Chapter 525 The Princess Who Was Widowed Early (18)

When the banquet was over and the Princess had returned to her own residence, the Empress Dowager had not received any news from the informant. She was furious and decided to go to the abandoned palace to take a look.

Unexpectedly, when she arrived at the abandoned palace, she saw only a mess. There was no sign of Concubine Shu, nor any trace of the Fifth Prince. She was furious and severely punished the maids who reported the news.

The next day, she heard that Concubine Shu had miscarried after bumping into the scissors of a dressmaker, and that the Fifth Prince had just been found drunk by the Taiye Lake by a palace servant. She was full of doubts and didn't understand how the two of them had escaped.

However, Chunhui Palace was very lively at this time. Concubine Shu's mother, who was specially summoned to the palace by Emperor Rui, hugged her daughter and cried about how miserable her life was. She spoke in a discontinuous manner, as if she was the one lying on the bed. Concubine

Shu, lying on the bed, was wearing thick clothes, her eyes were dull, her face was sallow, as if she had lost her vitality and was just a shell.

She had been thinking about it since she woke up, but she still couldn't understand why he wanted to die.

"My queen, the Seventh Prince heard that you were not feeling well, so he came to visit you. He is now outside the palace gate. Do you want to see him or not?" The female official asked carefully.

The news that her queen had miscarried had spread throughout the palace, and the concubines who had been in contact with her had disappeared at this time, fearing that they would have any connection with her.

"No, no, no, no one, they just came to see my daughter's joke." Concubine Shu's mother was even more excited than Concubine Shu herself, "They just saw that Concubine Shu had lost her prince, and she would lose her support in the future, so they wanted to add insult to injury."

The female official looked at her own queen in embarrassment and said cautiously, "The Seventh Prince is now favored by the emperor. If you don't see him, I'm afraid the emperor will be displeased if he knows."

"Okay." Concubine Shu sat up, enduring the pain, "Mother, please go to the side hall first."

Concubine Shu's mother wanted to say something, but seeing her daughter's impatient expression, she immediately kept silent and followed the female official out.

Gu Changfeng stopped a few steps into the hall. The carved screen blocked his direct meeting with Concubine Shu.

"Xiao Qi pays his respects to Concubine Shu."

"Thank you." Concubine Shu leaned against the bed wall and said in a very weak voice.

Last night, if he hadn't heard her cry for help and rescued her, she might have lost her life.

"Seeing that the Concubine Shu is much better, Xiao Qi is relieved." Gu Changfeng lowered his eyes and looked at the floor tiles under his feet.

Last night, he went out for a walk and planned to meet the Princess and Song Weicheng by chance. Unexpectedly, he was led to the abandoned palace by a maid who looked like the Princess, and then he found her.

There is a tunnel in the abandoned palace that leads to the back of Chunhui Palace. He brought her back with almost no effort.

When he returned to Chaoyang Palace last night, he always felt that everything behind this matter was not as simple as it seemed. It seemed that someone deliberately brought him there.

He intuitively thought that it would be that person... But... Why did that person do this?

"I will repay the Seventh Prince for his kindness in saving my life with my own death." Concubine Shu handed her personal jade pendant to her personal maid, who then passed it to Gu Changfeng.

She hated it. She gave her heart to the Fifth Prince and even got the whole family to support him. But he, not only did he betray everything, but he also wanted to die!

She was going to start her own counterattack. Supporting the Seventh Prince was only her first step. She would slowly make him fall into ruin and experience the same feeling she had once experienced: "crying to the heavens and getting no response, crying to the earth and getting no response.

" "Happy cooperation." Gu Changfeng accepted the jade pendant, rubbed it in his hand for two circles, and said goodbye: "It's getting late, and Xiaoqi still has to do his afternoon class, so I won't bother you anymore."

Concubine Shu asked her personal maid to send her out. Just as she lay down, her mother came hurriedly. Her ears were filled with nagging, and she became even more irritated. She whispered: "Mother, please leave the palace."

This was the first time that Concubine Shu's mother was spoken to so harshly by her daughter. Her eyes immediately turned red, and she said to herself: "If you are in a bad mood, don't take it out on me. I'm in the mansion. You are the mistress of a family after all, and even your father has never said a harsh word to me in his life. You are young, and losing a child is not a big deal. The most urgent thing is to win over the emperor. Look at you, what's wrong with being your concubine? Why do you have to think about something..."

Seeing that she was about to finish her words, Concubine Shu quickly scolded, "Mother, be careful with your words and actions! This is the palace."

Concubine Shu's mother wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief with red eyes, and became even more dissatisfied, "If you had known that this was the palace, you would not..."

"What would Concubine Shu not do?"

The sudden voice of Emperor Rui frightened everyone in the room. Especially Concubine Shu's mother, her legs went weak, and she knelt on the ground.

"Madam, please stand up. I'm here to visit Concubine Shu, so there's no need to be so reserved." Emperor Rui walked past her to Concubine Shu's bedside, held her hand, and his brows were filled with sorrow. "Who could have thought that something like this would happen?"

Concubine Shu lowered her head to reveal her fair neck, her voice hoarse with sadness, "It's my fault, Your Majesty, for not being able to save our prince."

"It has nothing to do with you." Emperor Rui held her hand and let her lean on his shoulder, and said in a clear and gentle voice, "It's that maid who deserves to die. I've already thrown her into jail, and sent cruel officials to torture her severely, and I must give you and the prince in heaven an explanation."

Concubine Shu in his arms trembled slightly, and she had to dig her fingernails into her flesh to keep calm.

"Don't be afraid, I've already dealt with the maid for you." Emperor Rui patted her back gently, laughing heartily, "It's just a small thing, look how scared you are."

The prince was gone without knowing why, and as a father, he just brushed it off lightly, looking nonchalant as if he were a stranger. At this time, the mother of Concubine Shu, who was kneeling on the ground, finally turned cold to Emperor Rui.

"Thank you, Lord, for your grace." Concubine Shu took the opportunity to break free from his arms. At this moment, she seemed to be in an ice cellar

. It turned out that her prince was not expected by anyone from the beginning. "Take good care of your body, there will be more princes." Emperor Rui strode out with his hands behind his back, but his eyes became colder and colder.

He knew everything about Concubine Shu and the fifth prince, and he had been keeping it secret just because of his own considerations. But she and the fifth prince should never treat themselves as fools, thinking that they could easily deceive him. This time, he was more generous and gave them a little warning.

Next time, he would definitely exterminate all nine clans and kill without mercy.

(End of this chapter)