Chapter 957: Chapter 957: How Long Since You Last Attended Bed_1 Chapter 957: Chapter 957: How Long Since You Last Attended Bed_1 Li Hongyuan said, “You can back He Tang up, fight for his rights. But having done so, you should be prepared for retaliation from others. Even if you’re not prepared, what’s done is done. There’s no need to get all riled up and hurt yourself over it.”

Jiang Ning approached him in a few steps, “If one holds in their anger, doesn’t let it out, that’s what really harms one’s health.”

“Have you let it out now?”

“Of course not.”

“Cheng Renyu, passed the scholar test in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, is from the same hometown as Assistant Xu. They are good friends.”

“Is that so.” Jiang Ning became serious.

This Assistant Xu’s status in the court is second only to Senior Grand Secretary Jiang Ruobai. If the Senior Grand Secretary steps down, according to the seniority of the Cabinet, he is naturally the next Senior Grand Secretary.

One must serve for a long time to enter the cabinet.

As far as Jiang Ning knows, this Assistant Xu tends to favor Prince of Zhao, Li You.

After all, it’s still about the Empress and the Prince of Zhao.

To take down these mediocre performers, she first needs to take down their big backers, but the problem is, despite all her effort, she couldn’t bring down the Empress.

Absolute bloody nuisance.

Utterly depressing.

“Li Hongyuan.” She sighed.

“Mm?”

“I don’t have that much money,” she said. “Do you have money?”

“I definitely don’t have as much money as you.” Li Hongyuan smiled.

She’s usually quite smug and laid-back, so seeing her down, Li Hongyuan finds it quite amusing.

What he said was true.

Although he is the Crown Prince, with his own entourage, along with official salary and awarded land and resources, his expenses are even greater. The surplus money he had saved over the years, most of it was spent on the dowry when he married Jiang Ning.

Now his income and expenses are balanced. His finance is handled by Li Yuanyuan and Jiang Ning is fully aware of it.

Jiang Ning said, “You should be ashamed to call yourself a Crown Prince, you’re so poor.”

Li Hongyuan laughed, “Who told you that a Crown Prince must be very rich?”

“Then you should negotiate with your father, see if he can give me a discount.”

“You think you’re bargaining in a marketplace?”

“I really can’t afford that much money!” Jiang Ning sat down on the floor, “I’m not going to use my dowry for this! Don’t even think about it, that’s all for Lingzi! Let your father lock me up in the Imperial Prison for all I care!”

“Get up, sitting on the floor like that doesn’t suit a Princess Consort,” Li Hongyuan helped her up, “Since when have you become someone who would be willing to suffer losses, why are you planning to tolerate this now?”

Jiang Ning looked up at him.

“You think Cheng Renyu and Huang Ren’s gang of so-called puritans are clean?”

“Do you have evidence?”

“Do you think all these years of me being a Prince and the Crown Prince were for nothing?”

“Great, give it to me now! I’ll skin those turtle and turtle eggs Cheng Renyu and Huang Ren!” Jiang Ning eagerly extended her hand.

Li Hongyuan took her hand: “I can give it to you, but it won’t be for free.”

“You want to negotiate with me?” Jiang Ning was surprised, “We’re on the same team.”

“When was the last time you were with me in bed?”

“…” Jiang Ning snapped her hand away, “There’s a time and place for everything, why are you thinking about such things right now?”

Li Hongyuan raised an eyebrow: “You consider these matters trivial? I apologize, but for me, a man, these are very important, indispensable matters.”

“Well, let’s wait until tonight.”

“Alright, I’ll give you the evidence tomorrow.”

“Are you taking advantage of me in this situation?”