Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 103 Palace Maid Rosewood
At this time, Zhongcuigong was also thinking about the jade statue.

Zhongcui Palace is not spacious in this huge palace, but the decoration and furnishings inside are exquisite and luxurious, far beyond the regulations of ordinary concubines.The head of the Zhongcui Palace is Concubine Shun, the biological mother of the current second prince.

Concubine Shun is now in her forties, with a pointed chin, big and round eyes, and a well-maintained face, but unfortunately her hands are rough and thick with calluses, which looks weather-beaten, which inadvertently reveals her real age.

After she carefully selected the materials for the new spring clothes presented by the Shangfu Bureau, she sent all the people in the palace out. While embroidering the purse in her hand, she asked the second prince: "Do you have anything to do with the Jade Guanyin matter this time?" Very sure? If..."

Concubine Shun hesitated to speak, but the meaning behind it was straightforward.

When she was working as a palace maid in the Huanyi Bureau in the early years, she had heard about Concubine Jing, who was still the prince's concubine at that time. At that time, Concubine Jing was held in the palm of Emperor Xiaowen's hands like the bright moon hanging high in the sky.

But when she was favored and became a concubine, she never had the chance to see Concubine Jing again.Just because Emperor Xiaowen said that the imperial concubine was suffering from a serious disease and should not go out, and no one was allowed to visit.Later, Concubine Jing gave birth to Lao Qi, who died in Jing'an Palace before she was born.

Over the years, if you want to say what Emperor Xiaowen's biggest taboos are, concubine Jing must be one of them.

This woman is really mysterious, and she can still affect Emperor Xiaowen's emotions after so many years of death.Now his son wants to make a fuss about this woman, and it is a lie to say that she is not flustered.

The second prince twirled a piece of almond cake, and said indifferently: "My concubine is too worried. Jade Guanyin was presented by Concubine Shu, Huang Zhongting took it over, Huo Xian gave it, what does it have to do with my son?"

He only showed his face to Huang Zhongting about this matter, even if the secret letter he gave to Huang Zhongting fell into the hands of Emperor Xiaowen, the fire would not be able to burn his head.

There was no seal of the palace on the secret letter, and the content was extremely cryptic. On the surface, it seemed to be nothing more than a few ordinary greetings. He neither promised any benefits nor threatened him with excuses.As for what to do, that was all Huang Zhongting figured out on his own, so what does it have to do with him?

Concubine Shun felt a little relieved, and there was a bit of happiness on her face: "It would be great if Concubine Shu could completely lose her Sacred Heart this time."

Chen Dongrong is the nephew of the old Mrs. Zhen Yuanhou. He has been educated under the old lady's knees for several years. He has a very close relationship with the Yuan family. He and Concubine Shu are also cousins ​​who grew up together.If something happened to Chen Dongrong, it was almost foreseeable that Emperor Xiaowen would be furious and turn on Concubine Shu.

Speaking of which, she was several years older than Concubine Shu, and she had served Emperor Xiaowen earlier than Concubine Shu. However, because of her status and favor, she had been humble and petty in front of Concubine Shu over the years, and she had not accepted Concubine Shu's disapproval. Little time goes by, but the son she gave birth to is the biggest threat to Shen Yuxian.Concubine Shu was unlucky, she could only be happy.

The second prince nodded lightly, but he was thinking differently from Concubine Shun.

It is true that he regards the fifth prince as a thorn in his flesh and uses this matter to drag him into trouble.But this time he took action, his real intention was Shen Yuning.

Over the years, Shen Yuning has been treated coldly by Emperor Xiaowen because of respecting the noble concubine, and he is also a prince who has no sense of existence, so he doesn't pay attention to it.But since the day of Shangyuan Ye, he only got a glimpse of Shen Yuning's true face.The real vicious opponent is a good player who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, making everyone turn around. How can this make people not angry?
Once a ferocious beast grows, it will cost more to prepare it.Now only by bringing up the past can Emperor Xiaowen completely piss off his son and eliminate Shen Yuning's escape route.

"The red sandalwood next to the Queen Mother has a tight mouth." Concubine Shun suddenly stopped what she was doing.

The second prince was a little unhappy, he didn't seem to want to mention it, but he just said perfunctorily, "Don't worry."

The second prince and concubine Shun chatted for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, they stood up and left.When he left the gate of Zhongcui Palace, he was stopped by a woman dressed as a palace maid at the corner.

The sky had completely darkened, and the second prince thought that some blind servant was here to cause trouble for him.But with the light from the palace lantern in the palace maid's hand, Kankan could clearly see the visitor's face, but her expression couldn't help but change.

He restrained and lowered his voice, as if suppressing his own anger: "Didn't this king say that? If you don't have this king's order, don't come to see this king easily."

The palace maid slowly raised her head, her eyes as charming as autumn water.She was not afraid of the second prince's anger at all. Instead of leaving quickly, she pushed the second prince against the red paint pillar behind her, leaned forward and pressed her face against the man's chest: "I really miss your highness. It's tight. Your Highness finally made it to the palace today. If you don't come to see your slave, why can't your slave come to you?"

After a long while without getting any response from the other party, she moved her body, looked up at the second prince, her eyes were half charming and half innocent: "Could it be that your highness only thinks of red sandalwood when he needs to do something, and just hangs it aside when he has nothing to do? "

The second prince was frightened and angry, but he didn't want to explode. Seeing that there was no one around, he pushed the woman who was stuck to his body away, supported her shoulder and said, "This king has been entangled in many things recently, and you know it. King Kong Ben will naturally visit you when he wins."

The second prince felt chest tightness and shortness of breath.

If a prince wants to succeed, it is most important to be well-informed.Now that he has left the palace to build a mansion, placing spies in the palace has become a must.Shoukang Palace is as tight as an iron barrel. It is difficult to place an informant and even more difficult to bribe the people inside.

If it wasn't for the timely investigation of the Empress Dowager Pei's movements, and seeing that she was indeed of some value, why would he have to make false claims to a low-ranking maid?It can be said that it is easier to invite God than to give it up, and Zitan looks like he wants to rely on him, which makes him feel that there is trouble besides trouble.

Zitan didn't notice the other party's emotions, and lightly tapped the second prince's chest with his fingertips, provocatively and at the same time with a bit of danger: "The empress dowager has always been ruthless, if this incident happens, I'm afraid I can't save this humble life of a servant Yes. The servant girl is really terrified, and I hope His Highness will enlighten me."

The second prince narrowed his eagle-like eyes.

These words were blatantly threatening him and asking him for a promise.Red sandalwood is indeed the most humble ants, but sometimes ants will inevitably hurt people.He had to admit that if Zitan revealed the matter of Concubine Jing, he would not be able to please him.

The second prince was extremely angry, but now he calmed down, and lightly stroked Zitan's back: "Tell me, what do you want."

"My servant wants to be by His Highness's side for the rest of my life, but I dare not pretend to be a side concubine. Even if I am a concubine, my servant will be happy with it." Zi Tan hugged the second prince's waist and exhaled like blue.

As soon as these words came out, the second prince really wanted to strangle the woman in front of him to death.As expected, she is so heartless that even gold, silver and jewels cannot satisfy her, yet she actually pays attention to her status.

In the early years, in order to consolidate his position, he married Qin Shi, the granddaughter of Wu Xinhou.Qin's character has always been strong, even he dared not tell her the idea of ​​attacking Huo Qi in the first place, if he really accepted Zitan into the mansion, would Qin's fall into trouble?If he really quarreled with the Qin family in front of his father, Emperor Xiaowen would only think that he is mediocre and incompetent, and the inner house is full of chicken feathers, how can he shoulder the heavy responsibility?

But the pilgrimage to Baotan Temple was imminent, and nothing could go wrong, and this woman had to be stabilized first.

He suppressed the impatience in his heart and gently raised Zitan's chin with his fingers: "How can I bear to have you following me around without any name or status? When the matter at Baotan Temple is over, I will naturally find a way to beg you. The Queen Mother wants you."

Zitan laughed, and her small cherry mouth pressed directly against the second prince's lips.Before the other party could react, she chuckled softly: "Then I'll leave you with a certificate." After saying that, she pulled off a jade pendant from the second prince's waist with one hand, blinked, turned around and walked away quickly. .

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