King Huan sneered: "You don't have to pretend. If you don't have other thoughts, why would you go out to please Xiao Yan on the day of the palace banquet?"
"Don't think that if you look so loyal now, the emperor will forget what you said that night. If you stand up for Xiao Yanzhou to protect the He family, he will definitely hold a grudge and wait for him to suppress the prince and regain the throne. If you think about what happened today after taking power, you will never have an easy time!"
King Ji: "Ninth brother..."
"Okay, I kindly remind you that if you don't listen, then let it go. Anyway, it won't be me who will be liquidated in the future."
King Huan flicked his sleeves and turned around to leave.
King Ji looked at his back and his face darkened a little.
"Your Majesty..."
The servant of Prince Ji's Mansion came forward in a low voice: "Prince Huan..."
"Ignore him."
King Huan has been restless these years. He guarded the Hengting Pavilion and seemed carefree and careless about outside affairs. He was as wanton and rough as a knife, which made Emperor An unwary of him. However, the hands and feet of King Ji he secretly were... Clearly, he didn't care whether King Huan resumed his ambitions.
But An Di...
King Ji's eyes were dark. He really had no intention of ascending to the throne. The reluctance he felt back then had long been worn away by time, but he had to guard against what King Huan just said.
Xie Tianyong was narrow-minded, suspicious and intolerable, and he had never been at ease with Prince Ji's Mansion.
That night, when he saw that the situation was not right and Xiao Yan was offended by the idiot in his family who caused trouble, he thought of showing his favor to him. He not only wanted to protect Emperor An and the Xie family's royal family, but also wanted to keep the entire palace in order. But who would have thought that in such a situation, Xiao Yan would finally stop.
When Emperor An woke up, Xiao Yan was willing to give in and become his minister.
Now that the prince is in front, Emperor An naturally has no time to take care of them. He even needs help from the clan to suppress the prince and Xiao Yan. But what happens later? Once the prince was suppressed, Emperor An would definitely turn around and liquidate the courtiers who had "turned sides" that night.
And he is the first of them!
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" The attendant saw Prince Ji's ugly face and couldn't help but worry.
Prince Ji said in a deep voice: "The princess said a few days ago that she was feeling unwell?"
The man nodded: "Yes, he said he had a cold."
"Where's Yuyan?"
"My lady, she has been going out to a banquet these days..."
"Damn thing!"
Prince Ji looked ugly, Emperor An was ill, and the capital was in chaos. He wished he could follow the rules and not be caught in the slightest, but Xie Yuyan actually still had the heart to go out for a banquet. Did she think Prince Ji's palace was not enough to make people talk about it?
He thought of his trouble-making daughter and his confused wife who was determined to protect her and couldn't tell what was important.
The little hesitation that was left in Prince Ji's heart was instantly gone: "Since the princess is ill, let her have a good life and take good care of her. All matters in the house will be taken care of by Concubine An."
The attendant was stunned by what Prince Ji said. Is the prince trying to take away the princess's stewardship?
But before he could be shocked, he heard King Ji's cold voice:
"Xie Yuyan has a domineering temperament and has repeatedly caused trouble. She does not know how to repent and does not say anything. She even did not accompany her biological mother when she was seriously ill. She only goes out to have fun. Such an unfilial daughter should be severely punished. She should be sent to spiritual meditation to meditate and think about her mistakes. Under guard, she is not allowed to leave even half a step without my instructions."
"As for the princess, let the palace doctor diagnose and treat her well. The princess will not have to leave the palace until the spring of next year."
The prince is planning to confine the princess and abandon the princess.
The attendant was extremely shocked when he heard King Ji continue to say: "Ask Concubine An to prepare a generous gift and pick out all the unique books and ancient paintings in the king's treasury and send them to Jiuyun Lane later in the day to congratulate Duke Ding Hexiang." Princess Ning is very happy."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Prince Ji walked out and rubbed his fingertips.
He had to leave a way out for Prince Ji's Mansion...
…
After the family agreed to "donate books", Tang Ning naturally did not need to worry about the collection of books sent to the academy.
Taking a lesson from the Lu family's mistakes, several major aristocratic families were afraid that when Tang Ning invited ministers into the mansion, the scene of locusts crossing the border would appear in their own mansions. They did not dare to delay at all, so they selected the books to be "gifted" early, packed them in the car and gave them away. Someone sent it over.
As for whether it is really 30%...
"Sister, do you think they will make false reports?"
In the Cui family library, Xue Ru looked at the box carried out by the Cui family while flipping through the books in her hand and asked in a low voice: "Only they know how many books they have in the house, and the book they gave us may not be complete. If we take 30%, who knows if it will be less?”
Tang Ning held the pen in her hand and copied it. When she saw the two young girls from the Cui family looking at them intently, she chuckled softly: "There is nothing we can do if there is less. We can't seriously search each family for how many books they have. Even if they really count, They hid it in advance, who could know?”
"But..." Xue Ru pouted, "Then aren't we at a loss?"
"Suffering losses is inevitable."
Tang Ning kept holding his hands and explained softly: "Brother, it's not easy to force them to give in. These books are the foundation of their world. It's good to let them spit out some. Besides, I don't know how many books each family has. , but after all, there is a general idea that even if they really do something, they won’t dare to go too far.”
"Brother and I will give in and only need 30% of it. No matter how thick-skinned they are, they can only hide about half of it. If the 30% of the book collection of a century-old family only has 18,000 volumes, which can't even be filled in a few boxes, then I think it will be very difficult for me. I’d love to have a good chat with them.”
Tangning spoke in a low voice, but did not avoid others.
"Except for the Liang family, the Lu family, and the Fan family, which started with Confucianism, the other collections of books should be similar. They have not shamelessly discussed how much they want to hide. If you look back and compare, you can know which family has it. The thickest skinned."
The two little girls from the Cui family suddenly turned pale when they thought of the half-empty box they had carried out earlier, and one of them turned around and hurried out.
Tangning laughed when he saw this and patted Xue Ru on the head: "Okay, don't you want to read a book? Come on and read it."
Xue Ru saw the Cui family who had stopped outside hurriedly come in again, and within a moment they carried several new boxes full of new boxes. She pursed her lips and snickered at Tang Ning, then she gathered her thoughts and lowered her head to rummage through quickly. Look at the book in your hand.
Tang Ning and Xue Ru stayed at Cui's house for more than two hours. When they left the place where the books were stored, they saw that the boxes containing books in the yard outside had been sent away.
The eldest young lady of the Cui family came out and said, "Has the princess finished reading the book?"
Tang Ning smiled slightly: "It's getting late today, so it's not good to continue to bother me."
"What's wrong with you? Since I agreed to let you two enter the house, I will naturally do whatever you want."
The eldest lady of the Cui family smiled kindly, as if she didn't care at all about her father-in-law being imprisoned because of Xiao Yan. She said with a smile: "The princess is tired after reading for so long. I asked someone to prepare some tea and snacks. The princess and Madam Xue can use some together?"
Xue Ru blinked in surprise.
They had a serious quarrel with the Cui family before, and Cui Lin suffered a lot after being imprisoned.
When other members of the Cui family came here before, they thought their noses were not noses, and their eyes were not eyes. Although the eldest young lady was quite friendly, she was just socializing on the surface, but why did she suddenly seem to be enthusiastic at this time?
