Chapter 448, A Dinner
Within three days, the matter of the East Palace had spread out of the palace wall, but a side concubine was punished, and it was not a major crime of raiding the house and destroying the door, so it did not attract much attention.
Lu Ruxue ****, because she has less memories of this life, most of the things are shared by Concubine Chen.
So these days, Concubine Chen often comes to the princess's bedroom, and from time to time she will meet the prince.
Mu Xuanyang has no good impression of this Concubine Chen. But thinking that he assisted the crown princess for his merits, and after getting along several times, he no longer had a dark face towards her. Sometimes I even ask a few words with concern.
Regarding the change in the prince's attitude, Concubine Chen was secretly happy in her heart, but when she met the crown princess, she didn't dare to show it at all.
Before dinner that day, the prince was in the east palace, and after discussing with the prince's young master, Zhan Shi and others, he just came out of the study, and saw the eunuch waiting outside the palace, talking to Luo Cheng.
Seeing the prince come out, Luo Cheng brought someone forward to greet him, "Prince, this person is Jiang Hai, the steward eunuch in Concubine Chen's palace." ”
"Slave Jiang Hai, please say hello to the prince." Jiang Hai knelt down and bowed, and then waited for the prince to ask.
"Concubine Chen called you, what's the matter?" According to Luo Chengbao, Concubine Chen was very respectful to the crown princess.
When encountering some trivial matters, take the initiative to share the burden for the crown princess, and will not trouble the crown princess. And in major events, the crown princess is the head of the horse everywhere. Mu Xuanyang was still very satisfied with Concubine Chen's understanding of advance and retreat so well.
So Concubine Chen sent someone, and he also gave a little face and asked more.
"If you go back to the prince, the queen has just summoned the princess to the middle palace, and I am afraid that she will not be able to return at dinner. Concubine Chen asked the servants to come and ask the prince to show him. I don't know where to put this dinner? ”
Concubine Chen helped the crown princess to take charge of the affairs of the East Palace, and the crown princess was summoned by the queen, and she should worry about the prince's dinner.
However, this Concubine Chen didn't tell the prince. Before leaving, the crown princess had already arranged these things and prepared dinner in her bedroom.
Concubine Chen just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to lead the prince to her bedroom.
There have been a lot of things in the DPRK and China recently, and in Mu Xuanyang's mind, he is thinking about the affairs of the previous dynasty, and he doesn't care about these small things. Therefore, I don't seem to have these tricks played by Concubine Chen.
Thinking that his wife went to the middle palace, then where he ate, it was the same. Just wanted to turn around, ordered Luo Cheng to put dinner in the side hall of the study, but when he saw Jiang Hai, he knelt down again.
"The side concubine knows that the prince is hard, so she specially prepared some wine and food, and asked the prince to move."
Mu Xuanyang thought about it, going to Concubine Chen's place for a meal was just a reward. After all, this Concubine Chen was born in Pingjiang Bofu. And this woman is also pitiful, marrying him, the prince, will not be happy in the end.
nodded, and then Luo Cheng and the others followed and went to Concubine Chen.
Although Concubine Chen asked Jiang Hai to invite the prince, she never thought that the prince would really come. Listening to the voice of the eunuch outside the hall, I thought I had heard it wrong.
One stumbled and almost fell off the chair. couldn't hide the joy on his face, and ran to the outside of the hall in a few steps and knelt down to greet him.
"The concubine greets the prince." She looked forward to it early and waited late, and now she finally got what she wanted. said goodbye, and for a while I had mixed feelings in my heart, and I couldn't help crying.
I was afraid that the prince would be upset when he saw it, so he couldn't hold back and didn't dare to make a sound, so he secretly took a handkerchief to wipe his tears.
Mu Xuanyang's eyes were sharp, even if the night was falling now, he could still watch Concubine Chen's small movements carefully. I was a little unbearable in my heart, after all, this Concubine Chen didn't do anything wrong, and it wasn't that she took the initiative to marry her. Everything is done according to the emperor's orders, and if you want to blame it, you can only blame this woman for her bad life, so she married him.
Because of the slightest unbearable in his heart, he subconsciously reached out and helped Concubine Chen up.
"The side concubine helped the crown princess to take care of the affairs of the East Palace, it was hard work!"
Concubine Chen was full of excitement, and the prince took the initiative to help her, which was the first time since entering the palace. Subconsciously wanted to grab the prince's hand with his backhand, but the prince took half a step sideways and dodged it.
Although he couldn't bear it, he didn't want to have any physical contact with Concubine Chen, which would make him feel sorry for his wife.
Concubine Chen also knew that she was in a hurry, at least this situation was more and more favorable to herself. smiled and welcomed the prince into the palace, and was busy instructing the servants to make meals.
The queen summoned the crown princess to the middle palace, but it was not a big deal. It's just that there have been a lot of things in the inner palace recently, and I can't sleep well at night, so I want to ask the princess to take her pulse and prescribe some prescriptions to calm her mind and help her sleep.
So just when it was time for dinner, Lu Ruxue hurried back to the East Palace. But when I entered the dormitory, I found that the prince was not there.
called Bai Guanglai and asked, "The prince is still discussing in the study?" ”
Bai Guang didn't dare to hide anything, "Back to the crown princess, the prince went to Concubine Chen's place for dinner." ”
Lu Ruxue was stunned when she heard this, the prince never pretended to the two side concubines, how could he take advantage of his absence today and go to Concubine Chen.
"Could it be that those in the past were all pretended?" Be suspicious, not angry and annoyed.
I think so, whether it's Concubine Chen or Concubine Yu, it's all the prince's women. The prince went to Concubine Chen, which was originally supposed to be.
Even if she is the crown princess, she can't be stopped, and she shouldn't even be jealous. My heart was blocked, but I just accompanied my son to dinner, but I didn't eat a bite.
Mu Xuanyang had dinner at Concubine Chen's place and drank another cup of tea, only then did he see Luo Cheng come to report that the crown princess had returned to the palace.
As soon as he put down the teacup in his hand, he didn't say a word, got up and walked out of the temple.
Concubine Chen chased after her for a few steps, and gave the prince a salute from a distance, her eyes flashing with resentment and unwillingness.
It's just a little bit, if the crown princess can return to the palace later, maybe the prince will rest here with her. glared fiercely in the direction of the princess's bedroom, and then was helped back to the palace by the palace maids.
There were ripples in her heart, and there was a glimmer of hope, and Concubine Chen's undecided determination took root in her heart in an instant at this moment.
When the prince entered the palace, he did not see his wife. After asking Bai Guang, he learned that the crown princess went to the emperor's eldest grandson.
Seeing that Cai Qian was left behind, he asked casually, "The crown princess is available for dinner?" ”
"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, before the princess left, she instructed the slaves and maids to prepare dinner, leaving the eldest grandson here and wanting to accompany the prince to dinner."
"When I returned to the palace just now, I knew that the crown princess went to Concubine Chen, so I ordered to set up a meal and accompany the emperor's eldest grandson to use some first. But the crown princess herself didn't eat a bite. ”
Today, the crown prince was invited by Jiang Hai to Concubine Chen, and Cai Yuan had just gotten the news from Bai Guang, so he naturally wanted to complain about the princess.
The crown prince and the crown princess may not be able to see it, but these minions can see it clearly. That Concubine Chen clearly didn't have any good intentions, and when she got the opportunity, she wanted to take advantage of the loopholes.