"No! Something big happened to Your Highness! Xia Shuying! Xia Shuying beat the Crown Princess! Your Highness, please go over and have a look!"
As soon as Li Zhao heard this, he couldn't sit still.
As the two of them got along day by day, he also gradually fell in love with Xia Shuying, and was thinking about how to tell his father to ask him to give Xia Shuying to him.
As a result, something like this suddenly happened this morning!
At this moment, he didn't even bother attending class and ran towards the East Palace.
The master thought for a while and followed.
Although he also knew that the second prince was playful and not serious, and Xia Shuying had many people following him, but those were all blind eunuchs and maids, how could they be compared with the crown princess?
But he always felt that Xia Shuying didn't seem like the kind of person who had no sense of proportion.
After all, Xia Shuying was extremely respectful every time she saw him. There is a difference between a person's respect because of his status and the respect a student has for his teacher.
Master could see that Xia Shuying treated him out of respect for the teacher.
This has always served him well.
After arriving at the place, Xia Shuying was already under control.
Opposite Xia Shuying were the weeping princess and the thunderously exposed prince.
"What's going on?" Li Zhao asked.
"Second brother, look at the good things your palace maid has done! You usually indulge your subordinates too much, but today she dared to hit the princess. Should she hit me tomorrow?" The prince pointed at Xia Shuying angrily and said.
And the princess was crying there.
At this time, Li Zhao and the master who hurried over looked at Xia Shuying again.
Unexpectedly, Xia Shuying burst into tears when she saw the second prince.
And the more she cried, the louder the sound became.
"I didn't mean to hit her!"
"She scolded me and my parents, but I didn't even want to hit her! After all, I'm just a palace maid with a humble status."
"But while she was talking, she scolded you again, Your Highness, and even scolded Your Majesty. Although I am just a little palace maid, the Queen is so kind to me, and Your Majesty also praised me before. I thought that Your Majesty is He is the king of a country, how can he be insulted by others, so I didn't control myself..."
Seeing Xia Shuying crying and talking at the same time, the Master couldn't sit still at first: "Princess, have you ever scolded His Majesty?"
"No, how dare I insult His Majesty?"
"You said it! You just said it! They all heard it! You said Your Majesty..." Xia Shuying suddenly paused as she spoke, "I can't be like you! Your Majesty loves the people like a son and governs the country well. , I can never say such dirty words out of my mouth!"
"You're talking nonsense, I didn't say anything at all!" The princess was also anxious.
The Master was originally a civil servant in the court, and he was the group of people who most abided by the court etiquette.
"What did she say?"
"She...she...I can't say."
The Master still doesn't know whether it is true or not, but he looked at the Crown Princess with a slightly evasive look, but Xia Shuying said it confidently.
So he shouted with a straight face: "Princess, what on earth did you say? If His Majesty knows about this matter, he will definitely not be able to hide it during the investigation!"
The prince's heart skipped a beat after hearing this. He knew himself as a princess and was afraid that the other party would say something unfavorable again.
But just when he was about to speak, he didn't expect that the Crown Princess who arrived at the moment blurted out: "I just said it smoothly, but she guided me to say it!"
As soon as he said this, the prince's heart suddenly went cold.
He was so angry that he wanted to slap the princess on the spot.
If you say it in front of me, I will scold you a few words at most, but if you say it in front of outsiders, do you want your life?
When the Master heard this, although he still didn't know the specific content of what the Crown Princess said, the Crown Princess's words were undoubtedly a direct admission.
"It's simply a case of deceiving the emperor and showing no respect for the emperor!"
The master was so angry that he immediately asked someone to let Xia Shuying go.
After Xia Shuying regained her freedom, she quickly ran behind the second prince.
"My maid, my maid, I just thought that as the Crown Princess, you should never say this. The Crown Prince has always been virtuous and filial. If outsiders knew about it, there would be criticism.
If this slave is guilty of offense today, I am willing to accept any punishment, but I dare to risk my life to guarantee what the Crown Princess said! "
And just after Xia Shuying said that, Li Zhao rarely said to Xia Shuying, shut up!
"There must be some misunderstanding. When I go back, I will punish this unruly palace maid. Brother, I will definitely apologize to you in the future."
Li Zhao said this very sincerely.
During the performance, Gu Yi also reflected on it and realized that it was indeed inappropriate for the second prince to twist his mouth in such an occasion.
The prince also nodded: "Well, I will verify this later."
After that, Li Zhao took Xia Shuying back first.
Because the prince will have to consider the consequences of this matter next.
If the master was not here, perhaps the prince could still force this matter to go down.
But the Master was different there.
Li Zhao had to leave enough time for the prince to bribe his wife.
But if you can't buy it...
Then the Crown Princess may wish herself well.
Back in her palace, Xia Shuying was still crying.
"Did you really hit the Crown Princess because she scolded my father?"
Xia Shuying shook her head: "Actually, I have wanted to hit her for a long time. She has scolded me before, and this time she scolded my parents again. But if it was just like this, I would definitely not do it, because it would cause too much trouble. Your Highness, you are causing trouble, but she suddenly mentioned Your Majesty later, so I took advantage of this opportunity..."
Li Zhao smiled when he heard this: "You really know how to use every opportunity. How does it feel to hit the princess?"
Xia Shuying wiped her tears with some embarrassment: "It feels pretty good."
"That's good. In fact, I can't stand that woman. She looks down on me all day long because of her status as the prince. But if this happens, you will definitely be implicated, so I thought of a way to keep you safe. "
Xia Shuying's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Your Highness, do you want to give me a large sum of money, and then secretly send me out of the palace and let me fly away? I am willing! In order not to cause trouble to Your Highness, that is I am willing to be a rich woman who is lonely, old and helpless!"
Li Zhao couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "You have a good idea. How can it be so easy to get out of the palace? I can't get out even if I want to. If you really leave, it will become a crime and abscond. Okay. , you don’t have to worry about it, I can take care of this matter freely.”
In the end, the matter of the Crown Princess insulting the Emperor could not be suppressed.
The Master is a man of letters, and he has not been bribed.
The Crown Princess was captured within a few days, and even the Crown Princess's father was demoted several levels by the Emperor.
Including the prince, his food and clothing expenses were also reduced.
The prince was naturally very angry about this, but later Li Zhao acted on Xia Shuying's suggestion.
He would send some delicious and fun things every now and then, and almost all the good things in his palace were sent to the prince.
He even didn't come back for several nights. Instead, he stayed at the prince's place and had a long talk with him, then fell asleep.
A fierce expression of loyalty.
By the way, I also analyzed it for the prince and said that the prince's behavior was obviously harboring evil intentions.
This time he just said it casually. If he stayed with him for a long time, he would really cause some big trouble in the future, and his position as the prince would definitely be untenable.
"Besides, what kind of person can say something that insults my father out of his mouth? Brother, think about it carefully. If you were asked to speak, would you be able to say something like that casually?"
The prince shook his head, because he really couldn't say this.
"But that palace maid of yours..."
"Brother, I know that Xia Shuying may have offended the majesty of the East Palace at that time, but at this time he must not accept punishment. This is not to protect my shortcomings, but what will outsiders do if she is punished for this kind of thing? think?
Outsiders would say that the Crown Princess died because she offended the royal authority and desecrated His Majesty. Instead, my maid slapped her in the face in order to protect her father, but in the end, she was resented by you, brother. In this way, it is hard not to let the Crown Princess do what she did. I suspect it was my brother who instigated it.
What people say is terrible! Brother, I don’t have any big ambitions. I just want to see my brother successfully ascend the throne, and then I can be an idle prince. Now my father is in charge of me, but at that time my brother must have known my thoughts. "
The prince nodded, but he was still a little unwilling: "Then I still have to thank your maid?"
"It's necessary, and brother, you have to be the one to bring this matter up."
"Then what should I do to reward her with some gold and silver?"
Li Zhao shook his head: "No, no, no, these are too small. Brother must let everyone know that you have drawn a clear line with the Crown Princess, so the bigger the reward, the better. In other words, brother does not have to do it himself. You can just dig into your pocket and ask Father to reward you."
"Then how about I ask my father to give you Xia Shuying as your concubine?"
But as soon as he finished speaking, the prince shook his head: "No, no, no, you are also a prince, how can you marry a palace maid from a commoner's background? No matter what, you must be the daughter of a minister's family. This is so unfair to you. You always think about me. , how can I do such a thing?"
But Li Zhao had already had this intention, and sighed heavily: "Brother!"
"Why are you still talking about this at this time? The top priority now is to correct your reputation! And another advantage of this move is that if I can marry a commoner woman, it will also make my father understand my intentions. .
Nowadays, although everyone in the government and the public are united in public, the party struggle will never disappear. Brother, I am really afraid that those people want to get closer to me overtly or covertly, which will make you suspicious, brother. Brother, I am one of them. My heart goes towards my brother. "
The prince was very moved after hearing this. After all, his younger brother even said such things to himself: "I'm really wronging you, but don't worry, I will definitely find you a princess worthy of your status in the future!"
So a few days later, the emperor ordered that Xia Shuying be made the princess of Qin Wang Li Zhao.
After Xia Shuying heard this, she was stunned.
(End of chapter)
