Chapter 131 A Loud Slap
"What did you say?"
Princess Yunyang stood up suddenly, her red gauze skirt fluttering, and a look of astonishment appeared on her face beneath her cloud-like hair.
Zhao Duan came with a group of eunuchs?
This undoubtedly sends a bad signal.
But she couldn't figure out why for a moment, but the smile that had just risen on the corner of Li Shuping's mouth next to her disappeared instantly.
It's him!
Li Shuping's pupils contracted. At this moment, he recalled the fear he felt when he was threatened by Zhao Duan in Lihua Hall that day.
Although he didn't want to admit it, after that incident, he had developed a fear of the "Little King of Hell" who had become famous recently.
"Why would he bring people to the mansion? Could it be that he dares to break into the Prince Consort's house?" Li Shuping said subconsciously.
Halfway through his speech, his voice trailed off.
Because he suddenly thought that with Zhao Duan's lawless character, it was hard to say.
After all, he even dared to break into such an important place as the Sanfasi last night, and didn't even take the third-rank officials seriously.
For a prince consort with no power or influence and only a nominal title, being attacked at his door didn't seem like a big deal.
Thinking of this, panic appeared on his face, and he subconsciously looked at the woman beside him:
"Yunyang, that evil star came here, could it be that he knew you..."
He thought that Zhao Duan had come to seek revenge.
Princess Yunyang also thought of this, but she felt something was wrong. She frowned and asked the servant:
"You said he led many eunuchs?"
"Yes." The servant nodded, but couldn't explain why.
After all, in the stereotype, it is difficult to associate Zhao Duan, a foreign official, with conveying imperial edicts.
Princess Yunyang frowned and coldly ordered the servants to take away breakfast, sweep the courtyard, and wait and see what would happen.
He said expressionlessly:
"No need to stop him. If he wants to come in, then let him in. I want to see what he wants to do."
At this moment, she did not have any "dissolute" vulgarity at all, but instead showed the dignity of a royal noble.
After a while.
Then he heard a noise coming from outside the mansion gate. Zhao Duan was too lazy to wait for someone to pass the message. After getting off his horse, he led a group of eunuchs behind him and rushed into the courtyard.
The Prince Consort's mansion was quite grand. When he stepped into the spacious courtyard, he was surprised to see that the servants were sweeping the courtyard in an orderly manner.
In the main hall, a couple sat in two high-backed chairs, with landscape paintings hanging behind them.
He caught a glimpse of the son-in-law Li Shuping. The son-in-law who had seemed so cowardly just now was now sitting upright with the demeanor of a master.
Zhao Duan was too lazy to look at him any longer. His gaze moved and fell on the beautiful woman in a red gauze dress next to him. His eyes lit up slightly.
I can't help but envy the prince consort's good fortune... Well, ignoring the number of hats.
"Zhao Jishi is so grand! He came to visit without even handing in a visiting card in advance. He really thinks the capital is the Zhao family's backyard."
In front of outsiders, Li Shuping acted like a master, his tone was slightly angry, and his eyes looked at the eunuchs inquiringly.
I can't figure out where it came from.
The couple did not move a muscle, just sat in the main hall, like officials in the yamen looking at the mirror.
Zhao Duan's lips curled up, but before he could speak, a eunuch behind him stepped forward, held up the scroll of imperial edict with both hands, and said in a stern voice:
"Propagate the Saint's order, Prince Consort Li Shuping, Princess Yunyang, receive it!"
Imperial edict?!
This shout startled not only the servants in the mansion, but also the eldest princess, who kept silent, with her back straight and the appearance of a cold and elegant lady.
In Zhao Duan's previous life, it was not until the Ming Dynasty that the requirement of kneeling on the ground to receive imperial orders was developed.
The process of issuing imperial edicts is also very complicated, but the rules of the Dayu Dynasty are similar to those in film and television dramas.
Princess Yunyang's pretty face changed slightly. She stood up reluctantly, holding up her red skirt, and walked quickly into the courtyard.
He glared at Zhao Duan angrily, but still knelt down and squeezed out a sentence from his silver teeth:
"Yunyang... accept the order."
After she set an example, Li Shuping also knelt down hurriedly, and all the servants in the courtyard knelt down together, for fear of being charged with "disrespecting imperial power and not respecting etiquette and laws."
Haha... keep acting so pretentiously, why don't you just get out of here honestly... Zhao Duan curled his lips.
He lowered his head and looked at the couple kneeling in front of him. He raised his hand, picked up the imperial edict, unfolded it, and said lightly:
"Today, I have heard that Princess Yunyang is restless and irritable, so I have asked the abbess of Jizhao Temple to prepare a meditation room, a green lamp, and a cushion. From now on, Princess Yunyang will enter Jizhao Temple to cultivate her body and mind. I decree this."
The content of the imperial edict was short and casual, and Zhao Duan read it in just one sentence.
However, these light words sounded like a bolt from the blue to Princess Yunyang.
She suddenly raised her head, her eyes widened, and her seductive face beneath her jet-black hair turned pale!
Although he was kneeling, he still staggered, looking incredulous.
nunnery!
Her good niece really showed no mercy at all.
The word "punishment" was not mentioned at all in the imperial edict, but who couldn't understand what the empress meant?
"Nunnery...are you going to send Yunyang to a nunnery?"
Prince Consort Li Shuping was also stunned. At this moment, he did not show any joy at all. His mind buzzed, and anger appeared on his face. He suddenly shouted:
"It was you! What did you say to His Majesty?"
Although he had a low status in the family, Li Shuping knew better that if the princess fell, he would not be in a good situation either.
What is a good place like Jizhao Temple?
Even if it can't be considered the cold palace, it's not much different.
Zhao Duan looked down at him with a cold expression, casually rolled up the imperial edict, and looked at the pale-faced princess sitting on the ground beside him, with a half-smile:
"Princess, you should take good care of your own men and not let them out to bite people."
Li Shuping was extremely angry, but he did not dare to resist.
This made Zhao Duan think of the cat he raised in his hometown in his previous life. It barked very loudly when it was tied with a chain by its owner.
But once the chain is loosened and the owner is no longer behind him, the yellow dog will just whimper with its tail between its legs.
"Princess, please stand up and receive the order."
Princess Yunyang calmed down now. She pursed her lips, slowly stood up and took the imperial edict.
She unfolded it and took another look. The ink characters on the cloth were like arrows, piercing her again and again.
She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and then opened them:
"Yunyang, obey the order."
A gust of wind blew, and the big red gauze skirt fluttered. The slit was very low, and the loose-fitting collar rippled like water waves.
Zhao Duan looked closely at this woman who had caused him so much trouble, but whom he had only just seen for the first time. He suddenly smiled and said,
"Princess, will you offer me a drink of water?"
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Inside the mansion.
In a room modeled after a Zen room, with a mat on the floor and a complete set of tea sets.
As the door closed, only Zhao Duan and Yun Yang were left in the room.
Outside the door is the prince consort acting as the door god, and further out are the eunuchs waiting patiently in the courtyard.
Zhao Duan sat cross-legged on a cool mat, his eyes passing over the heavy door-like tea tray made of dark purple sandalwood, and the set of precious purple clay teapots placed on it.
He raised his hand and picked up the exquisite tea pet that looked like a jade toad, played with it for a while, and said with a smile:
"As expected of an item from the Princess's residence, this is infinitely better than what Zhao uses to entertain guests."
Opposite, Yunyang, who was sitting on the ground, had two white legs that were longer than Zhao Duan's life bent. Even in this situation, she remained as graceful as ever and sat expressionless.
His upper body, which had been strictly trained by the palace etiquette officers, was straight, and his long neck was proudly held high.
She glanced at his hand coldly and said with disgust:
"Envoy Zhao has come to this palace to ask for money. If you like it, take it away, so that I won't have to break it and throw it away later."
Zhao Duan pretended to be surprised: "Why did you throw it away?"
Princess Yunyang stared at him and said, "I find it too dirty."
Zhao Duan couldn't help but laugh and said, "So the princess also knows how to dislike dirt. In my opinion, this tea pet is much cleaner than a human."
The aunt of the current empress, the sister of the old emperor, ignored his mockery and said coldly:
"What exactly do you want to say? Are you sitting down with me alone just to talk nonsense or enjoy the triumph of victory?
You beat my son and my husband.
I heard that even He Zheng, who only slightly offended you, was injured by you, and Xia Jianghou has been thrown into the imperial prison, and his head will be in danger soon...
Now, I am also being confined to a nunnery, and I don’t know when I will be released. You should be very proud of yourself, right? "
After a pause, she said:
"Or are you still not satisfied?"
Zhao Duan gently put down the tea pet and said with a smile:
"As the saying goes, every wrong has its perpetrator, but I'm not a petty person. It's just that even though I've beaten up all the men around you, I'm still a little angry, so I wanted to collect some interest from the princess.
After all... tomorrow, when the princess enters the nunnery, it will be difficult for me to find you."
Interest?
Princess Yunyang was stunned for a moment, then looked at him intently, as if she understood something. There was a hint of disdain and contempt in her eyes. She suddenly smiled, and there was some indescribable meaning in her eyes.
I thought to myself: Haha, all men in the world are black.
Without any warning, she stretched her waist, raised her hand to pull a pillow from the ground, tucked it behind her waist, and lay back.
The two white python-like legs stretched out, changed to a more convenient sitting position, bit her red lips, smiled coquettishly, bit her teeth lightly, hooked her finger at Zhao Duan, and said coquettishly:
"Come on, if you have the guts. Li Lang has offended you. Would you like his mother to personally apologize?"
She was clearly smiling, her posture seductive, but her eyes were cold and indifferent.
Zhao Duan inexplicably thought of a sentence: half is volcano, half is sea water.
Then he smiled, stood up, walked around the tea table, came to Princess Yunyang, and slowly squatted down.
He pinched her pointed jaw with his pliers-like hands and looked into her eyes, full of smiles.
Princess Yunyang closed her eyes.
“Bang!”
A very crisp sound.
Princess Yunyang opened her eyes in shock, feeling the burning pain on her face. She covered her red cheek with her hands in disbelief.
Zhao Duan withdrew his hand and whispered in her ear:
"For your Majesty's sake, I'll only slap you once this time. If you provoke me again next time, I'll spank you."
After saying that, Zhao Duan stood up and walked out laughing.
Only Princess Yunyang was left sitting on the ground, covering her cheek, silent.
(End of this chapter)
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