Chapter 316: Inspecting King Huai's Mansion
All the way ahead, the two looked at each other without saying a word. When the coachman stopped the car and informed King Huai that the mansion had arrived, Chang Le got out of the carriage first, and subconsciously took on the role of the grandmother beside King Huai, and stretched out his hand to help King Huai get out of the car.
King Huai was only stunned for a moment, but he didn't save her face.
The two entered the palace of King Huai together.
"I don't know Your Highness, which daughter did you marry as a concubine?" Chang Le asked when he entered the house.
King Huai replied coldly: "This king has never married a concubine. ”
Chang Le frowned: "Your Highness is not young now, why haven't you married a concubine yet?" If this matter is known to Niangniang, Niangniang is afraid that she will be anxious again. ”
King Huai was silent and did not reply again.
His mother is indeed very active in this regard. Since he was sensible, as long as there was a big banquet and the daughters of the same age from each family attended, his mother would be eager to communicate with him afterwards which young lady seemed more suitable to be his future princess. As long as he got closer to a certain young lady, the mother always thought that he was interested in others.
So much so that when he was a child and a teenager, he didn't dare to play with any girl at will, and he was only close to Si An.
"Does Your Highness have a favorite woman now?" Chang Le is still chattering about marriage.
"Not really."
Chang Le sighed, looked at the environment of Huai Wangfu, and said, "There are too few people in this palace. Could it be that Your Majesty has the heart to do this to His Highness? ”
"This king already has a fief, this time he just returned to Beijing to report on his work, and he will return to the fief in a while. This place is barren on weekdays, and there are naturally fewer people. ”
"I wonder where His Highness's fief is?"
King Huai almost blurted out, glanced at Chang Le, and endured it.
"It's the key realm of the Great Clan."
Chang Le saw that something was wrong, frowned and asked, "I don't know where it is?" ”
"Your Highness!"
A voice interrupted them.
Seeing that it was Wenshui, King Huai breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly said that Wenshui came at the right time.
"The servant has seen His Highness." Wen Shui came to them and saluted King Huai before he cared, "Your Highness and Miss Chang are back so early?" ”
"Are you...... Wen Shui? ”
Chang Le looked at Wen Shui hesitantly.
Mama Hazel knows Wenshui. Wenshui is a distant poor relative of the Yi family, and her parents died when she was a child and was sent to the Yi family. Concubine Yuan saw that she was clever and brought her into the palace. At that time, she was only a few years old and very immature. Eleven years have passed, and it has been so lovely.
Wen Shui's delicate face looked at Chang Le, although she was puzzled, she smiled.
"What's wrong with the girl? But after a few days of Xuanling Temple, I don't recognize Wenshui? ”
King Huai came forward to round the scene: "She has been stimulated in the palace today, and she has been so confused recently, you should pay more attention on weekdays." ”
"Yes, Wen Shui understands." Wen Shui nodded in response, and said, "Today, Miss Yi Er has been to the ordinary girl in the house, but I didn't know that the girl came back here, and the second Miss girl was in Xuanlingguan." ”
King Huai saw Chang Le secretly wondering, so he asked for her again: "What did you say it was for?" ”
Wen Shui shook her head: "I didn't say it." However, I asked Miss Chang if she entered the palace with Liu Gongzi. He also said that if the girl returned, he would send someone to inform her. ”
King Huai probably understood.
Yi Zhao must have heard about the ghost hunting in the palace, and knew that Chang Le was active in the Xuanling Temple, so he wanted to come to Chang Le to inquire about the situation out of curiosity.
Speaking of which, when he replied to Si Boyan today, Yi Hesheng was still present, and the general must have known about the matter of the concubine.
If the general knew about the death of his mother, he would definitely make trouble.
"Your Highness, but do you want to send someone to inform Miss Yi Er?" Wen Shui asked tentatively.
King Huai returned to his senses, thinking of Changle's current situation, and planned to refuse. But Mama Hazel opened her mouth first.
"I'm back, so naturally I want to say something. Maybe it's something urgent. ”
Yi Er, Miss Yi Zhao, and Mama Zhen naturally knew that it was the grandniece of Concubine Yuan and the little granddaughter of the Yi family. She had seen it when she was still a baby. Unexpectedly, the girl she is possessed with now still has some connection with Yi Zhao. It is also good to take the opportunity to learn about the general's situation, and in the future, Niangniang's case will definitely need the support of the general.
King Huai didn't know what Mama Hazel was hapting, but he knew that the two of them couldn't be allowed to meet.
"It's so easy for you to come back, but now you're in low spirits, I'm afraid it's not convenient to meet people. When you're well, it's never too late to say goodbye. ”
Chang Le smiled indifferently: "It's okay, I can still see you." Could it be that Your Highness has anything, I'm afraid I know? ”
"Naturally, no."
"That's it." Chang Le saluted King Huai, "I'm going to take a rest, so that I can have the spirit to see Miss Yi Er." Wenshui, where do I live? ”
Wen Shui looked at King Huai inexplicably, and when she saw King Huai's acquiescence, she continued: "In Lu Tingxuan." Girl, do you want someone to send you back? ”
"It's up to you."
Wen Shui looked at King Huai again for advice. King Huai was silent and nodded. Wen Shui saluted King Huai and began to guide Chang Le.
"Girl, this way."
Far away from King Huai, Wen Shui asked Chang Le with a smile.
"What did the girl do when she entered the palace today? I was so frightened that I was confused. ”
Chang Le glanced at Wen Shui, and instead of answering directly, he turned to another question.
"Do you know who I am?"
"Girl?" Wen Shui didn't know what Chang Le meant by asking this, but when she was really confused, she said, "The girl is not from the thirteen counties?" Many, I haven't been told. ”
"Thirteen counties?" Chang Le was immediately displeased, and was very dissatisfied with Wen Shui's answer, "You just let an innocent person stay with His Highness like this?" Don't even check the details? If she has the intention of harming His Highness, what should she do? ”
Wen Shui was confused by her series of questions, and he couldn't return from his stunned for a long time, but asked cautiously.
"Girl, this is, really confused?"
If it weren't for King Huai himself saying that she was confused due to fright, Wen Shui really thought that Chang Le was crazy, and what she said was completely wrong, and there were problems everywhere. In particular, when did Miss Chang call King Huai "His Royal Highness"? It's good not to call King Huai's name directly on weekdays.
Chang Le was choked by her words, and waved his sleeves a little angrily.
"That's it, pay attention in the future, don't let some unknown people approach Your Highness again."
Although Wenshui was still puzzled, in order not to irritate her, she agreed first.
"Wenshui, why didn't His Highness marry a concubine? Filial piety is the first, there are three unfilial pieties, and no one is great. Don't you understand this truth? Why don't you persuade Your Highness to marry a wife and have children as soon as possible? ”
Accepting severe questioning again, Wen Shui began to be unhappy in her heart. This Changle is used to being arrogant and free in the palace on weekdays, but now with the favor of King Huai, he really thinks that he is the mistress of King Huai's mansion? He was questioned mercilessly over and over again.
But this question doesn't seem like a self-righteous hostess should ask.
At the end, under Chang Le's eyes, Wen Shui sighed and barely pulled out a smile.
"Miss Chang, the matter of His Royal Highness, those of us who are subordinates, where can we put our beaks at will?"
Chang Le's face suddenly became solemn: "This Huaiwang Mansion, but you are an old man?" ”
Wen Shui was puzzled: "What do you mean by the girl?" ”
"King Huai is around, but you are the only one who came out of Yuanxiang Palace?"
Wen Shui's eyes shrank suddenly, as if she had heard some shocking news.
She came out of Yuanxiang Palace, everyone knows it from the bottom of their hearts, and they won't talk about it on the surface. Most people thought that she was just a maid given to His Highness by His Majesty.
After all, a fire in Yuanxiang Palace that year burned everything down.
After Concubine Yuan was buried, the first emperor was extremely sad and did not want to set foot near Yuanxiang Palace again. Over time, it became a ruined cold palace. No one dared to tell everything in Yuanxiang Palace in front of the first emperor, for fear of angering Shengyan. So much so that later, Yuanxiang Palace and the Yuan Guifei inside became a taboo in the harem.
"Where did the girl hear that? There are some things that can't be asked so directly. Wen Shui also avoided her identity, and smiled, "The old man next to Your Highness is indeed the only one left." If the girl wants to inquire about something, so as to get close to King Huai. Wen Shui persuaded a lot, but she still accepted this heart. ”
Who knows, Chang Le just glanced at her lightly, his face was still dark.
"I just want to remind you that since you are the only old man who stays with His Highness, you will naturally persuade you. If you don't take care of Your Royal Highness well, you are sorry for your mother, and what face will you have to see your mother in the future? ”
Wen Shui's eyes were frightened, her body couldn't help shaking twice, and she pointed at Chang Le and asked.
"Who the hell are you?"
Chang Le took a half step forward, reached out and wrapped her fingers in his palm, forcing her arm down and staring at Wen Shui faintly.
Wenshui was frightened by the cold temperature of her palm, and wanted to retract her hand, but she was tightly held by her, and her face couldn't help but change greatly.
"You let go of me!"
"Whoever you know is supposed to be, I'm still the same. It's just to see that His Highness is chaotic now, and I will remind you a thing or two. ”
Chang Le said coldly and let go of her hand.
Wen Shui withdrew her hand and quickly took half a step back. For some reason, there was a faint familiar feeling in my heart, looking at Chang Le's trembling from the bottom of my heart.
This person gave her the feeling that it was too much like Mama Hazel who taught her back then.
More than ten years ago, she entered the palace at a young age, and she was unknown by Concubine Yuan's side, and she was inevitably trained by Mama Hazel. In the eyes of Concubine Yuan and His Royal Highness, Mama Hazel is a caring, gentle and kind person, but in the eyes of these people, Mama Hazel is stern and terrifying.
Forced by this psychological shadow, in the face of Chang Le's questioning, Wen Shui hesitated, and then replied respectfully.
"Thank you, girl. However, the girl should know about His Highness's marriage to a concubine. His Royal Highness is unfettered by nature, so he refuses to marry a concubine. The eldest princess intended to give Miss Yi Er to Her Royal Highness, but Her Highness ...... Because of the girl, she refused. ”
Chang Le twisted his eyebrows: "Because of me? ”
"His Royal Highness is so kind to the girl, anyone with a discerning eye can see it." Wen Shui complimented.
"Yes."
Chang Le remembered the ruby chain and sneered.
Huai Wang Ken went to the emperor for such an important object for her, it must have taken a lot of effort. King Huai is really interested in this girl. But when he questioned him in the car before, King Huai denied it, could it be that he was afraid that he would threaten him with this?
However, compared to a person of unknown origin, Yi Zhao is indeed more suitable to be this princess.
It seems that before she leaves, she has to arrange all the affairs of His Royal Highness, otherwise Niangniang will not be at ease if she knows.