69. Chapter 69 Snakes and Scorpions


Chapter 69 Snakes and Scorpions

After Cui Xiu heard that it was Princess Wanning, her expression was no longer as indifferent as before. Obviously, Cui Xiu was a little surprised by this marriage partner.

And that kind of not-so-good surprise, because this Princess Wanning is not an ordinary princess. As the emperor's biological sister, she has grown up with the emperor since she was a child.

Then some people may ask, since she is the emperor's biological sister, why should she be called Princess Wanning instead of Princess Wanning?

That's because the princess felt that the title Princess Wanning was not as nice as the title Princess Wanning. The emperor doted on his only sister, so he agreed to Princess Wanning's request.

This is not the important point. The important thing is that ordinary people cannot marry this Princess Wanning, nor dare to marry her.

Cui Xiu thought, the emperor is really good at calculating. This time, he did not even let her second brother become a civil servant, and directly changed her to be the prince-in-law.

After becoming the consort, he can no longer deal with government affairs and can only be idle personnel.

Having cut off half of the power of the Cui family in one fell swoop, and leaving them no chance to refute or refuse, the emperor's move was truly "astonishing".

But even if the emperor did not give them a chance to refuse, they could not just accept it. Cui Xiu only knew that her second brother could not marry the princess of Wanning.

"Sister Yun, is your information accurate?" Cui Xiu thought about it and asked one more question.

When Concubine Yun heard Cui Xiu's cautious question, she looked at Cui Xiu with firm eyes, and responded in a low and serious voice: "That's natural."

" The emperor has sent people to Hezhou. "

Hezhou is the fiefdom of Li Qingrong, the princess of Wanning. The emperor originally loved this sister very much, but Li Qingrong made some mistakes three years ago, and the emperor became angry. He demoted her back to her fiefdom and asked her to stay in the princess' mansion and think about her mistakes.

When Cui Xiu heard Concubine Yun's answer, her expression became serious. This Hezhou is very close to Jiangnan. She said she was demoted to the fiefdom to think about her mistakes behind closed doors, but in fact she just found an excuse to let Li Qingrong go out to take shelter. head.

As for this mistake, although it is a bit shameful, it can still be said.

Princess Wanning has always had a habit of keeping a good reputation and making friends with capable people in the world. Anyone who is good-looking and has a decent temperament will be recruited by her as a guest.

They spent the whole day eating, drinking and having fun in the princess's mansion, talking about some national affairs that they should not talk about.

If that's the case, it's not really a big mistake.

However, three years ago, Princess Wanning fell in love with the youngest son of an official. The younger son had practiced martial arts and swords since he was a child. His temperament was fresh and refined, and he had a clean and cheerful youthful spirit.

As soon as Princess Wanning saw the young man, she wanted to recruit him into her pocket, but the young man was unwilling to enter the princess' mansion and flatly rejected Li Qingrong's offer.

In front of everyone, Li Qingrong did not embarrass the young man any more and let him leave.

But a few days later, the boy's parents went to the government office to report that their youngest son was missing. However, the government office promised to take care of the matter, but in action it was simply perfunctory.

After searching for more than half a month, there was no trace of the young man. Later, the young man's father became anxious, so he wrote to the emperor and told the emperor about the matter in the main hall.

In this peaceful and prosperous age, people suddenly disappear in the capital. If we don't thoroughly investigate, won't it make the people in the capital panic?

Naturally, the emperor had some considerations and issued a decree, asking the imperial army to lead people to look for it until it was found.

Those people searched a large circle in the imperial city and turned it over, but still found no trace of the young man.

Later, this group of people went door to door to find out the residence of Princess Wanning. At first, Princess Wanning did not allow the forbidden troops to enter the mansion at all. The reason for her refusal was that once she became the princess, she didn't have the kind of boy she wanted. How could she hide an ordinary boy? It was a joke.

As soon as these words came out, the Imperial Guards did not dare to make a mistake in front of the princess. They explained to Li Qingrong that they were just going in for a look. It was a routine matter. If there was no one, they would Leave immediately.

After all, the emperor has issued an imperial edict, and other people's mansions have been inspected. Only the princess's mansion is left. There is nothing they can do.

Unless the emperor says that Princess Wanning’s residence does not need to be inspected, then they will naturally not break in, but the emperor has not given special permission, so they must investigate.

Besides, if Princess Wanning has no evil intentions, she will naturally not be afraid of their investigation.

Princess Wanning saw that the imperial army was acting in the name of the imperial edict, and she was so angry that she went to the palace to find the emperor, but before she had time to go, the imperial army entered the princess' mansion directly.

After some searching, a dying man was carried out, it was the young man.

It's just that the young man has been beaten to death by the gang of people under Princess Wanning. If they come later, the young man will definitely die.

When the young man's father found out, he was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot, and even submitted eighteen memorials demanding that Princess Wanning repay the debt with blood.

Before Princess Wanning could defend herself, she was sent back to her fiefdom overnight by an imperial edict from the emperor, and all the faces in her princess mansion were executed that night.

After the young man's father found out, he asked the emperor to summon him first when he was about to submit the nineteenth memorial. The emperor and his ministers talked for a long time.

Later, the minister did not write any more letters and just settled the matter.

The declared result of this incident was that the group of men had ulterior motives and had no good intentions, and mutilated the young man. Princess Wanning was deceived by the thieves. Although she did not participate, she must be jointly punished.

This matter ended with Li Qingrong being sent away from Kyoto, but privately no one knew that the emperor wanted to protect Princess Wanning, and those faces were just scapegoats.

If Princess Wanning had not spoken, who would have dared to attack the young master? That was the son of the Minister of Rites, not an ordinary person.

If you don’t do it well, you might offend someone else’s Minister of Rites.

Just from the handling of this matter, it is enough to show that Princess Wanning has a high status in the emperor's heart.

The Emperor treated Li Qingrong like this, fearing that the coming days in the capital would be very lively when she comes back.

Cui Xiu likes to watch the excitement, but she doesn't want to see her family's excitement, and she doesn't want Li Qingrong to become her sister-in-law.

Her second brother didn’t have any wealth at all. If he became a prince-in-law, he would be betrayed by Princess Wanning many times.

“It’s really a bit tricky to deal with this matter.”

Cui Xiu was thinking about what she wanted to prepare for her child while she was still young. Well now, there is no time at all.

The child's matter can only be put aside for the time being. Cui Chu's lifelong events are the most important.

(End of this chapter)

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