12dz Chapter 279 It’s Better to Die in the Queen Mother’s Stomach
Chapter 279 It’s Better to Die in the Queen Mother’s Stomach
As soon as the emperor arrived at Changchun Palace, he saw this scene. He waved his hand to signal everyone to stand still, and then looked at the people in the palace with interest.
"What's going on? Why does the girl from the Zhang family look so ugly?"
Zhang Shuier finally suppressed the urge to feel nauseous and hurried forward to bow.
"Yes, I am still not used to the taste of this tea."
"Oh? What kind of tea?"
As the emperor spoke, he waved his hand to signal Eunuch Fu to pour him a bowl of tea. Before the tea was handed to him, he could already smell the poor taste.
He waved his hand, signaling Eunuch Fu to move the tea bowl away.
"The last time I drank this coarse tea was when I was ordered to supervise the army at Yucheng Pass. So many years have passed in the blink of an eye."
There was a hint of sigh in his tone, as if he was recalling the old events and times of the past.
The queen sat in the chair calmly, drinking tea from the tea bowl in small sips, and didn't respond to his words at all.
Back then, he still had the nerve to talk about the past!
What she least wanted to do now was to recall the past. Whenever she thought of what happened back then, she wanted to slap herself a few times.
The emperor was very unhappy that no one responded to the topic he brought up.
But the Queen had been like this for the past year and had never been kind to him, and he didn't even want to come to Changchun Palace on the first and fifteenth of every month. It was as if the relationship between the two of them had been completely torn apart, and they no longer had any feelings for each other as husband and wife.
So even though he was unhappy about it, knowing that the queen no longer had any respect or love for him, he did not express it immediately.
He found a way out for himself, chuckled a few times, and then turned his gaze to Lu Xinran.
"Young man of the Lu family, your wedding to the fourth brother will be in two months, right?"
Lu Xinran stood up and replied, "Your Majesty, the wedding date between me and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei is on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is indeed in more than two months."
"Well, time really flies by. In the blink of an eye, I have reached the age to start a family and build a career."
[Establish a career? What career? As a prince, can he, as a father, tolerate this? 】
emperor:"……"
Very good, late but arrived.
He knew that he would always receive a lot of criticism.
"Did you go to the Queen Mother today?"
"Yes, we just came back after paying respects to the Queen Mother in her palace."
The emperor kept his eyes on Lu Xinran while asking questions, and she had no choice but to reply immediately.
"Well, the Queen Mother's palace is quiet and lonely. It's rare that she feels that you youngsters have good feelings for each other. When you have nothing to do in the future, come to the palace often to accompany her."
"Yes, I've made note of it."
Lu Xinran replied obediently, but in his heart he was already rolling his eyes to the sky.
[What on earth is the dog emperor doing here? If you have something to say, just ask directly. It's really...]
She wanted to slap him in the face.
The emperor stopped tapping his knees for a moment. He squinted his eyes and glanced at the people in the room, finally turning his attention back to the queen.
"Why are you using the coarse tea from the border for no reason? Is there something wrong with the quota for Changchun Palace?"
"No, it was just a sudden thought that came to me today. I only brought back this bag of tea, and this is the last pot."
The last pot of wine cannot be considered as a remembrance.
The Queen's words did not give the Emperor any chance to find fault, and the Emperor's displeasure, which had been accumulating since he entered Changchun Palace, became even worse.
His expression had begun to turn unfriendly. Lu Xinran didn't want to see him getting angry at the Queen like a scumbag, so she boldly started talking on the microphone, relying on the fact that she had complained about the Emperor many times in the past and he was still alive and well.
[Isn't drinking tea a personal freedom? Why does he have to control what the queen wants to drink? ]
[He didn't even give the queen basic respect, and now he's meddling in other people's affairs. Does he really think he can be a scumbag without restraint just because he's the emperor?]
[Forget it, let me see what he is here for and send him away quickly, or I won’t be able to eat lunch looking at this face.]
Several people in the room: "..."
How dare you!
Zhang Shui'er didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that she would become the unlucky person who was targeted by the anger.
The Queen met the Emperor's fiery gaze with a smile on her lips, and the look she gave Lu Xinran was full of clear encouragement.
If you can talk, just talk more. Anyway, if someone comes up to you and makes you feel uncomfortable, you can't blame others.
The system worked tirelessly to help Lu Xinran load the emperor's booklet, but just after loading a small part of it, the system received a reminder that a large amount of health points would be consumed.
"Host, the emperor's identity is too special. He cannot be loaded normally like other people."
"How many health points are needed?"
Lu Xinran had already heard the system's beeping alarm and asked calmly.
The system fiddled with it for a while before replying weakly, "It will take ten years."
"Feed it!"
"You can only save it for one day in ten years. The booklet will disappear by this time tomorrow. Do you really want to load it?"
Ten years were exchanged for just one day, and the system was heartbroken like a miser.
"What are you afraid of? As long as you eat the melon, you will have life points. It's only ten years. Do you think the emperor is so worthless?"
Since the emperor's pamphlet would be clearly priced, there must be a high return.
The system immediately and obediently fed in the health points and saved the emperor's next book.
The host is smart, this makes so much sense!
Lu Xinran speechlessly flipped open the emperor's booklet. Now... she had to fool even the system.
[I really like taking shortcuts. 】
Seeing that the emperor was planning to confiscate her property again and wanted to look for another candidate from her, she was really speechless.
She now felt that all the civil and military officials in the court were pigs kept in a fence by the emperor. Whenever he wanted to eat their meat, he could just drag them out and kill them with just a flick of his finger.
[Since you are short of silver, why don't you open up sea routes and resume trade with surrounding seas? ]
Killing corrupt officials, what's the difference between this and killing the goose that lays the eggs? !
[Even if we break through the Western Regions, it would be good to restart the Silk Road. If we break through the Western Regions and completely intimidate the tribes outside the Great Wall, the military pay and supplies needed in the future will be less than now.]
[Moreover, his own private vault is extremely rich. Is he really prepared to take it with him into the coffin after his death? Isn’t he afraid that his grave will be dug up in the future?! ]
Although he knew that he should not talk nonsense anymore, Lu Xinran really couldn't control himself.
She suddenly felt sad and thought that the emperor would have been better off dying in the empress dowager's belly to avoid bringing harm to court officials and the people.
Lu Xinlan grabbed her wrist and said, "Don't say such things casually."
The emperor could tolerate other things, but not this.
Lu Xinran felt a pain in her wrist and immediately calmed down. She glanced at the emperor and found that although his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, there were no signs of impending rage.
The emperor probably didn’t hear the last sentence!
The emperor didn't hear the result he wanted, and he knew that if he stayed any longer he would only be pissed off, so he stood up and left.
It was already 15:00 when Lu Xinran came out of the palace, and he went straight to Prince Wei's palace.
She still entered through the back door, but this time Song Junyan was already waiting in the study. He was quite surprised to see her come in so hurriedly.
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"The Emperor's pamphlet cannot be preserved. Whether the truth from five years ago can be found out depends on this one move."
Ten years of life value, I hope she doesn’t lose money!
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Ahhh, I haven’t written it again. No, I must finish writing about that year’s gossip tomorrow!