Chapter 268 Zhao Lingmeng's Method of Offering Alcohol
"Yes, Your Highness!" Chunqing and Chunguang immediately saluted in response.
Zhao Lingmeng realized that the two of them had truly memorized it, and nodded in satisfaction. Just as she was about to leave, she remembered something: "Take this set of instruments with you too. If Lord Fan wants to know how to use it, you two can teach him. How could a leisurely princess like me have all these things in my house? Take them all away."
After giving these instructions, Zhao Lingmeng prepared to leave. She was also hungry!
Seeing that His Highness was about to leave, Chun Qing immediately asked, "Your Highness, what should we do with the Third Young Master and Prince Ruihe's things?"
Zhao Lingmeng was also stunned when she heard this. "Let's find a secluded room in each of their courtyards and have them each send a trusted person to manage it. You can ask Lord Fan to petition the Emperor to assign one person to each of them to manage that room. Just send it over privately."
"As you command!" Chunqing immediately responded and began to dismantle the equipment. Because they were all made of ceramic, they needed to be extremely careful, so it took a long time to completely dismantle them. The sooner they finished, the sooner they could hand it over.
Zhao Lingmeng explained these matters clearly and then left them alone. After all, she had given the things, and whether or not they were used, how they were used, and to whom they were given was up to the emperor; she had no say.
Since the day of the heavy crossbow test, General Liu had turned down all but official business. He waited in his residence for news from the Emperor. He felt that Princess Funing's usual style was that if she succeeded in something, she would simply hand it over to the Emperor and she would leave it alone. So he waited in his residence for the Emperor to summon him.
He felt like every day was a year. If he hadn't gone directly to the Princess's residence, fearing attention, he would have personally visited to inquire about the progress. It wasn't that he was anxious, but more importantly, there were people injured at the border every day. Saving one more person was saving one more person!
When Zhao Lingmeng passed by next door, Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen had almost finished eating, but one-third of each dish was still left untouched.
Zhao Lingmeng nodded in satisfaction when she saw this. The child had grown up and knew to save food for her. Although the family was not short of this, the child still felt very happy.
Zhao Lingmeng picked up some food for herself and urged them: "After you two finish eating, go back and rest! You are tired today, and I will go back and rest as soon as I finish eating."
Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen both knew that their mother/aunt cared about them, so they did not object. They stood up and bowed quickly, then led their people out.
Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen walked out side by side. Zhao Houyang nudged Yang Chengchen lightly with his elbow and said, "Cousin, are you going home tonight?"
Yang Chengchen looked at the moon in the sky. It was almost midnight. "I won't go back! Mother will be asleep by now. I'll wake her up and make a big fuss."
At this time, the eldest prince's wife was indeed ready to go to bed, and she was asking the servants to take off the hairpins on her head.
The eldest prince, who was lying on the bed reading a book, suddenly asked, "Chen'er, will you come back tonight?"
Upon hearing this, the eldest prince's wife also looked at the people serving beside her.
"My lord, Prince Ruihe sent someone back to say that he will stay at the Princess's residence tonight!" The capable maidservant beside the Crown Prince's wife replied immediately.
"He's not coming back again! He's been here several times this month. Some people think this son was born in vain!" The eldest prince said this jokingly, but there was also a hint of inquiry in it. He wanted to know what his son was doing in Funing's mansion, and he also wanted to test whether the wife knew.
So there are no naive people in the royal family. They are all a group of people with eight hundred minds.
The eldest prince's wife was the eldest prince's bedmate, and she roughly knew what he was thinking. From an angle where the eldest prince couldn't see, she secretly rolled her eyes and said, "The eldest princess has three sons. Any one of them is no worse than your son. Just put your heart in your stomach!"
The eldest prince was scolded and could only touch his nose and said, "I am worried about my son! Look at you..."
"Go to sleep!" The eldest prince's wife was too lazy to pay attention to this guy.
Meanwhile, Yang Chengchen was being elbowed by Zhao Houyang. "How about we read a book together?"
Zhao Houyang pointed to the book in his hand. He didn't really need someone to read with him. He just thought that if he didn't understand something, they could discuss it. Just like his mother often said, "Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang." Anyway, that's what she meant.
Yang Chengchen was also quite interested in this and nodded happily, "Then have someone prepare some of the chicken feet we ate last time. I've missed that taste for a long time."
Yang Chengchen shook his head, trying to get rid of the taste. He felt like his saliva would drip if he thought about it any longer.
"Cousin, please pay attention to your image. You are a prince. It would be terrible if it gets out that you like to gnaw on chicken feet! Just let me do it for you! I am just an ordinary person anyway, so it doesn't matter. Don't be too grateful to me!"
Yang Chengchen looked at his cousin with black sesame filling and could only roll his eyes speechlessly. He gritted his teeth and spat out three words, "Don't even think about it!"
Yang Chengchen elbowed Zhao Houyang and sighed, "What a wonderful person my aunt is! How come all three of her sons have black sesame fillings!"
Zhao Houyang simply disdained Yang Chengchen's words. In some ways, this guy was even more evil-hearted than himself! He even had the nerve to say that about the three brothers: "Humph, you talk like you're so kind!"
"Cousin, do you still want me to read with you?"
"Cousin, I was just joking. I'll ask someone to prepare the chicken feet now. Please come this way," Zhao Houyang said with a flattering smile and a gesture of invitation.
But Zhao Houyang thought to himself, humph, wait until you beg me next time.
Yang Chengchen walked for a while and looked back to see Zhao Houyang still standing there in a daze. His expression kept changing, and it was unknown what he was thinking. "Cousin, why aren't you following me?"
Zhao Houyang is also a man who can bend and stretch. He immediately put on a smile on his face: "Cousin, I'm here!"
It was another peaceful night in Zhao Lingmeng's mansion, but it was different in the palace. The emperor was once again woken up by Fan Yong from the bed of a concubine in the harem.
The emperor now has a love-hate relationship with Fan Yong. This guy only comes to him for help unless there is something important, and when there is something important, he always comes to him at night.
No matter what the emperor thought, he still got up from the bed and accepted his fate. But after listening to Fan Yong's report, he put all this behind him.
Looking at the emperor, who was also shocked by the rumors of insects everywhere, Fan Yong could only ask cautiously, "I have never heard of what the princess said. Does Your Majesty want to try it?"
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