Chapter 176 Deliberately Provoking

Using the softest tone, saying the most ferocious words.

Concubine Liang widened her eyes: "Jiang Xinyue, you want to hurt the eldest princess who regards you as a friend for that bastard?"

The children in the harem, the eldest princess, the second princess and the third prince all like Zhenpin very much. Even if their mothers don't allow them to interact with Zhenpin, the children still often secretly go to Hexi Palace to play with Zhenpin in private. The

reason why Concubine Liang was so relieved to act was that she knew that her daughter had a good relationship with her and would not be killed by Zhenpin.

I didn't expect that today Zhenpin would actually attack the eldest princess for a bastard.

Jiang Xinyue stared at her: "The evil offspring that Concubine Liang mentioned is now my son. He is under my wing, and I have the responsibility to protect his physical and mental health. In our fight, you came at me, and I would respond with all your moves. I know that revenge in the martial arts world will not harm your wife and children as much as it does. It was you, Concubine Liang, who broke the rules first, so don't blame me for being merciless."

Even a double-standard person is not this double-standard.

She is allowed to bully the fourth prince, but she is not allowed to retaliate.

Jiang Xinyue knew that it was just to sow discord. Even if the emperor wanted to severely punish Concubine De, it would be impossible, because she still had her father behind her, one of the highest-ranking ministers among the nine governors of the Great Yan Dynasty, in charge of the military and civil affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces.

The emperor wants to use the Gu family after Concubine Liang's death. Concubine Liang will not be able to move unless she makes a big mistake.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinyue walked to Concubine Liang and deliberately angered her: "I heard from the emperor that the Fusang prince will be sent as an envoy to Dayan at the end of the year. This Fusang prince is in his prime, only 28 years old. I heard that the prince's wife died last year. This year, we in Dayan want to marry a princess back to Fusang. I have looked around and found that only the eldest princess' age is suitable for the Fusang prince."

Bullshit!

Concubine Liang was so angry that she wanted to swear. Fusang is a small country like a bullet. Will her eldest princess smell fishy smells all day after marrying there? The

eldest princess will only be ten years old at the end of the year, and the Fusang prince will be 28 years old, and he is still married for the second time. He is old enough to be the eldest princess's father, and he is still in his prime?

Telling lies with your eyes open.

Jiang Xinyue couldn't see the furious look on Concubine Liang's face, so she continued, "Otherwise, I'll tell the emperor about it, and let the eldest princess..."

"Shut up for me!"

"Ah!"

Concubine Liang couldn't tolerate Jiang Xinyue's arrogance, so she pushed her with her hand, just wanting her to stay away from her and not say such mean words in her ear.

Unexpectedly, with this push, Jiang Xinyue fell backwards and fell on the table beside her. Her stomach hit the corner of the table, and she fell to the ground groaning in pain.

"Blood... Concubine Zhen... Concubine Zhen is bleeding!"

Jiang Xinyue hit her carefully, and when she hit her, she used her palm to pad her stomach, pinching the pigeon blood membrane hidden in her trouser legs to create the illusion of bleeding.

Before dawn, Jiang Xinyue already felt the pain in her stomach.

Her due date is in these few days.

But she knew that the contractions were just a prelude to the coming birth, and it would take some time before the actual birth, so she had been enduring it and only told Imperial Physician Yan and Yan Xinyi.

She had originally planned to send someone to inform the Emperor and Empress Dowager if the contractions continued in the afternoon and became more frequent.

On the way to Shun'an Palace, the contractions became more and more obvious, but Concubine Liang had attacked her several times, and she couldn't let go of this opportunity to hit her hard.

The moment she fell to the ground, Jiang Xinyue felt a "bang" in her stomach, and her lower body was instantly soaked: "Xinyi, my water has broken."

Chengqian Palace -

Emperor Xuanwu stopped reviewing the memorials for the fifth time, his eyes constantly looking at the heavy rain outside the window.

Wang Dequan came up with warm tea: "Your Majesty, please take a rest! The sound of rain is disturbing and makes me restless."

Emperor Xuanwu put down his pen and took a sip of the warm and mellow tea. The irritability in his heart was relieved a little.

"The two provinces have come to me again to complain about their poverty and ask me to allocate funds to them to repair the waterway. I allocated a sum of money last year, and it was used up so quickly. There is no progress in the construction of the waterway."

The capital city has heavy rains all year round, and the river water backflows. The officials of the Ministry of Works can build roads between the fields and the river, diverting the overflowing river water into the farmland, and it doesn't cost too much money. Why can't the two provinces always do it?

Wang Dequan didn't dare to accept this. Once he accepted it, it would be considered as eunuchs interfering in politics, and he would be criticized to death by the ministers and censors.

Emperor Xuanwu did not want him to speak, and said to himself: "In the final analysis, the officials are not dedicated. They are all thinking about lining their own pockets, and there is no one who does practical work."

If everyone can be like Jiang Aiqing, do their job well, then the world still needs him, the emperor, to do everything personally?

Although Jiang Aiqing was born as a civil servant, he has solved several major cases in Beijing since he was promoted to the Minister of Justice.

Even the unjust, false and wrong cases caused by the previous Minister of Justice accepting bribes were re-examined by Jiang Aiqing.

Now, who in Beijing does not praise Jiang Aiqing as a great official?

The most difficult thing is that in the face of the people's love, Jiang Aiqing did not take all the credit for himself. He rewarded all his capable subordinates according to their merits, and whenever a victim thanked him and wanted to give him food and daily necessities, he always refused.

He said frankly that he could uphold justice for the people in the Ministry of Justice today because the emperor knew how to use people and never shielded officials who made mistakes, which allowed him to ignore the interests of corrupt officials and make decisions for the people.

The trusted city patrol officials of Emperor Xuanwu have been sighing when they came to the palace to report in recent days that the cohesion of the people in the capital and their respect for the dynasty have improved by several degrees compared to before.

Speaking of the emperor, no one does not praise him as a wise ruler.

If the officials in Guangdong and Guangxi can do this, why worry about not having a harmonious world?

It is precisely because Jiang Yankun's style of doing things is deeply loved by the emperor that Emperor Xuanwu summoned several petty officials of the Honglu Temple this morning.

Yes, he did not summon the Honglu Temple Minister, but the petty officials who had no chance to meet the emperor on weekdays, and asked Jiang Yanxi about his usual behavior and ability to handle problems.

These petty officials sorted out documents in the government office all day long. They had never seen an official higher than the Temple Chief in their lives. They answered whatever the emperor asked, and they dared not exaggerate at all, let alone lie to deceive the emperor.

Jiang Yanxi, who had been taught by Jiang Yankun, was kind to people. He treated the Temple Chief and the petty officials equally.

Moreover, when the Temple Chief made mistakes sometimes, Jiang Shaoqing would point them out and did not let the petty officials below take the blame, so he often quarreled with the Temple Chief in the government office.

Jiang Shaoqing was appointed by the emperor, and the temple chief couldn't do anything with him, so he could only make things difficult for him in government affairs. He had no complaints and did his job conscientiously.

Emperor Xuanwu was already thinking in his heart when he could remove the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi and replace him with Jiang Yanxi.

As for Concubine Zhen's father, a second-rank official was not the end of the emperor's plan for him.

After a few more years of training, there would be better places to go than the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! It's not good, it's not good! Concubine Zhen is about to give birth!"