Phi-Fic Chapter 172 Targeting
Chapter 172 Targeting
Lisa couldn't win the argument with Su Rutang at all, she just started insulting others.
There is no way Su Rutang would use such a swear word.
Prince Li Yun of the Nanli Kingdom glared at Lisa with a stern face, and his eyes looks at Su Rutang filled with fanatical joy.
A faint smile flashed across a pair of slender almond-shaped eyes.
Lisa looked at the people from Xiliang, hoping they would help her say a word.
The people of Xiliang were hurt by Lisa's words that the divorced woman should die. They were never particular about trivial matters, let alone divorced women. Even if the father died, the childless girl would still be their woman.
Naturally, Lisa wouldn't help.
What's more, the situation in Nanli Kingdom is not much better.
Lisa looked at the prince who left the country.
"Prince Gu."
Prince Gu of Liguo sat lazily on the chair, "This prince admires Madam Su's character. Everything cannot be generalized. This prince believes that no woman is willing to divorce.
It is very costly for a woman to get a divorce, and she would not be so decisive unless she could no longer live together.
The things that happened in the Minister's house are more interesting than the storybook. Not to mention that there is no other family like this in the Great Zhou, even in your Nanli Kingdom, there are few such people. Is such a man worthy of a woman's protection?"
After Prince Gu finished speaking, he clasped his fists in the direction of Su Rutang.
Su Rutang bowed gracefully.
Shang Yan's expression changed slightly.
A faint sideways glance.
The emperor laughed, "Okay. We are all joking. I believe Princess Lisa is also joking with Su. Su should not be rude to Princess Lisa."
Su Rutang nodded to Princess Lisa after hearing this, "Princess Lisa, please forgive me for my honesty."
A straightforward word.
The emperor was speechless.
Princess Lisa did not dare not to forgive, as Prince Li Yun's scrutinizing gaze fell on her.
Empress Lu couldn't stand Su Rutang's sharp tongue. "Su was a lady from a noble family before. How come she has become more eloquent after getting married?"
Lan Xuanji met Queen Lu's eyes and said, "The Queen is right. It is said that women are pearls before they get married, but after they get married, they become fish and their eyes lose their luster.
Taking care of the tedious affairs of the harem, I have to practice my eloquence."
Lan Xuanji has always been easy to talk to.
This was the first time he had contradicted the Queen like this.
This made the queen's face change suddenly.
The emperor took a closer look at Lan Xuanji. "Madam Su was also a heroine in her past. Now she has a hint of her former charm."
Lan Xuanji stood up and bowed.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."
The emperor laughed loudly:
"Haha. I'll give General Su's wife a piece of Shu brocade as a reward."
The queen was very upset when she saw that the emperor did not stand on her side. But she pretended to be virtuous and generous, remembering that the emperor liked Lan Xuanji many years ago.
However, he went to ask the late emperor for an imperial decree granting marriage.
But I heard Old Master Su talking about the marriage of his son Su Zhixun and Lan Xuanji. At that time, the late emperor specially granted them the honor of marriage.
The emperor hated the Su family for many things.
This incident is one of them.
Others don’t know.
The queen knew it very well.
The palace banquet continued, and the emperor asked Prince Li Yun several times which one of the people present he liked?
Prince Li Yun did not make a clear statement.
He just said that he would stay in Da Zhou for a while and slowly get to know the women of Da Zhou.
"No one you like?"
Li Yun's eyes fell on Shen Yunying, and then he smiled: "I dare not offend her, I can only say that I have a good impression of her first."
The emperor also saw Li Yun looking in the direction of Shen Yunying.
Shen Zhongshu was stunned.
Only then did he realize what Li Yun meant. His eyes flashed coldly, but he returned to normal in an instant.
"It's enough to have a good impression. If you have any ideas, just tell me directly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Yun stood up and said with a smile.
Old Madam Shen and the others all noticed that something was wrong, but in the end they didn't dare to say anything.
Next comes the singing and dancing party.
Princess Lisa performed a dance and won applause.
Lisa looked around happily and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that the women of the Great Zhou are good at singing and dancing. I also want to see the elegance of the women of the Great Zhou."
The emperor drank the wine.
His whole body was like a ball of fire, and looking at Lisa, she was like a beautiful flower.
Hearing this he smiled.
"Okay. The woman from the Great Zhou..."
The emperor looked at the officials' families with cold eyes...
Lisa smiled and said:
"Why not ask Su Rutang to sing or dance?"
Su Rutang's face remained expressionless, she knew that Princess Lisa would not let her go. She thought about it in her mind, Song Huaiyan got drunk and sang at the manor that day.
And danced.
Su Rutang had a photographic memory when he was young.
Especially good at dancing...
Only Long Changyou knows how beautifully she dances.
"Sister Su. I was ignorant and made Sister Su angry before. My dance just now was also meant to beg Sister Su for good. I wonder if Sister Su is willing to show her talent?"
Lisa didn't care about the gloomy face of Prince Li Yun.
She just wanted to challenge the question of who was more important, her as a princess or a divorced woman of unknown origin, in the eyes of her brother, the Crown Prince.
The emperor looked majestic.
"Su Rutang, since Princess Lisa has said so, you should perform a show."
The emperor's tone was not one to be refused.
Su Rutang nodded slightly.
"Please allow me to change my clothes."
"Go."
Su Ruyue also stood up, "Your Majesty. I am willing to accompany you."
The emperor looked at Lan Xuanji with cold eyes, but then looked away.
"Go."
Su Ruyue looks like Lan Xuanji.
Su Rutang changed into a red dress, while Su Ruyue played the piano. After discussing for a while, they danced the dance that Song Huaiyan had taught them that day, called the Moon Worship Dance.
Su Ruyue played the piano first.
The door opens.
Su Rutang came in.
The dance of Chang'e worshipping the moon stunned everyone present.
Princess Lisa bit her lip and said, "What a seductive woman. No wonder the prince forgot about me."
Sitting next to Lisa was Princess Zi Luo of Xiliang. She raised her lips and said in a low voice:
"Princess Lisa. I see that your country's crown prince admires Su quite a bit."
Lisa's face changed.
"Nonsense. No matter how well a divorced woman dances, she is nothing more than a low-class dancer."
Zi Luo covered her lips and said, "The Great Zhou has always paid attention to cultivating women's music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and even dancing and horse riding. They are different from ordinary dancers."
Princess Lisa glared at her.
The dance ends.
Someone looked at Su Rutang with a wavering look.
The concubines in the palace saw Su Rutang's dance, which was graceful and elegant, like a dance performed during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"Mid-Autumn Festival just passed. Was it the Moon Worship Dance that Su performed?"
Su Rutang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, you have good eyesight. I am dancing the Moon Worship Dance. It is a lost dance. I happened to see it recorded in a book.
After communicating with the handkerchief, the minister restored the moon worship dance. "
"What a smart woman. Your close friend..." Concubine Lai thought it was Shen Yunying.
Su Rutang lowered his head and said, "It's my adopted sister Song Huaiyan."
The people in Ningguo Mansion changed their expressions.
It's that concubine's daughter.
Concubine Lai didn't know who Song Huaiyan was. She just nodded slightly and asked, "Is she in the capital?"
"No, he's traveling."
"So she is a remarkable woman." Concubine Lai looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty, Su's moon-worshipping dance is very beautiful. What reward will you give her?"
If Concubine Yun wanted to give Su Rutang a reward, the emperor would definitely not agree.
It’s different with Concubine Lai.
She is as quiet as a chrysanthemum and never talks too much.
I just like studying dance.
"What did my beloved concubine say as a reward?"
"It's hard for a divorced woman to live. How about rewarding her with ten acres of good farmland and a thousand taels of silver?"
"Just do as Concubine Lai said."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, and Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine." Su Rutang knelt down to express her gratitude.
Lisa didn't want to say a word.
I wanted to embarrass Su Rutang, but ended up making her the center of attention.
Wait until the palace banquet is over.
Su Rutang followed the young eunuch to the Cining Palace.
Entered the palace.
It was so eerie that it made her shudder.
Nanny Lu, who was beside the Queen Mother, came over and said, "Su Rutang."
"Madam Lu, how is the Empress Dowager?" Su Rutang looked at the deserted Cining Palace and knew that the Empress Dowager was not having a good time.
As the empress dowager's biological son, the emperor governs the Great Zhou with benevolence and filial piety.
Outsiders have no idea what kind of life the Queen Mother leads.
Nanny Lu said nothing and took Su Rutang to the inner room.
The Queen Mother was lying on the bed.
A pair of eyes stared blankly at the ceiling.
"The Empress Dowager."
The Queen Mother turned around and saw Su Rutang kneeling in front of the bed, with a pair of hands tightly holding her skinny hands.
The dry lips moved:
"Where's Changyou?"
Su Rutang burst into tears.
The Queen Mother loved them so much back then, and was always happy about the brotherhood between Crown Prince Li and the current Emperor.
Who says there is no brotherhood in the royal family?
"Your Highness, how did you become so thin?"