roccoschili Chapter 232: Don’t be greedy for small gains, you must have big plans
Chapter 232: Don’t be greedy for small gains, you must have big plans
"Princess Consort, I don't want these gold and silver."
Zhang Yong glanced at the trays in the hands of the palace maids, but just chuckled and smiled at Lu.
"Oh?"
Hearing Zhang Yong say that he had no interest in these jewels, Mrs. Lu was a little surprised.
"I just want to serve your highness and the Crown Princess, that's all."
Seeing this, Zhang Yong became even more respectful and smiled with his head down.
"Humph, if a person does not seek small gains, he must have big plans."
Mrs. Lu looked at Zhang Yong and sneered.
If a person does not love money, it means he has something more important than money.
The only thing that Yunwen and I could use to satisfy these people was power.
"I just want to share the worries of the Crown Princess and His Highness."
Zhang Yong looked at Lu's expression which became increasingly cold, and his attitude immediately became even more humble, with his head lowered.
"Humph, if you have other thoughts, life and death are just a matter of my thoughts."
Such a trick naturally could not be hidden from Lu's eyes.
She stared at Zhang Yong and snorted coldly.
An ambitious conspirator like this must never be given any chance.
If it weren't for the fact that she needed someone right now, she wouldn't have allowed such a person to stay by her side.
"Crown Princess, Eunuch Liu requests to see you."
Zhang Yong was about to explain himself when he heard a servant's report from outside the door.
"Then I will withdraw first."
Seeing someone coming, Zhang Yong breathed a sigh of relief and took this opportunity to retreat.
As the saying goes, being with a king is like being with a tiger, and the same is true when being with someone as cunning as Lu.
"Which eunuch Liu?"
After Zhang Yong left, Mrs. Lu asked in a deep voice the servant who came to report.
She didn't know many eunuchs with the surname Liu in the palace.
"It's Eunuch Liu Jin who serves the young prince."
The servant lowered his head and responded cautiously.
When she heard that it was the eunuch beside Zhu Ming, Lu's face darkened again.
He and Zhu Ming have never gotten along, so what is his eunuch doing here?
"Let him in."
But after all, they did not openly quarrel with each other. Since the guests came, they still had to entertain them, so as to avoid being laughed at for being stingy as an elder.
"Your servant Liu Jin greets the Crown Princess."
After all, one is the master and the other is a eunuch, and there is a huge difference in their status.
Liu Jin strode into the hall, looked at Lu, bowed respectfully, and shouted loudly.
"Eunuch Liu, there is no need to be polite."
Mrs. Lu waved her hand politely, looked at Liu Jin, and asked with a smile: "I guess the young prince must have encountered some difficulties, so he asked the eunuch to come to me."
A man like Liu Jin, as a eunuch, would not come to the door on his own initiative without someone else's hint.
It was naturally Zhu Ming's idea for him to come.
"Yes."
Naturally, Liu Jin didn't have a good face towards this woman who had always been making things difficult for his little prince.
After the initial courtesy, his tone immediately turned cold and he looked straight at Lu.
If it weren't for the consideration of Zhu Ming, the grandson of the emperor, and the desire to know what Zhu Ming was up to, Lu would have wanted to kick him out at this moment.
"His Highness asked me to come here to inform the Crown Princess that he will visit her tomorrow. Please reserve your time."
After Liu Jin finished speaking, he bowed and wanted to leave.
His Highness only asked him to tell the Crown Princess that now that the goal had been achieved, he didn't want to stay here long.
Mrs. Lu also understood Liu Jin's intention and did not try to persuade him to stay. She just watched him leave in silence.
The next morning, Zhu Ming came to the door just as Liu Jin said.
Mrs. Lu looked at Zhu Ming, the uninvited guest, with a forced smile and squinted her eyes, looking at him coldly.
"My little prince, you came to the East Palace. Is there anything?"
She asked softly, smiling.
She still remembered Zhu Ming's unforgiving look when she took the initiative to invite him to the East Palace last time.
This time when they met again, Zhu Ming seemed much more polite and more puzzling.
"Ming'er has been in Shanxi for so long and has only been back in Beijing for a few days. The Crown Princess is a senior, so naturally I should pay her a visit."
Zhu Ming bowed and responded calmly.
If his guess was correct, Wang Ganju would suddenly confess his guilt, and it had nothing to do with the Crown Princess.
Thinking of this, Zhu Ming snorted coldly, raised his head but still looked smiling: "Besides, Ming'er has something unclear, so I came to ask the Crown Princess for advice."
"If there is anything you don't understand, please tell me directly."
The Crown Princess did not dare to be careless and listened quietly.
"It's nothing, actually. It's just that Wang Ganju, the prefect of Shanxi who will be brought back from Shanxi tomorrow, refuses to speak no matter what."
Zhu Ming said this with a distressed look, while at the same time carefully observing Lu's appearance.
I want to see what changes this woman will have after hearing the name of the Shanxi prefect.
It’s just a pity that the expression on Lu’s charming face remains the same as before.
"I think that even if such a heinous person speaks, he won't tell the truth."
Mrs. Lu smiled and waved her hand, then made up an excuse to get away with it.
Zhu Ming came suddenly and brought up Wang Ganju, which was obviously a test for him.
Fortunately, he had listened to Zhang Yong before and sent someone to ask Wang Ganju to find a way to shut up.
Zhu Ming had no leverage over her and couldn't do anything to her.
"Ming'er thinks so too, but Lord Wang Ganju said that all these sins were committed by me, and Ming'er doesn't believe it either."
Zhu Ming said this, showing his innocent face and blinking at Lu.
Mrs. Lu's smile froze, and she laughed awkwardly a few times: "Maybe he has figured it out. How can I, a woman, know all this?"
This Zhu Ming really came to test me. I can’t waste any more time talking to him.
"Well, tell me something tomorrow so the Crown Princess knows."
Zhu Ming nodded, followed the lead of Lu's words, and changed the subject: "When I come back from outside tomorrow, I will hear that Brother Yunhuan has been arrested by Grandpa Huang and imprisoned."
"The Crown Princess is the Emperor's stepmother. You must know this."
In order to prevent the Crown Princess from changing the subject again, Zhu Ming also specifically emphasized her relationship with Zhu Yunhuan.
Zhu Yunhuan was also a member of the Eastern Palace. When he came back from outside, he also lived in the Eastern Palace.
It would be impolite for you, the Crown Princess, to say again that you don't know.
"Alas, I wonder if this kid has learned bad things from others outside."
When mentioning Zhu Yunhuan who was still in prison, Lu once again put on an expression of disappointment: "How could a good child get involved in witchcraft?"
"Your royal grandfather usually despises these crooked ways, and he locked him up in a rage."
When her love was at its peak, she even wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a silk scarf, but secretly changed her expression and looked at Zhu Ming coldly.
You're just a young boy, and you want to test me?