Conan's physique? The Crown Princess is involved in a murder case again

This custom is naturally a rare good opportunity for those engaged couples who are in love, but for a fake like Xu Xingyin...

Well, no matter what, Jing Zhichen has helped Xu Xingyin a lot during this period, so it is only natural to give him a gift to express his appreciation.

With this mentality in mind, Xu Xingyin went to the street the next day to carefully select a gift and sent someone to deliver it to the East Palace.

When the things and things were finally brought to the East Palace, it was New Year's Eve.

The exquisite cage was covered by a curtain. A pair of bony fingers elegantly lifted a corner of the curtain, and a small head immediately popped out from inside. As soon as it saw someone, it shouted:

"Happy New Year, Your Highness, and may all your wishes come true."

Upon closer inspection, I saw a brightly-colored parrot in the cage. It jumped around like its fearless owner.

After receiving this special gift, the usually aloof Crown Prince actually burst out laughing, and said in a tone that was both angry and fond:

"naughty."

Cui Detao looked at his nose and his heart without saying anything. He waited for the East Palace assistant to come and invite Jing Zhichen to discuss matters. Cui Detao then leaned forward and whispered:

"Then shall I take this little fellow away first?"

"Ah."

The noble prince nodded, picked up the letter on the table with one hand, and casually said, "Take good care of him."

Cui Detao quickly said yes, holding the cage in his hands and walked out the door. When he turned around, he ran into Xiao Anzi and couldn't help but give him some advice.

"Hey, new little ancestor, you have to serve him carefully."

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Outside the palace, Xu Xingyin was busy traveling around various mansions to pay New Year's greetings.

The letters handed in by the young girls in Beijing formed a thick stack, including those from people I knew, people I didn't know, and people I had only met once. Just screening the letters made Dangui dizzy.

Xu Xingyin took a quick glance at the filtered posts, selected the posts from Tian Tian, ​​Shen Danhe and Zeng Tingxue, and kept the others.

Zeng Tingxue's place was just a few little girls getting together to eat and chat. It was freezing cold outside, and the delicate girls were not in the mood to enjoy the scenery.

Tian Tian was even more simple and rough. She didn't even bother with the other girls and just pulled Xu Xingyin along.

The two of them stayed in the boudoir and chatted, and asked the chef in the mansion to prepare a table of snacks for them to taste.

The New Year holidays have always been a good opportunity for relatives and friends to visit each other. Xu Xingyin would naturally not be so stupid as to think that there was no personal interaction between the two families. They just left some time to take care of her.

He had lived too comfortably in the past few days, so when Xu Xingyin went to Shen Danhe's house, he was frightened by the crowd of ladies who swarmed in.

Fortunately, the education she had accumulated over the years allowed her to maintain a smile.

Xu Xingyin was still able to control it, but Dangui's face darkened and she immediately complained to Xu Xingyin:

"How can Madam Qian be so ignorant? Isn't this clearly using the young lady to strengthen her relationship with other families?"

Xu Xingyin's eyes darkened, but he didn't say anything. He just smiled and agreed with the ladies.

Being able to have the opportunity to come into contact with the future Crown Princess, the ladies and wives all tried their best to perform. If they could win the favor of the future Crown Princess, their daughters might have the blessing of entering the palace to serve in the future!

After a while, Shen Danhe squeezed in from the group of ladies and found an excuse to take Xu Xingyin to a courtyard alone. Then she explained to Xu Xingyin with an apologetic look on her face:

"According to the rank of the Qian family, some ladies would not have bothered to associate with us. The other day, my mother-in-law saw the invitation you accepted and invited these ladies to come. I only learned about this today, Jiaojiao... I am sorry for you."

What Shen Danhe meant was exactly what Dangui said. The Qian family was using Xu Xingyin as a stepping stone to make friends with other officials' wives.

But now that things have come to this, it would be futile for Xu Xingyin to pursue the matter further, and it would only damage their friendship.

So he said no more and just said a few polite words to express his understanding.

Seeing that Xu Xingyin had no intention of blaming her, Shen Danhe breathed a sigh of relief and complained softly:

"It is difficult to disobey the orders of my mother-in-law. For the sake of my husband's future, I have to make good friends. After I get married... there are some things that I can't do as I please."

Shen Danhe's slightly melancholy tone made Xu Xingyin stunned for a moment.

Then he realized that he would have to worry about these things in the future, so he smiled and comforted Shen Danhe, then went to the banquet with her.

You have to do it in the future anyway, so it’s better to adapt to it in advance.

The topics discussed by the women in the harem were actually similar, the only difference was the scope. Most of the people the Qian family could get in touch with were officials of the fourth rank and below in the capital. Today, with the help of Xu Xingyin, they invited a few more wives of officials of the third and fourth rank, and a group of people sat together to discuss the current gossip in the capital.

The hottest gossip circulating in the capital recently is that Empress Lu is interfering in the Crown Prince's marriage.

Xu Xingyin, who originally had no interest in these things, put on an attitude of listening attentively when he heard about Xiao Lu, which made the ladies who were gossiping about these things even more enthusiastic.

"Didn't the Emperor give Empress Lu the cold shoulder on her birthday last year? Everyone was speculating about what Empress Lu had done to displease the Emperor. It was the New Year holiday recently, and a maid in the palace let the cat out of the bag after getting drunk."

The lady who was talking happily suddenly stopped, looked around cautiously, and seemed to be very secretive, which whetted everyone's appetite before she continued.

"It was said that at that time, the Emperor had already drafted the imperial decree granting marriage, but Empress Lu insisted on marrying the daughter of Duke Xu to the prince of Zhi, and gave the girl she had arranged to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as his legal wife. The two had a big fight over this, and she was ignored for quite some time."

"Although she is in charge of the six palaces, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the heir to the throne. This marriage is naturally of the utmost importance. Besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not her legitimate son. This matter should be decided by the Queen Mother or the Emperor."

"I dare to say this because there are certainly clues. Didn't Princess Zhi come to the palace many times before the New Year? The Zhi Palace has never had much to do with Empress Lu, so why did she come to the palace so frequently this time? It's for this matter! Even if nothing works out, it can still cause trouble for His Royal Highness, right? "

"This... Little Queen Lu can't really be so confused, right?"

"Well, that little Empress Lu is the stepmother of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince after all. How many of these stepmothers really hope for the best for Empress Yuan's legitimate son?"

The person who spoke next was very bold in his remarks. Even Xu Xingyin, who was just watching the fun, was quite surprised. The people next to him rushed forward and stopped the person from speaking.

After finally stopping the man from talking, everyone realized that the person in question was still sitting there.

It's not a good idea to say too much, so I smiled awkwardly and started talking about other topics.