Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 534 The Crown Princess is extravagant and wasteful

"Everyone is right!" Li Xuanye glanced at the officials coolly, "The crown princess is indeed extravagant in terms of food and clothing!" He smiled again and asked lightly, "Then according to what the adults think, what should I do?" disposal?"

"Uh."

Everyone panickedly responded, and they were ready to bleed, but they never expected the prince to be so easy to talk to!
Is this really going to put the princess in limbo?
So he settled down in his heart, cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness, He and Deng are justified in what they said. The Crown Princess used to be very favored and extravagant in food and clothing. It is reasonable, but now she has moved to another garden and closed her door. If the extravagance and waste are still as usual, how can it be justified? Therefore, the ministers agreed that the daily expenses of the princess should be reduced as appropriate, and the gold and jade jewelry, Chinese clothes and shoes, decorations and other artifacts should be sealed together, so that it can be seen. The true character of the princess is virtuous and respectful."

Zhao Xiwei secretly thought it was funny.

These old foxes really know how to calculate!

A group of people made a big fuss with her daily expenses, saying "virtuous and respectful", what is the real purpose, when she can't hear it?

It is now rumored that she has fallen out of favor, but it is only the separation of the two halls, and the daily supply has not been downgraded.

These old foxes made such a high-sounding request at this time, just to test whether she really fell out of favor.

If it's true, just wait to suppress her completely, so that the newcomer can move her place!
If it was fake, it would be logical to turn the Queen Mother on fire and target the Zhao family again.

I have to say, this trick is really powerful!

And how will Li Xuanye choose?

Will he play to the end and really cut her daily expenses?
Clothes and jewellery, delicacies from mountains and seas, these are things outside of her body, and she doesn't really care about them. If he really wants to do this... then she will cooperate!

Just as he was about to speak, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spoke again indifferently: "How does Gu not know, how is the Crown Princess wasted extravagantly?"

The ministers were stunned and did not dare to answer.

Deng Jin is a tough guy, straightened his back immediately, and said solemnly: "I don't know about other officials, but the two cats of the Crown Princess eat the fattest big fish and meat, and drink the freshest. Roquefort cheese, sleeping on the finest silk brocade...these are all vain money! The official has carefully calculated that just three meals a day will cost ten taels of silver, a month is 300 taels, a year That's 600 taels..."

His attitude was neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Highness was born in the emperor's family since he was a child, and he is the proud son of heaven. These 600 taels of silver may not be considered a big deal in the eyes of His Highness, but you have to know, if it is in the home of ordinary people, these silver coins are worth a lot. It can provide them with food and clothing for more than a dozen lifetimes!"

After a pause, Dayi bowed his hand again solemnly: "Besides, this is just the tip of the iceberg, not all the expenses of the Crown Princess!"

His eyes fell on Zhao Xiwei, and his tone became sharper and merciless: "Although the lower official comes from a humble background, he is also a knowledgeable person. I have heard people mention that the clothes worn by the Crown Princess and on her head The ones you wear and the ones you step on are all of the highest quality in the palace, and even the cups and utensils for pouring tea and water are specially custom-made by the internal bureau—"

He spoke eloquently and said word by word: "The manpower, material resources, and financial resources consumed by each pile and each piece can be measured in silver? Just talking about the teapot with double fish playing with lotus requires hundreds of porcelain craftsmen to work day and night." It was carefully carved and polished to come up with such a piece!"

Zhao Xiwei felt a little guilty when he heard it.

In fact, she has more than one delicate and precious treasure like this...

Li Xuanye likes to give her things, and the ones he gives must be the best ones. If she gives a lot, she doesn't pay attention to how valuable they are.

For example, the string of golden bells given last time, the precious stones on it may also be valuable things...

Zhao Xi pondered for a while, and felt that what Deng Jin said had a little truth...

After such a sum of money, she is really a bit extravagant and wasteful...

Maybe she really wants to properly reject the reward from His Highness the Crown Prince?

Deng Jinzhen is worthy of the three words of hard bones, and he said it in one breath without panting: "The ancients said that if the upper and lower follow the example, the vulgarity will become, and the country will be defeated and the people will be chaotic. This is the beginning. Whatever the monarch is, the subjects will be like that, and the people will be like that. Whatever it is, that's what the atmosphere of the world is like! Your Highness, as the crown prince of a country, dotes on your concubines excessively and allows them to develop the habit of arrogance and lust. You know that the whole court will not follow suit and form a wave of extravagance. An unhealthy atmosphere? How do you know that the people of the world will not complain and turn into a trend of disapproval?"

As he spoke, he lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, staring directly at His Highness the Crown Prince like a torch, and his voice was sonorous and powerful, resounding to the ground: "Therefore, I risk my life to remonstrate, Your Highness, please immediately reduce the daily expenses of the Crown Princess!"

These words are brilliant, well-founded, and the most important thing is the attitude of preferring death to surrender, which makes Zhao Xiwei feel admiration in his heart, almost forgetting that he is targeting himself.

"Master Deng, please stand up!" Li Xuanye seemed to be moved by his loyal appearance, raised his palms up, and asked him to stand up very kindly, saying: "Isn't it just to cut expenses, why bother so much? Gu is not agreeing!" He stretched his voice and called out: "Come here—"

The guards clapped their hands together: "Here!"

He swept his sleeves, and said casually: "Pass the order—from now on, the crown prince's salary will be halved, her clothing and food will be halved, and her travel ceremonies will be halved—" His eyes swept lazily, showing a sense of indifference, "In Suichun Garden, the number of servants and servants who serve will be reduced by half!"

When he finally let go, all the officials felt ecstatic and excited.

Someone even secretly gave Deng Jin a thumbs up: You really belong to this tough guy!
I didn't expect to convince the prince so easily!
If I had known that you were so good, I would have left the drafting to you!Where do we need to waste so much tongue?

He gloated and turned his attention to Zhao Xiwei.

She just moved to Bieyuan and cut down her expenses, so within a month, this princess is no different from being abolished!

Oh, it turns out that this favored princess is nothing more than that!
Deng Jin, who ushered in the victory, also proudly raised the hem of his clothes, turned his face slightly and looked over.

A girl from every family wants to make things difficult for him?

Can you know that this official entered the palace at the age of 15, can you know that this official has managed the money for the prince for five or six years?

In terms of being favored, as one of His Highness's most trusted people, how could I lose to a woman who just married?

snort!
However, just as he let out such a proud cold snort from his nose, the smile immediately froze at the corner of his mouth.

The Crown Princess, His Royal Highness gave such a ruthless order, yet she didn't panic at all?

(End of this chapter)