"Father!"

King Chu raised his eyes and said lightly: "Sit down!" ”

"I don't know why my father summoned me?" Zhao Ling asked.

"You and the princess just came back from the palace? But went to intercede for the matter of the Qi Palace? King Chu asked.

"Exactly! There is also the matter of Master Xiaoyu, she and Doctor Liu are the same father and daughter, this matter must not be ignored! Zhao Ling clenched his fists and said, "Does my father think there is anything wrong with this matter?" ”

"Let me ask you, Bai Siyuan may return to the capital alive, do you know anything about Xiaoyu?" King Chu asked.

"Yes!" Zhao Ling was silent for a moment and said, "On the day we got married, Xiaoyu took me to see my uncle!" ”

"Your Majesty's temperament is clear to you, why are you confused about this matter?" King Chu asked.

"I know that there are many things that cannot be hidden from Your Majesty, but Xiao Yu told me all this kind of life-related things, but I went to tell Your Majesty, wouldn't I live up to Xiao Yu's trust?" Zhao Ling said, "Besides, I can't tell Your Majesty's thoughts, if he makes any moves, what should I do?" What I and Xiaoyu are doing now, most of them are in accordance with His Majesty's wishes, and they have not destroyed His Majesty's plan, I know that I am loyal, but I can't be unjust! ”

"Your Majesty believes in you, otherwise you won't be allowed to go to the Xiaoqi camp, but after this incident, Your Majesty is only afraid that there will be some doubts about your loyalty!" King Chu said, "He is not a god, I don't know what step you will do for Jiang Xiaoyu, you will do it yourself!" After the matter of the eldest grandson's family is over, you will resign from all your positions, even stay away from the capital, and be an idle prince and grandson! ”

"This ......" Zhao Ling frowned slightly, "I know my father's worries, it's just that the second prince is upright by nature, and I'm afraid that he will encounter difficulties in the court...... I have sworn that if he is the master, I will be a good servant, and I will help him to accomplish great things, and how can I abandon him? ”

"Your Majesty's position as the crown prince belongs to the second prince, and it is basically an ironclad thing!" The king of Chu said, "And once Your Majesty begins to doubt you, this doubtful seed will take root in his heart and become more and more lush, and after that, you must be proportionate, those things should be touched, those things should not be touched, you must be very clear in your heart!" There are also those things that should be hidden from Your Majesty, those things that should not be hidden from Your Majesty, and you have to take care of this matter well! You'd better slowly withdraw from the cavalry camp, and after that, the less you are contaminated in military and political affairs, the better, and besides, if you don't worry about the second prince, you can be his staff, if the second prince really becomes the king one day, it's not too late for you to assist! It's better to protect yourself now! ”

Zhao Ling sighed leisurely, hugged his fists and said, "Yes!" ”

"You don't have to tell Xiaoyu about this, lest she be too careful!" King Chu thought for a while and said, "Besides, Xiaoyu, you should also look at it, don't have any radical behavior, and don't let others find out about meeting Bai Siyuan!" ”

"Yes, Father!"

Because of Zhao Ling, Jiang Xiaoyu is also relieved, but she has a little less to worry about, but some energy is inevitably put in the inner house, when she was in Jiangfu before, Jiang Xiaoyu trusted the third aunt, so many things are completely handed over to the third aunt, and now she is not worried about Concubine Liu, so she does not have more eyes.

On the one hand, she learned from Liu Ruli's general poison that could not help her, but the last time she suffered a loss in the princess of Beijun, she knew that there were people outside the world, so she didn't dare to slack off at all, on the other hand, unless necessary, she rarely listened to Zhuyuan now, and also reduced her contact with those ladies.

Zhao Quan is now busy with his studies, running around in the palace and the palace, busier than Zhao Ling, and when Yang'er is empty, he comes back to listen to the bamboo garden and sit, but this little girl is busier than herself, Mr. Xixi told her to read, and she has to learn female red, learn calligraphy and painting, learn musical instruments, this hall is the lord of Chu Wangfu, more strict than the average lady, every move has grandma staring at the back to teach, dare not make any mistakes, used to go to school with Zhao Quan, and her brother helped to be lazy, and now she is the only one left, the temperament is so soft that he doesn't dare to be lazy anymore, so he has to fill his time.

Compared with other little girls, Jiang Xiaoyu felt that she was quite useless, and wondered if she would also go to study with her despite her advanced age, so as not to have something to do.

However, because of the existence of Yan Shuzhai, she didn't dare to underestimate any woman who appeared around her, especially for the people who listened to Zhuyuan, everyone basically investigated the background from the beginning.

On the sixth day of the eighth lunar month, when Jiang Xiaoyu looked at the information that came and analyzed the current situation, one of the pieces of information caught her attention, this information was not someone else's, it was the third lady's.

The third lady is indeed older than ordinary people, if it weren't for Concubine Liu's hand, she might be able to marry a young man with the right family smoothly now, and there doesn't seem to be any problem.

The suspicious place is that a year and a half ago, when she entered the temple to pray for blessings, she had a very happy conversation with a woman, and then basically went to the temple every month, but three months ago suddenly there was no way to go, all the maids in the courtyard were basically bought outside the palace for distribution, only a maid next to the third lady was bought by her from the hands of the people, all kinds of signs show that the third lady does have a suspicious relationship with Yan Shuzhai.

And although Concubine Liu has a cousin who has a relationship with the eldest grandson's family, she entered the palace at the age of fourteen, and she herself is also from a princely family, she will not have some kind of relationship with Yan Shuzhai, and she wants to be a princess, colluding with the eldest grandson's family, if it is not good for the Chu Palace, it will not be of any benefit to her.

It's just that instead of making speculations without evidence, it is better to ask things clearly, since the family is going to live together in the future, and it is not a day or two, and the luck is good for decades, it is really troublesome and chilling to watch out for each other.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaoyu directly asked Concubine Liu to talk about things.

In the back garden, most of the purples and thousands of reds have withered, only the one begonia is still blooming, occasionally a few petals are fluttering, the breeze blows, revealing a bit of early autumn coolness.

Concubine Liu came with flowers and willows, graceful and graceful, Jiang Xiaoyu sighed slightly, the charm of this mature woman is not something she can match.

"I haven't seen the princess much these days, I guess you're busy, and I don't dare to disturb, how can I be interested in enjoying the flowers here today?" Concubine Liu smiled slightly, "In this palace, I haven't seen a newcomer for a long time, just saw this scene, and I was a little distracted, remembering that when I first entered the palace, the princess also liked to enjoy flowers in the garden, at that time, I really thought she was good-looking, like a fairy concubine, that kind of graceful bearing, even if it is not more than the first queen, I can't match it anyway!" ”

Jiang Xiaoyu knew that what she said was true, and she could still remember the beauty and elegance of the princess, which made people feel like a spring breeze.

"Although my mother is gentle, but when I am also strict, my favorite thing at that time is that my mother will also bring me when she comes to the Chu Palace, the princess is as gentle as water, which makes people's hearts really comfortable!" Jiang Xiaoyu pondered for a moment and said.

"Whether you are good or the prince, you always know the beauty and gentleness of the princess, but the little prince and the little princess are pitiful, and they have no mother since they were born, although I try my best to take care of them, but I can't compare to my mother by my side!" Concubine Liu smiled bitterly, when the little prince and the little county lord were two or three years old and were closest to her, the prince took the two away and handed them over to the care of the grandmother, but I am afraid that the prince also doesn't want the two to treat themselves as his own mother, and he doesn't want them to forget the princess.

"With you, it's their luck!" Jiang Xiaoyu smiled slightly, but he didn't forget to get down to business, "I heard that one of your cousins is the concubine of Changsun Kui?" ”

"yes!" Concubine Liu replied without the slightest hesitation, her eyes were open, as if she had nothing to hide, "She was born beautiful, and she had a good relationship with her husband, but after this Duke of Qiyang entered Beijing, she looked at her horizontally and vertically, and even her husband was cold to her, she was in a bad mood, and she came to me twice, but I wondered, my cousin is first-class regardless of talent or character, and it is completely possible to marry a better family to be the main room, and I was willing to give Changsun Kui a concubine because I fell in love with his heroic bearing. It's just that I don't know where I provoked that old man of Qiyang! ”

Jiang Xiaoyu paid attention to Concubine Liu's tone and expression, it was very natural, there was no deliberate and concealed place, it was not lying, and it seemed that she did not know about the turmoil between the Chu Wangfu and the eldest grandson's family, in contrast, the third lady, as a channel for knowing information from the outside world, was not as rich as her, but she knew about her and the eldest grandson's family, which was even more unusual.

"The old man's coming to the capital is only temporary, he has to go back after all, and when he leaves, all this will be too peaceful!" Jiang Xiaoyu said lightly, "How much does Aunt Liu know about the third lady?" ”

Concubine Liu's expression became a little vigilant, her eyes rolled, and she asked, "Why did you ask about her?" ”

"Let me put it this way, when I was in Jiangfu, I never had the desire to be in charge of the family, I was not interested in these things at all, and now I will hand over the authority to manage the Chu Palace, it is not just a resignation, I am really not good at these things and I have a headache for these trivial matters, this Aunt Liu does not have to have any doubts about me, over the years, what you have done has been seen by the world, so you also respect Aunt Liu!" Jiang Xiaoyu said, "Today is a heart-to-heart with Aunt Liu, now the situation in the DPRK and China is not optimistic, the Chu Wangfu has always been under the noses of everyone, the wind is surging outside, and the family can be peaceful, so that the father and the son can concentrate on the outside affairs, this matter needs to be cooperated by Aunt Liu, and there must be no turmoil in the family!" ”