Chapter 20 He was killed by a brothel girl?
The chubby little girl was lying softly on the queen's shoulder. When she heard this, she immediately perked up and straightened her body: [Why did the Royal Concubine hit the Sixth Prince? ]
The Empress and Emperor Wen Zhao were also quite interested and listened quietly.
System: [Recently, the Sixth Prince is madly in love with a merchant girl, and he even intends to marry her as his concubine. He came to the palace today to talk to the Imperial Concubine about this.]
Ji Jinyou thought about it and asked in confusion: [If I can only be a concubine, then I can also be a merchant girl? ]
When princes marry a principal wife, they have certain requirements regarding the family background, but for a concubine, the requirements should not be that strict.
Moreover, according to the book, the business was prosperous during the Great Sheng Dynasty, and the status of merchants was not too low. In order to encourage business, the emperor even took several concubines who were born as merchants into his harem.
System explanation: [The problem is that at the palace banquet a while ago, the Sixth Prince brought that woman into the palace. The Imperial Concubine met her and said that the woman was full of lewdness and did not seem like a good person. The Imperial Concubine warned the Sixth Prince at the time to break up with the woman as soon as possible.]
[I didn't expect that after so long, the two of them not only continued to be together, but the Sixth Prince even had the idea of marrying her. If he wasn't afraid of not being able to pass the test of the Imperial Concubine and the Emperor, he would have wanted to marry her directly as his principal wife.]
Ji Jinyou was curious: [Is the Imperial Concubine right? Is that woman a good person? ]
The system did not answer but asked: [Youzi, guess what the real identity of that woman is. ]
After being together for so long, Ji Jinyou was already very familiar with the temper of this system. Upon hearing his tone, he boldly guessed: [Could it be that the Royal Concubine really guessed it right? ]
[Our Youzi is really smart.] The system praised: [It is said that the Royal Concubine has a sharp eye. The woman is a merchant girl on the surface, but in fact she is a brothel girl. She was bought by someone with ulterior motives, and after being specially packaged, she deliberately approached the Sixth Prince with the purpose of ruining his reputation.]
Ji Jinyou didn't understand: [Why would you want to ruin his reputation? This is a palace intrigue story, not a power struggle story. Why did you end up targeting the prince?]
[The former court and the harem have always been one and the same, and have never been separated.] The system sighed: [The old emperor had so many sons, but he was afraid of the crown prince sharing power, and he was slow to appoint a crown prince. It was fine in the early years, but now the princes have grown up, and each of them is holding back a lot of energy, thinking that they are the right person, and they keep fighting openly and secretly.]
The Queen agreed with this and glanced at Emperor Wen Zhao casually.
You see, even Tong Tong said that this is the fundamental reason why the children have been fighting with each other in recent years.
The empress said nothing and her expression did not change. She was still smiling so gently, but Emperor Wen Zhao could see a hint of resentment in her smile.
He reflected on it and wondered, is it really time to appoint a crown prince?
Ji Jinyou pondered over the system's words, and then thought about the TV dramas he had watched before. It seemed that this was indeed how it was played: [That's true. Do you know who did all this? ]
The system flipped through the plot: [I don't know, it has not been unlocked yet. However, today the Royal Concubine beat up the Sixth Prince, which hurt him. After returning home, the woman was gentle and considerate again, and the relationship between the two became even more passionate. According to the character summary, the Sixth Prince died at the hands of the woman.]
Ji Jinyou thought about how good the Imperial Concubine and the Eighth Princess were to her, and felt a little sorry: [Everyone, if I say I want to go to Hibiscus Palace now, will the Queen and His Majesty let me go? ]
The Empress and Emperor Wen Zhao looked at each other. "Let us go, let us go, let us go, we also want to go and see what the fighting is like."
When the system heard the worried tone of the little girl, it asked: [Do you want to remind me again? ]
Ji Jinyou sighed in her heart: [Now that the Imperial Concubine is dead, and the Sixth Prince is also dead, then only the Eighth Sister is left. How pitiful she is.]
The system advises: [But even if you go, you won’t be able to do anything. ]
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Inside the Hibiscus Palace, the Imperial Concubine stared at the Sixth Prince kneeling on the ground, her face turning blue with anger: "I told you to break up with that little witch, but not only did you not break up, you even wanted to marry her?"
Seeing that the Royal Concubine was really angry, the Sixth Prince moved back slightly and said, "She is a concubine, not a principal wife."
"Even the concubine can't do that." The Royal Concubine raised her hand and slammed the table, shouting angrily: "Someone, bring me a broom."
The maid standing guard at the door responded, went into the storeroom in the side hall, took the broom that the imperial concubine used to beat her son, and brought it in. Then she went out and closed the door of the hall. Her movements were very skillful, and it was obvious that she had done this many times before.
Seeing this scene, the Sixth Prince couldn't believe it. "Mother, I am already seventeen years old. I am an adult. I have already left the palace and built my own house. I can marry and have children. You won't beat me again, will you?"
"What do you mean old? I am not old at all!" The Imperial Concubine was a little hesitant at first because of his accusation. When she heard the word "old", she immediately got angry and stood up, swung the broom and hit the Sixth Prince: "You little evil creature, I will break your legs today."
The Sixth Prince had been naughty since childhood and would never take a beating quietly. The moment the broom came over, he jumped up and ran around everywhere.
While running away, he argued: "Mother, can you please be reasonable? It was fine if you beat your son when he was little, but he is so old now, and he may become the crown prince in the future. If you beat him like this, how will your son save his face if the news gets out?"
The Royal Concubine spat, "Just because you want to marry that woman of unknown origin, you are not worthy of being the Crown Prince. Besides, with your eldest brother here, it's not your turn."
The Sixth Prince had always sincerely supported the First Prince and had never really thought about becoming the Crown Prince. He was just saying this and responded, "Yes, yes, mother is right."
No matter how angry the Imperial Concubine was, he was her own son after all. After failing to catch up with him after chasing for a while, she gave up, threw the broom away, and stood there with her hands on her hips, panting.
Seeing this, the Sixth Prince came over with a playful smile and helped her up: "Mother, are you okay? Sit down and take a rest. Can you still walk to the chair? Otherwise, your son will carry you on his back."
After all, he was her own son. No matter how angry the imperial concubine was, she couldn't help laughing after he made such a fuss. She shook off his hand, sat down on the chair and calmed down. Once her anger subsided, she calmed down.
Looking at the handsome young man in front of her, the imperial concubine changed her mind.
She knows her son best. Although he appears to be lazy on the surface, he is stubborn at heart.
He couldn't marry that woman, but she couldn't be so tough. She had to find another way, otherwise she would be pushed too hard.
The more he felt that he and that woman were a pair of star-crossed lovers, the more he wanted to be together.
The Imperial Concubine thought for a moment, smoothed her hair, stood up and walked out: "It's time for lunch. You and I should go to your father to pay your respects and have lunch with him."
The Sixth Prince hurriedly followed: "Mother, what do you say about that matter?"
Imperial Concubine: "Don't worry, let's wait and talk about it after dinner."
If this little evildoer could hear something from Xiaojiu himself, she wouldn't have to worry about it.
The Sixth Prince had no intention of getting the job done today, so he nodded and said, "Okay."
The Imperial Concubine then reminded in a low voice: "Your ninth sister is also with your father. If you see or hear anything strange later, don't make it public. I will tell you slowly later."
Seeing that the Royal Concubine was so mysterious, the Sixth Prince asked curiously, "What's the matter?"
The Royal Concubine said nothing more: "You'll know when you get there."
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[All right, I still want to go to Furong Palace.] Ji Jin hesitated for a while, but still wanted to go.
Just when I was worrying about how to tell Her Majesty the Empress, I heard Liang Quan reporting from outside that the Royal Concubine had brought the Sixth Prince to pay her respects to Her Majesty.
Ji Jinyou's eyes lit up, and he turned his head to look at the door: [Sixth brother is here.]
The emperor summoned everyone in, and the imperial concubine and the sixth prince bowed to the emperor and empress in turn, then sat down.
Emperor Wen Zhao, the Empress, and the Imperial Consort did not say a word. They just looked at the Sixth Prince quietly.
The Sixth Prince was stared at by those meaningful eyes, feeling very uneasy as if sitting on pins and needles.
What's going on? If you have something to say, just ask him. If you want to scold him, just scold him. Why are you staring at him like that?
Besides, my mother hasn’t told my father and mother about his affairs yet. What do those meaningful looks in their eyes mean?
[Tong, you said earlier that my sixth brother was killed by that brothel girl. When did that happen? ]
The Sixth Prince was full of doubts when he suddenly heard Xiaojiu, who was sitting in the Queen's arms opposite him, speaking.
No, no, no, she didn't say that because she didn't even open her mouth.
Also, what did Xiaojiu say? That he was killed by a brothel girl?
The Sixth Prince was stunned. What, what, what is going on?