The mind-reading sick prince led me and the system to go crazy

On the other side, Luhe Palace.

The eldest prince Xie Qi entered the Luhe Palace with a gloomy face and angrily. He ignored the palace maids' attempts to stop him and broke into the concubine Shu's bedroom without permission.

Concubine Shu was taking a nap on the couch.

She closed her eyes, frowned slightly, and listened to the noise in the hall. When Concubine Shu was about to start scolding, she heard the voice of "Mother" first.

The maids following the eldest prince Xie Qi all knelt down in panic, bowed their heads, and apologized to the woman on the couch: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I couldn't stop the eldest prince and disturbed you for a moment."

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Shu opened her eyes immediately.

A pair of narrow fox eyes fell on the eldest prince who was standing in front of the couch at this time, and a bright smile instantly appeared in his eyes. Concubine Shu got up from the couch, and the maid Chu Xia who was guarding the couch hurriedly supported her hand, "Qi'er is here."

Xie Qi also showed a warm smile on his face, and with a look full of admiration, he called out again, "Mother."

Concubine Shu got off the couch and stood in front of the eldest prince Xie Qi. She raised her hand and patted his shoulder, smiling and said, "Okay, Qi'er, go out and wait for mother, okay?"

Seeing that his mother was only wearing a thin single layer of clothing, Xie Qi thought that she might catch a cold by accident, so he quickly stepped back half a step. He said with an annoyed look, "It was my son who was willful for a moment. I will leave now."

Concubine Shu smiled and said, "Go ahead."

Xie Qi came in a hurry, intending to ask his mother to help him solve his doubts, but the palace maids outside the palace kept trying to stop him, saying that it was not convenient for him to see his mother at this time.

But Xie Qi has been favored by Concubine Shu since he was a child, which made him act recklessly. There is nothing he cannot do whatever he wants to do. Naturally, he must meet the people he wants to meet.

The palace maids' obstruction only made him more eager to ask his mother to answer his questions.

Now that he had broken into the bedroom and saw his mother, Xie Qi was able to calm down again.

The only one who can truly control Xie Qi is Concubine Shu.

After the eldest prince left, the smile on Concubine Shu's face instantly disappeared without a trace. She stared coldly at the four palace maids who were kneeling on the ground and trembling, and sneered: "Come here, drag them all out and beat them with fifty sticks! Throw them out if they die!"

"What a bunch of blind people, how dare they even stop the Crown Prince?"

Before she finished speaking, the four palace maids turned pale and kowtowed to Concubine Shu desperately, crying and shouting, "This slave deserves death. Please forgive me, Madam!"

"Please forgive me, Madam!"

"I will never dare to do that again!"

"Please forgive me, my lady!"

But no matter how much they kowtowed and begged, there would only be one outcome -

dead!

Obviously, they were just following the Queen's orders. When the Queen was taking a nap in the bedroom, no one was allowed to disturb her...

The four palace maids didn't even have a chance to defend themselves before they were picked up by the strong old women and taken out to be beaten with a stick.

Naturally, the movements in the bedroom could not be hidden from the eldest prince Xie Qi.

Xie Qi stood with his hands behind his back, a sneer on his lips.

The four palace maids who had dared to stop him were punished in front of Luhe Palace, and Xie Qi strode forward to watch the punishment.

Listening to the screams falling into his ears, Xie Qi's eyes were full of indifference, but the anger in his heart had not yet subsided. The anger he suffered from the Crown Prince was churning in his chest, making him inexplicably want to go forward and beat the palace maid with a stick.

If he can't deal with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how could he not deal with these slaves?

Just as Xie Qi was about to go over and snatch the stick from the old woman's hand, he heard footsteps behind him, followed by a gentle question:

"Qier, are you scared?"

Concubine Shu stood beside Xie Qi, her eyes full of kindness.

Chuxia followed from a distance, she lowered her head and did not come closer.

Before Xie Qi could speak, Concubine Shu said, "Don't be afraid, Qi'er. Those blind people offended my Qi'er, and I will not spare their lives."

In Shufei's eyes, the lives of others, except those of her own family, don't count at all. A few worthless lives are not worth a finger of her son.

If they die, they die. There are so many palace maids in the palace anyway, so killing a few of them won’t be a big deal.

"Mother is absolutely right."

Xie Qi turned around. Not wanting his mother to see such a bloody scene, he supported his mother's hand and led her into the palace: "This time, I came here because I have something to ask you, mother."

Concubine Shu was surprised: "What's the matter?"

Xie Qi: "Before I came here, I met the second prince."

"Prince?"

When the Crown Prince was mentioned, Concubine Shu's eyes flashed with disgust, her tone turned cold, and she gritted her teeth and said, "It's a pity that he didn't die in Jiangnan."

"I thought that since he was away on business this time, far away from Shengjing, it would be a good opportunity to kill him."

"Even if we can't take his life, we can at least make him a cripple. But I never thought that the many assassins I sent would turn out to be useless and unable to hurt him at all!"

It would have been fine if she couldn't hurt the prince, but the groups of assassins she sent out were completely wiped out, not a single one was left alive!

When she received the secret letter, Concubine Shu was so angry that she couldn't even eat dinner. She tossed and turned all night, and her mind was full of thoughts about how to kill the prince and push her own Qi'er to the throne.

"Don't worry, mother."

As he said this, Xie Qi glanced at the palace maids guarding the palace. Although they were all loyal to his mother, he thought it would be better to be cautious when it came to scheming against the crown prince.

The palace maids who were targeted by the eldest prince lowered their heads and pretended to be calm. Their whole bodies were tense, fearing that they would hear the eldest prince's order to execute them in the next moment.

Sensing Xie Qi's actions, Concubine Shu felt relieved. She relaxed her expression, hid the coldness in her eyes, patted the back of Xie Qi's hand, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, they dare not gossip about us."

Luhe Palace has long been managed by her like an iron barrel. No spies from outside can get in. All those who can stay in Luhe Palace are her people. Anyone who dares to leak any information outside will be killed by her!

Previously, there were two foolish palace maids who secretly communicated with the palace maids in other palaces. After being discovered by Concubine Shu, she beat the two palace maids to death outside the Luhe Palace in front of all the palace maids.

After that, no one dared to have any bad intentions in Luhe Palace.

Xie Qi nodded: "It's all because of mother's good discipline. If mother wasn't smart, I wouldn't be so relieved."

Concubine Shu gave him a glare and said, "Alright, stop praising me. You came here to look for your mother, but did the prince give you a hard time just now?"

"If he really makes things difficult for you, Mother will definitely find a way to vent your anger for you and will not let it go!"

Concubine Shu cares extremely about her only son, Xie Qi. She has already placed all her hopes on him. She can tolerate the Empress making things difficult for her, but she cannot tolerate the Prince dealing with her Qi'er.

In Concubine Shu's opinion, the sickly Crown Prince is no match for her Qi'er!

"If you say it's difficult, it's not really."

Xie Qi said thoughtfully: "When I met the second prince, I saw a woman accompanying him. I was curious and couldn't help asking about the identity of that girl, but the second prince told me to come back and ask mother..."

Concubine Shu was suspicious: "Just because of this?"

Xie Qi nodded: "That's right, please tell me, mother."

Concubine Shu: "..."

Concubine Shu was silent.

Shufei had no idea what the prince was up to. Just one sentence from him made Qi'er rush to Luhe Palace. Could it be that she really knew that woman?

If she remembered correctly, there were only three women in the prince's backyard.

The concubine is Xiao Shuyi from the Xiao family, and the only concubine is Zhang Baozhu from the mighty general's mansion. The remaining one...

Concubine Shu narrowed her eyes and suddenly smiled.

"I didn't expect the prince would actually bring her into the palace."

Xie Qi raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise: "Does mother really know?"

Concubine Shu said "hmm" and continued, "If mother is not mistaken, the girl accompanying the prince should be Lu Xiaoxiao, whom mother specially sent to the palace."

"Lu Xiaoxiao is good-looking, so mother wanted her to stay by the prince's side as a spy, but mother has never heard a word from her..."

Who would have thought that the prince would bring Lu Xiaoxiao into the palace today, and would happen to meet Qi'er?

Why?

Are you planning to put on a show for her?

Concubine Shu couldn't help but think too deeply about it, suspecting that the prince had some bad intentions to deal with Qi'er.

"So that girl was sent over by my mother?"

Xie Qi was puzzled when he heard this: "How dare Second Prince bring her with him? Could it be that he is not afraid that Mother will do something to him?"

"Perhaps this is the prince's brilliance."

Concubine Shu said in a sarcastic tone: "He deliberately brought Lu Xiaoxiao into the palace. On the surface, he seems to care about that girl, but I don't know what he really thinks."

"Once I really believe his superficial actions, I might even let my guard down against him. If he wants to plot against me, I'm afraid I won't be able to react in time!"

"Second brother is really insidious!"

Xie Qi murmured, "No wonder he refused to tell me the identity of that girl directly, and insisted that I come to ask you, mother. It turns out that he wanted to use me to tell you about this!"

"Exactly."

Concubine Shu agreed with this. She frowned and solemnly warned Xie Qi: "Qi'er, you must be cautious when facing the crown prince in the future. Be very cautious and don't fall into his trap!"

Xie Qi nodded: "Don't worry, mother. I understand."

Concubine Shu pondered: "It seems that Lu Xiaoxiao, this chess piece, will become a useless chess piece."

During this period of time, there were so many affairs in the palace that she was annoyed and forgot about the spies she had planted in the Prince's Mansion. Now that the Prince had brought his men in, if she didn't ask about it in person, wouldn't it be a waste of the Prince's kindness?

"Early summer."

After saying this, Chu Xia stepped forward and stood in front of Concubine Shu: "I am here, what instructions does Your Majesty have?"

"you--"

As soon as Concubine Shu opened her mouth, Xie Qi took over and said, "Mother, the second prince should have gone to Feng'an Palace."

Concubine Shu: "Chuxia, go to Feng'an Palace and ask outside whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has brought a woman to see the Queen."

"Yes, slave, I'll do it now."

Chu Xia responded, turned around and left quickly.

Concubine Shu thought that she should send someone to "invite" Lu Xiaoxiao to Luhe Palace. If she didn't work well for her, then there would be no need for her to live.

Traitors, all deserve to die!

……

Lu Xiaoxiao, who had just come out of Feng'an Palace and was being worried about by Concubine Shu, sneezed several times in succession before she could stop.

She always felt her nose itchy and couldn't help sneezing.

She endured it, but she couldn't hold it back.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother did not care about her disrespect, otherwise, she would really dig a hole on the spot and bury herself in it. It was really too embarrassing!

[I don’t know which bad guy secretly cursed me behind my back! He made me sneeze so many times! ]

[I am so disrespectful. I wonder if the Queen will think that I am not dignified enough and not allow me to enter the palace again? ]

Looking at Lu Xiaoxiao's annoyed expression, the queen couldn't help laughing. If Lu Xiaoxiao didn't enter the palace, how could she have any fun?

The queen showed a worried look on her face: "Did Xiaoxiao catch a cold? If not, how could this happen?"

As she spoke, the queen ordered the palace maid beside her to quickly return to the small kitchen in Feng'an Palace and ask for a bowl of ginger soup.

There is a small kitchen in Feng'an Palace.

When the Queen was pregnant with the Crown Prince, the imperial kitchen was careless and made a mistake. The bird's nest porridge received by the concubines in the other palaces was spiked with saffron. A noble lady named Li was greedy and the palace maids around her were not careful enough. Noble lady Li drank the bird's nest porridge without any precautions, and the newly conceived Dragon Child was killed.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother was suffering from severe morning sickness at the time and couldn't eat anything, so she didn't drink the bowl of bird's nest porridge, and the fetus was saved.

Afterwards, the emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. He also sent people to Feng'an Palace to build a small kitchen. The cook was sent into the palace by the queen's mother.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Madam."

Seeing the palace maid who was going back for ginger soup gradually walking away, Lu Xiaoxiao couldn't stop her even if she wanted to, so she had to accept the Queen's kindness.

"It's just a small matter, Xiaoxiao, don't take it to heart."

The Queen smiled and said, "Do you want to go for a walk in the Imperial Garden with me?"

In the past, there would always be many concubines waiting in the imperial garden at this time to meet the emperor, so the queen wanted to take Lu Xiaoxiao there to broaden her horizons.

It would be even better if there were unexpected surprises.

The Queen also wanted to know how much Lu Xiaoxiao knew about the palace...

Lu Xiaoxiao didn't know what the Queen was thinking, so she readily agreed: "Of course I am willing to go with you."

The queen nodded with satisfaction.

Feng'an Palace was not far from the Imperial Garden. The Queen sat on the sedan chair and Lu Xiaoxiao followed beside her. A quarter of an hour later, they arrived at the Imperial Garden.

Just as the queen had thought before, there were indeed many concubines in the imperial garden at this time.

Some of the concubines were dressed beautifully and danced like butterflies, which was quite stunning.

Some concubines gathered together in the pavilion to recite poems and compose couplets.

The queen was no longer surprised by this.

On the contrary, Lu Xiaoxiao looked like a country bumpkin, with a pair of bright almond eyes that were almost too bright to look at——

[Wow! That lady's dancing is so beautiful, she is indeed the most beautiful courtesan from Yichun Tower!]

[However, Your Majesty, do you know that this courtesan was personally selected for Your Majesty by the eldest prince? ]

Queen:? ? ?

What about the stunning courtesan in Yichun Tower?

That was clearly the little princess that the foreign envoys had brought into the palace some time ago! !