After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

Shangguan Shu not only came uninvited himself, but also brought Lord Wang Hongyin with him.

Lord Wang Hongyin, among all the civil and military officials, is there any family that has not been waded through muddy water?

Recently, the book "Shock! The king stripped him naked in public!" has been widely circulated. It records the reasons why Shangguan Zhu lost his job. Some of the words used in it are hot and ambiguous, such as "countless hands stretched out to him..."

"Hundreds of officials surrounded him and laughed at him..."

"When her father returned home, he sent his daughter-in-law away, intending to keep her for himself," and so on, without mentioning at all that Shen was the one who went back to her parents' home out of shame.

The officials who knew the inside story had a love-hate relationship with Lord Wang. As long as it was not their own house that was burned down, they would naturally love him very much, but if it implicated their own house, they would of course decline his offer.

At the gate of Prince Xian's mansion, Prince Xian was greeting Shangguan Shu when he suddenly caught sight of Lord Wang behind Shangguan Shu. His face immediately drooped longer than a donkey's.

He stuttered as he spoke, "Lord... Lord Wang..."

Lord Wang smiled naively, "It is me, your humble servant. Congratulations, Your Highness! Congratulations, Your Highness!"

The virtuous king laughed dryly, and then led Shangguan Shu on the way. Along the way, the virtuous king was puzzled as to why Shangguan Shu came, and why he brought Wang Hongyin, the big mouth, with him.

The peach and willow paths in the palace were full of spring colors. The virtuous prince took Shangguan Shu for a stroll and felt that he had become more familiar with Shangguan Shu. He finally couldn't help asking, "Why did the prince come here this time?"

Don’t you know that the protagonist of today’s banquet is Cheng Qian?

Shangguan Shu glanced at the virtuous king and said clearly, "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. I came here just to repay your recommendation!"

It turned out to be like this...

The virtuous king breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he was becoming more and more stable, and he liked Shangguan Shu more and more. He laughed loudly, "Your Highness, you are worrying too much. It's just a piece of cake. You are a good minister of the emperor, and it's only a matter of time for you to take the position of Grand Tutor. But since Your Highness has this intention, I will just treat you as a friend."

The virtuous king patted Shangguan Shu's arm and called out, "Brother Runzhi!"

Shangguan Shu smiled faintly and responded, doing a pretty good job on the surface.

Seeing this, the virtuous king could not help but remind Shangguan Shu, "Brother Runzhi, don't you know that Chengqian will come tonight?"

Shangguan Shu heard the voice, curled the corners of his lips, and did not comment.

The wise king understood again.

Did Shangguan Shu come here specifically to cause trouble for Cheng Qian and take revenge on her?

Cheng Qian has not left the palace for a long time, and it is very difficult for Shangguan Shu, a man from outside, to take revenge on her. This time Cheng Qian was transferred out of the inner palace by him, which is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

The wise king understood, but he didn't say anything. He pretended not to understand and pretended not to know.

If anything happened, he could explain to his father, he knew nothing!

"Although you and Cheng Qian have divorced, you have been married for many years. Even for the sake of the child..."

Halfway through his words, a series of announcements came from the door. With such a grand style, who could it be but the only legitimate daughter of the current emperor? Who could it be, Princess Cheng Qian?

"Princess Cheng Qian has arrived!"

All officials knelt to welcome him.

Zhao Ying held Shangguan Qingyue's hand with one hand and slowly raised the other hand, "Stand up!"

Shangguan Qingyue spotted Shangguan Shu in the crowd at a glance and said excitedly, "Daddy!" Then he ran to Shangguan Shu.

Shangguan Shu picked up the little guy and said with a smile, "Do you miss your daddy?"

"I do!" The little guy's voice was so crisp and sweet that his father loved him very much.

There were many envious eyes in the crowd, and they thought how nice it would be to have a soft and sweet baby girl. Didn’t they see that the usually serious Prince Zhenguo had a worthless smile on his face when facing his daughter?

Among them, there was a particularly obscure gaze, coming from Shangguan Zhu.

In order to see Zhao Ying, he came with Shen.

I thought his elder brother wouldn't come, but...

Shangguan Zhu suppressed his disappointed and unwilling eyes.

After Shangguan Shu finished reminiscing about the past with his daughter, he quickly looked at Zhao Ying. His eyes were light and direct, as if he was afraid that Zhao Ying couldn't tell that he was flirting with her.

Zhao Ying turned her eyes away and refused to flirt with him. Who would flirt with their ex-husband?

Seeing her look away, Shangguan Shu's brows dimmed instantly, and he forced a smile to coax his daughter.

Princess Xian walked towards Zhao Ying, "Sister Chengqian, you are here!"

Zhao Ying smiled faintly, "I am flattered by the invitation from my elder sister-in-law. I came late because I was busy choosing gifts. My elder sister-in-law is pregnant this time, and the gifts are really valuable. I believe that ordinary things are not worthy of the nephew in my elder sister-in-law's belly, so I asked someone to search the warehouse for it!" As she said that, she gave the eunuch a look and asked him to deliver the gifts.

Princess Xian's eyes lit up when she heard this.

When everyone heard about Zhao Ying's warehouse, they also became interested.

Who in the capital doesn’t know Zhao Ying’s financial resources?

Not to mention that all of Empress Xiaomin's dowry was left to her, the rewards from Emperor Jianxi were also continuous, including many coveted fun things... but none of this was as good as half of Shangguan Shu's fortune that Zhao Ying got after the divorce.

The wise king was both envious and resentful of this, thinking that it must be Cheng Qian's shameless act of robbing him.

The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is a family of nobles that has existed for generations. The ancestors of the old lady of the Duke of Zhenguo were the richest people in the previous dynasty, and their wealth was enough to rival that of a country. There were many interesting things that they kept hidden and never passed on to others.

I remember that one year the Empress Dowager awarded Princess Side a string of eighteen oriental pearls, the size of quail eggs. When Princess Side wore it, the other female relatives were envious. But there was nothing they could do because oriental pearls could not be worn by anyone but the Empress!

Princess Side wore it, which was actually an act of usurpation, but her mother was the empress dowager, so she wore it. It was just a slap in the face of Queen Hyomin, because Queen Hyomin's Dongzhu was not as big as this one.

For this reason, Princess Side wore it all day long.

However, after two days, she stopped wearing it because Princess Cheng Qian wore a string of South China pearls the size of pigeon eggs around her neck!

Each pearl is plump, lustrous and dazzling, and paired with Princess Cheng Qian's stunning face, it is simply incomparable.

Everyone knows how rare and precious South Pearls are, let alone such a big one and a string of them!

South Pearls grow deep in the South China Sea, and the annual output is no more than a hundred. If you pick out those that can be made into ornaments, the number is even smaller, only about ten or so, and none of them are that big.

When Zhao Ying wore it, Zhao Yao was extremely envious. She knew that this South Pearl was the treasure hidden in the bottom of the box of the old Duke's wife. Concubine Shu had seen the old Duke's wife wearing one before and had been coveting it for a long time. She hinted to Zhao Yao to ask Shangguan Shu for one.

Zhao Yao did this, but Shangguan Shu was reluctant to give it to her.

So when she saw Zhao Ying wearing such a large necklace that day, Zhao Yao was deeply shocked. She couldn't help but wonder why Shangguan Shu kept saying that he loved her, but he let her be accompanied by a green lamp, live in a barren mountain, wear plain clothes, and not wear makeup...

He flattered and insincere Zhao Ying, but he dressed her up in gorgeous clothes and made her look rich and luxurious.

In the past, Zhao Yao could still comfort herself that it was Shangguan Shu who was deliberately confusing Zhao Ying, trying to blind her eyes with those material possessions. He didn't give her Nanzhu now, probably because he wanted to let her wear it on the phoenix crown after he ascended the throne.