The imperial concubine bows down to me

With Liu Shuyan's words and her expression, even if Shen Zhi didn't know much about men and women, he probably knew what she meant.Shen Zhi thought, it must be because she saw that thing, and Du Qinning explained indiscriminately, she had misunderstood it.

Thinking of this, some scenes of her time with Liu Shuyan last night involuntarily appeared in Shen Zhi's mind, which made her feel ashamed.Fortunately, Shen Zhi was wearing a mask, so Liu Shuyan couldn't see her cheeks, nor could she see her slight blush under the mask.

Shen Zhi, who was thinking about many things in his heart, raised his eyes and met Liu Shuyan's smiling eyes again.She was a little overwhelmed, and subconsciously looked away immediately, and for a while, she felt that no matter where she put her hand, it seemed that it was not suitable.

But a misunderstanding is better than Liu Shuyan knowing the truth, at least there will be no consequences that are too difficult to deal with.

Shen Zhi finally set his eyes on the chessboard, while comforting himself, while calming down his mind, he tried his best to follow Liu Shuyan's words: "The noble concubine...the noble concubine knows..." She bit her lower lip, and the two Resting his elbows on his thighs, he put his hands together in the center and made some small movements, as if he was a guilty child who had done something deceitful and was discovered by his elders.

Liu Shuyan nodded, as a response to Shen Zhi.But she refused to change the topic just because of this, and asked further: "What do you think of the concubine's proposal? Liangdi Liangyuan, there must be some, otherwise this huge East Palace will always feel a little deserted."

"The concubine's kindness is appreciated, but..." As he said that, Shen Zhi raised an embarrassing smile, reached out and touched the back of his head, his eyes still dodged when he looked at Liu Shuyan, "It's just that I'm still young, it's... If you don’t need that much, one person is enough.”

Shen Zhi didn't know what Du Qinning said, so he said it in a more cryptic way, so as to leave some retreat for himself.

Hearing this, Liu Shuyan's expression was slightly taken aback, but before Shen Zhifu had time to capture it, he resumed his expression of concern: "Your Highness, is Du Bandu happy?"

Her tone was light, as if she was asking, but also as if affirming the guess in her heart.It's just that this question is telling Shen Zhi that she already knows the identity of Du Qinning's daughter.

Shen Zhi didn't know why she said this sentence suddenly, but he couldn't deny it, so he could only bite his lips and nodded: "En." Somewhat firm, with a trembling ending that was afraid of being blamed.

Shen Zhi thought that Liu Shuyan would use this to ask some questions about Du Qinning, or ask her about Du Qinning, but this question and answer was like an interlude inserted for no reason. The conversation went back to her last sentence, without mentioning Du Qinning.

"But Your Highness is the crown prince. How can there be any reason in this world that the crown prince has only one woman? Besides, Your Highness is not young anymore. When the emperor was 15 years old, he had already fought with the former King of Jin for two years, and his power has shocked the world."

The former king of Jin that Liu Shuyan spoke of was Shen Hongzhe, the father of the current king of Jin, Shen Tai.

In fact, Shen Tianhe and Shen Hongzhe were not born in the emperor's family, their father Shen Tuo was actually the former prime minister.At that time, the emperor was fatuous and his life was extravagant; most of the officials were incompetent and only knew how to oppress the people; however, foreign tribes invaded the border repeatedly, and the territory fell one after another, and the people of Li were once in dire straits.

Under such circumstances, the emperor still squandered wantonly, ignoring the government and accepting advice.In a fit of anger, Shen Tuo conspired with his confidantes to force the palace, and used all-round tactics to force the emperor to take the throne. Then he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and changed the name of the country to Guo.

Afterwards, Shen Tuo internally rectified the government policy, dismissed idle officials, stupid officials, and corrupt officials, promoted talented people, and reformed the old system; sent two sons to fight on the battlefield, won nine out of ten battles, regained the territory, established the majesty of Guo, and made neighboring countries fear Of.

Seeing that the dilapidated and precarious rivers and mountains were gradually getting better under the efforts of Shen Tuo and everyone, but God was not good. Three years later, Shen Tuo's eldest son, Shen Hongzhe, died in battle, leaving behind two sons and two daughters. Overworked and mentally exhausted, he died of illness the following year.Shen Tuo's descendants were rare, except for those who died when they were young, only Shen Tianhe was left at that time.

Although Shen Tianhe had no intention of becoming emperor, he was also unwilling to give away the land that his father and elder brother worked so hard to give away to others.Shen Tianhe had a very high prestige both at home and abroad at that time, if he ascended the throne, firstly, it would be considered popular, secondly, because of his prestige, the neighboring countries would not dare to offend at will, and the border would be more stable.

At that time, the 17-year-old Shen Tianhe had taken over the burden of his father and shouldered the heavy responsibility of governing the country.

Now that 16 years have passed, the whole country of Guo State has already been thriving.No one thought that in just twenty years, Guo State would undergo such earth-shaking changes.

But when Liu Shuyan compared her with Shen Tianhe, was he mocking her for accomplishing nothing at such an age?

But Shen Zhi never thought of doing something.

After Wei Qian'er left, Shen Tianhe told her that the world should belong to Shen Hongzhe, and he was just guarding it for him temporarily. When his child grows up and has the ability to rule the country and the world, he will also Return the throne to him.

So it doesn't matter if Shen knows "incompetence", on the other hand, it's still a good thing.She is also very sensible to put away her edge in front of outsiders, making others look like she is just a flawed and mediocre prince.

Ever since Shen Tianhe told her about it, her long-cherished wish was to find evidence that Liu Shuyan participated in the murder of Wei Qian'er, and after avenging Wei Qian'er, wait for Shen Tianhe to take the Zen position, then travel around the world and become a king of idleness .

So for the second half of Liu Shuyan's sentence, Shen Zhi heard it, but didn't take it to heart.Just ridicule, she is more concerned about Liu Shuyan's choice of a woman for her, that is absolutely impossible.

"Although the father got married at the age of fourteen, he was accompanied by only his mother and queen before he ascended the throne. When the mother gave birth to the orphan, the father was eighteen. He had already made great achievements in the war and was quite famous. I have never made any contribution to the Guo State, and I am still studying with the Taishi and Taifu every day, how can I be immersed in the love of my children all day long?" After speaking, Shen Zhi felt that he had spoken too seriously, and thought about it Thinking about it, I repeated what I said just now, "I just feel that being alone is enough."

Now that Shen Zhi had said so, Liu Shuyan no longer mentioned the matter of taking concubines with her, and instead said: "I didn't expect His Highness to have such thoughts. But it's right not to be obsessed with children's love all day long, but these His Highness still needs to learn as early as possible."

"Your Highness and the companion have no experience, so it's hard to get along with each other. The concubine finds some people to teach His Highness, so that Your Highness can feel more comfortable, so as not to hurt the companion's body." Liu Shuyan's words are justified and well-founded, and he is also on the surface. With such an amiable expression, I am afraid that after listening to it without knowing it, I really thought that Liu Shuyan was only thinking about being good to Shen Zhi.

How could Shen Zhi not understand the meaning of Liu Shuyan's words, but she didn't know how to reject Liu Shuyan's words for a moment.The atmosphere became more and more awkward, and Shen Zhi even felt that the surroundings around him were gradually becoming cooler.

The Eastern Palace should already have a lot of noble concubines, but she is so persistent in wanting to put some women in the Eastern Palace, maybe she wants to monitor me and at the same time want to use women to destroy my body, so that others will be disappointed in me in vain Add a point?

Shen Zhi kept thinking wildly in his mind, but he still didn't think of how to respond.

Fortunately, at this moment, Shen Zhi caught a glimpse of a few court ladies walking towards this side with food boxes not far away, in order to prevent them from listening to what the two said, it is understandable for her not to speak at the moment.

Liu Shuyan followed Shen Zhi's gaze, and when he turned around again, he didn't keep silent like Shen Zhi, but changed the topic naturally: "It's okay if Your Highness wants to learn later, Your Highness Whenever you think about it, just tell me.”

"Speaking of learning, what has the grand master been teaching recently? If His Highness doesn't go this morning, the impact shouldn't be too great, right?"

Seeing that Liu Shuyan changed the subject on his own initiative, Shen Zhi also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he had escaped a catastrophe.She thought, in the future, she must talk less about this matter with the imperial concubine, otherwise she will press her every step of the way, so that she has no power to refute.

"Recently, I'm reviewing the "Book of Songs" I learned in the past, and I have learned "Han Guang" again. I can just review it again in private, and it won't affect it." It's not a big deal at all. When Liu Shuyan asked, Shen Zhizi was willing to answer.

The palace people approached, saluted Shen Zhi and Liu Shuyan respectfully, and then placed all the pastries in the food box on both sides of the chessboard.

Liu Shuyan nodded: "It's fine if there's no problem. Your Highness should take some morning food and have a good rest. If you still feel bad, tell the imperial doctor, and the concubines will not bother Your Highness."

I don't know if the arrival of these palace people spoiled Liu Shuyan's interest. After she got up and saluted Shen Zhi, she walked towards the gate of the palace without words or movements.

But no matter what the reason was, Shen Zhi was naturally happy when Liu Shuyan left.She also stood up and watched Liu Shuyan leave, not forgetting to say: "Young concubine, go slowly."

As soon as Liu Shuyan left, Shen Zhi let out a long breath. Looking at the table full of food, he felt that he was really hungry.She asked the palace servants to retreat first, and sent one of them to call Du Qinning over, then sat down again, twirled a small snack, and ate while thinking about something.

Now her body has adapted a lot, and the pain has almost disappeared, and she is still thinking about whether to rush to the prince's school again.

Just at this time, the eunuch Du Qinning sent to ask for leave came back from outside.Behind him was a man who was tall and thin, and walked with a bit of a hunchback. He seemed to be at least in his sixties.

The man was about three or four zhang behind the eunuch, the closer the eunuch was to Shen Zhi, the slower he walked.

"Your Highness, the Grand Master is here." The eunuch bowed and retreated behind Shen Zhi.

Hearing this, Shen Zhi quickly put down the remaining cakes in his hand, clapped his hands and stood up.

Seeing her get up, Gongsun Jing also quickened his pace, and greeted her in three steps in two: "Minister, see Your Highness the Crown Prince." But even though he was saluting, Gongsun Jing still stood upright, and his tone was less obtrusive. Shen Zhi's respect.

Shen Zhi always knew that Gongsun Jing was like this, but she never took it to heart.

Gongsun Jing is Shen Tai's grandfather, an old man from the previous dynasty. He has seen great storms and followed the emperors of three dynasties.Although now he is only the prince and grand teacher and has some vain positions, but his status is still noble, and even Shen Tianhe has to be courteous when he sees him.He has profound attainments in literature and political affairs, and has seen countless geniuses. It is only normal for him to be dissatisfied with such a mediocre prince like her, so he behaves a little rude.

But at the end of the day, Shen Zhi knows that he treats him so much because he hates iron but not steel, otherwise he would not have rushed all the way from the prince school when he heard that she was ill.

"You don't need to be too polite, Grand Master." Shen Zhi respectfully returned Gongsun Jing's salute, and then told the eunuch behind him, "Hurry up and get a softer cushion."

Shen Zhi didn't pay much attention to it on weekdays, and was often used to sitting on the floor on harder cushions, so the arrangement in the pavilion was not suitable for entertaining Gongsun Jing.

"No need," the eunuch just bowed his body to answer, and Gongsun Jing waved to him before he moved, "I heard that His Highness is unwell, so I came to see His Highness, I still have some things to deal with later, won't you?" Stay for a long time." After finishing speaking, Gongsun Jing coughed.

This unreasonable cough is his old problem, but it was a little mild before, and it has become more serious in the past two years.

Seeing this, Shen Zhi winked at the eunuch, and the eunuch knowingly stepped forward to obedience for Gongsun Jing.When he recovered a little bit, Shen Zhi smiled apologetically: "I just had some abdominal pain for no reason, but now I'm much better, please trouble the grand master to take this trip with his lonely body in his busy schedule."

"Has the imperial doctor been here?"

"Gu originally wanted to call, but soon felt that there was no serious problem, so let it go. I planned to rush to the prince to learn after using the court food, but I didn't expect the grand master to come."

Gongsun Jing saw that Shen Zhi's expression was indeed slightly worse than usual, so he didn't ask any more questions, but said: "Then Your Highness will rest well today, and the minister will go back first."

As soon as Gongsun Jing left, Du Qinning, who had been far away, hurried over.

Seeing her coming, Shen Zhi pushed the eunuch away, and the two sat down on the floor facing each other again.

Du Qinning caught a glimpse of the chessboard by accident, and was quite surprised. After looking around to confirm that there was no one there, he lowered his voice a little: "Your Highness, the minister was careless."

In fact, Du Qinning was not to blame for this matter, she never thought that Liu Shuyan would suddenly visit the East Palace.And now that something has happened, it is useless to blame anyone, it would be safer to think of some countermeasures.

"No problem." Shen Zhi shook his head to show Du Qinning to let her relax.

Shen Zhi wanted to ask Du Qinning how to explain it, but thought that it would be inappropriate for her to take the initiative to talk about it, so he changed his way to verify whether his thoughts were correct.

She said again: "It's just... the imperial concubine has misunderstood what is going on between you and me, so if you are alone, you have to pretend to be a little more. If she meets the imperial concubine again in the future, she must not reveal her secrets about this matter."

Hearing this, Du Qinning's expression paused slightly, and there was an inexplicable meaning in the eyes looking at Shen Zhi.However, Shen Zhi didn't notice her abnormality, and she quickly restrained her expression in the next moment, and responded softly.

It seems that she really explained it that way.But whatever, as long as she seldom encounters the imperial concubine face to face, and if he deliberately avoids these problems, it will be fine.

Shen Zhi didn't tell Du Qinning that Liu Shuyan wanted to take a concubine for her. If he did, Du Qinning would definitely want to sacrifice himself to be her concubine again to silence everyone.

But the Du family treated both Shen Tianhe and Shen Zhi with kindness, Shen Zhi didn't want Du Qinning to become a victim of her concealment, so he simply didn't say anything about it.

She still has a great time, if she meets someone she really likes, Shen Zhi still plans to return her as a daughter, but she doesn't have that ability yet.

Thinking about it, she still wanted to ask Du Qinning about menstruation, but it was always inconvenient to talk outside, so she and Du Qinning went to the dark room together after eating some snacks.

Du Qinning explained some precautions to Shen Zhi, put the five or six menstrual belts hidden in his sleeves on the cabinet in the dark room, found a copper basin and put them next to him, and told Shen Zhi to change them here. That's fine, let her handle the rest.

In addition, Shen Zhi could not practice martial arts yet. After obtaining her consent, Du Qinning sent someone to ask the Taifu for a five-day leave.

In this way, in the afternoon, Shen Zhi was completely free.