Chapter 57 Giving a Bath in Yaoshan Soup Spring

Xingyuan, early in the morning, someone sent a message that all the young ladies were invited to the main hall of the prince to receive the order. Helplessly, as soon as everyone's breakfast was put on the table, they hurriedly changed into dresses and rushed to the main hall. The internal officials here waited for half an hour, and drank a few cups of tea, and the candidates hurried over.

When everyone had gathered, the king went into the inner hall and invited the prince out. Everyone knelt down under the leadership of the crown prince, and the internal officials took the throne to read out the holy decree: "On the twenty-fifth day of August in the mid-autumn of the twenty-fourth year of Yongxi, Emperor Wu of Great Qi said: The crown prince and the crown princess are important to the country, and the crown princess needs to be approved by the prince and appointed by the sacred tree. Yaoshan Tangquan passes through the flowing god tree, washes the body, and sues the god tree. The crown princess candidate has been in the palace for many days, and now five candidates are specially given to follow the prince to the soup spring of Yao Mountain. The mountain will be closed for three days from tomorrow, and the prince can go there as he sees fit. Chin this—"

"Erchen is grateful, long live my emperor, long live, long live. ”

"The courtiers are grateful, long live my emperor, long live, long live. ”

"Congratulations to Your Highness and ladies and ladies and gentlemen, this is a holy decree, please take it well. Your Highness, Yaoshan will be closed tonight until His Highness and the young ladies leave the mountain. Yaoshan Tangquan has already received the order and started to prepare, when will His Highness climb the mountain tomorrow, and when will he lead the young ladies to visit, His Highness's people can send someone to report there after they have decided. ”

"Father-in-law, don't worry, this is natural. The prince nodded in agreement.

"By the way, you candidates can go back and prepare first. It is enough for Your Highness to have an old slave to serve here. The internal official seemed to have something to say, and without asking the prince, he first asked the five young ladies to leave.

Although the internal official who delivered the decree was only an internal official, he served by the emperor's side and watched the prince grow up, so he must have something to say to the prince alone. The prince also understood what he meant, and seeing that there was no need to keep these young ladies here, he also spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, please step back first." ”

"Yes, Your Highness, the courtiers are retired. The women replied in unison. After the ceremony, they exited the main hall in turn, and rushed back to their own courtyard in the apricot garden. Starting tomorrow, I will go to live in the palace of Yaoshan Tangquan, and there is still a lot to prepare. Give the bath Yaoshan soup spring, and the clothes for this soup must also be well prepared. Maybe you can meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in a thousand charming ways.

After the ladies retreated, the prince sat down and looked at the inner official and said, "Father-in-law, please sit down, if you have something to say, please speak directly." ”

"Your Highness Xie, the old slave doesn't have many words. Or stand and finish talking and go back to your life. After thanking the internal official, he stood and continued, "Your Highness, the emperor already knows what happened at the dinner a few days ago. I heard that His Royal Highness gave the Queen Mother's "Five-color Peony Picture" to Miss Cao, and I understood what His Royal Highness meant. It's just that there is a sentence for the old slave to bring to His Highness. ”

"Father-in-law, please speak. The prince hurriedly got up and said.

"Your Highness is gracious. The emperor's original words were: People are terrible, and the final result, in the eyes of outsiders, it is best for the two candidates to be equal. ”

"This palace understands, and my father-in-law can go back to his life with peace of mind. Thank you for the grace of your father for this palace. The prince bowed.

"Your Highness understands it, Your Highness should pay more attention to your body, and you should not be too tired when climbing the mountain. Old slave, this is the resignation and go back. Before leaving, the internal official did not forget to care about the prince's body, and admonished. The prince knew that the internal officials really cared about him, so he also smiled and nodded in response.

The internal official said goodbye and left, and the prince also returned to the inner hall, saying that he was resting, but in fact, he had quietly gone to Murong Shuo's Qingfeng Courtyard.

Early in the morning, the holy decree came again, and the five candidates in the apricot garden were invited to receive the decree, and it was difficult for Murong Shuo to know if he didn't know. However, no matter what the will was, it could not hinder him from enjoying a quiet breakfast. Moreover, if his expectation was correct, this will should be the holy decree of bathing Yaoshan Tangquan a few days in advance.

Cao Fu so hoped that the news of her co-performance with the prince qin dance at the dinner party would be known as a good story, so as to take the first step in everyone's mind, the position of the crown princess who was in harmony with the prince qinse. And these words will definitely reach the ears of the emperor and leave a certain impression. When the time comes, one of the candidates selected by the crown prince will have to keep her.

The emperor also saw what she meant, and knew the intention of the prince to send Cao Fu "Five-color Peony Map". Thinking of the friendship with the queen back then, he naturally felt a lot more distressed about the prince, so he asked the internal official to remind the prince of that sentence.

The candidate for the crown princess, he has long promised that the queen of the past life will choose the prince wholeheartedly and will never be involved in any political conspiracy. Now, although the emperor doesn't know which one is the prince's beloved, he also hopes that the neutral Luo Zijin can be selected.

Murong Shuo had just eaten breakfast, and the prince quietly entered the room. So, Murong Shuo was not in a hurry to clean up, turned around and sat down in front of the tea table again, and said while making tea: "Your Highness is in such a hurry to find it, if it is for the matter of bathing Yaoshan Tangquan, it will be too much of a fuss." ”

"My father asked Gonggong Chen to tell me a word. The prince shook his head at Murong Shuo's attitude, but he didn't say anything, sat down opposite Murong Shuo, and replied.

"Good words?" Murong Shuo looked at the prince's hesitant look and said clearly.

"Yes. It seems that my father gave Cao Fu the "Five-color Peony Map" before my mother. said that he understood what I meant, and reminded me that the reward was equally divided, and the last two must be able to be equal. ”

"The emperor has the heart to help His Highness, what doubts does His Highness have?" Murong Shuo put the brewed tea in front of the prince and asked lightly.

"Father, why did he help me?" the prince finally asked.

For so many years, he has often forgotten what the loving father who loved him was like. Since the death of his mother, he felt that his father had begun to change. At first, it was not obvious, but then it gradually became cold and suspicious. The original loving father has truly become a generation of emperors.

The second emperor's younger brother is getting bigger and bigger, at first it was indeed because his body was not good, but later, he was also promoted by his father. In recent years, the father's intention to choose the last one left among them has become even more obvious. If this is a trick that the emperor must perform, he can still understand one or two. But he always remembers his beloved father as a young man. Therefore, in the face of such a change in his father, he gradually only had cold and fear.

Especially, recently, the emperor often takes the second emperor's brother out to fight, and when the emperor comes back, he always does not shy away from him. He became more and more afraid to get close to the emperor. Now that the emperor not only chose a concubine for him, but also chose so many people from the second emperor's brother, he was even more discouraged. Who knows, there is such a show again today. How does this make him not to doubt.