Chapter 178 How Did He Get Out? (Part 2)

Next, the three princes entered the palace surrounded by the crowd, talking and laughing, and acting like brothers.

But in fact, the three of them were not at peace. The third prince just wanted someone to investigate thoroughly, why did his father let the fourth prince come out?

Was it Concubine You who whispered in my ear?

No, Concubine You is a pretty girl with only beautiful looks. Ever since the fourth prince became disabled, Concubine You has been trying hard to find a way to have a child, dreaming of giving birth to a child like Princess Jiayi and Madam Yu.

If one is useless, just give birth to another one.

It is not unreasonable for women in the harem to pray for children, but Concubine You used a folk remedy that she found from somewhere unknown.

He first ate a frog raw, and ended up vomiting all over the place and falling seriously ill.

Later, he asked the woman's family to find a woman who was three months pregnant, and put a piece of fine cotton cloth under the woman's body. Three days later, he secretly sent the cloth pads stained with the woman's body fluids and breath into the palace. Concubine You was overjoyed and put the cloth pads in her underwear.

This matter soon reached the ears of Concubine Qiao, so she informed the emperor in time. Emperor Yongjia almost vomited. Even though he had seen countless women, he almost vomited. This was more disgusting to him than eating a frog raw. He scolded Concubine You and ordered that the You family was not allowed to enter the palace without permission. Concubine You knelt outside Emperor Yongjia's bedroom in the scorching sun for two hours and was carried away only after she fainted.

After these two incidents, Concubine You still did not repent. She stopped using folk remedies and turned to seduction instead.

The process of seduction was that as long as Emperor Yongjia did not come to the harem, he would meet her by chance no matter where he was. As for small things like sending ginseng tea and sugar water, Concubine You did it herself, and she would dress up beautifully every time. Emperor Yongjia was not a saint. He did favor her at the beginning, but she did not stop while she was ahead. Instead, she became more and more aggressive. Once, she even ran to the imperial study in cool clothes. You know, even the queen and Concubine Qiao had never been to this place, so how could she be so worthy?

This time, Emperor Yongjia did not show any mercy and threw her into the cold palace for ten days. After ten days, Concubine You came out of the cold palace. She was so thin that she looked ten years older. From then on, she behaved well. Later, when the Fourth Prince framed the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, Concubine You stayed indoors and never went out. The Empress Dowager was kind and exempted her from the daily morning review, so she had disappeared from the public eye for a long time.

Therefore, the third prince would not think that the fourth prince's release was due to Concubine You's credit.

That Concubine You, it's already kind of her not to hold her son back. You still want her to help her son? You're dreaming!

As for other reasons, the third prince really couldn't think of any.

The fifth prince also had the same idea as him. He was even more surprised that he had not heard any news about this before.

This is wrong!

Only the Fourth Prince was secretly proud at this time. You see, you never dreamed that I, the Fourth Master, would come out and be with you all. I let you laugh at me and kick me when I'm down, but one day, I will let you know who will have the last laugh!

Zhao Shiqing walked beside Xiao Zhen, and they followed far behind. She could not empathize with the complicated and confusing situation between the three princes, but she also noticed the awkward atmosphere.

The corners of Zhao Shiqing's mouth twitched. No wonder they said that there was no family affection in the royal family. If brothers became like this, what was the difference between them and their enemies?

However, these three almost identical hooked noses really opened Zhao Shiqing's eyes.

These three, plus Xu Lin and his son, look like they were carved from the same mold. Even if she copied them, she couldn't make them look so similar. They are so similar!

Zhao Shiqing felt more and more that Xu Lin and his son were in a hot situation. The power of these three hot potatoes far exceeded that of Wan Ruyi.

Although Aunt Ruyi resembles the old empress dowager, the old empress dowager has passed away for many years. The two eldest princesses, Jiayi and Jiaan, usually wear heavy makeup, and most people would not associate the simple Wan Ruyi with them.

But Xu Lin and his sons are different. These three look so much like the princes. No wonder, Xu Lin and Xu Kun are twin brothers and look exactly the same. It is normal for their sons to look alike.

Zhao Shiqing was lost in thought while the eunuch was checking Xiao Zhen's belongings. He felt around a few times and found no weapons, so he let him go.

Zhao Shiqing was curious and quietly asked Xiao Zhen: "Why didn't they search me?"

Xiao Zhen found it funny that someone was eager to be searched. In fact, he had already made preparations. If the eunuch wanted to search Zhao Shiqing, he would stuff a red envelope into his hand. However, the eunuch did not reach out to Zhao Shiqing. After thinking about it, Xiao Zhen had the answer.

"Maybe he thought you were a child."

Zhao Shiqing: You should have told me earlier. I made so many preparations in advance, but it was all in vain!

That’s right, Zhao Shiqing made sufficient preparations to deal with the body search, but people turned a blind eye to her and ignored her.

The palace banquet had not yet begun. After arriving, several princes went to see the emperor, and Xiao Zhen soon saw an acquaintance.

Deng Zheng, the prince of Dingguo!

However, the people following Deng Zheng were his cousins ​​from other branches of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, and Zhu Qing and Zhu Xin, who were usually inseparable from him, were not seen.

Xiao Zhen observed silently, but did not see Lord Zhu, the Marquis of Baoqing. Instead, the Duke of Weiguo and his four brothers were all there. The five brothers stood there with their hands on their hips, pointing to the sky and talking about everything, and laughed heartily from time to time, attracting everyone to look at them from time to time, as if this was not the imperial palace, but the fields of their Yan family's farm.

But Yan Xia was not with them. He was surrounded by a group of young men, including his brothers, but most of them were children of nobles.

Zhao Shiqing had a good impression of this future brother-in-law, so she asked Deng Zheng curiously, "Prince Deng, isn't it said in the capital that Hero Yan is not sociable? Why are there so many people surrounding him?"

Deng Zheng already knew from the introductions that this child was the younger brother of Master Zhen and also Zhen Wuduo's godson. Zhen Guiruo was the Big Boy of Fortune, and this Zhen Bao was the Little Boy of Fortune. Therefore, he didn't really treat Zhen Bao as a child. Seeing that she was interested in Yan Xia, he patiently explained:

"It's not that Prince Yan is unsociable, but he likes those around him, and others can't get a word in. Among the sons of nobles, he is the only one who can speak in front of the emperor. Therefore, whenever the elders in the family scold the younger generation, they always mention him. Look at Yan Xia, he has already gone to work for the emperor. And look at you, what else can you do besides eating, drinking and having fun?

After saying this many times, people started looking at him differently.

But in an occasion like today, where everyone is being watched by their elders, even if they have to pretend, they have to act like they have a good relationship with Prince Yan."

So that's how it is. Zhao Shiqing smiled. She was just about to go over and give Brother-in-law Yan a scare when she saw another person.

Yang Shengqiu!