12dz Chapter 359: Complaint Failed
Chapter 359: Complaint Failed
Shen Sui'an and Princess Jinyun had a conflict in public at Prince Kang's Mansion, and the matter naturally spread to the palace.
The eldest princess entered the palace early in the morning.
She first went to see Queen Ruan, and said that she was apologizing for Jinyun's misunderstanding of Madam Shen, but in her words she complained that Princess Chen did not give her any face and embarrassed Jinyun in front of so many people.
"Jinyun is young and ignorant. After all, there are outsiders present. Arguing with Princess Chen will only make things more ridiculous and will bring criticism to Prince Chen." The eldest princess said as she glanced at Queen Ruan who was drinking tea.
"I heard that Prince Chen also went there later, and he was quite protective of Princess Chen."
Queen Ruan smiled faintly, "If he doesn't even protect his own princess, then what's the point of having him as a husband."
The princess choked when she heard this.
Hearing Queen Ruan calling Princess Chen by her nickname so affectionately, it can be seen that the Queen is satisfied with this daughter-in-law.
"Jinyun is not young anymore, and she should grow up. Not to mention that she has no evidence, but she is making things difficult for Princess Chen's mother in public. Princess, who do you think she is slapping in the face?" Queen Ruan paused halfway through her words.
"Prince Chen is neither the emperor nor the crown prince. He is more like a member of our Ruan family."
The princess' eyelids twitched when she heard this, and she chuckled, "I will definitely discipline Jinyun when I get back."
Unlike the emperor who was cold and indifferent to his first wife, nor the crown prince who was weak in body, the prince of Chen was a man who had walked through the sea of blood from the Yong Dynasty. How could he allow others to bully him?
Like the Queen, strong and decisive.
At that time, the emperor wanted to make the second prince the crown prince on the grounds that Fu Jinyi was in poor health.
Queen Ruan did not object, but she wanted to execute Concubine Liu that day and register the Second Prince under her name.
Concubine Liu was half dead at that time.
Emperor Fu did not believe at first that the Queen would dare to do anything until she plunged the dagger into Concubine Liu's chest.
Just a little bit more and Concubine Liu would have died.
Although Concubine Liu was rescued later, she was so frightened that she lay in a daze for half a year. When she woke up, she had forgotten the incident.
It was after that time that Emperor Fu began to fear Empress Ruan and no longer dared to challenge her position as the Empress.
The eldest princess secretly regretted her impulsiveness today. How could she forget her temper just because she was on good terms with the queen?
"Princess Chen is an extremely dignified, gentle and easy-going person. She won't start a dispute without reason, so you can rest assured." Queen Ruan said with a smile.
Doesn't this mean that Jinyun is arrogant and difficult to get along with?
"Yeah." The eldest princess could no longer keep the smile on her face.
"I have something else to do, so I'll go back first." The eldest princess didn't want to continue talking, so she stood up and said goodbye.
Queen Ruan nodded slightly and did not keep her.
The eldest princess left Kunning Palace and felt more and more depressed the more she thought about it. She came here today to complain. Even if Queen Ruan wanted to favor her daughter-in-law, she should at least appease Jinyun because she had been on the side of the Empress for so many years.
There are lessons in every word.
"Royal sister, why are you so angry?" Before she even left the harem, she met Emperor Fu.
The princess bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty."
"I haven't seen my sister so angry in many years. What's the matter? Is there a disagreement with the Queen?" Emperor Fu asked gently.
He asked knowingly.
"Royal brother, I don't believe you don't know what happened." The eldest princess' tone was filled with anger.
Emperor Fu sighed helplessly, "It was all my good intentions that led to bad results. I thought Jinyun had reached a certain age, so I wanted to grant her a marriage, but I didn't expect it would backfire."
The eldest princess pursed her lips. She had not been interested in the marriage with the Prince of Chen before.
After my daughter returned yesterday, she seemed a little absent-minded and kept saying that Shen was not worthy of Prince Chen.
Niece Mo Ruo's mother knew that her daughter must have been attracted after seeing Prince Chen.
If Princess Chen had not come to the capital yet, she would certainly think that this marriage would not be difficult, but it is hard to say now.
"With the Emperor as her uncle, Jinyun will never feel wronged no matter who she marries." The eldest princess had no choice but to say this.
Emperor Fu smiled and said, "That's natural."
The princess glanced at Emperor Fu and said, "I heard that the emperor wants the Imperial College to recruit students from poor families again?"
"Those aristocratic families have monopolized all opportunities for education. Many poor people have no chance to study. I just want to give those who stand out from the poor families a chance to become officials," said Emperor Fu.
He didn't want the royal family to be controlled by the aristocratic families and let a few aristocratic families decide who should sit on the throne.
Although he promoted some officials through the imperial examinations in the past few years, they were still no match for the children of aristocratic families.
So he wants to give people from poor families more opportunities.
"Brother Emperor, our Fu family is also a noble family." The eldest princess frowned and said.
Emperor Fu said, "We are the royal family, different from the Ruan family."
The princess gave him a deep look and asked, "Your Majesty, are you telling me this because you want me to talk to the Wu family and have them support your decision?"
Her husband is the younger brother of the head of the Wu family, and the Wu family is also a century-old family in the royal capital.
"I can grant Jinyun a marriage." Emperor Fu whispered.
The princess chuckled, "Prince Chen? He didn't show any mercy to Jinyun yesterday. He didn't even have a sister like Jinyun in his eyes."
"The second prince is still unmarried." Emperor Fu said.
The eldest princess was suddenly speechless.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Emperor Fu's preferred candidate for crown prince was the Second Prince, but... as long as the Ruan family and Queen Ruan were around, it would not be easy for Concubine Liu and the Second Prince to turn the tide.
This is also the reason why the eldest princess has been determined to maintain good relations with the queen for many years.
"Your Majesty, I need to go back and discuss it with the Wu family." The eldest princess had a lot of thoughts. Supporting children from poor families to enter the Imperial College was not a trivial matter.
She alone cannot decide the future direction of the entire Wu family.
She needs to go back and discuss it with her husband.
Emperor Fu naturally agreed. It was something that needed to be done slowly and there was no need to rush.
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"Your Majesty, the eldest princess talked to the emperor in Qingyu Pavilion for a while, and then left the palace with a heavy heart." Qingli replied in a low voice.
Empress Ruan curled her lips and smiled, "It's probably about the poor students entering the Imperial College again."
Qing Li: "If the Emperor knew that Your Majesty did not object to this matter, but instead asked Prime Minister Ruan to secretly handle it, I'm afraid he would be angry with you again."
Hasn’t the dog emperor been angry enough over the years?
Queen Ruan didn't care about his emotions at all.
"The power of the noble families is intertwined, which is indeed a problem. On the one hand, he wants to weaken the power of the noble families, but he dares not confront them openly. It is obviously a good thing, but he has to do it secretly, which results in half the result with twice the effort."
Doesn't she want to balance the power between the nobles and the poor?
The distance between the nobles and the poor is like a natural chasm, and it cannot be resolved in a day or two.
What's more, I'm afraid no family would be willing to support what she wants to do.
"Let's go and ask Princess Xuanchen and Madam Shen to come into the palace." Queen Ruan said.
Qingli agreed, knowing that this was what the Queen wanted to make public, that she liked Shen Suian as her daughter-in-law.