freenovelworld Chapter 276: The Cuckolding Minister Rong
Chapter 276: The Cuckolding Minister Rong
Luo Ruixue and Li Jiaqi came to the palace again to see Princess Yongqing. Empress Li Xianfei, who had received generous gifts from the Luo and Li families, was still easy-going and made things convenient for them.
Empress Song hid in the small Buddhist temple chanting sutras and did not come out to meet them. The palace maid Wanting welcomed them into Princess Yongqing's small courtyard at the back.
Princess Yongqing was very happy when her two friends came to visit her. She took out various delicious snacks sent by the emperor's sister-in-law to entertain them. The three girls of similar age ate, drank, and talked and laughed.
Princess Yongqing, who was innocent, heard Luo Ruixue and Li Jiaqi constantly praising the bravery of His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin and the great achievements made by the Song Dynasty God of War in this Northern Expedition. She also boasted to them about the heroic deeds she knew about her royal brother in a rather arrogant manner.
Luo Ruixue's eyes lit up as she listened, and her beautiful eyes were fascinated by Princess Yongqing's story of His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin's guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines. Li Jiaqi was also fascinated and his heart was pounding.
Beautiful women love heroes. Besides, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin is a hero of extremely noble status and handsome appearance.
Princess Yongqing didn't know much. She just added a few words of her own imagination to her brother's brief description, trying her best to make the story of her brother's bravery more vivid, but she couldn't say much.
Luo Ruixue and Li Jiaqi were still not satisfied after listening to what they had heard. Seeing that Princess Yongqing really had nothing to say, they could only regretfully utter a few words of flattery like a hymn.
"Princess Yongqing, your brother and sister-in-law have very different personalities and talents. Do they... have a harmonious relationship?" Luo Ruixue carefully asked the question that concerned her most.
Princess Yongqing was startled, and suddenly remembered that Luo Ruixue had always wanted to marry her brother as a concubine, and had even asked her mother for help in finding a matchmaker. She was a potential love rival of the emperor's sister-in-law.
He immediately became alert and said without hesitation, "It's fine! My brother and his wife love each other very much. They are as sweet as honey. My brother is such a cool and elegant person, but he is willing to be a licking dog around my sister-in-law. He loves her deeply!"
Princess Yongqing tried her best to exaggerate the love between her brother and his wife, but she was thinking in her heart, I wonder if Luo Naocang will consummate the marriage with her brother after such a long separation? Brother, brother, please be more courageous, it would be great if you can coax your sister-in-law to give birth to a baby for you as soon as possible. Luo Naocang, don't be so willful, there are countless young ladies in the capital who are eyeing the position of the King of Qin's concubine and want to take advantage of the opportunity!
Luo Ruixue's heart felt like it was being pricked by thousands of needles, and it was so painful!
Barely controlling the burning jealousy in her heart, Luo Ruixue tucked the ends of her hair at the temples with a gratified expression, "It seems that the rumors from the outside world are the most untrustworthy. It turns out that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin and the Princess of Qin are so loving and harmonious. It's really enviable. I sincerely wish this couple the best."
Li Jiaqi felt sour and uncomfortable in her heart, and she also echoed, "Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin is handsome and unparalleled, brave and heroic, and so loyal and righteous. The Princess of Qin is so lucky."
The love between my brother and his wife was praised and blessed by them. The simple Princess Yongqing became fond of her two friends again. Her vigilance immediately disappeared. She smiled and said, "My brother and his wife are so loving and loving. It is enviable. As women, if we can also have such a beautiful marriage, our lives will not be in vain."
Luo Ruixue felt uncomfortable and quickly changed the subject, "Princess Yongqing, you are not young anymore. The marriage with the Tubo prince has been postponed because you suddenly contracted smallpox. Has the selection of a consort been put on the agenda? Do you have someone you like?"
Li Jiaqi's eyes immediately widened with curiosity.
Princess Yongqing was not shy at all when talking to her besties. Instead, she smiled generously and said, "I don't need to worry about this. My brother and sister-in-law will help me choose a good husband.
Don't just worry about my lifelong affairs. You two are not young anymore, it's time for you to pick a good husband and get married."
With His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin as an example, how could she pick a suitable and ideal husband? Luo Ruixue sighed silently in her heart, absentmindedly accompanied Princess Yongqing to say a few perfunctory words, agreed to go to the East Market for sightseeing and shopping together in three days, and then said goodbye to Li Jiaqi and left the palace.
In the past few days, a "big event" happened in the capital. The reason why it is called a big event is that it attracted more people's enthusiasm than the story of His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin who had just returned to the capital and made legendary military achievements.
In the teahouses, taverns, streets and alleys of the capital, countless people, with burning gossip hearts, talked about the scandalous affairs of Minister Rong's family with relish.
Rong Zhixing, who was the Minister of Rites, drank a few glasses of wine at night, broke into his daughter-in-law Zhao Zhiya's room drunk and had sex with her.
It just so happened that Rong Gui, the son of Minister Rong, who had been away on business, came back and blocked his father and wife on the bed.
The second son of the Rong family, who loved his beloved wife Zhao Zhiya so much, was furious. He picked up a chair and smashed his shameless father on the head, causing him to bleed. Then he hugged his beloved wife and cried in agony.
The affair between father-in-law and daughter-in-law is called "stealing ashes" in folk culture, which is the most shameful scandal. Rong Zhixing, the Minister of Rites, did such a shameless and shameless scandal, which was really unscrupulous and worse than pigs and dogs!
As the daughter of the former prime minister Zhao Pu, Zhao Zhiya's arrogant and domineering past is still fresh in people's memory. But now, she has fallen into the state of a slut who has sex with her father-in-law. She is really unfaithful to her husband and deserves to be thrown into the pig cage.
Therefore, after this gossip spread among the servants of the Rong Mansion, it quickly ignited a raging gossip fire in the capital.
The men of letters and scholars imagined Zhao Zhiya's stunning beauty and slender figure, secretly swallowed their saliva, and angrily cursed the shameless and adulterous whore who was worse than pigs and dogs.
The peddlers and hawkers drank large bowls of crude and bitter tea, their eyes shining with excitement and their saliva flying as they discussed the dirty and scandalous things happening in the homes of the rich and powerful.
This scandal was reported to the emperor by the censors, who were all filled with righteous indignation and demanded that the emperor severely punish Minister Rong, who was worse than a beast, in order to rectify the saintly ethics and restore the image of court officials in the eyes of the people of the Song Dynasty.
The emperor was also extremely furious, and immediately issued an edict to remove Rong Zhixing from his post as Minister of Rites, strip him of all his honors, expel him from the capital, and never employ him again.
Rong Zhixing was so ashamed that he ran away overnight. He secretly came out of the gate that was splashed with smelly sewage in the middle of the night, left his wife who was crying and trying to commit suicide, and returned to his hometown in Jincheng with his three concubines.
The second son of the Rong family, Rong Gui, was a lovesick man. He did not despise his wife who had cheated on him. Instead, he was very considerate and coaxed his mother who was trying to commit suicide and his wife who was crying and shouting that she wanted to hang herself. He packed up his belongings and went to another place to settle down and do business.
In the Qin Palace, Luo Li picked up another chicken leg and put it into Ghost Hand Poison Doctor's bowl, "Ghost Hand, you did a great job. I will reward you with another chicken leg."
The Ghost Hand Poison Doctor raised his eyebrows proudly, "Master, when it comes to playing tricks on people, I am definitely the best in the world."
Qin Wang Zhao Defang looked at the princess eagerly, "Li'er, it was Uncle Shi who did the job, but I came up with the idea. Are you only going to reward him for doing the dirty work?"
The Ghost Hand Poison Doctor glared at his nephew angrily, but they knew better than to bite each other. After the brat lost the title of "virgin chicken", the master who forgot his apprentice for the sake of beauty always sided with him in quarrels and fights. The depressed Ghost Hand Poison Doctor picked up the chicken leg and took a big bite!
Luo Li smiled and picked up a piece of fish, and put it directly into Zhao Defang's mouth with chopsticks, trying to coax this sinister man who had a lot of bad intentions when he was avenging her.