jdhmnovel Chapter 603 Never learn your lesson!
Chapter 603 Never learn your lesson!
Those who frequently travel through time know this.
In the Ming Dynasty, provoking Zhu Chongba was not a big deal, because Zhu Biao and Empress Ma could persuade him to stop.
Provoking Zhu Biao wasn't a big problem, because Empress Ma could persuade him.
As for Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Xu Da, and Chang Yuchun, it's not a big deal to provoke them.
The only person you absolutely cannot provoke is Empress Ma.
There's a joke circulating in the martial arts world that goes like this: Zhen Huan spoke ill of Empress Ma in the morning, and in the afternoon she enjoyed the "Nine Clans Elimination Game," with even Emperor Zhu suffering the same fate because he had poor taste in women.
Of course, these are just jokes, because Emperor Zhu did not have the power to choose women. Even if Zhen Huan could enter the palace, she would definitely have been chosen by Empress Ma.
Therefore, when Zhen Huan entered the palace to engage in palace intrigue, it was mostly not to seize Empress Ma's position, but to compete with Emperor Zhu for Empress Ma's favor.
"Pack your things, let's go back to Dengzhou right away."
Yang Shaofeng circled around twice, saying, "Anyway, I've already scammed everyone I could."
"The 20,000 laborers have also been secured."
"We're not exactly at a loss."
As for authentic Ningyang roast duck... we can't worry about that now.
Besides, as long as I don't say anything, who would know that a chef who slices ducks can also slice corrupt officials like ducks?
At worst, we can give up the Peking duck market in Beijing and then find a way to steal Beijing's salted duck and duck blood soup later.
In any case, Dengzhou Prefecture has no shortage of salt, so it has a natural advantage in making salted duck.
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Just as Yang Shaofeng was preparing to flee, dark clouds gathered over the imperial city not far away.
Empress Ma was truly furious this time.
It was only a relief that Zhu Chongba didn't cause any trouble, but who would have thought that Zhu Biao and his good brother-in-law would cause such a big commotion?
Well, the Crown Prince sent someone to inquire about the most beautiful courtesan on the Qinhuai River pleasure boats, but the Prince Consort betrayed the Crown Prince first.
The Crown Prince's prospective bride came to the palace and said that the Crown Prince had been tricked again, but the Crown Prince argued that he was already prepared to trick her back.
This infuriated the future crown princess.
Are you prepared to be ripped off?
Then you still got scammed, didn't you?
What's even more infuriating is Zhu Chongba, that disrespectful old man actually had the mind to go and watch the excitement.
Especially when he saw Ms. Chang pulling Zhu Biao's ear and scolding him, the old man actually cheered loudly.
Well, Old Deng's feeling at the time was, "Our daughter is great, much better than those two who are always leaking air!"
Anyway, Lao Deng didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Zhu Biao having his ear pulled.
As we all know, some things cannot be kept secret.
In particular, some people deliberately promote it.
The story of the Crown Prince having his ear pulled by his future Crown Princess has spread far and wide, but it's at least known to many people.
"You two, father and son, are really something!"
"Having been scammed time and time again, shouldn't you have learned your lesson by now?"
"But you guys are different, you just won't!"
Empress Ma stared at the black sesame dumplings with exasperation and said angrily, "Tell me, how did you fall into the pit this time?"
Zhu Biao stammered, "This time... it was my brother-in-law who said that many scholars and officials like to go to the Qinhuai River."
"..."
"Then, I thought of sending the Imperial Guards from the Prince Consort's residence to gather information. Even if they were discovered, we could pin the blame on my brother-in-law."
Zhu Biao recounted the whole story, then said with a wronged expression, "But who knew he lacked martial ethics, sending Sister Jin'er and Sister Yu'er to find the Chang family girl first, and then he..."
Seeing that Zhu Biao still had the nerve to put on a pitiful look, Empress Ma became even angrier.
"He lacks martial ethics?"
"Given his stubborn nature, how could he even utter the words 'henpecked'? Shouldn't you be more careful beforehand?"
"Moreover, your father's decision to requisition the chefs from the roast duck restaurant to execute corrupt officials by slow slicing is tantamount to ruining the reputation of Ningyang roast duck. How could he not want to retaliate?"
"You're something else, instead of thinking about how to guard against him, you're thinking of tricking him first?"
After reprimanding Zhu Biao, Empress Ma glared at Emperor Zhu and said, "You!"
Before Empress Ma could begin her reprimand, Emperor Zhu chuckled twice, moved closer to her, and whispered, "Sister, sister, don't be angry. This is all our fault."
Empress Ma glared at Emperor Zhu again, and snorted coldly, "Then tell me, what do we do now?"
How to do?
It seems like there's nothing we need to do.
The people who knew that the bastard and Biao'er were scheming against each other were mainly those nobles.
In other words, only nobles knew that Zhu Biao had sent someone to inquire about the courtesan. Others, or the common people, either didn't know or thought that the prince consort had sent someone to find out about the courtesan.
It has basically no impact on our reputation.
So, what's the best course of action?
Seeing Emperor Zhu's completely bewildered expression, Empress Ma's anger, which had just subsided, suddenly flared up again.
"Having made such a huge mess this time, do you think he would dare to wait in the capital?"
After Empress Ma said that, Emperor Zhu immediately realized what was going on.
broken.
That bastard is trying to run away!
"Then let's pack up and get ready to go to Dengzhou."
"As for you..."
Empress Zhu glanced at Zhu Biao and snorted coldly, saying, "You should stay in the capital to oversee the country and take care of the household."
Zhu Biao stared blankly at Emperor Zhu.
So, my son is superfluous, right?
"Where are the second, third, fourth, and fifth brothers?"
Zhu Biao tried to drag his foolish younger brothers into the mess.
Emperor Zhu snorted coldly and said, "Fifth Prince has to go to Dengzhou Medical College. Do you even understand what you've been doing?"
"The second child also has to go to the engineering school at the hospital university. Do you understand these things?"
"The third and fourth brothers also need to help your brother Bao'er manage the military academy at Dengzhou University."
"What about you?"
"He knows neither medicine nor engineering, and he can't even understand the military academy, so he can only make do by staying in the capital to oversee the country."
So, I'm not only superfluous, but also useless?
Why does it feel like you're completely useless if you can't be a good crown prince?
Zhu Biao grew angrier the more he thought about it. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he obediently bowed to Emperor Zhu, saying, "Yes, I understand. I will go and arrange for my parents to go to Dengzhou."
Emperor Zhu then nodded in satisfaction.
Just as Zhu Biao left, Empress Ma snorted coldly and said, "Have Erhu make preparations. We'll set off immediately."
Emperor Zhu was slightly taken aback. "Didn't Biao'er prepare for us?"
Empress Ma glanced at Emperor Zhu and asked, "He's making preparations for us?"
"I'm afraid he prepared it for himself!"
As the saying goes, only the son of the person in question knows.
A few years ago, Zhu Biao might have obediently followed orders.
But as the saying goes, "One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black." My own son has already been corrupted by certain people in recent years!
Can we expect him to be as obedient as he was a few years ago?
Ha~