Jiuzhu covered her forehead and looked up at the lights.
"like?"
"Yeah." Jiuzhu nodded.
Chen Wang waved to the eunuch and said, "Bring down a lamp."
"Which one do you like?" he turned to ask Jiuzhu.
"They are all beautiful." Jiuzhu looked up and pointed at one of the cups: "This one?"
The color of this lamp is somewhat similar to the color of your clothes.
"Then take this one." Prince Chen raised his hand to take the mermaid lamp that the eunuch took down and handed it to Jiuzhu.
Little girls are little girls, they like these fancy things.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Jiuzhu held the lamp carefully, not wanting to dirty it, as if it were a child's most cherished treasure.
"Ming County Lord."
Jiuzhu looked up in surprise and saw Sun Caiyao with her hair in a bun. She was stunned for a moment, then responded, "I have met the Princess of the County."
Sun Caiyao looked at the lamp in Jiuzhu's hand and smiled: "I haven't seen the county lord for a long time. If you are free, please come and sit with me."
"Fourth sister-in-law." Prince Chen said, "Fourth brother is injured and needs to rest. Our Jiuzhu is young and ignorant. If she disturbs Fourth brother, it will be bad."
Upon hearing this, Sun Caiyao forced a smile and wanted to say something more to Ming Jiuzhu, but Prince Chen had already taken Ming Jiuzhu away.
She looked at the backs of Prince Chen and Ming Jiuzhu, then turned her head to look at the mermaid lanterns swaying on the branches. Her heart seemed to be filled with the swaying mermaid, floating in the air with nowhere to land.
"Princess Princess." A little maid hurriedly walked up to her and said, "I am a maid from Lanxu Palace. Please, Princess Princess and His Highness, find a way to help the queen."
"What's wrong with mother?" Sun Caiyao pulled her hair aside and asked, "What happened?"
"Our queen was summoned to Mingyue Palace by the Royal Concubine. Not only did the Royal Concubine avoid us, she also made our queen kneel in the quiet room and pick up Buddha beans." The little palace maid cried anxiously: "Please ask the Princess and His Highness to think of a solution."
Every time the Queen got bullied by the Imperial Concubine, the servants were the ones who got into trouble in the end. She really had no other choice.
"Don't worry, I'll think of a solution." Sun Caiyao couldn't bear to worry her sick husband, so she walked around twice, looked up and saw the mermaid lights on the treetops, gritted her teeth, and walked towards the courtyard where Prince Chen lived.
In the Taiyang Palace, Emperor Longfeng saw Concubine Su Gui walk in angrily and put down the book in his hand: "What's wrong? Who made you angry?"
He looked at Liu Zhongbao and General Wang behind Concubine Su and frowned slightly.
Liu Zhongbao and General Wang quickly left the hall. Their intuition told them that the rest of the content was not for them to hear.
"It has nothing to do with others." Concubine Su threw away her sleeves and sat down on the chair: "Your Majesty, someone wants to kill Du Qing and me. How do you think I can endure it?"
"The accident at the Royal Stables, the embroidery at my birthday banquet, which one wasn't plotted by others?" Concubine Su said angrily, "I thought the prince had grown up and had bigger ambitions, but I didn't expect that eight years ago, my mother and I had already walked through the gates of hell."
"It's my fault. I failed to protect you." Emperor Longfeng walked up to Concubine Su and gently held her hand: "Don't worry, I will definitely seek justice for you."
Concubine Su lowered her eyelids and didn't want to pay attention to him.
"Mei Dai, I was wrong." Emperor Long Feng gently stroked her temples: "If you are angry, just scold me. How can you be angry with yourself?"
"It is a great sin to offend His Majesty. How dare I scold His Majesty?" Concubine Su snorted, "If the civil officials knew about this, they would call me a witch again."
"In the eyes of others, I am the emperor. In front of you, I am just an ordinary man who is easily influenced." Emperor Longfeng lifted the corner of his robe and sat down in front of Concubine Su. In this way, he was much lower than Concubine Su who was sitting on the stool.
"Why are you playing dirty again?" Concubine Su saw him like this and said, "Do you think you can still seduce me with your face like you did more than 20 years ago?"
"I know, I'm old and ugly, and I'm tired of the old makeup." Emperor Longfeng sighed pitifully, "But for Du Qing's sake, you should just get along with me."
"You really should let the outside officials see how pitiful you are when you act like a scoundrel." Concubine Su Gui calmed down a little. She lifted the hem of her skirt and was about to sit down in front of Emperor Longfeng.
"Wait." Emperor Longfeng stood up and spread his cloak on the ground: "Sit down now."
Concubine Su looked at the cloak embroidered with dark dragon patterns and sat on it with legs crossed. The two stared at each other, and Concubine Su finally smiled: "That day, Du Qing and I did plan to go to the restaurant to taste the local braised fish. On the way, something unexpected happened."
When talking to Emperor Longfeng about the little girl she rescued from the water, Concubine Su sighed: "I always thought we saved her, but I didn't expect it was she who saved us."
After going around in circles, she thought it was the result, but never imagined that it was the cause.
After hearing what happened, Emperor Longfeng didn't dare to imagine what would have happened in the end if Du Qing hadn't happened to rescue a little girl and delayed the mother and son for too long, causing them to cancel their plan to eat braised fish.
Those people hated Mei Dai and Du Qing, but actually they just hated him for not showing his favor to them.
It all stems from greed and jealousy, and he is the source of jealousy and greed.
"It's all my fault." Emperor Longfeng trembled his index finger slightly, "I spoiled you, but didn't give you enough protection."
"Your Majesty, you are not wrong." Concubine Su shook her head and denied what Emperor Longfeng said: "It is the human heart that is wrong."
"Who is that little girl?" Emperor Longfeng did not refute the noble concubine's words: "I want to reward her."
Concubine Su shook her head: "I don't know, I didn't ask her to tell me her name, I just remember that the little girl had a pair of bright and beautiful eyes. Before she left, she said that she would remember this kindness in her heart."
At this point, her eyes softened: "She is a very well-bred little girl."
Emperor Longfeng stood up and picked up the booklet presented by General Wang from the table, and put it into Concubine Su's hand: "This is the confession given by the servants of the Zheng family."
Concubine Su took it and read it carefully. She almost tore the memorial in her hand after seeing the back part: "The Zheng family wants to die?!"
She's going to kill them!
Otherwise, this position as a concubine would be in vain!
"The child who was pushed into the river by the scarred man..." Concubine Su Gui stroked the record about the little girl on the memorial: "How great would it be if the little girl that Du Qing and I rescued was her?"
If the assassin hadn't wanted to kill her and Du Qing, the little girl wouldn't have died.
But the river was turbulent, and no one could guarantee that the little girl, whose hands and feet were tied by the assassin, would be lucky enough to survive.
"God is merciful, maybe it is her." Emperor Longfeng knew why the noble concubine was sad: "I will ask General Wang to continue investigating, and he will definitely find the whereabouts of the little girl you saved that year."
Concubine Su was very regretful and wondered why she asked the little girl to keep the secret.
Lingzhou is so big, eight years is enough time for a little girl's appearance to change. She may have married, or she may no longer be in Lingzhou.
The world is so big, where can I find it?
"Believe me." Emperor Longfeng held Concubine Su in his arms: "When we find her, we can buy her a big house, give her a lot of money, and even choose a good husband for her."
But I hope you can have peace of mind.
General Wang waited outside the palace for half an hour, and finally waited until His Majesty summoned him again, and hurriedly bowed and entered the palace. He accidentally looked up and saw that His Majesty was serving tea to Concubine Su. This was not something he could see.
"General Wang." Emperor Longfeng placed the tea in front of Concubine Su Gui and said, "Please arrange for someone to go to Lingzhou to investigate a young girl who is about sixteen or seventeen years old."
Consul Wang glanced at Concubine Su cautiously. The Emperor asked him to investigate the girl in front of Concubine Su?
"Your Majesty, what is the girl's name and what does she look like?"
"If I know the name and appearance, do you still need to check?" Concubine Su raised her eyebrows: "I want you to find out the little girl who was pushed into the river by the servants of the Zheng family. I suspect that she is the little girl I rescued back then."
Commander Wang was stunned.
Could it be that the reason why Concubine Su turned back halfway that day was because she saved someone?
If the little girl saved by the imperial concubine was the little girl pushed into the river by the servants of the Zheng family, then the assassination of Concubine Su and her son would be too ridiculous.
The laws of nature are clear, and cause and effect are cyclical.
He clasped his hands and said, "I will obey your orders."
Sometimes, he also hopes that there are coincidences in the world. He only hopes that the little girl who was pushed into the river by the scarred man will be rescued by the imperial concubine, grow up healthily, and live a happy and free life.
"The courtyard where His Highness lives is so big." Jiuzhu held a lamp and lay down at the door to look at the inner courtyard. She was worried that His Highness would be wronged by being squeezed into a palace with other princes, but she didn't expect that the courtyard was much larger than she imagined.
"What are you doing lying at the door?" Prince Chen turned around and looked at her: "Come in."
Jiuzhu leaned against the door frame: "Will it be inconvenient?"
"You've come all this way, and you're just considering this?" Prince Chen was amused by her. "Don't worry, there are a bunch of palace maids and eunuchs here, how can it be inconvenient?"
Jiuzhu walked into the yard, carefully handed the mermaid lantern to a little palace maid, and followed Prince Chen closely.
"Sit here for a while." Taking Jiuzhu to the pavilion and sitting down, the King of Chen looked at her and said, "Come on, now you can tell me why you bit my hand just now."
Jiuzhu held the teacup and lowered her head: "Your Highness, I really didn't mean it. I'm sorry."
"Of course I know you didn't mean it." Prince Chen crossed his arms over his chest: "But I also know that you have something on your mind."
"Yes, a little bit." Jiuzhu opened the tea lid and took a sip of tea.
"etc!"
"It burns, it burns!" Jiuzhu almost cried out in pain.
"Drink some cool water, hold it in your mouth and don't swallow it." The Prince fed the cool tea to Jiuzhu's mouth, and saw that her cheeks were puffed up by the cool water in her mouth: "This kind of tea needs to be brewed with boiling water and then mixed with cool water to taste its flavor."
Jiuzhu blinked. How could she have known that there were so many tricks involved in just drinking a few sips of tea?
"Does it still hurt?" Prince Chen sighed and asked the maid to bring some ice cubes. "When we have dinner tonight, you will know what regret is."
Jiuzhu took the empty cup, covered her face with her sleeve, and spit out the water: "The cup doesn't feel hot at all, why is the water so hot?"
"I wonder if some teacups can insulate heat?" Prince Chen took the jade cup filled with ice cubes from the palace maid, picked up a piece and passed it to Jiuzhu's mouth: "Hold it in your mouth."
"It's cold." Jiuzhu shivered while holding an ice cube in her mouth.
"That's right, it's cold. I'll teach you a lesson next time." Prince Chen put down the jade cup and said, "Let's continue with the topic we were talking about. Why are you so upset?"
"I heard that someone tried to assassinate the Queen and His Highness. I'm a little worried." Jiuzhu glanced at the palace maids and eunuchs behind the Prince Chen, and the tip of her tongue unconsciously touched the ice cube that was freezing her: "If Your Highness is angry, then bite my finger back for you."
Prince Chen saw the hand stretched out in front of him. The small hand was white and tender, with the fingertips neatly trimmed.
I really want to bite it a little bit.
It’s just a little bit, not billions of bits.
"Your Highness." A maid walked up to him and said, "The Princess of Qi County wants to see you."
"No." Prince Chen looked at Jiuzhu who was still biting an ice cube and said, "She is my sister-in-law. It's not appropriate for her to meet this brother-in-law alone."
You haven't even brought your wife home yet, why are you bothering yourself with all this nonsense?
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