Shengshichun

Princess Rong sat down gracefully again: "I have had some disagreements with him recently, which is not a good thing, so I want to ease things up with him. So naturally I have to find a time when he can be alone and talk."

Yang Zhan relaxed his tense shoulders slightly and said, "Can't we talk about the above-mentioned places?"

"Of course not." Princess Rong glanced at him, "It's not like you don't know that those people behind you have been pestering your father lately."

The concubine's son has grown up. Not long ago, he gave King Rong a grandson. The concubine has already joined the clan as an errand. This step by step has really troubled Yang Zhan, the heir apparent.

He then said: "Then there is only the ancestral temple."

"Ancestral temple?"

"Yes." Yang Zhan nodded, "My father is a very filial man and respects his ancestors very much. It's not like you don't know this."

At this point, he said before Princess Rong spoke again: "My son really has something else to do, please leave first!"

After saying that, he crossed the threshold and left in a hurry.

Princess Rong subconsciously took two steps forward. When she arrived at the verandah, he was already far away, and she snorted angrily at his back.

It’s no wonder that you are working in such a hurry!

After lowering her head and thinking for a moment, Princess Rong involuntarily looked towards the ancestral temple to the west.

The ancestral temple is where Prince Rong’s palace enshrines ancestral tablets. Prince Rong and the emperor are cousins, so the palace enshrines their ancestors.

It is true that King Rong was unambiguous in the ethics of filial piety. Because of this, when Yang Zhan was first named the Crown Prince, nothing happened.

Sure enough, their husband and wife have not been as close as before in recent years. Princess Rong didn't know that Prince Rong would go to the ancestral temple to sit there when he had nothing to do?

She called two guards: "Let's find out the prince's itinerary for the past two days."

When the servants brought a thick stack of files to Zhang, Zhang had just finished breakfast.

After a quick glance at her hands, she sneered twice and asked them, "Where is the prince now?"

At present, there are not many clan members, and King Rong is in charge of the clan mansion, and there are not many affairs. Except for official affairs that must be handled personally, most things are left to his subordinate officials.

A few days ago, accidents occurred one after another in Prince Rong's Mansion. Prince Rong was held accountable by the emperor for the first time in so many years. He couldn't bear it on his face and felt very unhappy in his heart, so he rarely left the house in recent days. I spent every day studying painting, listening to music, and having tea and chatting with Qing Kemen, which was quite relaxing.

After breakfast, several concubines invited him to the garden to have tea and enjoy the flowers. He thought that the princess had been depressed for days since Yongping was demoted, so he sent someone to invite Princess Rong over, and they went to have fun together.

As soon as they were sent out, someone came outside the courtyard saying that the Crown Princess wanted to see her.

The most regretful thing in King Rong's life was not being able to give birth to a legitimate son with good qualifications, but the most satisfying thing was having a smart and capable daughter-in-law.

As soon as the servant finished speaking, he spoke: "Please come in, Princess Concubine."

After giving some food to the parrot on the porch, Ms. Zhang walked in and saluted: "My daughter-in-law pays homage to my father."

"No courtesy." Prince Rong turned to look at her, "What's the matter?"

Zhang looked around.

King Rong understood and asked everyone to step back, and then said: "Speak."

Zhang nodded, looked at him twice, and said, "I heard that several new theater companies have opened in the city, and new teams have been stationed one after another. Father, you haven't gone out for a walk these days?"

King Rong added more food to the parrot: "Our palace is built under the eyes of the emperor. We should think twice before doing anything. In this troubled year, we need to calm down for a while."

Zhang asked: "Father, it seems that he doesn't go to his mother and concubine very much these days?"

Prince Rong hummed indifferently, then paused slightly and looked at her again: "What do you mean by that?"

Mrs. Zhang then took two steps forward: "A few days ago, my daughter-in-law overheard rumors that my mother-in-law had secretly met with several important officials and family members in recent days in order to release my sister. What the princess said I don’t know if this action was what my father meant?”

"Who did you listen to?" When King Rong heard this, he turned around suddenly, and his casual posture immediately became serious.

"They are the servants in our palace. Father, don't worry, my daughter-in-law has already punished them." After Zhang reported the report, she added: "But because the families of these official family members are not so clean, the daughter-in-law is afraid that the mother-in-law will do this. I got into trouble, and my father didn't know about it. When the news reaches the ears of the emperor, our palace will be passive again, so I came here quickly to ask for clarification."

"This is nonsense!" Prince Rong waved his sleeves, "The Emperor and Empress personally ordered Yongping to be investigated and dealt with. The imperial edict ordered him to be imprisoned for three years, even if it is less than one day! How many days have passed? She wants to make up her mind? She Have you ever taken the Emperor and Empress seriously? Do you think your life is too comfortable?"

Mrs. Zhang quickly stepped back and bowed: "My daughter-in-law is also worried about being held accountable in the palace, so she doesn't dare to be careless. Although my sister will suffer some injustice, she has a special status in the palace and is easily targeted for making fuss. This time My sister made a big mistake of disregarding human life, which is a taboo for an emperor and queen who only cares about the people. Once the charges are brought, I don’t know how many people in the palace will be implicated!"

King Rong took a deep breath: "You are right to be worried. You should tell me about this. Do you know who they are?"

Zhang then named those families one by one.

After hearing this, King Rong frowned and immediately threw away the bird food jar in his hand and stepped out of the yard.

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The ancestral temple of Prince Rong's Mansion is a single courtyard with three entrances. The main hall houses the memorial tablets of the Prince's ancestors. Some of the other side rooms on both sides are meditation rooms for copying scriptures, and some are Buddhist halls and places for chanting scriptures.

If there are people who need to be experts in the royal palace, this place will also be used as a place of confinement.

Therefore, if King Rong really wanted to come to the ancestral temple to be alone, the territory would be able to satisfy him.

Princess Rong has been married to this man for many years, and she has some understanding of his character. The mysterious fan that Xu Yin mentioned has never fallen into Princess Rong's field of vision, and it will definitely not be hidden in the places she knows. .

This was the purpose of Princess Rong asking Yang Zhan to find out about Prince Rong's whereabouts.

There is no doubt that if King Rong wants to hide it from his wife, then the things will definitely be hidden in a place where even his wife will not notice.

The ancestral temple in the palace was completely in line with her guess.

After finding out that King Rong had been with Qing Ke or his concubine for the past two days and had no intention of going to the ancestral temple, she asked her guards to go to the ancestral temple all night to inquire about it.

But it was almost as she expected. After several rounds of exploration, she found nothing. How easy was it to hide a fan in such a big yard? Totally don't know where to start. Did King Rong hide the fan here?

If he was hiding here, why was he so cautious and secretive?

If the years during the war were compared, Princess Rong would definitely have opened her mouth to ask him, but it was different now. After these years, the relationship between husband and wife, which was not pure in the first place, had become as thin as water. If she could really ask, why would King Rong hide behind her back?

In this way, the original intention was to use this fan to control Xu Yin, but it turned out to be worrying.

Compared with Xu Yin's ulterior motives, she was even more troubled by what Prince Rong and his son were hiding from him, from his wife and mother.

Princess Rong thought hard all night without success, so she sat on the terrace to think again while the heat was still not strong.

There was a commotion on the other side of the rose flower, and the panicked voices of the maids came into their ears: "My lord, please go slowly, this servant will go and report to the princess..."

When Princess Rong heard this, she sat up involuntarily.

When I looked over there, it turned out to be Prince Rong walking over.

But his steps were not as smooth and steady as usual, showing the grace of a prince. Instead, he strode towards the terrace with unhesitating expression.

Princess Rong stood up quickly, and as soon as she reached the stone fence, Prince Rong had already come up, and the servants were all pushed back into the distance by him with one hand.

When Princess Rong saw the battle, her heart pounded: "Your Majesty, you are here in such a hurry, but do you have anything important to say?"

"What have you been doing recently?"

Prince Rong's eyebrows and eyes were three-thirds of the emperor's, and his glaring look was quite majestic.

Princess Rong had seen her husband in his most desolate state, and she was not afraid of him being like this. However, she had plans in mind at the moment, which made her feel a little guilty.

She said: "I'm like this every day, what else can I do? What's wrong with you? It's like I got into some trouble and came here to ask questions."

"Let me ask you, have you met anyone from the Zhang family and the Qi family recently?"

Princess Rong choked for a moment and said, "I have always been in contact with them. I only met them twice. This is normal."

"Then when you see them, do you want their family to help release Yongping?"

Princess Rong's heart dropped: "Who told you this?"

"Don't care who told you, I'll just ask you if you are!"

King Rong couldn't hold back his emotions when he said this, and his questioning voice was deep and heavy.

Princess Rong had already had a problem with hiding something from her husband and son. Now that he was questioning her, the evil fire in her heart started to rise. If the servants were not here, then what else could she say about the dignity of the prince and princess?

She also darkened her face: "You are also Yongping's father. He is your biological daughter. She was born after the founding of the People's Republic of China. She was a golden child as soon as she was born. She was the apple of your eye before she came out of the cabinet. After she left the cabinet, she was still a dignified princess of the country. Has she ever suffered any hardship? Now that she has fallen from the clouds into the mire, don't you feel sorry for her?

"The emperor and the queen have already punished her. I don't expect to restore her title. I just want to release her and become a serious minister's wife. Is there anything wrong with me?

"From what happened to this day, you just ignored me and just thought about how to bring some suffering to the Zhang family and the Pei family who had caused her such misery. How could you still come to blame me?"

"Is now the time to talk about this?" King Rong scolded, "She made a mistake herself, and she should bear the consequences. If you feel sorry for him, why didn't you take care of her earlier? The mistake has been made, and you actually You still wanted to use the back door to protect her, but you protected her instead! Everyone in the palace will be dragged down by you!"

After King Rong finished speaking, he slapped the stone beast on the Baiyue railing with his palm and ordered: "From now on, you are not allowed to see guests! Even if you want to go out to entertain, you are not allowed to interact with the relevant people! If you let me know again If you still have these thoughts, I will definitely make you look good too!"

Princess Rong couldn't believe her ears: "Are you punishing me? I have been married to you for decades, and now you just want to save your daughter, and you are going to punish me?"

"I have been married to you for decades, how can I not know what you are thinking? Otherwise you would never stop!"

After King Rong said that, he turned around and went down the steps.

Princess Rong panicked and reached out to catch him. She didn't catch him, but grabbed the jade pendant around his waist: "You, are you really going to treat me like this?"

Prince Rong turned to look at her, gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and turned back: "As a princess, you need the wind and the rain. As long as my palace remains safe in the world, you will never be able to escape wealth and wealth for the rest of your life. Your Lao Chu family is definitely not that weak, tell me what are you doing all day long?"

Princess Rong lowered her head and wiped her tears: "That sounds nice, but I am alone after all."

Prince Rong sat down and frowned at her: "How dare you say this? Zhan'er was not born to you? Isn't Zhang your daughter-in-law?"

Princess Rong also sat down across from her: "My son has no control over his mother, so how can I control him? Besides, he forgets his mother after marrying his daughter-in-law, and you see it all."

At this point, she glanced at his waist again: "Maybe you haven't changed your purse for a long time. Take it off and I'll change it for you."

At his age, how could King Rong still be as competitive as a young man? The mistress of the palace still had to have some dignity. Seeing the princess acting like this, he walked down the steps, looked at her and said, "Did you do this?"

Princess Rong said: "Aren't all the fan covers you have kept in your pocket over the years made by me?" At this point, she said again: "Yes, bring me all the fans you have collected some other time, and I will give them to them." Let’s all change clothes.”

Prince Rong chuckled: "Dozens of fans have all been replaced with fan covers. How many years and months are you going to do this?"

Princess Rong said: "You don't let me go out, and you don't let me see guests. What else can I do?"

Prince Rong stroked his beard: "There is no need for the fan cover. You are not young anymore. Do less needlework and take care of your eyes."

Princess Rong opened her mouth and wanted to say a few more words. After taking a look at Prince Rong's expression, she swallowed the words and pointed to his purse: "Then take it off."

King Rong untied his purse, picked out a few things from it, put it back in his arms and pushed it to her: "Take it."

Princess Rong watched him carefully picking out those few things, then took the purse in her hand and said: "I remember that next month will be the memorial day for my mother and concubine, so the prince will not go to the ancestral temple to copy a few scriptures in person. What?

"The palace has been quite uneasy recently. Although it is still early, it is better for the prince to make preparations as soon as possible. When the time comes, we also ask our ancestors to see the sincerity of the prince and protect our palace."

"That's right." King Rong said slowly, "It's time to go there."

Princess Rong said: "How about I ask someone to clean out the Zen room in the ancestral temple this afternoon?"

King Rong nodded and stood up: "Yes."

Princess Rong raised her lips with satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)