The prince has a stubborn character, and he has always been disgusted by the concubines in the harem, but he is the respect of the prince, and his adoptive mother is a spiritual rhino, and no one dares to say anything in front of him.

However, they are also talking behind their backs, the prince's biological mother, Concubine Yi, who was given death, is also a scheming, brave and resourceful master. is gentle and polite in the face of people, not salty or light, but there are as many cruel methods as there are behind the scenes. How did this come to the prince, but he only had scheming and bravery, but Shen Hemou had no scheming at all?

When Lingxi and Concubine Yu rushed to the imperial garden, the seventh princess had already been rescued by the palace people. Fortunately, where Fang Jieyu let the seventh princess appear, the water is not deep, otherwise the consequences are really unimaginable.

Lingxi walked in and saw Fang Jieyu, the seventh princess, and the three princes, raised her head and put her forehead on her forehead, and the whole person was nestled in the arms of the lotus leaf.

The prince stood proudly beside the lotus pond, looking at Fang Jieyu, who knelt down and was taller than him, with a look of contempt. And the seventh princess was being hugged by Fang Jieyu and crying quietly.

Meng Xiang saw Lingxi and Concubine Yu coming from afar, stretched out her hand to touch the prince, and whispered, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the imperial concubine and Concubine Yu are here." ”

Hearing this, the crown prince moved, turned around and saluted the approaching Lingxi, and said, "Mother." ”

Fang Jieyu knelt and moved the place, holding the seventh princess and said to Lingxi and Concubine Yu, "The imperial concubine is auspicious, and Concubine Yu is auspicious." ”

After that, he looked at Lingxi timidly, and his face turned pale.

The seventh princess is only a few months younger than the crown prince, but she looks much younger than the crown prince. The seventh princess glanced at Lingxi, ducked into Fang Jieyu's arms again, and let out a sob.

Fang Jieyu also hugged the soaking Seventh Princess tightly, lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Lingxi.

Lingxi glanced at Fang Jieyu's mother and daughter, looked back at the prince, and showed anger in her eyes, but she tried her best to make her face soft and asked in a slow tone, "Zhe'er, what happened?" ”

The prince turned around lightly and glanced at Fang Jieyu's mother and daughter, and said indifferently, "The Seventh Emperor Sister fell into the water, and the emperor asked the palace people to rescue her. ”

Lingxi raised his eyebrows, and looked at the prince with a fierce gaze.

The prince smiled faintly at Lingxi, as if the incident was really as he said.

Lingxi rubbed her temples, looked back at Fang Jieyu again, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Fang Jieyu, the seventh princess fell into the water, but it is as the prince said?" ”

"Yes, yes......" Fang Jieyu glanced at Lingxi timidly, lowered her eyes with flickering eyes, and said softly, "The seventh princess is young, and she accidentally fell into the lotus pond. It was the prince who found out early and called the palace people......"

Fang Jieyu glanced at the prince, raised the corners of her mouth and made an unusually stiff smile, lowered her head and stopped talking.

The prince listened to Fang Jieyu's words, raised his head, and smiled proudly at Lingxi.

Lingxi sighed deeply, and said to Fang Jieyu, who was kneeling on the ground, "The seventh princess must have been frightened when she fell into the water, you can take her back." Zhou An," Lingxi turned back to Zhou An beside him, "Go and ask the imperial doctor, I will definitely surprise the Seventh Princess." This palace remembers that there is a branch of Ganoderma lucidum in this palace, and it is best to replenish the body and suppress the shock, you can take it and send it to the seventh princess after inviting the imperial doctor......"

"Imperial Concubine Niangniang, don't ...... it" Fang Jieyu showed a panicked expression on her face, and waved her hand to Lingxi again and again, "Just let the imperial doctor take a look, it's really ......"

Concubine Yu's eyes swept over Lingxi, the Prince, and Fang Jieyu's bodies, and smiled softly at Fang Jieyu, "Fang Jieyu, the imperial concubine is kind to her, you can accept it...... You must take care of the body of the Seventh Princess. ”

Fang Jieyu felt sorry for the seventh princess, and after listening to Concubine Yu's words, she bowed to Lingxi, and left with the palace people in her arms.

After Fang Jieyu walked away, Lingxi watched the prince grit his teeth, and said in a slightly stern tone, "Zhe'er, you have thought about it behind closed doors in the Snow Pavilion now, and when you will figure it out, when will you come out again." ”

The prince's face showed disbelief, but when he saw that Lingxi's face was not good, he could only take the palace people on his side back to Yongshou Palace.

"Yumeka." Lingxi stopped Meng Xiang and said coldly, "If you don't wait for the prince carefully, you will be punished to kneel here, and you are not allowed to get up without the order of the palace." ”

Meng Xiang knelt on the stone path by the pond with a puff, and her face turned pale.

The prince glanced back at Lingxi, lowered his head and left.

On the way back to Yongshou Palace, Lotus Ye whispered to Lingxi, "Niangniang, although the prince is small, he is also bold. He dared to ask Fang Jieyu to kneel down for him......"

Fang Jieyu is no longer favored, in the final analysis, she is also the concubine of Emperor Yong'an, and she is the nominal mother of the prince.

"Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers," Lingxi said in a relaxed tone with an indifferent face, "The crown prince is also quite similar to his biological concubine. It's just that today is really excessive, if the emperor asks, how do you want me to help him prevaricate in the past? ”

Lotus Ye lowered her head slightly and said, "Niangniang must be unable to argue in front of the emperor, the prince is so ignorant of etiquette, I am afraid that the emperor will already know." ”

Lingxi paused, raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile, "Yes, I can't argue." In the final analysis, I have no way to discipline me, rather than waiting for the emperor to come to Yongshou Palace to reprimand him in person, it is better for me to go to Zichen Palace to take the blame......"

After saying that, Lingxi turned around and walked towards the Zichen Hall with the lotus leaf's hand.

In the afternoon of the same day, the various rewards given by Emperor Yong'an to the seven princesses moved to the Mengzhuxuan made by Fang Jieyu.

On the tenth day of the sixth month, when Lingxi, who had been thinking about it for three days behind closed doors, went to the Zichen Palace, Emperor Yong'an handed Lingxi a copy of his handwriting, but it was not covered with the holy decree of the jade seal.

On the holy decree, Emperor Yong'an gave the five princes three small and not rich cities near Chixue Mountain in the north, namely Liangba, Shidong, and Pugong Peak.

Pulling Lingxi to the territory of Dashun, Emperor Yong'an pointed to the three cities and said to Lingxi, "Lingxi, these three places are not rich, but self-sufficiency is enough. You see, Liangba is near the water, Shidong borders Liangba, and in the middle is a small plain, which can grow one season of grain every year. There are many Pugong peaks and mountains, and it is best to be the backbone of the beam dam and the type cave. ”

Lingxi's slender fingers pointed to the territory, and the palm-sized square circle already included all three cities.

Emperor Yong'an looked back at Lingxi, and sighed bluntly, "Lingxi, although the prince is young, he has no virtue, I have the heart to re-establish the crown prince, but all the princes are young, and it is really not easy to see how virtuous they are." And I ......" Emperor Yong'an glanced at Lingxi and said with a smile, "Everyone says Long live my emperor, long live, but which monarch can live to live to live to long live?" ”

Since the incident of King Ping, Emperor Yong'an has aged exponentially. In the past, it was only two gray temples, but now the hair is half gray.

Emperor Yong'an took Lingxi's hand and sat down on the bamboo couch in the inner hall, patted Lingxi's hand and smiled, "I'm old. ”

Lingxi raised his eyes, his still white hand touched Emperor Yong'an's cheek, and laughed softly, "The emperor is not old, and the emperor ......is like a mountain in the eyes of his concubines."

Holding Lingxi's hand, Emperor Yong'an smiled, "Rushan, give you shelter from the wind and rain for our princess." Lingxi, I feel sorry for you, and I can't help but prepare for your future days. What if...... Then I put a jade seal on this holy decree and sealed the three cities to Yi'er. Yi'er is the king, and he will protect you and our dragon and phoenix. ”

Lingxi leaned his head on Emperor Yong'an's chest and said softly, "Your Majesty, the concubines are all incompetent, and they can't teach the prince well, which makes the emperor worried." ”

"It's not that you're incompetent, it's that the prince is not malleable." Emperor Yong'an raised his head and sighed, slapped his right leg hard, and said, "If it weren't for the ruthlessness of the queen of the abolition, how could I only have two adult princes?" If it weren't for the Zhu family, how could King Ning and the second prince be so arrogant......"

"The emperor is angry...... Lingxi listened to Emperor Yong'an's heartbeat beating slightly faster due to anger, and hurriedly sat up straight to help Emperor Yong'an soothe his chest, and said, "Your Majesty, in addition to King Ning and the second prince, there are still six princes under the emperor's knees, excluding the five princes and the crown prince who can't take on the big responsibility, and there are four princes, and the concubine is still pregnant...... Your Majesty, there will definitely be malleable materials. ”

"How are the five princes doing?" Seeing that Lingxi's face was worried, Emperor Yong'an changed the topic and said, "I haven't seen him come to ask me for peace in the past few days......"

"The fifth prince is a playful person, and the concubines have rarely seen him these days." Lingxi lowered his head and smiled apologetically, and said, "The concubine disciplines the prince, and there is indeed a lack of reserves. Otherwise, the crown prince and the fifth prince would not be so angry......"

On June 25, the twelfth year of Yong'an, the two hundred and eighteen women in the Chuxiu Palace were divided into four teams and released from the palace from the west corner gate of the palace.

On July 28, the twelfth year of Yong'an, three hundred women who had passed the third trial stayed in Chuxiu Palace and waited for the final election of Lanting in early August.

When Mama Liu, the head of Chuxiu Palace, handed the roster of Cai Nu to Lingxi's hand, Lingxi was hooked by the two names on the first page of the roster.

Tang Ruoxi Tang Ruoyi is the name of a pair of sisters.

Lingxi was surprised, whose family was so big that he actually sent a pair of daughters into the palace as concubines?

Mama Liu was slightly stunned when she saw Lingxi's expression, bent her waist, and said with a smile, "Imperial Concubine Niangniang, these two Tang Cainu are twins, fourteen years old, they look exactly the same, and they are as beautiful as flowers. ”

Lingxi sighed, raised his eyes and asked, "Whose daughter is this, it's really a great blessing." ”

"Back to Niangniang's words, this is the Jiangnan Water Township Bian Zhou Mansion selected to send it, I heard that she was born in a poor family, but two years ago she was accepted as a righteous daughter by the Bian Zhou Mansion's mansion ......"

Lingxi sighed in his heart, and understood that for the sake of this pair of beautiful Tang sisters, the mansion of Bian Zhou Mansion couldn't say how much he lacked morality.

Seeing that Lingxi didn't speak, Mama Liu said again, "Bian Zhou has always produced beautiful women, I heard that when the emperor was in power, there was a lotus beauty who captivated the country and the city, and it was a person from Bian Zhou......"

Lotus Beauty is the biological mother of Princess Allure.

Hearing this, Lingxi raised his head, his eyes swept sharply over Mama Liu's body, and said, "Mama knows a lot about these old things in the palace. ”

Mama Liu's heart trembled when Lingxi saw it, and she retreated to one side and stopped talking.