35, humiliation
The late emperor was the elder brother of the emperor. He passed away more than ten years ago and only had a young prince. When the late emperor passed away, the Northern Di was eyeing him, and internal and external troubles were not suitable to make a child the emperor. The late emperor's biological mother, the current Empress Dowager, made a quick decision to support his youngest son. In other words, the current Empress Dowager, was forced to do so, and the ministers did not object too much, so the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, thus became the Empress Dowager.
Recalling the past, a sneer appeared on the Empress Dowager's face. Looking at the person walking towards the distance from close to the side, the sneer on her face became deeper, and she turned around and left, leaving behind an inexplicable Xu Shu.
Suddenly, a palace maid came to pass a message saying that the Empress Dowager summoned Xu Shu. Xu Shu couldn't help but wonder that she had just come from Cining Palace, why did the Empress Dowager want to see her again? But she had to follow the Empress Dowager.
After entering Cining Palace, I just asked the Empress Dowager for An, and then I heard a slutty voice saying, "I heard that you can defend your position by listening to the voice?"
It was the voice of the eldest son of the emperor who was in the period of voice change.
Xu Shu hesitated before she could answer, she listened to him again, "I will test you today. If you can't answer, I will chop your head!"
Hearing this, Wanfeng held Xu Shu's hand tightened. Xu Shu comforted the back of Wanfeng's hand through her sleeve. Wanfeng still couldn't stop being nervous. How ridiculous is this eldest son? There are many rumors among the people. He was a lord who turned against him and said that he would take his life to death... He was the only son of the emperor, and he was boundlessly favored by the empress dowager. At this time, the empress dowager would not look at her lady.
After a while, more than ten musicians entered the hall with musical instruments and scattered around the hall. The eldest son of the emperor called the order and everyone started playing music. The song played was "Spring Meaning".
This song was written by the eldest son of the emperor, Shufei. Shufei was born in an actor and good at singing and dancing. Later, he won the favor with a melodious song "Thinking of Hometown". Later, he gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor and became Shufei.
At the end of the song, the musician quietly put down the instrument. The eldest son of the emperor leaned on the couch, enjoying the service of the palace maids, and asked, "Where is the pipa?"
Xu Shu raised her hand and pointed, and it was exactly the same.
He asked again, "Where is Liuqin?"
Right again...
"flute"
"Zhen"
Four of them were right in a row, and the eldest son turned his eyes and pointed at the two musicians. The two musicians changed positions tremblingly.
Wan Feng was frightened to death when he saw this and wanted to remind Xu Shu, but when he touched the warning eyes of the eldest son and the empress dowager's doting face towards the eldest son, he could only secretly pinch Xu Shu's hand.
"Where is the jade flute?" The eldest son looked at the two who had changed their positions and smiled proudly.
Xu Shu was silent, and the eldest son laughed, "Haha... you can't guess it! The person comes..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Shu had raised her hand to point out that she was the person who played the jade flute who had been changed.
The eldest son was stunned, pushed away the palace maid's hand, walked to Xu Shu, circled around Xu Shu, stared at Xu Shu's face for a while, and suddenly reached out to pull Xu Shu's blindfolded cloth tape.
Wanfeng reached out to stop him, but before he could do it, the tape had been torn off by the emperor's eldest son.
Looking at Xu Shu's misty eyes, the eldest son curled his lips, "I thought you were pretending to be blind!"
After throwing down the cloth belt, the eldest son's sinister gaze swept towards Wanfeng. Wanfeng's heart trembled and he was already slapped heavily on his face. Wanfeng hurriedly knelt down, and the eldest son shook her heart, "Bitch! Do you dare to stop me?"
"Hmph?" Without saying hello to the Empress Dowager, the eldest son left.
The atmosphere in the hall was extremely awkward for a moment. Xu Shu knelt down and groped, picking up the cloth belt and tied it up, kowtowing deeply, "My daughter is leaving!"
The Empress Dowager has always been in the name of compassion and friendship. If this matter happened, it would be hard to keep Master Miaofan again. He hurried to send the master and disciple out of the palace. Xu Shu was not a commoner and could not be humiliated at will. She was passed on to the previous dynasty, but she was afraid that the memorials that impeached the eldest son of the emperor would accumulate on the emperor's desk again.
"I won't let you suffer in vain today!" Xu Shu said softly as she touched Wan Feng's swollen face.
Wan Feng shook his head gently, "I'm fine!" Compared to the lady's suffering, what is her grievance?
When the news of Xu Shu receiving the large reward from the Empress Dowager reached the Xu family, the eunuch happened to send the imperial edict and reward to the Xu family.
Li also knew that this was the reward that Xu Shu had received after making contributions this time, so she locked it in the warehouse of Shulin Pavilion as usual.
When he went to pay his respects to Wang the next day, he saw An, who had not shown up for a long time, and had been caring for the baby with peace of mind. When he saw Li, An, said tiltingly, "I have a heavy body, so I won't give my sister-in-law a greeting!"
Li smiled and said, "The offspring is important! The younger brother and sister are well-educated and are about to be born!"
"That's right. The closer it is to the day of production, the more strange my taste becomes. I want to eat this today and that one tomorrow! But the kitchen is pushing the three-pointer, either this one doesn't have it or that one can't be bought!"
Li was in charge of the family's gifts, and he was openly complaining to Wang, saying that Li had treated her harshly.
Li knew what An said wanted to elicit, but it was not as good as her! "According to the convention in our mansion, the proportion of people with body increased twice. Later, the old lady gave it a special explanation and doubled it again. Now it is three times more. Why, is it still not enough for brothers and sisters to eat?"
This is mocking An for eating too much! An for being angry! She obviously didn't mean that!
An exhaled viciously and said to Wang, "My brother and sister-in-law came to see me and mentioned that the An family's fields in the south suffered a flood this spring and reduced production by 70%. I don't know what the situation is in our family?"
"Oh? Is there anything wrong?" Wang had already handed over the power of the housekeeper, and he couldn't help but look at Li when he heard this.
Li knew that An was targeting the rewards Xu Shu had received yesterday! She sneered in her heart and was calm on her face, "It's because this is the case, but our family's fields are far away from the river, and the production has been reduced by only 20% to 30%!"
An immediately shouted, "Oh... that's okay! Then we won't have rice and food in the second half of the year?"
The rice from the Xu family is delivered every year after harvest in the southern paddy fields.
Li took a sip of tea and said slowly, "How could it be? Although the production has been reduced, it is still fine to supply the whole family to eat. It's just that the sales are less and the money is less!"
Looking at An's angry expression, Li suddenly clapped his hands, "Oh! Look at my memory! I almost forgot!" After looking at An, he continued, "If it weren't for the brother and sister, I wouldn't have remembered it yet! Sister Shu wrote to me yesterday and said that all the food in the rewards received this time was included in the public center, and she should be regarded as her filial piety to all elders!"
Wang immediately laughed when he heard this, "Sister Shu'er is more considerate and conscious of the general idea!"
An said sarcastically, "If you are truly filial, why don't you put everything into the Gongzhong?"
Li glanced at An, "Sister Shu said that Sister Ting had booked a good marriage, so she had to leave some good things to add makeup to her sister!"
An was afraid of Xu Shu's property and failed to get it. He also failed to get a marriage with the Song family. After hearing Li's words with a thorny head, he was so angry that he panted. When he returned to the yard, he shouted that his stomach hurts and scolded him. He was having a lot of trouble.
Chapter completed!