The front hall of Qing'e Palace.
The spring sunshine is beautiful, bathing everything in a verdant glow.
The Chief Secretary of the Wu King's Palace, representing the Wu King, delivered a large quantity of goods.
Huan Yue, dressed in a yuzi robe and holding the "Rules for Women" in his hand, exchanged gift lists with the chief secretary.
The chief secretary was almost sixty years old, and he was speechless in front of the young crown princess, yet he still had to treat her with respect.
If he dares to be disrespectful, not only will the King of Wu have wasted his efforts, but these things will definitely be given away for free.
However, the chief secretary thought the Crown Princess's calligraphy was quite good.
Huan Yue said with shame, "I haven't been feeling well lately, I'll take my time copying later and I'll write better."
The chief clerk thought to himself, "No one in the Wu Prince's mansion can compare to her handwriting alone. She truly lives up to her reputation as a virtuous lady of Sheng'an."
Huan Yue looked at the list of gifts from the King of Wu, and wow, ten thousand taels of gold! He's struck it rich!
At 200 yuan per gram of gold, and considering the purity issue, one tael is worth 10,000 yuan, and 10,000 taels is worth 100 million yuan! Gold is a hard currency!
Many people have probably never seen so much gold in their entire lives. The King of Wu was incredibly generous!
Other treasures, like a four-foot-tall coral tree, are priceless!
Huan Yue was overjoyed: "King Wu is an elder, and I cannot refuse such a gift from an elder. I will take the liberty of accepting it."
The chief clerk thought to himself, "Let's accept it; once we accept it, everything will be fine."
Although the gift was too generous, Huan Yue was so impressed that he treated the elderly chief secretary with the same politeness he would show to the King of Wu: "I was talking nonsense, but the King of Wu did not take it to heart and was so tolerant, just like my own uncle."
The chief clerk trembled, thinking, "Don't push your luck. This is enough."
The Wu King's Mansion must not be tricked a second time.
No matter how wealthy the Wu King's Mansion was, it was accumulated over many years.
The expenses of the Wu King's palace were enormous, and the Wu King was always cautious.
Huan Yue was quite pleased: "Actually, King Wu doesn't need to be so cautious. A gentleman is open and honest, and if he does things uprightly, he has nothing to fear. The common people all want to live in peace and prosperity, so why should King Wu be filled with anxiety every day?"
The chief clerk did not want to speak.
Huan Yue sighed, "I'm rambling again, making you laugh at me. But with my poor background, no one has taught me how to speak."
The chief clerk left. He didn't want to hear her say any more.
I've made up my mind to avoid the Crown Princess from now on. It's terrifying to have hit your head like that.
"My lord, please wait!" Huan Yue called out.
The chief clerk had no choice but to stop.
Jia Fei was holding a pot of peonies that had just been dug up from the flowerbed and arranged in a container.
Huan Yue accepted it and presented it to the Chief Secretary with both hands: "I don't have anything special here, just a small token of my appreciation for Princess Wu: I wish you many happy returns of the day, and may your life be filled with prosperity and good fortune. If you have time, please come and visit Qing'e Palace often. I'm not afraid of being laughed at, but my mother doesn't often teach me. I hope you won't mind, and I will be obedient."
The chief secretary left with the flowers in his arms.
The peonies at Qing'e Palace are quite nice.
There's no need to think too much about it; everyone knows the Crown Princess loves to give these kinds of gifts.
It was rather elegant, to be honest. It seems he also took the opportunity to criticize the Empress Dowager.
It's impossible to involve the Princess Consort of Wu in the conflict between the Crown Prince and the Empress.
Everyone knew they didn't expect Princess Wu to get involved.
Huan Yue was overjoyed to receive so many gifts!
Di Baose watched from the sidelines, wondering if they should stop trying to steal her dowry. Besides, if Huan Yue kept saving, he would definitely have more than her dowry.
Huan Yue was pleased and gave Di Baose an extra chicken leg at noon.
"Just give her a chicken leg?" Di Baose said, "Didn't those families apologize?"
Huan Yue said, "Only when there is nothing is there peace and quiet."
Di Baose seemed to understand, but not quite.
Madam Sun explained to her, "The Grand Princess of Nankang can't afford to worry about that; it's different for her to apologize to the Empress. The others don't have much status, and their families wouldn't be willing to apologize too much, nor would they feel ashamed if they apologized too little. Besides, those who should be punished have been punished; what's the point of apologies?"
Di Baose understood.
I didn't beat the Crown Princess of Wu yesterday because we had different ways of settling scores. With other people, I would have just given them a beating.
The eunuch came and reported to the Empress: "Madam Fu and her daughter have come to apologize to Your Majesty."
Di Baose clicked his tongue. "So you've come after all." He asked, "Which young lady from the Fu family are you?"
The eunuch said, "The fifth young lady of the Fu family has some connection with Her Majesty."
Di Baose sneered: "Friendship my ass. Yang Tao looks down on Huan Yue, but the Fu family does?"
Huan Yue said, "She should look down on you."
If the emperor were replaced by the Prince of Wu, the Fu family would be considered maternal relatives.
But the King of Wu was not, so the Di and Dong families were both relatives of the emperor.
Miss Fu essentially had her special status as a maternal relative stolen by Di Baose, who is also brainless.
Di Baose was furious: "Why does she look down on me?" She whispered to Huan Yue, "She also looks down on Prince Peng."
Huan Yue was surprised.
If she marries Prince Peng, she'll be a carefree princess. What's wrong with that? She despises Prince Peng, but he might not even be interested in her.
Di Baose snorted: "Maybe she's got her eye on the Crown Prince."
Ren Fengyi interjected, "Could it be that you've sent someone else to scout ahead?"
Scouting the way is standard procedure. So why would the Pei family use Pei Huanyue as a stand-in? This goes beyond the norm.
Huan Yue wanted to copy the "Rules for Women," so he naturally refused to meet anyone.
Unlike the Empress, she still wants to cause trouble even when the current emperor orders her to copy.
A messenger from Kunyu Palace came to deliver a message.
Empress's birthday is on the third day of the fifth lunar month.
Although May was considered an unlucky month, the Empress's birthday was moved to the third day of the tenth month. However, a banquet was still held to coincide with the Dragon Boat Festival, as it marked her fortieth birthday.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
It's getting late, so we need to prepare for the Dragon Boat Festival banquet.
Huan Yue patted Di Baose's head: "Good luck, whether you can go to the banquet or not is up to you."
Di Baose jumped back in fright: "What are you doing?"
Seeing that she was quite frightened, Madam Sun reminded her, "Zhaoxun is not qualified to go."
You need to perform well and advance to get a chance to shine.
Di Baose gritted her teeth.
Who knew that one day her fate would be in Huan Yue's hands?
Di Baose wanted to ask her cousin for help, but she wasn't interested.
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