The prince is no longer a man

After Princess Shun came out of the Buddhist hall, she heard about Duan Jingxun's visit to the palace, and following the emperor's order, she brought Pei Rong into the palace to thank her.

Pei Rong still remembered the matter that the emperor had to settle accounts with, how could he know that after the meeting, the emperor saw the wound on Pei Rong's face, so he ordered the imperial physician to see if there was any way not to leave a scar.

The queen watched from the side, covering her mouth and chuckling.

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician may not know as much as the concubine about the matter of appearance."

"There are a lot of skin-beautifying secret medicines in the concubine's palace, why not let Rong Shizi go back to Kunning Palace with the concubine, maybe it will have miraculous effects."

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help nodding his head in agreement. The queen said it well, after all, there is no woman who doesn't cherish her appearance.

Moreover, the queen is nearly forty years old, and the years have not left many marks on her face. Her skin is as creamy and luxurious. Isn't this the best proof?

Pei Rong had never been to the harem, let alone the Kunning Palace where the empress lived, and he was not very close to the empress. He was quite surprised to hear that the empress cared about him so much.

But the emperor had already opened his mouth, Pei Rong could only thank him for his response.

Anyway, with his mother by his side, Pei Rong could only comfort himself in his heart.

But I didn't expect to hear the emperor say in the next sentence: "Princess Shun's complexion is not very good. I just passed on the imperial physician. Princess Shun might as well stay and let the imperial physician take a good look at it."

Concubine Shun just came out of the Buddhist hall, but she lost a lot of weight in three days, Pei Rong naturally noticed it.

The emperor treated them well in the palace, Pei Rong was delighted to hear that, and immediately thanked the emperor sincerely, and then went to Kunning Palace with the empress.

"Pei Rong is much more considerate to you than the crown prince is to me."

After Pei Rong left, the emperor suddenly said this.

"The prince has a calm temperament and is even more respectful to the emperor. Pei Rong can't compare to him."

Concubine Shun lowered her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes, as she did when she knelt down to worship a Buddha statue, and no one could find a single mistake in what she said.

"Okay," the emperor gestured, and then Eunuch Zhao, the chief eunuch next to him, handed over a letter, "Prince Shun has sent a letter, just take a look."

Concubine Shun's eyes showed obvious joy, her hands trembling slightly, she opened the envelope carefully and carefully.

Before she had time to read the contents of the letter, a yellow spruce leaf that had lost its moisture fell out, and landed in her palm with the desolate and dry atmosphere of the frontier.

A little bit of water appeared in Princess Shun's eyes, but her expression at the moment seemed to see her lover, her face was so soft and charming, full of love.

The emperor didn't know when he left. Eunuch Zhao stood by and reminded: "Wangfei will reply here. After writing, the emperor will come to have a look."

Concubine Shun sat quietly without saying a word, writing her pen and ink as usual, expressing all her thoughts about her husband in silence.

In Kunning Palace, Pei Rong was sitting cautiously, and in front of him was a bottle of exquisite incense box.

The queen lifted the lid of the box and said, "This is Yuji ointment. It is most effective for removing scars and marks. Come on, try it."

As he spoke, he dipped some milky white ointment on his finger, and was about to apply it for Pei Rong.

Pei Rong didn't dare to ask the queen to apply the medicine for him, so he hurriedly stood up, waved his hands and said: "I...I dare not."

The queen pulled Pei Rong to sit down again, and said with a smile: "You don't need to be so nervous, you are two years younger than the prince, in the eyes of this palace, you are just a child, so why don't you dare to give medicine to the child. "

Pei Rong's whole body was stiff, and just when he didn't know what to do, the Queen's fingertips had already gently rubbed the corners of his eyes.

"It must have hurt at that time?" the queen asked softly.

"Thank you for your concern, my lord...it doesn't hurt." Pei Rong suppressed the urge to run and forced herself to endure it.

"Why doesn't it hurt?"

The queen's expression was full of distress. After applying the ointment, she wiped her hands with a handkerchief, and said quietly: "It's a good hunt, but I hurt myself. This palace looks like this, let alone your mother?"

Hearing the Empress mentioning Concubine Shun, Pei Rong couldn't help being a little moved, and said in a daze: "My mother...is really worried about me."

There was a slight smile in the queen's eyes, and then quickly disappeared, and she asked with concern: "I heard from the emperor, on the day of the spring hunting, did you lose your way and fall?"

Pei Rong still remembered what Huo Qin said to him, and his heart tightened, and he replied: "I made your mother laugh, it's because I'm not good at learning."

"You are really too careless, did you not meet other people when you lost your way?" The queen continued to ask with a gentle smile on her face.

"Chen... I met General Huo at that time, and in a panic, I dragged General Huo and fell down together."

"So it is."

The empress nodded thoughtfully, and smiled again: "At the beginning when the news of your disappearance came, I was very worried. I thought it was a gangster who got in there, and I wanted the emperor to investigate the matter. I was really too worried. gone."

Hearing that the queen cared about him so much, Pei Rong couldn't tell whether he was surprised or touched, his lips moved: "Your Majesty..."

Seeing that Pei Rong's face was touched, the queen almost couldn't wait to ask: "Do you still have something to say?"

Duan Jingxun had just sent the grand tutor out of the East Palace, Chang Bin who was waiting outside the palace rushed to greet him.

"Prince!"

Duan Jingxun frowned, dissatisfied: "What made you make such a fuss, and in such a hurry, it's almost embarrassing for the palace."

"Prince!" Regardless of Duan Jingxun's reprimand, Chang Bin said quickly: "The Queen called Rong Shizi to the East Palace!"

"what!"

Duan Jingxun's face tightened, and then he stopped talking, and with a long leg, he rushed towards Kunning Palace in a big stride.

Chang Bin hurriedly shouted behind him: "Prince, prince, wait for your slaves!"

Seeing Kunning Palace right in front of him, Duan Jingxun's eyes were cold, his thin lips were tightly pursed, and his footsteps were windy, obviously frightened to the extreme, and then he didn't know what he saw, he paused, and stopped abruptly.

Pei Rong took the ointment that the queen gave him, smiled at the maid who gave him the gift, and then let out a breath of relief.

It's almost time to go back, Pei Rong thought so, just a few steps away, suddenly someone grabbed his wrist forcefully, leading him to another direction without any explanation.

"Prince?"

"What are you doing! Let me go!"

Pei Rong staggered behind Duan Jingxun, and was taken aback. After walking for a long time, Duan Jingxun never said a word, and never looked back.

Even though all he saw was Duan Jingxun's back, Pei Rong still sensed something was wrong.

Duan Jingxun's hand was so strong that it hurt him, which is an obvious sign of a person's anger.

But Duan Jingxun was more than that, Pei Rong could feel that his powerful and well-articulated hands were trembling slightly.

All the way back to the East Palace, Duan Jingxun didn't let go of his hand, Chang Bin had already folded back to push everyone away.

There were only Duan Jingxun and Pei Rong in the hall. Duan Jingxun calmed down, turned around, and was about to speak when he heard Pei Rong's dissatisfied voice.

"Can you let go, prince?"