The concubine was reborn, and the cold prince was made red in the face

"I think Marquis Jingyuan is good." Zuo Xiangrong said with a smile: "But didn't the emperor agree to my concubine? Xiang Ning's marriage will not be discussed until the end of the year. Let's wait a few more months."

The emperor saw that Zuo Xiangning just lowered her head and wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, without much reaction.

"Since Xiang Ning doesn't want to, then just wait." The emperor smiled and teased Brother Hong for a while before leaving.

Zuo Xiangning followed Zuo Xiangrong and sent the emperor to the palace gate.

After the emperor walked away, Zuo Xiangrong took Zuo Xiangning back to the room and asked in a low voice: "Did you know that Gu Zhiqing came to the palace to ask for marriage when you entered the palace today?"

"I met Gu Zhiqing on the way back to the city. He said that the emperor had agreed to marry him." Zuo Xiangning held Zuo Xiangrong's hand like a child who had made a mistake, "I didn't mean to hide it. I am holding my sister because I am afraid that she will be worried."

"I am your sister. If you don't tell me, who else can you tell?" Zuo Xiangrong glared at her angrily, then sighed and said, "It seems that your marriage can't wait any longer. In a few days, you ask your mother to come into the palace, I have something to discuss with her."

"What do you want to do, sister?" Zuo Xiangning looked at Zuo Xiangrong worriedly, wondering whether to tell her about her affairs with Ling Xiao.

"Your marriage can't be delayed any longer, we have to start preparations." Zuo Xiangrong looked at Zuo Xiangning's increasingly delicate face, hesitated for a moment, and then whispered: "The emperor has just ascended the throne, I'm afraid he will want to Use you for marriage."

Zuo Xiangrong sighed and said: "How many marriages can be happy if they are used for business? I will never agree to it!"

Zuo Xiangning pursed her lower lip, "Sister, I have something to tell you."

"What's going on?" Zuo Xiangrong looked at her strangely.

"I..." Zuo Xiangning's face became redder and redder, and she couldn't say anything for a long time.

"What is going on?" Zuo Xiangrong shook her twice and said anxiously: "Do you want me to be anxious?"

Zuo Xiangning scratched her eyebrows lightly and whispered embarrassedly: "Actually... I think Jingyuan Hou Lingxiao is quite good."

Zuo Xiangrong raised her eyebrows slightly, "Are you telling the truth?"

Zuo Xiangning bit her lower lip and nodded lightly.

"You are really good!" Zuo Xiangrong nodded her head angrily, "If you had told me earlier, I would have asked the emperor to grant you a marriage with Marquis Jingyuan just now?"

"Sister, this matter is not urgent. He said he would find a way." Zuo Xiangning pouted her lips.

Zuo Xiangrong nodded, "I will also tell the emperor depending on the opportunity."

Zuo Xiangning reminded with a serious face: "Sister, be careful, haste makes waste."

"I know, tell him, don't worry yet." Zuo Xiangrong also saw what the emperor meant.

No matter what the reason was, the emperor's intention was obvious. He wanted Zuo Xiangning to marry Gu Zhiqing.

Zuo Xiangning saw that Zuo Xiangrong looked a little serious, so she quickly smiled and said, "I'm telling my sister an interesting story. Do you want to hear it?"

"What's the fun story?" Zuo Xiangrong came back to her senses and asked with a smile.

"Gu Zhiqing was beaten on the street this morning. I heard that his nose and face were bruised and swollen, and he couldn't come out to see anyone in a short time." Zuo Xiangning said with a smile.

"Ah?" Zuo Xiangrong asked in shock, "Who is so bold?"

"He is so arrogant and domineering outside, who knows who he has offended?" Zuo Xiangning said scornfully: "But he has lost his dignity this time."

"The eldest princess will not let it go easily. Things may still cause trouble." Zuo Xiangrong said: "You'd better go to the eldest princess's house less. The eldest princess looks kind and kind, but in fact she is not easy to get along with." ."

Zuo Xiangning nodded, "I remember." "Take care of yourself. If there is anything you can't solve, come to the palace to find me." Zuo Xiangrong sent Zuo Xiangning to the door of the room.

"Sister, you should also take good care of yourself and Brother Hong." Zuo Xiangning said softly.

After Zuo Xiangning left, Zuo Xiangrong called Jade and Agate into the room.

Jade and agate were left to Zuo Xiangning by Ling Xiao through the ice rain and ice clouds.

Before Zuo Xiangning left Beijing, she chose four people for Zuo Xiangrong. Zuo Xiangrong kept them all by her side and trusted them very much.

"Can you find a way to find out what the emperor said when he met Gu Zhiqing?" Zuo Xiangrong lowered her voice.

"There are many secret guards around the emperor. We don't dare to approach easily." Jade whispered back: "I am from the same hometown as the virtuous father-in-law beside the emperor. I just want to know what the emperor said, but it is not easy."

"Then you get along well with Eunuch De, and don't be stingy with money." Zuo Xiangrong added, "And Pearl, I think she gets along well with an aunt from Mrs. Wei Guo's side, so let her not be stingy either."

After Zuo Xiangrong sent everyone out, she sat quietly on the large black wooden chair alone.

She knew that her younger sister Xiang Ning was smart and had reminded her several times to take care of herself and Brother Hong. She thought she saw things more clearly than she did.

In fact, she had known for a long time that the emperor was no longer the second prince who wanted to marry her, but she still felt sad every time she racked her brains to calculate.

Her brother Hong is still so young, and now he is the only prince in the palace. Everything is fine. But when there are more and more princes in the palace, there is no telling what kind of bloody storm there will be.

The late emperor had a total of eight grown-up princes, but now only the emperor and the fifth prince are still alive in the capital.

She looked at Brother Hong's wet nurse who came into her arms from outside.

She must live well. Only if she can be her queen well, her son will have more opportunities in the future and grow up in peace.

And if she wants to live well, her family is her trump card, so she must live well.

And not only to stay alive, but also to become stronger and stronger.

Zuo Xiangning left the palace and got into the carriage in a depressed mood.

What Zuo Xiangrong thought of, she also thought of.

She had known for a long time that the emperor no longer had the original sincere feelings for her sister.

But she couldn't tell her sister directly.

Her sister and the emperor were husband and wife. Even if she told her, her sister might not believe it. Only her sister could detect and discover such things by herself.

She believed that her sister was a smart person, and as long as she figured it out, she should be able to know what she should do in the palace.

Not long after Zuo Xiangning returned to Xianglanzhai, Li Shaonan climbed over the wall and jumped into the yard.

"Do you think it's strange? No one in the capital knows who beat Gu Zhiqing." Li Shaonan sat across from Zuo Xiangning and said with a smile: "And what's even stranger is... guess what happened?"

"Gu Zhiqing doesn't know who hit him, and he doesn't plan to pursue it yet." Zuo Xiangning guessed.

"Who knows what Gu Zhiqing is thinking? Now he wants to find a crack in the ground to hide. Who can see him?" Li Shaonan said with excitement on his face when he mentioned Gu Zhiqing.

"What's even more strange is that the door of the eldest princess's mansion was closed tightly, and there was no movement at all. When Gu Zhiqing was carried back, he was in a state of panic. With the eldest princess's temperament, she couldn't order the Wucheng Army and Horses Division to give her an explanation? But? What’s strange is that she didn’t do anything. Do you think it’s strange?”