Chapter 204 The Prince is Not the Prince

"certainly."

"They thought they could rest easy with a grandson, but they were gravely mistaken."

Now, King Rui was even more confused.

"Mother, what do you want to do?"

Concubine Hui chuckled.

"What if the prince is not the prince?"

Now, King Rui was shocked.

"What do you mean, what do you mean, the prince is not the prince?"

"How can the prince not be the prince?"

Concubine Hui did not explain, but only murmured: "If the prince is not the prince, then this eldest grandson of the emperor is nothing!"

"When the time comes, who will own the throne?"

When King Rui heard this, he was completely confused.

Concubine Hui did not explain, but just murmured: "Just wait, you will understand soon."

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Time flies, and a few days have passed in the blink of an eye.

The palace has been peaceful these days.

Chen Hechuan also seemed to be busy.

Gu Jingchun hardly ever sees anyone else.

After she failed to find Chen Hechuan several times, she realized that this guy was deliberately avoiding her.

This made her sigh.

In addition, during this period, Emperor Rongcheng came to see Gu Jinxi more often.

For this reason, in order to make his eldest grandson legitimate, Emperor Rongcheng began to think about giving Gu Jingchun a status.

He originally wanted to make her the prince's concubine.

However, the Queen Mother refused, saying that Gu Jinxi was too smart and would definitely become the crown prince in the future.

But if Gu Jingchun became a concubine, his identity would become embarrassing.

During the period of time that they spent together, Emperor Rongcheng also understood that Gu Jinxi was a rare genius.

A child like him will definitely inherit the throne in the future. If he misses out because of his identity, wouldn’t that be a huge loss for Dacheng?

Therefore, despite Emperor Rongcheng's reluctance, he began to make arrangements for Gu Jingchun and Shen Hechuan to get married.

However, if Gu Jingchun wants to get married, this identity will definitely be a big hurdle.

When he heard that Gu Jingchun was kicked out of the mansion by Marquis Yong'an, he frowned immediately.

So he thought of issuing an imperial decree to Marquis Yong'an, letting Gu Jingchun go back first and get married later.

Only in this way is the fastest and most convenient way.

However, he thought of the actions of Marquis Yong'an during this period and was afraid that this action would make Marquis Yong'an become arrogant again.

For a moment, I was a little hesitant.

Just a moment of hesitation and several days passed.

Soon, the Lantern Festival arrived.

This day is also the day for a palace banquet.

Today, all officials and their wives will enter the palace, and the scene is grand.

This meant that Emperor Rongcheng, Jiang Xianhao, and Shen Hechuan had to be present.

Therefore, Chen Hechuan started working early in the morning.

However, he now also likes this kind of busy time, for he is afraid that once he is free, Gu Jingchun will come to him and ask him about leaving the palace.

He had no answer at all and could only hope that this day would come later.

Because this palace banquet was so grand and there were so many people coming and going, the palace maids and eunuchs were inevitably busy.

After all, Gu Jingchun was a female official, so she was pulled over to arrange various matters for the palace banquet.

Just as she was busy giving orders to the palace maids, the noble ladies from the aristocratic families arrived.

Gu Jingchun looked at the familiar figures and, based on the principle of less trouble is worse than more, wanted to leave quietly, but he was stopped by someone.

A woman in a sky-blue dress stopped Gu Jingchun.

"Miss Gu? It's really you. I heard that you entered the palace as a lady-in-waiting. I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Gu Jingchun nodded.

First, I bowed to him, said a few words, and then left.

However, the woman didn't know whether she did it on purpose or not, but she actually pulled Gu Jingchun and started talking about what had happened outside the palace during this period. This attracted more women to stop and watch.

She looked at Gu Jingchun and couldn't help but ask one more question.

Gu Jingchun did not care about his identity, nor did he feel that the female official was inferior to others, nor did he feel that his identity was shameful.

She just fears trouble.

But the more she feared something, the more it happened.

At this time, Situ Mingji walked over slowly, surrounded by people.

She has always been dignified and polite. Even though she looked down on Gu Jingchun from the bottom of her heart, she has never had a direct conflict with Gu Jingchun.

However, news came from the palace these days that her marriage with Shen Hechuan might be on the verge of failure.

Even Emperor Rongcheng wanted Shen Hechuan and Gu Jingchun to get married.

In order to allow the two to get married, Emperor Rongcheng was even preparing to issue an imperial decree to allow Gu Jingchun to return to the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.

This made Situ Mingji very angry, and all his years of self-cultivation were wasted.

Now seeing Gu Jingchun, he almost couldn't control his expression.

She also knew that this was not the time to provoke Gu Jingchun.

After all, she knew very well how much Chen Hechuan protected her.

But she just couldn't swallow this.

After seeing Gu Jingchun, he did not let Gu Jingchun leave, but asked her to stand beside him, asked her to serve him tea and wine, and served her well.

She wanted everyone present to know that the future Crown Princess of Chen Hechuan was so humble as to personally serve her tea and wine.

This was a matter of course. Although Gu Jingchun was a female official, she was also a servant and would certainly not shirk her responsibility.

However, Gu Jingchun actually refused.

She bowed slowly in front of everyone, then said:

"Miss Situ, I am a female official and have my own duties. I am afraid I cannot pour you a glass of wine. I hope you can forgive me."

As she spoke, she pointed to a young palace maid beside her and said, "However, I have also carefully selected a palace maid for you to serve you specially."

Situ Mingji didn't expect that Gu Jingchun was so bold and didn't even give her any face.

His expression changed immediately.

However, in front of so many people, she could only nod in agreement with Gu Jingchun's words, with a cold face, and let the palace maid serve her.

However, Situ Mingji was naturally unhappy because his face was hurt, so he took his anger out on the palace maid and soon became cold-hearted because the palace maid did not do her job well.

The palace maid knelt down and begged for mercy.

However, Situ Mingji changed his previous tolerance and did not let the palace maid go directly. He also hinted to the palace maid in his words that all this was because of Gu Jingchun.

Her reaction made everyone present keenly aware of the abnormality.

He also vaguely sensed that there seemed to be some conflict between her and Gu Jingchun.

There is no wall that is impenetrable, and everyone soon guessed the reason.

"Have you heard? The marriage between the Situ family and the prince is probably going to fall through."

One of them spoke in a low voice, instantly attracting the attention of those around him.

"Why?"

"Why else? It's because of Gu Jingchun!"

"I don't know what tricks she used to make the Crown Prince so obsessed. Now even the Emperor and the Queen Mother are on her side. Naturally, Situ Mingji's marriage is ruined."