The reborn prince's little palace maid in the apocalypse

Duke Chengen no longer thought about his unfulfilled granddaughter.

Instead, he said to the couple in front of him: "I will take Feiyang, the eldest son, and the third son to the banquet." Feiyang is the eldest son of Cheng'en Palace, and the eldest son and the third son refer to the legitimate sons born to the eldest concubine. .

Duke Chengen has a total of five sons, but except for the eldest son Shu Feiyang, the others are all concubines. Since the crown prince was appointed, those who brought their families were sent to the Duke Chengen's mansion. The two in the west Went to live in the yard. When the prince inherits the title of Duke Cheng'en, they will all move out. Because Cheng'en Gong's first wife died long ago, he has never remarried. Now the imperial concubine is taking care of all the middle wives in the mansion. Therefore, the main people living in the back house are the prince's family.

In addition to the imperial concubine, the Crown Prince Shu Feiyang also had three concubines (the kind with dowry) and five concubines, as well as three common rooms, one in the courtyard of the Crown Prince and two in the study room in front. The prince has three sons and seven daughters. Among them, the eldest son, third son, eldest daughter, fourth daughter and youngest seventh daughter were all born to the imperial concubine. The second son was born to Mrs. Ru named You. The second daughter, the third daughter and the sixth daughter were born to three concubines respectively. There was also a fifth daughter who was born to the prince's concubine and has been raised by the prince's concubine.

"As for you?" Duke Chengen pointed at the Crown Princess, "You take the fourth and seventh girls directly to Kunde Palace to pay your respects to the queen. Don't take the girls to the banquet ahead." Duke Chengen thought. After thinking for a while, he said: "You are the wife of the clan, and there are too many things to do during the New Year. The queen will not keep you, but if you want to mention it to the queen, say that you will keep the seventh girl to relieve her boredom."

"Seventh girl?" The imperial concubine was stunned, wondering if her father-in-law had made a mistake. She quickly said, "Father, seventh girl is only eleven this year. Did you mean to say fourth girl? She is fourteen this year."

Duke Cheng'en didn't say anything, he just looked at her, and the princess suddenly thought of the previous rumors about the East Palace. She shouted and stood up suddenly. Facing Cheng'en Gong's eyes without a trace of emotion, the imperial concubine was less than forty years old and looked like a relatively thin person. Maybe it was because she gave birth to five children, or maybe because she was in charge of a family. A member of a large family, or even an internal member of a family, there was no flesh on her face, and even her lower jaw was pointed. At this time, her whole body was tense, her hands were trembling slightly, and her lips trembled a few times, but she didn't say anything. The prince on the side hurriedly pulled her sleeves and motioned her to sit down first. .

The prince Shu Feiyang smiled and said to Duke Cheng'en: "I just listen to my father. It's just that the seventh girl was raised a bit delicate. Your daughter-in-law is also afraid that she will stay alone in the palace and be naughty and bump into any nobles. I want to do it." Why don't we let her fourth sister stay with her for a few days?"

Duke Chengen thought for a while and nodded. "Then let the two sisters go to the palace to stay for a few more days." He was also praised by others in the past few years. He was a little too condescending and his mind was not clear. He didn't think about it. That was the palace, not the palace. He can live wherever he wants in his backyard. After all, he was not the chosen master of the family who had been raised since he was a child. His behavior and vision were still a level below those of a serious legitimate son.

After arranging these things, Chengen Gong proposed that the imperial concubine should go back first. The Crown Princess saw the look the Crown Prince gave her, and secretly gritted her teeth in hatred, but there was no dissatisfaction on her face. She bowed calmly and left.

Duke Cheng'en left the crown prince behind because he wanted to talk to him about the crown prince's affairs.

Although the current young prince, Yan Sinian, is the grandson of the Shu family, his dealings with their family have always been about face.

When he was still the eleventh prince, he seemed to be doing well. He respected everyone in the Shu family, and he never showed up as a prince in the Shu family. But since he became the prince, he has not been very close to the Shu family. Especially in the past three years, there have been fewer and fewer people visiting, and basically no one visits unless there is an important matter.

In fact, Cheng'en Gong and the Crown Prince also knew that this was why they failed to maintain their friendship with others. The main reason is that the age difference between Yan Sinian and Yan Hongyang is a bit big. To be disrespectful, if the emperor died early, Yan Hongyang might not have grown up yet by the time Yan Hongyang had settled down in the world. Since you already have a ready-made prince, who cares about a child. At that time, they did not spend much money with Yan Sinian, who was still a prince, with money from their grandfather and uncle.

But who would have thought that things in the world would change so suddenly that His Majesty, the Crown Prince of a country, would lose everything at the drop of a hat. So people, you really can’t put all your eggs in one basket, otherwise you will be overwhelmed if you are not careful.

What we can still be thankful for now is that the Shu family is still the prince's maternal family. Even if the relationship is not good, it can be remedied. In the past few years, their family has shown goodwill to the East Palace many times. Although the effect is not very obvious, the prince's three wives His son, Shu Zihao, took advantage of the fact that he was younger than the prince, and acted coquettishly and cutely in front of the prince, so he also got into the East Palace and came and went freely. This is a good signal for the Shu family to go further with the East Palace.

Duke Cheng'en discussed with his son and asked the third son to take his eldest brother Shu Zixuan to send the New Year's gifts to the East Palace one day in advance. I heard that the prince has a favored maid around him recently, and this time the New Year's gifts can be added with some gifts for women. Clothes, gouache, jewelry, etc. He asked his son to go back and tell the Crown Princess to prepare these tonight. At the same time, he also told the Crown Princess that the Queen had said before that the Crown Princess would definitely not be chosen from the Shu family, but this was the Emperor's wish, not the Crown Prince's wish, so she asked her to tell the two girls not to work in the wrong direction.

The prince frowned secretly, but did not refute his father's words, and just kept echoing them.

On the other side, the Crown Princess felt a sigh of relief in her chest as she left the courtyard where the backyard study room was. With a sullen face, she shook off the maid who came to help her, and walked quickly towards the yard where Su Liuyun lived.

The courtyard where Su Liuyun lives now is second to none in the Cheng'en Palace. Although she was not married to the prince at that time, from the moment the imperial edict was issued, she was considered half a member of the royal family. Even if she lived in In your own home, your food and clothing expenses are naturally higher than those of others. Even though her current status is embarrassing and her fiancé, who is the prince, is missing, no one dares to drive her out of this courtyard.

The Crown Princess walked through the hall and around the cloister. The Qushui creek meandered under the corridor and flowed into a small pond. There was a small bridge on the pond. Looking from here, the bridge was straight, flowing along the water into the forest. A small building can be vaguely seen in the forest. The windows on the upper floor are exquisite, and the skylight and cloud shadows are reflected on it. After crossing the bridge, the Crown Princess looked up and saw the courtyard where her poor daughter was. In the past, the place was full of flowers and people came and went, but now only a few winter plums in the corner still have some color.