sick princess

"Princess, the Seventh Prince seems to really like you. When you left, he was reluctant to let you go. Why didn't he find out before that you gave him such an opportunity?" Bi Yao said.

From being unfamiliar to warming up their relationship, it was only a short month for the siblings.

"Do you really think so?" Baoluo paused and asked back.

"Huh?" Bi Yao looked at Bao Luo suspiciously.

Baoluo repeated it again, and this time, she spoke more thoroughly and clearly: "Do you really think that after the tragic death of his mother and concubine, the Seventh Emperor can still treat others like this without reservation?" Zhu Xin, bought by a little favor and a few nice words?"

"If he is really such a person who can be bought by a few nice words, he should have fallen under the gentle offensive of Concubine Zhou by now, and he would not think of revenge. After all, in terms of sensationalism, I am far behind. Concubine Zhou."

"Trust is something that takes time to build up. The Seventh Brother and I are far from trusting each other. I guess the Seventh Brother did this only because he needs my help." Assist, so, at least establish a relatively close relationship with me."

Although Baoluo's sympathy for the Seventh Prince was true, she would not underestimate the Seventh Prince because of this, and she would not be defenseless against the Seventh Prince.

After staying in the palace for a long time, precautions have become an instinct of hers. Only the crown prince and Queen Xu can gain her unreserved trust.

"You mean, the Seventh Prince's touch just now was fake?" Bi Yao covered her mouth.

"Half-true, half-false. If it was the original Seventh Brother, even if he wasn't moved by me, he would still be a little moved. The current Seventh Brother... has gone through big winds and waves, and will no longer be easily moved by some things, nor will he be moved by me. Dare to be easily moved again."

Bi Yao thought for a while, then shook his head again: "I really can't tell, after all, the tenderness between you and him just now doesn't seem fake..."

"It's right if you don't see it. If you can't even fool you, how can he get away with concubine Zhou?"

Thinking of occasionally seeing the Seventh Prince getting tired of Concubine Zhou and how attached he was to Concubine Zhou, Bi Yao finally stopped talking.After a while, she said: "How can a child's mind be so complicated?"

"Don't underestimate him, he is not an ordinary child."

Ordinary children can't say that they want to avenge their biological mother for their adoptive mother.Ordinary children will not attract the jealousy of Concubine Zhou and the fear of the Empress Dowager.

"It's true, how can there be any real ordinary children in the palace? Even the second prince and the fifth princess have learned to play tricks at a young age. It's just the seventh prince... It's really unexpected." There was no direct contact with the seventh prince. If you get along with him before, you won't know how smart the Seventh Prince is.Bi Yao felt that he couldn't see through the Seventh Prince at all.

"I'm afraid no one would have imagined that the Seventh Emperor's younger brother would be able to disguise his emotions so well. Just look at it, the Changchun Palace of Concubine Zhou will soon be uneasy." Baoluo came to a conclusion.

……

Emperor Zhaode liked to visit the Changchun Palace of Concubine Zhou very much recently.

I don't know if it's because of the loss of his mother and concubine that the Seventh Prince clings even tighter to his father.The Seventh Prince's cleverness and cleverness, as well as his admiration for Emperor Zhaode, made Emperor Zhaode very happy.

During the period when Concubine Shu passed away, the Seventh Prince's mood was quite depressed, and he was often depressed.

But now, because of Concubine Zhou's gentle and careful companionship and patient enlightenment, the Seventh Prince is becoming more cheerful day by day, and he is getting closer to Concubine Zhou, which comforts Emperor Zhaode.

Accompanied by the gentle and virtuous Concubine Zhou and his beloved son, for Emperor Zhaode, Changchun Palace was really a rare pure land in the harem.

However, the fly in the ointment is that Emperor Zhaode discovered that the Seventh Prince seemed to be very afraid of the elder brother of the same mother.

Whenever Concubine Zhou mentioned the Second Prince, the Seventh Prince would shrink back unconsciously, even if he tried his best to conceal it, it was still so obvious.Then, the originally very good atmosphere was destroyed like this.

Once or twice, that's all. After a few times, if Emperor Zhaode still can't find the problem, he is really a fool.

On this day, he put down the bowl and chopsticks, and asked the Seventh Prince with a pleasant face: "Xiao Qi, tell me, why are you so afraid of your second brother? He is the elder brother of your first mother. Could it be that he has never taken good care of you?"

The Seventh Prince lowered his head, and said in an inappropriate way: "Second Brother...you take good care of your son..."

"What you said is true?" Emperor Zhaode frowned and looked at the seventh prince. After all, he couldn't bear to be too harsh on his youngest son, so he turned his gaze to the servant boy next to the seventh prince: "Tell me."

The servant boy subconsciously glanced at Concubine Zhou, finally couldn't hold back, bit his lower lip and said: "Reporting to the emperor, today, even if what the servant says is not pleasant, it will make the emperor and the imperial concubine unhappy, the servant will have to Said. Relying on being my master's elder brother, the second prince puts on the air of an elder brother in front of my master all day long, and always bullies my master. For a while, he thinks that my master and Princess Changshou are getting close, and for a while, he feels that my master's homework is not enough do well..."

"Your Majesty, my master and Princess Changshou are studying in the same study room. We always have some contacts on weekdays, so how can we not talk to each other? Besides homework, my master's homework is something that even the master can't understand." If you have praised it, how come it is not worth mentioning in the mouth of the second prince?"

"My master was afraid of affecting the harmony of the family, so he didn't want to say it. But the servant was really wronged by my master, so he made his own decision. Please forgive the emperor and the imperial concubine."

"There's no reason for that!" Emperor Zhaode was furious after hearing the servant boy's words: "I knew that the second child was incompetent, but I didn't expect that he was a coward! In the court, he can't do what I told him. He went home and bullied his younger brother again, what else could he do!"

"The emperor calm down, the child is not good, you just punish him, but don't make things difficult for yourself, if you make yourself angry, it won't be worth it." Concubine Zhou hurriedly persuaded.

Then he said to the Seventh Prince beside him: "Xiao Qi, why didn't you tell the concubine mother about the grievance you suffered so much? Your elder brother is the concubine's son, and you are also the concubine's son. You are the concubine's heart. Do you know how sad Mother Concubine is when she hears that you have been wronged. In the future, if anything happens, you must never hide it from Mother Concubine. If your brother bullies you, Mother Concubine will take care of him for you This kid has become more and more outrageous recently, he is in a bad mood, and he is so fierce to his younger brother..."

Seeing Concubine Zhou being so sensible, Emperor Zhaode calmed down his anger for a while: "Your concubine mother is right. In the future, if someone dares to wrong you, you can just tell me and your concubine mother."

Of course the Seventh Prince could tell that although Concubine Zhou was comforting her in her words, she was actually leaning towards the Second Prince.

First, she transferred the task of punishing the second prince from Emperor Zhaode to herself without any trace, and then she found a reason for the second prince's recent inconspicuous behavior—the second prince was in a bad mood.

I'm in a bad mood, many things are understandable.

The ten fingers are still long and short, the eldest son who is close to Concubine Zhou and whom Concubine Zhou has placed high hopes on is naturally more important than the youngest son who has not been raised by Concubine Zhou for long.

Regarding Concubine Zhou's favoritism, the Seventh Prince didn't even feel the slightest bit of sadness.

The Seventh Prince felt that maybe he really didn't care about Concubine Zhou, so she couldn't make him sad if Concubine Zhou favored anyone.

Anyway, no matter who Zhou Guifei favored, as long as Emperor Zhaode favored him, in the end, Zhou Guifei could only favor him.

Although the Seventh Prince didn't have much contact with the Second Prince, he already had a thorough understanding of the Second Prince's temperament.The second prince has great ambitions and few talents, yet he is also pretentious, so he is not the material to seize the heir apparent.

It's not that Emperor Zhaode didn't give the second prince a chance, it was precisely because he gave the second prince several chances and was wasted by the second prince, that he was so disappointed with the second prince.

The second prince used to be the most favored son of Emperor Zhaode, but now, even the fourth prince from Concubine Feng De and the sixth prince from Concubine Hui are more favored than the second prince, let alone the seventh prince. Now, The Seventh Prince is the eyeball of Emperor Zhaode.

Concubine Zhou is the woman who can see the situation most clearly. When she found out that the second prince couldn't help him, her only choice was the seventh prince.

After Emperor Zhaode comforted the Seventh Prince, he turned away from the left and right, and said something frightening to Concubine Zhou: "Alan, I entrusted Xiaoqi to you, you must take good care of it, and you must not make any mistakes. The child Xiaoqi is extremely intelligent, except for Baoluo, I have never seen such a clever child, and I have high hopes for Xiaoqi..."

The meaning behind these words made Concubine Zhou's heart skip a beat. Could it be that Emperor Zhaode was implying...

After Emperor Zhaode left, it took a long time for Concubine Zhou to come back to her senses, and said to Mo Zhu, her confidant maid, "Mo Zhu, tell me, should I really change my strategy?"

"Since the second son entered the court, I have watched him coldly. He can't beat the prince no matter what. These days, the emperor has become more and more impatient with him... On the contrary, Xiao Qi is smart and malleable. Ben Gong originally thought to let Xiao Qi assist the second child, but now it seems that it is better to directly exert force on Xiao Qi."

It was about Concubine Zhou's two sons, even though Mo Zhu was Concubine Zhou's confidant, it was difficult to speak easily at this time.

Mo Zhu thought for a while, and said: "Master, this servant doesn't quite understand these things. However, this servant is thinking, do you think about it again? After all, His Royal Highness is also a capable person, but the crown prince is too cunning , always disturbing the Second Highness to mess up the errands, which angered the emperor. If we are more careful, there is no room for redemption."

"His Seventh Highness is also very good, but, I am thinking, is His Highness Seventh Younger? It's not yet determined. Would you like to observe again?"

Concubine Zhou hesitated a little after being persuaded by Mo Zhu.She spent a lot of effort on the second prince, so she was reluctant to change him suddenly.Besides, what Mo Zhu said is not unreasonable...

"Forget it, I will wait and see." Finally, Concubine Zhou said.

Concubine Zhou Guifei's master and servant, who were concentrating on the question, did not notice that the second prince was standing under the window sill at this moment.

Originally, the Second Prince planned to tell Concubine Zhou that the Seventh Prince hadn't completely forgotten Concubine Shu, and if Concubine Zhou wanted to win the Seventh Prince's heart completely, she might have to work harder.

However, after hearing the discussion between Concubine Zhou Guifei's master and servant, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He only felt that the concubine mother, whom he had always trusted so much, had become unfamiliar.

In the end, he didn't say anything, and left here with gloomy eyes.