female concubine

【--clatter! ——

The chess piece settled down with a crisp sound.

"Dong Gongde is not worthy, why don't you join hands with me, my Chu Palace is willing to honor King Zhao and you as the new heir, how about it?"

Zhao Wang looked at the woman's stern face, laughed out loud, and said coldly: "Threatening to beat this king to ashes for her husband, do you think this king will still believe your words?"

Xiao Youqing just smiled lightly at what King Zhao said, and immediately said in a regretful tone, "Jiangling, does it belong to King Zhao? It's such a pity that such a good pawn, if I take it ahead of time..." Finished , Xiao Youqing smiled and took away the sunspot in the Tianyuan position on the chessboard.

Zhao Wang raised his eyebrows and asked, "How did you know?"

"Last year, there was a mistake in the Ministry of Rites in Chunwei. A batch of applications for the candidates were wrong. Among them, the application for Jiangling Jieyuan disappeared. The grand court before Chunwei is coming soon. If I remember correctly, it was King Zhao. Come forward and solve it for him?"

King Zhao narrowed his eyes, "What do you want to do?"

"I said, you and I join forces, you are His Majesty's son, I respect the patriarchal line and the sons are in front, the elders and younger are orderly, King Zhao will not be ignorant."

King Zhao lowered his head slowly, hesitating as if he was thinking about something.

"I know what you're afraid of, but," Xiao Youqing leaned forward, "This kind of treason, which is not enough to punish the nine clans, even if they jumped the wall in a hurry, would they dare to say it?" Xiao Youqing said calmly again "He is a prominent family with the same reputation as my mother. Although he has no children, his family members and disciples are spread all over the court and the public. If one person dies, the whole family will die. How can he, a veteran of the three dynasties, not know how to weigh this?"

King Zhao raised his head suddenly, blinking his eyes with enthusiasm.

Xiao Youqing smiled and continued: "When people are old, they will turn into dust, but ah, how can there be gains without giving up, and the pros and cons of it all depend on Zhao Wang himself, how to weigh it."

"Only relying on this one, if Zhongshu protects him to death, as His Majesty does..."

Xiao Youqing interrupted him, and said very quickly: "In the late spring of last year, didn't King Zhao still hold a few people?"

"There is no perfect solution, I'm just afraid..."

"I said before that it's you and me joining hands. As long as His Majesty kisses you, I will send a big gift to you, King Zhao, after Zhongshu takes the blame for him."

"What kind of gift?"

Xiao Youqing lowered his head and smiled lightly, and dropped a white piece, turning the situation around, "When the time comes, King Zhao will naturally know."]

Under the curiosity of everyone watching, the guard tore off the black cloth covering his head.

Immediately there was a lot of discussion, people who didn't know the past didn't understand Zhao Wang's intentions, "Isn't this the former Dali Temple Prime Minister?"

"Isn't he dismissed and exiled? How could he appear in this court?"

After Zhao Wang saw Si Cheng, he suddenly smiled secretly and let out a long breath. He sent people to search for several days but couldn't find it. He thought he was murdered by the crown prince, so he asked in a confident voice: "Seeing Your Majesty, Hurry up and recruit it as it is!"

Si Cheng expected such a day to come, but he never thought that one day he would be kissed by the emperor, so he knelt down in a panic, "The sinner kowtows to His Majesty!"

"Temple Chancellor?" The crown prince, supported by his servants, came back to his senses, and was startled when he saw the former Dali Temple Chancellor, "You..."

Si Cheng straightened up on his knees and scanned around the courtroom for a week.

[A few days ago, in a dark prison that was not seeing the sun, a woman wearing a bamboo hat stood quietly in front of the prison, looking at the figure, even cold.

"Zuo Sicheng, are you all right?"

"you are?"

"It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that I know who you are, and I also know who you serve." The woman threw the long-lived thread woven with colorful silk ropes in front of him.

When Si Cheng saw it, he picked it up in shock, "What did you do to them?"

"Nothing, just invite you to the same place as Zuo Sicheng for tea!"

Si Cheng remembered the intimidation at the Ministry of Punishment a while ago, "Are you from King Chu?"

The woman stood coldly and didn't return to him, so he clutched the long life thread tightly and climbed up in fear, "What do you want me to do?"

"You know, no one wants you alive now except me."

Si Cheng knelt and shivered behind him, "The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking, of course I know."

"Although I can't guarantee your life, but the death of your people," the woman stretched out her white hand, turned her wrist and made a fist with the palm facing up, "It's me, and it's you!"

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The Sicheng took a deep breath, and immediately kowtowed to the prince with his hands on the ground: "I haven't seen you for a year, how is your highness?"

This word revealed the mystery, made the crown prince lose face, made Zhao Wang secretly happy, and made all the officials marvel, only the emperor did not change his face.

Si Cheng raised his head again and said: "Judging from His Highness's complexion, he should have had a great time, but if he didn't see the body of the minister, His Highness might still feel uneasy at night."

"you!"

An ordinary carriage was parked near the official residence of the Zuo Temple of Dali Temple. The person in the carriage stretched out his white hands and lifted the curtain, quietly looking at the Dali Temple surrounded by the forbidden army.

The wind in early summer skipped over the Bian River and gently floated into the car. "Everything that works is like a dream bubble, like dew or electricity, so it should be viewed in this way." She put down the curtain of the car and recalled the past, and said with emotion: "So soon, it's so fast. Is it another year?"

[In mid-May of the eighth year of Jianping, the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, who had been busy for several days in rehabilitating the Shentu case, was able to find time to return home.

Standing in front of the gorgeously dressed woman in black court boots, she immediately bowed and said, "Princess."

"Is the former presiding judge of the case of Shen Tu, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, still imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"

Xiao Xianrong nodded, "Yes."

"Find a way to replace it, hurry up!"

"This..."

"In order to protect the crown prince, the emperor will definitely not keep him. Father will replace him without telling them before coming here."

"Yes."

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Xiao Youqing said to the coachman, "Go back."

"Yes."

A carriage was parked at the gate of Prince Chu's Mansion, and immediately a green robe got out of the carriage, followed by several green robes with medicine boxes on their backs.

"Hey, isn't this Imperial Physician Sun?" Han Si walked past the gate of Prince Chu's mansion, stopped to say hello politely, "Is Imperial Physician Sun here to take the pulse of Princess Chu? How can I remember that Imperial Physician Sun went to the East Palace when I came out?" Yes?"

Sun Hongda cupped his hands slightly towards Han Si, "The lower official is here to ask the concubines for peace, why is the living man free?"

"The next official came back to get some things." Han Si looked up at the sky again, and smiled slightly: "After all, the sky is about to change."

Sun Hongda cupped his hands again, "I will go to Zhao Wang's mansion soon, so I won't waste time here with Qi Qilang."

Han Bang nodded slightly, "The East Palace is in the east of Da Nei. Compared with Zhao Wang's Mansion, the Chu Palace is farther away from the East Palace. Seek farther away." Han Bang lowered his head and smiled slightly, "I still have something to do, so don't bother the imperial doctor to ask for pulse." Alright, goodbye."

What Han Bang said last made Sun Hongda's face look abnormal for a moment, he stopped walking in, and then turned around to look sideways at Han Bang who had already moved away, frowning deeply.

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As soon as he returned to the mansion, Xiqiu came forward with a mansion newspaper.

"Miss, have you read today's mansion newspaper?"

Xiao Youqing nodded, "It's all over the street, even if I don't want to see it."

"Then what about this one!" Xiqiu took out another mansion newspaper that was published later, "It turned out that Miss Liu sued the new top scholar for cheating in the examination field. Wasn't she rewarded by His Majesty to the Lord? Ken stayed, and ran back to Liang's house, but... I didn't expect that Liang Zhuangyuan looked gentle, but he was so virtuous, the lady said before, any man who takes his anger out on women is not a good thing!"

Xiqiu's words of relieving hatred made the Princess Chu who had always been indifferent, laugh, "Okay, I will say less of this kind of thing in the future."

"Yes."

Xiao Youqing took the residence newspaper from Xiqiu's hand, sat on the chair and opened it lightly, muttering: "Is this also a play arranged by King Zhao..." Immediately, he put the residence newspaper on the table, Looking out the window, "Or, there is another reason."

——Boom! ———

There was a soft knock on the door, and the female envoy stood at the unclosed door and reported: "Princess, Doctor Sun has come to ask for pulse."

"it is good."

Xiao Youqing lifted the hem of her skirt and got up slowly, and said to Xiqiu who was beside her: "Ask the maids, servants and guards at home, no one is allowed to bring rumors from outside into the palace, and anyone who violates it will be held accountable."

"Yes."

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The middle hall goes through a long corridor to the left, Xiao Youqing is sitting in the room, drinking tea happily.

After Sun Hongda walked in, several female envoys left, she held up the teacup and said softly: "There is no outsider here, so there is no need to salute Grand Physician Sun."

Sun Hongda nodded, then took a step closer and said in a low voice: "Princess, Your Royal Highness, the Crown Princess, is pregnant."

The hand holding the cup trembled suddenly, and the teacup slipped from his hand. Fortunately, Xiao Youqing caught it in time, so that the cup did not roll off the table.

Then he turned his head and asked, "Are you sure?"

Sun Hongda nodded, "Xiaguan has just come out of the East Palace and just finished his pulse. It is undoubtedly a happy pulse."

Xiao Youqing turned his head sideways, took a deep breath, and asked again: "Can you be sure when it is?"

"Before and after the Cold Food Festival."

Xiao Youqing clasped her hands, raised her brows lightly, and tremblingly said: "Is it before and after the Cold Food Festival..."

He said bitterly again: "This child really came at the wrong time. At this time in the East Palace, it is no longer possible for a direct heir to...tween the situation."

"That's why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked the officials not to tell anyone, including His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the officials."

"What does Your Highness want to do?"

"His Royal Highness Crown Princess said that she would do her best to protect the child, so the next official told His Royal Highness that you are the only one who can be trusted in the palace."

Xiao Youqing's expression changed, "You shouldn't have said that!"

Sun Hongda immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty knows, but Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess..."

Immediately after, he let out another long breath, "But fortunately, you only spoke to Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess."

Sun Hongda lowered his head, "Your Highness also said that if she can't come out of the East Palace, she won't bring this disaster to you."

Xiao Youqing looked at the east side of the room and said in a daze: "I'm afraid it's not me, she just... doesn't want to implicate the prince."

"The prince is not here, please let the princess show me what to do next."

"As usual, Imperial Physician Sun has to worry about the East Palace. His Highness is a thoughtful person, but he will not be able to hide it after a long time. I haven't thought of a way yet. Please, please be sure to keep this child."

Sun Hongda cupped his hands, "Your official understands that I will definitely do my best to live up to the concubine's entrustment."