Chapter 36 The Prince Who Failed to Revolt
Zhang Xiaojia left the palace, but unexpectedly met the little uncle on the way back home after hiding for a long time.
Zhang Xiaojia smiled foolishly and said, "Little Uncle, why don't you go back home?"
The young uncle was tall and slender, dressed in black clothes as dark as ink. He said in a cold voice, "I haven't been back to the capital for a long time. I can't even get a seat on the third floor of the restaurant in the capital."
Of the seventy-two restaurants on the South Street Night Market, the third floors are all permanently reserved by dignitaries.
"Little uncle, as for Jinguilou, if you had mentioned my name last year, I guaranteed to give you a private room on the third floor. You can go and try it. I, your niece, will go back to the farm first." Zhang Xiaojia turned around and ran away quickly.
The collar was grabbed from behind, and Zhang Xiaojia looked at the little uncle pitifully: "Oh, I was too confused. It's understandable that you are not familiar with it. Your niece will take you there."
Zhang Xiaojia is like a little emperor with a cricket cicada behind him. He is pretending to be cultured and holding a fan in the middle of winter. You are a nobleman, why do you pretend to be a scholar?
Arriving at Jinguilou, Zhang Xiaojia directly called the waiter to take them to the third floor. The waiter quickly said, "Madam, there are no more private rooms on the third floor."
The young uncle sneered.
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She absolutely couldn't lose face at this time. The emperor was in the palace, He Fei was in the imperial manor, and who was in this private room? She said viciously, "Who's on the third floor in the east? Tell them to get out~"
Shopkeeper Hu had just come down from the west building when he heard the voice of the Lin'an County Master. He ran down quickly and said respectfully, "My Lady, this waiter is my son. He doesn't know the rules, so the East Third Floor has been empty."
Shopkeeper Hu patted his son's head and said, "Little bastard, when the county lady comes, the third floor on the east side will be reserved for her."
"My Lord, I'll take you there."
Shopkeeper Hu hurried forward to take Zhang Xiaojia upstairs.
At this time, a man behind him said, "Manager Hu, there is a private room on the third floor, why don't you give it to us?"
Zhang Xiaojia turned around and looked at the young man in front of him, who was accompanied by two young girls. One of the girls was holding a round fan to cover her face. The girl covering her face was Bai Luonan, the daughter of the Three Envoys.
Shopkeeper Hu said politely, "Mr. Song, the private room on the third floor of the east building of our store belongs to the Princess of Lin'an County and never receives guests."
Song Changle bowed to Zhang Xiaojia and said, "Madam, there are many private rooms on the third floor of the East Building. Could you give us one?"
Zhang Xiaojia actually already knew who they were?
Zhang Xiaojia can play with the emperor's newly appointed Tong Pingzhangshi, the legitimate son and daughter of the Tong Pingzhangshi who came from the local area. If there was no legitimate son, it would not matter to her to give the private room to the two daughters. But with this legitimate son around, he will be in the officialdom in the future, so she cannot get close to him. She is not only the county lord, but also the Princess of Jing.
Zhang Xiaojia used a ten-thousand-dollar excuse and said lightly: "Sorry, there are men outside the family here, so it's not convenient."
Song Changle probably didn't have a brain, and was so stupid as to say, "County Lady, aren't you going up to the third floor with a stranger?"
When Bai Luonan heard this, her head started buzzing and she quickly walked behind Zhang Xiaojia. She wanted to make it clear that she was not in the same group with this idiot, otherwise Lin'an's lethality would be terrifying.
Zhang Xiaojia directly picked up the abacus on the counter and smashed it over.
With a snap, the abacus broke into pieces and the beads flew everywhere.
Zhang Xiaojia's face darkened. "How dare you! You speak without restraint. Are you trying to destroy my innocence? This is Prince Rong, my uncle."
Zhang Xiaojia's voice was as cold as the wind, carrying with it an unquestionable majesty. The entire Jingui Building instantly fell silent, leaving only the crisp echo of abacus beads falling to the ground.
She swept her sharp eyes over Song Changle, and those eyes seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts and see the ignorance deep in their souls.
Zhang Xiaojia slowly turned around and bowed to the young uncle, her tone filled with apology and respect: "Young uncle, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. Your niece will take care of it for you right away."
The young uncle nodded slightly, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on his cold face, as if he was quite satisfied with Zhang Xiaojia's reaction.
Upon seeing this, Shopkeeper Hu turned pale with fright and quickly ordered his men to clean up the scene, while at the same time constantly apologizing to Zhang Xiaojia and the young emperor's uncle.
At this moment, Song Changle woke up from his dream and realized that he had caused a big disaster. His face turned pale and blue. Young Master Song stood in front of Song Changle.
Zhang Xiaojia turned to Song Changle again, her tone cold and firm: "Miss Song, considering that you are new here and don't know the rules, I will keep today's matter in mind for the time being. But please remember, in this capital, there are some things that cannot be said casually, and there are some people you cannot afford to offend. As for the third floor of the East Building, since I have already made it inconvenient, I will never give it up again. Please make your own way."
After saying that, Zhang Xiaojia ignored Song Changle, turned around and made a gesture of invitation to the young uncle. The two of them walked straight to the third floor, leaving the floor in a mess and everyone looking stunned.
Bai Luonan didn't feel guilty at all. She saw Lin'an enter the restaurant and knew that the private room in the East Building belonged to the emperor, but the emperor could only come out four times a month, and the rest of the time it was used by Lin'an. She just deliberately mentioned that the dancing on the first floor could be seen from the third floor of the East Building. This idiot Song Chang'an really dared to offend Lin'an.
Now her mother and grandmother would not force her to marry Song Boli. Her father would not agree in the first place, but his mother and wife forced him into a corner. It was not her fault, but this old man actually forced her to ruin the marriage without making a sound.
After going up to the third floor, Zhang Xiaojia personally poured tea and water for the little uncle, and the atmosphere gradually eased.
The young uncle took a sip of tea, looked at Zhang Xiaojia with deep eyes, and said approvingly: "Lin'an, your performance today is quite similar to your mother's style in the past."
Zhang Xiaojia heard this and cursed in her heart, "Can't you just bring it up slowly?" But she didn't dare to show it too much. She just laughed and said, "My niece is still far from it. Little uncle, you are too kind."
Prince Rong's face was filled with nostalgia as he spoke, "I haven't seen you for four years. Now you're smart, decisive, and dignified. You know how to use your status to solve problems. You're no longer the little girl who would cry when faced with problems four years ago. Back then..."
Zhang Xiaojia quickly said, "The Queen Mother is the elder, and you, little uncle, are also an elder. It is not appropriate for a junior like me to interfere in the affairs of the elders. Do you understand?" Her meaning was very simple. It was the Queen Mother who promised you, and she was just a messenger. If there is anything, you should solve it yourselves, and she will not interfere.
Prince Rong put down his wine glass heavily and chuckled, "Then tomorrow the king will go and beat the drum to report the incident."
Zhang Xiaojia stared at her with her big round eyes. He was threatening her!!!
Zhang Xiaojia said directly, "My mother said that she just wanted to leave the palace and live a free and easy life.
After more than ten years in the palace, love has long been erased in this palace, and the queen mother no longer believes in love.
The Queen Mother only hopes that the country will be peaceful and the people will live and work in peace.
My brother said that every man will be restless if he can’t get what he wants, and won’t cherish it if he gets it. This is the bad nature of men.
My brother has already arranged for Mother to leave the palace. We don't know whether the Queen Mother will follow you, but we have no objection. You can go and ring the drum to report tomorrow. We have no objection.
"But we will never go against Mother's wishes!!! If Mother doesn't agree with you, and you dare to force her, I will definitely kill you~" She said this with red eyes, her body trembling slightly, pretending to be scared.
Prince Rong crushed the cup and growled in a low voice, "I want to see Qingqing."
Zhang Xiaojia continued to feign fear and said, "Little Uncle, you are so violent and will scare Mother. What if you hit her in anger when we meet?"
This damn girl, did she deliberately deceive me about the three-year agreement four years ago?
Tsk~ Her brother is so right, being married is not as good as being the queen mother.
The two parted on bad terms.
Zhang Xiaojia hurried back to Huangzhuang. She wanted to find He Fei.
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The Wude Sishi felt that he would not live long!
He could even hear such secret palace histories.
He shouldn't have been eavesdropping.
He came to the palace and reported to the emperor everything he had just overheard.
The emperor looked at him and said, "I understand. Go down!"
The envoy of Wude didn't dare to go down and swore, "Your Majesty, I will never tell anyone about this matter."
The Emperor nodded and said, "I understand. I don't like to abandon the donkey after it has done its work. Tell the Empress Dowager about the young uncle bullying Lin'an. Do you know what to say?"
The Wude Division immediately understood and said, "Prince Rong and Princess Lin'an met. Princess Lin'an cried until her eyes were red, and Prince Rong left in anger and even threw a cup."
Upon hearing this, the emperor nodded slightly, with a hint of approval in his eyes. "One more thing, I agree that my mother can leave the palace," and waved his hand to signal him to leave.
The emperor's eyes were cold. He could let the empress dowager leave the palace, let her keep a man, and let her have an affair with the young emperor's uncle without a matchmaker, but the empress dowager could not marry the young emperor's uncle, and she absolutely could not pretend to be dead and marry someone else.
He agreed to let Jiajia and the Queen Mother pretend to be dead and get married, just because he didn't want Jiajia to be sad.
After he succeeded to the throne, he let the Jiang family inherit the throne, leaving behind the only legitimate son of the Jiang family, and gave this legitimate son a high position and power.
The two marshals guarding the border are together, and they control half of the country's military forces. If the emperor doesn't kill them, it means he is very kind and still wants them to be together.
He asked the Wude Sishi to tell the Queen Mother that your only relative is the only knife in his hand, and if I don't protect him, he will surely die.
The Wude Sishi came to the Cining Palace and exaggerated the situation, saying that Prince Rong had a bad temper and Zhang Xiaojia was a poor little thing. He then said many good things about the emperor and said that the emperor agreed to let you leave the palace.
The Queen Mother looked at the Wude Sishi, the only young man of the Jiang family who had escaped the net and was not killed by the late Emperor.
The Queen Mother asked kindly, "Do you think I should leave the palace?"
The Wudeshi Envoy glanced at his aunt and said, "You can go out of the palace to play, but don't get married. The Princess of Lin'an said that you can keep a man. This is also the emperor's intention."
"I understand, you can go down now!"
Didn't the Wudeshishi know that coming to tell the Empress Dowager was just a warning? But the Emperor was the Lord, and as long as the Emperor decided something, he would definitely complete it. The Emperor's grace was immense.
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After leaving the city gate, Zhang Xiaojia galloped all the way and arrived at the imperial farm in just a quarter of an hour, but there was no sign of He Fei.
Looking at Bai Shao who was hesitant to speak, Zhang Xiaojia urged: "Bai Shao, just say it."
Upon hearing this, Bai Shao whispered, "The prince goes to the small workshop in the east every afternoon. According to the tenants, the two young ladies who came to the manor to study as punishment often run into the prince there."
Zhang Xiaojia waved her hand and said, "Don't worry about it. Turn on the water for me. I'm going to take a shower."
Sitting in the bathtub, Zhang Xiaojia had a dark face.
He Fei met Wen Miaoyin and Liu Xu again, but as soon as they saw him, they immediately turned and left.
Liu Xu was full of doubts and couldn't help asking, "Cousin, didn't you say before that you wanted to ask the prince for help?"
Wen Miaoyin replied softly, "When I first returned to the capital, I did want to seek help from Prince Jing, but after meeting Princess Lin'an, I changed my mind and decided to ask her for help. After all, both Prince Jing and Princess Lin'an have the final say. If I go to Prince Jing and offend Princess Lin'an, I'll be asking for trouble. I won't do such a foolish thing."
Liu Xu lowered her voice and said, "But, cousin, you and Prince Jing were not..."
Before he could finish his words, Liu Xu felt a pain in his arm, probably because Wen Miaoyin had pinched him hard.
Wen Miaoyin interrupted unhappily, "I'm a married woman, now a widow. When I first returned to the capital, I might have had some unrealistic ideas, but after meeting the Princess of Lin'an, I completely dispelled those fantasies. The fact that the Princess of Lin'an can be so arrogant and domineering shows how much Prince Jing loves and respects her. In front of outsiders, everyone is accustomed to addressing her as the Princess of Lin'an, not the Princess of Jing."
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He Fei arrived at the kiln. After repeated improvements, he was confident that the kiln could reach a high temperature of 1550 degrees, and the goal of 1700 degrees was not far away. He secretly calculated that this should be enough to give Jia Jia the full-length mirror she had always dreamed of on her birthday.
At this moment, he deeply realized the benefits of power. Only those in high positions could easily collect these rare materials. You know, there are many metal materials that are strictly controlled by the government. If it weren't for his current status, these materials would probably be difficult to obtain.
After a busy day, He Fei was covered in charcoal. But then he thought, Jia Jia is in the capital and won't be back anytime soon, so he didn't care much. However, when he arrived at the imperial manor and opened the door, he was surprised to find Jia Jia already sitting inside and the food was ready.
Zhang Xiaojia stood up and said gently, "Brother He, I've prepared some water for you. Go wash up first."
He Fei wanted to go up and hug her, but when he saw that he was covered in dirt, he hurried into the bathroom to wash himself.
After coming out, Zhang Xiaojia said, "Brother He, let's eat hot pot together."
He Fei smiled and said, "Jia Jia, I thought it would take a long time for you to return to the imperial manor."
Zhang Xiaojia: "How could that be? But the end of the year is almost here, and I might have to travel back and forth between the capital and the imperial farm every day."
He Fei sat next to Jia Jia and explained the problem first.
"I go to the small workshop in the east every afternoon to make a birthday present for you. But these past few days, I ran into Wen Miaoyin. She didn't come forward, and I didn't say hello. I promise, I didn't even glance at her."
Zhang Xiaojia smiled and said, she was possessed by a demon and was actually jealous.
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