After being read, the abstinent prince bullies others with his wife every day

The maid Yun Que walked into the hall quickly, lowered her voice, and panted heavily, saying: "I heard that the emperor was furious during the morning court today and dismissed Chang Yushi from his post on the spot..."

The woman lazily lying on the chaise longue was eating peeled lychees in an elegant and leisurely manner. Hearing this, her enamel-armored hands paused slightly and glanced over, somewhat unbelievingly: "This Chang Yushi is a senior official in the court. Did the emperor dismiss him from his post? Why?"

"I heard that it was because the Emperor wanted to hand over the conscription and tax collection, which was handled by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince every year, to Prince Rui. Censor Chang was outspoken and mentioned the incident in the past when he opposed it, so..."

Yunque didn't say anything else, but Concubine An already understood it.

She sneered, a sneer on her pretty face: "It's what he deserves. Who made this Imperial Censor Chang not support my Chen'er and insist on standing with the mediocre prince? This is his retribution.

I had expected the Crown Prince to be incompetent, and now he can't even keep his job, and he can't even defeat the Prince Rui who just returned to the capital. How ridiculous."

She covered her mouth and chuckled, "But that's true. After all, like mother, like son. The Queen can't beat Concubine Xi, so naturally her son can't beat Prince Rui either."

"Yes, Imperial Concubine, among the princes now, the Third Prince is the most stable. Not only does he have ministers supporting him in the court, but he also has the Duke's Mansion behind him. In my opinion, the Third Prince will definitely..."

"Tsk!"

Concubine An glanced at her arrogantly and interrupted her next words: "Such nonsense is not allowed."

"My Lady, I'm not talking nonsense," Skylark smiled and stepped forward, peeled lychees for Concubine An and brought them to her mouth, "The eldest prince is incompetent, and Prince Rui has no power. Only the third prince is capable and powerful. Let's just let the crown prince and Prince Rui fight each other. In the end, they all belong to the third prince anyway."

"You are the one who knows how to please me the most." Concubine An nodded Yunque's head, her expression showing great satisfaction.

Yun Que smiled and stepped forward to massage her shoulders: "Your Highness has lost a lot of weight recently, and your shoulders have become thinner."

"Really?" Concubine An sat up straight and waved her hand: "Hurry up and give me the mirror. I want to see if there is any less flesh on my face."

"Yes," Yun Que quickly put the bronze mirror into her hand and said with a smile, "Your Highness the Imperial Concubine didn't have much flesh on her face to begin with. Now that she's a little thinner, her face is even smaller. In my opinion, she's more beautiful than a peony. If the Emperor saw you, he would be amazed by your appearance."

Concubine An touched her cheek with her bare hand, and it really became tighter. She smiled with satisfaction: "My sufferings these past few days have not been in vain. Que'er, where has the emperor been staying these days?"

"Staying at..."

Yun Que, who had been smiling the whole time, froze and seemed a little hesitant: "The emperor has been claiming to be staying in the imperial study these days, but Eunuch Li's apprentice Xiao Dengzi told me that the emperor actually went to Concubine Xi's place every night."

"What did you say?!"

Concubine An's expression suddenly changed: "Concubine Xi?!"

"Yes." Yun Que lowered his head, somewhat afraid to look directly at the hideous face of his master.

"Bitch!"

Concubine An cursed, she tightly grasped the handle of the bronze mirror and slammed it to the ground. With a loud clang, the mirror broke into pieces, and her beautiful eyebrows and nose were scattered in the mirror, revealing a terrifying mixture of beauty and viciousness.

"Concubine Xi, this bitch! I knew the emperor couldn't let her go. All the things like sleeping in the imperial study and ignoring her were just excuses to protect her and to prevent people from causing trouble for her!

I really don’t understand what kind of bewitching potion this bitch has given to the emperor! Am I not as good as a lowly creature of humble origins like her? "

Yun Que knelt on the ground in panic, her face pale as dirt: "How could it be, that Concubine Xi is of humble origin, old and ugly, not even as good as one of your toes, how can she be compared with yours, it's just that she is lowly, she will use some shady means to seduce the emperor, sooner or later the emperor will get tired of her!"

"Disgusted, huh," Concubine An laughed at herself, "I have waited for this word 'disgusted' for who knows how many years. I have waited until I have fine wrinkles at the corners of my eyes and my black hair has turned white. How long will I have to wait!"

She swept all the fruits beside the chaise longue to the ground, her eyes reddened, “I don’t want to wait any longer, it’s time to lend a helping hand to Chen’er.

Yun Que, go call that person over here. I have something to tell you."

Yun Que bowed her head and responded, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will do it right away."

……

The moon set and the sun rose, and the light and shadow in the sky changed from bright to dark and then back to bright several times. Emperor Jingsheng had just returned to the imperial study after the morning court session when he heard the news that the prince had successfully escorted the military pay to the border and had returned to await an audience.

He frowned and waved.

Eunuch Li's penetrating thin voice came out: "Tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make a remonstrance——"

Perhaps because Jiang Yu had just investigated the officials of major cities on the road to the border, Jiang Hong's journey of escorting military pay went smoothly, so much so that he completed his mission and rushed back from the border in less than half a month.

He knew that there were important matters waiting for him to attend to in the court, so as soon as he returned to Beijing, he hurried to the palace to report. He had not changed out of his thin armor and still looked exhausted.

He walked quickly into the palace, passed through the candlelit outer hall, turned around the tall partition, knelt down and saluted Emperor Jingsheng who was sitting behind the imperial desk, and said loudly: "Your son greets the emperor. Long live the emperor."

"Get up," Emperor Jingsheng raised his hand, looked him up and down, and said in a deep voice, "Did you have a smooth journey?"

"It went smoothly. The military pay has been handed over to General Yun in full. I believe that all soldiers will receive it soon. Your Majesty can rest assured." Jiang Hong stood up and answered.

"Yes," Emperor Jingsheng nodded, "I understand. You have worked hard on this journey. Go back and rest."

"Your Majesty, I have something to say about this year's conscription and taxation." Jiang Hong pursed his lips, his eyes dim and dim. "Father, I have something to say about this year's conscription and taxation."