cpa300_4(); The two besties said one sentence each, and easily convicted Miss Mu of the crime of "disrespecting the majesty of the royal family". Xiangrong, who was listening on the side, didn't know whether there was such a crime in the Dashun law, but he also understood that this was not a bad reputation that could be easily gotten rid of. Miss Mu of Luotianfu was really stupid. People who were scheming and looked down on others were just doing bad things in secret. For someone like her to do it so openly, she thought that even Feng Fendai must be more skilled than Miss Mu.
Today, those who entered the palace from the main gate of the palace, Deyang Gate, were all Dashun officials. Except for the princes and their relatives, everyone else had to queue up to enter. If the princes' married wives and concubines were accompanying them into the palace, they could go through Deyang Gate this time because they had to greet the emperor first and, most importantly, bring the children to Emperor Tianwu.
In fact, there are only two princes who are officially married now, the eldest prince Xuan Tianqi, and the second prince Xuan Tianling. The second prince's grandson Xuan Feiyu is already a half-grown boy, running and jumping by himself without anyone leading him. But the eldest prince's child is too young, and still needs to be held by someone, and cannot do without the care of the wet nurse and female relatives. In order to see the two children of the eldest prince, Emperor Tianwu allowed their families to enter through Deyang Gate.
What happened at Ruimen was also quickly spread here. When the officials entered Deyangmen and dismounted from the horse path, they heard about what happened there as soon as they entered the main court. An official from the capital angrily expressed his dissatisfaction: "How arrogant is the daughter of the Luotian family? She actually beat up the third daughter of the Feng family at the palace gate and abused Princess Ji'an?"
The imperial guard who brought the tray to report the news was not vague at all. He carefully recounted from beginning to end how Miss Mu arrogantly cut in line, pushed Xiangrong down, beat Xiangrong, and scolded Feng Yuheng so badly. He recounted every word without missing a word, and all the officials were so angry after hearing it.
Of course, most of these angry people were officials in Beijing, and a small number were officials who had good relations with the capital. Those from other provinces, especially those from the southern provinces, stood on the other side. While listening, they said indignantly: "Princess Ji An is too domineering. She actually dug out one of Miss Mu's hands like this?"
"Isn't that hand disabled? I heard that Miss Mu hasn't been engaged yet, who would dare to marry her now?"
"Alas! Such a pretty girl is ruined just like this."
"It seems that the capital really cannot tolerate officials like us who are sent out from the capital! Even our families are being bullied. What kind of thing is this?"
Of course, all these words could reach the ears of the officials in the capital. He did not refute them, but just snorted coldly and said to himself, "People outside are barbaric, and they don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is. Let's show off our quick tongues! While the princes are still talking to the emperor in the hall, they have all come out now. I want to see who still has the courage to speak like this."
This statement had a certain deterrent effect. Perhaps officials from other provinces didn't know Feng Yuheng very well, and perhaps they could bully a princess from another family, but the princes of Dashun were not easy to mess with. Especially the Ninth Prince. If he heard them talking about Princess Ji'an like this, he would tear their bones apart on the spot!
People shuddered and kept their mouths shut.
The guard holding the tray snorted in his heart, and then asked the officials in front of him loudly: "My lords, have you seen Lord Mu, the prefect of Luotian Prefecture, come into the palace?"
People shook their heads and some said, "It seems he hasn't come in yet. I saw him coming quite late before I entered the palace. He must be at the back of the line. It will probably take a while for him to come in."
"Is that so? Then I will wait here. When Lord Mu enters the palace, we can discuss how to compensate the princess for the pearl. Oh, by the way, the princess also said that the pearl was given by His Highness the Seventh Prince, and she would like His Highness the Seventh Prince to make an evaluation."
People were sweating when they heard this. Seventh Prince, Princess Ji'an, isn't this the most money-sucking partnership that has been rumored in the capital in recent days? So, these two are going to join forces again today?
There were many people in the court, one squeezed against another, one group gathered against another, and the crowd was bustling. No one noticed that Mu Jiang, the prefect of Luotian Prefecture, was crouching and hiding in the crowd, with cold sweat pouring out of his forehead. He never expected that his unruly and willful daughter would cause him such a big trouble before entering the palace. Now that she has come to his door, he has to find a place where no one is around to calm down and think about how to deal with this matter. It seems that he will be excluded at the palace banquet today, and even attacked by both open and hidden means. He has to find a way to find support. At this time, he must not fight alone.
While Mu Jiang was moving among the crowd, at the other end of the court, the left prime minister Lu Song was standing with the Lanzhou governor Ji Lingtian. They seemed to be chatting and laughing, but underneath the surface, they were still whispering about Princess Ji'an who had caused both of them a great loss.
Everyone in the capital knew that Lu Yao had taken the initiative to bully Feng Xiangrong, and what happened at the wedding banquet that day was also spread everywhere, so Ji Lingtian heard about it just a few days after arriving in the capital. Now the two of them talked, and he first complained about the fact that Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianming had jointly extorted him for 80 million taels of silver, and then asked Lu Song: "Prime Minister, do you think that Princess Ji'an is short of money? I have inquired about it afterwards, and she has often used various reasons to extort money from other places. Although it was the Seventh Prince who did it that day at the Yao Mansion, didn't the deeds of your Lu family also fall into her hands? Although they were given to the Yao family, they still passed through her hands."
Lu Song got angry whenever he mentioned this matter, and couldn't help but snorted coldly: "If she really is short of money, that's fine! If she is really only after money, that's fine too! Things that can be solved with money are not a problem, the problem is that she is not short of money at all! You don't know when she is short of something, it's a good thing when she asks you for money, the most frightening thing is that she wants your life!"
Ji Lingtian wiped his sweat. It was a very sunny afternoon on Mid-Autumn Festival! "Is there no one who can take care of her?"
"How can I manage it?" Lu Song asked him back, "Just tell me what happened at Ruimen today. Can you blame them? It was the daughter of the Mu family who asked for it. It's lucky that she wasn't beaten to death!"
Ji Lingtian frowned, "What if the guard is wrong? We can't just listen to one side of the story."
"There is a difference? How is that possible!" Lu Song sighed, "Although I haven't had much contact with Princess Ji'an, I have heard about her more or less in these years in Beijing. It is true that she is unreasonable, but after counting all the things, there is really no one thing she took the initiative to provoke. In general, she is a person who does not offend me. If you don't make an enemy of her and don't go to provoke her, you are still safe."
Ji Lingtian was unwilling to accept this, "Is there no way to let her suffer a loss? If we just let it go like this, I really won't accept it."
Lu Song sighed bitterly, "Even if I want to make her suffer, I have to find her weaknesses, but where are her weaknesses?"
The conversation was stuck at this point, and for a moment, the two were speechless. At this time, Lu Song turned his head and saw General Pingnan walking by without talking to anyone, as if he was just strolling around. Following him was the eldest son of General Pingnan, Ren Xitao. He quickly greeted Ji Lingtian, then turned around and ran after General Pingnan.
Lu Song talked with General Pingnan for a long time, and during that time, he also had a lot of exchanges with Ren Xitao. Ren Xitao was not very old, a few years older than his sister Ren Xifeng. He was not yet twenty years old, but he was already the deputy commander of the southeastern army with 50,000 troops. After General Pingnan handed over the military power of the southern border, he did not arrange his legitimate son in the south, but moved several provinces to the east and finally settled in the southeast. Although this move allowed the south to be used by others, it also successfully avoided the disaster caused by not handing over the military power.
There was nothing substantial in Lu Song's conversation, but he tried to get close to Ren Xitao, but he paid attention to him, praised him, and appreciated him. It was not until General Pingnan left with his son that he looked towards the harem, silently muttering in his heart that Ping'er should also enter the palace.
Lu Ping had indeed entered the palace at this time. After what happened at the Rui Gate, the ladies lined up in a better order. The records of entering the palace were also made quickly. Now most of the people had gathered in the Imperial Garden, chatting in groups of three or four.
Lu Ping stood alone in a corner with few people, accompanied by her maid Jian'er. The two had already planned that they must not show off when they entered the palace, and it would be best to be safe. As for what arrangements the Lu family had made, she believed that someone would come to explain to her when the time came.
Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tiange took Xiangrong to the Queen's Jingci Palace first, but they didn't enter the main hall. They just found a side hall and asked the servants to bring ice cubes to apply on her face. The young lady of the Mu family hit her so hard that half of Xiangrong's face was swollen, and she looked more like a bun.
Feng Yuheng said helplessly: "I asked you to practice with me for a while, why did you just abandon it when I was not in the capital? Even if you don't fight it, you should at least be a little alert and be able to dodge it, right?"
Xiangrong lowered her head in shame. She was really wasted. Without her second sister following her, how could she persist in such hard training?
Feng Yuheng shook her head and said, "I'm saying this for your own good. If you keep letting others bully you like this, how are you going to live in your husband's family when you get married in the future?"
Xuan Tiange was amused when he heard this, "How about you also find a master for Xiangrong who will never take a concubine? Like my ninth brother?"
"I do want to." Feng Yuheng glanced at Xiangrong and saw that the girl's face was red, but she couldn't bear to say anything more. Just now at the entrance of Zai Rui, she deliberately mentioned the Fourth Prince, but Xiangrong didn't have any strong reaction, as if it was a matter of course, so she thought about it for a while.
After applying the mask on Xiangrong's face for half an hour, the swelling had subsided a little. Although it was still noticeable, it was not as obvious as before. Several people left Jingci Palace and went to the Imperial Garden. Because Xuan Tiange was with them, when they arrived at the Hundred Flowers Banquet venue, everyone came over to pay their respects.
At this moment, a woman suddenly sneezed - "Ah-chu!"
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