The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 143 Return to Beijing

As soon as Xue Qingyin woke up from her sleep, a new gift arrived.

"This is sent from the Duke's palace."

"This is from Princess Jinque's house."

"This is... sent from the Xue family." When the palace man said this, he raised his head and glanced at Xue Qingyin's expression.

They all knew that the relationship between the concubine and the family was not good.

Xue Qingyin leaned on the pillow, smiled, and said, "Keep them all, why don't you want the things that were delivered to your door?"

The palace man breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "This is from Yong'an Marquis Mansion."

"This is from Wenxinhou Mansion."

"This is……"

"Wait a minute." Xue Qingyin interrupted the palace attendant in confusion, "Who are these Marquis Yong'an and Marquis Wenxin? I've never seen any of them."

The palace man smiled and said: "Whether it's something I've seen or something I haven't seen before. But I don't dare to leave it behind."

Xue Qingyin understood.

Most likely the princes and nobles in the capital wanted to curry favor with King Wei, but did not want to offend King Xuan. Then only the front foot was sent to Prince Wei's Mansion, and the back foot was sent to Prince Xuan's Mansion.

Does this count as making a fortune?

"And this..." The palace man paused and said, "This is sent from Prince Wei's palace."

"This is from the Liu family and the Xu family."

Xue Qingyin suddenly became more energetic: "This is really strange. Could these be the things Liu Yuerong compensated me?"

"Exactly." The palace man replied.

Xue Qingyin held her chin up: "Now she hates me even more."

The palace man handed over an invitation.

"Princess Wei also invites you to have tea at Prince Wei's mansion and participate in a poetry meeting."

Xue Qingyin remembered... Liu Yuerong seemed to have mentioned such a thing earlier.

Now that she is pregnant, she can't wait to get started?

Nong Xia was very aware of her girl's cultural attainments, so she frowned and said, "Then we can't go."

Xue Qingyin didn't care: "Go, why not?"

On the other side, Liu Yuerong was also talking to the palace maid beside her: "Do you think Prince Xuan's concubine will come?"

The palace maid said: "I'm afraid I don't dare to come."

Liu Yuerong murmured: "She has to come..." If she didn't come, how could she say that? Xue Qingyin had embarrassed her that day.

The palace maid lowered her head and did not dare to speak.

Who can tell Princess Wei that King Xuan's concubine is also pregnant?

No one dares to say.

They all knew how important the child in Princess Wei's belly was... and precisely because of this, no one dared to take the blame.

"His Royal Highness King Wei is back." The palace attendant outside said.

Liu Yuerong's face looked happy, and she suddenly stopped thinking about Xue Qingyin and just stood up and went out to greet her.

This was the first time she saw King Wei since she was diagnosed with pregnancy.

Who said that King Wei has been busy with affairs recently and is really busy? Even though Liu Yuerong was wronged in every way, she could only focus on important matters.

"Your Highness." Liu Yuerong called softly.

King Wei looked tired and responded in a dull tone: "Well, I heard from my mother that you are pregnant."

"Yes." Liu Yuerong looked ashamed.

King Wei asked again: "My mother-in-law said that you were not in good health and you even fainted that day. What happened?"

Liu Yuerong only thought that he cared about her and wanted to tell Xue Qingyin on the spot.

But she also knew in her heart that King Wei was partial to Xue Qingyin, which was unacceptable. He could only say aggrievedly: "I was angered by the villain."

"In that case... I think you shouldn't worry about the affairs of the palace." King Wei thought to himself, lest the mother and concubine would scold him if the baby could not be saved.

Liu Yuerong was dumbfounded: "W-what?"

"For the time being, the concubines Qiao and Jiang will take over the power in the palace." King Wei held the bowl of water quite evenly.

But for Liu Yuerong, it was like a bolt from the blue.

She finally got the housekeeper's right, and King Wei gave it to those two bitches with a single word!

Liu Yuerong forced a smile and said: "But... I am planning to hold a poetry meeting, but I'm afraid Concubine Qiao and Concubine Jiang are not good at it."

King Wei's face darkened: "Since you have the appearance of a miscarriage, why do you need to hold a poetry meeting?"

Liu Yuerong could only say: "I also invited Prince Xuan's concubine and Princess Jinque... to come. All the posts have been sent out."

The expression on King Wei's face moved slightly, and he said: "It's not a bad idea to hold a poetry meeting to relieve fatigue..."

When Liu Yuerong heard this, her fingernails dug into her flesh.

She knew it!

When he mentioned that Xue Qingyin was coming, he immediately relaxed.

"Leave this matter to Concubine Qiao, you'd better leave it alone." King Wei took a step back, but not completely.

Liu Yuerong was so angry that her chest tightened, and she felt like her belly was jumping.

"Your Highness...don't you care about me at all?" Liu Yuerong said with trembling lips.

"I'm taking care of you because I'm taking care of you, isn't it?" King Wei said impatiently, "Okay, I still have official business. You should rest carefully so that you can have a baby."

The imagined scene of being praised by the stars after getting pregnant... didn't seem to happen.

Liu Yuerong stood there blankly, even feeling that the rights that belonged to her were still being let go little by little.

At this time, Mammy supported her and warned her with a straight face: "Most men are like this, not to mention that he is a prince, the emperor's favorite son, and he has a big responsibility, so naturally he will not indulge in the love of his children. You are the princess. , you have to behave like a princess, how can you be like those concubines, only competing for favor? "

Liu Yuerong was so full of tears that she couldn't pour them out.

She thought to herself, I am not as good as that concubine!

In a blink of an eye, a few days passed.

The poetry meeting was approaching.

When the King of Wei returned to the mansion that day, his face became even uglier.

He glanced at Liu Yuerong, and did not ask how she was doing these days, let alone how the poetry meeting went. He opened his mouth and said, "Don't hold the poetry meeting."

Liu Yuerong almost cried on the spot.

She looked at the King of Wei in disbelief: "But, but we have been preparing for it for so long, how can you just not hold it?"

Although Qiao Xinyu is in charge now, everyone knows that the post was sent by her, the Princess of Wei.

What will people outside say about her?

She had been holding back her anger for so many days, and she was waiting for Xue Qingyin to come to her house that day, and she poured it all out on Xue Qingyin.

"Your Highness... this matter..."

"Do you know that something big happened in the capital?" The King of Wei interrupted her coldly.

What big thing?

Liu Yuerong said blankly: "I will listen to my mother and His Highness and take care of the baby. How can I know what's going on outside..."

The King of Wei's face showed that he didn't want to talk to her: "Forget it, do whatever you want."

After that, he left with a wave of his sleeves.

Liu Yuerong felt even more uncomfortable.

What happened, and what does it have to do with her?

"Princess, Concubine Jiang wants to see you." The voice of the palace servant sounded.

Liu Yuerong wiped her face and immediately put on the posture of a princess, saying: "Let her in."

Concubine Jiang has the appearance of a Jiangnan woman, born weak and boneless.

It can be said that she is the most favored concubine in the King of Wei's mansion.

The King of Wei disliked Qiao Xinyu's coldness and dullness, and disliked her for her lack of face, so he often stayed in Concubine Jiang's room.

It was also fortunate that Concubine Jiang had a miscarriage before, and she was unable to get pregnant again. Otherwise, if she got pregnant first, Liu Yuerong's life would be even more difficult.

"I guess she's scared now that she sees you're pregnant." The maid brought from her mother's home said with a pout.

As soon as the words fell, Concubine Jiang was also led in.

Concubine Jiang cried like a pear blossom in the rain, and knelt down at Liu Yuerong's feet as soon as she entered the door: "I heard that the princess was pregnant, so I came to congratulate her."

Liu Yuerong had never seen Concubine Jiang behave like this.

In the past, she had to push and pull to pay her respects.

Liu Yuerong felt a little happy, and even thought of Concubine Jiang's appearance of Xue Qingyin paying respects to her in the future.

Concubine Jiang cried pitifully, and said that she shouldn't have opposed the princess in the past, and she could never redeem herself even if she died. Who knew that Qiao Xinyu was even more ruthless now.

"I am willing to be the princess's arm and her servant..."

The maidservant beside Liu Yuerong was more cautious and whispered, "I'm afraid she has something to ask of you."

Liu Yuerong was not afraid of others asking her, but she was afraid that others would not ask her.

She curled her lips and said, "You are a smart person. Tell me, what do you want? You don't want me to punish Concubine Qiao for you, do you?"

They talked for a long time.

The next day.

Xue Qingyin got up and dressed, and went to the Prince of Wei's mansion.

The carriage suddenly changed its route and took another road.

Xue Qingyin couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's going on?"

The guard lowered his voice and said, "People are being arrested in front."

"Arresting people?"

"Well... a lot of people have been arrested in the case of selling official positions and titles in the capital."

Xue Qingyin curled her lips.

Tsk, this matter... the emperor finally took action?

If she hadn't chosen to tell King Xuan directly at the beginning. Maybe the people arrested today also include the Xu family.

The guard said again: "You don't have to go back to Xue's mansion these days."

Xue Qingyin thought to herself that I wouldn't go back if I didn't tell you.

"You should also be careful at the poetry meeting today."

"Yes, I know. Beware of someone who deliberately approaches me and uses the power of King Xuan to get away with the crime."

"Not only that... this time the sale of official positions and titles also involves a big case."

"Hmm?"

"Cheating in the imperial examination."

Xue Qingyin suddenly remembered that a long time ago, when she just crossed over, she accidentally caught two lovers meeting secretly.

What they were talking about was the theft of questions in the imperial examination.

Xue Qingyin frowned.

There are so many things in her mind, no wonder the atmosphere in the capital has changed in the past two days.

Xue Qingyin entered the Prince of Wei's mansion, and King Xuan entered the city.

He was covered in dust and went to see the emperor first.

"I was surprised when I received your victory report. I didn't expect that you would return victoriously so soon."

It can be said that the victory report came first, and King Xuan followed it back.

It's just that the army is moving slowly, and part of it is still on the way.

Emperor Liang De smiled and said, "I know you are anxious, go back to King Xuan's mansion first."

At this point, Emperor Liang De paused and said lightly, "We will talk about other things later."

King Xuan nodded and left.

He galloped all the way to the gate of King Xuan's mansion.

The doorman saw him and was stunned, not daring to recognize him at all.

"Where is the concubine?" King Xuan turned over and asked.

The doorman opened his mouth: "...out, out."

King Xuan: "..."

"She had a good time." King Xuan's tone was neither cold nor hot.

The doorman felt that he seemed to smell a hint of danger inside.

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