Chapter 247 An old friend asks for a meeting
Emperor Yuanhe's face looked terribly gloomy.
"How outrageous! The Crown Princess is the future queen mother. How can a mere concubine be allowed to publicly blaspheme her? The Prince of Qi's concubine, as a concubine, insulted the Crown Princess in public. This is extremely disrespectful! According to the law, the entire family should be punished.
The Crown Prince only punished the main culprit, which was already a great mercy. If it weren't for the Crown Prince's kindness, the Changsun family would have been kneeling before the Ministry of Justice to plead guilty by now!"
The eldest grandson and his wife were so frightened that they kowtowed repeatedly.
Prince Qi raised his doubts, "Father, please allow me to inform you that Lin has not yet held a grand wedding ceremony with the Crown Prince, nor has she been recorded in the family tree. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to address her as the Crown Princess at this time."
"Who said she wasn't recorded in the family tree? As for the wedding ceremony, they had already been married in Fangzhou. Besides, do you think the imperial edict I sent to Fangzhou to confer the title was just for show?"
The King of Qi only realized now that the Emperor had already issued an imperial decree to confer a title on Lin Zhiyi.
"Father, the Crown Princess is a second-married woman. If she becomes the Queen Mother, will it damage the reputation of the royal family?"
"Damage the royal family's reputation? Remember those sweet potatoes, corn, high-yield rice and wheat that Lord Chen sent? They were all grown by the Crown Princess you're talking about, who damaged the royal family's reputation? They fed millions of disaster victims. I want to ask, which is more important, reputation or the lives of the people?"
"You didn't bring shame to the royal family, but you did grow one."
The King of Qi choked and dared not speak again.
Lin Zhiyi was shocked. She didn't expect the emperor to protect her so much.
When she saw Hong'er sitting on the emperor's lap and pulling his beard, she realized that the emperor was afraid of this little guy for his sake.
Emperor Yuanhe suddenly felt a heat on his legs and realized that the child had urinated.
As soon as the diaper was lifted, Li Hong took advantage of the situation and a stream of clear water fell directly on the jade crown of King Qi who was kneeling in salute.
Before the King of Qi could even look up, he felt a chill on his head, and water marks were already running down his jade crown.
Li Hong seemed to know it and grinned and chuckled.
The King of Qi had an ugly expression on his face, as if he wanted to kill someone.
Emperor Yuanhe laughed and joked: "Look how angry your uncle is."
Then he turned his face to the King of Qi with a stern expression: "Who are you trying to scare with that dark face? Are you dissatisfied with Hong'er, or with me?"
"Your son dare not!"
"Well, then go down."
The King of Qi had no choice but to stand up and bow, "I, your son, will take my leave."
When he came out of the hall, he glared at Changsun Yi who was lying on the sedan chair, and his expression became increasingly ugly.
"Master Changsun has taught my daughter well. Why don't you take her back and teach her how to write the four characters 'Misfortune comes from the mouth'? Once she has learned, we can discuss the matter of Prince Qi's mansion."
The King of Qi turned away.
The servants of Prince Qi's mansion looked at each other, hurriedly put down the sedan chair, and followed.
Outside the Zichen Palace, only people from the Changsun family were left.
Lord Changsun sighed, he knew that the King of Qi meant to divorce his daughter.
Although I was angry, I didn't dare to argue.
Their Changsun family has already offended the crown prince. If they offend the King of Qi again at this time, then their Changsun family will be really finished.
Mrs. Wang had no choice but to order the servants to carry her onto the sedan chair and leave the palace first.
In the Purple Palace.
Li Hong seemed to be hungry, and he leaned over to look for Lin Zhiyi.
As soon as Lin Zhiyi caught him, Li Hong leaned into her arms.
Li Wenjing bowed, then took Lin Zhiyi's hand and walked out.
Emperor Yuanhe sighed, knowing that his son had not yet forgiven him as his father.
There was still time, and he would make amends.
In the blink of an eye, Li Hong is about to turn one year old.
But he is very lazy. He can neither talk nor walk, and he doesn't even want to crawl.
Li Wenjing put him on the ground, but he refused to stand up.
He sighed repeatedly, "I don't know who this child looks like."
However, Emperor Yuanhe praised Li Hong for his intelligence and quick mind.
There was no full-month banquet for Li Hong after he was born. When he was almost one year old, Emperor Yuanhe proposed to hold a one-year-old banquet for him.
Li Wenjing didn't want to agree at first, but suddenly thought of something and agreed: "We can hold the first birthday party, but not in the palace, but in the prince's mansion."
Emperor Yuanhe knew that he could not compete with his son, so he had to agree.
But Lin Zhiyi was in trouble.
Organizing a banquet in the mansion was laborious and she really didn't want to worry about it.
"It's okay, just leave it to the nanny at the mansion."
Lin Zhiyi originally thought that Li Wenjing was afraid that someone in the harem would harm the child, so she didn't take it seriously.
The servant reported to Lin Zhiyi that there was a lady outside who wanted to see her and had handed over a letter.
When Lin Zhiyi opened it, she was shocked.
The post was written by Xu Zhener.
"Bring the person in quickly."
As soon as the person entered the room, Lin Zhiyi saw that it was indeed Xu Zhener.
Xu Zhen'er bowed gracefully, "Your humble servant greets the Crown Princess."
Lin Zhiyi dismissed his attendants and asked, "Are you crazy? How dare you come to see me at the Crown Prince's residence? Aren't you afraid that His Highness will see you and punish you?"
Xu Zhen'er smiled and said, "His Highness won't."
"Huh? He knows?" Why haven't I heard him mention it?
Xu Zhener nodded, then shook her head. She didn't know whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew about it.
But she was sure that if the prince knew her identity, he would definitely not punish her.
Seeing that Xu Zhen'er looked unhappy, Lin Zhiyi had no choice but to comfort her: "But don't worry, I will explain to His Highness when the time comes."
"Thank you, Princess."
Then, Xu Zhen'er took out a banknote and placed it in Lin Zhiyi's hand. "This is the money that the Crown Princess lent me back then. Now I'm returning it to you."
Lin Zhiyi took a look and found that it was five hundred taels.
"Wasn't it fifty taels back then? Even if it was usury, it wouldn't be that much, right? Okay, don't be so formal with me. I'll give you the fifty taels. Tell me quickly, where did you go back then?"
Lin Zhiyi had a hunch that Xu Zhener was doing well now.
Seeing that she still had her hair combed like a woman, and was indeed wearing gold and jade, and just now she called herself a minister's wife, could it be that she had married? And to which minister in the court?
"I have to thank the Crown Princess for that time."
As Xu Zhener said this, she was about to kowtow to Lin Zhiyi.
"Look, you're being distant with me again, aren't you?"
Lin Zhiyi hurriedly pulled her up and asked her to sit on the couch with him to talk.
Only then did Lin Zhiyi realize that Xu Zhen'er had indeed suffered a lot after escaping. She had made herself ugly and could only barely make a living by doing rough work for others.
He didn't dare spend all the money, so he kept it for personal use.
Until one day, she met a man, and that was her current husband, Shen Huaixu.
Shen Huaixu was injured and encountered revenge. It was Xu Zhener who risked her life to hide the injured Shen Huaixu and took out money to treat him.
As a result, the two fell in love with each other, and Shen Huaixu brought Xu Zhener, an orphan who had hidden her real name, back to the Shen family.
But she didn't expect that Shen Huaixu was actually the son of General Shen of the Yulin Army.
Lord Shen came from a poor family and would not look down on Xu Zhen'er. Since his son liked her, he arranged a marriage for them.
After getting married, Xu Zhen'er never attended the noble lady's banquets and only stayed in the backyard.
Therefore, others did not know that Shen Huaixu's wife was Xu Zhener.
“Does Shen Huaixu know that you are Xu Zhener now?”
Lin Zhiyi couldn't help but ask.
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