The painting style of the princess in the Red Chamber is wrong

Although Prince Zhongshun's absurd appearance was partly pretended, compared to the other princes, he was indeed incompetent. In order to keep a low profile, he didn't take classes seriously or run errands seriously. Even if he wanted to make up for it now, it was too late.What's more, he feels that he is quite good now, and he is not ready to change.So in the face of Shui Jue's powerful force, Prince Zhongshun had no power to fight back.Feeling depressed, Shui Jue had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​using force to retaliate.

After all, it's not really angry, the opponent is too weak, it's really boring.

So Prince Zhongshun continued to spread his absurd reputation as idle king, while Shui Jue continued to work for her brother, or the kind that would be swallowed up by others.It's quite pitiful to think that she worked so hard to do a free job for her brother without being promoted or ennobled.

Although now that the new king has been established, Prince Zhongyong's hope of ascending the throne is getting slimmer, but the Zhen family has been operating in Jinling for many years, and they are connected with the four major families in Jinling back then. Today, Jinling's officialdom is still Prince Zhongyong's domain.

Even if you become an emperor, there are some things you can't change.Shui Jing couldn't directly order to kill Prince Zhongyong, nor could he directly replace all the people in Jinling's officialdom.

However, Shui Jing seemed to be doing nothing before, but it was not really doing nothing.In Jinling, he also buried enough nails, and now it's time for Shui Jue to inspect and accept.After the spring of next year, there will be a big personnel change.

Shui Jue is out of Beijing now, just to inspect for Shui Jing, to see who is the loyal Prince Zhongyong, and who is a fool who can win over; even if there is someone who can be replaced, he can't just replace him .After all, governing a place is not just a matter of scholars making a fuss, just talking about it on paper.People always have to change slowly, and some people still have to stay and continue to work.

Shui Jue felt that, besides the dark thread she planted herself, there were other people helping her in the activities in Jinling.After thinking for a while, Shui Jue knew who it was, and couldn't help laughing to himself that that person was really stupid, he just made an empty promise, and then foolishly joined him.He doesn't know, are there many cheating women?

But Shui Jue feels that his character is still good, so he is not entrusting the wrong person.

Originally, Shui Jue's itinerary was quite tight, but for the sake of Anna's heart, Shui Jue decided to meet him before leaving Jinling.Shui Jue was still thinking about when he would "recover from illness" so that he could join Prince Zhongshun's banquet and find a chance to meet him by the way.After all, when she came to this society, in front of everyone in this society, she should not be too deviant, giving and receiving privately, of course, was not acceptable.

It's just that she hadn't thought of specific measures yet, when the time came to her.Shui Jue couldn't help sighing that she and Liu Li were really destined.

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There is a saying called "the sky is high and the emperor is far away", and there is a word called "parents and officials". Of course, these descriptions did not come out of thin air.In fact, the emperor's control over local details was indeed not strong.This is also the reason why many emperors still dare not act rashly even though they know who is loyal and who is traitor in the court, and even have obtained evidence.

Information transmission in this era is extremely backward, and the emperor lives in the palace, even the news in the capital under his nose, is in a state of blindness and deafness if someone deliberately deceives him, let alone the news from other places.In the evaluation of officials from other places, the first thing to look at is the self-report of coming to Beijing once every few years-this general emperor will not listen carefully; the second is the local taxation; the third is the news of spies and whether the place is stable; the last and most important Yes, it is the recommendation of the superior or the capital officials.These strips, you can tell that there is a lot of water when you look at them.No matter how strong the emperor's ability to control the court is, what he controls is the promulgation of major national policies and military power.As for the governance status of some important and prosperous places, the emperor may even send spies to investigate for a while, but for most of the other places, the emperor does not know how the governance status is at all.

Officials who are sent to other places also want to be promoted and make a good impression in front of the emperor. Even if they can't be a Beijing official, at least go to a place with a good foundation, which is easy and lucrative.Therefore, most of the officials from other places are connected with the officials in the capital, even honest and good officials are no exception, it's just that the circles are different.All the emperor can do is grasp the source.As long as the source of the capital officials is in the palm of his hand, no matter what the officials from other places are, there will be no big troubles.

And if the emperor himself can't grasp the source, then the place under the source basically loses control.

Just like Shui Jing has been registered now, but Prince Zhongyong has been operating in Jinling for many years, and even extended his hands and feet to the generation of Jiangnan, the granary of the entire dynasty.Although Shui Jing looked worried, he was powerless.He understands very well that even if he finds the grounds of those local officials and replaces them, let alone whether the replacements are loyal or not, even if they are his own people, it will be difficult to stay in Jinling—a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake, but in this way.

So Shui Jing really can't do anything to Prince Zhongyong.Not only can't deal with him, but he has to support him on the bright side and calm his heart.Otherwise, if this person has a bad heart, disregarding the stability of the country, and doing some deadly things, Shui Jing will also have a headache.

But even if the source cannot be controlled, the bottom will be chaotic. On the contrary, if the bottom is dealt with and all the roots are removed, the big tree above can be easily moved.Before Shui Jing ascended the throne, he had subtly cultivated his own influence in the local area, and Shui Jue had planted many seeds along the way the last time he left Beijing.Now that the conditions are ripe, she goes out of Beijing again to water and fertilize the seeds and urge them to germinate and grow.When the seeds bloom and bear fruit, Jinling will no longer be under the control of Prince Zhongyong.

Shui Jue conservatively estimated that in at most three or four years, the control of the Zhen family and the four major families of Jinling on Jinling would be disintegrated.When the time comes, Prince Zhongyong will be a fish on the chopping board and will be disposed of by others.

What Shui Jue didn't expect was that the man she was looking at was even more powerful than she had imagined. He had already controlled most of Jinling's business dealings, and he had won over many neutral nobles and upstarts with unstable foundations.Because Liu Li was young, he didn't participate in the vortex of seizing the heir, and when he showed his talents and Prince Zhongyong noticed him and wanted to win him over, Emperor Haiyan had already ascended the throne.Therefore, he does not belong to any prince's power, and naturally he will not be feared by the Zhen family - after all, the Zhen family was originally dominated by officialdom, and Jinling's business was originally divided up by other businessmen, and now it is just integrated.And people in the officialdom have always looked down on people in the mall.If it wasn't for Liu Li's presence as a lord and his fame as a juror, I'm afraid Prince Zhongyong would not have noticed him.

But Shui Jue is not such a pedantic person.In her original country, commerce was one of the lifeblood of founding a country.In order to gain more wealth, Shui Jue went to war again and again, opening the gates of nearby countries so that their own country's products could be dumped.Jing country's national strength is much stronger than that of Shui Jue's current life, and it has also figured out its own set of governance concepts to stabilize its rule.One of them is the emphasis on business.Jingguo's ancestors were originally big businessmen who made their fortunes, so it is naturally impossible to discriminate against businessmen.And her years of experience in business have found that the closer the business contacts are, the more unified they are.For example, in two lands, A and B, if both lands produce food and clothing, then if someone splits one of them, he can divide land A and land B, and occupy one of them as the king.However, if the commercial exchanges between A and B are close, so that A is good at producing grain, it only grows grain, and B is good at weaving cloth, so it only weaves cloth. They exchange the cheapest things for relatively cheap things. If someone wants Occupying land is king, you can only occupy two lands, otherwise you will be short of food or clothing.

More importantly, after the business exchanges between the two places are close, the personnel will also be close, and the social customs will gradually converge, forming a sense of identity, and gradually thinking that people are from the same place.Many villages expanded into large towns, and that's how they came about.

Because of this discovery, the country of Jing will become more and more stable and its territory will become wider and wider, but there will be few rebellions within its jurisdiction, and even the regained lands of foreign races will soon be integrated into one.

After Shui Jue discussed this move with Shui Jing, Shui Jing's eyes lit up and he agreed very much.Most people who want to be emperors want to be an emperor who will last forever.And this kind of person is often not very "abiding by the rules of the predecessors".Moreover, although this dynasty has taken measures to emphasize agriculture and suppress business, it does not discriminate against businessmen too much, and there is no special discriminatory treatment in laws, which is much more lenient than the previous laws that prohibited businessmen from being officials.The Xue family, one of the four major families in Jinling, is the imperial merchant who was conferred the title of noble and official.The founding emperor of this dynasty also saw the huge wealth brought by overseas trade, and he has always encouraged overseas trade.

The Taishanghuang also attaches great importance to this aspect. It is also the fact that Shui Jue "inadvertently" brought the Zhongyong Prince's lineage to embezzle funds to encourage overseas trade. This matter made the Supreme Emperor make up his mind to exclude Prince Zhongyong from the succession to the throne.

If Prince Zhongyong knew that he was excluded so early, he would definitely vomit blood with anger.

But the mind of the Supreme Emperor is easy to understand.As an emperor, it doesn't matter whether you are suspicious or ungrateful, or even tyrannical about small things. The important thing is to be accurate and steady in national affairs.Overseas trade is not only one of the important sources of treasury, but vigilance against overseas countries is also the foundation of a country.You know, in the previous dynasty, a neighboring country used to be a super empire spanning a vast area. If it weren't for the civil strife in the rear, it would probably have hit the land here.And although the empire gradually weakened when the dynasty was founded, the concept of "powerful countries overseas" has been deeply implanted in the hearts of the current rulers.We must know that our country was once a weak country, and then gradually rose.So, will the weak overseas countries now rise to the point where they threaten their country's rule?

If that time comes, it will not be a change of dynasty, but a crisis of national ruin and family destruction, or even genocide.

To be a ruler, one must have a broad mind and a long-term vision.Prince Zhongshun only focused on immediate interests, but lacked long-term vision, which disappointed the Supreme Emperor.

If you swallow the money from the river course, swallow the money from the salt government, and take bribes, you will at most harm the people of one side. If you want to remedy it, it is actually quite simple.Even the river floods every year, and the people along the banks are more likely to scold God—isn’t it common that the embankment can’t stop the flood?But the silver at sea is different.It is difficult to inquire about overseas news, and overseas news is very important.Breaking this road is equivalent to closing the country, and if it reaches the level of Yelang's arrogance, it will not be far from destroying the country.

If the descendants of this dynasty fail to live up to expectations and lead to a change of dynasty, the history books will at most record the rise and fall of the dynasty; if the country falls in the hands of the descendants of this dynasty, then people with this surname will be nailed to the pillar of shame.

Isn't the reason why the former dynasty perished so quickly was that it was threatened by neighboring countries and almost destroyed the country?

Being ruled by a foreigner with a completely different skin color, hair color and eye color, even a wild man in a mountain village knows that it is a national crisis.

Now that this dynasty has seen this lesson established, it will naturally not take the same wrong path.

However, these things are something for later, and they will only start to do things after Shui Jing has fully grasped the power of the emperor.The most important thing now is how to pull out all the nails of Prince Zhongyong.

As mentioned earlier, Liu Li's talent in business is outstanding, and he has almost controlled most of Jinling's business transactions.From Shui Jue's point of view, as long as someone above supports Liu Li and does not fall, Jinling will not be far away if he falls into his hands.Don't you see that the most powerful people in Jiangnan are actually salt merchants. If they don't get the support of salt merchants, then wouldn't the officials of all sizes in Jiangnan not be able to sit still at all?

Of course, the salt merchant is someone Shui Jue will deal with later.This precious land in the south of the Yangtze River must be firmly grasped in the palm of your hand.

To be honest, with Liu Li's talent and such a high-profile move, if he hadn't been in contact with Shui Jue beforehand, and immediately contacted Shui Jing to serve him, he might not be safe even if he joined the new king later.As a monarch, it can only be said that he can suppress his suspicions, but there are definitely doubts.

But Shui Jing already had a deep understanding of what kind of person Liu Li was, so helplessness was greater than doubt.As far as Shui Jing is concerned, since Liu Li is all about marrying (marrying) his younger sister, it is equivalent to his own family, and there is no doubt about it.

So, Liu Li is indeed a formidable person, and obviously he has figured it out, otherwise he wouldn't have embraced such a big pancake under the background that no one in Liu's family has a real job.

Otherwise, just like today, the interests occupied by the Liu Mansion have already got some people's ideas, and those who rob or win over come one after another.If Liu Li really has no one in court, then he can only be forced to cede his interests helplessly, and even stand on someone else's boat to protect himself.

However, the Zhen family's wooing is relatively gentle. After all, it is different from the past. The new king has succeeded to the throne. As long as the loyal and brave prince does not rebel, he will always be a prince at most, so he is much more low-key in dealing with things.This time to win over Liu Li, the Zhen family wanted to use the form of marriage.In the eyes of the Zhen family, Liu Li has the title, wealth and fame, but the real power in the court is missing.Although Prince Zhongyong is idle at home now, after so many years in the court, there are countless high-ranking officials among his party members who hold real power. In Jinling alone, those officials almost all listen to the Zhen family and the four major families. It was made in heaven, and Liu Li had no reason not to agree.

But Liu Li also has a good reason. His father has only been dead for more than a year. Although some people don't obey the filial piety for three years, some people must obey it. You can't say that you won't let others obey it?Liu Li is not just an incompetent playboy, he is a gentleman who has read the sages and sages, and he is preparing to take the imperial examination to become an official in the court in the future, so how could he leave someone with a clue?During this period of filial piety, family members are not discussed, even the emperor has to give way, let alone the Zhen family.

Although Liu Li has no close relatives, he still has relatives and elders from far away.Although these relatives and elders were so punished by Liu Li that they did not dare to reach out to the Liu Mansion, and they were not even qualified to hold the airs of the elders, but it is always possible to help and talk about relatives.But when Liu Li brought up the matter of filial piety, they were also speechless.The person who jumped the most was thrown out by Liu Li. The crime was that Liu Li was still in his filial piety, so this person took the matchmaker and said that he wanted to marry Liu Li.The person who said this was beaten out by Liu Li before he could say it, and the matchmaker was tied up and sent to the official.

If she came to say goodbye during the filial piety period, the matchmaker also violated the regulations and would be punished.Not to mention the board, the reputation of the matchmaker's family is rotten, and even the people she said are irrelevant on the surface, and I hate her to death in my heart.

The Zhen family's plan was just to test Liu Li's tone, and he was snuffed out before he could let the wind out.However, the Zhen family was not angry, but rather admired Liu Li.It is true that the nobles forget things too much, and they have forgotten the dead master of Liu's mansion - after all, they looked down on the Liu family at that time, and they didn't even send anyone to give a gift at the funeral.I only remembered it now after being reminded, and felt that Liu Li was indeed filial, and that the book of sages and sages was not read for nothing.

Even if it is a marriage of interest, the Zhen family also hopes to find a son-in-law who is capable, talented and virtuous, right?So the Zhen family liked Liu Li even more.It just so happened that there was a woman of the right age in the Zhen family clan. Although her parents' status was a bit lower, she had no title or official position, and she was alone, but standing on the big boat of the Zhen family represented the marriage of the Zhen family. She is also a concubine, and in the eyes of the Zhen family, she is also a good match.

As a result, they couldn't get through on the front, and the Zhen family wanted to make a decision secretly.From the Zhen family's point of view, it is impossible for Liu Li to have deep affection for the master of the Liu family. The so-called filial piety is only necessary in terms of etiquette and filial piety.Therefore, although it is not allowed to discuss marriage publicly, it is also possible to make a decision in private.It's a common occurrence in other people's homes, too.During the period of filial piety, it is a matter of course not to discuss relatives or get married, but a good daughter-in-law or son-in-law always needs to be carefully selected. During the period of filial piety, they will also look after each other.It's just that after the fancy, the marriage negotiation and marriage ceremony will be held after the filial piety period.

The Zhen family saw that there seemed to be no one in the Liu family who could make a decision for Liu Li, so they thought about starting with Liu Li directly, disclosing this matter to him, and then finalizing the matter privately, preferably in exchange for some kind of token.As for the damage to the Zhen family's daughter's reputation, the Zhen family didn't care.From their point of view, their family would definitely marry Liu Li, and it was impossible for Liu Li to talk nonsense, so there was nothing wrong with it.Even if Liu Li went back on his word, they could take out tokens to force him, saying that it was made by the master of the Liu family when he was still alive.Jinling is ruled by Prince Zhongyong, and the Zhen family has the final say on this matter.

It's just that Liu Li was not slippery, and refused all the invitation posts under the pretext of preparing for the imperial examination.The only thing to go out was the invitation of Prince Zhongshun, and Prince Zhongshun was obviously with Xinjun. The Zhen family still had some scruples, so they never found a chance to have a private conversation with Liu Li.

The Zhen family is used to being domineering, and they feel annoyed by such back and forth.They thought that Liu Li was just a down-and-out honorable family with some money, so they didn't need to care about it, if they didn't fancy Liu Li's talent, they wouldn't condescend to marry the daughter of the Zhen family to Liu Li.So the Zhen family thought, they don't need to inform in advance, they can do it directly.For example, he directly took Liu Li's personal belongings, and when Liu Li was looking for them, he revealed that the Miss Zhen's family got it by accident, and then it was logical for the two to get to know each other, and a good thing happened.

After much deliberation, the Zhen family felt that this method was really good.First of all, Liu Li's things were "lost by himself", while Ms. Zhen's family "bought them from others".But Miss Zhen's family took something from a strange man, even if it was unintentional, it would have some influence on her boudoir name. It was only natural for the Zhen family to reveal the intention of getting married.

Look, the Zhen family was also forced.They are also thinking about the reputation of the daughter of the Zhen family.So even if Liu Li didn't like that Miss Zhen's family, in order not to offend the Zhen's family, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree to the marriage.Who told him to throw away his personal belongings so carelessly, and be sold to an innocent official lady?If you don't marry someone, isn't it a waste of enmity?Liu Li is someone who wants to take the imperial examination and enter the court to become an official to revitalize the Liu family. How could he offend the dignitaries in the court?

Look, what you say is so high-sounding, but in fact it is nothing more than using power to suppress people.As for Miss Zhen's life after being forced to Liu Li, the Zhen family certainly doesn't care.From their point of view, the Zhen family is here, so Miss Zhen's life must be bright on the bright side.It doesn't matter if the husband likes it or not.Which official's son doesn't have many housemates he likes?The big deal is to tell Liu Li at that time, if you don't help your aunt a few years before getting married, it will be fine.The Zhen family is so powerful, Liu Li will definitely buy this face.

After making up their minds, the Zhen family naturally went to buy people off.The servants of the Liu family will definitely be bought - it's not difficult, after all, Liu Li has not been in charge of the family for long, is not of the right age, and there is no mistress in the family, so he is always lacking in the internal affairs of the family.Among the group of people that Prince Zhongshun served, there were also a few who had to be bribed.Anyway, what they were planning was not Prince Zhongshun, and they were just making things easier for those people, without even mentioning their purpose.Those rough envoys have little money, and some money can be earned, so they are definitely willing.

The Zhen family had a good idea, but they didn't know that Shui Jue and Liu Li's management of the servants was much stricter than they imagined.Shui Jue doesn't know what Liu Li's means are, but she herself ordered the servants that as long as someone puts money in and wants to do something, the money will be taken away, and then report the matter, and Shui Jue will arrange for someone to "do the job properly" .So those who stuff money will find that they have done everything they asked their subordinates to do, but none of them have achieved their intended purpose.For example, a son paid a lot of money to see Princess Chang Rui's beauty.After many times of evasion, someone was finally moved by a lot of money, and told the son where Princess Chang Rui often went, and asked the son to wait early.It's just that the young man was looking forward to it, and finally caught a glimpse of the princess maid's clothes, and was discovered and politely invited out. Since then, he has never been able to accompany Prince Zhongshun to play.

Of course, those who stuff money know that there are not many things that servants can do, and everything else depends on their own luck.So the request was fulfilled, but the goal was not fulfilled, and it was just lamenting that the people who came out of this palace had strict rules, and there was not even a single loophole to exploit.They never expected that the servant who got the money would tell Princess Chang Rui the matter as soon as he turned around.

So Shui Jue soon found out that the Zhen family had embezzled money.She was puzzled when she first learned about it.The Zhen family is also cunning, they just let the waiters skip a certain place at a certain moment.Shui Jue thought that the Zhen family was going to plot against him again, but that place was the front yard, so he would not go there.The front yard is the place where Prince Zhongshun will have a banquet, and the accompanying sons and brothers will also have a nap on the way.Shui Jue guessed that maybe the Zhen family wanted to plot against a certain young master?

Shui Jue will never let this kind of calculation happen under her nose, otherwise Prince Zhongshun will have to bear some reputation if something happens, maybe someone will use this to arrange her brother, after all, Prince Zhongshun was sent by her brother." Patrol".So Shui Jue asked his servants to collect the money and complied with the request, and then sent another person to monitor that place.Sure enough, someone fell asleep in the guest room overwhelmed with alcohol, and that person was Liu Li.

Shui Jue couldn't help laughing.It seems that Liu Li's sharpness has attracted the attention of others, and he has been calculated.If it was someone else, Shui Jue would just let someone change the room, but when it was Liu Li's turn, Shui Jue would pay more attention to it, sending people to monitor the movements of the Zhen family while observing Liu Li's response—— Although the Zhen family had a mediocre relationship with Prince Zhongshun, he was a prince anyway, so he couldn't be too cold on the surface, so he would still send people to accompany him every now and then, but the people who came to accompany him were all juniors of the same clan.

Sure enough, as Shui Jue expected, there was an action soon.The boy who served Liu Li went out of the guest room, sneaked behind the rockery behind the house, and handed the little thing wrapped in a handkerchief to another boy, and then the two boys left in a panic .That time was very short, because the Zhen family had paid money and said hello in advance, and no one passed by, so no one knew about it except the people sent by Shui Jue to monitor.

But now that Shui Jue has found out, it's easy.No matter what Liu Li lost, Shui Jue would send someone to search for it.All this machination is based on the premise that no one sees it, so "someone happened to pass by and saw this scene", this machination will not work.

But before that, Shui Jue felt that it was necessary to inform Liu Li, and it happened that she also wanted to meet this person whom she hadn't seen for more than a year.

Shui Jue first sent someone to knock on the door to inquire, but as expected, Liu Li was not drunk at all, so Shui Jue changed into a disguise and entered the room, scaring Liu Li well.

"My minister Liu Ziyi has met Princess Chang Rui." Liu Li bowed her hands with a red face.

"Come on, don't be so polite." Shui Jue sat on the chair generously, looked at Liu Li's slightly drunken appearance unceremoniously, and couldn't help being speechless.Even if they changed to a plain color, it was not as stunning as when they first met in red.But Liu Li's slightly drunken face was quite charming.I don't know if it was because seeing Shui Jue that he relaxed his pretense in his heart, the charm in Liu Li's eyebrows and eyes almost overflowed, looking at Shui Jue, his heart was itchy.

"You should know what Bengong came here to ask." Shui Jue suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and smiled, "Do you need Bengong's help?"

Liu Li lowered his head and said nervously: "Princess Xie. The wooden hairpin that the boy took out just now is slightly different from what I usually wear, and it is marked with the logo of the store in Liu's Mansion. Because Prince Zhongshun praised the hairpin of my minister a few days ago. The wooden hairpin above is unique, so Weichen specially prepared a box of hairpins made of high-quality mahogany and a hairpin made of agarwood. The styles are roughly the same, only the carvings on it are different. Waiting for Weichen to "wake up" and go out later , will dedicate the agarwood hairpin to Prince Zhongshun, and distribute the other mahogany hairpins to the sons who came with him."

"Because everyone has the same style of hairpin, and the Zhen family doesn't know the carvings on your wooden hairpin, it's not easy to do this again. And because it's purely a coincidence, you revealed beforehand that you were giving away the hairpin. It's not like you're intentionally antagonizing the Zhen family." Shui Jue nodded, "Ziyi is really easy to calculate."

"Thank you, princess." Liu Li looked a little excited.

"Since your calculation is so good, I don't need to interfere." Shui Jue calculated the time in his mind, and thought that someone should come later, so he got up and left.Before leaving, looking at Liu Li who bowed his head respectfully to see him off, suddenly on a whim, he stretched out his fingers to lift Liu Li's chin, under Liu Li's horrified gaze, his red lips tapped gently on Liu Li's moist lips.

Shui Jue said with a smirk: "Ziyi should drink less alcohol in the future, I don't want others to see this beautiful scenery. I will remember the appointment next year."

After saying that, Shui Jue walked away with a flick of his sleeves, leaving Liu Li stunned, his red face was like a boiled prawn, and the top of his head seemed to be smoking.After a while, Liu Li came back to his senses, covered his lips with his hands, trembling slightly, and the drunkenness in his eyes became more intense, and overflowed with water vapor.

"Princess remembers." Liu Li said to herself, her tone of voice was so weird and awkward, if someone was listening, she would inevitably be cast aside as a sissy.

"The princess has me in her heart." Liu Li said again, the admiration in her eyes could no longer be concealed, and it turned into tears.In contrast, the corners of the mouth were raised exaggeratedly and uncontrollably, and the state of surprise was almost crazy.

The waiter next to him bowed his head and shrank aside, pretending not to see anything, with an extremely normal expression on his face, as if the scene in front of him was nothing but ordinary.

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"Sister is really..." Prince Zhongshun teased, "You actually went to see that Liu Ziyi without authorization, if you let the emperor know, why don't you peel my skin?"

"Fifth Brother, don't make jokes. I'm just curious about Liu Ziyi's response. If Fifth Brother is worried, I'll write a copy of the book and give it to my brother right away. Just confess." Shui Jue asked, "Is what happened after that? Very interesting? Although I got some news, I didn’t say it carefully.”

Prince Zhongshun achieved his goal, so he put aside the previous topic. Anyway, the emperor has to worry about Shui Jue's affairs: "The boy from the Zhen family is too poor. As soon as Liu Ziyi delivered something, his expression changed drastically. Anyone who is not blind will realize that something is wrong. Liu Ziyi is quite interesting, apologizing and bowing, saying that she was so proud of being praised by the king before, I don't know if the Zhen family has any taboos on that wooden hairpin , and said that he didn't mean to offend, and asked that person to make amends. Hehe, that attitude is very sincere."

"What can that brat from the Zhen family say? But what taboo can he commit with a wooden hairpin? He can only say that he feels unwell, and it can't be more fake than that." Prince Zhongshun took a sip of tea and continued to laugh, "In order to please me, after I praised something, it is common for those people to take similar gifts and give them to each other in the name of giving each other. It is normal for Liu Ziyi to give things this time, so the Zhen family also It's just that the Zhen family has a very arrogant temper and never reflects on their own problems, maybe they will choose to ignore the lack of rigor in their plans, and complain that Liu Ziyi doesn't know what to do."

"There is nothing to worry about. Liu Ziyi has a title and fame, and she usually studies behind closed doors at home. No matter how arrogant the Zhen family is, they can't rush into Liu's mansion and tie people up." Shui Jue sneered, "The worst thing is to give Liu's business has caused some troubles, but the Zhen family is not as prosperous as before, so it's hard to say whether it will cause trouble or not."

Although Prince Zhongyong's arrogance is still there, but the new king is not him, the situation has already passed most of the time, and the allies of the Zhen family have gradually dispersed.After all, many people dare to stand in line, but not many people have the courage to seek to usurp the throne.

"I can't find trouble in business, so I guess I'll only find trouble in next year's imperial examination. Maybe, if the imperial examination doesn't have the ability to find trouble, you can wait for Liu Ziyi to get a Jinshi and become an official in the court?" After all, Zhongshun The prince himself laughed, "Of course, then there is no need to worry."

As long as Liu Ziyi can enter the palace examination, she will be designated as Tanhua and consort, so what trouble can the Zhen family cause?From this point of view, as long as the emperor and Shui Jue don't change their minds, Liu Ziyi really has nothing to fear from the Zhen family.

"Come on, Jinling is almost explored, and the Zhen family is not as difficult as I imagined." Shui Jue was in a good mood when he saw the beauty, and his smile became brighter. "It's time to go to Jiangnan, Daiyu is waiting I want to see my family. Don’t be reluctant, Fifth Brother, the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is even better.”

"How can I be reluctant." Prince Zhongshun sighed in his heart, let alone, he was really reluctant.