Chapter 114: Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet 4
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Emperor Mingzong seemed to have a smile on his face, his eyes swept over Tang Xiao beside Song Huan Chu, and said loudly: "Prince Zhan is followed by Tang Ziqian, the first genius of Western Shu, you don't ask him, but you come to ask me, why?" β
Song Huan Chu said with a smile: "Tang Xiao is the first talent of my Western Shu Kingdom, but he is not extraordinary, he knows everything well, and he has never understood the customs of Donglu deeply, and it is difficult to answer Xiao Wang's doubts, so Xiao Wang has the courage to ask Your Majesty for advice." β
"Oh? What's that? β
Song Huan Chu took two steps forward and saluted with his fists: "Xiao Wang first came to Donglu, and he doesn't know much about some of the customs and customs of your country. β
Lin Ruo snorted coldly in his heart, knowing that the words he wanted to say were inappropriate, and he might anger Sheng Yan, but he insisted on saying that this humble apology was just a show. The same face, with a different identity, is still the same hypocrisy.
Song Huan Chu seemed to feel Lin Ruo's disdain, smiled coldly, ignored Tang Xiao's glance at him, and directly asked Emperor Mingzong: "Xiao Wang heard that Donglu attaches great importance to etiquette and music, and has both civil and military skills. However, in the past few days, I have been wandering around the city and found a strange thing. Xiao Wang doesn't know why the merchant who should be at the bottom of the stream has such a high status in Donglu? β
Song Huan Chu's words were not tactful, and between speaking, his eyes glanced at Lin Ruo's position.
Who he is referring to, everyone knows - because in the entire Lin De Palace, and even in the entire Donglu Kingdom, Lin Ruo is the only one who belongs to the merchant stream but enjoys the honor of the emperor's grace.
Although Lin Ruo is kind to others on weekdays, people's hearts are jealous, and when he meets someone who has a better life than himself and has more opportunities than himself, no matter how generous he is, there will always be a dark corner in his heart, silently suppressing his unwillingness.
Pushing up a generation, Lin Ruo's parents are considered to be poor, but once they jumped on the branches and became masters, how many people can not be blushing?
Moreover, an orphan girl whose father is not hurt and her mother died early, but once turned over and became the county lord, raised in the family of a wealthy businessman, and now married to the wishful husband that many boudoir women dream of, how many people are not jealous?
Even if there is no grievance in the past and no hatred in the near future, it cannot exempt them from the joy in their hearts at the moment - it seems that this Prince Zhan is going to seek justice from Lin Ruo for the prospective princess who has not passed the door!
Everyone looked like they were watching a good show, but only a few people looked at Lin Ruo blatantly, and were surprised to find that Lin Ruo was like a nobody, smiling lightly, not angry, not angry.
Not only did Lin Ruo not have a big reaction, but Murong Chong also had no reaction, and even Su Muyu, the prince of the Marquis of Jingping, who had a close relationship with Lin Ruo, was also very calm and lingered comfortably about the things in the cup, as if he hadn't heard Song Huan Chu's provocation.
Lin Ruo calmly put the freshly peeled grapes into his mouth, chewed them elegantly, and then picked up the Jinpa beside him, carefully wiped the juice marks that did not exist on the corners of his mouth and fingertips, and then looked at Song Huan Chu, and asked unhurriedly: "Prince Zhan, are you talking about this concubine?" β
The light tone, neither humble nor arrogant, actually carried a little majesty.
A satisfied smile appeared on Emperor Mingzong's originally sunken face.
This girl looks weak on the outside, but in fact she has a stubborn personality, which is exactly the same as the temperament of her mother, Lin Yuan'er, the lord of Shude County, and she is the woman in his memory!
Lin Ruo rarely calls herself "this concubine", whether in private or in front of everyone.
Even before, when she was not Princess Rong, she rarely used the identity of the county lord to oppress people.
So when she was loudly crowned with the title of "concubine", everyone suddenly woke up: Yes, Lin Ruo, who is sitting here, is not an ordinary businesswoman, she is the concubine of the powerful Rong Wang Murong Chong, she is the princess who has entered the sect and has a fate!
She has this honor, sitting in this Lin De Palace, ranking before the position of Mrs. Decree and Miss Shijia, not because she is the richest man in Bian'an and the young lady of the Jujialin family, but because she is the lord of Minhui County, who is personally crowned by the emperor, and Princess Rong who is married by Murong Chongming!
Many people put away the schadenfreude on their faces, but the smug look on Song Huan Chu's face was not hidden.
Song Huan Chu smiled gently, and continued to get to the bottom of the matter: "Princess Rong said that she was laughing, but this king just had some doubts and couldn't figure it out. β
How is Lord Minhui?
What about Princess Rong?
Aside from the identities of these royal gifts, aren't they still from the background of a merchant woman and a servant girl?
What is there to be noble?
What qualifications do you have to hate Gu Manni!
Lin Ruo stood up slowly and respectfully saluted to the Empress Dowager of Emperor Mingzong: "Your Majesty, Imperial Grandmother, Min Hui is brave and wants to solve his doubts for Prince Zhan. β
Emperor Mingzong turned his head: "What does the queen mother mean?" β
With a graceful smile in her eyes, the Queen Mother nodded: "I haven't heard Ah Ruo arguing with someone for a long time, I don't know what novel ideas she has in her little brain." β
Bicker?
Everyone present was active, and when they heard the Queen Mother say the word "bickering", they understood her intentions.
Emperor Mingzong laughed loudly, nodded and said, "What the Queen Mother said is, Ah Ruo, then you can explain well to Prince Zhan." β
Lin Ruo bowed: "Minhui obeys." β
When he raised his eyes again, Lin Ruo's clear gaze turned to Song Huan Chu, obviously with a shallow smile in the corner of his eyes, but Song Huan Chu felt a hostile chill and disdainful ridicule.
"Dare to ask Prince Zhan, why do you look down on businessmen?" Lin Ruo asked in a flat tone, and when he saw that Song Huan Chu was about to speak, he suddenly laughed playfully and stopped the conversation, "Prince Zhan, don't use words like 'everything is inferior, only high in reading', 'learning and excellence are good', 'treating money as a block', otherwise, I will let you hand over all these things outside your body." β
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Song Huan Chu was stunned for a while, this was said elegantly, but it was also straightforward enough. The phrase "treating money as a block" is usually a rhetoric used by pretentious scholars to defend their lofty pursuits, and "block" is actually dung. Although the wording is elegant, it is a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet after all, and it is quite uninteresting.
Although Emperor Mingzong's face did not change, his gaze sank slightly. Everyone at the banquet also whispered, covered their mouths and snickered. But Princess Rong, who said this, did not change her face, and she didn't realize that she had any deceit.
Although Murong Chong was used to Lin Ruo's earth-shattering words from time to time, at this time, he was still not used to it, so he couldn't help but clench his fists to cover his mouth and pretend to cough, but Su Muyu laughed heartlessly: "That's right, we are tired of listening to these clichΓ©s." And those businessmen who are full of copper smell, mercenary, and snarky, are not new words, Prince Zhan can say some fresh reasons, if you can't think of it, let the first genius you bring to say! lest thou add another name to the merchants of Donglu, who are 'clever tongues'. β
Su Muyu dangled the wine glass locally, picked up a pair of charming peach blossom smiling eyes, turned his head halfway, and looked at Emperor Mingzong with a smile: "Your Majesty, you said yes, right?" β