Chapter 68 Past Events Concubine

Shu Gui got up with the help of Emperor Qing Ling, her eyes were full of affection.

When she lowered her head, it seemed as if she was hiding thousands of emotions. Every move made Emperor Qing Ling's soul linger and

his heart was moved. The Prime Minister and his wife looked at each other and knew what was going on.

Seeing how considerate Emperor Qing Ling was to Concubine Shu Gui, it should not be a bad thing to invite them to dinner this time.

Because there were outsiders present, Emperor Qingling did not hold Concubine Shugui's waist. Instead, he stood beside her and looked at the Prime Minister and his wife: "Are you two used to entering the palace this time?"

The Prime Minister saluted and said, "Thanks to Your Majesty, everything is fine."

Emperor Qingling looked at his wife beside him with a calm face: "I heard that Madam Zong had a sudden illness just now and almost fainted. How is she now? The imperial physician is waiting in the Yangxin Palace, ready to treat Madam Zong at any time." His wife knelt down

and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. It's just an old illness that has recurred. It won't cause any trouble. Now that Jing'er has passed away." Emperor

Qingling nodded: "That's good."

Prince Heng stepped forward, with a meaningful look in his eyes. He looked at Concubine Shugui and saluted, saying, "Greetings, Her Majesty Shugui."

He did not perform a great salute, but was just pretending.

Everyone present could see that, and their eyes became gloomy.

Even Emperor Qingling's eyes darkened.

But Concubine Shugui didn't care at all, and smiled and said: "I have heard of Prince Heng for a long time, but I have never had the honor to see your true face. Now that I see you, you are really so similar to the Empress. You are worthy of being the biological father and daughter." As soon as

these words came out, the scene fell into a strange silence.

Emperor Qingling put his hands behind his back and lowered his eyes.

Prince Heng's face also froze, and he said stiffly: "Concubine Shugui is really eloquent, no wonder she is so favored by the emperor."

Concubine Shugui lowered her eyelids, her face slightly red, and carefully glanced at Emperor Qingling beside her.

Who would have thought that Emperor Qingling was also looking at her.

She said shyly, "Your Majesty, Prince Heng laughed at me so much, you have to do something for me!"

Her voice was gentle, and it really had the flavor of a concubine who brought disaster to the country.

The prime minister and his wife on the side lowered their heads in embarrassment.

It was really unacceptable for their daughter to flirt with the emperor in front of them.

Especially his wife, whose well-maintained and elegant face was as red as the morning sun.

Prince Heng's teeth itched in hatred, but he couldn't do anything to Concubine Shugui in the presence of the emperor.

After all, because of Concubine Shugui's injury, the emperor already had some opinions about their family and still suspected that he did it.

If he hadn't strongly requested to enter the palace to meet the emperor today, I'm afraid the emperor would have secretly dealt with Wu Ya.

By then, even if he wanted to save himself, it would be futile.

Now is not the best time to expose.

But the emperor had no idea what the prime minister's family meant by calling him to confront him in court, so he could only act with caution.

He knelt down and bowed: "Your Majesty, I have absolutely no such intention."

Emperor Qingling ignored him, but took Concubine Shugui and walked to the upper seat.

He pulled her to sit down, but Concubine Shugui stood there and said in fear: "Your Majesty, I am just a concubine, how can I sit on the throne of the empress, Eunuch Wei, add another seat for this palace."

Wei Weiran nodded immediately after hearing this: "Yes, my majesty."

Emperor Qingling raised his eyes and glanced at her, which was full of deep meaning.

After a long while, he said, "Since you insist, then I will have you. However, you are pregnant with the heir, so don't let anything go wrong with my child."

Concubine Shu lowered her head and knelt down, saying, "Yes, Your Majesty."

She looked indifferent, but Concubine Shu had already started to think hard.

Was the emperor testing the clan this time?

When Wei Weiran asked people to add seats, the Fourteenth Master, who had been silent, stood up.

"Brother, I have finished my meal and will leave first."

Just as he was about to stand up, Emperor Qingling looked up at him and said solemnly, "Old Fourteen and the Prime Minister have reunited as old friends. Don't you have anything to reminisce about?"

The Prime Minister suddenly raised his head and looked at Concubine Shu first.

Concubine Shu's pupils were also full of shock.

Did the emperor find out the origin of her relationship with the Fourteenth Master when she was young?

At that time, she had not yet entered the palace, and she had accidentally saved the Fourteenth Master.

She still remembered that she was only fourteen years old that day, and she went out to play with her family, but unfortunately got lost and was trapped in a cave alone. It was raining again, and the road was slippery on rainy days, so she could only wait for the rain to stop.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a man also stumbled into the cave with blood on his body.

She was very scared and took a long branch to scare him away, but he quickly removed her branch, covered her mouth, and said weakly that if she dared to speak, she would be in trouble.

She was so scared that she could only shrink in the corner of the cave and tremble.

At this moment, footsteps came one after another outside the cave.

The other person's voice was extremely vicious: "Strange, he was just here, how come he disappeared so quickly!"

She was very scared, fearing that the other person would suddenly break in and kill her and the man together.

But the other person just searched the area nearby for a while and left.

Later, after she came out of the cave, she found that the man had blocked the cave entrance with branches and stones when he came in, which was enough for a person. To others looking outside, this was just an ordinary stone wall.

The rain washed away the blood on the ground, and they couldn't track the man at all.

When she came to her senses, there was no sound outside.

When she looked at the man carefully, he had already fallen to the ground, his forehead was hot, and his face was frighteningly red.

At a glance, she saw that he was covered with knife wounds, seven or eight in total, and the knife wounds were two inches deep, which showed that they were intended to kill him.

She used all the medical skills she had learned from her family to save his life.

Later, when the rain stopped, she was afraid that he would die alone in the cave, so she waited until he woke up before leaving.

It was also at that time that she heard him introduce himself to her family, and it turned out that he was the Fourteenth Master who was quite appreciated by the emperor.

He is likely to be the next emperor.

But who knew that the one who would become the emperor in the end would be...

The Fourteenth Master was drunk, his cheeks flushed, and he looked at the Prime Minister and bowed: "I have taken the credit for the Prime Minister's salt inspection. I wonder if the Prime Minister will hate me?"

His words clearly meant that he and the Prime Minister had no personal relationship.

The so-called old friends were just because they worked for the government.

The Prime Minister stood up and bowed, saying: "We all worked for the court. It doesn't matter who gets the credit in the end. Besides, although I was sent to inspect the salt in the early days, what I did was not half as good as you. In comparison, it is even more like heaven and earth. I dare not take credit for it."

He said it perfectly. He

did not mention the fact that he had met the Fourteenth Master at all.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was a secret because Yao He had climbed up the Fourteenth Master's high branch. He had kept it a secret in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and even didn't tell Aunt Lian. He

was even more cautious at this time.

If this matter was exposed, the Prime Minister's Mansion might be doomed.

The concubine who was still in the palace had been in the same room with the prince, and Yao He was afraid that she would be put in a pig cage, and the Prime Minister's Mansion might be exterminated, not to mention the extermination of the family, and even like the Jiang family, it was possible that ten clans would be exterminated.

He couldn't take the risk.

Prince Heng's voice suddenly rang out: "The Prime Minister and the Fourteenth Master said so, but did you deny the encounter between the Prime Minister and the Fourteenth Master in Foshan that day?"