amaotonovel Chapter 680 Xie Shang is a butterfly
Chapter 680 Xie Shang is a butterfly
After leaving the side hall, Jiang Fenghua saw that it was getting late and the Lantern Festival banquet was about to begin, so she prepared to go to the banquet. She still wanted to clarify some things and wanted to ask Xie Shang to ask Thousand Faces Young Master to come out and help.
But Zhang Yurou wanted to vomit when she saw Xie Shang's gentleness. Didn't she know that she was a married woman? She was even Xie Shang's sister-in-law!
Xie Shang didn't know what she was angry about, so he caught up with her and said, "Ruan Ruan, why are you ignoring me?"
Jiang Fenghua said directly: "What happened outside the palace gate today is related to the Fourth Princess."
Xie Shang smiled slightly, "So you suspect that she is the one who is secretly in contact with Su Qingqing. Where is the evidence? What is her purpose? Su Qingqing wants to make trouble for you, but the Fourth Princess has no grudge against you. Xie Yang is a member of the Xie family, he is a prince, and the Su family is already a lost dog. There is no need for the Fourth Princess to help her!"
Jiang Fenghua also had no evidence, because according to the information sent by Ah Chong, they did not recognize the voices of the dignitaries and noble ladies present as the female voices he had heard before. She said: "Anyway, judging from what happened today, I feel that she also wants to deal with me and the Jiang family."
"Zhang Yumo is her cousin. Because of this relationship, Zhang Yurou stood beside Zhang Yumo and accused Jiang Jinyan as a relative of her mother. She avoided suspicion perfectly, but secretly instructed Madam Li Shuxue to charge forward. They all saw Jiang Jinyan and Bai Yuhan together that day. Zhang Yurou is really a little clever."
Xie Shang asked again, "Why did she do this?"
"Because she loves Xie Shang, and Xie Shang is a big butterfly that attracts bees and butterflies."
Xie Shang was completely speechless. "What the hell is going on? I am busy dealing with state affairs every day. I have a mountain of memorials to my ancestors. How can I have the time to recruit butterflies? Even if I have to recruit, I will only recruit this beautiful little butterfly, Ruan Ruan."
"Don't be so frivolous, I'm talking about serious matters."
"What I said is true. I am sure that no one likes me." Even if Zhang Yurou had some admiration for him, that was many years ago, and he didn't like her. Ruan Ruan would know about this. Who told her?
"Ruan Ruan and I should live a good life and not worry about others."
"I can ignore it, but if anyone dares to hurt my family, I don't care who she is. Fortunately, Xiaochu and Xiu'er are fine today, and Yuan'er is also fine. If anything happens to the three of them, I will take their daughter to be buried with them." Jiang Fenghua said coldly.
"In the future, have someone stay by the side to protect the children. Yi'er has grown up under our watch. She is the only legitimate daughter of the Fourth Prince's mansion and was raised by the Fourth Princess. Yi'er is also the blood of the Xie family. In the future, I will urge the Fourth Prince and the Fourth Princess to teach the little princess well.
It is said that the palace will also open a school. The Xie family has many children, and I will also train the Xie children to become pillars of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The children of the Third Prince's Mansion are all grown up, and it is time for them to go to the palace to study. The Second Prince's Mansion also has a princess. I will issue an imperial decree to order Jiang Jinyan's daughter to go to the palace to accompany Xiu'er to study. I can also select a few smart and studious relatives of the Xie family to go to the palace for intensive training..."
Jiang Fenghua didn't listen to his chatter, and thought of something else: "Shu Yan and Shu Xue are cousins, and there is some grudge between the Shu family and the Jiang family. I don't know what role Shu Yan and her father played in it. The Bai family is also very suspicious..."
Xie Shang saw that she had too many thoughts in her head. "The Bai family is engaged in business, and the Bai family is far away in Jiangzhou. The Minister Shu you mentioned has been the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue for many years. At that time, because of the dispute over the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue...
Minister Shu did have the best chance, but in the end, the emperor gave the position of Shangshu to Jiang Jinyan. Minister Shu might not be happy, but Jiang Jinyan's position as Shangshu was the emperor's order, and it was also because of his high ability, so Minister Shu had to accept it. "
"The Shu family and Censor Zhu are also relatives, so Censor Zhu strongly recommended Minister Shu to take the position of Shangshu." Jiang Fenghua added, "Does the Zhu family also want to marry another daughter into the palace?"
Xie Shang said, "Who said that? The daughter of the Zhu family is Shang Hong's sweetheart. You can ask Nanny Wang and other people in the palace. Let's go to the banquet first and don't keep everyone waiting."
Xie Shang took her hand and went to the banquet hall.
Jiang Fenghua even thought about what Helan Yanran had told her before, that Shu Yan had already suspected her, and it was their quick actions that caused Helan Yanran to fake her death. Today, Shu Yan recognized Bai Yuhan as Concubine Han. The daughter of Minister Shu was really restless!
In the end, she stopped making a fuss because someone gave her advice. Was Minister Shu really willing to accept not getting the position of Shangshu?
Jiang Fenghua glanced at Wuxin. She already knew from Hongxiu that Wuxin was their person. If Hongxiu sent someone to keep an eye on Shuyan, it would easily arouse suspicion. It would be better to let Wuxin send someone to go to Shuyan to find out what she knew.
When they arrived at the banquet hall, Gao Qingtong and Song Jing had already passed by. When everyone saw the emperor and empress arrived, they stood up and saluted, shouting "Long live the emperor" and "Thousand years live the empress" three times.
Xie Shang took Jiang Fenghua's hand and slowly walked towards the high seat. After they were seated, Xie Shang said, "My dear ministers, please don't be polite. Please take a seat."
Everyone expressed their gratitude before taking their seats. Only after the Emperor and Empress arrived did the palace maids and eunuchs serve food and wine. Singing and dancing were also brought to the stage. The first dance was led by the dancers in the palace, and finally the ceremonial officer announced the list of performers who would perform to entertain the Lantern Festival.
In addition to the programs prepared by the Imperial Household Department for the concubines, the families of the ministers in the court also had talents to display. Every year, at every large-scale event like this, there would always be beautiful ladies showing their talents in front of the emperor.
Everyone worked very hard and showed their best condition and level, which only attracted the emperor's attention.
Xie Shang was very considerate as he served the food to Jiang Fenghua. Jiang Fenghua's eyes would occasionally look in the direction of Zhang Yurou and the Fourth Prince.
Sitting among them was Xie Ruoyi. She had stopped crying and had a pure and transparent jade pendant hanging around her neck. The emperor was really willing to give her this.
Xie Ruoyi's innocent look was indeed adorable. She still believed that Xian'er would not lie. Xian'er was well-behaved and sensible, and could take care of her younger siblings at such a young age.
Gao Qingtong also looked at Jiang Fenghua, only to see her staring at the Fourth Princess's daughter. In fact, after she brought the Second Princess back to the palace, she asked the maid who served the princess about the situation at that time.
Gao Qingtong also didn't want her daughter to run to the front palace, so she asked the wet nurse and the palace maid to take the second princess to Kunning Palace to play with Princess Xiu. Because her daughter was young, the servants didn't dare to let her go and kept accompanying the second princess to play in the yard.
They saw that the Fourth Prince was originally being taken care of by a wet nurse, but at that time the wet nurse seemed to have gone to get supplementary food for the Fourth Prince. The little princess suddenly pushed the Fourth Prince to play, and also pushed him towards the lotus pond. Who would have thought that the little princess would deliberately push the Fourth Prince into the water? They were also scared and did not dare to offend anyone afterwards, so they did not say anything.
Fortunately, Princess Xian ran over. They were all children and the accident happened in the blink of an eye.
Who would believe that a little girl of five or six years old would do such a thing? They were so scared at the time that they didn't dare to say anything. Everyone thought that the little princess was too naughty.
After returning to the palace, Concubine Gao asked her about the incident. She wanted to tell the Queen in person that she had witnesses to prove that it was the young princess who pushed the Fourth Prince into the water.