Chapter 754 The Princess in the Concubine Story 3
The expressions of Emperor Tiancheng and the Empress became solemn almost instantly.
Prince Feng Xiucheng has encountered assassinations of all sizes in his life. The one that left the deepest impression on him was a year ago, when the prince went to Jiangnan incognito to investigate a case. Someone leaked the news, causing the prince to be seriously injured.
"Leave it to me." Emperor Tiancheng turned the ring on his finger, and his imperial majesty was fully revealed in his every move.
"Feng Ning, your marriage with the Wang family will be postponed for now."
"Thank you, Father." Sheng Huan's eyes lit up when he heard this. After all, this can be ignored for the time being, since it won't work in the end anyway.
She smiled and hugged the emperor and empress's arms: "I know that my father and mother are the best."
"You." Emperor Tiancheng and the Queen laughed, and the solemn atmosphere was swept away. The Queen saw Emperor Tiancheng looking at her. As a couple for many years, she naturally understood her husband. She nodded her little daughter's head:
"You are tired today. Mother will take you downstairs to have a good rest."
Sheng Huan nodded, his brows and eyes were carefree: "Okay."
After Sheng Huan and the Queen left, Emperor Tiancheng raised his hand and called the secret guards, his voice cold and deep:
"Go check."
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Xinghua Palace.
The palace where the original owner lived before leaving the palace.
"Were you scared today?"
The queen fixed her daughter's hair and asked softly. Her voice was soft and loving.
Sheng Huan shook his head, the tassels on his phoenix crown swaying: "Mother, I am not frightened."
She had an annoyed look on her face, and she held the Queen's arm, complaining, "Mother, tell me, do the people in the Wang Xiangfu look down on me? I am the princess of Dajing, and I have your support behind me, mother. How dare they make me kneel in public?"
"If I kneel down, will my other sisters, married or unmarried, also have to kneel down? He really has evil intentions."
"Mother, I think I still need to have my own abilities." Sheng Huan raised his head and said seriously, "I don't want to stay in the boudoir all the time in the future."
"No matter what you want to do, Mother will not stop you."
There is a princess in the Dajing Kingdom who serves as a general. In the past, his daughter was innocent and well protected. Now that she has gone through this, she doesn’t know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.
The queen touched her daughter's forehead lovingly, thought for a moment, and said, "In fact, the prime minister may not only be targeting you in this matter."
"what?"
The queen looked at her little daughter, her eyes slightly deep, and continued: "My Feng Ning, was taken out on."
"Ah?" Sheng Huan was even more confused. His eyes, which seemed to be soaked in water, were exceptionally bright like stars. "Mother, what do you mean?"
“The imperial examination system.”
The queen lowered her voice and said slowly: "The prime minister is no longer the prime minister he used to be. He has joined the noble family and only paves the way for the children of the noble family."
Sheng Huan frowned. Imperial examination system? The imperial examination system in this world is still in its early stages, but its implementation was actually very bumpy. It was blocked by many noble families.
After all, once this system flourishes, the gentry will inevitably suffer.
In other words, although the imperial examination system is still in place, it is still very difficult for lower-class scholars to succeed.
"Feng Ning." The Queen reached out and took off the jewelry on Sheng Huan's bun. She was not an ignorant woman. Through some details, she naturally understood some things: "Although there is printing technology now, books and other resources have always been monopolized by the nobles. It is still difficult for poor families and ordinary people to get access to books."
But once someone from the lower class is able to pass the exam, they can be said to be extremely gifted and a rare genius.
The queen did not say this. She smiled gently but with a hint of sadness: "Your brother, the crown prince, strongly supports the imperial examination system. When he was assassinated before, I guessed this."
"But I never thought about Wang Xiang..." She paused: "If it was really Wang Xiang and his men who did it... then Queen Mother would not be surprised."
"It's actually..."
Sheng Huan looked surprised. But she had already traced back to the original owner's memory and found that the printing technology on the market in this world was still the more basic woodblock printing technology. If it was movable type printing...
The nobles can no longer control the only resource... Wang Xiang and his people...
Sheng Huan had an idea in his mind.
The queen had no idea what her daughter was thinking. After she had removed the jewelry from her daughter's hair, she opened her lips slightly and said, "It's getting late. You should wash up first and go to bed early, or you will be tired tomorrow."
"I understand, Queen Mother."
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Prince's Mansion.
The banquet ended in a mess. When the guests left, they didn't show any emotion on their faces, but they were already full and satisfied.
"Prime Minister, are you okay?"
When Wang Xiang stood up, he staggered and almost fell. Fortunately, Mrs. Wang beside him caught him in time.
"Go back to the study." Wang Xiang said in a deep voice, waving her hand away.
When Mrs. Wang was waved away, her feet were still a little weak.
She stared blankly at her husband's back, absent-minded for a rare moment.
Mrs. Wang really didn't expect that a princess who was raised so innocently would actually cause her husband to have such a panic day.
It seems that even if Princess Fengning is soft, she is only soft towards her family. Just like she said just now, she is a princess and a queen.
If a princess with this kind of personality marries in, my youngest son...
Mrs. Wang thought about it and looked at the third son of the Wang family, Wang Chuheng.
Wang Chuheng looked depressed and unhappy: "Mother, my son will go back first."
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Wang Chuheng returned to his own yard.
Ask the servants to bring hot water for bathing.
Surrounded by water vapor, Wang Chuheng closed his eyes for an unknown period of time when he suddenly felt a soft touch on his shoulder.
"Son..."
He suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed the person's hand.
"what!"
With a cry, He Yunzhu fell into the bathtub. Her clothes were soaked with water and became transparent.
"Why are you here?" Wang Chuheng felt dry mouth when he saw this scene.
"Sir..." He Yunzhu lay in the man's arms softly, "Don't be sad. The princess didn't know the pearl and lost the best young man in the world. But I know best how good the young man is..."
She stretched out her hand.
"You little devil, you come to provoke me again."
"Sir, don't you want to?"
Wang Chuheng's eyes moved, and he pressed the man directly onto the bathtub and pressed him down.
The two men did not notice that on the roof, a man in black quietly put down the tiles.
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Fengyi Palace.
"Feng Ning fell asleep?"
Emperor Tiancheng asked when he saw the queen coming back.
"She's asleep." The queen's eyes were like water. "That girl said that she had to be capable, so that no one would look down on her behind her back in the future."
Emperor Tiancheng laughed and shook his head.
"She is ambitious, which is good. Besides, if she has the ability, her fist will be strong."
The emperor and empress talked for a while, and then they saw the secret guards coming back.
"emperor."
The secret guard presented something.
Emperor Tiancheng looked over, took it, and saw something, but his face suddenly darkened.
He flipped faster and faster, his chest heaving with anger!
"Wang family, how dare you! How dare you bully the emperor!"
"Your Majesty." The Queen was startled and quickly patted Emperor Tiancheng's back to calm him down.
Emperor Tiancheng rubbed his temple and handed the thing to the queen with a grim face.
"Zi Tong should also take a good look."
The queen heard this, stretched out her hand, and took it. Then, her usually soft lips were pursed into a straight line, and her face was rarely cold.
"There's someone in Wang Chuheng's room! After such a big incident, he still has the mood to do... that kind of thing with a maid!"
"Too deceiving!"
"Don't be angry, Zi Tong." Emperor Tiancheng put his arm around her shoulders to comfort her. "I made a mistake in choosing the right person. I will find the best person for Feng Ning in the future."
He looked indifferent: "Prime Minister Wang's Mansion is not a good place."
Upon hearing this, the Queen, though angry, calmed down and her eyelids became heavy.
"Your Majesty, Xiu Cheng's matter..."
"Don't panic."
"Xiu Cheng went incognito this time and brought enough secret guards with him." Emperor Tiancheng said, and suddenly looked at the secret guards kneeling on the ground: "Why didn't I see Feng Ning's secret guards today?"
He said in a dignified voice: "Where did you go?"
Emperor Tiancheng picked out two secret guards of the Tian generation to give to his daughter, fearing that she would be wronged.
This kind of thing didn't happen today.
The secret guard on the ground knelt down.
"Your Majesty, I have inquired about it. Tian Liu and Tian Shisan were sent by the princess to protect the Crown Prince before he left."
"That girl!" Emperor Tiancheng laughed angrily upon hearing this: "Her brother, the Crown Prince, has so many people at his place, yet he still uses her to send people away. The Crown Prince is the same, even accepting his sister's secret guards. This is outrageous!"
"Your Majesty." The Queen was angry but not surprised when she heard this: "Last time, Xiu was seriously injured and lay in bed unconscious for several days. Feng Ning was so scared that she cried for several nights and couldn't sleep all day. She and Xiu Cheng have a deep brother-sister relationship. Don't blame her."
"Zi Tong has wronged me." Upon hearing this, Emperor Tiancheng immediately cried out for justice. Of course, he was not angry: "I am angry at her for not saying such things. If she was wronged, Zi Tong and I would have thought that she had secret guards around her, and we don't know what to do."
"Your Majesty has a kind fatherly heart." The Queen smiled and said, "I will teach her a lesson later."
When Emperor Tiancheng heard this, he immediately shook his head: "Feng Ning is worried about her brother, the Crown Prince, and she has good intentions. When the Crown Prince comes back, we will teach him a lesson. Zi Tong, don't scare Feng Ning."
Hearing this, the queen covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed.
Upon seeing this, Emperor Tiancheng turned his head away and pretended not to see it.
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother. His Royal Highness Ming Wang requests an audience in Tianlu Hall!"
At this moment, Zhu Daban hurried in from outside the hall again.
Emperor Tiancheng and the Empress looked at each other. They immediately understood why their third son came to the palace at such a dark time. It was probably for his sister.
"Zhu Daban, go and bring Ming Wang here."
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Xinghua Palace.
Sheng Huan turned over in bed.
Emperor Tiancheng was right. In the original novel, the original owner was missing these two secret guards, and many things were indeed... inconvenient.
Later, something happened to the prince...these two secret guards who were sent by the original owner to protect the prince naturally never came back.
Sheng Huan pinched his fingers.
It seemed like only three months had passed since the prince’s accident.
Speaking of which, the original owner was bullied by the prime minister today because his two elder brothers were not in Beijing and his other elder brother was not at the prime minister's house for a drink, so he could not control him for the time being. If he succeeds, then it's a done deal...
Speaking of which, the original owner's eldest brother, the prince, has been out on business for more than two months and has not returned yet.
The original owner's second brother was a general on the battlefield, guarding the border.
As for the third brother, he is a naive and innocent boy, and is entertaining guests at the princess's mansion.
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Fengyi Palace.
"My sons and ministers will meet their father, the emperor, and their mother, the queen."
After His Majesty Ming Wang greeted him, he looked around, obviously looking for something.
"Xiu Ming." The Queen stepped forward and helped him up: "Are you here for your sister?"
"That's right." His Majesty the Ming King's facial features were deep, three-dimensional and handsome, but at this moment, he was filled with some kind of suppressed anger.
"Father, Your Majesty, and Mother, I have heard about what happened to Feng Ning in the Prime Minister's Residence. Is she okay?"
His sister is very sensitive and he is afraid that she might cry secretly.
"It's okay." The queen knew her youngest son was worried, so she explained, "Feng Ning is very open-minded. As his brother, you should not underestimate him."
His Royal Highness Prince Ming was anxious: "She really didn't cry? She seemed to like Wang Chuheng very much before."
It is precisely because his sister likes it that King Ming is anxious.
"Of course I didn't cry." Emperor Tiancheng also said, "Although Feng Ning liked Wang Chuheng a little bit before, she had never met him, so how much could she like him? There are many good men in the world, and there are even more good-looking men. From now on, let her choose."
"By the way, Xiuming, Fengning will not marry into the Wang family in the future. You can take a good look around to see if there are any good men around you."
When Ming Wang heard this, he was impressed.
"Father, I understand what you mean."
Prince Ming understood that his father was right, he should find more men with good character and appearance. In this way, even if his sister really liked the Third Prince Wang before, she would have to change her mind when there are so many outstanding men in front of her.
"Your son will go see Feng Ning." He was still a little worried and wanted to see her before leaving.
"It's so late." Upon hearing this, the Queen tried to stop him, "I just came back from Xinghua Palace, and Fengning had already gone to bed when I got back. Xiuming, if you have anything to say, talk to your sister tomorrow."
"After what happened tonight, let your sister have a good rest."
His Majesty the Ming King thought about it and agreed, so let it go.
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The next day.
After Sheng Huan woke up, she talked to the queen for a while and then ran to the royal library. As for the turmoil in the outside world, it could not disturb her.
"See Princess."
When the eunuch in the library saw Sheng Huan coming, he saluted respectfully.
In the palace, even though everyone knew that Princess Fengning ran back to the palace on the night of her wedding, and also knew what was happening outside, no one dared to gossip about it in front of Sheng Huan.
"You've come just in time." Sheng Huan raised his eyes and said, "I'm very interested in printing now. Go and find all the relevant materials and documents and put them on the table next to you."
Some things have to have a source, Sheng Huan thought.
The eunuch was a little puzzled as to why the princess was interested in such a book, but he did not show it on his face and bowed his head: "Yes, Princess."
When the eunuch went to get the book, Sheng Huan also walked to the bookshelf on the first floor.
The Royal Library is very large and contains countless books from many dynasties, including countless unique pieces.
She walked a few steps casually and picked out a book from the bookshelf.
After choosing for a while, when she returned to her seat, she already had several books in her hands.
"Princess, here are some of the books on printing that you need."
The eunuch in the library appeared with a pile of books in his arms that was almost taller than him. At the same time, three eunuchs followed behind him in the same posture.
“Hmm?” Sheng Huan looked at their postures, his mouth twitching slightly: “Let’s put it aside for now.”
The eunuch put it down with light and skillful movements.
But he didn't leave and kept waiting.
"I will leave Tan Yue here. I don't need your service. Please leave."
Sheng Huan sat in his seat, turned the pages of the book with his slender fingers, and spoke casually.
"Yes, Princess." The eunuch in the library retreated quietly.
After they left, the study became quiet, with only the sound of birds chirping outside the window. Sheng Huan flipped through the pages faster and faster, already immersed in the book.
"Feng Ning."
I don’t know how much time had passed, but suddenly a pleasant male voice sounded in Sheng Huan’s ears while he was reading a book.