Chapter 259: Too High
Nanny Duan was more sober than Princess Huining, and she pushed her gently, "Princess, please accept the order first."
No matter how dissatisfied you are in your heart, you shouldn't say it out loud.
Who is here to deliver the message?
He is the eunuch serving the emperor. If he is selfish and narrow-minded, his words may reach the emperor's ears. What will the princess do then?
Fortunately, Hu Qian is not a smart guy, otherwise he wouldn't have pretended not to hear.
Princess Huining was furious in her heart, but she could only accept the imperial edict respectfully: "Your humble sister accepts the order." These words seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth.
Hu Qian glanced at Princess Huining, and said, "I'll take my leave."
I'm too lazy to say a few more words of comfort.
Nanny Duan asked the maid to help Princess Huining, and she smiled and sent Hu Qian out, quietly stuffing a purse into his hand: "Eunuch, please go. My princess was too sad and lost her manners for a moment. I hope you can say good things about her in front of the emperor."
Hu Qian took the purse with a fake smile, and did not say a word of agreement, but just said, "Madam, please stay."
Then he took his people away.
Nanny Duan looked at Hu Qian's leaving back and was so anxious that sweat covered her forehead.
He stomped his feet and had no choice but to return to Princess Huining.
Princess Huining was helped to sit in the main hall. Her slender white fingers were still tightly clenching the imperial edict, with such great force that veins on the back of her hands were bulging.
"Princess..." Nanny Duan walked over and called softly.
Princess Huining came back to her senses, and the hatred in her eyes could not be retracted for a moment, but was fully revealed, making her beautiful face become hideous, and even Nanny Duan was startled.
"Mammy, the Zheng family and I had made great contributions to supporting the emperor's succession to the throne. I didn't expect that he would be so ruthless today. He abolished the title of Duke of Wenwu for Chu Jinyan without even a trace of our old friendship. If I had known that he was this kind of person, I should not have helped him back then..."
Princess Huining's eyes turned bloodshot with anger.
Thinking of my son who was lying in bed half dead.
Thinking of Emperor Chengde’s ruthlessness.
Princess Huining was furious. When she saw the imperial edict in her hand out of the corner of her eye, she became so angry that veins on her forehead bulged. She raised her hand and threw the edict to the ground.
"That's really too much."
Nanny Duan turned pale with fear, and quickly picked up the imperial edict, then glared at the maids waiting in the hall in a warning tone: "Everyone, leave, and keep your mouths shut, or you will die without knowing how."
Several maids were frightened when Princess Huining spoke rudely. When they heard Nanny Duan's words, they responded quickly and then hurriedly retreated.
They didn't want to listen to the princess complaining at all. If it got out, it would be a crime of disrespect and they would be the first to die.
But when the princess gets angry, she doesn't care whether there are others around.
After everyone left, Nanny Duan held the imperial edict and respectfully placed it in the brocade box.
"My Lord, the Emperor is the Son of Heaven. You must accept whatever decision he makes. Don't take credit for past events. Many superiors like to be manipulated by their subjects. The Emperor is angry now. When he calms down, the princess can go to the palace and curry favor with the emperor. The title of the Duke will be restored. After all, among all the sisters of the princess, the Emperor favors her more than the Duke."
Nanny Duan advised earnestly.
I'm really afraid that my master might do something that would make the emperor angry again.
If you have grievances in your heart, you can vent them in your mansion, but you can't go outside and complain about the emperor's faults. If you do that, no one, not even God, can save you.
The Zheng family did make contributions to the emperor's ascension to the throne, but in the final analysis, it was the old uncle who truly contributed to the emperor's ascension to the throne, and it was the old uncle that the emperor respected. When the princess married into the Zheng family, with this in-law relationship, the emperor naturally treated the Zheng family and the princess with extra kindness.
In other words, if it was another princess who married into the Zheng family, it would be someone else who is favored by the emperor today.
The princess has been praised so highly over the years that the most fundamental issues have been ignored.
Because the emperor agreed, she naturally felt that all this was her credit. Over time, this idea was deeply imprinted in her mind, to the point that she had the illusion that the emperor could not ascend the throne without her.
Nanny Duan felt that her master was courting death.
Princess Huining said with a grim expression, "The Emperor is clearly protecting Chu Jinyan. Can he still restore the title of Duke of Wenwu? Oh, the Emperor does value this legitimate son. I don't know what he is like since he was raised outside the palace. I want to see what a prince without any foundation can do to compete with other princes."
So what if he is the legitimate son?
His biological mother was just a queen consort, how noble could she be?
All the sons born to concubines grew up in the palace, have strong maternal families, and have connections accumulated over the years. Which one of them does not have more advantages than Chu Jinyan?
Nanny Duan was so frightened that she almost reached out to cover Princess Huining's mouth.
"Princess, we just returned to the capital from Ningzhou, and we haven't understood the situation yet. The emperor dotes on the eighth prince, and that is his greatest asset." Didn't you see that he just went to the palace to file a complaint, but the prince's title was abolished?
Isn't this enough?
The other princes wanted the emperor's favor, but they couldn't get it.
"Madam Duan, what's wrong with you? You always contradict me." Princess Huining was furious. Shouldn't they be of the same mind at this time? Why did she refute every word she said?
Madam Duan said hurriedly, "Master, there is still a long way to go. There is no need to lose both the wife and the army because of a momentary anger. The Eighth Prince is favored by the emperor, and there are many people who are unhappy. Master, there is really no need to be the first one to make trouble."
Maybe the ladies in the palace are just waiting for their princess to fight with the eighth prince first.
If the Eighth Prince is in trouble, they can step on him and help their son get rid of a major worry.
Nanny Duan didn’t know whether Princess Huining understood what she meant. She only heard one sentence.
"You are right. There is still a long way to go. I don't believe that I can't kill Chu Jinyan."
Nanny Duan choked and didn't know whether she should continue to persuade her.
But after thinking about it, the princess' words at least meant that she would not be impulsive. As for what happens next, we can talk about it later.
Zheng Wenwu was deposed from his title of Prince, and within half a day the news spread among the powerful and aristocratic families. After all, there were many young masters following Zheng Wenwu, and they had a conflict with the Eighth Prince. Princess Huining even went to the palace angrily to seek an explanation. Everyone was keeping an eye on what was going on in the princess's mansion, so as soon as Hu Qian entered the princess's mansion, someone sent a servant to inquire.
It was such a big thing, and Hu Qian didn't hide from people, so he found out the information as soon as he asked. Word spread from one person to two, and from two to ten, and soon everyone who wanted to know knew it, and even those who didn't want to know knew it.
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