Chapter 144 Chapter 144 Meow meow meow? How could she steal someone...

When Li Shuyao and Qingyao arrived, there were five or six eunuchs standing outside Chengqian Palace. All of them were strong and powerful. The eunuchs and palace maids on the palace road were so scared that they dared not pass by the gate of Chengqian Palace. They wished they could stick their entire bodies to the palace wall on the other side.

However, no loud sound came from inside.

If the eunuch who came to report the news had not spoken so confidently and if the ceremony at the gate of Chengqian Palace had not been so grand, Li Shuyao would not have believed that Concubine Hui had the guts to quarrel with the Imperial Noble Concubine.

What are you trying to achieve...

Li Shuyao and Qingyao supported each other and walked into Chengqian Palace.

Dozens of palace maids knelt in the courtyard of Chengqian Palace, some with anxious expressions and some with tears in their eyes. When they saw Li Shuyao and Qingyao, they knelt in unison, turned around, and kowtowed to them as if they had seen their saviors. Then a familiar-looking palace maid came out and led them towards the main hall.

The door to the main hall was wide open, and a sharp female voice could be heard faintly, but no one knew what she was saying.

Li Shuyao climbed two steps and suddenly had an idea. She walked around the gate of Chengqian Palace in a hurry with clear steps and approached from another direction.

The palace maid who led them was stunned for a moment, and after realizing that the two ladies wanted to eavesdrop, her stunned expression gradually became complicated.

But she did not dare to disturb her, and just followed Li Shuyao silently, while being prepared to interrupt her at any time. She did not dare to let Concubine Ling hear anything she should not hear, otherwise, her mother would probably punish her.

Li Shuyao's dog was squatting outside the door stealthily.

Qingyao was concerned about her image and did not squat on the ground like her. She just lifted the hem of her skirt and bent her back down a little.

"...Your Majesty...are you so thoughtful?"

"...It's for Yinzhen's own good... He likes you... and you... live... so why not?"

The sounds of the quarrel in the hall were sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes far, sometimes near, so that the two people eavesdropping at the door could not hear clearly what the main point of the quarrel was.

Li Shuyao twisted her silk handkerchief and took a difficult step forward.

I don't know what it touched, but the door of Chengqian Palace suddenly made a "bang" sound, neither light nor heavy.

The next second——

"Who's outside?"

It was the voice of Imperial Noble Consort Tong.

Li Shuyao looked up and exchanged glances with Qingyao. They both quickly stood up straight and frantically adjusted their skirts.

The palace maid behind him pretended not to see anything, took two steps forward, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, it is Concubine Ling and Concubine Yi who have come to ask for an audience."

"No!" Imperial Noble Consort Tong said in a firm voice. After she finished speaking, she paused and asked, "Wait, were Shu Yao and Qing Yao...? Were they asking for an audience at the gate?"

Or... already come in?

Oh no, I guess I heard what they were saying.

As soon as Imperial Noble Consort Tong finished speaking, several footsteps were heard in the hall at the same time.

Li Shuyao only had time to put on an angry expression before she met Concubine Tong's eyes.

Li Shuyao had no sense of being a concubine at all. She angrily snorted at Imperial Noble Consort Tong, "Your Highness, you can quarrel if you want to. Why don't you even want to see me?"

She recalled the cold tone in which Imperial Concubine Tong had spoken just now, and felt as if her heart had been stabbed four or five times, sour and bitter, and the corners of her eyes soon turned slightly red.

But she was really upset.

Qingyao was calm and composed. From just the two sentences that Imperial Concubine Tong said, she understood that it was not that Imperial Concubine Tong did not want to see them. She was probably still angry when she spoke, so she did not even hear what the palace maid said, and subconsciously rejected her coldly.

She pulled the aggrieved Li Shuyao into the house.

Li Shuyao stomped hard on the bottom of the flowerpot as she walked.

The voice was heard by Imperial Concubine Tong. She glanced down and said in a clear voice like sweet spring water, "Where are all the rules we learned?"

Li Shuyao: "..."

Even more angry.

But he didn't dare yell at the Imperial Concubine.

He just puffed up his cheeks and angrily saluted the Imperial Noble Consort. After exchanging salutes with Concubine Hui, he saw that there was another eldest prince in the palace, and he felt even more aggrieved.

She really wanted to shrink herself into a small mushroom in Chengqian Palace. When the Imperial Noble Consort apologized to her, she would become a human again...

Imperial Noble Consort Tong ignored her.

It is also possible that he noticed her emotions, but it was not easy for him to lower his status as an imperial concubine to coax her in front of the children.

Imperial Noble Consort Tong winked at Consort Yi, and Consort Yi nodded wisely, indicating that she understood what the Imperial Noble Consort meant, and that she would explain it to Li Shuyao after returning.

Imperial Noble Consort Tong glanced at Li Shuyao again before drawing her attention back.

Li Shuyao didn't see the look in the Imperial Noble Consort's eyes as she looked at her, and was still feeling aggrieved.

No one spoke in the hall, which seemed unusually silent and cold.

Li Shuyao pinched her fingers for a while, and the anger in her heart subsided a little. She looked up and saw that many places in the hall were covered with snow-white rice paper, and on each piece of rice paper, there was a picture of a little girl.

She soon realized that this was a process of selecting a wife for the eldest prince.

But why did they quarrel over the selection of a concubine?

If she were to come and see, all the little girls on the rice paper were pretty. It would be better to call them all into the palace and let the eldest prince choose for himself.

After all, the eldest prince will live with the girl he likes in the future, so naturally the eldest prince's wishes are the most important.

Thinking of this, the words I heard before quickly connected together in my mind.

Oh no!

She understood that Imperial Noble Consort Tong had the same idea as her, wanting the eldest prince to make his own choice, but Consort Hui had a different opinion, so that's why they quarreled?

As expected of her staying in the harem for so many years, her brain has finally made some progress.

Thinking of this, all the depression in my heart disappeared without a trace.

She picked up the nearest piece of rice paper with great interest and read word by word, "Zhang Jiashi..."

Li Shuyao hadn't finished speaking yet.

Imperial Noble Consort Tong put the teacup, from which she had taken only two sips, heavily back on the table, interrupting Li Shuyao's unfinished words.

Li Shuyao raised her head in surprise, and when she saw the delicate and pretty face of Imperial Concubine Tong, which still showed a hint of anger, her mind went blank and she dared not speak anymore.

Imperial Concubine Tong realized that she had frightened her and tried to soften her tone: "We have prepared your favorite snacks in the Imperial Garden. Go and have fun by yourselves."

Concubine Hui probably realized something as well. She glanced at Imperial Noble Concubine Tong deeply, then directly pushed the eldest prince over and said, "Take your two mothers to the Imperial Garden so they don't forget the way."

Look at what this says.

What does it mean to not remember the way?

Did Concubine Hui think that these two Forbidden City street urchins had been hanging around for nothing these past few years?

Not to mention the Imperial Garden, Li Shuyao could even walk across the Qianqing Palace with her eyes closed.

However, she didn't get a chance to speak.

The eldest prince, Yinzhen, must have been tiring of being sandwiched between his two mothers. As soon as Concubine Hui finished speaking, he impatiently walked towards Li Shuyao and asked, "Shall I take the two mothers with me?"

Qingyao: "Just take your mother there. I have something to discuss with the Imperial Concubine later. You can go to the Imperial Garden by yourself after we're done."

Li Shuyao: “?”

She looked at Qingyao in disbelief, feeling as if she had been betrayed.

Qingyao pinched her fingertips, quickly came over, and lowered her voice, "I'll ask around here, and you go get the eldest prince's information. We'll act separately and then get together tonight to find out what happened."

Li Shuyao suddenly realized and gave Qingyao a hundred thumbs up in her heart.

Her best friend is smart!

Why hadn't she thought of it before?

She no longer had any reluctance and stood up from her chair excitedly, pulling the eldest prince's sleeve and saying, "Let's go, let's go. I haven't been out for a few days and I really forgot how to get to the Imperial Garden."

The eldest prince didn't expect that he could actually coax her away. When he was dragged out of the gate of Chengqian Palace, he subconsciously looked up at the sky. The sun didn't rise from the west today. Your mother... when did she become so easy to talk to?

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It’s still Chengqian Palace.

After Li Shuyao and the eldest prince left, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

However, after being interrupted by Li Shuyao, Imperial Noble Consort Tong and Consort Hui seemed to have lost track of what they had been arguing about.

The two drank tea in silence. Qingyao stood up, her steps slow and firm. She looked carefully at all the rice papers spread out in various places in the hall, and soon understood the reason for the quarrel between Imperial Noble Concubine Tong and Concubine Hui.

She asked, "The Imperial Noble Consort has her eyes on a princess from the Irgen Jueluo family, and Concubine Hui has her eyes on a princess from the Fucha family. I wonder if what you say is right?"

The two of them were stunned at the same time because they didn't expect her to be so perceptive.

In the imperial garden, Li Shuyao was also talking to the eldest prince about his wife.

On the way, the eldest prince briefly explained the whole story to Li Shuyao.

Li Shuyao thought without hesitation: "Of course it's the Irgen Jueluo clan."

This is how history and the original novel are arranged, which means it is destined and there is no suspense at all. What are the Imperial Noble Concubine and Concubine Hui struggling with?

The eldest prince didn't expect her to say that and was a little confused. "Does your mother like the princess of the Irgen Jueluo family?"

Li Shuyao shook her head. She had never even seen him, so how could she like him?

She said, "It's not that I like it, it's that you like it."

The eldest prince was stunned, and then his face turned red instantly.

He stammered in retort, "Ling, Ling'er mother always teases me. When did I ever say that I like, no, I like the Irgen Jueluo family... Ling'er mother is talking nonsense, it's all nonsense."

Li Shuyao asked curiously, "If you don't like it, why are you blushing?"

"Why am I blushing?" The eldest prince jumped up from his chair in an instant like a kitten whose tail was stepped on.

Li Shuyao continued to tease him: "If you're not blushing, why are you jumping up?"

"I didn't jump!" The eldest prince's body reacted faster than his brain. As soon as he finished saying the word "I", he sat back in the chair steadily.

Li Shuyao: "..." This child seems to have a brain short circuit.

It's a bit fun.

She rolled her eyes, and suddenly a bad idea came to her mind, "So you mean, you don't like the Irgen Jueluo family?"

"dislike!"

Li Shuyao: "That's good."

"What's good about it?"

Even someone like Li Shuyao couldn't help but be silent for a moment, a little worried that she might have ruined the eldest prince.

Before she could say anything, the eldest prince must have realized something and started to speak fiercely, "What's good or bad? What are you going to do, mother?"

Li Shuyao's expression was very innocent. "Nothing. I just really like Irgen Jueluo. Since you don't like her, I might as well ask the Imperial Noble Consort to give her to my nephew from my family, who is handsome, tall, and very talented, as his wife..."

The Jiangnan Li family had already raised their status when she was named a concubine and was no longer the bannerman of the past.

In recent years, the emperor has personally sent people to keep an eye on her, and other branches of the Li family no longer dare to parade around under her name, and her reputation has gradually improved.

Moreover, her family had two natural teachers, her father and brother. She didn't know how they managed to select more than ten good students with good character and talent for studying from those unmotivated children in the family.

I heard that seven or eight of them have passed the provincial examination, and it is estimated that in a few years they will be able to come to the capital to take part in the metropolitan examination.

The situation in Li Shuyao's family is no secret.

As soon as she said this, the eldest prince felt a sense of crisis. He no longer cared about his image or modesty. With a red face and closed eyes, he shouted loudly, "No!"

"I won't allow it!"

"I, actually I like Irgen Jueluo!"

"That was chosen for me by Khan Ama and Imperial Noble Mother. Your Mother, you are not allowed to take her away from me!"

Li Shuyao blinked: "?"

Meow meow meow?

How could she steal someone?

Isn’t the eldest prince a little too easy to tease?

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