Chu Chen Kee

After the Lantern Festival, the palace became deserted again.

Concubine Bai entered the Xingqing Palace with two court ladies, and happened to meet the prince entering the palace to pay his respects.

"I've seen Concubine Bai." Li Chenhuan saw Concubine Bai approaching from a distance. This woman who looked somewhat similar to Bai Yi was smart and decent, and now she was winning back the emperor's heart bit by bit.Of course, he is also happy to see it succeed.

Concubine Bai was somewhat puzzled, she had never been close to the prince, why did he want to greet her?

But these questions did not appear on her face, she nodded slightly: "The prince is here to greet His Majesty?"

Li Chenhuan nodded: "A few days ago, my father asked me to test the background and character of the disciples of the aristocratic family, and choose a son-in-law for Yuzhen. Today is precisely for this purpose."

Concubine Bai's heart skipped a beat, and she asked calmly: "So that's how it is. If the prince handles this matter, Princess Yuzhen will naturally find a good son-in-law. But I don't know if His Highness has a suitable candidate?"

Li Chenhuan smiled and said: "There is one, the elder brother of the queen's mother, Wang Ziqi, the third son of Prime Minister Wang."

Concubine Bai frowned slightly: "This young master sounds familiar."

Li Chenhuan said meaningfully: "The prime minister's eldest son and second son are officials in the court, but these three sons are indifferent by nature and do not seek fame and wealth, so they did not become officials. However, this man is first-class in humanities and martial arts, and his family background is good. , Pei Yuzhen's younger sister is just kissing and kissing."

Concubine Bai glanced at Li Chenhuan in surprise, then showed a tacit smile, and took the lead into the study.

She knew that the empress had great ambitions, but she didn't know what Li Chenhuan was thinking. Looking at it today, it seemed that he was at peace with the empress, and she could take advantage of Li Chenhuan's handwriting to deal with the empress.

Concubine Bai has long given up her thoughts of making Li Yuchen the emperor. Right now, apart from protecting herself, she is also making trouble for the queen. There is no conflict with Li Chenhuan. Facing a common enemy, they may become allies in the trenches.

"What did I hear you muttering outside? Don't hide it from me!" The emperor was reviewing the papers, and when he saw the two coming in one after the other, he smiled and said.

The emperor didn't have much time to review the scriptures a year, and most of the time he was still practicing in closed doors.Today was also a whim on his mind, he went back to the imperial study and began to read the papers that had been reviewed by the three provinces.

Concubine Bai smiled and said: "The concubine met the prince just now when she came here, so I just exchanged a few words with him. The prince is becoming more and more capable now, and the concubine was shocked when she saw that divine beast last time! I don't think I could Seeing the legendary Bai Ze is truly a blessing to His Majesty."

The emperor stopped his vermilion pen, nodded and looked at Li Chenhuan: "The prince has always been a peace of mind since he was a child. Of course, Chen'er is also obedient. Speaking of which, apart from Yuanxiao, I haven't seen him much?"

Concubine Bai's eyes changed imperceptibly, and she said: "Chen'er has caught a cold recently, so it's not good to ask him to enter the palace to pay his respects. Your Majesty was practicing in seclusion yesterday, and my concubines dare not disturb you because of this."

In fact, apart from Li Chenhuan and Princess Yuzhen, the other sons and daughters of the emperor didn't pay much attention.

The emperor bowed his head and continued to review the papers: "Well, send an imperial doctor to take a look. By the way, Prince, do you have a clue about what I asked you to do last time?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the imperial physicians have all gone to Princess Yuzhen's Changle Palace." The servant next to him hurriedly said.

The emperor stopped writing: "Yuzhen? What happened to her?"

The servant secretly glanced at Li Chenhuan's expression, then knelt down in panic and said, "I don't know, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

The emperor naturally noticed this expression, and immediately lowered his face and said, "Prince? Do you know what's going on?"

Li Chenhuan hesitated for a moment before pleading guilty: "It's my son's fault! The queen mother said..."

"Empress? Why is there something about her again? Tell me clearly!" The emperor was slightly annoyed. As the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, what he hates the most is when someone deceives him.

Seeing this, Concubine Bai hurriedly poured a cup of tea and handed it over: "Your Majesty, calm down."

Li Chenhuan didn't hide anything anymore, and simply explained the matter in detail: "Returning to my father, sister Yuzhen was unwell the day before yesterday, and she felt nauseated and vomited when she woke up in the morning..."

"Nause and vomit!" The emperor was taken aback for a moment, then stood up abruptly and threw the teacup in his hand to the ground.

Li Chenhuan and Concubine Bai calmly knelt down and persuaded: "Your Majesty (Royal Father) calm down."

The emperor took a deep breath, suppressed his anger and said, "How dare the empress? She kept such a big matter from me?"

He paused for a moment before waving his hands feebly: "Get up, you are not at fault. It's just the empress... I'm so disappointed! Someone, bring the empress to Xingqing Palace."

The servant immediately left Xingqing Palace trembling.

"Your Majesty don't need to be angry, this matter is still a matter of long-term consideration. It is a matter of the dignity of the royal family, so Your Majesty has to think of a solution for both." Bai Fei said.

The emperor pondered for a moment, then turned to Li Yuchen: "Prince, who are you looking for?"

Li Yuchen replied respectfully: "He is the third son of Prime Minister Wang's family."

The emperor frowned slightly: "Wang Ziqi? I think his two second sons are quite talented, but this third son, I'm afraid I won't be humiliated..."

When he thought that his precious daughter had shamelessly hooked up with a Taoist priest and left a wild seed in her stomach, he was ashamed to say that Yuzhen would be humiliated by others.

The most urgent task is to quickly find a next home for Yuzhen.

He didn't want his daughter to marry with a big belly at all, then he would become the biggest joke in the world.

"Forget it, the queen is also a member of the Wang family, and her own nephew can be regarded as a well-known person." The emperor sighed, and after finalizing the matter, he returned to the dragon chair, but he seemed to have aged several years in an instant.

Concubine Bai looked at all this indifferently, and then a cruel smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

She had no intention of harming others, but she couldn't protect herself and her children.

Now she pays her debts one by one, and she wants to recover the debts that should be paid one by one. Right now, this is just the beginning.

The emperor, the empress, Princess Yuzhen, and those Taoist priests, when she was cleaning Li Yuchen's body, the shocking wounds forced the mother to collapse.

She didn't dare to think about what would happen if Bai Yi hadn't rescued the child, and she didn't dare to think about how Li Yuchen got here before.

Knife wounds, whip marks, even time can't erase it.When she saw those moments of going up and down, a bottomless wound was torn in her heart, bleeding from time to time, and never healed.

Such a clear pain reminded her that someone hurt her child, but she was still living happily in this world!

How can she bear it?

The queen didn't find any news from the servants along the way, so she entered Xingqing Palace in a nervous mood.

When she saw Concubine Bai and Li Chenhuan standing quietly in the study room without speaking, she felt even more uncertain: "The concubine has seen His Majesty."

The emperor seemed to have calmed down a bit, and said, "I'm going to draw up a script to marry Yuzhen to your elder brother's third son."

"Wang Ziqi? How is this possible?" Although the queen expected nothing good to happen, she did not expect such bad news, and retorted subconsciously.

She couldn't be more clear about the virtues of her elder brother's third son. She is lazy and doesn't seek to make progress.Just because of his misbehavior, he didn't dare to let him enter the court as an official, just because he was afraid that he would cause trouble.

Even so, there are messes waiting for his brother and father to clean up every day.

However, for the sake of saving face, he advertised that he was a scholar who kept his ears to the outside world. In fact, most people in the capital knew what kind of guy he was.

"I am not asking for your opinion, I am notifying you!" The emperor's face was terribly gloomy.

The queen wanted to argue, but was frightened by the gloomy eyes of the emperor: "Your Majesty..."

She turned to turn her anger on Li Chenhuan: "Prince! You are an older brother, and this is how you chose Yuzhen's son-in-law? She is your own sister!"

"My sister's words are wrong, then Wang Qi is also your nephew! If you say this, let's just listen to it. If it spreads outside, it will cause people to criticize." Bai Fei said unhurriedly.

The queen knew she had made a slip of the tongue, and if there was a rift between her and her mother's family, it would be even more difficult in the harem in the future, so she could only beg the emperor: "Your Majesty, the concubine just doesn't want to part with her daughter, so let her stay in the palace for a while to accompany her." Is it okay to accompany my concubine?"

The emperor was also a little bit reluctant at first. After all, Yuzhen was held in his palm since he was a child, but his wavering dissipated in an instant: "I don't want to marry a daughter with a big belly. Empress, you have to deal with this matter." Don't worry about it, leave it to Concubine Bai to take care of it. Just choose the nearest auspicious day. As for the dowry, buy it according to the princess's specifications."

After a pause, he said again: "Prince, choose a princess mansion for your sister."

The queen looked panic-stricken, why did things develop like this in just a few days?Totally out of control.