Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 172 You are so familiar with each other!

"Long live the emperor..." The eunuch's voice was trembling.

Because Emperor Zhaoming, who was striding over, had a dark face.

Tao Xingjian behind him pointed at the eunuch and glared at him. The eunuch immediately shut up and quickly retreated. He got up quietly until he was behind everyone and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"It would have been fine if the Empress Dowager didn't go, but why did she scold Shouchang and make him cry? Tongyi couldn't afford to offend the Empress Dowager, so he went to bully the Empress. And the Empress came to cry to me again." Emperor Zhaoming was visibly annoyed.

cry?

Lin Daiyu subconsciously exchanged a glance with Tanchun and bowed first: "Greetings to Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live long and happy."

Miaoyu followed silently behind.

Emperor Zhaoming hummed, stood at the entrance of Yanjia Palace, and pointed his chin inside: "Is the Queen Mother okay?"

Daiyu nodded: "The Empress Dowager drank two liang of Huiquan wine for lunch, ate more meat dishes, and took a few bites of vegetables and stopped eating. She ate two rolls and drank a bowl of soup.

"Drank tea in the afternoon and sucked two licorice olives. Talkative, loves to laugh.

"I have seen very few elderly people, so I can only compare them this way: Your Majesty is much better than my grandmother."

Emperor Zhaoming hummed again and asked, "Why did the Queen Mother scold Shouchang?"

Daiyu glanced at Tanchun and said, "Because the princess said that Yimin County Lady pretended to be pitiful and tricked the Queen Mother into accepting her as her adopted daughter."

"Then I understand." Emperor Zhaoming pointed at Tao Xingjian and said, "Go to the Princess's residence and ask Shouchang to change a tutor.

"That Xue guy is a relative of Yimin. If she had persuaded him to do the right thing, Shouchang wouldn't have made such a fuss."

Daiyu nodded slightly.

Emperor Zhaoming's words hit the nail on the head.

Back then in the Jia Mansion, Baochai and Tanchun even had a colleague relationship.

At this time, Tanchun had good luck. With Baochai's eloquence, if she couldn't make Shouchang congratulate her happily, she could at least treat it calmly and pretend nothing had happened.

But the spoiled little princess went straight to Tanchun as soon as she entered the room, and it seemed like she didn't even want to give the empress dowager face.

So the Empress Dowager saw through everything at a glance, and immediately said that Baochai was "too capable", but it seemed that she did not get angry because of the Empress Dowager's birthday!

Tao Xingjian bowed and agreed.

Emperor Zhaoming just needed to figure out what was going on. His expression eased a little, and he looked at Daiyu again: "It is said that the Supreme Lord has bestowed the title of Princess on you?"

Daiyu nodded.

"Okay, very good." Emperor Zhaoming pointed at Tao Xingjian again, "Tell them to hurry up. You tell Cheng Qian to ask the empress dowager to give them the opportunity to teach the aunts and personal maids. As for the eunuchs..."

He turned his head to look at the eunuch standing cautiously behind him, then pointed at him and said, "This guy is quite clever, give him a reward.

"Zhaoqing doesn't need them for now. If you come across a good one later, you can keep an eye out for her."

Tao Xingjian agreed with a smile, thought for a moment, and then smiled again: "Changqing just heard the news and clamored to change his name, saying that he couldn't give the princess the same name. Why don't you give Changqing a name?"

Daiyu waved her hands repeatedly: "Who am I? There are many people in the world who want to celebrate! What should I change? No need to change!"

Emperor Zhaoming laughed and said, "I guess it was that monkey who wanted to serve you, but you didn't want him because you were afraid of his reputation. What a thief!"

"Eunuch Lu is needed by His Majesty, so I really can't keep him." Daiyu also smiled, then knelt down to say goodbye.

Emperor Zhaoming hummed for the third time and pointed at the eunuch: "Send them out properly, and then go to Cheng Qian to record their names."

Then he pointed inside the palace and said to Daiyu, "Then I will go in to see the Queen Mother."

The two then said goodbye.

Tanchun and Miaoyu both looked at Daiyu strangely.

After they returned to the palace, the two of them took Daiyu aside and asked, "When did you meet the emperor? You spoke so familiarly, even if you lied, we wouldn't believe you."

Daiyu then realized that both Emperor Zhaoming and herself were being too casual.

Emperor Zhaoming complained as soon as he saw me, and I explained frankly as soon as I heard him...

His face was slightly hot, and he smiled openly and said, "When your majesty went out of the palace incognito, he heard that I had built a new courtyard here, and he came here, and I have indeed seen it.

“But you should also know that according to the rules, I can’t tell anyone else.

"Now that you have seen it, and His Majesty does not seem to want to hide it from you, I will tell you the truth.

"But according to the rules, this matter should only be kept by you, and it is not appropriate to tell others."

The two people looked at each other, and their expressions became strange.

Miaoyu couldn't help asking her, "If Your Majesty was willing to come home, why didn't you tell me? I wouldn't have to ring the wooden bell of the Supreme Lord!"

Daiyu held her forehead helplessly: "Miaogu, listen to what you said yourself."

Miaoyu calmed down and realized that she was embarrassing Daiyu. A trace of apology appeared on her face, and she was frustrated. She couldn't help muttering:

"I should have known not to become a monk!"

Tanchun and Daiyu looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

This smile shows satisfaction, leisure and relaxation.

That afternoon, when Grandmother Jia and others returned home, the news spread.

Without saying anything, Wang Xifeng dropped what she was doing and ran over. Without saying much, she just held out her hand to ask Tanchun to return the gift:

"If I hadn't sent you that room full of stuff, you wouldn't have anything to donate; if you hadn't donated anything, His Majesty wouldn't have given you the plaque; if you hadn't had the plaque, how would you have gotten the title of County Lady?!

"I don't ask for much, just one year's salary!"

Tanchun smiled and bowed to Sister Feng, thanking her for taking care of her. Then she smiled and said, "Do you still care about the hundred or so taels of silver?"

Wang Xifeng was curious: "How much is the county lady's annual salary?"

"I heard there are only 110 taels." Daiyu replied with a smile, "I have 160 taels a year. Do you want it? I'll give it all to you."

Wang Xifeng curled her lips and said, "Well, it's almost the same as my monthly allowance." She withdrew her hand and warned Tanchun, "But the old lady will look unhappy when she comes back.

"Our wife told me to come here as soon as I can get rid of my worries. Tomorrow, the old lady might say she's sick, and then I won't be able to go out."

Daiyu and Tanchun fell silent.

Wang Xifeng also sighed, and after a while, she said, "Old and young, old and young, the older the old lady gets, the more childish she becomes. You two were both loved in the past, so just bear with it for a while.

"Now that one of you has been expelled from the palace and the other has been expelled from the clan, she can't do anything to you except scold you a few times."

After a pause, he clapped his hands and his eyes lit up, "Really, you two should kowtow to the Empress Dowager when you get back!

"Someone tried to curry favor with the master the other day and insisted on marrying into our family. Then I heard that the second daughter had just married, and said that although the third daughter was not from the master's family, she came from a famous family, so she must be good too!

"Because that man is a military commander, even though he is a family friend, the Second Master doesn't like him very much. But I heard that he doesn't mind that you are a concubine's daughter, and doesn't mind that you were once expelled from the clan. He almost agreed on the spot to take you back and marry you to him!

"Fortunately, you have become the adopted daughter of the Queen Mother. This marriage is aborted!"