I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

Xiaoqin went to the west courtyard and found Zhao Yuling, who was chatting with Fang Yao in her room.

Xiaoqin explained her purpose, and Zhao Yuling was secretly happy. It seemed that An Muxi had become addicted to her chestnut cake.

He quickly said enthusiastically: "Since your master likes it, I will make her some cakes with different flavors this time."

Xiaoqin agreed with a smile and went back.

Fang Yao said unhappily, "Why are you so nice to her? Last time, she kicked us out without any hesitation."

Zhao Yuling had long been fed up with Fang Yao, but she thought that keeping her might be useful someday, so she kept in touch with her.

Fang Yao has a hot temper and Zhao Yuling is her only friend in the backyard, so she comes to see her whenever she has nothing to do.

Zhao Yuling still said patiently: "She is in favor now, be nice to her, she will remember my kindness in the future, maybe she can help me. When I have a chance to succeed, I will definitely not forget you, Sister Fang."

Fang Yao felt much better after hearing her say that, but she still said, "It's you. You have such a good temper and you are beautiful. If the prince saw your good side, he would definitely not like that bitch An Muxi anymore."

When Zhao Yuling heard this, she frowned, but a handsome and elegant figure came to her mind.

She was in a bit of a bad mood and just wanted to finish the things that person had arranged for her as soon as possible so that she could leave the Prince Rui's Mansion as soon as possible.

So he sent Fang Yao away, took out a small paper package from under the mattress and hid it in his sleeve, then walked towards the small kitchen in the west yard.

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An Muxi was thinking about how to make money in the study. Now that the cooperation with the bookstore was going smoothly, the matter of the clinic could be discussed after the start-up capital was obtained.

For now, it’s better to stay down and stop running around, and concentrate on writing.

This time I plan to write some books suitable for men, so I wrote down the title of the book "Don't Despise the Poor Youngsters". Is it okay to refer to the books of great writers?

Just as An Muxi was writing furiously, in the study of Prince Rui's Mansion, Li Rui had a gloomy face. He was still angry about An Muxi, and now he heard another bad news.

"Master, the people from Shadow Pavilion have already arrived in Rongzhou last time, and found the home of the Rongzhou prefect, but after searching, they did not find the Purple Bead Creeper."

Li Rui didn't expect this matter to go so wrong, and asked coldly: "Then what? Is there such a thing as purple bead creeper? Could it be that someone spread false news?"

Jianying lowered his head and dared not whisper: "The Rongzhou prefect seemed to know that someone was going to steal the medicine, and he actually used a trick to avoid our search."

"He sent a group of people disguised as a merchant caravan into the imperial capital, and now the medicine has been presented to His Majesty!"

Could it be that someone informed the prefect in advance, otherwise how could he come up with such an idea? Li Rui suddenly remembered that the Rongzhou prefect was a distant relative of the queen's mother's family.

It was the prince who recommended him to become the prefect. It's the queen and the prince again! Li Rui clenched his fists.

Although the person who poisoned him has not been found yet, from all the current information, it can be seen that there is a high probability that the Queen and the Prince poisoned him.

He must get this herb. Thinking of this, he stood up and ordered, "Prepare the horses and go into the palace."

When we arrived at the palace, Emperor Li Wenxu was reviewing memorials in the imperial study. He was considered a diligent emperor. In the 20 years since he ascended the throne, the country was peaceful, the governance was in good order, and people's lives were improving.

Every day one can see some flattering and praising memorials among the greetings.

Li Rui seldom goes to the palace because it is his sad place. Every time he comes here, he recalls many bad memories from his childhood.

Arriving at the door of the Imperial Study, Gao Gong, who was beside the Emperor, saw Li Rui and hurriedly came up to him with a smile: "This old servant greets His Royal Highness Prince Rui. Your Royal Highness Prince Rui, why are you here today?"

Li Rui said calmly: "Eunuch Gao, I have something to ask my father, please help me pass it on."

Eunuch Gao quickly agreed and entered the inner hall.

In the imperial study, Eunuch Gao came in and reported, "Your Majesty, Prince Rui is here."

Li Wenxu's hand holding the pen was startled, and he looked up at Eunuch Gao, with a look of surprise and joy, and said, "Why don't you invite him in?"

Eunuch Gao hurried out to invite someone, and soon Li Rui entered the inner hall and knelt respectfully to pay his respects to the emperor.

"My son, I would like to send my regards to my father."

Li Wenxu smiled faintly and said, "You kid, you finally came to see your father?"

"Is it because your father didn't ask you to come that you didn't take the initiative to come and see him and your mother?"

Li Rui lowered his head, and his expression could not be seen clearly. He only heard him say in a low and forbearing voice: "Father, I came here this time to ask you for medicine."

After saying this, he raised his head. When the emperor saw his red eyes, he was shocked. He knew that his son had a grudge against him because of his mother's death.

So since he got married and moved out to set up his own residence, he rarely came to the palace. This time he suddenly came to see me and his expression was very aggrieved. What happened?

He felt distressed when he saw his face, which was almost identical to that of his mother, Concubine Rong, looking at him with red eyes.

Yes, Li Rui’s mother was the woman he loved most in his life.

He had learned the art of being an emperor since he was a child. After becoming an emperor, he had three thousand beauties in his harem, but he never truly fell in love with any of them. Even when it came to the queen, he only gave her the honor that came with the position of queen.

It was not until Concubine Rong entered the palace that she entered his heart with her stunning appearance, her personality as gentle as a chrysanthemum, and her non-competitiveness. For her, he neglected the harem.

But the good times did not last long. After giving birth to Li Rui, Concubine Rong's health deteriorated and she passed away when Li Rui was 7 years old.

The emperor was so heartbroken that he even stopped attending court for three days. He posthumously conferred her the title of Imperial Noble Consort.

He also wanted to appoint the young Li Rui as the crown prince. If many ministers had not jointly written a letter to stop him, Li Rui would probably have become the crown prince by now.

The ministers wrote in a memorial: Tiansheng State has always advocated the system of establishing the eldest son as the crown prince. If Li Rui is established as the crown prince, how will the eldest prince born by the queen deal with himself? This is a sign of chaos in the country.

In the end, the matter was suppressed. The beauty had passed away and it was too late to do anything.

Later, every time he saw Li Rui, he would think of Concubine Rong and would feel sad. He had no choice but to follow the Queen's advice and send him to be fostered by Concubine Li, who had no children at the time.

Before going to Concubine Li, Li Rui had found him and begged him not to send him away. He did not want to recognize someone else as his mother, and begged him to investigate the cause of his mother's death.

But he knew that Concubine Rong had injured her body due to heavy bleeding during childbirth, and that was why she had been bedridden ever since.

He was heartbroken at the time and just comforted Li Rui with a few words before having him sent away.

From then on, this prince he loved the most became distant from him. He was no longer willing to take the initiative to look for him, and after he opened his own residence, he was even more unwilling to take the initiative to come to the palace to visit him.

Today he suddenly came and looked at him with such grievance, which moved the emperor. He asked with concern: "Rui'er, are you sick? What kind of medicine do you need? Just go and get whatever medicine you need from the Imperial Hospital."

Li Rui sneered in his heart. Everyone said that among the emperor's four adult princes, the emperor liked Prince Rui the most.

However, he didn't know that he had been poisoned with love flowers in the palace, and the emperor was completely unaware of it. Now in order to get the medicine, he can only pretend to be a loving father and son.

Even he himself felt disgusted. In his heart, the emperor only loved himself and his throne.

He had said so much that he loved his mother, but when she died, he was unwilling to investigate the cause of death. Instead, he threw himself to the hypocritical Concubine Li. How could he not feel resentful?

But he still pretended to look at the emperor with admiration and respect: "Father, I want to ask for a medicinal herb called Purple Pearl Crane Grass."