female concubine

"Your Highness Qianqiu." Sensing someone behind her, the woman turned around and said slightly.

The stunned man folded his sleeves and stepped up the tower, walked to the wall and looked down at the peach trees on both sides of the Bian River. The crown prince put his hands behind his back, "Princess Chu, do you still remember what I said to you when I was in Zhao Wang's mansion?" ?”

Xiao Youqing frowned lightly, "How dare Youqing forget His Royal Highness's golden words."

"What I said before was all out of my anger. You know that my heart has always been on you. I am not afraid of being reviled by others, and I am not afraid of impeachment from Taiwan. As long as you are willing, there is still room for you here Your position." Xiao Youqing wanted to ask him something back, so he quickly answered: "You don't need to refuse coldly, I only ask you a question today, King Chu, is it really that good?"

Xiao Youqing looked sideways at Wei Kai, and replied: "She is not good." Then he turned around and looked at the distant mountains and forests and said indifferently: "It is for you, except me."

"Except for you? Well, there is really no room for anything but you." Wei Kai sneered, "But, not necessarily, he loves you in every possible way, but he needs your support from Mrs. Xiao, and now he obeys you , is just greedy for beauty, he doesn't have a long-lasting family, and he doesn't have a face that doesn't age, he is a man just like me, how can I not know what this man is thinking?"

"Greed?" Xiao Youqing lowered his head and smiled coldly, then raised his head to stare at Wei Kai, "Your Highness, why not?"

Wei Kai stepped forward and wanted to take a step forward, but in the end he held back and didn't move forward, "Yes, I also had plans at the beginning, but I treat you with sincerity, you are afraid that if you help me, I will destroy you You Xiao family, but have you ever thought about which king would not do this in ancient times? Whether it is me or him, the king of Chu, have you asked him, if he ascended the throne, would he let the Xiao family go? The Jiang family? Wei Kai shook his head, "He won't, because the emperor always puts power first and love second."

Xiao Youqing did not deny what Wei Kai said, no matter who it is in the end, once it climbs to a high position, it will no longer be restrained. With Chu King's character and means, how can he stay by his side? Don't be afraid that the princess will be sad."

"Your hearts are all on the same person. Even if Bengong dies of a sudden illness in the future, you may not be sad."

"His Royal Highness is really generous."

"It's not that I am magnanimous, but that I want to show you the attitude I have towards my wife. The princess is a pure girl who doesn't even know why her own child is gone," Wei Kai said coldly Looking at Xiao Youqing deeply, "If she had been the side concubine of King Chu, she would have really suffered."

"Your Highness is really quick to get rid of the relationship. If it weren't for ambition, how could there be so many deaths in vain? Youqing is, and officials are, so what about Your Highness?" Xiao Youqing turned around and looked at Wei Kai, "Your Highness is wearing a brocade robe. How did the jade belt come from?"

Xiao Youqing then took a step closer, opened his deep eyes, "It was picked off from my own brother."

Wei Kai was taken aback by Xiao Youqing's words, and subconsciously took two steps back, "Don't forget, you are also among the people who participated in the abolition of the prince. If it wasn't for you, how could His Majesty abolish him? It's all his own fault."

Xiao Youqing walked past Wei Kai, they didn't bring anyone with them when they went upstairs, and the soldiers of the nearby garrison were also dismissed, Xiao Youqing walked down the stone steps, "When your Highness is sleeping in the East Palace, remember to let people Burn a brazier to get rid of bad luck."

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The crown prince returned to the East Palace full of resentment. A white lion cat ran out of the main hall and hit his feet. He kicked it away angrily, "Get out!"

The servant who was in charge of the cat's daily life was so frightened that he picked up the kicked lion cat and bowed his head and trembled.

The princess heard the cat's screams and walked out of the hall, and picked up the cat from the arms of the servant, "Your Highness is angry, why kick this cat? It didn't provoke you." Seeing that the cat had no external injuries, but Looking weak and powerless, the princess anxiously said to the servant: "Send it to the cattery to see the doctor."

Wei Kai felt that she was making a fuss, and said disapprovingly, "It's just an imported cat, I can't kick it anymore?"

"Your Highness also knows that it is an imported cat. If the cat bestowed by His Majesty the Overseas Tribute dies in the Eastern Palace, with so many people and so many eyes, will all of them open their eyes and tell lies, and dare to deceive the King?"

Wei Kai was stunned by the princess's sudden admonition, "Why have you become like those women?"

The princess lowered her head, "It's nothing, it's just that since I came to the East Palace, when I have nothing to do, I can only learn etiquette from the mother. It is true that the prince lives in the palace, but at the same time he is being kneeled by others, he is also stared at by thousands of eyes, don't His Highness remember what happened to the deposed prince?"

Wei Kai lowered his head slightly, "Uncle Shanyin..."

A servant in the East Palace walked into the courtyard entrance and bowed his waist to report: "His Royal Highness, the Prime Minister is here."

"Liang Wenfu?" Wei Kai turned sideways, and immediately said to the Crown Princess: "I heard that Weng Weng's health has been deteriorating recently, and when I get some time back, I will accompany you back to have a look."

Li Shi just looked up and stared at him without answering.

Seeing her like this, Wei Kai turned around and asked, "What's wrong?" He touched his face again, "Is there something on my face?"

"Are the rumors in the court true?" Mrs. Li frowned slightly, "They said that His Highness and the King of Chu..."

"Is it over?" Wei Kai immediately turned cold, and cursed at the servants and palace people around him: "Who the hell is gossiping in front of the Crown Princess?

Several palace servants and servants were so frightened that they immediately knelt down, trembling and not daring to speak.

"The concubine is neither deaf nor blind, it has nothing to do with them."

"Don't listen to the gossip outside, people who don't know will think it's because I haven't trained well." Wei Kai ignored the Crown Princess' pleading, and shouted to the entrance of the courtyard: "Come here!"

Hearing that several servants came in, "Your Highness."

"Drag away these nonsense palace servants and give them twenty slaps."

"Yes."

"Your Highness." Li Shi took a step closer and grabbed Wei Kai's sleeve.

Wei Kai just shook his hand away coldly, "I have to go to see the Prime Minister, so I won't be with the Crown Princess today."

When Fei Pao reached the center of the courtyard, he touched the jade belt on his back? He stopped, and then turned around, "Yes, what the people outside said is not wrong at all, but I don't want to fight with him, because I am the king. , is the orthodox successor of my dynasty, but he, a concubine, has become covetous, being unfaithful as a minister is unfilial, how can this palace let such an unfaithful and unfilial person go?"

Mrs. Li wanted to step forward to say something, but Wei Kai said coldly again: "Li Linxuan, I can pamper you according to your temperament, but don't get involved in outside matters if women don't understand them. You'd better settle down for me, otherwise don't blame me for not showing respect." The person who finished throwing the words turned and left.

"The King of Chu, the King of Chu, everything is the King of Chu!" Along the way, Wei Kai even kicked over a few potted plants on the side of the gravel road, scaring the servants on both sides.

I heard that the former abolished prince was a moody person, but now he has changed to a different person. Some servants and palace servants returned to the East Palace from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to serve as errands. The new master has a worse temper than the old master.

Liang Wenfu stood in the hall with his sleeves up for a long time. He didn't see a red body until the tea was cold.

Liang Wenfu stepped forward and raised his hem, and knelt down in the manner of Jishou, "I bow to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

After sending everyone away, Wei Kai didn't go to help him, he walked over to the couch and sat down on the small table, gently raised his hand and said: "It's not a big ceremony, it's an important ceremony to participate in politics. "

"The ceremony of Jishou is originally the ceremony for courtiers to kneel and worship the king. It is not important for ministers to use it anytime."

Wei Kai put his hands together and rubbed gently, "Participating in politics this time?"

"Oh, I'm here this time to convey His Majesty's decree."

Wei Kai sat upright, "Decree?"

"Yes, His Majesty is not feeling well. Today, he suddenly fainted in the hall. The imperial doctor said it was caused by overwork. Now that spring is in full bloom, Gen Yue is in full bloom. His Majesty thought of going to Gen Yue to rest for a few days. By this time, the guard of honor should have already set off."

Wei Kai stood up slowly, "So?"

"From now on, the crown prince will oversee the country, and the military affairs and the affairs of the three departments will be handled by the crown prince. The jade seal will be placed in the Wende Hall. When His Highness is in charge of the country, he can move to the Wende Hall. Of course, the case files will be brought to the East Palace. It is also possible, but the ministers have to work hard and go a long way."

"Supervisor the country?" Wei Kai seemed a little unreal, "There is a war in the northwest, so your majesty is going to Genyue to let me supervise the country at this time?"

Liang Wenfu nodded, "The decree has been published by the Tongjin Division as a court newspaper. I believe that all the ministers and workers have already known it. This is a test for Your Highness."

Wei Kai shook his head, "Do you know how to participate in politics? Your Majesty treats the country as his own destiny. In the past, the crown prince supervised the country, and the palace followed him to conscript. The reason for the conquest is because he wants to firmly control the military power in his own hands." Wei Kai put his hands together He bowed his waist, raised his head and smiled and said, "But do you know? We are fighting, and His Majesty in the barracks still knows everything about the court. Wu Desi reports every three days, and the person sitting next to the throne in the Chuigong Palace is the one who brought the big relatives with him. Son."

"I feel that His Majesty may have other intentions in letting His Highness supervise the country at this critical moment."

"intention?"

Liang Wenfu nodded, approached and lowered his voice: "This time the King of Chu went out on behalf of His Majesty, but His Majesty only let him accompany the army and did not assign any duties. The content of today's edict also stated that the commander of the army and horses will be dispatched by the palace commander alone..." Liang Wenfu looked sideways at the prince and dared not continue talking.

"Your Majesty's thoughts really make me fearful and helpless. That's all, anyway, I've come here since I was a child. The father who cheated on my son, if I fall down in this life, it will be caused by this father himself."

Liang Wenfu didn't know about King Zhao's past. He only knew that the current situation was turbulent, and the two tigers were fighting for a wound. "Now His Highness supervises the country, and all military reports will be sent back to His Highness as soon as possible. , otherwise there will be endless troubles.”

Wei Kai slightly arched his brows, looked at the cruelty in Liang Wenfu's eyes, "I can't see it, Liang Shenzheng." Then he turned his head and asked suspiciously: "But once the crime of mutilating siblings is involved, how can you tell me to sit down?" How about securing this seat?"

"Your Highness, have you forgotten? Only you and the King of Chu are left in the descendants of the grandparents. As long as the King of Chu dies, His Majesty has no other choice. The patriarchal clan is based on the bloodline. If you don't die, the threat will always be there."

Wei Kai held his hand behind his back, still hesitating.

Liang Wenfu stepped forward, "In war, there are always people who will die. You go into battle wearing armor, and your sword has no eyes. Who cares what kind of phoenix son or grandson you are, if your highness is afraid of losing your reputation, the current conquest marshal is your own uncle. ..”

Wei Kai stared at Liang Wenfu with a cold face, Liang Wenfu did not panic but walked forward, arched his hands and bowed his waist and said slowly: "If your highness is willing to give up this king's hegemony for love, let me say nothing today."