Chapter 41: Entering the palace for the New Year
Zhou Shuxuan glanced at the prince with a vegetable-like face, and an inconspicuous smile appeared on his face. It's unlucky to be scared, the prince's skills have regressed in recent years, and he probably knows that he has done too many things because of his lack of virtue, and the emperor doesn't like him anymore, so he has nothing.
The crown prince didn't move for a long time, and Zhou Shuxuan shouted twice, "Your Highness, Your Highness." β
The prince suddenly reacted and asked with a frightened face, "What's wrong?" β
Zhou Shuxuan's face did not change and said, "Has Your Highness seen enough people?" We'll go back when we've seen enough, and if Her Highness still wants to see her, just send someone to say it. β
The prince looked up at Miaoli, he really likes people, after so many years, he sometimes dreams of a goalkeeper for him. I still often regret that I shouldn't have done so much to the Meng family, and I have a guilty conscience when I see him again in the underworld.
However, this time is different from the past, he can regret it, and the emperor can regret it too. He knew in his heart that what Zhou Shuxuan said might be provoking the relationship between him and the emperor, but he couldn't help himself from thinking in that direction.
What if the emperor regrets it? He now had to doubt Miaoli's identity, if it wasn't for the descendants of the Meng family, how could he have such a similar face? The emperor didn't kill her, and wanted Zhou Shuxuan to give her a name, does it mean that the emperor has regretted it?
The prince shook his head, he couldn't think about it anymore, and if he thought about it any longer, he would really fall into the pit dug by Zhou Shuxuan.
"Let's go."
Miaoli pushed Zhou Shuxuan out, scolding the prince in her heart. I have done too many bad things, no wonder I was scared into this ghost, I deserved it.
"Wait!" Before they walked out of the door, they were stopped by the prince again, and Miaoli pushed Zhou Shuxuan and turned back.
"You said that the father asked you to give her a serious title, when will you give it?"
"It is estimated that I will have to wait until after the beginning of spring, and wait for my father to clean up the things in his hands one by one, and then make plans."
In a word, the crown prince thundered above his head, and the emperor wants to be liquidated after the year? No wonder in the past few days, no matter how much he begged for death, Emperor Zhou Shuxuan did not allow it, saying that he wanted to have a good year, and probably did not want to liquidate Zhou Shuxuan but wanted to liquidate him.
The prince's face turned a little paler.
When you go out, the street is lit up, and there is a strong smell of the New Year. Miao Li is in a good mood, and it is a gratifying thing to scare the prince's bastard today.
Seeing her excited look, Zhou Shuxuan wanted to let her go around, but he saw her face again. Anyway, such a person should hide in the house, so that he does not go out and bring trouble.
Miao Li doesn't really want to go shopping, nothing is important. When he got into the carriage, he asked, "Does the prince think the prince will fall into the ditch?" β
"I don't know, I don't know if he's acting today or what. If I acted, I underestimated him. If it's true, I'll have to reflect on myself, why can't I even get such a fool for so many years, and I have been hurt by him so much. β
Miao Li thought back to the prince's reaction, not like pretending. Whatever he is, these words are not of much use, and will definitely have a little effect. It's like planting a seed in the prince's heart, just waiting for it to sprout.
The emperor is too partial to the crown prince, and he wants him to realize that the prince is not worth it earlier, so he let the prince die himself.
Back at King Qin's mansion, Wei Hai brought a cup of hot tea. Zhou Shuxuan warmed his hands with hot tea and asked, "Is there anything wrong?" β
"There is a big event, I just want to return to the prince. Just now, someone came to the palace and passed the emperor's holy decree, so that the prince would enter the palace tomorrow and celebrate the New Year in the palace. β
It's really a big deal, over the years, let alone let him enter the palace for the New Year, even the family banquets of the May Festival and the August Festival rarely call him to go, which is simply abnormal.
Zhou Shuxuan set his eyes on Miaoli and wanted to hear her thoughts.
Miaoli understood and analyzed them one by one, "There are two extremes, the emperor is biased towards the prince, and he wants to take this opportunity to get close to the prince, but this may not be big." There is another possibility, the emperor wants to relax the prince's heart for the sake of the prince to appease the prince, and then investigate the prince's affairs after the beginning of spring, and the prince will show mercy to his subordinates, which is more likely. β
Zhou Shuxuan nodded, what she said was exactly what he thought.
Today, I have already thrown a pebble on the calm lake, it is better to throw another one, it is best to stir up ten thousand waves.
Zhou Shuxuan pondered for a moment and asked: "I remember that the emperor used to like to eat a small kind of dates, and your father used to send some into the palace, do you know where to buy them?" β
Miaoli thought back to the dates he said, and remembered for a long time, "That's a specialty from Zizhou, and it seems that the capital can't buy it." But the slave knows how to do it, but she doesn't know how it tastes. β
Zhou Shuxuan thought about it for a while, and when the emperor was old, he probably couldn't remember what it tasted like, and it didn't matter if the taste was different. "You can make it like a way, the taste is secondary, the important thing is the appearance, as long as the emperor reminds him of your father."
Meng Qianfan died because of the prince, if the prince can bind himself because of Meng Qianfan's cocoon, it will be a cycle of cause and effect, and retribution will be unpleasant.
Miaoli understood what he meant, changed her clothes, went to pick out the right dates in person, prepared everything she needed, and worked in the kitchen all afternoon before making a little. This thing is already labor-intensive, and the steps are cumbersome. However, the things made are sweet but not greasy, and have a strong jujube fragrance, which is really delicious.
selected a part to send to Zhou Shuxuan, Miaoli waited for him to comment expectantly, she tasted one in the kitchen just now, and it tasted good.
Zhou Shuxuan chewed carefully, and after eating, he took another one. The taste is really good, because it is freshly baked, and there is a little temperature, which really reminds people of the autumn when they are eating dates. looked around again, and it was similar to what he had seen before, which might arouse the emperor's feelings.
Zhou Shuxuan put down the toothpick and gave a faint evaluation, "It's okay." β
This is already a great affirmation for Miaoli, she is not very proficient in kitchen matters, and she was often told by her mother that she would starve to death if she got married.
The world is impermanent, who would have thought that she would not starve to death and would never marry in this life.
In the early morning of the second day, Zhou Shuxuan got up early, no matter what the emperor thought, entering the palace for the New Year is a big event, and you have to prepare well.
It's a big one outside, it's a good year, and I hope he will have a good year in the coming year. I felt ridiculous again, when did he pin his hopes on God? He is not a man who eats from the sky, he is a man who eats with his own hands.
Wei Hai came into the house to inform, "Lord Wang, it's ready to go." β
There was a big box of things outside, all for the emperor's New Year's greetings. He, a shabby prince, couldn't find a big box of gold, silver and jewelry, so he could only find some special products for the emperor. It's like this every year, and he didn't know if the emperor liked it before, but this year he probably knows if the emperor likes it.
Miao Li took the cloak and put it on him, and said, "Lord Wang, it's time to go." β
Zhou Shuxuan nodded and signaled that he could go.
He was in a wheelchair and heard the feet of people behind him stamping on the snow and making a small sound. I didn't think it was good before, but today I think it's so beautiful. I don't know if he can still make such a voice in this life.
Zhou Shuxuan touched his knee with his hand, not feeling anything. If he had a child in the future, he wouldn't even be able to teach him to ride a horse and shoot an archery.
Speaking of children, I feel that I think too much. He is now a lonely man, where is the child? The only person he wanted to have a baby before was now standing behind him, and if they could really have a child, it would surely be smart and beautiful.
Wei Hai felt that the prince of his family was in a good mood, he didn't know what he was thinking, he actually had a faint smile on his face, and the whole person was warm.
Arrive at the palace gate. Inside slowly walked out of a horse, and the person sitting on it was wearing a red cloak, which was not eye-catching, and it was worthy of the words "fresh clothes and angry horses".
The eldest princess is a woman who makes Miao Li envy once.
The eldest princess jumped down from her horse and asked, "Yo, third child, little Shuang'er, what are you doing in the palace at this time?" It's not good to prepare for the New Year at home. β
Zhou Shuxuan did not answer with joy or anger, "My father gave me the grace to enter the palace for the New Year this year." β
The eldest princess said thoughtfully: "Strange thing, I also met the crown prince today, and he said that he was also going to celebrate the New Year in the palace." The old man won't think of making peace with the two of you, it's strange if you don't fight. β
Zhou Shuxuan tired his shoulders, "I don't have the power to fight back like this, so I can do whatever I want." β
"Okay, okay, don't talk about that. I have a strange thing to tell you. The crown princess and her father, do you know that Sun Bo? β
Zhou Shuxuan nodded, in the early years, he was an errand boy under the eldest princess, and he refused to discipline the eldest princess, a woman younger than him, and fell out with the eldest princess. The emperor Aicai still uses him more, and now he is also a general in the court. Among the military attachΓ©s, after the King of Qi is Sun Bo.
"I heard that the old man went to the East Palace before, and he was going to celebrate the New Year with the crown princess in the East Palace. Yesterday, I dragged my family and all went out of Beijing, I don't know if there is a report like the emperor. β
Yesterday? Such a coincidence? Yesterday, he just blew a wind in front of the prince, and the prince's father-in-law, who could lead the troops to fight, left Beijing. The reason for this is that people dare not ponder it. The prince isn't going to do anything big, is he?
Zhou Shuxuan asked thoughtfully: "Auntie, which one is more powerful than you or Sun Bo?" β
"If you talk about fighting alone, I may not be his opponent. If it comes to arranging troops, he can't play me. What does this do, you ask? β
"Let me simply ask, is your power greater or is he bigger now?"
The eldest princess was stunned for a moment, as if she was struggling with something, and only spoke for a long time, "It's you, others ask me if I can bury him alive in the snow." But it's really hard to say, most of the military generals in the DPRK and China are from me. However, I have not been in charge of the military in the past few years, and Sun Bo has developed rapidly. People's hearts are fickle, and some people don't listen to me, so I don't know, so I have to ask King Qi specifically. But what do you mean by that, you ask? β
Zhou Shuxuan smiled, "It's hard to say either, I'm afraid that the prince will play a big ticket." β
"You mean ......"