Chapter 167

"Shut up!" Da Furen reprimanded extremely sternly, "Didn't I tell you? No matter what happened in the palace, you can't talk about it, let alone what happened just now."

"Everyone is tacitly aware of this matter, and the crown prince also intends to suppress it. If you say that you will lose the face of the entire prime minister's mansion, even I will suffer along with it. For a long time, we can slowly torture her."

Jiang Wenyue and the two returned to the carriage one step at a time, and it was a long time before Liu Xiangyun came back after the eldest lady.

"Second sister, why are you looking at me like this?"

"Sister Yun'er is telling a joke? I was just in a daze but you said I was looking at you, and when I really looked at you, you avoided it. What's the reason?"

"Stop arguing," the eldest lady glared at the two of them, "We'll talk about it when we go back home if we have anything to do."

Zhou Shanshan always remembered Jiang Wenyue's rescue of her, and she told her father what happened when she returned to the house.

"Father, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince taunted me in every possible way at the banquet today. I couldn't speak up because I offended the Crown Prince somehow. In the end, it was Jiang Wenyue who spoke for me. Later, she just drove the Prince away in anger."

Zhou Shanshan took Mrs. Zhou's arm: "Father, why do you insist that I marry the crown prince and become the crown prince? Not only do I not want to be the crown prince, but I don't even want to be the side concubine. The crown prince said that to me, and when I saw him Just be afraid."

"And Jiang Wenyue didn't care about her daughter pushing her into the water at all. Her daughter thinks that she is a very generous and reasonable person. She is the only one who is most suitable to be the current princess and future queen. My daughter doesn't want to marry the prince anymore."

The Zhou family loved their daughter, and at Zhou Shanshan's begging, they finally stopped those tricks behind the scenes.

The cessation of the small actions of the Zhou family calmed down a lot of discussions about Jiang Wenyue, and the rumors gradually turned for the better under Yun Chi's push. There are steelyards.

Three days later, the military report from the Northwest Region was submitted.

"Your Majesty, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived in the northwest, he has been stationed directly in the military camp. His Highness gathered all the doctors and medicinal materials in the Northwest to distribute them together, and then called on the rich local merchants to donate money and food. The plague was quickly eliminated. out of control."

"Your Majesty, this is a joint letter written by the local people. The letter contains details about His Highness's time in the local area. Not only did he not publicize his identity, but even many soldiers ate and lived with him. Many people It is only after His Highness leaves the Northwest that he will know who he is."

"Your Majesty, this is the death situation of the local people reported by the local officials. Due to the timely control, most of the people have returned to normal life, and the government of a few families whose relatives have died has also issued a certain amount of silver."

"Your Majesty, I come from the Imperial Hospital. This is a prescription developed by the officials of the Imperial Hospital. It is quite effective in treating the plague."

All these incidents are all good things, coupled with the recent Jiang Wenyue's reputation in Beijing, many people think that the Crown Princess is a lucky star.

"Your Majesty, since His Highness and Second Miss Jiang are planning to get married, it is a good thing for the government and the public to think about it. Second Miss Jiang should not be slandered. I beg Your Majesty to restore the crown princess's innocence."

"I beg Your Majesty to restore the crown princess's innocence. The prospective crown princess is a lucky star who protects me from the sky, not some evil star."

"Thinking about those words before, I was just hearsay. Now that I think about it, I realize that I was so old-fashioned. I actually listened to such ridiculous rumors and made the decision to postpone the wedding without actual contact... ..."

"Father," Yun Chi walked in from outside the hall, "Father is not confused, but was blinded by bad people for a while. Father is thinking about the country and the people, so this matter cannot be blamed on Father, but should be blamed." Find the real culprit."

The emperor raised his head after hearing Yun Chi's words: "Could it be that the prince has discovered something?"

"That's right, after several days of investigation, my son has already found out the truth of the matter. The reason why the father listened to these words is because the people who spread these rumors are in the hall!"

"What? It's here?"

"Who on earth cursed the Crown Princess so viciously that the Holy Majesty could not sleep peacefully?"

"This...what if this kind of thing happens to you and me in the future?"

"Silence! Everyone, listen to me," Yun Chi said loudly, "I hope that the person who did this will take the initiative to stand up. As long as I take the initiative to admit it, I will ask my father to spare that person's death penalty, because so far Fortunately, there were no serious consequences."

"You don't need to ask, I agree. I will save this person from the death penalty and the crime of implicating his family."

Everyone waited for a while, and then someone found Master Zhou, who was standing in the corner, slowly came out and knelt in the center of the hall: "The instigator of this incident...is the humble minister."

"Master Zhou? How could it be Master Zhou? He is usually kind and kind. Even if he has a bad relationship with Prime Minister Jiang, he wouldn't be able to do things like this, right?"

"It's true, Mr. Zhou." Yun Chi took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket, "Here are the relevant testimonies of the people involved in this matter, and they all signed and signed it, and my ministers read it for the sake of their first offenders." They were only fined some salaries."

"But father, the fake Taoist who spread the message and the eunuch who said this to you must be executed. Such people cannot stay in the palace."

The emperor's face turned dark instantly when he learned that the authentication materials were there. He pointed at Mr. Zhou and said "you" several times, and finally took off his black hat.

"Although I spared you the death penalty for this matter, but the living crime cannot escape. You have to find a time to come to the door and apologize in person to change the crown princess's innocence. I don't really believe that you would do such a thing just because you love your daughter dearly. But that's the end of this matter, I hope all the love ministers can learn from it."

"Your Majesty, since the Crown Princess has been cleared, does the Ministry of Rites need to redo the auspicious date?"

"Where is the Minister of Rites?"

"Wei Chen is here."

"From tomorrow onwards, you will recalculate the auspicious date, and after you confirm it, draw up a booklet and submit it. There must be no mistakes."

"According to the order."

After retiring from the court, many people gathered around Prime Minister Jiang: "Congratulations, Prime Minister, you will soon have a prince as your son-in-law."

"Oh, my lord is really annoying the old man, the prince is the prince, and the rules must not be messed up."

People around repeatedly congratulated the red Prime Minister Jiang, who was a little smug, and he even walked a lot lighter than usual.

"Yuezhang, go slowly, wait for son-in-law!"

Prime Minister Jiang turned his head, and when he saw that the person who said this was Yun Chi, he knelt on the ground in fright: "Your Highness, Your Highness the Crown Prince, you must never call Weichen like that, I can't bear it!"

"What's there to bear? Although Wenyue and I haven't gotten married yet, it shouldn't be a mistake to call him that."

"Your Highness, my servant is terrified, my servant..."

"Okay, don't have so many rules, you know I hate these red tapes the most."

Yun Chi walked side by side with him, and Prime Minister Jiang was so frightened that he hurriedly took half a step behind: "I remember that I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion once before going to the northwest, but now I realize that it has been so long, I almost thought it was yesterday."

"Wei Chen understands what His Highness means, and I will definitely not let my little girl suffer any grievances."

Many people came to the prime minister's mansion to congratulate him after the decree was made, and even Princess Qian'an, who hadn't left the palace for a long time, had the opportunity to visit her friend.

"Jiang Wenyue! I've already arrived at the gate of your yard, why don't you know how to greet me? Could it be that you fell asleep on the couch?"

Princess Qian'an has a bold personality and is good friends with Jiang Wenyue, so the concierge and servants didn't stop her at all. She broke into Jiang Wenyue's yard and yelled a few times before seeing her friend push open the door with a confused face.

"Why did you come here so early? I haven't even dressed yet!"

"Of course it's rare to come out of the palace once to see you well."

Princess Qian'an withdrew the servants around her and signaled the servant girls to back down, and she dragged Jiang Wenyue into the room excitedly: "Congratulations! You will soon become a princess, and we will see each other every day when you enter the palace." Yes, that's great!"

"What's the matter?" Jiang Wenyue said sullenly, "If possible, I don't want to be a queen or a princess, I just want to be an ordinary person."

"Brother Prince is a very nice person, why don't you like him?"

Jiang Wenyue lay on the table and said in a muffled voice, "It's hard to say."

"Forget it, even though I don't know why you don't like Brother Prince, I've always stood by your side. It's a pity that although I am a princess, I have limited rights, and my mother is just a little concubine. It would be great if I could help you tell the Holy Majesty to cancel the wedding."

"It's impossible to cancel the wedding. What I'm thinking now is to postpone the wedding."

"Why?" Princess Qian'an was puzzled.

"I have to compete with other people in half a month to try my medical skills. This is very important to me. If the big wedding is okay after half a month, if it is before half a month, I will not be able to leave the palace."

Princess Qian'an said with some hesitation: "How about I try to see if I can bribe the officials of the Ministry of Rites? They should give me face when they see me. Let me say again that this is your wish. According to your recent reputation, it may be true. If it can be postponed, just wait, I will return to the palace right away!"

Princess Qian'an rushed over in a hurry, and rushed back to the palace even more. After entering the palace, she went straight to the Ministry of Rites: "Master Shangshu, can the wedding of the prince and the princess be postponed for a while? For example... half a year? Or Four months is fine, the princess said that the matter of getting married needs to be cautious and not to be rushed, only in this way can we show the importance we attach to the big wedding..."

She spent a long time in the etiquette department, took out a lot of money and said a lot of good things, and finally pushed the time of the big wedding to three months later.

"Jiang Wenyue, I tried my best, those old men are too pedantic."

"It's okay, thank you for helping me so hard."

The wedding date of the crown prince and the princess was postponed again and again. Where could the prime minister sit and live?

"Come on!"

A young servant came in thinking about his pace, and saw the prime minister sitting on a sandalwood armchair, his thick eyebrows frowned.He said cautiously: "The little one is here, master, please tell me."

"Call Second Miss here."

Jiang Wenyue was originally sitting in the courtyard sorting herbs, but was sent by her father for questioning. She guessed that she probably came to her because of the postponement of the wedding.

"Father, are you looking for me?" Jiang Wenyue put on a look of not knowing why.

The prime minister poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of Jiang Wenyue, "Sit down, I haven't chatted with you for a long time."

She didn't want to continue to play this scene of fatherly kindness and filial piety with the other party.

He smelled it unhurriedly: "Father, what do you want me to do?"

The prime minister smiled dryly, "I heard that your wedding date with the prince has been postponed again, does it have anything to do with you?"

"Father, what do you say, this auspicious day is determined by God, and my daughter can't change it even if she has extraordinary abilities." Jiang Wenyue said, taking a sip of tea, it was an old Longjing tea, very astringent.

"Don't think that you have firmly secured the position of the princess after you have made a marriage contract with the prince. Do you know how many people outside the prime minister's mansion are coveting the position of the prince?" Jiang Wenyue looked at Jiang Wenyue pretending to be stupid , the prime minister was a little displeased, "Women are short-sighted after all, you should listen to your father more, find time to get closer to the prince, and arrange the marriage early, so that you can truly enter the royal family. "

Seeing the person opposite lowered his eyes, he thought that Jiang Wenyue had listened to his words, and continued: "You are a concubine, but fortunately you have the support of the prime minister's mansion, so you can climb the corner of the prince's clothes. If you are smart, you should climb up along the corner of the clothes and grab the prince's heart."

I didn't expect my old father to be so anxious about this matter. I was afraid that the son-in-law who got the prince would fly away, so I wished I could pack up my daughter and send it to the prince's bed immediately, and get married immediately by order tomorrow.

Jiang Wenyue said calmly on the surface: "Father is right." He snorted coldly in his heart, but he was just a person who was eager to sell his daughter.

"Father has other things to do." Jiang Wenyue asked.

After the prime minister finished speaking, he waved his hand: "Go to rest earlier."

As soon as she turned around after leaving the door, Jiang Wenyue put all his words behind her, no prince, no marriage contract, none of them are as important as the medical skills competition a few days later.

Early the next morning, Jiang Wenyue woke up to study medical books in the garden. The morning sun lazily hit her waterfall-like long hair, shimmering like a lake, and her eyes focused on the yellowed stone table. of medical books.

"Second sister, look quickly, there is a flower saucer parked here." Jiang Hanyu shouted excitedly, holding a few bellflowers still dripping with dew in his hands.

Jiang Wenyue smiled: "The sky is bright today, but the house is very clean."

The maid next to her received: "Second miss, you don't know something, the eldest miss returned to the mansion yesterday."

Hearing Jiang Xiyuan's name, Jiang Hanyu lost interest all of a sudden, and showed fear: "Big...why did Big Sister come back?"

"The little one heard that it was because of the matter of waiting for the mansion a few days ago, the eldest lady was wronged, and she came back to cry with the eldest lady." The maid lowered her voice and looked around cautiously.

(End of this chapter)

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