Chapter Forty-Nine: The Chosen One
The door of the Cixin Nunnery creaked and closed behind him, and Zhao Youling looked back again.
"Let's go, I've been out for a day today, and the Queen Mother should also return to the palace."
Shen Rongzi tugged at Zhao Youling's sleeve.
Zhao Youling retracted his gaze. I don't know if it's a hallucination, but I always feel that Master Chen has been hiding in the shadows and watching her go out.
This master has an extraordinary temperament and outstanding appearance, and he seems to have an unusual relationship with Mrs. Shen, and she should be a noble daughter of a famous family before becoming a monk.
Why did Master Lichen seem to be so caring and friendly to her, and deliberately avoided Shen Rongzi to meet her?
Zhao Youling lifted the cloth bag he was carrying.
Shen Rongzi curiously asked her what she was carrying, and Zhao Youling happened to hand over the cloth bag to Shen Rongzi and take it back to Mrs. Shen. Seeing that the cloth bag was not sinking, Shen Rongzi took it and wanted to open it.
"It's a return gift from the Compassion Nunnery to Mrs. Tai, let's not take a look at it first."
Hearing Zhao Youling say this, Shen Rongzi sneered and tied the corner of the cloth bag again.
The two of them got into the carriage at the foot of the mountain, looking at the gate of Wanhua Temple through the window, Zhao Youling sighed secretly, it seemed that he could only find a chance to come again. Since Mu Han had been late, he could go back and ask him about the great prince monk.
Shen Rongzi was in a good mood and said more, and when she talked about the Queen Mother, she pouted and sighed.
"I'm most afraid of seeing the Queen Mother, every time she wants to accept me into the palace as the crown princess. The crown prince has married so many side concubines, but he has not married the crown princess for a long time, and he doesn't know what it means. The prince is cunning and suspicious, and he is cruel and distracted, and whoever marries him will not die well. I tell you, don't spread the word. ”
Even sitting in his own carriage, Shen Rongzi looked cautious and mysterious. She leaned over Zhao Youling's ear and whispered that the prince had married three side concubines successively, each of whom was the daughter of a fourth-rank minister or above. There are countless anonymous concubines, and I'm afraid the prince himself doesn't know how many women he has.
"I know that the prince is vicious, but the prince has always shown himself as a righteous man and a gentleman. He was equally fond of the three side concubines, and the back house has always been peaceful. I haven't heard that he still has countless concubines, doesn't he usually like to go out of the palace to find Fang and ask Liu? ”
"Not really. Although Zhao Yan can disguise, my second brother knows his secret. He often sent his subordinates to rob the strong people's daughters everywhere, and some of them were lost after one night. ”
As soon as Shen Rongzi said this, Zhao Youling thought of Miss Su'er in Xunfang Pavilion again.
Su Er didn't see anyone alive or dead, and disappeared silently. Except for Yingying and Yanyan in Xunfang Pavilion, who still remembered her, no one seemed to pay attention to her life or death.
"Then the girl Su'er you said will definitely end up like the prince's concubines."
Shen Rongzi stretched out his palm and gestured at his neck, and the missing woman was killed by the prince.
"The prince does whatever he wants, but no one dares to tell the emperor, even if he informs the emperor, the emperor will not do anything to the prince. Maybe the emperor likes the prince like this.
My father and Uncle Mu knew the emperor's temperament very well, and they could only watch the prince do all the bad things over the years. The crown prince has the Marquis of Pingjin to protect him, and no one in the court dares to touch him at all. What's more, he is so good at disguise, and he looks like a humble gentleman in front of people. ”
After Shen Rongzi finished speaking, she didn't see Zhao Youling speak, and she was silent. She began to worry about her marriage.
The queen mother has nothing to do, and she doesn't have to go to the Zhenguo Mansion to give her grandmother a birthday gift. Presumably she is going to do something again.
The queen mother likes to guide the marriage of wealthy ladies and noblemen, and the Zhenguo Mansion can make her worry about her marriage except for her second brother Shen Zhao......
Shen Rongzi tugged at the folds of her skirt, and her mood began to get nervous.
Zhao Youling got out of the car in front of the Huaiwang Mansion, and caught a glimpse of the spies hiding in the Pingjin Marquis Mansion in the inclined alley. These spies were like flies staring at the gates of the Huai Wang's Mansion and the Zhenguo Mansion all day long, and they didn't know what they could find.
Shen Rongzi's carriage quickly disappeared at the intersection, and Zhao Youling patted the dust on his body and walked into the door.
The porter enthusiastically stepped forward to report that the store had sent the plaque on the door of the garden. Zhao Youling then remembered that she had ordered a door plaque before going to Cixin Nunnery in the morning.
"Shizi has already paid the store's money, so this will hang up the door plaque."
Zhao Youling walked back to the courtyard quickly, and sure enough, she saw from a distance that the water-grained wood-colored plaque she had chosen with "Yan Yuan" engraved with "Yan Yuan" hanging above the courtyard gate.
Jin Se and Si Le were cleaning the fallen leaves in the yard, and when they looked up and saw Zhao Youling coming back, they immediately greeted them happily.
Mu Hanchi cooked and barbecued meat, and the whole garden was filled with the smell of meat.
"Shizi cooks by himself, and it's the first time that the small kitchen in our yard has started a fire!"
Jin Se said happily.
"Let's start the fire in our yard, Mrs. Gao may feel lonely. Otherwise, she wouldn't have asked Xiangqiao to come over and wait for three meals. ”
Sile blinked at Zhao Youling. Zhao Youling heard her voice. Xiangqiao is reporting the situation of Yanyuan to Mrs. Gao three times a day.
"I'm back, I'm ready to eat."
Mu Hanchi looked from the kitchen and saw Zhao Youling talking to the two little maids, he put down his sleeves and walked out of the kitchen. The two little maids hurried into the kitchen to prepare for the meal.
Zhao Youling looked at Mu Hanchi in disbelief, she didn't believe that men could also cook. If outsiders see Mu Hanchi cooking in person, I am afraid that there will be a quarrel in the capital.
The general of the northern realm cooks his own actions in the palace, and marrying the princess has become an ornament, and the slaves and maids of the palace do not work?
"How can a husband cook and do his mother-in-law's business......"
Zhao Youling hurriedly stepped forward and slapped the fireworks on Mu Hanchi's body, and Mu Hanchi reached out to hold Zhao Youling's hand.
"The eldest husband can fight in all directions, and he can also cook soup for his lover. Are you, like ordinary women, think that only women can go to the kitchen? ”
"I didn't mean that, but I'm an ordinary woman."
Zhao Youling felt a warm current surging in her heart, and her cheeks suddenly turned red.
"No, you're different in my heart."
Mu Hanchi looked deeply into Zhao Youling's eyes, Zhao Youling couldn't stand such staring, and immediately changed the topic. She was also about to ask the prince monk of Wanhua Temple that she and Shen Rongzi went to the Cixin Nunnery, and there was no need to hide Mu Hanchi.
Speaking of the eldest prince Zhao Heng, Mu Han hesitated.
Jin Se and Si Le were setting up the dining table in the courtyard.
"It's not appropriate to talk here, you can follow me into the house and talk later."
Mu Hanchi pulled Zhao Youling into the house, and said:
"The prince is immoral and incompetent, and he is not worthy of the position of prince, Shen Zhao and I plan to assist Zhao Heng to be the prince."
"Ahh
Zhao Youling couldn't help but exclaim.
"It's a pity that Zhao Heng has no intention of becoming the crown prince, I just told you about it. Don't take it to heart, and don't talk about it to anyone. ”
Mu Hanchi stared into Zhao Youling's eyes.
"I can't stop it. Zhao Heng is the chosen son, and he must be the crown prince. ”
Zhao Youling said with certainty.