Chapter 548
Why not give her Fu Bao?
Lady Yan ignored her; Fu Bao was not a child of the Duke of Yan's mansion.
He Yan only has one child, Rong Yang, and this will probably be his only child in this lifetime. He has mistreated her too much. Fu Bao wants to take over her place? No way! The Duchess of Yan is also a first-rank lady.
If the Emperor of Great Yan is in the wrong, then the Duchess of Yan can also ignore him.
The palace servants returned to report. The Emperor of Great Yan and the Prime Minister exchanged a glance. It was not surprising that the Duchess of Yan ignored them, since Fu Bao was not a child of the Duke of Yan's family.
They went to the Duke of Yan's mansion, but couldn't find them; they were in the wrong.
The Emperor of Great Yan didn't want to pay any attention to Fu Bao either, so he ordered someone to go find Prince He.
While reviewing memorials, Prince He heard this and said to Eunuch Fu, "If Your Majesty is not busy, you may review the memorials. I rarely have time to spend with my child, and I would like to take him for a stroll on Lingzhi Street."
After saying this, Prince He was about to get up and stop reviewing the memorials.
"No way!" Eunuch Fu quickly waved his hand, "Young Master He is busy, I won't disturb you."
Prince Rong has completely stopped reviewing memorials and isn't even enthusiastic about attending court. What if Prince He also quits? Eunuch Fu thinks that the Emperor of Great Yan will be in for a headache, since the Emperor doesn't like reviewing memorials.
When Eunuch Fu returned to report, the Emperor of Great Yan finally realized what was going on.
Looking at Fu Bao, who was waiting for his reward, the Emperor of Great Yan whispered to his prime minister, "Is the Duke of Yan's mansion deliberately throwing this at me?"
The Prime Minister nodded, glancing at the young girl adorned with jewels: "This is annoying."
If she wasn't annoyed, she was just a young girl; she could have been sent away. But the Duchess of Yan sent Fu Bao to the palace to ask the Emperor of Great Yan for something, and she did so with such self-righteousness.
The Prime Minister squinted. If it weren't for the auspicious clouds, the Emperor of Great Yan wouldn't have tolerated it!
Fu Bao acted like a complete idiot on this trip.
The Emperor of Great Yan would absolutely not give Fu Bao anything. What did she want? High-level demon beast pelts, as well as rare agate stones and pearls—everything the princess desired.
Could the Emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty give Fu Bao to him?
Why should I?
Unless, of course, Prince He brings Fu Bao, the Emperor of Great Yan will give it to him.
The main problem is that the Duchess of Yan denies sending Fu Bao to ask the Emperor of Great Yan for something, and Prince He doesn't care either. The Emperor of Great Yan can't even win over his subjects! No matter how he tries to figure it out, there's no way to make a decision.
"Fu Bao," the Emperor of Great Yan said, "I don't have any high-level demon beast pelts. Go home and ask your master for some."
"How could there not be?" Fu Bao frowned, disbelieving. "Uncle, you gave Rong Yang a high-level demon beast pelt, why didn't you give me one? I call you Uncle too."
The Emperor of Great Yan was annoyed and didn't want to agree.
Previously, when Prince He brought Fu Bao into the palace, the Emperor of Dayan considered that Prince He was destined to be childless and have no wives, so he would never have children in his life. He thought it would be acceptable to raise Qin He's child as his own, so the Emperor of Dayan treated Fu Bao as his niece.
Now that the Emperor of Great Yan has a nephew, this fake one is difficult to deal with.
"The high-level demon beast pelts and agate stones that Rong Yang received were not given to him by me," the Emperor of Great Yan said. "You can go and ask Rong Yang. He took them from his own home. It's unreasonable for you to ask me for them."
Before Fu Bao could say anything more, the Emperor of Great Yan gave the Imperial Guards a look without giving them a chance to speak.
The Imperial Guards carried Fu Bao out of the palace. As they walked, the ministers glanced at her, quite puzzled. Upon asking, they learned that the First-Rank Princess of the Xue Prince's Mansion had requested high-level demon beast pelts, as well as agate and pearls, to enter the palace. "Hiss, she can't accept gifts without merit," one of the officials attending court asked. "The Xue Prince's Mansion has no achievements to speak of; is she even qualified to accept these?"
The other ministers were also bewildered. There had to be some reason to ask the Emperor of Great Yan for a reward. Why would he just ask for whatever he wanted out of nowhere? Even the princess wasn't this assertive.
Another official said, "The Crown Princess of the Xue Prince's Mansion is born out of wedlock. She raises the child herself but hasn't taught him well. She doesn't even understand court etiquette, so how can she teach the young princess of the Xue Prince's Mansion properly?"
A young adult sneered, "This little princess has been given cultivation resources for free since she was a child. She's used to it and asks for whatever she wants as if someone owes her something. In her heart, she doesn't think anything is something she shouldn't have."
Adults: "..."
After exchanging bewildered glances, one of the adults couldn't help but say, "Isn't this just plain stupid?"
Nobody responded; they're just plain stupid! Going straight to the palace asking for things like that, don't they know who they are? It's fine if Prince He brings Fu Bao to the palace, but the problem is, Fu Bao went to the palace herself asking for things!
After court, some officials went home, while others went to the government office.
When the adults returned home, they told their wives about Fu Bao's trip to the palace. The wives were surprised: "Is she stupid? Prince Xue and his wife, as well as the young master Xue, don't seem stupid at all. How come the little princess of Prince Xue's mansion is so dim-witted?"
The official said, "If a child is not well-mannered, when it comes to marriage, we will have to think twice if the child is born out of wedlock. It's fortunate that the Crown Prince's wife is a disciple of the immortal sect and knows how to earn money; otherwise, she wouldn't be able to marry into the Xue family."
The lady of one family found out, and the lady of another family also heard it from her superior who had just finished court.
The ladies all ridiculed Princess Xue and Qin He, saying that they hadn't put in enough effort to teach the young prefect. Qin He was born out of wedlock, so she was considered somewhat unworthy of the title. The ladies didn't discuss Qin He much.
Princess Xue, despite coming from a prominent family, has been so negligent in educating the young princess.
Princess Xue did not hear the ladies of the various households discussing her. She only noticed that Fu Bao returned empty-handed. Qin He was puzzled and asked the Duchess of Yan what she had given Fu Bao. Qin He cursed the Duchess of Yan for being cold-blooded.
"We've been raising them for several years," Qin He said angrily. "They were raising them just fine, and then suddenly they stopped. The child came to live with us, but they didn't give him anything. That's so cold and heartless."
“I went to the palace to ask the Emperor for them.” Fu Bao repeated, “My grandmother from the Duke of Yan’s mansion said that Rong Yang’s high-level demon beast pelt and agate pearls were given to him by the Emperor, so I went to ask for them too.”
Qin He didn't think it was wrong for Fu Bao to go to the palace and ask the Emperor of Dayan for something, and asked, "Did the Emperor give it to you?"
"No." Fu Bao lowered her head, pouting unhappily.
Qin He was also unhappy, and everything was going wrong. It was all because of that scumbag Prince He. If he had brought Fu Bao into the palace, the Emperor of Dayan would have definitely rewarded Fu Bao with a lot of things. He had given them all to Rong Yang, so why didn't he give them to Fu Bao?
Just then, Princess Xue came to the Crown Prince's courtyard and asked about Fu Bao's trip to the Duke of Yan's mansion.
Why did we return empty-handed?
Fu Bao repeated what she had heard. When Princess Xue heard that Fu Bao had gone to the palace to ask the Emperor of Da Yan for something, she was furious. Prince He had been raising Qin He and her child for a long time, so there was nothing wrong with Fu Bao going to the Duke of Yan's mansion to ask for something.
Asking the Emperor of Great Yan for something? The prerequisite is that Prince He brings Fu Bao into the palace.
That is, give Fu Bao the share that should have been given to Rong Yang.
Fu Bao went to the palace by himself. Well, you can't get anything from the Emperor of Da Yan!
"Who sent you into the palace?" Princess Xue asked sternly.
Fu Bao shuddered in fright, but still said, "The Lady of the Duke of Yan." (End of Chapter)