female concubine

The person who took off the round neck robe exposed half of his arm, and there was a large piece of blue and purple bruise on his fair skin, old wounds added new wounds.

Xiao Youqing took out the ice cubes that someone ordered to take out from the cellar, "Mother said that you can apply cold water or ice cubes to cold compresses on traumatic bruises, so that no bruises will be left."

"Does it hurt?"

King Chu shook his head, looked sideways at Xiao Youqing, stretched out his left hand unconsciously, and gently covered her face.

Xiao Youqing stopped what she was doing, and stared at her with slightly open eyes, "What's wrong?" Seeing the person, she just stared silently, "Don't look at me with such eyes..." Xiao Youqing put down the crushed ice She held onto the hand that the King of Chu placed on her face, feeling distressed and frightened, "I'm really afraid!"

Then the King of Chu smiled slightly and trembled, and clasped his backhand tightly, "Your Majesty, let me leave Tokyo City alone, and go to... the frontier!"

Xiao Youqing was shocked, "Alone? When did it happen? Just now? Why didn't they tell me?"

King Chu lowered his head, "He said when I left the palace, I thought I could take you with me."

Xiao Youqing then calmed down and analyzed: "Your Majesty wants to use a concubine to threaten Liu Lang, right?"

"Actually, when you said you were going to leave, my concubine already guessed it. With His Majesty's means..."

She asked King Chu again, "When are you leaving?"

"After the Dragon Boat Festival."

People who didn't guess the time were very puzzled. The emperor's dislike for the king of Chu was already reflected in the combination of fists and kicks. Under the rage, people should be eager to get her out of their sight. Afterwards?"

"Because, the crown prince's birthday and post-book ceremony are all in the days of the Dragon Boat Festival!"

"Empress? Is this the condition His Majesty gave King Zhao?" Xiao Youqing raised his eyebrows, not caring about the crown prince's birthday, "Exchange the middle palace for the east palace!"

King Chu nodded.

"So what is Liu Lang going to do?"

The King of Chu watched Xiao Youqing without saying a word, and just stared at him for a long time.

Xiao Youqing let out a sigh of understanding, drew out her white hand and covered King Chu's face, stroked it lightly, and said softly: "I know, just rest assured that Liu Lang is away, there is a concubine in Tokyo."

The King of Chu still said earnestly: "Establishing an empress is a state matter, and it is not your Majesty who has the final say. After this matter, King Zhao has been hated by the prince, and the Zhengshitang will not let it go. I am worried... The Zhengshitang meeting will be sparse, please establish a noble concubine. For the future, there will be a disturbance in the court because of this, but His Majesty agreed to King Zhao, and there have been discussions in the palace. His Majesty mentioned it to me and asked me to leave after the Dragon Boat Festival. Ceremony!"

"If Concubine Shu is the empress, then King Zhao will come out and endanger the East Palace. If Concubine Concubine is the empress, you?" Xiao Youqing looked at King Chu, "Does Your Majesty want to use your power to oppose the establishment of Concubine Shu as empress? Uncle complied with His Majesty's wishes, will His Majesty keep you in the capital?"

King Chu changed his previous heaviness, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "It seems that my sister is reluctant to leave Liu Lang!"

Xiao Youqing raised his brows, "When is it, do you still have the mood to joke?" Then he stared at her smiling eyes before realizing that he was deceived by her, "Okay, so you did it on purpose!" He stretched out his hand towards her Lightly punched twice.

"It hurts, sister." Chu Wang touched his arm and said pitifully, "I'm still swollen here, but it hurts!"

Xiao Youqing got up and turned away, "You're in pain, I'm still worried about you going to the bitter cold frontier, and you lied to me..."

The King of Chu got up and followed her, laughing and said: "The imperial edict sent out has not been issued, and the words in the palace are just threats from His Majesty. I am not the prince, so how can I be so easily deceived?"

She said again: "Concubine Shu is so stupid and jealous. If she is the mother of the world, then the harem will not be restless. Of course, His Majesty does not want to make Concubine Shu the queen, but because the crown prince, he can only use this to stabilize King Zhao. , the words have already been spoken, how can we not hurt the relationship between father and son? I think, only the ministers oppose the emperor's establishment of the empress, and put on a big show!"

Xiao Youqing turned around, "Your Majesty really wants to use you to let the Xiao Jiang family... support the Prime Minister and oppose Concubine Shu?"

King Chu took a step closer, "That's why I want Concubine Shu to be the queen!"

"Let Concubine Shu be the empress?" Xiao Youqing was puzzled by her actions, "King Zhao is a descendant who overthrew the crown prince, so isn't the East Palace the King Zhao's?"

"East Palace, just give it to him for the time being. Besides, the crown prince was born of Empress Xianming after all. There are many ministers in the court who have received favors from Her Majesty the Empress. It is so easy to fall down." The King of Chu immediately sneered again, "And your Majesty's thoughts are far away. It's much more than that!"

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Every palace in the Great Internal and External Provinces is patrolled by the Forbidden Army of the Dianqian Division.

In the corner where no one was changing the guard, a guard stood very close to a servant.

"Is it accurate?"

"The little man's ears, since he was a child, have been able to hear the wind from a distance of fifty paces. Today is just on duty."

The imperial guards took out a bag of gold, "If you dare to leak any information, your tongue will be ripped off."

The servant took over the heavy gold and immediately put it together with a smile, "Don't worry about the villain's work!" He stood on tiptoe and whispered in the guard's ear for a while.

Until the sun set and the last guard change before the gate of the palace closed, Shen Yi'an came out from the Donghua Gate in Da Nei and rode his horse to Prince Zhao's Mansion after handing over the trivial matters.

"Today, the King of Chu was summoned by His Majesty to enter the palace as soon as he returned home from the execution ground. After he entered, he didn't know what he said. His Majesty suddenly became angry and beat and scolded him... The roar was heard by all the people outside the palace. Already!"

"It's not surprising that His Majesty will be furious, because the gentleman said that even His Majesty was almost kept in the dark by him."

Shen Yi'an said suspiciously: "My lord, this Mr. Han, is... too smart, smart people are not easy to control!"

Zhao Wang said with a slight smile: "A smart person knows how to choose and choose what is beneficial to him. Otherwise, shouldn't he go to the prince's side? After all, the prince is the king in name!"

Shen Yi'an lowered his head, and immediately said: "Your Majesty seems to have said...the Empress Dowager Ceremony, but the voice is very low, the servant is not sure if it is."

The servant was not sure if it was true, but King Zhao knew very well, "I am afraid that he is lying to me... If he is lying to me, then the relationship between father and son is not worth it!"

At the beginning of June in the eighth year of Jianping, Zhao Wang was ordered to leave the court, and the governor of Tangzhou was appointed to the Privy Council. He was also relegated to the post of Shaoqing in Dali Temple, King of Chu, and was demoted to the governor of Qingzhou because of the wrong judgment of the king of Chu.

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A group of people carried their things into the East Palace, and immediately followed the female historian of the East Palace into the palace to meet the Crown Princess.

"It's Qi Neishi."

"Congratulations to Your Royal Highness, the Crown Princess, for a long birthday."

The concubine was stunned, and then smiled slightly, "Liu Lang asked you to come, I even forgot about it myself, so he still remembers it if he wants to."

"How could the Six Kings forget His Highness's birthday?" The little six presented the box in his arms, "This is a birthday present prepared by the Six Kings for His Highness."

Two palace servants stepped forward to take it, carefully opened it, and there was a painting scroll inside.

"The Six Kings said that His Highness grew up under the Empress Dowager's knee, and now he is in the East Palace, so he naturally has everything. After thinking about it, he drew this painting and gave it to His Highness as a birthday present."

The palace man gently pulled the painting away after receiving the hint from the princess.

Begonias are blooming, and birds are standing on the branches, "This is?"

"The six kings said it was a mountain pheasant."

The two palace servants held back their laughter, and the Crown Princess lightly raised her hand, jokingly said softly: "Ordinary people give some auspicious gifts for their birthdays, why doesn't he draw a phoenix?"

Little Liu said: "Liu Wang guessed that His Highness would ask such a question, so he told the villain before His Highness asked, and if His Highness asked, the villain would reply His Highness." Little Liu raised his head, "You don't need those imaginary things."

The Crown Princess was stunned for a while, then got up immediately, and slowly approached the scroll unfurled by the palace servants, half-stretched her hand and hesitated for a while, and finally hung it down feebly.

Dan Fengyan's pupils are slightly focused on the painting. In the painting is a mountain pheasant standing on a branch looking back. The strokes are delicate and lifelike. "The phoenix is ​​naturally imaginary, so he painted Zhai."

Little Liuzi smiled slightly, "Sure enough, the Crown Princess understands Liu Wang's thoughts."

The two palace servants suddenly realized: "It turns out that this painting is of Di on Di's clothes!"

Another palace official boldly guessed: "Does this imply that Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess will become a queen in the future?"

The Crown Princess immediately glanced at the two palace servants, her gaze was majestic yet gentle, which made the two palace servants shut up and lower their heads in a panic.

The concubine said to Xiaoliuzi again: "Please attendant Qi Nei please bring a word for this concubine."

"He's a married man now, so he should focus on his business. As for other things, he shouldn't worry about it, and he doesn't need to worry about it."

Little Six looked at the princess hesitantly.

"Put the painting away, and put it on the dressing table in my room. I'll go back by myself later."

"Yes." The two palace servants took the painting and left.

The crown princess returned to her seat and sat down slowly, raised her head slightly with her hands raised, "If you have anything to say, you can say it, there is no one else now."

"The county lord is still as gentle as ever, treating everyone the same, even though he has been in the East Palace for so many years, he still hasn't changed."

The Crown Princess lowered her head and said with a slight smile, "It's been...no one has called me that for many years."

"The six kings asked the villain to ask the county master, do you want to leave the East Palace?"

"In "Rituals", husbands have the meaning of remarrying, but women have no suitable articles."

Liu Zi's eyes dimmed, "The sixth king also guessed that you would answer like this, Qi Liu risked his life to say something that shouldn't be said, since the death of the second king, His Highness's heart probably went with him, His Highness waited Hello, Liu Wang, is it really just because... the sixth king is very similar to the second king?" The little six stared at the princess suspiciously, "especially now that the sixth king has grown up, no matter in appearance or character, as well as the determination in his bones , the six kings are actually the most benevolent people in their hearts, after the death of the two kings, they were forced to do evil, and even now, there are still many things that cannot be let go." At the last sentence, the little six stared straight at the princess.

"The villain grew up with A Lang when he was young. His Majesty doesn't care about it, and even the concubine rarely interferes. In this inner palace, there are only the second king and the county master who treat the sixth king sincerely. The second king...go Finally, the villain discovered that not only the six kings have changed, but you have also changed."

The concubine looked at Xiaoliuzi, "Liulang has always been my younger brother, not someone else's replacement, what Qi Neishi said..."

"The villain asked privately. The Six Kings didn't know about it."

The concubine said happily, "Liulang is blessed to have someone like you following him."

"In the eyes of the six kings, His Highness is more important than Princess Kangning."

"Kang Ning...married before he could get married. The two of them didn't talk when they were young. It's strange. Liu Lang is a person with a restless nature, but after getting married, he got better." The princess bowed her head again. She smiled, "It seems that I underestimated Princess Chu at the beginning."

"Princess Chu is also a gentle person just like you." Little Six asked hesitantly, "Since there is no affection, why don't you leave? I don't understand."

"Where can I go after leaving the habitat? You all only see the surface, and think that the same is true in your heart. Born in this family, many things are beyond your control. Outsiders only see the scenery, but can't see it. have no choice."

Little Six frowned, and sighed softly, "The villain knows."

"This year is the year of His Majesty's thirties. There will be a banquet in the East Palace in the middle of the month. Let the two of them come together. By the way, Princess Chu and I are both women, so it's okay to walk around in private. The affairs of the court should be left in the palace." Chaotang, the servant should take this sentence back."

"Yes."