Traveling through the heavens from the prequel of the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 709: You entered the palace not long ago and you don’t know many things. You need to keep an eye on everything.

"Reading minds?" Cheng Shaoshang instinctively crossed his arms, and then said dubiously:

"real or fake?"

Yang Jiao smiled:
"Of course it's true. It's because I can't read your mind that I became curious at first, and then we got to know each other later. But some of your thoughts are always written on your face, so it doesn't matter whether I can read your mind or not. Heart."

Cheng Shaoshang'e frowned slightly and grasped the key point:
"Are you calling me not smart?"

Yang Jiao raised his eyebrows slightly:

"You said this yourself, please don't accuse me wrongly."

Cheng Shaoshang immediately started to fight with Yang Jiao.

After half an hour.

On the way to Fengxian Palace with Cheng Shaoshang, Yang Jiao happened to meet the second and third princesses who were coming together.

"Second sister, has she taken off the silk jewelery she is hiding?"

The second princess smiled and said:
"As soon as I left Changqiu Palace, I took her back to Yongle Palace."

Yang Jiao glanced at the third princess:
"But she probably won't be able to escape a beating today, so keep an eye on her."

Suddenly, the third princess, who had been hiding behind the second princess since seeing Yang Jiao, stood up quickly:
"Brother Four Emperors, what do you mean?"

Yang Jiao said lightly:

"Because you're stupid."

After that, he gave Cheng Shaoshang a wink, and the two of them continued walking towards Fengxian Hall.

"Second sister, Brother Fourth Emperor never tells lies. I'm afraid that I'm really going to be punished. Why don't I go to pay homage to Huo Hou? In this case, it should be"

The second princess interrupted slightly helplessly:
"Father has always attached great importance to Huo Hou's memorial ceremony. If you are absent, I am afraid you will be punished even more severely."

Not long after, inside Fengxian Hall.

Ling Buyi knelt at the front, Emperor Wen, Empress Xuan, and Concubine Yue stood behind them, and behind them were Yang Jiao and others.

Emperor Wen looked at the tablet, then at the portrait hanging behind the tablet, and said in memory:
"Brother Huo, I have missed you for fifteen years, but you can't sleep. It's all because I didn't save Gucheng in time. I really feel ashamed of you. Now that he has passed away, I can't defend myself. "

After saying that, he led Empress Xuan and Concubine Yue to bow, and then said:

"All descendants of the Wen family must remember that today's glory was given to us by the Huo family."

"Zisheng, kowtow to your uncle and let him take a good look at what you look like now."

After Ling Buyi finished kowtowing, Emperor Wen had tears in his eyes and said in a deep voice:

"Lake incense and pay homage to the Huo family."

Then, he was the first to start offering incense to pay homage. After everyone finished offering incense, the third prince suddenly walked up to Emperor Wen and handed over a copper coin with both hands.

"What does that mean?"

"Father, these are counterfeit coins circulating in Sanmei's fiefdom."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the palace was solemn, and everyone had different expressions. Among them, the Yue Concubine looked angry and refused to argue, while the five princesses on the scene were the most gloating about the misfortune, and they added insult to injury:

"I'm just saying that my cousin Prince Consort Xuan's annual salary is only [-] guan, but in recent days, I have often seen that my third sister is quite wealthy. She wears silk and jewelry worth more than [-] guang, and can even exchange for three sets of jewelry in one day. Now I hear Only after what Brother Three Emperors said did I realize that this is how the money came from."

As she spoke, she turned a blind eye to her mother's look that told her not to add fuel to the fire.

The third princess said in disbelief:
"Brother Three Emperors, you and I are from the same mother, but you actually reported on me." He replied quietly:
"I only know that the law is written. If the heirs of the royal family mint coins privately, they should be guilty of treason. You and I are my father's ministers first, and then we are brothers and sisters."

Emperor Wen was furious:
"How dare you privately mint counterfeit coins? It has only been less than ten years since the founding of the country. Are you trying to destroy the country?"

The third princess fell to her knees and denied:

"It's not me. I don't know about it. My mother-in-law saved me. My mother-in-law saved my son. There are no mines in my son's fief. How can I mint coins? Father, I am wronged."

As soon as she finished speaking, the third prince said:

"Father, I have ordered someone to arrest the person who transported this coin. After interrogation, it has been determined that these counterfeit coins were made by Shouchun."

The third princess immediately found a way to save herself and said hurriedly:
"Father, Shouchun is the fiefdom of King Xiao Qian'an, and it is commanded by Peng Kun, a subordinate of King Lao Qian'an. That was all done by the Xuan family, and my sons and ministers were implicated by them."

The third prince said neither lightly nor seriously:
"Don't rush to clear up the relationship. If these counterfeit coins can flow into your fiefdom, it is because you have improper supervision and you will not be punished unjustly."

At this moment, Concubine Yue no longer wanted to see these troublesome things, so she threw up her sleeves and left.

Immediately, Emperor Wen ordered:
"Zisheng, go and investigate with Ji Zun. If this is really the fault of King Xiao Qian'an, then take back his Shouchun Mine."

When the third princess heard this, her face was full of dissatisfaction:

"Father, they mint coins. Why did King Xiao Qian'an just take back the mine? Why didn't he kill him? Is it because they are kind to Queen Xuan?"

"Pah!" She was slapped directly by Emperor Wen:

"Shut up, what's happened now, and you still don't want to repent, and you still try to grab her randomly, come here, drag her out and beat her hard."

"Father. Father"

The third princess who was slapped to the ground screamed repeatedly, trying to regain her father's love, but to no avail.

Outside Fengxian Hall.

"You have also seen what happened today. There are many disputes in this palace. You can just watch the fire from the shore without getting involved."

"Okay, the queen mother has said before that it's getting late, so let me take you out of the palace, so let's go."

On the carriage, Cheng Shaoshang suddenly asked out of curiosity:
"Zi Yan, before you said that the third princess could not escape this beating, did you already know that she used counterfeit coins?"

Yang Jiao nodded:

"That's right. Moreover, Third Sister has never had any brains. She definitely can't think of a way for Wen Xiujun to take risks while she secretly makes money from behind. It is probably my uncle Xiao Yuehou who advises her."

Cheng Shaoshang was puzzled:
"Didn't you warn Mr. Wen Xiu a few days ago? How come she still has the courage?"

Yang Jiao said calmly:
"Most likely, King Xiao Qian'an secretly minted counterfeit coins a long time ago, and the news was already exposed, and only then did Lord Wen Xiu enter the palace."

"Shao Shang, you have entered the palace not long ago and you don't know many things. You need to keep an eye on everything."

"Let's take the Crown Princess. She looks gentle and harmless, but because she has always felt that she came from a humble background, she has developed a self-pity, self-disgust and suspicious temperament."

"They also like to use inferiority complex as a cover and excuse to win sympathy, and they also feel inferior to their own background. In order to change the predicament caused by their background, they do not improve their knowledge and abilities, but blindly seek high-ranking officials and generous salaries for their natal family. "

"It just so happens that the prince has a soft-spoken temperament and cannot resist the princess's request, but her natal family are all ignorant and incompetent people."

Cheng Shaoshang somewhat understood:
"No wonder I heard that the Crown Princess is not popular in the palace."

"This person thinks that as long as his mother-in-law becomes a high-ranking official, he will have status and voice in the palace. Little does he know that such a person who relies on nepotism in the harem to rise to power can be recognized by those noble families and meritorious generals. "

(End of this chapter)