Yuan Qingling smiled, "Lord, my father is afraid that he may not invite me to dinner again." ”

"Not necessarily, we have to settle first." Sun Wang said.

"This imperial meal, the prince should not eat less." Yuan Qingling said lightly.

"It's different, don't you know, my father's cook is only cooking for my father, don't you eat a different taste from the rest of the imperial food?"

Yuan Qingling shook his head, "I won't tell." ”

"It's a pity, it's a pity!" King Sun said very regretfully: "You are living up to the food, living up to the food." ”

He looked at the leftover chicken legs in his hand and sighed, "The chicken legs and the emperor's imperial meal, heaven and earth, but they can't live up to the chicken legs." ”

After saying that, he continued to gnaw.

When Yuan Qingling watched him eat, he was full of taste, and the whole person was satisfied and comfortable.

"Why is the prince hiding in the grass to eat?" Yuan Qingling saw that he had no intention of leaving, and he really had nowhere to go, he didn't know the road in the palace, and he was afraid of colliding with others, so he hoped that King Sun would leave quickly.

"This king doesn't want people to find out about stealing chicken legs." He ate intently, but when he ate in his mouth, he spoke with great clarity and without any ambiguity.

"Stealing?" Yuan Qingling was puzzled, did he still need to steal food?

"This king is losing weight!" As he spoke, he had finished gnawing the chicken legs, threw the chicken bones to the lake, made a splash, and sank, he wiped his hands and looked at Yuan Qingling, raised his hand, "Let's go." ”

Lose weight or steal food? Yuan Qingling felt that none of Emperor Mingyuan's sons were normal.

She took a few deep breaths, and was asked by King Sun about the imperial meal, diverted her attention, and felt a little more comfortable in her heart.

Actually, what is she angry about? He believes that Chu Mingcui is normal, they are childhood sweethearts, and the two have no guesses, if it weren't for the original owner Yuanqing Ling, they would have been husband and wife a long time ago.

If she had a childhood sweetheart, would she choose to trust her lover or a bad man who ruined her marriage? It's obvious.

Looking at the lake that was gradually calming down, Yuan Qingling's uneasiness gradually dissipated.

The moment she left the hall, the words that the Emperor Taishang said were also clear in her mind.

He said, let her go to fight.

The old man knew a lot of things in his heart, and he didn't know it beforehand, but when he thought about it afterwards, he knew everything.

There is a person who understands, and Yuan Qingling's heart is much more stable.

Concubine Xian's Qingyu Palace.

Concubine Xian has been unwell recently, and with the autumn wind, her head wind has been committed, and she has not been out of the gate of Qingyu Palace for half a step for several days, and she has not even gone to ask the queen for peace.

And these days, because of the illness of the emperor, all the palace ladies are listening to the news, and no one is willing to do anything to visit her in the face of her, and the arrival of Chu Mingcui can be regarded as injecting a trace of vitality into Qingyu Palace.

Concubine Xian likes Chu Mingcui very much, this female virtuous woman is famous, and the power of the Chu family in the court is also in full swing, if the fifth child marries her as a concubine, it will be of great help to the future.

The Queen Mother once said that Chu Shoufu is shrewd and will not concentrate all his strength on the side of the prince who is the queen's concubine, and if the fifth child can marry the Chu family, there is great hope.

It's a pity that all this was ruined by Yuan Qingling.

Therefore, Concubine Xian is still unwilling to see Yuan Qingling.

She hated Yuan Qingling very much.

Now seeing King Qi and Chu Mingcui and his wife entering, as if they were a pair made in heaven, her head hurt even more, but she couldn't help but smile and look at them.

"See the virtuous concubine!" King Qi and Chu Mingcui stepped forward to greet him.

"Hurry up and excuse me, sit!" Concubine Xian smiled.

The two sat down, Chu Mingcui looked at Concubine Xian, and asked with concern: "I heard that Concubine Xian's head wind has been committed again, can you ask the imperial doctor?" Feeling better? ”

Concubine Xian sighed in her heart, what a pity, this child has always had her heart the most, the most filial, even the fifth child is inferior to her.

"If the wind is strong, my head hurts, get used to it, and it won't get in the way." Concubine Xian replied.

"Concubine Xian should pay attention to her body," Chu Mingcui said and stood up and walked to Concubine Xian's side, "I'll rub it for you." ”

The gentle fingers pressed Concubine Xian's temples hotly, and after a few skillful kneading, Concubine Xian sighed comfortably, "You can't learn this craft, Aunt Lu can't learn it." ”

Her eyes lifted slightly, and she looked at King Qi, "Old Seven, you are blessed to marry a good princess." ”

Concubine Xian's heart is actually very sour, but she has been in the palace for many years and has cultivated the Tao, so she is naturally happy and angry, so in the ears of King Qi, a heartless person, she only feels that it is praise.

King Qi glanced at Chu Mingcui proudly, "What Concubine Xian said is true. ”

Chu Mingcui blushed, glanced at him and said, "Okay, you go out, I'll talk to Concubine Xian." ”

King Qi was not interested in talking to the woman's house, so he got up and retired.

As soon as King Qi went out, Chu Mingcui's eyes turned red, "Concubine Xian, you must take care of yourself, I can't always serve in front of you, if you don't care about yourself, it will always make me worry." ”

Concubine Xian took her hand and patted the back of her hand gently, "The fifth child is not blessed, I can't marry you, and it's too late to say anything now." ”

"The prince is also very good now, Princess Chu is very much blue-eyed by the emperor, and the emperor rewarded her with two strings of southern pearls, she said that she wanted to send them to her mother, which can be regarded as her filial piety." Chu Mingcui said.

Concubine Xian was stunned, "The emperor rewarded her with Nanzhu?" Is it an ordinary Nanzhu? ”

"No, Ryukyu paid tribute."

"Did the emperor actually reward her with the Ryukyus tribute to Nanzhu?" Concubine Xian couldn't help but be a little surprised, "This palace remembers that the emperor doesn't like her very much. ”

"She has served the sick and meritorious, and the emperor likes it, and the emperor likes it." Chu Mingcui smiled.

"Is there such a thing?" Concubine Xian doesn't know this, the news of the Qiankun Palace has always been blocked, and she is not qualified to serve the sick, it is the queen who goes, and even the concubine can't get close to the Qiankun Palace.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Qingling was liked by the emperor and the emperor, and he also rewarded Nanzhu, if so, then it is another matter.

Chu Mingcui could see the psychological change of Concubine Xian, her eyes were slightly cold, and she sneered in her heart.

I'm afraid, Concubine Xian, you are happy too early.

After Chu Mingcui left, Concubine Xian waited for Yuan Qingling to come over.

got two strings of Nanzhu and honored her with one string, which can be regarded as her filial piety.

It's just that I waited for half an hour, and I didn't see Yuan Qingling coming, so I sent Aunt Lu to inquire, and Aunt Lu came back not long after she went out, and said: "Niangniang doesn't have to wait, the princess has already given a string of southern pearls to the queen." ”

When Concubine Xian heard this, her heart was cold, and she said coldly after half a ring: "Yes, it's good to give it to the queen, but she is a sensible person." ”

Aunt Lu couldn't help but say, "Princess Chu, what's going on?" What do you do to please the queen mother? This palace attendant was sick, and he didn't come to greet the mother, but when he got the reward, he immediately thought about the queen's mother. ”

Concubine Xian was already angry with Yuan Qingling, but now that she had done such a thing, she became more and more angry in her heart, and said coldly: "I don't know what the emperor will think when he learns of his grace and is taken away by her to be the queen's favor?" ”

Aunt Lu was stunned, "Niangniang, this can't be helped, I'm afraid that it will affect the prince." ”