we do it before the New Year?" Li Yueyao asked.
“Because the victim’s family is rushing to Beijing from other places, they will not arrive until after the New Year.
Besides, tomorrow is the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, and Your Majesty will have to put down his pen."
Li Yueyao looked up at the plum blossoms not far away and said, "Yes, it seems like the New Year is coming soon.
The years go by so quickly, and I am about to get another year older."
Feng Shenyu heard this and said, "Yes, after the New Year, I will be twenty-seven years old."
After hearing this, Li Yueyao turned to look at Feng Shenyu and said, "You've wasted all this time just waiting for that girl?"
Feng Shenyu nodded, and then asked Li Yueyao: "What about His Highness? Why don't you get married?"
After hearing Feng Shenyu's question, Li Yueyao smiled and said, "It seems that the Right Prime Minister has never heard of my reputation as a husband-killer."
"Your Highness, are you talking about Pei Xiang?"
"Yes, that was my fiancé. He fell off a horse and died just three months after we got engaged. Ever since then, I've had a reputation as a jinx."
Li Yueyao said this with a lonely look on her face, picked up the wine glass and drank a glass herself.
Feng Shenyu looked at Li Yueyao's lonely expression and felt a dull pain in his heart.
I wasted my time for you, but you wasted your time for him.
After adjusting for a long time, he said sourly:
"I don't know Pei Xiang very well, but to have been remembered by His Highness for all these years, he must be a rare talent."
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