Chapter 755 Princess 4
"Feng Ning, I finally found you!"
As soon as Sheng Huan raised his eyes, a handsome man in a golden brocade robe appeared in front of him. The man looked very tall, with a handsome and three-dimensional face, and his every move was filled with the chivalrous spirit of a man who traveled the world with a sword.
If it wasn’t the original owner’s third brother, His Royal Highness Prince Ming—who else could it be, Feng Xiuming?
"Third brother, you..."
When Sheng Huan saw him, the corners of his lips curled up, but before he could say anything, the man who had already run up to him grabbed his arm.
The man's eyes were extremely serious, like detection lights, scanning Sheng Huan carefully from head to toe.
"Third brother. I'm fine."
Seeing him like this, Sheng Huan knew exactly how he cared for her.
His Majesty Ming Wang still didn't say anything. He went straight to his sister and stared into her eyes. When he didn't see any signs of crying, he finally breathed a sigh of relief:
"Feng Ning, you have been wronged."
His Royal Highness Prince Ming was still angry when he thought of the injustice his sister had suffered: "I used to think that the prince looked quite presentable, but I didn't expect that he was just pretending."
"Third brother, don't be angry." Sheng Huan pulled him to sit down: "Actually, it's a good thing that this happened before marriage."
"Good news?" When His Majesty Ming Wang heard his sister say this, he was very confused: "What kind of good news is this?"
"It's a good thing, Third Brother, you should think so. This happened before marriage, and my sister has avoided jumping into the fire pit." Sheng Huan raised her beautiful eyes and said leisurely: "Otherwise, I will be involved with their Wang family, and I will have to divorce my husband later, which is a waste of my time."
His Majesty the Ming King was stunned, then burst into laughter.
"Feng Ning is right, it's really disgusting to be involved!"
"That's right." As Ming Wang spoke, he narrowed his eyes, thought of something, and lowered his head.
"Feng Ning, you don't know what happened in the morning court today."
"What?" Sheng Huan showed interest: "Third brother, what happened? Tell me quickly."
"I'm telling you..."
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Time goes back to the morning court.
As expected, Wang Xiang was reported.
Although Wang Xiang was reported, he was not a pushover. His disciples also reported Sheng Huan.
There was a lot of noise at the morning court.
Wang Xiang knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, it is my fault. I have offended Princess Fengning."
Before Emperor Tiancheng could say anything, another person knelt down.
"Your Majesty, although Prime Minister Wang was wrong, he was only confused for a moment. The marriage between Princess Fengning and Wang Chuheng was granted by the Emperor himself, and it was inappropriate for the princess to leave last night."
"What's wrong with that? In my opinion, it's a great thing for the princess to leave. It's the royal dignity that cannot be violated!"
Those who support the princess directly confronted: "The prime minister deliberately made things difficult for the princess at the wedding and delayed the auspicious time. Can you blame the princess for not kneeling to the prime minister? Princess Fengning is precious and the prime minister really wants to reverse the relationship between the monarch and his subjects!"
Wang Xiang's face immediately turned pale: "Your Majesty, I dare not do that."
Wang Xiang kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, this old minister is responsible for all this. This old minister will definitely make amends and choose an auspicious day and time to marry the princess in a grand ceremony."
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
As soon as Prime Minister Wang finished speaking, Minister Li stood up.
Wang Xiang suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. This Minister Li had always been at odds with him.
"allow."
Emperor Tiancheng sat on the dragon throne, his black crown covering his majestic face. He casually turned the ring on his finger, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking or how his emotions were changing.
Minister Li: "Your Majesty. I want to report that Wang Chuheng, the youngest son of Prime Minister Wang, has a chaotic family and privately keeps a concubine. He does not meet the standards of a consort and is deceiving the emperor."
"Minister Li, you are slandering me! My son is a clean man, and there is no one in the backyard."
Li Shangshu looked calm, bent down, and presented the memorial: "Your Majesty, this is evidence."
Emperor Tiancheng turned sideways, and Zhu Daban immediately stepped forward, took the memorial, bowed and presented it.
After seeing Emperor Tiancheng open the memorial, Minister Li continued, "There is indeed no one in Wang Chuheng's backyard. However, he has been having an affair with the maidservant beside him! That maidservant is even more than a month pregnant."
Full of uproar.
More than a month of pregnancy, that is, Wang Chuheng knew that the wedding date with the princess had been set, but still...
Many ministers looked at each other with cryptic eyes.
As Emperor Tiancheng looked at the memorial, the air pressure around him suddenly dropped, and a storm was about to come.
Wang Xiang was worried that his son would not really... He did not show it on his face: "Minister Li, this is pure slander!"
"Your Majesty, you..."
Emperor Tiancheng raised his hand: "Continue."
Wang Xiang was unable to speak and his expression became increasingly ugly.
Minister Li did not even look at Wang Xiang, and said calmly:
"Wang Chuheng knew that Princess Shang had not yet sent the maid away, and he kept her in the study room, even allowing her to do whatever she needed to maintain her pregnancy, all of which came from Wang Chuheng's private account."
"Even last night, I also found out that Wang Chuheng had sex so intensely that he asked the doctor to secretly prescribe a pregnancy-preserving drug."
"Prime Minister Wang!" Emperor Tiancheng was furious and threw the memorial directly on Prime Minister Wang's head.
"Look at your good son, who deceived the emperor and dared to be elected as the son-in-law!"
Wang Xiang's lips trembled: "Your Majesty, I don't know about this either!"
"If I knew, I would never let my son choose a prince consort."
"Your Majesty, I am wrong. I miscalculated the birth dates of Princess Fengning and Wang Chuheng." As Wang Xiang burst into tears, the Imperial Observatory suddenly stepped forward and knelt down:
"Your Majesty, I observed the celestial phenomena last night and was surprised to find that there was something wrong with the fate of the Third Prince Wang. After careful calculation, I was surprised to find that the fate of the Third Prince Wang had suddenly changed. He was born with a star of misfortune and would bring disaster to his relatives. However, the star of Princess Fengning is shining brightly. She is my great lucky star. Ordinary people are not worthy of standing beside the princess."
"Obviously, the Third Prince Wang is not worthy of the Princess' destiny."
The Imperial Astronomical Observatory was upright and kept talking: "Your Majesty, the marriage failed yesterday because the Third Prince Wang was not born with good fortune."
When the Imperial Observatory appeared, almost everyone looked at him. When they heard these words, their expressions were complicated, and it was unclear whether they believed it or not.
"Impossible!" Wang Xiang's eyes went dark. Once the Imperial Observatory's intention was spread out, his youngest son would be ruined.
"Every word I said is true." The Imperial Observatory said solemnly, "Your Majesty, it was my fault that I almost harmed Princess Fengning."
Emperor Tiancheng was somewhat suspicious. Why did the Imperial Observatory suddenly stand up? Moreover, it was not him that he had arranged this.
However, it does not affect.
Emperor Tiancheng was intimidating without getting angry, and said in a cold voice: "Since it is God's will, then we will follow it. The marriage between Feng Ning and Wang Chuheng is over."
When Wang Xiang heard this, his whole body went limp.
"As for Wang Chuheng, Prime Minister Wang was not aware of the crime, but he did deceive the emperor, so...he should be severely punished with thirty strokes of the cane as a warning to others. As for Prime Minister Wang, he does not know the difference between superiors and subordinates and has no way of educating his children, so he should be punished with a year's service and suspended from the Prime Minister's Office to reflect on himself."
Wang Xiang looked up in disbelief. Thirty lashes of the cane, that could cost someone’s life, and…
The prime minister didn't care about punishment, he cared about suspension. Once he was suspended, the emperor hadn't said when he would return, who knew when he would return? The court was invisible and intangible, who knew which political enemies would take away the power in his hands.
Emperor Tiancheng's crown did not move, as if he did not see Wang Xiang's gloomy face. He said nonchalantly:
"As for Feng Ning, she was spoiled too much by me and the Queen. Although it was a bit reckless for her to run back from the wedding banquet, it is understandable. I will... punish her with one year of military service."
This one-year fine is obviously the same as no fine! After all, Princess Fengning doesn't need that little salary. Isn't it enough what the Queen and the Emperor gave her? If they just give her a few, it would be the salary for many years.
However, the emperor really treated everyone equally and punished everyone together.
"Prime Minister Wang, do you have any objection?" Emperor Tiancheng said, his eyes lowered and he glanced at Prime Minister Wang.
How could Wang Xiang refute? After all, he and Wang Chuheng were both wrong, and the emperor would obviously not let Princess Fengning suffer any injustice. He faced the reality and kowtowed:
"Your Majesty is fair, and I have no objection."
The emperor was obviously angry and unhappy. Then... sacrificing his youngest son is nothing, saving himself is the real thing. The Wang family cannot be defeated.
At this point, the matter was over.
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"Feng Ning, you didn't see the look on Wang Xiang's face."
"Moreover." His Royal Highness Prince Ming gloated, smiled and shook his head: "After today's incident, Wang Chuheng, if he doesn't become a royal consort, even if he wants to enter the officialdom, he can't leave."
Even if Wang Chuheng is the son of the prime minister, he will not be able to pass the selection if such a thing happens. No one will be so ignorant as to push Wang Chuheng in front of Emperor Tiancheng to make him annoying. Everyone is smart, and no one will joke about their own future.
"That Wang Chuheng actually had an affair with a maid." Sheng Huan frowned as if she had just found out, and acted like she was nauseated: "Fortunately, I stopped the loss in time, otherwise it would have been so frustrating if people had known about it later."
Prince Consort Dajing is a very self-disciplined person.
"What's the point of Wang Chuheng? From now on, Third Brother will take you to personally select a prince consort."
His Majesty the Ming King waved his hand.
"Well, I'm here, thank you in advance, Third Brother." Sheng Huan was not hypocritical, and even made a request. As a princess, she had the capital to be willful: "Third Brother, you must remember this. I don't want those who are not good-looking, and I don't want those with bad character, and there is more..."
Sheng Huan said a lot in one breath.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."
His Majesty the Ming King responded readily and was very doted on, not finding it troublesome at all.
After all, in his opinion, his sister deserves the best of everything in the world.
As he spoke, his bony fingers unconsciously fell on the books on the table. He glanced at them casually and saw the contents of the books. Then, he realized that these books seemed to be of the same type. He was puzzled:
"Feng Ning, what is this?"
"This." Sheng Huan turned the page of the book in his hand: "This is Da Jing's current printing method."
"Why is Feng Ning interested in this?"
Upon hearing this, His Majesty the Ming King took a closer look and found that the table was filled with books related to printing.
Sheng Huan heard this and said, "The printing technology nowadays is very complicated, so the books sold outside are very expensive. I was thinking, if we can improve the level of printing technology, can the price of these books be reduced?"
"Feng Ning is short of money?" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness Ming Wang untied the purse on his waist and said, "If you are short of money, tell Third Brother. I have plenty here. If you are short of money, tell me again."
"I don't need it, thank you, Third Brother."
Sheng Huan saw the purse handed to her and smiled and pushed it back. Looking at the man's bright smile, she was a little dazed and thought that in the original book, the original owner's third brother treated her very well. On the second day after the original owner married into the Wang Xiangfu, King Ming beat Wang Chuheng severely.
Later, something happened in the previous dynasty, and her brother was exhausted...
Sheng Huan came back to his senses, with a kind of yearning in his eyes: "Third brother. Father's imperial examination system is very good. If the lower class people can buy books with very little money, it will be great. In that case, there will be more scholars in the world. The gentry will not monopolize resources and almost half of the court will be their people."
When King Ming heard this, he looked at his sister who was both melancholy and full of ambition, and felt an indescribable pain and relief in his heart.
His sister had grown up. Although he had no idea how to improve the printing technique, Ming Wang did not discourage her. He even laughed:
"Feng Ning, do you have any idea? What do you need? Third brother has plenty of time anyway, I can find it for you."
Sheng Huan smiled embarrassedly when he heard this: "Third brother, I actually have some ideas."
"But." She blinked at him and said mysteriously, "I don't need you for the time being."
"You're still keeping us in suspense." King Ming snorted, but there was some curiosity in his eyes.
"When I finish it, I will let Third Brother take a good look at it." Sheng Huan took another book: "Now, I can only tell Third Brother that what I need is very common."
After hearing this, King Ming became even more curious.
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Xinghua Palace.
After Sheng Huan came back from the Royal Library, he had been thinking about the materials.
Depending on the material used, the level of sophistication of movable type printing and the length of time that text can be preserved can vary.
In the development of China, movable type printing first appeared. It was invented by Bi Sheng in the Northern Song Dynasty based on woodblock printing and using clay and glue to reform it. Later, it went through several stages before it matured.
She can do it all.
Just do it if you think of it.
"Tan Yue." Sheng Huan stood up: "Let's go back to the princess's mansion."
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The carriage came out of the palace.
We traveled smoothly all the way to the princess's mansion.
As soon as I passed the downtown area, I heard some noisy voices coming from outside.
"Lin Dakang, get out of here! Take your rotten things with you and get out of here!"
Sheng Huan heard the noise outside and lifted the curtain.
When she looked out the window, she saw a hunched-backed man being pushed to the ground. At the same time, three yellow fruits the size of eggs hit the man's face.
Lin Dakang saw the fruit falling on the ground, fearing that it would be damaged, so he quickly picked it up. His skinny face showed obvious anxiety: "Boss, this thing of mine is really good. It is really edible. I have eaten it at home and it is very filling. It is really okay!"
"Bah!" The shopkeeper pinched his waist and cursed, "What do you mean nothing happened? The guy in my inn ate this and had vomiting and diarrhea. It's obvious that he was poisoned!"
"You can just be happy on your own since I didn't ask you to pay me. How dare you come here? I'm telling you, if you keep pestering me, I'll report you to the police!"