"I'm sure you've heard about that girl's pregnancy, right? How ridiculous! Since Little Twelve was born, there haven't been any children in the harem."
"That person is taking advantage of the emperor's age and muddled thinking, and that's why he dared to commit such petty thefts behind the scenes."
"As for that child..."
When Chu Huaiyuan finally talked about the child, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared.
The harem is a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones. A child can be born and die quietly.
Su Jinrou was relying on the fact that she was pregnant with the current emperor's late-born child, so she dared to act so arrogantly. As soon as she found out that she was pregnant, she couldn't wait to spread the news outside Qinghua Palace.
"By the way, when I knocked on the door just now, I heard General Meng shouting in the house, "Send me some brown sugar and eggs." Is there a happy event in the General's Mansion?"
Meng Jiuan is an orphan, and has been one since before he joined the battlefield.
Later, he beheaded the enemy leader in one fell swoop and recaptured the lost city of Da Chu. Then he returned to the court, was named the General of National Defense, and had his own mansion.
Therefore, when Chu Huaiyuan heard him mention brown sugar eggs, the first thought that popped into his mind was that there was a happy event in the general's mansion.
Chu Huaiyuan frowned slightly and said half-jokingly, "When did it happen? How come I have never heard of it?"
It would be fine if I didn’t mention the brown sugar eggs.
When the brown sugar eggs were mentioned, Meng Jiuan's face suddenly changed.
He stammered for a moment, and then heard Qin Songmo, who was sitting next to him, speak.
"Chang Xiao said that if the Imperial Concubine had a miscarriage, he would be willing to come to her house with brown sugar and eggs to help her."
Li Shengyi and the other two: ...
Silently giving Qin Songmo a thumbs up, Li Shengyi covered his face with his hands to prevent himself from laughing out loud.
On the other hand, after listening to his friend's explanation, Meng Jiuan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Qin Yuanqing, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."
As he said this, he immediately turned his head and met Chu Huaiyuan's eyes that were looking at him with scrutiny.
His face was almost covered with the word "wronged", and his features suddenly fell. "Your Highness, please understand. Your Highness, your Highness, your Highness Su Guifei is truly innocent of this."
Chu Huaiyuan pondered for a moment. "But I heard that General Meng often comes to the palace and sends some new and interesting gadgets to Qinghua Palace from time to time?"
There are only two kinds of news in the harem: what you want to hear and what you don’t want to hear.
Chu Huaiyuan is the crown prince and has a broad mind, but he cannot tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes.
It was thanks to Meng Jiuan that he was with Qin Songmo and Qin Songmo guaranteed him that he was able to escape the knife in the prince's hand.
Now that the prince has personally revealed what he had done in the past, Meng Jiuan can only feel miserable.
"That's all in the past, Your Highness. I have reformed myself and no longer wish to have anything to do with Concubine Su."
"She doesn't even know who the biological father of her unborn child is. I'm certainly a bit cuckolded in my actions and words, but that doesn't mean I have a cuckolding habit."
Meng Jiuan really had no words to express his pain.
It has been a long time since he last went to Qinghua Palace. After learning that his future daughter did not like Su Jinrou, he also lost much feeling for Su Jinrou.
Once people wake up, they will feel extremely regretful about what they have done before.
Just like Meng Jiuan at this moment.
Chu Huaiyuan listened to his anxious explanation, and his gloomy brows finally relaxed a little.
Raising his hand to interrupt him from continuing to defend himself, Chu Huaiyuan's eyes fell on Qin Songmo.
"We've been making too many advances recently. Chu Huaiyu has become suspicious. Plus, the fifth brother Chu Huaifeng beside him is no ordinary character."
The second prince Chu Huaiyu seems to be very stable recently.
After Meng Jiuan had cut off his display of masculinity, Chu Huaiyu became more sensitive and irritable.
I heard that after he was finally able to get out of bed recently, he ransacked the entire mansion.
Even the servants in the mansion wanted to lower their heads and walk away when they saw him.
When Chu Huaiyuan heard the news, the first emotion that popped into his mind was not happiness, but heaviness.
Chu Huaiyu has a bad temper. His things were cut off, and he was physically frustrated, so he would definitely retaliate psychologically.
"Recently, I have sent people to monitor the Second Brother's movements. If there are any more carriages like that coming in or out, you can't blame me for being rude."
Qin Songmo had no objection. The Second Prince and the Fifth Prince had joined forces and were acting so recklessly because the current emperor was on the verge of death.
Because they had a few more stumbling blocks on their way to action, they were angry and embarrassed, but they couldn't go too far.
After all, Your Majesty is just weak, not dead.
The throne of the crown prince has not yet been abdicated and is still in the hands of Chu Huaiyuan. They see each other every day in the palace. As the heir to the throne, if the crown prince makes a move against them, His Majesty will just turn a blind eye.
"Now their hopes are all placed on that unborn child. They are just waiting for that child to be born. Even if he is not a prince, they will make him a prince."
"If they can then dig up some evidence of 'adultery and treason' from me, my father will remove me as the crown prince, and their goal will be achieved."
When Chu Huaiyuan said this, a look of fatigue appeared between his eyebrows.
Since attending a birthday banquet at the Bachelor's Mansion last time, I learned some unknown news from Li Shengyi.
He investigated the matter all night long.
However, this matter involved too many forces and important officials of the court.
For the time being they were unable to uproot it.
Pulling out an envelope from his wide sleeves, Chu Huaiyuan pushed it onto the tea table. "This is someone related to the Scholar's Mansion, Liu Hanyan, Liu Jing, and the Second Prince."
"Yuan Qing, I know you are intelligent. If I give this matter to you, you will definitely be able to do it flawlessly."
"The Imperial Astronomical Observatory said that there will be heavy snow in the north this year. The locust plague in the northwest has just ended. If another snowstorm comes, the unrest among the people cannot be underestimated."
As His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he must do something now to calm the people's hearts, so that he can keep his position as Crown Prince.
I used to think the Crown Prince was weak, but now it seems he's a resourceful and obedient person. The future of the Great Chu will undoubtedly continue.
[However, this path is still a bit difficult. The list that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave my father, claiming it was related to the Second Prince and his men, was actually a kill list.]
[This matter...is it Meng Jiuan who does it? ]
His eyes fell on Meng Jiuan, and confusion appeared between Li Shengyi's brows.
In the original book, she only saw Meng Jiuan's love-brained heart, and he charged forward for the heroine Su Jinrou regardless of everything.
But he didn't know that he was not only a knife of Qin Songmo, but also a knife of the future crown prince of Da Chu.
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