Chapter 303
Xiaoju saw Shenman off from the Golden Palace.
Shen Man stood at the entrance of the hall, looking at the pure gold plaque above the hall, a hint of resentment in her eyes.
The Imperial Concubine is merely someone who resembles the late Empress. Taking advantage of her desire to enter the palace, she obstructs the Empress's contact with His Majesty. She is truly despicable!
A gentle autumn breeze blew as Shen Man stood at the palace gate. The palace servants sweeping outside the palace were changing shifts, and the servants on duty had not yet arrived, making the area outside the Golden Palace very quiet.
Shen Man looked left and right, then found a place where she could hide.
Inside the hall, Shen Qingnian was talking to Xiao Yanqing, and the atmosphere between the mother and son was warm.
At this moment, Zhu Lan walked in. She came to Shen Qingnian and whispered, "Your Highness, after Consort Shen left the palace, she has been hiding behind the bushes at the palace gate and has not left yet."
There were no palace servants sweeping or cleaning, but there were palace servants on guard in the shadows, and there were also quite a few secret guards.
Shen Qingnian raised an eyebrow, her gaze sweeping over Xiao Yanqing beside her, and simply said, "Let her go."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Lan bowed and withdrew.
"Mother, is it that Consort Shen from earlier?" Little Yanqing asked Shen Qingnian. His brows were slightly furrowed, and he looked somewhat serious, displaying the majesty of a young prince.
Shen Qingnian couldn't help but touch the top of his head and whispered, "It's her."
“That Consort Shen is really not as good as Mother. She has done such a petty theft. She is a disgrace to the harem,” Xiao Yanqing said with disdain, looking down on Consort Shen.
His mother had finally returned to the palace, and first a goddess entered the palace, and now a concubine named Shen had arrived, which he found utterly repulsive.
Once his father has finished dealing with the matter, he will personally remove these women from the palace.
Seeing how protective Yan Qing was of herself, Shen Qingnian felt a surge of warmth in her heart: "Consort Shen's actions were indeed inappropriate, but Yan Qing, don't take it too seriously. She's just an outsider, not worth your trouble."
"Rest a little longer. After the chicken and bird's nest soup in the small kitchen is ready, take it to your grandmother so she can play with Xiao Xi together."
Yan Qing is mature and it's normal for her to notice Shen Man, but she doesn't want Yan Qing to pay too much attention to her. Rather than focusing her attention on someone irrelevant, she'd rather study and play more.
She suspected that Shen Man was hiding outside the palace, perhaps with designs on Yan Qing...
“Mother, I understand. If that Consort Shen comes looking for me, I will ignore her,” Xiao Yanqing nodded obediently, putting away the serious look on his face.
He understood his mother's thoughts; since she didn't want him to get involved, then he wouldn't.
Outside the palace.
Shen Man's legs went numb from standing behind the bushes before she saw Xiao Yanqing's figure emerge from the Golden Hall. Her eyes lit up and she immediately went out.
"Where is Your Highness going?" Shen Man's smile was somewhat forced.
Just now in the palace, she only glanced at the young crown prince. Now, looking at the young crown prince's face, which resembled the imperial concubine so much, she had the illusion that the imperial concubine was the young crown prince's birth mother. At the same time, she also realized that the imperial concubine really did look very much like the late empress.
At least more like her...
Xiao Yanqing looked at Shen Man in front of him, frowned, took a step back, his disdain and disgust were evident, and his childish voice was full of seriousness: "What is it, Consort Shen?"
When Consort Shen saw how much the young prince disliked her, she was stunned for a moment, and then resentment and unwillingness rose in her heart. Her stiff, fake smile became even more obvious.
She softened her tone considerably: "I saw Your Highness take a food box. Are you going to deliver it to His Majesty?"
She was determined to win over the young crown prince; what the imperial concubine could do, she could do too!
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