A cold dream is not a dream come true

As the twelfth lunar month enters, the weather becomes colder and colder.Prince Xi has not returned for a long time, and the palace has become even more deserted.A few days ago, I also went to Prince Gan's Mansion to look for Su Zimo, but all failed.

In the early morning of this day, the maid Jun'er rushed into the room excitedly holding the bright red silk and satin distributed from the House of Internal Affairs, and said to me happily: "Princess Meng, the emperor has distributed a lot of things to our house this year. It seems that The emperor attaches great importance to our prince!"

I got a bit of a headache from being quarreled by Jun'er, I frowned and carefully looked at the things she brought.Although the bright red satin is very festive, the quality is much worse, and the fabric is so small that I can only make two clothes for myself.I thought to myself, in the twelfth lunar month of last year, the emperor distributed a carriage to Prince Xi's mansion. It was only a year, and there was such a big gap.I smiled, thinking that Juan'er was still young and had never seen such a precious cloth.

Several other maids came forward to appreciate the bright red silk and satin one after another. One of the older maids looked at the fabric and asked Jun'er: "Who is in charge of the House of Internal Affairs this year?"

Jun'er tilted her head, thought for a while and said, "It's a new father-in-law. The father-in-law is very kind, and he told me that the fabrics of Prince Xi's mansion were chosen by the concubine Li herself. Concubine is doing well."

Hearing this, I smiled wryly in my heart, it seemed that this dimple was trying to make things difficult for me.The maids were still chattering about Concubine Li, but when they saw my face darken, they also shut their mouths, not daring to say anything more.

At this time, there was a sound of knocking on the door of the mansion from outside, and I was very surprised, how could there be guests in Prince Xi's mansion in this cold winter.Jun'er was also a little taken aback, then went out to open the door.

Not long after, Jun'er returned to the house with one person.I took a closer look and found that the person who came was none other than Chu Qingwu who had been serving the prince in Prince Cheng's mansion.At this moment, Chu Qingwu's body was covered with a thin layer of snow, her cheeks were flushed red from the cold, and she kept breathing into her hands to gain more warmth.I immediately stood up and told Jun'er to heat up the charcoal stove.

Chu Qingwu came to look for me, it must be that something happened to the prince. "Miss Chu, how is the crown prince?" I poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Chu Qingwu, asking anxiously.

"Princess Meng..." Chu Qingwu said out of breath, "Concubine Li took His Royal Highness away..."

"What?" When I heard this, my hand trembled, and I accidentally spilled the tea. The hot tea splashed on my hand, and I was so scared that I smashed the teacup on the ground.

The maids screamed in fright, and Jun'er immediately stepped forward to clean up the debris on the ground.Chu Qingwu looked at the maids in the room, and gave me a wink. I cleared my cough and waved my hands to signal them to back down.

After there was no one else in the room, Chu Qingwu said cautiously: "Early this morning, Empress Li came to Prince Cheng's mansion to pick up His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

I thought to myself, even though this dimple is full of tricks, he doesn't dare to blatantly harm the prince Su Yu.Besides, Su Yu is like a useless person at this time, but he only has the title of prince, so what's the use of taking him away.

"Did Concubine Li say something?" I asked, frowning.

Chu Qingwu recalled: "She said that the crown prince is the only child of the emperor, and he is the man who will succeed the emperor of Pingyang Kingdom, so he can't be allowed to mess around like this in Prince Cheng's mansion."

"Could it be that Concubine Li wants to raise the prince?" I asked with a sneer.

"This Qingwu doesn't know either." Chu Qingwu shook his head, "After the concubine Li took the prince away, she drove out all the people in the mansion and sealed the palace. Qingwu had nowhere to go, so she came to Xi The Prince's Mansion is looking for you."

It seems that Chu Qingwu doesn't know anything important anymore, besides, she has worked very hard to take care of the silly prince these past few months, so it's inconvenient to ask any more questions, so I asked my servants to clean a room for Chu Qingwu, Arrange for her to live in.

After lunch, Wanxia fell asleep accompanied by the nanny.I looked at the thick snow outside, then put on a thick cotton robe, and prepared to go out again to find Su Zimo in Prince Gan's Mansion.Seeing that I was alone, Jun'er went out with me.

I took Jun'er out of Prince Xi's mansion.After walking a few steps, I saw that the residents on both sides of the road had hung up red lanterns, and the whole street was full of New Year flavor.I turned around and told Jun'er, "Let's decorate Prince Xi's mansion when I go back, after all, it's almost Chinese New Year."

After crossing the street corner, I saw Prince Qian's Mansion. At this time, Prince Qian's Mansion was still deserted. I sighed and was about to leave when Su Zimo opened the gate and walked out of the mansion.

"My lord!" I hurriedly called out to Su Zimo.

Su Zimo followed the voice and looked over, only to see her haggard and restless.When she saw that it was me, she immediately changed her smiling face and called me over: "Chuhan? Come in and talk."

After entering the room, Su Zimo spoke first: "Why are you here? How are you doing these days?"

"I'm fine, I'm very clean when I'm alone." I smiled reluctantly, "But today is a coincidence, I didn't think Mr. Shizi would be at the house, I have been here many times."

"I've been too busy recently, I'm sorry." Su Zimo bowed his head and said, "My father just came back from Muhai City a few days ago, and I only came back a few times."

I frowned, and asked anxiously: "Do you know about the fact that Concubine Li picked up the crown prince?"

Su Zimo nodded, "I heard that, so I just went to Prince Cheng's Mansion and passed by Prince Qian's Mansion, so I came back to have a look."

I was a little agitated, bit my lip and asked in a low voice: "Do you know what Li Fei wants to do?"

Su Zimo let out a long breath, "Brother Prince has already looked like this now, what else can Li Concubine take him to do, of course it is to help him become emperor, become empress dowager herself, and then continue to listen to the government behind the curtain."

Su Zimo's words reminded me.She had said before that the empress raised the matter of re-establishing the crown prince many times, but was stopped by the concubine Li.I originally thought that Dimple would become the emperor herself, but I didn't expect that she would play this game of chess.

"But the prince now..." I shook my head and said, "The ministers will not agree."

Su Zimo shook his head: "Father just came back from Muhai City. Although Muhai City has not been recaptured, he has stopped the large-scale invasion of the Xinfan people and kept the inland of Pingyang Kingdom from being invaded. Now the emperor is in good health. The times were bad, and she wanted to make her father the crown prince, but the father strongly recommended Qi Huanggu as the crown prince, and the ministers also valued Qi Huanggu very much. However, when Concubine Li saw this, she used the reason that the prince's brother was still alive, and refused to let the emperor's new crown prince. Establish a prince."

Now it seems that Prince Xi is the biggest obstacle for Dian'er.I asked with some concern: "If this continues, will Empress Li be detrimental to Prince Xi?"

"Concubine Li will definitely not let it go." Su Zimo frowned and said, "Chuhan, you are Concubine Li's older sister, you can't just watch your younger sister kill our whole family!"

Now my position is very embarrassing, my biological sister is against my favorite woman, I don't know which side I should help.I also went to persuade Dian'er, but she was stubborn and did not repent.

"I'm sorry..." I said reproachfully, "I didn't expect things to turn out like this, and I don't know what I should do."

Su Zimo also lowered his head and sighed, "I'm sorry Chuhan, I made you difficult."

what do I do?I'm thinking about it.Dimple just wants to be the emperor, so let him be the emperor.As long as Prince Xi doesn't fight for the throne, he will be fine.But now all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty hope that Prince Xi will take the throne, and even she herself is busy trying to overthrow Concubine Li.How can I dissuade Prince Xi from competing for the throne?

Seeing that I didn't speak, Su Zimo stood beside me quietly.I stared at Su Zimo's face, and found that what happened in the past few months made her mature a lot.It has been a year since she rescued me from the pond in the palace garden.Although I promised her to be her queen when I was in the Great Southern Kingdom, those were all jokes, and we didn't seem to take it seriously.

Suddenly, a selfish thought flashed through, which was completely rejected by me immediately.But after thinking about it, I think this is the best way to save Prince Xi.

"Prince Xi is not suitable to be an emperor at all." I said cautiously, "Although I haven't known her for a long time, I still have some understanding of her living habits..."

Su Zimo nodded: "The emperor also said so."

"The emperor doesn't agree with Prince Xi as emperor?" I asked in surprise.

"That's right, the emperor thinks that Prince Xi's character is too cautious, and he's too thoughtful about many things, so he's easy to miss important things."

Hearing this, I secretly rejoiced: "Then does the emperor have a more suitable candidate?"

Su Zimo sighed: "The emperor didn't say it clearly, and we don't know."

I smiled lightly and said in a low voice: "It seems that the emperor has his own choice. Maybe it's you, my lord."

Su Zimo shook his head again and again, "Although I am very skilled in martial arts, I am handsome and talented...but...but I never thought of becoming an emperor...and...and the emperor's attitude towards me has always been very casual... …should……"

Seeing Su Zimo's flustered expression, I knew that these words had a great impact on her.I said while the iron was hot: "Master Shizi, let's forget our agreement in the Great Southern Kingdom..."

When Su Zimo heard this, he immediately thought of what I promised to be her queen in the Great Southern Kingdom, and his expression immediately became serious.I finished clicking, then changed the subject and said, "Forget it, Mr. Shizi, Chuhan still has to take care of Wanxia, ​​so take care of yourself."

Su Zimo didn't answer, but nodded, and watched me leave Prince Gan's Mansion.

When Juan'er and I returned to Prince Xi's mansion, the sky was already dark, I looked up and looked out the window, thinking: I have done another bad thing, but for Prince Xi's sake, I will do another bad thing.