The eldest princess is still incredibly beautiful.
This thing called time seems to have left no trace on the face of the most beautiful woman in Qing Dynasty.
With fair skin, a slender waist, and flaming red lips, Her Royal Highness the Princess looked elegant and elegant in a black and gold glossy dress. Her white jade-like neck was decorated with a simple necklace, which made her look even more luxurious.
Li Yunrui looked at Lu Ze who was walking in front of him. A hint of anger flashed through her slightly confused eyes. The beautiful smile that suddenly bloomed on the woman's face seemed to have become the most alluring scenery in Changxin Palace. .
Lu Ze looked indifferent and slowly came to Li Yunrui. He put his hands on his chest and bowed slightly.
"Chengqian... I met my aunt."
Lu Ze's words immediately made Li Yunrui laugh. Her clear laughter echoed in the empty hall, as if she heard some big joke. The eldest princess covered her stomach like a girl, not caring at all. and image.
After a long time, Li Yunrui stopped laughing and looked at Lu Ze with her calm eyes.
The tone at this time seemed a little cold.
"Fan Xian has already left, right?"
This is how the crazy woman seems to act, and she may look completely different from one second to the next.
Facing Li Yunrui's inquiry, Lu Ze nodded silently.
The theme of today's family banquet is actually that Emperor Qing wants to tell Lu Ze and the second prince that the one from Danzhou is already on his way to the capital. The referee, Emperor Qing, has officially called off the battle for the inner treasury. Sound the whistle.
Li Yunrui raised the corners of his mouth and lowered his eyebrows: "It seems that His Majesty has made up his mind to let me hand over the inner treasury. I can indeed feel that His Majesty's favor has become increasingly scarce over the years, but it is a pity... this wonderful taste of power does not exist. It’s not that easy to give up.”
Li Yunrui played with her long hair on one side with her slender white hands, and softly told Lu Ze her plan.
"I have a group of palace maids who have just entered the palace and have not yet been registered. I plan to ask them to stop Fan Xian on the day he enters the capital. After a little work, it will be the end of death without evidence. The relationship between Fan Xian and Wan'er The marriage will be ruined."
Lu Ze listened to this plan and shook his head: "This plan cannot succeed."
In the original work, Li Yunrui instructed the maid to send maids to intercept Fan Xian, but that day Fan Xian was taken directly to the Qing Temple by Emperor Qing. Those maids who wanted to ruin Fan Xian's reputation were killed on the spot by the imperial army, and Emperor Qing was furious. Furious.
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The biggest scandal in the royal family, are you still telling me that you care about the face and dignity of the royal family?
Lu Ze remained silent. At this time, he could only pretend to be a serious person.
"Cheng Qian, what do you think we should do now?"
"The inner treasury is our cash cow. All expenses in the palace, the management of the court officials, and the talented people under our command are all inseparable from money. Without the inner treasury, our life will be difficult in the future."
Li Yunrui got closer and closer, even to the point where he was pressed in front of Lu Ze.
The two looked at each other.
Lu Ze unconsciously sniffed the inexplicable fragrance on her body, and looked at Li Yunrui in front of him at such a close range, but Lu Ze was not too panicked, after all, the two of them had been in closer contact.
He spoke slowly: "The reason why my father wants to take back the inner treasury is because the money generated from the inner treasury as a cash cow has been too little over the years. Compared with when the inner treasury was first created, it is nothing."
Lu Ze's words finally broke Li Yunrui's guard.
Because the most unpleasant name in her life was Ye Qingmei.
Li Yunrui's face was frosty: "The inner treasury these years has been in my hands in name, but in fact it is still Ye. Those shopkeepers named Ye hold some of the most important things in the inner treasury. Otherwise, the inner treasury would have been destroyed long ago. After moving away, why are we still worried about Fan Xian coming back to take over the inner treasury?"
Li Yunrui is the most beautiful woman in the Qing Kingdom, with royal blood and great skills.
But compared with Ye Qingmei, Lu Ze knew that the eldest princess had something called the limitations of the times. These things destined Li Yunrui to only be the green leaf next to Ye Qingmei.
Ye Qingmei, a "traveler", used her ingenuity and modern knowledge to bring glass, sugar, soap, soap and other things into Qingguo, opened many shops, established a business kingdom, and even the four great masters were her Made with one hand.
At this time, Li Yunrui seemed to have noticed her own gaffe, and took a deep breath to adjust her mood.
The two people began to discuss again,
"Fan Xian is not important, what is important is the inner treasury."
"But to my father, the result is not important, what is important is the means."
Lu Ze's words began to convince Li Yunrui.
At this time, Li Yunrui realized that her nephew was not only thinking about the bed. She felt a little interested, like a book that had been read more than half, and then she realized that there was something in it. There are many hidden treasures.
Looking at Lu Ze's leaving figure, Li Yunrui chuckled softly while holding his chin.
"Hiss...interesting."
...
After coming out of Changxin Palace, Lu Ze went straight to the East Palace.
As the Crown Prince of Qing, Lu Ze had naturally begun to handle government affairs at this time, which was considered the Crown Prince's responsibility. Emperor Qing originally had high hopes for the Crown Prince, but over the years he discovered that the child lacked enough energy and determination.
That's why Emperor Qing supported the second prince to compete with the prince in the ring.
Lu Ze quickly dealt with the government affairs at hand.
During this period, everyone in the East Palace Mansion could vaguely feel some changes in the master. He seemed to have become more like a real superior. Even the clan members who originally planned to find a new beautiful girl from the south of the Yangtze River for the prince. , they didn’t dare to hint too much at the prince.
"money..."
Lu Ze picked up the account book about the inner treasury on the slip and read it again.
Li Yunrui has naturally done a lot of things in the inner treasury over the years, and it seems to be getting worse. After doing some simple calculations, Lu Ze discovered that he had also lost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from the inner treasury.
Li Yunrui and the second prince sought personal gain through smuggling, and the money they earned was absolutely staggering.
Thinking of his aunt's affectionate appearance when they met at Changxin Palace today, Lu Ze smiled. People like Li Yunrui are the most refined egoists, talking nonsense to others.
I guess the second brother, Li Chengze,
Bian was also being fooled around.
What makes Lu Ze feel a little headache is that the old guy Chen Pingping seems to have got wind of Lu Ze's forbidden love.
But fortunately, he had already cut off the line there in advance.
In the original work, the prince and Li Yunrui were tricked back into adulthood by Chen Pingping. Chen Pingping deliberately left clues through those so-called Yang-nourishing pills, thus giving Emperor Qing a big surprise who followed the clues to find the truth.
After this incident was exposed, it became impossible for the prince to succeed to the throne.
Lu Ze had just returned from Emperor Qing's place, and there was the Overwatch Council behind him. Chen Pingping was hiding in the dark, which made Lu Ze feel very uncomfortable.
Because this kind of role is exactly what Lu Ze likes the most, and there are still some things he knows about him. Lu Ze doesn't like the feeling of having everything in the hands of others.
"Chips."
At this time, Lu Ze's eyes lit up slightly, and he thought of a very good bargaining chip.
He felt that he might have to find a chance to have a good talk with Chen Pingping, an old dog.
...
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"This time I am going to the Qing Temple to pray. Your Majesty asks you to go with me."
The person who came to deliver the message was Gong Dian, the deputy commander of the Daqing Forbidden Army.
Emperor Qing would go to Qing Temple to pray for blessings in his spare time, and usually he would not bring anyone else in the palace with him. This time, Lu Ze didn't know why the Grand Master asked him to go with him. Fan Xian had just set off. In less than two days, it will take more than ten days to reach Kyoto.
Lu Ze thought that this might be the butterfly effect caused by his own arrival?
Qingmiao is located on the edge of Kyoto. It is hard to imagine that such a desolate place can exist in the prosperous Kyoto. It is said to be desolate, but in fact it is extremely clean and tidy. However, there is no one near Qingmiao, making it look very desolate.
On the plaque painted in gold on the gate of Qingmiao, the word "Qingmiao" is written in block letters.
After getting out of the car, Lu Ze discovered that a total of three carriages had arrived at the Qing Temple.
At the front was Emperor Qing's car. Today Emperor Qing was still wearing a white silk robe, with an imperceptible tiredness on his heroic face. Lu Ze stepped forward to salute. Emperor Qing said something to Lu Ze and stood up, then looked at him. Towards another carriage.
Emperor Qing suddenly became extremely gentle: "Wan'er, we are here."
At this time, a woman got out of another carriage and was covering her mouth with a handkerchief and coughing. The woman had big eyes. Although she was coughing violently, her smoke was as quiet as a calm lake.
"uncle."
"Brother Chengqian."
The woman was clearly Lin Waner.
The illegitimate daughter of the eldest princess Li Yunrui and the then Prime Minister Lin Ruofu, Li Yunrui became pregnant before marriage. The Nanqing royal family needed to take their face into consideration, so Wan'er's name was not included in the royal jade plate and genealogy, but Emperor Qing still admitted it in public in the royal family. Guo Wan'er, the niece.
She grew up in the Royal Villa since she was a child.
Prime Minister Lin's family would still visit Wan'er from time to time. Lin Dabao and Lin Cong loved this sister very much.
Lu Ze looked at Lin Wan'er and sighed silently in his heart.
The group quickly entered the Qing Temple, and the deputy commander Gong Dian led the imperial army to start the escort work.
Qingmiao is a very quiet place in Qingguo. Even if it is not a special day like today's blockade, people in Kyoto rarely come to Qingmiao to burn incense and worship. More often, they go to pay homage to Guanyin and so on. .
The main hall of Qing Temple is similar to the shape of the Temple of Heaven, except that the outer structure style is mainly black.
The round eaves on both sides came out one after another. It seemed that some effort was spent on its construction back then, but now it seemed a little unpopular. Lu Ze wandered inside for a long time.
The robot Wuzhu ran out of the temple on the other side of the Snow Mountain. I just don’t know which one is more powerful, Wuzhu or Sha Niu.
Weird thoughts were troubling Lu Ze's mind.
He thought that Wuzhu should be more powerful in fighting, at least Silly Niu
There is no perverted titanium alloy eye.
But Sha Niu is more comprehensive.
After coming to this world, Lu Ze at least didn't worry much about his own safety.
The location of the East Palace has been set up by Sha Niu. Everyone who enters will be monitored by Sha Niu. In this era, Sha Niu has no option to operate illegally. Lu Ze can operate Sha Niu at will.
After walking around the Qing Temple, Lu Ze found nothing.
At this time, Emperor Qing was also looking at the murals on the wall in the main hall, enjoying his long-lost leisure time.
Emperor Qing called Lu Ze in, and as expected, he conducted another round of research.
"If one day a mysterious temple appears on the Snowy Mountains, what will happen to Qingguo?"
Lu Ze quickly replied: "Everything has its talents, and people can make the best use of it."
Emperor Qing nodded and did not ask any more questions.
But Lu Ze could feel that the father's mood was getting a little better at this moment.
Lu Ze knew that there was a connection between this temple and Emperor Qing. The temple had contributed to the murder of Ye Qingmei.
The relationship between the two is mutual utilization.
The temple used Emperor Qing to maintain imperial rule, saying it was to protect the overall interests of mankind from harm and prevent the rapid development of human civilization. Emperor Qing used the temple to further consolidate the imperial rule and firmly control power.
At this time, Lu Ze understood that Emperor Qing was constantly honing the prince as the heir to the Qing Kingdom.
Before leaving, Lin Waner stopped Lu Ze. The girl asked Lu Ze in a low voice about the eldest princess: "Brother Chengqian, my mother... how is she doing in Changxin Palace?"
Looking at Lin Wan'er with clear black and white eyes, Lu Ze felt embarrassed for a moment.
He didn't know how to answer this question.
