It's better to fall in love than seize the heir

Logically speaking, the new prince who was assigned to the empress in the palace must pay a visit to his nominal mother and concubine on the first day of entering the palace, and listen to the instructions to receive the regulations by the way.

however……

Shen Jinghe looked at the vermilion main hall with the locked doors in front of him, and the empty porch where the maids should be standing and summoning under the shaking palace lanterns, and raised his eyebrows.

Concubine Xu Guifei mercilessly treated him to a closed door on the first day of his arrival. This meeting gift cannot but be called generous.And in the autumn wind blowing the fallen leaves in vain in Xiao Shu's vestibule, this well-understood dislike and disgust almost rushed towards him through the locked door.

The eunuch saw that his complexion was pale, and his face was a little more unnatural. He coughed twice, and persuaded in a low voice: "Perhaps the imperial concubine's body is slightly ill, so she locked the main hall to rest. Why don't you take His Highness away first?" Go to the side hall to settle down, and after a few days the noble concubine is safe, so it is not too late for His Highness to go to see her?"

Shen Jinghe received such a cold reception, but there was no resentment or humiliation on his face.He nodded slightly, and followed the eunuch's footsteps on the cobblestone path to the side hall in the corner of Qingyun Palace.

All the large cabins encountered along the way were locked, only the door of the small and low side palace not far away was open, like a giant beast lurking silently in the dark, opening its mouth wide and waiting to devour those who stepped into it. every pedestrian.

After stepping over the threshold and stepping into the courtyard, the vision in front of him suddenly darkened.Shen Jinghe closed his eyes, and opened them after he got used to it, but was silent for a moment because of the emptiness in his eyes.

Through the partition door embedded with mica sheets, anyone can clearly see at a glance that most of the decorations in the hall that should have been kept in their proper places have been taken away, leaving only a few scratch marks mixed with sawdust. In the wind, the shriveled cloth curtain swayed against the yellowed picture scroll beside it.

Except for a few old tables and cabinets and wooden beds that were rummaged from some old warehouse, they were still crooked on the ground, and the rest of the furniture and decorations were completely missing. A little bigger.

It's not that this side hall is uninhabitable, it's just that... apart from being able to eat and sleep normally, I'm afraid the rest is just in a daze in a dream.

If it wasn't for following the eunuch meandering all the way, Shen Jinghe might really think that he had walked to a long-abandoned old house outside the palace.

He glanced around the surroundings calmly, looking at the dilapidated empty palace that seemed to be mocking him silently, his eyes flickered faintly.

Concubine Xu Gui's hostility and targeting towards him are not incomprehensible. It is clear that Xu's lineage is in the limelight no matter whether it is in the palace or in the court hall, but the emperor suddenly puts a private prince who is recognized by the emperor as disgusting and embarrassing. .

The meaning of this beating was almost ready to come out without even piercing it, but although Concubine Xu Gui had resentment in her heart, it was impossible to vent it to the emperor, so he, Shen Jinghe, just accepted it for the person sitting high on the dragon chair. once.

He saw clearly and didn't feel any wronged or humiliated.

As early as the moment he entered the palace, he was already prepared to face countless hardships.His mother's family fell apart, his money was gone, and his biological mother passed away early. Isn't he the royal son who has been living among the people for 16 years, just a soft persimmon that everyone can bully?

Shen Jinghe licked his pale and chapped lips due to lack of water, his drooping eyes retracted the coldness that filled Rumo's pupils for a moment.

The eunuch saw that he didn't yell out angrily or be wronged and humiliated as he thought, his eyes widened slightly in surprise.He suppressed his expression, cleared his throat, and said loudly to the hall: "A group of slaves who have no eyesight, why don't you come out to greet the master?"

This loud shout fell, but what responded to him was a long silence.After half a day, several court ladies and eunuchs came out lazily from the wing room, pushing and shoving each other, and finally gave a salute unwillingly under the leadership of the leading court lady, their movements were disorganized.

Shen Jinghe was not angry at all, but looked at him coldly with his hands behind his back as usual.

"...I have seen the sixth prince."

The disdain and arrogance on the face of the leading lady almost turned into reality.Who in the palace is not used to seeing the face of the master, the imperial concubine specially ordered people to tidy up the side hall into such a dilapidated state, clearly to show the face of the sixth prince who came out of nowhere.

She originally planned to suppress him a little bit, hoping to be appreciated by the noble concubine, but now she heard that the sixth prince had lost his sacred heart in the Zichen Palace, and he had no scruples in words and deeds.

She pulled a face, thinking bitterly in her heart, the sixth prince looks good, but it's a pity that he fell into the straw nest of the people, even if he has the power to reach the sky, he can't turn into a phoenix.Not to mention that he was able to offend the Holy Majesty when he first entered the palace. If such a stupid idiot prince, within three days, he would either be crushed to death by the concubine's finger, or completely angered the emperor and be exiled to the palace. go outside.

Even if Shen Jinghe wanted to pretend he didn't see the high eyebrows of the court lady, he felt guilty. His jaw was slightly closed, and he glanced over calmly, but behaved like an outsider who had nothing to do with him.

After pondering for a moment, he slowly walked forward and spoke, as if he had no sense of her hostility.

"What's your name?"

The palace maid hesitated for a while, but she still squinted and replied: "The maidservant is called Chunxing."

"Yilian Chunyu Xinghuahan is a good name." Shen Jinghe nodded and commented calmly, "You seem to be quite dissatisfied with this hall?"

Chun Xing obviously didn't expect the sixth prince to ask such a question in public, she looked flustered for a moment, struggled repeatedly, she still gritted her teeth and answered proudly.

"...Slaves dare not."

"Don't dare?" Shen Jinghe chuckled nonchalantly, "Don't hide it from me. I know that among you, there is probably not even one who is willing to serve you."

There was still no anger on his expression, and his figure stood upright in the same place quietly, but that glance that flew over as if looking down at the sea and across the empty courtyard made people feel ashamed for no reason.

What you can see is like the white snow on the top of the clouds, you can only look up from a distance, if you get too close, you will be blocked by an invisible barrier and forced back.

"Why, is it because the hall has been living among the people for 16 years?" He whispered softly, with pure curiosity.

Shen Jinghe walked lightly, with his hands behind his back, and walked towards the high place in the courtyard step by step.

Obviously there were no extra words or expressions, but wherever he walked, the palace people subconsciously made way for him, raised their eyes and silently watched him pass by.

Until that cold figure was fixed in an empty high place, the slightly cold autumn wind slowly blew the undecorated robe.

Shen Jinghe looked at the clear blue sky above the palace wall with a distant expression, and the sudden and clear voice added a bit of loneliness for no reason.

"Just because this hall is the dragon son recognized by His Majesty, and because this hall is the sixth highness of my Dayong Imperial Family. So what if you grew up among the people? As long as this hall is still in this palace for a day, as long as your majesty does not abandon this hall for a day In the name of your prince, what you have done today is all charges of deceiving the Lord and slandering the royal family."

He turned around and looked down at the palace servants with different expressions, and spoke firmly and clearly.There was no threat in the indifferent tone that was almost emotionless, it was just as if he was simply narrating a natural fact.

"I don't want to punish you, you should be grateful, why bother against me? Serve well, I will be honored and favored in the future, and you can follow along. But if something goes wrong on my side, you Do you think it will be the imperial concubine or you who will come out to take the blame?"

In the dead silence, the faces of the palace people were a little pale.On the one hand is the noble concubine who is so beautiful and favored all the time, and on the other is the servants who can be seen everywhere in the palace, who will be pushed out, no one needs to bother to think about who will be pushed out.

Shen Jinghe's empty eyes swept over them one by one, there was only a calmness like a thousand miles of ice lake in those eyes, but he couldn't find even a trace of anger and hatred.

That's right, Feng Peng, who has soared ninety thousand miles, would stop and get angry when he heard the screams of tiny ants on the ground?

The eunuch leading the way sighed slightly when he saw this, and his face that had been shaken for a long time finally returned to a solemn expression.Everyone said that the sixth prince grew up among the people, and he just waited to sit and watch what kind of jokes he made.However, the turmoil that has been circling in the palace for a long time is clearly about to be disrupted again.

The people in the left and right palaces all felt that their hearts were being tightly grasped by a pair of invisible hands in the calm eyes, and they couldn't help drooping their shoulders and buried their heads deeply.

The six princes in front of them were obviously dressed in simple clothes and had no expression on their faces, but this demeanor of ignoring them was more embarrassing than the haughty faces of other dignitaries.

They have never felt this clearly before. The man standing in front of them is the real noble son of the heavenly family. How can the chasm between them and him be bridged overnight!

Chun Xing beside her was also stiff and dripping with cold sweat. She struggled and wriggled her lips to say something.Shen Jinghe didn't even give Qing fluttering a glance, but waved his hand forcefully, "Okay, let's all go down. Although there is nothing in the hall, it is necessary to tidy it up."

The young eunuch who was standing at the front just now was very clever, and upon seeing this, he hurried into the hall and moved a chair of the latest condition, carefully wiped off the thin layer of dust on the chair with his sleeve, and placed it in the courtyard graciously.

He rolled his eyes slowly, and said in his mouth: "Your Highness must be a little tired after standing for a long time, why don't you just sit on a chair and rest. After the servants clean up the hall, you can go in and have a rest. "

Shen Jinghe glanced at him calmly, lifted the hem of his clothes and sat down calmly.The circle of palace people around got the order, and each of them lowered their hands and held their breath to go to work. He looked at the front yard that had become empty again, and tilted his head indifferently.

Seeing this, the eunuch who was leading the way hastily suppressed the deep thinking below, stepped forward quickly and bowed, "Since Your Highness has settled down, the slave will not disturb you, so I will go back and report to you."

Shen Jinghe nodded at him, and asked warmly: "I haven't asked you how to address your father-in-law yet?"

The eunuch smiled kindly, and hastily waved his hands and said, "Your Highness has beaten this servant, and this servant has a low name of Dequan. If Your Highness has orders from now on, this servant will be at your service at any time."

"Thank you, Father-in-law." Shen Jinghe took out a piece of silver from the money bag Su Xueshi had prepared for him in advance, and handed it to him through the cover of his sleeve robe.

Dequan declined one or two, but in the end he accepted it gratefully, and bowed respectfully out of the palace gate.After stepping out of the Zhumen of Qingyun Palace, he looked at the sky, but he didn't go to Zichen Palace, he turned his footsteps and hurriedly turned to another direction.

Shen Jinghe found a clean place to sit under a graceful purple magnolia in the courtyard, until Dequan's figure completely disappeared, then turned his head casually.

The soft wind blows through the water-green window screens with a touch of coolness, and the shadows of trees on the slightly mottled whitewashed walls shine on each other deeply.He raised his head, glanced at the little eunuch who had been courteously circling around him since just now, and asked.

"Did you have a first and last name?"

The little eunuch rolled his eyes, stepped forward and kowtowed his head three times, and replied respectfully: "The slave is now His Highness's man, please Your Highness to be kind enough to give this slave a name!"

Shen Jinghe turned his eyes away, and smiled slightly, he naturally knew that this little eunuch was used to meeting with wind and wind, and he spoke respectfully, but his mind was very active.

However, he, Shen Jinghe, has never been afraid of his subordinates' quick thinking.

The reason why people's hearts fluctuate is nothing more than because the bargaining chip of desire and temptation fluctuates, so there is a trade-off between left and right.Only a cowardly and incompetent mediocre person will hesitate because of the swinging balance. He is not a mediocre person, and he doesn't bother to gamble on the slightest possibility.

What he is good at is to sweep away the opponent's chips in one fell swoop, and then snatch them all, and put them heavily on his side.

What's more, to survive in this deep palace with heavy doors, the power he has is far from strong enough.By his side, he also needs someone who is good at drilling to find out news for him.

Shen Jinghe fixed his eyes on a yellowed and wrinkled ink painting hanging in the hall, and spoke leisurely.

"...The micro-pill breaks through a forest of green, and the light ink writes a thousand autumns. From now on, you will be called Cheng Mo."