The woman's soft and warm breath sprayed on her ears, making Pei Xuanling's ears itch, and even her ears itched.

Pei Xuanling looked at the sixth prince and the seventh prince, "You two go out first, you have something to discuss with Jiang Meiren." ”

The sixth prince went out very happily.

The seventh prince was reluctant, but he also followed the sixth prince out.

When is it not good for Jiang Meiren and the imperial brother to be tired, they have to be tired at this critical moment, it is really ......

After only Jiang Shishi and the crown prince were left in the house, the Seventh Prince could hear it outside, Pei Xuanling propped his elbows on the armrests, leaned closer to the woman, and whispered softly in the woman's ear.

"If you cooperate with Lao Qi in business, it won't affect Lonely, but if you cooperate with him, just to win him over, then you don't have to be like this."

Although the woman didn't say it very clearly, he knew what she meant.

She wanted to take advantage of the cooperation to draw the Seventh Prince under his command.

In Pei Xuanling's view, business and competition for savings are two different things and cannot be mixed together.

Moreover, a woman's business is a woman's business, and a man's business is a man's business, and it can't be mixed up.

However, Meat Bun will think about him when he does things, so that he is in a good mood, and it seems that he doesn't hurt her in vain.

"Not exactly." Jiang Shishi turned her head and whispered to the prince instead.

"The concubine is also interested in doing business, and it is incidental to win over the Seventh Prince, but if His Royal Highness doesn't like it, the concubine is only purely cooperating with the Seventh Prince."

His eyes fell on the woman's snow-white earlobe, and Pei Xuanling's thin lips opened lightly, "Well, you just do what you want to do and like to do, you don't have to think about anything else." ”

"Okay, the concubine knows what to do."

After the two discussed, Pei Xuanling called the sixth prince and the seventh prince in.

Jiang Shishi signed her name on the deed, drew it neatly, and handed over the four recipes to the Seventh Prince.

and got up and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Sixth Prince, and the Seventh Prince, since I have agreed with the Seventh Prince, I will go back to Shiyue Pavilion and not disturb you." ”

Finally signed the deed, the seventh prince put the four recipes firmly under his armpit, and got up to leave.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to instruct everyone: "By the way, Jiang Meiren, the imperial brother, and the sixth brother, about my cooperation with Jiang Meiren, you remember to help me keep it secret......"

Jiang Shishi nodded and agreed.

The first thing she thought of was a trade secret, could it be that the Seventh Prince was afraid that someone would find out that she had a recipe in her hand and would dig into her corner?

Who knew that the seventh prince said: "I don't want others to think that this king relies on women to run the restaurant!" ”

Jiang Shishi: "......"

Pei Xuanling and the Sixth Prince looked at each other and smiled, both of them knew that the Seventh Prince was not afraid that others would say that he relied on women.

Instead, I am afraid that after King Kang and others find out, they will doubt Lao Qi's position.

In response, the two also nodded in response.

Out of the front yard of the East Palace, Jiang Shishi returned to Shiyue Pavilion.

As for the Seventh Prince, as soon as he left the gate of the East Palace, he met King Kang and the Nine Princes.

The Seventh Prince took the recipe and stepped forward to greet him, "Second brother, ninth brother, where are you going?" ”

"We just greeted my mother and were about to leave the palace." The Ninth Prince asked strangely, "It's Seventh Brother, how did you come out of the East Palace?" ”

"It's not the eunuch who opened a rouge shop in Beijing, and recently started selling all kinds of rouge, so I asked the prince to help me check the old eunuch in the palace." The Seventh Prince made up a lie at random.

The Ninth Prince: "You let the prince help you check, it's better to let my mother check it for you." ”

Seventh Prince: "Concubine Lian Niangniang is a harem concubine, and there are only a limited number of places that can be checked, the prince is the prince, and there is almost nothing in the palace that he can't check." ”

"Since you said that the prince is so powerful, did he help you find it?" King Kang asked in an unhappy tone.

The Seventh Prince: "That eunuch is too deeply hidden, and he hasn't found it yet." ”

King Kang snorted and was even more displeased.

Seeing that King Kang was displeased, the Seventh Prince said tactfully: "At first, I also thought about asking Concubine Lian Niangniang to help find it, but I was afraid that the old eunuch had a lot of power at hand, in case Concubine Lian Niangniang offended him, he was also a eunuch in charge, and it would not be good to wear small shoes for Concubine Lian Niangniang at that time." ”

"The prince is different, he is the prince, except for his father in the palace, no one dares to do anything to him, even if the palace people stumble on the prince in private, and it is my business, don't you say?"

Hearing this, the dissatisfaction on King Kang's face eased.

He glanced at the few books that the Seventh Prince had sandwiched under his armpit, "What kind of books are these?" ”

When questioned, King Kang had already pulled out the books.

The Nine Princes leaned over to King Kang and looked at the book cover, and read it out in a low voice, "The diet recipes of the people of the East, the diet recipes of the people of the South......"

The two also flipped through the contents of the book, all of which taught people how to cook.

It was boring to read, King Kang returned the book to the Seventh Prince, "Where did you get these recipes?" ”

"These are my new recipes, and I plan to update all the recipes in restaurants across the country according to local customs." The Seventh Prince continued to hold the book under his armpit.

King Kang: "Let me ask you, where did this book come from?" ”

"I held it before I came to the East Palace, this is the treasure I recently bought at a high price in the people." The Seventh Prince looked around, and when he saw that there were no palace people around, he quietly changed the topic.

"By the way, second brother, didn't you say that you could handle the fire in the Gongyuan last time, how did you still let the prince escape the danger?"

Speaking of this, King Kang looked regretful, "It would be nice if the prince was in the courtyard at that time......"

Seventh Prince: "How many people have you told about this plan?" ”

King Kang: "This time, just the three of us, as well as the two candidates in the Gongyuan, they are responsible for leading the candidates with hysteria to the Prince's Courtyard, it stands to reason that this matter should not be exposed." ”

"It must be those two candidates...... "Maybe it's because of the proximity to the East Palace, the Seventh Prince is inexplicably a little weak-hearted.

Only by putting the blame on someone else can he appear innocent.

But this matter obviously has nothing to do with him, what is his heart?

**

At the same time, Concubine Tang asked the queen to say goodbye to the queen in Fengluan Palace, and was left by the queen for lunch.

Before it was time for lunch, the aunt and nephew sat in the hall and drank tea and gossiped about homely things.

The queen was dressed in a dark golden palace dress, and she was disgusted with her past majesty, and asked with concern: "You have been in the palace for two years, why have you not been able to conceive the imperial heir?" ”

"The prince is busy with official business, and he rarely stops in the harem, and the concubines don't see him a few times a month, even if he goes to my place, he mostly sits for a while, or leaves after dinner, and hardly stays overnight with me......"

Concubine Tang complained all the time, "Auntie, you said... In this case... How can I conceive an heir? ”

Queen: "......" The prince has never been a woman, and almost all the concubines in the East Palace were selected by her and the emperor for the prince.

For those concubines, the crown prince was forced by him and the emperor to pressure, and usually only perfunctory and superficial work.

At this point, she also has a headache.

Although the prince is not her biological son, she has no children and no daughters under her knees, and the prince was raised by her.

She has always hoped that the crown prince can ascend the throne smoothly, but the prince has never had a child under his knees, and she is afraid that someone will take advantage of this to cause chaos.

Throughout the ages, the throne has not only depended on the prince, but also on the grandson.

When it comes to the prince, there is not even a grandson, and it is impossible for the country to be broken when it reaches the prince.

Concubine Tang: "Especially recently, the prince favors Jiang Meiren alone, not only staying at Jiang Meiren's place the most, but also likes to let Jiang Meiren accompany him when he leaves the palace, and often summons Jiang Meiren over in broad daylight. ”

When the queen came today, she saw Huang Dechang calling Jiang Meiren to the front yard.

The shameless fox, who knows if he is hooking His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to prostitute himself during the day?

Therefore, the main purpose of her coming here today is to give Jiang Meiren eye medicine!

Concubine Tang thought that the queen would face her, but who knew that the queen actually showed a happy face.

"It's okay, this shows that the prince has opened his mind." Then, the queen hated iron and steel: "Then Jiang Meiren has seen it in the palace, she is a round figure, everyone is fat like that, and she can still be favored by the prince, so you have to work harder." ”

"Moreover, you are still a side concubine of the East Palace, are you a side concubine, not as good as a beauty?"

"......" Concubine Tang hurriedly changed her words, "Jiang Meiren was more favored a while ago, and the prince hasn't spoiled her so much recently......"

"......" I heard that the prince didn't favor Jiang Meiren again, and the queen frowned, "This palace thought that the prince was really enlightened, speaking of which, although Jiang Meiren was fatter, she was big, and she looked like she was a good child." ”

"You don't know, Jiang Meiren was originally the thinnest concubine in the East Palace, and she almost died after a serious illness last year." Concubine Tang continued to apply eye medicine.

"Although her life is saved now, the whole person has gained a few laps, and she has to get sick from time to time, and from the beginning of spring this year to the present, I don't know how many times she has been sick, and her body is not easy to give birth to."

That being said, she was jealous of Jiang Meiren in her heart.

Jiang Meiren is just a beauty, if she is pregnant with the first son of the East Palace before her, who is a side concubine, then she still has it?

But when she thought about it, as far as Jiang Meiren's sick body was concerned, not to mention whether she could withstand the favor of His Royal Highness the Prince, it was a question of whether she could conceive or not.

is pregnant, and it is even more difficult to say whether the life is born safely.

gave birth to an imperial heir, whether the imperial heir is healthy or not, another story......

"Is Jiang Meiren really so frail and sick?" I heard that Jiang Meiren was a sick seedling, and the queen's face was embarrassed.

"It's true, if you don't believe it, just go to the East Palace and inquire." Concubine Tang also talked about another matter, "Also, the concubine heard that Song Cairen in the harem is Jiang Meiren's aunt." ”

"Song Cairen has not given birth to children for so many years in the palace, and eighty percent of the women in their family have problems, and one by one, they are too weak to give birth."

She knew that the emperor's harem concubines all hated Song Cairen, and she deliberately proposed Song Cairen at this time.

In this way, maybe the queen will hate Jiang Meiren more because of Song Cairen's relationship.

"Nonsense." The queen stopped Concubine Tang from talking nonsense.

As for why Song Cairen couldn't give birth, what she knew was because the emperor rewarded him with the soup of avoiding children.

However, that Jiang beauty sounds really not easy to give birth.

Queen: "I thought that Jiang Meiren was a good child, but since she is weak and there has been no heir in the East Palace, the palace will find another way." ”

It sounded that the queen was not very satisfied with Jiang Meiren, and said that she would find a way, so Concubine Tang would be relieved......

**

In the following days, the prince was busy urging the household department to allocate funds and compensate the families of the candidates who died in the fire.

After all, it was a matter in the Gongyuan, and the imperial court was responsible for it.

Then the Tribute Courtyard was burned down, and he had to supervise the Ministry of Engineering to renovate the Tribute Courtyard.

He was busy until the end of April, seeing that the imperial examination was about to be released, and he and the minister of the Ministry of Rites had to prepare for the palace examination.

On this day, Pei Xuanling returned to the East Palace from the Ministry of Rites.

Stretching out his arms, there were palace maids and eunuchs swarming around him, waiting for him to change into court clothes and then change into regular clothes.

There are only a few palace maids and eunuchs in the front yard who can get close, and Pei Xuanling is a cautious person, and soon found out that there was a strange palace maid in the crowd.

The palace maid was wearing a light pink palace maid dress, about twenty-eight years old, with a melon seed face.

The complexion is moderate, the skin is translucent and looks healthy.

Finding that a stranger had mixed in with the palace maids, Pei Xuanling asked without a smile: "Who are you?" ”

The palace maid was changing the prince's shoes, and when the prince asked coldly, she was so frightened that she knelt down.

"Slave maid listen to Rong, it was the queen mother who asked the slave maid to come over to serve His Royal Highness."