Looking at the despair in the eyes of the concubine, she breathed in distress, "Concubine, as long as you want to leave, the sons will find a way." "This palace seems to be calm, but it is full of dangers, and only by leaving can it be truly safe.

"Silly child, the mother concubine is destined to spend her whole life in this palace." Raised his hand and gently stroked Dongfang Du's forehead, smiled lightly, and said with relief: "I know that you feel sorry for your mother, but you are such an adult, why do you still say some stupid things like a child?" "I couldn't stop worrying in my heart, 'How can a child with such a heart compete with the crown prince for the throne?' But he can't say it.

"Concubine Xian, Xiaodu, I don't understand something." Looking at Concubine Xian and Dongfang Du's mother and son, Chu Mi couldn't bear to disturb, but he had to mention, "Who poisoned Concubine Xian, and what is the reason for this poisoning?" "This poison will not go underground for no reason, it always needs a reason.

"This palace has always lived in Zhaoxian Palace, and it is not favored by the emperor, nor has it been grudged with other concubines, so there is really no reason to poison it." As soon as Chu Mi asked, Concubine Xian thought about it and found that there was indeed no reason to poison her.

"It must be the crown prince......" Before Dongfang Du finished speaking, Concubine Xian interrupted and said, "Don't jump to conclusions." "It's too hasty to push everything on the crown prince's head," Du'er, don't be blinded by one thing and ignore the real enemy. ”

"Hmm" Dongfang Du nodded, he could only accept Concubine Xian's preaching, and would not refute half a sentence. What's more, what Concubine Xian said is indeed reasonable, you can't look at the surface of everything.

"Du'er, what you have to guard against and deal with is not just the prince." In addition to the crown prince, there is also the prince's own brother, the third prince Dongfang Xu, and the fourth prince Dongfang Xuan, who was born to Concubine Liang. Dongfang Xu only knows how to eat, drink and have fun all day long, and he doesn't seem to love power, and the four princes seem to be upright and straightforward, who can be sure that this is their true side or the disguised side.

Concubine Xian looked at the Dongfang in front of her, and sighed in her heart, only my emperor is so easy-going, tolerant and benevolent, the same as the inside and the outside, ten years outside the palace, I don't know how dark and false this palace is.

"Mother, the son-in-law has written it down." Dongfang Du understands what kind of person he is, and if he wants to win the throne, there are many things that need to be learned and changed.

"Just write it down." Concubine Xian smiled and nodded. There are some things that don't have to be said too clearly, if they are too clear, how can they let Dongfang Du think for themselves.

"By the way, the concubine, senior sister will be by your side to protect you during this time." Dongfang Du got up and pushed Chu Mi forward, "With the senior sister here, I will definitely be able to protect the mother concubine." ”

"I'll protect Concubine Xian." Chu Mi looked at Concubine Xian, her eyes were full of determination, and she silently swore in her heart, 'You are Xiaodu's mother, even if you lose this life, I will definitely protect you.' ’

"Mother, the minister left the senior sister in your palace." Thinking that after bringing the senior sister back to Fengqing Palace, I would have to send her to this Zhaoxian Palace again, so it would be better to leave the senior sister in Zhaoxian Palace directly to save trouble.

At this moment, Leng Mei, who was guarding the door, staggered in and said, "Qi Yu Niangniang, the father-in-law next to the emperor is here, Sister Ning Zhu asked the slave maid to come in first to inform Niangniang, so as to prepare." Leng Mei and Ning Zhu have been by Concubine Xian's side since she entered the palace, not only treating Concubine Xian as their master, but also as their relatives.

"Don't panic" Concubine Xian let Leng Mei get up first, so panicked, so that outsiders will see it, and they will think that they are plotting something rebellious in this palace.

"The slave greets Concubine Xian, His Royal Highness the Second Prince" As soon as Gonggong Zhang entered Zhaoxian Palace, he knelt down and saluted.

"My father-in-law is exempt from courtesy, and I came to Zhaoxian Palace in this palace, but there is something?" Concubine Xian asked unhurriedly, but she already knew in her heart that it must have been the emperor who came to announce the degree of the East.

"The emperor learned that His Royal Highness the Second Prince had returned, so he asked the servants to come to His Royal Highness the Second Prince to meet him." Gonggong Zhang got up, but he still bent over and said humbly to Concubine Xian and Dongfangdu.

"Then let's follow Gonggong Zhang to meet the emperor." Concubine Xian turned her head to Dongfang Du and said, but she didn't expect that Gonggong Zhang continued: "Concubine Xian, the emperor also asked the senior sister of His Royal Highness the Second Prince to go to the imperial study together......"

Dongfang Du was worried when he heard that his father and the emperor actually wanted Senior Sister Xuan to go to the imperial study together, and it was okay for the senior sister to not understand etiquette in front of her mother, but if she said the wrong thing in front of the emperor, it angered the emperor...... Dongfang Du turned his head to look at Chu Mi, Chu Mi smiled at Shang Dongfangdu's eyes full of worry, and smiled with relief, "I never thought that I would be able to see the emperor." ”

Seeing that Chu Mi was not afraid to see Emperor Qianwen, his worried heart was slightly relieved, Dongfang Du turned his head and said to Gonggong Zhang: "In this way, let's go to the imperial study." ”

When the three of them arrived in front of the imperial study, the father-in-law who was guarding in front of the imperial study saw that it was the second prince and a strange woman, so he stopped and said, "Your Royal Highness the second prince, wait a while, the slave will go in first to report." "The tone is neither humble nor arrogant, no matter who it is, you have to follow the rules.

'There are so many rules in this palace! Chu Mi complained in his heart, "Obviously, the emperor sent his father-in-law to Zhaoxian Palace to see us, but he was stopped again at this time!" ’

The eunuch guarding the door soon came out and said to Dongfang Du: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince, Senior Sister Chu, go in." The eunuch entered the imperial study and told Emperor Qianwen, saying that His Royal Highness the Second Prince and a strange woman were out asking for entry, and Emperor Qianwen said without raising his head: "Let Du'er and Senior Sister Chu come in." ”

As soon as Dongfang Du entered the palace, someone came to report to Emperor Qianwen, saying that the second prince and a woman entered the palace together, and as soon as they entered the palace and did not return to the Fengqing Palace, they went directly to the Zhaoxian Palace of the virtuous concubine. Emperor Qianwen thought that it must be because Concubine Xian suddenly fell ill that Dongfang Du would be in such a hurry to return to the palace, as for the strange woman next to Dongfang Du, who received Wu Mingxing's return, it should be his senior sister Chu Mi.

"The sons and daughters meet their fathers," Dongfang Du took the lead in kneeling down and saluting Emperor Qianwen.

"I... The people's daughter greeted the emperor" Chu Mi followed Dongfang Du and knelt down to salute, originally calling himself me, thinking of the way here, Dongfang Du told her thousands of instructions to call herself a people's daughter in front of the emperor, and she hurriedly changed her words.

"It's all excused." Emperor Qianwen put down the pen in his hand, raised his eyes to look at Chu Mi, and swept up and down before saying, "Presumably this is Du'er's senior sister." ”

"Exactly, the folk girl Chu Mi is the second apprentice of Wuyazi and the senior sister of the second prince." Chu Mi lowered his head and replied humbly. Thinking of what Dongfang Du said along the way, 'You must call yourself a people's daughter in front of the emperor, you must keep your head down when you speak, you can't look directly at the emperor, and don't call me Xiaodu in front of the emperor, you want to call me the second prince...... 'I was full of cold sweat, and I kept slandering in my heart: 'There are too many rules!' ’

"Lift up your head and let me see." Seeing that Chu Mi had kept his head down, Emperor Qianwen directly asked Chu Mi to raise his head. Chu Mi tightened his hands and slowly raised his head, thinking that it was good that he had changed his face before entering the palace, otherwise, it would be troublesome to be taken by the emperor.

'It looks really average' Emperor Qianwen commented silently in his heart, but there was not much expression on his face, and he asked slowly: "Miss Chu, did you follow Du'er back to the palace for Du'er's illness, or for some other reason?" "I heard that Chu Mi was strong in martial arts at a young age, and there are rumors that the person who stole the vaults of many officials was Chu Mi, but it was not confirmed whether it was really her.