King Zhan sent the letter, and naturally someone covered it up for him, so that the letter could be delivered to Han Jinxiu's hands so smoothly.

Anxin and An Mei exchanged a look with each other, and looked at Han Jinxiu's actions.

Han Jinxiu motioned to An Mei to bring the letter in, and when the letter was handed to Han Jinxiu, she wanted to burn the letter, but after thinking about it, she wanted to see what King Zhan was going to do?

The jade hand quickly opened the letter, Han Jinxiu looked at it at a glance, the content of King Zhan's letter was very clear, first of all, he said how deep King Zhan's longing for Han Jinxiu was, and then entered the main topic, let Han Jinxiu stay in Zhenbei Wangfu for a few more days, and don't go back to the East Palace for the time being. In the end, King Zhan also intimately asked Han Jinxiu to pay attention to his body, and he also sent a lot of supplements along with the letter.

Han Jinxiu naturally couldn't burn this letter, she had to keep it, and told Anxin to put the letter in the makeup box, so that it could be kept alive. After that, Han Jinxiu bent her knuckles and knocked on the tabletop, the king of Zhenbei and Aunt Qing together with the pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses born to Aunt Qing were outside, and she had not returned to the capital for the time being, she first had to get the trust of the prince and ease the relationship between husband and wife.

By the way, King Zhan's letter mentioned that she would not be allowed to return to the East Palace, is there anything important recently? I learned from An Mei that the tenth day of March was Queen Chen's birthday, and a grand banquet was going to be held in the palace to congratulate her. It is not difficult to guess King Zhan's intentions, let her, the crown princess, not attend, and it will be the prince of the East Palace who will lose face, King Zhan is really a good plan, she will not let him get his wish.

Suddenly, Han Jinxiu remembered that something happened at Empress Chen's birthday banquet, which made the emperor dislike the prince more and more, thinking of this, the corners of Han Jinxiu's mouth hooked up a light smile, she was looking forward to returning to the palace this time.

East Palace

The prince is weak, that is a well-known thing in the Great Zhou. At this moment, the prince's face was pale, his lips were purple, he was dressed in a purple robe, his black hair was tied together in a jade crown of jasper, and there were a few strands of broken hair scattered on his temples. He was reclining on the floor, stretched out his thin palm to take the decoction handed by his personal guard Ah Yan, raised his head and drank it, then handed the bowl to Ah Yan, took the silk handkerchief from the hand of another personal guard, Ah Jiu, and gently wiped the corners of his mouth.

Then the prince looked at Xue Shu, a staff member who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Sir, what's the matter?" ”

Xue Jin said respectfully: "Today is the ninth day of the third month, and tomorrow is Empress Chen's birthday banquet, Weichen feels that he has to send someone to Zhenbei Wangfu to invite the princess back to the palace." "Queen Chen's birthday banquet, the crown princess did not attend, the East Palace will inevitably cause criticism, the relationship between the crown princess and the prince was not harmonious, and now people can no longer laugh at it.

Ah Yan and Ah Jiu stared at the prince when they heard this, as if they were waiting for his answer.

I saw the prince chuckle lightly and said, "Mr. is too worried, since she is unwilling to return to the palace, she is not reluctant." Sir's kindness has been taken alone, if there is nothing else, sir, go down and rest! "The twisted melon is not sweet, he still understands such a simple truth.

Xue Shu frowned, obviously he was not satisfied with the prince's answer, and continued: "Prince, tomorrow Queen Chen's birthday banquet, but the banquet can invite many important ministers and family members in the court, at this critical moment, the crown princess does not attend, the East Palace is bound to be punished, please think twice." "The crown princess is unwilling to return to the East Palace, so he will personally persuade him. This is his business, as a staff member of the East Palace, he must consider the prince, and he must not be willful and willful by the prince. Now that he's here today, he's ready.

The prince snorted lightly and glanced at Ah Yan: "Send Mr. out." The implication is not to listen to Xue Shu's words, and to go his own way and attend Queen Chen's birthday banquet alone tomorrow.

Xue Shu hung his head, his face was not dead, a trace of loneliness crossed his eyes, his hands curled up under his sleeves slowly loosened, he took a deep breath, and walked towards the outside of the hall under Ah Yan's signal.

Looking at his depressed back, the prince was silent for a long time.

As soon as Xue Shu left on the front foot, the news on the back foot was told to Queen Chen from Mama Zhang's mouth, and when Queen Chen heard this, the corners of her mouth smiled: "This palace wants to see if the crown princess does not attend tomorrow, how the prince will explain to the palace and the courtiers!" ”

But after a while, I saw the palace maid come to tell the third princess that she was coming.

Empress Chen smiled and beckoned to the third princess who walked in: "Come, Yuanle, come to the queen mother's side, there is no need to salute, there are no outsiders here." "The third princess, Zhou Yuanle, is the concubine of the main palace from Queen Chen, and was soon pulled by Queen Chen to sit down.

The third princess was dressed in a brocade robe with roses and dark flowers, with a delicate bun on her head, and two clear South Sea pearls on her ears, reflecting the collar and eight-treasure lock on her neck. Her eyes were shining and blinking, and her long eyelashes were like butterfly wings flying up and down: "Queen Mother, Yuan Le congratulated the Queen Mother on her birthday in advance, this is a sachet that Yuan Le specially made for the Queen Mother, and I hope the Queen Mother can like it." Reaching out, he took out the embroidered sachet in his sleeve and handed it to Empress Chen.

Empress Chen was slightly stunned, she still didn't know the daughter she gave birth to, and pulled the corners of her mouth: "Say, what is there to ask the queen mother?" Naturally, she still took the sachet handed by the third princess, which she embroidered by herself, so it was naturally different, and it was difficult for her.

Hearing this, the third princess grinned, lowered her head and buried her head in Queen Chen's legs, and said coquettishly: "Thank you to the queen mother, Yuan Le knows that the queen mother loves Yuan Le the most." ”

In this regard, Empress Chen was quite useful and laughed happily.

Seeing this, the third princess raised her head and said shyly: "Queen Mother, can you let Yuanle sit next to Dali Siqing tomorrow?" After speaking, he looked at Empress Chen cautiously and observed the expression on her face.

Wang Yaolin, the secretary of Dali Temple, Queen Chen silently recited her name in her heart, and said for a while: "Naturally, it won't work, as the daughter of this palace, you naturally have to sit next to this palace." No matter how favored by your father is, Dali Siqing can't sit next to you, you have to avoid suspicion. Yuanle, your mother knows, but according to your father's heart, he will not let him be a princess, and the queen mother advises you to die as soon as possible. As he spoke, he patted the back of the third princess's hand, the horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty could not have real power, once the princess was still a princess, no matter how much talent you had, you had to withdraw from the court, and lead the errand without real power to live the rest of your life, which is also for checks and balances.

The third princess hung her head, a trace of perseverance crossed her eyes, and she preferred to sit next to Wang Yaolin.

Except for the crown prince, who married the crown princess, the other three princes were not married. King Zhan glanced at the black-clothed man beside him, and said lightly: "Can you see the crown princess open the letter sent by this king?" ”

The man in black hurriedly replied: "Back to King Zhan, the slave has seen it with his own eyes, please rest assured." ”

This answer can naturally reassure King Zhan, he can not only persuade the princess to return to her parents' house, but also let the princess not appear at the queen's birthday banquet tomorrow, and then see how the prince explains to the emperor and the ministers, even the princess can't control it, how to manage the world of the Great Zhou in the future, and be the king of a country. If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world.