The Favorite of the Court of Joy

Compassionate Peace Palace, after listening to the spies tell what happened in the Zhongcui Palace, the Empress Dowager Li couldn't hold the tea cup firmly and shook it, the hot tea in it instantly scalded her hands, she shrank reflexively, The cup fell to the ground in an instant and broke into seven or eight pieces.The anger in Empress Dowager Li's heart was ignited to the fullest. After copying a few vases and smashing them to pieces, she let out a long breath and returned to her usual elegant state. "Go back and tell others to keep an eye on the emperor's actions, as well as every move of Kunning Palace and Zhongcui Palace."

After the spies left, Empress Dowager Li summoned a secret guard and said, "Tell the grand master about the stupid things Minghui did, and ask him to send Mingzhu and Mingshan into the palace tomorrow."

Li Taishi had just returned to the mansion, before he had a sip of hot tea, he saw the Empress Dowager's hidden guard suddenly appearing, presumably there must be something important, so Li Taishi took him to the study for a secret talk.

The secret guard told Li Minghui's stupid things again, but this time Li Taishi was so angry that he wanted to throw a cup and a vase.But he is a person who can restrain his emotions, swallowing this anger forcefully. "You go back and tell the Queen Mother, the old man knows everything, and also knows what to do next."

At this moment, Taishi Li no longer had any father-daughter friendship for Li Minghui. He just thought that this daughter was too stupid, and it was a good thing to be thrown into the cold palace. Sooner or later, everything she plans will be defeated by her.

In this way, Li Minghui was completely abandoned by the Li family.And she was still clamoring in the cold palace, thinking that Queen Mother Li would let her out in a short time.

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When the dark guard Ada came to Prince Rui's mansion, Zhao Minghan came out of Concubine Hua's Ningxiang Pavilion angrily, and there was a loud cry from inside.

what's going on?

Leng Feng and the others found out that Concubine Hua was behind the assassination of Zhang Xiaoqian on New Year's Eve.

When Zhao Minghan came to question why Concubine Hua wanted someone to assassinate Zhang Xiaoqian and Wan Zi, Concubine Hua denied it very calmly, and said, "My lord, did you make a mistake? How could I send someone to assassinate Qian?" Young Master. Young Master Qian is pregnant with the prince’s child, and the child will be raised under the name of my concubine. It is because of this child that I can get the title of side concubine. I am grateful and looking forward to this child. If it is the child of Young Master Qian What good does it do the concubine to lose the child?"

Seeing that she still refused to admit it, Zhao Minghan was very disappointed, and said to Leng Feng: "Bring them all here."

When the three killers were brought up to confront Concubine Hua, Concubine Hua shook her head repeatedly and kept saying that she didn't know each other.

"This hairpin was picked by you yourself from the box brought back from Duke Wei's mansion that day, and it has the mark of the palace on it. But why did this hairpin appear in the pawnshop?"

When Zhao Minghan took out a gold hairpin, she suddenly panicked. She didn't have much money to hire an assassin, so she used the gold hairpin as money to hire three assassins.She took advantage of the fact that there were a lot of things going on in the palace at the end of the year, and there were a lot of people coming and going, plus she had some power at hand, so she smoothly brought them to the palace, hid them, and waited until the midnight bell rang, and thousands of households set off fireworks At that time, these three killers were sent to Yimeiyuan to assassinate Zhang Xiaoqian.At that time, the sound of firecrackers was so loud, even if Zhang Xiaoqian shouted for help, no one would have heard him. "

After all, she still miscalculated, the prince sent someone to guard Zhang Xiaoqian day and night, but the three killers she sent failed.How much the prince doted on him, it really made her envious and jealous!

Soon, Concubine Hua regained her composure, and said to Zhao Minghan: "My lord, it is true that I became a golden hairpin, but this does not prove that I paid for a killer.

For her sophistry, Zhao Minghan was not only disappointed with her, but also disgusted. "Then why didn't they say that someone else bought them, but why did they say it was you?"

"This...this concubine can't justify herself, maybe some people don't want to see her as a side concubine and want to trip her up." The concubine Hua is pouring dirty water on all the concubines, it's really ruthless.

"Okay, since you said it wasn't the killer you hired, can you tell me where the 1000 taels of silver you exchanged is?"

"Concubine body... concubine body... flowers."

"Oh~~ I spent it. What did I spend it on? Which shop did I spend it on? Where did I put the things I bought? Is it all spent or is there still left? How much is left?"

Concubine Hua was so dizzy with several questions in a row that she didn't know how to answer, she just said: "I... I forgot about my identity."

"Oh, it's only been a few days since I forgot what I bought and where I bought it. Since you are so forgetful, then you should stay in your bedroom and think slowly, when will you think of it and when will you step out? This door is half a step away."

After listening to Concubine Hua, her whole body was paralyzed, as if her soul had been taken away.The prince is going to ground her.

Zhao Minghan didn't want to look at her anymore, and turned his head to leave. Concubine Hua suddenly decided to show her cards, and shouted loudly: "Don't think about it slowly, it's me, the killer I invited."

Zhao Minghan turned around, his gaze was like a torch, and he asked, "Why did you do this?"

"Because I don't want to raise someone else's child, let alone a child born to a beloved child. If I want to raise my own child, of course I will!" Concubine Hua is planning to show her cards, and she wants to see it in her stomach His child, the prince must be soft-hearted towards her.

"What? Could it be that you..."

"That's right! It's been almost a month since I got married." Concubine Hua rubbed her belly with a smile on her lips.

But Zhao Minghan's face became even more gloomy, "What about the doctor, why didn't the doctor come to tell the king."

"It was the concubine who allowed Lu's doctor to hide it. After all, it was not even a month old, and the concubine wanted to wait for the fetus to stabilize before telling the prince."

"Do you think that if you have a child, this king will not blame you for what you have done?"

Seeing the prince's strange smile, Concubine Hua side felt panic instantly, she backed up unconsciously, then fell down on the bed, and tentatively said: "My lord, this concubine is pregnant with your child, you can't do that." Cruel...can't be so heartless...can't, can't..." can't kill my child.

"You can't kill the child, right? Do you think you have the right to order this king?" Zhao Minghan expressed her panic, "You are so afraid of losing your child and say that this king is cruel and ruthless. How can you be so cruel? Determined to kill other people's children! You used to eat fast and chant Buddha all day long, have you brought your sincerity? Let dogs eat your kindness, how could the Buddha bless a person like you?"

Concubine Hua was hit again, her eyes were distracted.That's right, she never paid homage to the Buddha sincerely, everything was just putting on a show, showing no desires and no fights, so as not to get involved in the fights of those boring women in the palace, and at the same time, she could get the prince to treat her differently.But in the end, her little Jiujiu was still seen through by the prince, which made her feel as if she was a clown directing and acting on her own.

Zhao Minghan then exposed her true face and said: "I thought you were a smart person, but I didn't expect you to be a fool." After a pause, he continued, "For the sake of this king's child, this king will not kill you, nor will you kill me." It will not hurt the child in your belly. This king will make people take good care of you. When you give birth to a child, this king will choose a kind adoptive mother for the child, and you will stay here all your life, Hua concubine .” Zhao Minghan not only wanted to imprison her, but also demoted her position.

"No...no...my lord, you don't do this." When Concubine Hua heard that the lord was going to take her child away, she immediately ran over and hugged Zhao Minghan's thigh, crying, "My lord, I'm wrong, The concubine is wrong. I don’t dare anymore, please forgive me, my lord... my lord..."

"Let go!" Zhao Minghan scolded angrily.

"No...no...you take back your life, and I will let you go."

"Heh, threatening me?" Zhao Minghan's patience was completely gone, "Believe it or not, if you don't let go, if I kick hard, the child will be gone."

Concubine Hua was stunned for a moment, and forgot to cry for a while, then immediately let go of her hands, watching Zhao Minghan leave, the last look in his eyes was disgust.

Concubine Hua, who was sitting paralyzed on the ground, burst into tears with heartache, and said to herself: "My lord, you are so cold-blooded and ruthless! Hahahaha... No, if he wanted to kill my child, you would definitely not So heartless."

Recalling the first time she met the prince when she was a child, she promised herself that it was her blessing to be able to serve the prince.Becoming the prince's first woman made her sweet for a long time.But the prince is so fond of the new and dislikes the old, she was soon forgotten.After a long time, the prince will remember to visit her.Gradually, she got used to the women in the palace coming and going, intrigues, and vying for beauty. Anyway, the prince is such a man, he will not stay for one person, and it is impossible to favor one person alone.

However, a favorite named Zhang Xiaoqian broke the situation.He not only won the favor alone, but also became pregnant with the prince's child, and even occupied the prince's heart.Why?Why?Why isn't she the one who makes the prince fall in love with her?If it is said that the prince dotes on a noble woman with both talent and appearance, maybe her resentment will not be so deep, but what the prince dotes on is a darling, who is not as good as her.She actually lost to a darling!The anger in her heart was burned even more vigorously.Fancy has only one thought at the moment, live well, give birth to a child, and one day she will "make a comeback".

Zhao Minghan was not surprised when he heard the news from Ah Da. Originally, he had no intention of hiding the fact that he had a pet, but he just didn't want people to know that the pet was pregnant.But with so many things happening recently, he no longer cares whether others know about the fact that his darling is pregnant with his child. He, Zhao Minghan, never needs to shy away from other people's ideas in his words and deeds.It's just that he has to think about his good nephew, at least to protect Wan Zi's safety.The Li family will not allow Wan Zi to give birth to a healthy prince ahead of their Li family daughter.

Thinking of this, Zhao Minghan dispatched more people to secretly protect the entire Yimei Garden.In the past few days, Zhang Xiaoqian kept begging him to take him to see the lanterns when he was fifteen, but he finally agreed.There were only three days left before the Lantern Festival, and the Li family knew of the existence of two pregnant darlings, so they had to do it on this day.Thinking about it, Zhao Minghan felt a headache. Why did he always agree to Zhang Xiaoqian's unreasonable demands? A pregnant person still wants to run outside every day.

In the Luzhu Hall in the distance, the maid brought back by Mrs. Lu is called Yinger. She is petite and cute, and there are two small dimples on her face when she smiles. She looks so cute. No one would think that she is an extraordinary spy. .However, Mrs. Lu didn't like her at all. If her father hadn't asked her to take her back to the palace, she wouldn't have let her stay by her side.It turned her off to see the little hooves look so innocent and pitiful.Well, to put it bluntly, she was afraid that this little hoof would seduce the prince.Bu Shangshu did not tell her that Yinger was their eyeliner.He knew that his daughter was a careless person, and he was afraid that something bad would happen if he told her.

Because of Mrs. Lu's grudge against her, Ying'er had difficulty in advancing and retreating in the palace, let alone getting any news.With her harmless appearance and cute mouth, Yinger won the love of many people, and they all sincerely regarded her as a younger sister.Ying'er finally found out a piece of hard-won news—Prince Rui was going to bring his two darlings to the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.After receiving this news, she immediately sent it out, and then waited for Bu Shangshu's order.Ying'er didn't know that although her message was finally received by the other party, someone intercepted and read the message in the middle.

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The Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, is the time of the year when the lights are the busiest. In the capital, there are shops along the streets, large courtyards and small households, and temples and temples.There are various kinds of lanterns here, including paper lanterns, gauze lanterns, horn lanterns, hydrangea lanterns, satin embroidery lanterns, and large palace lanterns.Most of these palace lanterns are made of red sandalwood and walnut wood. For all the fine wooden palace lanterns, the stand is carved with a faucet, and the mouth contains orbs, or octagonal, or hexagonal, and the ring is decorated with tassels. The shape is generous and elegant.On the horizontal surface of the lamp, there are calligraphy and paintings, colorful and attractive, people who watch the lamp are like rivers and sea tides, crowding shoulder to shoulder.During the Lantern Festival, there are also activities such as guessing lantern riddles, which take a long time, and folk music is still played late at night, pushing the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival to a climax.It can be said that "Fire Trees and Silver Flowers Never Night".

On the huge and gorgeous dragon-shaped lantern boat on the river star are the emperor, some important officials and a few important imperial merchants.Today's Lantern Festival is funded by these imperial merchants. Later, there will be a "Lamp Fighting" contest by several imperial merchants. The winners will get some privileges to do business at sea. This is a great joy for the merchants. They One by one, they tried their best to win or lose.

Zhao Yunxuan was wearing a bright yellow uniform and sat on the main seat. Originally, the empress was sitting next to him, but because Xue Yanru suddenly felt a little unwell, he was resting on another small flower boat, with Concubine Ying serving at the side.