The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 262 Family Dinner
Lin Zisu thought that Xie Xi was about to get what she wanted, so she would be full of joy.

What Xie Xi thought was different from what Lin Zisu thought.

In the past few months, he has sent people to Dunzhou more than once to inquire. The queen's so-called vassal mansion is under construction, which is purely a big cake drawn by the people below.

The emperor did allocate the cost of building the palace from the treasury, but when he arrived in Jiannan Province, more than half of it was embezzled, and after going through the Pingyang Mansion's food and card request, it was in the hands of Dunzhou, with only more than 1 taels of silver left.

With this amount of money, even half of the palace cannot be built.

Dunzhou is poor, and there is no harvest in a year. With the local finances, if you want to build the Dunwang Mansion, I am afraid that it will be the year of the monkey.

In Xie Xi's mind, he was given two years to arrange everything in Dunzhou first.

After marrying Lin Zisu, it would not be too hasty to take her to Dunzhou to join the feudal clan, let alone worry about being restrained by the locals.

But right now, the emperor seemed to be in a hurry to send them out.

When this time passes, I'm afraid I won't even be able to settle down where I live.

Xie Xi said guiltily: "When I see my father tomorrow, I ask him to slow down for a while."

Lin Zisu immediately understood Xie Xi's meaning, shook her head and said, "Don't worry, the empress may just say it casually."

Right now she is not ready to get married yet, although she hopes that what the queen said will come to nothing, she doesn't want Xie Xi to have quarrel with the emperor because of this matter.

Even if she went to Dunzhou with Xie Xi, as long as the emperor is still there, there is still room for repetition.

It's just that Lin Zisu couldn't help but feel a little flustered when he heard that Dunzhou is remote and far away from the capital.

Both of them were looking forward to their big marriage two years later, but the emperor seemed to have made up his mind as follows.

Although Xie Yao did not carry out the ceremony of establishing the crown prince, the imperial decree has already been circulated throughout the country, and the title of crown prince cannot be changed.

On the second day, the emperor summoned the four princes to the Qianqing Palace, and the Ministry of Rites talked about the rules of enfeoffing the marquis to the vassal.

When the other three princes heard about it, they all had different expressions.

Compared with the previous dynasty, the emperor's decision this time seems to have a greater impact on the harem.

Not long after the princes left Qianqing Palace, Concubine Zhang Xian went to the emperor crying.

It is said that after a quarter of an hour, Concubine Zhang Xian ran out crying again.

Because the eighth prince was still young, the emperor didn't mention Xie Xi's enfeoffment.

However, as Xie Yao's status stabilized, the empress' status became more and more embarrassing. Even some concubines began to show their favor to Concubine Tang Zhuang intentionally or unintentionally.

There have been rumors in the palace that the emperor has disliked the empress, and has long wanted to find a suitable opportunity to abolish the empress.

The emperor's family banquet began under such a situation where rumors were flying everywhere. Although the emperor and the empress sat side by side, everyone in the house could feel the helplessness of the empress.

Of course, the most helpless person in the seat was Lin Zisu.

She sat among the princesses, listening to the princesses chatting and laughing, as if everything had nothing to do with her.

"Miss Lin, everyone here is full of golden branches and jade leaves. You haven't married my fourth brother yet, but you are just a courtier's daughter. How can you get the face to be on an equal footing with us?"

Princess Jingle had never had a good impression of Lin Zisu. Seeing that Lin Zisu was sitting with her, she felt inexplicably uncomfortable, and couldn't help but sneered.

"Second sister, this is the future fourth sister-in-law. If you say that, are you not afraid that fourth brother will trouble you?"

Sitting next to Jingle was the third princess, Princess Ning'an. She tried to persuade Jingle, but she had a gloating smile on her face.

Jing Le pursed her lips, and looked at Lin Zisu's clothes again, seeing that she couldn't find anything wrong, she felt even more annoyed.

She turned her head and said to Ning An: "I'm not wrong. If I were her, I would have retreated consciously and stayed here. Isn't it embarrassing?"

With a smile on her lips, Lin Zisu looked at Princess Jingle and asked, "Second Princess, it's all thanks to His Majesty's grace that I'm here today. Do you mean that you want me to ignore His Majesty's invitation? "

"I didn't say that!"

When Lin Zisu carried out the emperor, Princess Jingle immediately panicked and looked in the direction of the emperor.

Concubine Zhang Xian's status in the palace has plummeted recently, and life with Princess Jingle's biological mother, Li Bin, is not easy.

On the second day after Concubine Zhang Xian went to Qianqing Palace to cry, Third Prince Xie Hui was reprimanded face to face by the emperor in his study, and ordered to meditate in Xisan Institute.

Concubine Zhang Xian also had no way to teach her children, so the Changning Palace where she lived was sealed up by the emperor.

Concubine Li lived in the side hall of Changning Palace. Ever since Changning Palace was sealed, Princess Jingle couldn't even see her mother's face.

Princess Jingle was worried, for fear that the emperor would blame her mother and daughter again.

In fact, the emperor has been paying attention to the movement here. Not only the emperor can hear these few words of dialogue, but also the princes can hear them clearly.

Seeing that Xie Xi was about to get up, the emperor hurriedly stopped him and said, "Little Sier, it's just a few words from my daughter's family, do you want to intervene?"

Xie Xi felt that what the emperor said made sense, so he sat back slowly.

The emperor glanced at Lin Zisu, smiled and said to Xie Xi: "It's just a few words from Jing Le that made you so nervous? If even Jing Le can't handle it, I'll wait for you to go." Dunzhou, it’s not as easy as Beijing.”

When the princes heard the emperor mentioned Dunzhou, they immediately pricked up their ears. Even Xie Yao wanted to hear what the emperor would say next.

But the emperor just laughed, and turned to Xie Hui and said, "Hui'er, this year's Zhongqiu Poetry Fair, you have to hurry up."

Xie Hui nodded, and said with a smile: "My son obeys the arrangement of the emperor. But I think that the second brother has always been talented, and he can compete with those talents."

"Look what you said."

The emperor smiled and said: "Yao'er is now the crown prince of a country. In front of the people of the world, he naturally has to behave like a king. How can he compete with the people? I'm afraid only Xiao Si'er can do this kind of thing."

The emperor's words included all three of his sons.

The expressions of the three of them were different, Xie Yao had a serious face, Xie Hui bowed his head in silence, and Xie Xi was still full of laughter, chatting nonstop with the emperor.

Not long after, more than a dozen eunuchs and maids filed in and set up the dishes, and this family banquet was considered to be the beginning.

It was just a few words just now, during the whole banquet, Jing Le was afraid of attracting the emperor's attention, and dared not say any more offensive words to Lin Zisu.

Lin Zisu saw that Jingle had calmed down, and the other princesses didn't dare to make any more troubles, and they were happy to calm down.

(End of this chapter)