Chapter 104 – Control Evil with Evil

Miantang didn’t contradict her, which also made Cui Fu feel more comfortable.

 

She was thinking that this woman was born into a small family, but her temperament was mild. In addition to the previous changes in the royal family, she heard that she also saved her mother despite the danger. It can be seen that she is also pure and kind. Even if she is greedy for money, it is not a big problem.

 

In this way, the previous worries about her brother have been greatly relieved.

 

In fact, Liu Miantang didn’t know that Cui Fu was trying to give her a heads-on. It’s a pity that Miantang doesn’t care much about those whom Cui Fu cares about. She is not a businesswoman married to Cui Jiu in North Street. Even if the royal residence is not convenient at present, she doesn’t have to worry about these things for her Aunt.

 

However, when Prince Huaiyang came back the next day, he sat at his mother’s place for a while and heard her mother mention that Cui Fu was going to live next to him after entering the Capital, and will teach Miantang to take charge of the residence. He hummed, “Her own mansion is still in a mess. What can she teach Miantang, how to help me take concubines, or how to raise the children of the concubines?”

 

When Old Princess Consort Chu heard this, she thought of her daughter’s family affairs and sighed. “At the beginning, I didn’t want her to marry far away, but your father insisted that Fu’er would not be treated badly in her husband’s house. But she doesn’t seem to be favored by her husband’s family. Her temperament has changed a lot. You should be more tolerant as a younger brother, and mind every word you say so as to not hurt your sister’s heart.”

 

Prince Huaiyang stood up and said, “Since she is a married daughter, it is better not to take care of our family’s affairs. Otherwise, as she does today, giving Miantang a heads-on, how can the servants in the residence be convinced of Miantang? In the future, the main hostess of my residence is Miantang. You won’t wish the outsiders to say that the main hostess of the Huaiyang residence is taught by the daughter-in-law of the Duke of Qingguo, right?” After that, Prince Huaiyang got up and went back to his yard.

 

Miantang is trying on the dress sent by the tailor in the room. In a few days, her belly will be more obvious, and will not be able to wear tight clothes. Fortunately, these skirts are wide-waisted, and the embroidery on the neckline and cuffs is exquisite, which makes Miantang look at herself in the bronze mirror for long. Seeing Cui Xingzhou enter the room, she quickly asked him how beautiful was she with the outfit.

 

Cui Xingzhou knew that her sister’s speech was a little irritating today. He thought that Miantang had been wronged and hid in the room weeping, but surprisingly, she was still in the mood of admiring herself.

 

After admiring Miantang’s skirt for a while, he took her to the soft couch. Without waiting for Miantang to say that she was aggrieved, he took the initiative to say, “You don’t have to take my sister’s words seriously. In the future, when you enter the capital, you don’t need anyone else to intervene in the affairs of the royal residence. And even in the State of Zhen, you are the master of the house. Why give her the key?”

 

Miantang smiled sweetly and said, “I really don’t mind. You don’t need to think much. If you worry about all these little things, you will be tired to death. If that’s the case, you don’t need to get a wife too. You can live alone, and there are less mundane things to worry about.”

 

But Cui Xingzhou felt that Miantang was so tolerant that she was not like her.

 

Miantang smiled and said, “How’s the relationship between sister and Aunt Lian?”

 

Cui Xingzhou said, “My sister has always hated Aunt Lian.”

 

Miantang said, “That’s it. There are so many wedding affairs. If Aunt Lian does something wrong in the future, it needs to be rectified. It’s hard for me, a daughter-in-law, to show up. According to our sister’s temperament, she can’t bear it. So she will reprimand Aunt Lian, which is more convenient than I do.”

 

Only then did Cui Xingzhou understand the intention of Miantang. It turned out to be “using evil to control evil”.

 

He thought that Miantang, a woman from a small family, could not adapt to the complicated life in the royal residence and that the family affairs in the residence were complicated because of the lack of a hostess, which made some confusion. Unexpectedly, Miantang could handle it easily, so he was relieved.

 

Cui Fu was willing to take care of all the trivial things in the royal residence. Miantang was really eager to let her do so so that she can free her hands to do something else.

 

Since Cui Xingzhou decided to go to the capital, the undercurrent has been surging. It is said that there have been a lot of impeachments about the affairs of the State of Zhen by the Imperial Court’s remonstrators recently, intending to pick out bones from the eggs, to discredit Cui Xingzhou’s reputation for establishing war achievements from the northwest, and to create obstacles to prevent him from entering the capital as a Marshal.

 

Contrary to the State of Zhen, the reputation of the wise prince of the State of Hui has recently spread far and wide. It is said that Prince Sui’s arrival in the capital was expected by all. The new emperor was difficult to convince the public and needs the mainstay of the royal family to go to a certain extent.

 

Although Cui Xingzhou has not yet set off for the capital, the contest of undercurrent surging has begun.

 

At this time, in the Huangen Temple in the capital, Imperial Concubine Yun, who went out to worship the Buddha, took the opportunity to deliver a letter to the monks arranged by Prince Sui.

 

If someone asked who’s the person who knew Liu Miantang the best in the world, Sun Yunniang is definitely one of them!

 

From the beginning of the Mountain Yang, she was compared to everywhere by this sudden woman and was dimmed by Liu Miantang. From then on, she noticed Liu Miantang’s every move and secretly collected all her information.

 

Everyone on the Mountain of Yang seems to be attracted by Liu Miantang. Even the old subordinates of the East Palace who disdain her aggressive behavior started to recognize her ability.

 

At that time, Ziyu was completely attracted to Liu Miantang.

 

Later, she climbed onto the big tree of Prince Sui and finally took advantage of the situation to bring down Liu Miantang. She was thrown into the water after being cutting broken her hamstring. She was also wasted, she was slept on by a cheating merchant.

 

Although Yunniang wanted to make Liu Miantang more miserable, she was very satisfied with Liu Miantang’s current situation. However, she suddenly learned that Liu Miantang had returned to the capital with Prince Huaiyang, who had made great achievements in the war. Prince Huaiyang even wanted to marry her as his legal wife. When she heard the news, Yunniang couldn’t believe it for a long time. Later, when she followed her father to the palace banquet, she saw Liu Miantang, dressed in a Chinese costume with gold and silver, snuggling next to another tall and distinguished man. She looked at the handsome man and felt a little familiar. After thinking for a moment, she remembered that he was exactly the merchant, Cui Jiu she met in Lingquan Town.

 

Yunniang couldn’t believe it at that time. She pulled several people and asked who the handsome man was. When she finally confirmed that he was Prince Huaiyang, Yunniang’s heart burst with anger. At that moment, she suddenly realized that Liu Miantang had climbed a big tree that could shelter her after falling into the water. It was not clear why Cui Xingzhou cheated on her at that time, but after a little thought, she could guess that he was also in a playful mood. Unexpectedly, Liu Miantang was a born fox. She doesn’t know how she makes Prince Huaiyang lose his mind and be willing to marry her.

 

After returning from the banquet that day, Yunniang was so angry that she didn’t eat for two days. Until the emperor agreed and accepted her as an imperial concubine because of her father’s meritorious service in protecting Liu Yu and his urgent need to cultivate his power. The long-cherished wish for many years was achieved at once, which made Yunniang ecstatic and left Liu Miantang’s affair for the time being.

 

It’s a pity that her dream doesn’t last long. She thought she could live with the man she love. After all, Queen Shi is ugly and bloated. How can she be compared with her youth and beauty? But who would have thought that Liu Yu respected Queen Shi, who was like a bun with hair like noodles, and slept with her for most of a month? In the remaining half month, she still needed to share with the daughters of several meritorious ministers who were also awarded as imperial concubines. The time to see Liu Yu is very limited. Every time Liu Yu came to her palace, he was tired and fell asleep on the bed. Sometimes when he drank too much, he will still call the name of Miantang in his dream.

 

Yunniang thought that once she married into the deep palace, and then fulfill her long-cherished wish. She gradually found that she would live in a nightmare forever. If this dream could not wake up, it’s the end for her future…

 

Thus, Yunniang hates Liu Yu more than ever. Liu Miantang. I am at odds with you, and I will never stop until I die!

 

So when Prince Sui sent someone to ask her about Liu Miantang’s past details, Yunniang, who knew that Prince Sui had evil intentions, said without hesitation that she had an exiled brother.

 

Liu Miantang answered every demand from her elder brother. She used to be on the mountain and sent silver to her brother every other time. She would definitely protect her brother now.

 

Prince Sui wanted and tried to block Cui Xingzhou’s way to the capital.

 

If Cui Xingzhou deliberately helped his wife and brother get rid of the crime and helped him escape, it would be a shocking scandal.

 

Thus, Prince Sui sent people to Liu Zhanpeng’s prison camp, killed several guards, and rescued him. After making a big deal, he took him straight to the State of Zhen and then rushed directly into the wedding banquet of Prince Huaiyang, which would inevitably cause a disturbance.

 

All the people who attended the wedding banquet were local celebrities. Prince Huaiyang could not bribe them one by one. Then the story of his wife and brother would spread naturally.

 

Liu Zhanpeng was also stupid. When he heard that her sister has become the main hostess of Prince Huaiyang, he kept urging the people to arrive at the State of Zhen as soon as possible.

 

At this time, the scandal in the State of Zhen was about to break out, and Prince Huaiyang must have lost face. How can he not regret marrying such a woman of impure origin? When the time comes, the lingering love will also deteriorate. Even if she is beautiful, Liu Miantang can not meet the man’s desire for power. When Prince Huaiyang becomes angry and reprimands Liu Miantang, Yunniang could laugh even if she was alone in the deep palace.

 

Just yesterday, the memorial to impeach Prince Huaiyang for bending the law for selfish ends and protecting his wife and brother from murder and escape from prison reached the court. Without waiting for the order, Zhang Pangguang, an old minister who was patrolling the five counties in the south of the Yangtze River, also got the news and went to the State of Zhen to investigate the matter.

 

Old Zhang has always been known by the court and the public for his justice and hatred of evil. If he investigates this matter this time, it will be more convincing than the court…

 

Unfortunately, just now she learned from the monk that Liu Zhanpeng quarreled with others at the gate of the State of Zhen, and was falsely accused of stealing money and put into prison.

 

Although there was no big noise on the wedding day, Liu Zhanpeng said that he was Liu Miantang’s elder brother, and it seemed to have traveled to Liu Miantang’s ear. For several days, people saw the horses and carriages of the royal residence coming in and going out of the county government prison. And they sent people to inquire and found that Liu Zhanpeng was enjoying himself in the prison and eating fish and meat. It was special treatment.

 

As long as Liu Zhanpeng is still in the territory of the State of Zhen, the moment when Zhang arrives, he will be charged with conniving with Huaiyang Princess Consort to cover up crimes.

 

Yunniang knew that Liu Miantang always valued family affection and was very tolerant of her family. How could she not protect her brother’s escape this time?

 

Thinking of this, Yunniang also told her adoptive father to act quickly in her letter to Prince Sui. Don’t miss such a good opportunity.