vstars Chapter 799: Hypocritical Crown Princess 7
Chapter 799: Hypocritical Crown Princess 7
Three years passed quickly. During these three years, Jiang Chunxi not only cultivated seeds that increased rice yield, but also discovered potatoes and sweet potatoes in the mountains. It was these two things that completely solved the food crisis that had existed since ancient times and allowed people all over the world to have enough food to eat.
What a great merit this is!
The prince did not take all the credit for himself. The whole court knew about Jiang Chunxi's achievements. The emperor conferred the title of county lady on Jiang Chunxi and married her to the prince as a concubine.
It is worth mentioning here that as Jiang Chunxi surprised the prince time and time again, the prince has fallen in love with Jiang Chunxi and is deeply impressed and admired by Jiang Chunxi's abilities. After all, for a man like the prince, the abilities demonstrated by a woman can fascinate the prince more than her appearance.
Therefore, when Jiang Chunxi cultivated seeds that increased rice production, the prince intended to marry Jiang Chunxi as a concubine. This idea had already been made clear to the emperor, so when Jiang Chunxi also grew potatoes and sweet potatoes, the emperor could not bring himself to regret it.
You know, Jiang Chunxi was able to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people of the world, and his prestige among the people even surpassed that of the emperor. For the common people, it didn't matter who was the emperor. What mattered most was being able to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people of the world.
Therefore, marrying Jiang Chunxi to the prince was not what the emperor wanted to see, but as an emperor, his words were as good as gold, and there was no reason for him to go back on his word. The emperor could only hold his nose and grant the marriage between the prince and Jiang Chunxi.
Three years later, Jiang Chunxi was married into the Eastern Palace by the prince in a grand wedding.
Logically speaking, a concubine was just a concubine after all. The prince married Jiang Chunxi into the Eastern Palace with the same standard as he married his principal wife. Was there no minister in the court who wanted to complain to the prince?
Of course not. After all, Jiang Chunxi's merits were so great, so it was only right for the prince to marry Jiang Chunxi into the Eastern Palace as his principal wife.
Even Shen Qinglan's father, Prime Minister Shen, didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He wasn't the least bit dissatisfied with Jiang Chunxi marrying the prince.
After all, if Jiang Chunxi can marry the prince, the prince's position as heir to the throne will be more stable. With Jiang Chunxi as a concubine, the emperor would never dare to easily think of deposing the prince.
Since Prime Minister Shen is already tied to the Crown Prince, he naturally hopes that the Crown Prince's position as heir apparent will remain unshakable and that he will be able to smoothly inherit the throne in the future.
Therefore, Prime Minister Shen not only had no dissatisfaction with the prince marrying Jiang Chunxi, but also asked someone to pass a message to his daughter, asking her to respect Jiang Chunxi more in the future and not to be jealous of Jiang Chunxi.
Prime Minister Shen had long been extremely disappointed with his daughter Shen Qinglan. The prince had informed Prime Minister Shen of his daughter's actions after she married into the Eastern Palace as soon as he was sure of his feelings for Jiang Chunxi.
Prime Minister Shen naturally would not believe the prince's one-sided statement, and sent people to the East Palace to investigate. However, the results of the investigation showed that his daughter's actions in the East Palace were even more unbearable than what the prince said, which made Prime Minister Shen lose face.
So! Prime Minister Shen had already given up on Shen Qinglan, his daughter. With such a stupid daughter, it would be useless even if she gave birth to the prince's legitimate son.
Anyway, as long as the Shen family is loyal to the prince, the prince will not mistreat their meritorious officials after he ascends the throne. Therefore, Shen Qinglan, the crown princess, does not actually play a big role for the Shen family.
Even Prime Minister Shen was worried about his daughter's stupid brain. Was she afraid that one day she would do something stupid and bring trouble to the Shen family?
Jiang Chunxi and the prince spent a wonderful wedding night, while Shen Qinglan cried until dawn. The next morning when Jiang Chunxi came to pay her respects to Shen Qinglan, she saw Shen Qinglan looking haggard.
Shen Qinglan had a hard time in the past three years. Without Jiang Chunxi, the loyal and capable maidservant to help her manage the affairs of the Eastern Palace, the entire Eastern Palace was in a mess under Shen Qinglan's management. Naturally, the palace power was taken back by the prince and handed over to Nanny Tan.
And this is not the worst. The worst thing is that gradually the prince was unwilling to give Shen Qinglan even the most basic decency. It became the norm for him not to come to Shen Qinglan for two or three months. This made the servants around Shen Qinglan finally see the position of Shen Qinglan, the crown princess, in the prince's heart.
So what else is there to say? These servants will naturally no longer serve Shen Qinglan wholeheartedly. They usually just do a perfunctory job in responding to Shen Qinglan's orders, which often makes Shen Qinglan angry and annoyed, but there is nothing he can do about these servants.
People like Shen Qinglan are typical bullies who only fear the strong and bully the weak. She can be as hard-hearted as possible to those who are loyal to her, but she is as timid as a quail when it comes to those who bully her. When she is bullied, she only dares to wipe her tears secretly and curse a few words behind their backs, and dares not do anything at all.
It was because Prime Minister Shen knew Shen Qinglan's character that he gave up on his daughter. He felt extremely ashamed to have such a daughter.
"I pay my respects to the Concubine." When Jiang Chunxi walked in, Pan Liangdi and other concubines hurriedly stood up and saluted her.
It should be said here that people like Pan Liangdi don't even take the Crown Princess Shen Qinglan seriously, so how could they obey Jiang Chunxi, who was born a slave.
That was naturally because the prince had already warned them. As long as they were not stupid enough, they would not openly confront Jiang Chunxi.
When Shen Qinglan, who was sitting in the main seat, saw this situation, the handkerchief in her hand was about to be torn to pieces, and she glared at Jiang Chunxi with an angry expression.
It is obvious that in Shen Qinglan's eyes, Jiang Chunxi is still the slave who can be beaten and killed by her at will.
That's why I say she's stupid.
"Everyone, get up!" Jiang Chunxi came to her seat and sat down, then asked Pan Liangdi and others to get up.
"How dare you," Shen Qinglan's angry voice suddenly sounded, "Who allowed you to sit down if you don't bow to me, the Crown Princess?"
"Someone, come here! Slap me in the face. I must teach this slave a lesson today."
Naturally, the servants paid no attention to Shen Qinglan's words. As for Pan Liangdi and others, they looked at Shen Qinglan as if he were a fool and watched him commit suicide.
"Bitch," Jiang Chunxi sneered, "It seems that the Crown Princess is dissatisfied with the Emperor's order. The Emperor has already abolished my slavery and made me a county lady, but the Crown Princess still calls me a bitch. It is obvious that she is openly defying the Emperor's order and clearly expressing her dissatisfaction with the Emperor's order!"
"I didn't say that, don't accuse me," Shen Qinglan said in horror, "You bitch..."
Shen Qinglan quickly stopped talking, but her expression turned angry again: "Jiang Chunxi, have you forgotten your mother's last words? Before she died, your mother asked you to be loyal to me and not betray me."