crossing into bastard

Wang Momo carefully helped Concubine Lin up, the old concubine turned and entered the room, Concubine Lin followed in, the old concubine asked Concubine Lin to sit over, and said: "I have heard a little about the matter in the outer court, the prince and the concubine went to see it. Stewards, it is a good thing to take over the business of the palace, but this good thing also depends on how it is done. The prince is sick in bed and does not know what is going on outside. How many people are staring at the palace? It can be exaggerated by them to say that the rumors are all over the city, but the emperor has never stood up and said a word, which makes them attack the palace even more. The prince is not expected to go to the battlefield, even if it is all right, he will not let him go again On the battlefield, the palace may not have a chance in the future for this matter of attack, if there is any problem in this business, how can the palace continue to support it, I am afraid that it will be defeated in a few years."

"Mother, it's good if you can understand. I made a bold decision. I was afraid that my mother would blame me. I feel uneasy at all. Now that I have listened to my mother's words, my heart is settled. Even if the prince blames me, I will insist on it." The concubine is the person of the prince, honor and disgrace are shared, and from now on, the prince will never see the concubine again, and the concubine will not watch the palace be defeated." Concubine Lin cried: "The concubine can act on her will, regardless of everything, concubine body but can't."

The old concubine said: "Will the concubine check the account books with the prince?"

Concubine Lin wiped her tears and nodded, the old concubine said with a downcast face, "Go and see how the prince and concubine are doing."

Concubine Lin supported the old princess and went all the way to the pool garden. The prince and Yu Cheng were busy in the pool garden and didn't even have time to drink. Ye'er and Xiaoqing waited on the side. The old princess came to the door and looked at Looking at the situation in the room, Ye'er and Xiaoqing saw it first, and they were busy saluting. The old princess came in, waved to Ye'er and Xiaoqing, walked straight to Yu Cheng, and said: "The princess always stays with the prince like this. ?"

Yu Cheng raised his head and saluted quickly, the prince called out, "Mother."

The old concubine stared at Yu Cheng and said: "My lord's body is not fully recovered, my concubine doesn't take care of my lord to recuperate well, but instead drags my lord to take care of the affairs of the outer court and take over the business outside. Does the lord know how big the business of the palace is? With the prince's current body, he can't bear such a torment, the concubine didn't help to persuade him, but also accompanied the prince to toss, is this to make the prince's body heal forever? What kind of heart is it? "

Yu Cheng's face changed slightly, and he said: "You misunderstood, this is what the prince meant."

"My lord has been ill for so long, and I don't know what's going on outside. The wangfei knows it in her heart, but she doesn't explain it, and puts all the responsibilities on the lord. Is this what Yu's family taught?" the old wangfei said sternly.

The prince stood up, pulled Yu Cheng behind him, and said, "Mother, what did you hear?"

"It's not obvious. Don't think that I'm old, and I can mess around if I don't care about things." The old concubine patted the handrail heavily and said, "How did you get here in the past year, worrying about your body day and night, You have to be wary of people and things outside, even if there is a slight wind blowing, you have to be careful, and finally hope that you will recover and breathe a sigh of relief, but this thing happened again, the business outside is still Can't move, the palace can't bear a little change now, you are anxious to find something to do, I understand, but the princess doesn't know how to mess around, so I have to think about the thoughts in it, whether it is for the prince or for the Yu family. I don't know."

The prince glanced at Concubine Lin who was standing next to the old concubine, then turned back to look at the old concubine and said, "You can't let the outside affairs go, if this goes on, it will come out sooner or later. This time it was discovered early and no major incidents were caused. Come, but there is no guarantee that they won't make trouble in private."

"Let's put these things aside and deal with them behind closed doors." The old concubine said: "The prince's mansion will be here for a while, and you don't need to rely on these money to live. You have dealt with all the stewards, and who will do the business? Don't listen. It's a bad idea that shouldn't be listened to. The stewards don't know what it is like to be afraid. Give them a way out, and they will be safe. They are all dragging their families. If something happens, the family's food and drink For problems, sometimes scare them and give them some kindness, this is the only way to buy people's hearts."

The prince frowned, and the old princess continued: "When you are all well and have the ability to manage the business outside, you can do whatever you want, but now, the stewards have to stay, and the palace cannot spread anything wrong at this time." Nice rumor."

Concubine Lin said from the side: "My lord, please bear with me, mother is also worried about my lord."

The prince flicked his sleeves, agreeing, Yu Cheng looked at and shook his head, Concubine Lin said sharply: "Princess, do you think this is not good?"

Yu Cheng thought for a while and said: "It's all for the palace and for the prince, how can we handle it well, it's a good way." He didn't want to express his opinion at this time, and let the old concubine bear grudges.

Concubine Lin smiled and said: "Princess is eloquent. It's rare that the prince likes to stay with the concubine. We don't have this ability."

The old concubine glanced at Yu Cheng, looked at the piles of account books, and said with a little anger: "This matter is settled like this. If we move the account books, is this going to tire the prince?"

The servants came in to move the account books, the prince sat down and remained silent, the old concubine asked about the daily life of the prince Ye Er, and occasionally slapped Yu Cheng with her eyes, Concubine Lin smiled and said good things to the old concubine , making the old princess happy.

Concubine Xiao stood aside calmly. When the old concubine left, Concubine Xiao got up to send the concubine off. Concubine Lin was in a good mood and helped the concubine go back. The prince watched the concubine go out and fell back on the bed helplessly. Now, the account books will not be counted. There will be a lot of noise and little rain. I'm afraid the stewards don't have any plans to turn them over.

Yu Cheng sighed, patted the dust in his hands, and said, "Your Highness really let them go like this?"

The prince closed his eyes and said: "This prince will find a way."

Even if he has a plan in mind, Yu Cheng will not hurt this god. If you move a little bit about the affairs in the palace, it will cause a big trouble. Others have other intentions, the prince can't suppress the matter of the stewards, and it will soon spread, which is more serious than the prince's handling of the stewards.

Yucheng had nothing to do, so he went to take care of the green vegetables in the flower pot. The prince was reading in the study. When it was dark, someone came to the prince. A few middle-aged men in their forties came to the prince's study. When people go down, Yu Cheng feels very self-conscious about stepping down.

After two hours, these middle-aged men left, and the prince ordered someone to send the account book to them. Yu Cheng thought, these people may be the ones the prince said, and his people are here to take over the positions of the officials. It would save trouble if I gave it to them.

During the meal, the prince was obviously in a better mood. He drank half a bowl of porridge and wanted to play chess with Yu Cheng. Yu Cheng hesitated and said, "I don't know how to play chess."

The prince raised his eyes and said, "This prince will teach you."

At night, Yu Cheng frowned deeply, holding the chess piece in his hand tightly, staring at the chessboard for a stick of incense, but still didn't think about how to play it, on the opposite side, the corner of the prince's mouth was slightly curled up, looking at Yu Cheng with a troubled look on his face, I think it's cute.

Concubine Lin was walking back and forth in the room, and Wang Momo hurried in and said, "I passed the message to the stewards. The stewards are very grateful, thank you for your help, and also took out the gift I prepared early in the morning. I want to give it to you." Miss."

Concubine Lin took the fragrant wooden box from Nanny Wang's hand. It was very heavy in her hand. Concubine Lin opened it and saw three saffron stone slips in the wooden box. It’s a shame that the gods have made secret preparations.”

Wang Momo looked secretly surprised, how can I say that even if the stewards have no money, they can’t send some fruits over, and they are still packed in wooden boxes. This wooden box is more expensive than fruits, Wang Momo stepped forward to take it, and smiled Said: "Maybe they heard that Ms. Who Zhuan likes to eat fanshiliu, so they prepared this and sent it here, which is also a kindness."

"I'll give it to you." Concubine Lin turned around boringly and said, "It's getting late, after a busy day, it's time to rest."

"Yes." Wang Momo casually put the wooden box on the table and went to serve Concubine Lin to rest. When Concubine Lin fell asleep, Wang Momo lightened her steps and was about to step back. Her eyes glanced at the wooden box on the table, and her heart With a single movement, the wooden box was opened, and three attractive fanshiliu appeared in front of her eyes. Wang Momo liked it, picked one up, and as soon as she got it, she realized that it was not a fruit. It was too heavy to hold, so she squeezed it. Hard, Wang Momo exclaimed: "This is not fruit."

Concubine Lin woke up with her eyes closed, she sat up, lifted the quilt, stretched out her head and asked, "What happened?"

Nanny Wang hugged the wooden box, ran to the bed, and showed Concubine Lin the Panshiliu in her hand. After Concubine Lin took it, she realized that something was wrong. , very ingeniously carved into Fanshiliu, the fake can be confused with the real, unless you look closely or hold it in your hand, it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.

Concubine Lin asked Nanny Wang to keep the panstones with a nervous expression. Regardless of wearing underwear, she got up and hid the wooden box, and asked Nanny Wang to go outside to see if anyone was there. Nanny Wang went out to look in confusion There was no one, Concubine Lin gritted her teeth and said, "They are just dumping me into the kang."

Wang Momo asked, "What's the matter, Miss?"

"Do you know where this jade stone came from?" Concubine Lin said: "The business outside the palace has a jade shop, which specializes in selling some precious jade stones. In the shop, there are three rare jade stones stored in Panshi, but no one has ever bought them. I have seen it before, but I only heard that it is the treasure of the town shop. It will not be sold until the end. The old concubine is dedicated to the Buddha. The prince has been fighting outside all year round. No one has mentioned this matter, nor has he brought it back to the palace for storage. It means, now, they are too courageous, dare to steal the jade in the shop as a gift, this is to show me that they can reach the sky."

Wang Momo's expression changed drastically on the spot, and she said, "What should we do? If the old concubine and the prince find out, this crime will not be cleared."

"I'm afraid they won't recognize it when I send it back. The less people know about it, the better. If anyone sees it, they can insist that the gift is not Fan Shiliu." Concubine Lin broke out in a cold sweat, grabbed the quilt tightly and said: " Tomorrow, you go back to Lin's house and bring a set of jade beads, make it more common, in case someone finds out about it, you can still pass it by."

Wang Momo said cautiously: "That Shiliu can't be kept in the house, it's not too dangerous, let's take it away."

"You can't take it away." Concubine Lin said, "You can't move this thing now. It's hidden in a hidden compartment. Even if someone comes looking for it, they won't be able to find it."

Wang Momo was still very worried, so she blew out the lamp, touched the darkness, and hid the wooden box in the dark under the faint moonlight. In the dark night, Concubine Lin stared closely with her eyes until Wang Momo Mammy closed the secret compartment, and the two of them stayed silently for a cup of tea in the dark night, listening to the subtle movements outside, except for the sound of the wind and some unknown insects, they heard no other sounds. Relaxing, Concubine Lin lay down again, but she didn't feel sleepy anymore.