Huan Yue returned to Qing'e Palace by carriage, looking even more formidable than before.
The He family is shameless, letting an old general scare her.
Although Huan Yue had never seen a battlefield, too many people had died.
The atmosphere in the East Palace was somewhat solemn.
Although there was no celebration, Gong Zhaoxun, Ju Zhaoxun, and Ren Zhaoxun all came to kowtow to the Empress.
There's no need to go to Qing'e Palace; Jixian Pavilion is perfectly fine.
To be honest, the better the Crown Prince's palace is, the more beneficial it is for everyone.
As for whether it's a good empress or everyone else is better, it's a sensitive question, like whether the royal family or the Cui family is better.
At least the status of the Crown Princess is incomparable to that of a concubine.
Di Baose and Guo Bing sat down, quite at ease.
Guo Bing should be happy. With the Empress's position secure, she will have more freedom in the future. Although helping the Empress will give her more power, she won't covet it.
Di Baose is still young and doesn't quite understand the taste of power. It remains to be seen what Wang Fengyi, Lan Fengyi, and Lu Fengyi will do.
Yu Anu, Fei, and Gu stood cautiously to one side, watching Wang Fengyi's dramatic antics.
Huan Yue sat on a recliner, resting.
Wang Chuyuan stood in front of her, head down, back bent, looking pitiful in the autumn wind.
Wang Chuyuan was dressed up; not only was her face small, but her waist was also slender, and even when she bent over, her curves were still visible.
Huan Yue felt that this person hadn't even lasted ten moves against Bai Yueguang.
So it's okay for men to have fun with her, but she's not indispensable.
Like the He family, sometimes it's as if no one is there.
Just like how you can't find a single handsome man among billions of people? That's obviously a lie.
Perhaps there's a Di Qing hidden among the lackeys. The key is that there's no opportunity, and the cost of searching is too high.
For example, could Princess Yongmu become like Wang Chuyuan? She could try. But whether she's willing to change is another matter. It depends on many factors.
Lan Lirong and Lu Feiran had no intention of giving Wang Chuyuan a chance to shine.
Lu Feiran struggled to her feet, dressed herself up a bit, and presented the Empress with a scroll of silk scripture.
Huan Yue leaned back comfortably without moving, and moved his mouth slightly: "What's going on?"
Lu Feiran glanced at her, suppressing her emotions and thus appearing expressionless: "This was copied by me personally."
Huan Yue: Oh.
Di Baose: Oh.
Ren Zhaoxun chimed in: Oh.
Yu Anu turned her head and saw the palace maids diligently picking up ginkgo nuts again.
It seems that picking ginkgo nuts in the Qing'e Palace is also a pleasant thing.
The oppressive atmosphere didn't affect the palace maids; they were still singing folk songs, including two of the most popular ones.
Huan Yue shouted, "Those who can sing and play instruments, practice hard. Come and perform when you have time, and you'll be rewarded."
Sunny smiled, pursing her lips. Normally, it would be perfectly acceptable for the Empress to ask them to do whatever she wanted, but she insisted on adding "if you have free time, you'll be rewarded."
Yu Anu blurted out, "I can sing."
Huan Yue nodded: "Sing it for me."
The little palace maid was incredibly audacious: "Your Majesty sang 'Golden Wheat Waves' beautifully last time."
Huan Yue scoffed, "Golden waves of wheat surging under the distant blue sky, is that it?"
The young palace maid nodded.
Guo Bing nodded in agreement, finding it quite insightful.
Lu Feiran could barely contain her primal power: "Your Majesty!"
Huan Yue sat down.
Everyone fell silent.
Huan Yue adjusted his posture, his voice like the sound of wheat waves: "Do you know about paper money? There are two denominations, five taels and ten taels. One piece of paper is worth ten taels of silver. This piece of paper is used as toilet paper, but people think it's dirty. Toilet paper is better when it's clean. Even the Four Books and Five Classics, if torn up and used as toilet paper, are not as good as white paper."
Guo Bing chimed in: "So sometimes being a real blank sheet of paper is useful."
A young palace maid interjected, "Couldn't ten taels of silver buy a lot of toilet paper?"
Huan Yue said, "There are some people in this world who like to show off. If this piece of paper is used to relieve oneself, then it's no longer silver."
The young palace maid understood: "Silver can't be eaten; we must buy rice and cook it."
Huan Yue nodded: "I'm a farmer, and they come to me to buy rice."
Guo Bing's smile is especially beautiful.
Yu Anu secretly glanced at her, then at the other beauties. They were all beautiful, but Guo Liangdi had a unique charm.
Guo Liangdi possessed qualities that Wang Fengyi, Lu Fengyi, and others lacked.
Yu Anu thought to herself that Guo Liangdi's extraordinary status was not just due to her background.
Lu Feiran's face flushed red. Something she had copied herself was considered inferior to toilet paper by this village girl? This was utterly outrageous!
Lan Lirong put it simply: "This is a pearl bestowed upon me by my great-grandmother."
Huan Yue looked at the thing in her hand; it wasn't a rosary or anything like that.
However, they are largely the same. I just don't know which one is more advanced, her great-grandmother's or Lu Fengyi's handwritten copy?
Di Baose scoffed softly.
Fang Tang sidled up to her again: "I heard the Lan family has countless treasures, even better than those in the palace."
Lan Lirong is proud!
Fang Tang was exceptionally well-informed: "I heard something happened to the Lan family."
Lan Lirong confidently declared: "Impossible!"
Fang Tang was also extremely confident: "The Lan family beat the county magistrate to a serious injury."
Lan Lirong didn't take it seriously at all.
Wang Chuyuan was in a hurry; she had other matters to attend to. She cried out, sounding aggrieved, "Your Majesty, it was my fault..."
Di Baose sneered: "His Highness forbids you from leaving the room, yet you dare to stay here. Is this deliberate violation? Just like Lan Fengyi, the magistrate beat him, and even if he died, he only had to pay a few taels of silver."
Fang Tang was extremely well-informed: "I heard that he's going to be punished for the county magistrate's mistake, with his family's property confiscated and him exiled."
Huan Yue scolded, "Don't listen to these things anymore."
Fang Tang quickly agreed. She could tell that the Empress wasn't too angry, but she didn't want her to communicate with outsiders.
Fang Tang thought to herself, "I know it's okay, but I can't cause trouble unless the Empress can't control me."
Being well-informed can also help the Empress. Gaining the Empress's trust is very useful.
Wang Chuyuan was timid; when she saw His Highness approaching, she huddled up in a ball and trembled.
Huan Yue was delighted. This shameless beauty is too good at seduction.
There was a mishap; that jerk of a man didn't like this one anymore.
Di Baose laughed along with the Empress, and the laughter of the lowly beauty made His Highness laugh.
Xie Zhou roared, "Drag him to the back and lock him up!"
Di Baose asked, "Is there nothing else?"
Xie Zhou showed no mercy: "Thirty strokes of the cane!"
Huan Yue glanced at Di Baose, thinking that he might not be able to bring himself to punish her with the cane.
Di Baose pondered whether to punish her or not, but decided to let it depend on the Empress's opinion, as punishment wouldn't be very meaningful.
Yu Anu watched as Wang Fengyi was dragged away, but didn't plead for her. It was best to stay away and not implicate her.
Lu Fengyi and Lan Fengyi finally met His Highness, while Fei Hegu watched the show with wide eyes.
Yang Churong pulled Fei Hegu away, saying there was nothing more to see about His Highness and the Empress.
Actually, Fei and Gu really wanted to rush forward, but they didn't have the courage. Thirty lashes on the buttocks—wouldn't that hurt terribly?
Lu Feiran felt pain.
Lan Fengyi stared at His Highness stubbornly, but gained nothing.
Xie Zhou held his wife in his lap and asked, "Is your chest tightness any better?"
Before she could answer, Xie Zhou's expression changed again, and he coldly lectured the other beauties: "The Empress is not in good health, so don't provoke her and go along with her."
Di Baose thought he would just go along with it, but he didn't want to contradict the Empress at this time.
Guo Bing did not object.
Lan Fengyi exclaimed, "Since she's not in good health!"
Di Baose chuckled: "You want to replace the Empress? Why don't you just go to Changqiu Palace?"
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