In Qifeng Palace, Yu Qin came in from outside the hall, her expression was a little inexplicable, she blessed Xie Cheng and said, "Niangniang, His Royal Highness sent someone to send something over."

Hearing this, Xie Hui's face also showed surprise, "What is Shuo going to do this week?"

With the current situation, even if Emperor Mingde was dissatisfied with Duanwang Zhou Yan and the third prince Zhou Yu, the two of them were still the most favorable people to compete for the East Palace.

It is not a wise choice to take the lead at this time.

What's more, before that, Xie Cheng discovered some of Zhou Shuo's actions from her own intelligence network and the news passed to her by Yun Lan.

At that time, whether it was Xie Ji, Yun Lan and others, they all felt that Zhou Shuo, the fifth prince who was usually inconspicuous, was a person who could calm down.

This person is by no means simple.

But all the things now are really confusing, and I can't figure out what kind of person Zhou Shuo is?

"Niangniang, why don't I find an excuse and let the people of the Fifth Highness bring things back?"

When Xie Ji was not canonized as the queen, there were always people in the palace who gave her things.

She doesn't accept all gifts, if it's something valuable, she will just let people return it.

Now that she has been canonized as a queen, there are more people who give gifts, and she is still the same as before, and she does not receive everything.

Therefore, returning the things sent by Zhou Shuo will not make people pick out anything.

"Then you go." After thinking about it, Xie Ji agreed.

Yu Qin blessed herself again and withdrew from the inner hall, Xie Cheng sat on the bed with a thoughtful expression.

She was still thinking about what kind of intentions were behind Zhou Shuo's words and deeds?

There are very few people in this palace who do things without any purpose.

She was thinking about it, Yu Qin re-entered the inner hall, and her expression became more and more inexplicable, "Niangniang, the things of the Fifth Highness, I'm afraid I can't go back."

"Huh?" Xie Ji looked puzzled.

"The things that His Royal Highness sent him are not valuable, they are all miscellaneous items in the market, and they are the things that Niangniang has recently used to pass the time."

After Yu Qin finished speaking, he frowned slightly, "Our palace has just been cleaned up, how did the Fifth Highness know about it?"

Xie Ji also frowned, this is indeed a problem.

Since what Zhou Shuo sent was just some miscellaneous items in the market, it was indeed difficult to return them.

After all, in the past, if someone sent some such objects, Xie Cheng would definitely accept them.

She commanded Yu Qin to check the things sent by Zhou Shuo and bring them in, and send the return gift to his mansion as soon as possible.

In this way, it can be regarded as a sign of her attitude.

The gadgets that Zhou Shuo asked people to send, after being inspected by Yuqin, there was no problem.

However, such a seemingly insignificant trivial matter made Xie Cheng and Yu Qin vigilant.

Either there are people in the shadows who are watching them, but they are not noticed.

Either someone on the surface told Zhou Shuo, as for who this person is, they still have no way of knowing.

Either way, it's not a good thing.

"When Xun Yue comes to check the pulse again, tell him to be more cautious." Xie Ji instructed Yu Qin.

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Although the Feng family was sent down, Zhou Yan was named the king of Duan, which made him a little relieved.

After the virtuous concubine in the palace learned about it, although she was annoyed that the eldest prince did not help her mother to intercede, but in the end, the eldest prince was her own son, and she was named the king of Duan, and the anger in her heart disappeared.

She is now looking forward to the Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet, and it is best to fall all on Concubine Shu, so that she does not have to be grounded again.

When the time comes, let Zhou Jin send the imperial grandson to the palace, and she often takes it to His Majesty to ask for peace, maybe one day when the dragon's heart is happy, the will of canonizing the East Palace can be sent to the Duanwang Mansion.

In the past, Concubine Xian was worried about Xie Ji being sealed, because she was pregnant with an imperial heir in her womb, and Concubine Xian was afraid that she would block her son's way.

Now, the child in her womb is gone, even if she is canonized

The queen may not be able to become the queen mother in the future.

The news that the fifth prince Zhou Shuo tried to curry favor with Xie Shuo made Concubine Xian, who had just recovered a little, a little anxious.

Everyone knows that Zhou Shuo's biological mother has a low status and is long gone, and he has no foreign family behind him, so he has not been noticed all these years.

Concubine Xian was worried that Xie Ji would join forces with Zhou Shuo, and this matter was exactly what Zhou Yan was worried about.

found an opportunity, Zhou Yan and Zhou Shuo had a "coincidence" outside the palace.

"Fifth Emperor Brother, are you okay with your injuries?" Looking at Zhou Shuo, Zhou Yan's tone was gentle, and his face was full of concern.

He always pretends to be steady and gentle in front of outsiders.

"Thank you for the care of the eldest brother, the injuries have been healed, since the royal brother became the king, I heard that there are many things to be busy, but I didn't expect to meet them on the street." Saluting at Zhou Yan, Zhou Shuo seemed to have something to say.

Zhou Yan could hear it, but he didn't care, "I didn't expect to meet the Fifth Emperor Brother by chance, I heard that you have often been going to the Ministry of Rites to help with things recently, presumably the Queen Mother will definitely miss you after she finds out."

"So, the Fifth Emperor Brother shouldn't have anything important to do lately, right?" He asked with a smile.

Zhou Shuo looked at his smiling face, a little wary in his heart, but he still nodded.

He is different from Zhou Yan and Zhou Yu, he has some real power in his hands, if he really talks about it, he is not even as good as Zhou Jin, who was named King Ning.

But these were only superficial, and he didn't take them to heart.

Others are disrespectful to him, or he doesn't care about doing one thing in front of him and one thing behind his back.

"In that case, why don't the five emperor brothers do a little favor for their brothers?" Zhou Yan didn't want Zhou Shuo to get too close to Qifeng Palace, so he wanted to separate people.

Not only did Zhou Shuo have no time to go to the Ministry of Rites to help, but also gave him no time to exchange those market gadgets and use them to curry favor with Qifeng Palace.

Even if it is pleased, it should be him, who has been named King Duan, and there is still a little emperor and grandson in the house.

"Brother Emperor, please speak." It seemed that after hesitating for a moment, Zhou Shuo spoke.

"It's just a little thing, it's noon, let's go to my house and talk while eating."

Zhou Yan said, grabbed Zhou Shuo's shoulder, and led him to his carriage.

In the past, when Zhou Yan was still the eldest prince, Zhou Yu often stared at him, but now that he has become the king of Duan, Zhou Yu stares at him even closer.

Knowing that Zhou Yan and Zhou Shuo were walking together, Zhou Yu suddenly became vigilant.

These days, he's exhausted.

On one side is the foreign family who has been impeached constantly, on the other side is the biological mother involved in the murder of the queen and the imperial heir, plus Zhou Yan, who was named King Duan, his whole person is tense.

Zhou Yu knew that even if the fifth prince Zhou Shuo had no effect on him, if he joined forces with Zhou Yan, it would still not be good for him.

The counselors in his house have been killed by him, and the stomachs of the concubines have not moved.

Zhou Yu thought about it, and an idea popped up in his heart.

Over the years, he has always held real power in his hands, and some ministers of the DPRK and China have stood on his side.

Now, his father is not as energetic as in the past, obviously old, perhaps, he should take his father's place to share more burdens and let him rest.