Chapter 21 The Affectionate Male Supporting Role Is About to Appear
The recipe for medicinal food that she gave to Concubine Li was obtained from Jiang Rumin.
She injured Prince Yi, and Jiang Rumin felt distressed and didn't want to pay any attention to her. Fortunately, Jiang Rumin still remembered her help in public, so she wrote a prescription for treating insomnia for her as a favor, and then asked the people in the Duke's Mansion to "invite" her out.
The one who sent her out was Jiang Rumin's personal maid. She told the girl earnestly that if she wanted to protect her young lady's reputation, she must never let her young lady visit the injured Prince Yi.
She also ordered several of her men to stand outside the Duke's Mansion and keep a close eye on Jiang Rumin's movements, so as not to disrupt her plan of "fighting rumors with rumors."
If Jun Tianyi hadn't waited for Jiang Rumin's visit, he might have become disheartened and completely cut off all ties with her, which was also the result she wanted.
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In the imperial study, Jun Li Luo was still concentrating on depicting mountains and rivers on the scroll.
Just as the painting was about to be completed, a eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, the Concubine Shu has something important to ask for."
Jun Liluo responded calmly, "Let her in."
Soon, a figure in lake green palace dress walked up to the imperial desk and saluted.
"What do you want to report?"
"Your Majesty, I accidentally discovered that Prime Minister Song and Concubine Li were secretly communicating."
Jun Liluo paused, raised his eyes and asked, "When?"
Concubine Shu replied, "Just now, the two of them were talking quietly at the entrance of the rockery. Because Prime Minister Song is very skilled in martial arts, I was afraid that I would be discovered if I approached him, so I could only hide in the corner of the corridor and watch. Concubine Li looked happy, but Prime Minister Song's face was blocked by the rockery, so I don't know what his expression was."
"Do you think they have an improper relationship?" Jun Li Luo remained calm.
"I didn't hear what they talked about, so it's hard for me to determine the relationship between them. I only know that Concubine Li is very happy."
Jun Liluo thought for a moment, and then seemed to have thought of something, with a barely visible smile in the corner of his eyes.
"I understand. Please leave first."
Shufei was surprised to see that he had no reaction.
Even if nothing happened between Concubine Li and Prime Minister Song, it was against the rules for them to meet and talk in private. Doesn't Your Majesty feel offended?
Although she was full of doubts, she did not dare to ask more questions. She bowed and left.
Perhaps Your Majesty has other considerations.
No matter what, she had to keep a close eye on Concubine Li and never let those two do anything shameful behind the emperor's back.
In a blink of an eye, it was the next morning.
"There are not many memorials today. Yunchu, play a game with me."
"Yes." Song Yunchu twisted the chess piece and felt bored.
[This game of Go is really boring, not as good as playing Landlord or Mahjong. ]
Jun Liluo became curious when he heard some new words coming out of Song Yunchu's voice.
Are playing Landlord and Mahjong interesting things?
He had never heard of it, but since Song Yunchu had the idea, perhaps he would be able to see it in the near future.
He had just placed a chess piece when a eunuch came in to report, "Your Majesty, Concubine Li has prepared a health-preserving soup for you to drink. She said that you are very busy, and the health-preserving soup has the effect of strengthening the spleen and helping you sleep. It is quite good for you. Do you want to try it?"
When Song Yunchu heard this, his eyes flickered slightly.
[I gave Concubine Li the prescription yesterday, and today she came to present it to the Emperor. It seems that Concubine Li has already found that the prescription is effective. ]
[Li Fei, Li Fei, I have attributed all the credit for Jiang Rumin to you. I have helped you in every way I could. Now it is up to you. If you can become the dog emperor's wise wife, you must remember my kindness in the future.]
Jun Liluo raised his eyebrows slightly and ordered the eunuch, "Bring in the soup."
"Your Majesty, Concubine Li cares about you so much, why not meet her? You are not busy at the moment anyway."
"You must concentrate on playing chess. If there is a third person talking beside you, it will inevitably affect our thinking. I'd better meet her another day."
Song Yunchu remained silent.
She wanted to help Concubine Li win the emperor's heart, but she couldn't do it too obviously.
Throughout the dynasties, emperors hated the previous dynasty having too much involvement with the harem. Given the suspicious nature of the dog emperor, once he learned that she had contact with Concubine Li, he would only think that she had ulterior motives or that she wanted to defile the harem.
"Your Majesty, you must drink this health-preserving soup while it's hot. If you feel sleepy after drinking it, it's a good time to take a nap."
Seeing that Manager Li brought the food box to the table, Jun Liluo said nonchalantly, "Open it."
From Song Yunchu's thoughts, we can know that this medicine is extremely effective in helping with sleep, which is exactly what he needs now.
Song Yunchu got this recipe from Jiang Rumin. Song Yunchu could have taken the credit for himself, but he gave it to Concubine Li.
This guy took a lot of effort to bring him together with Concubine Li.
Jun Li Luo took a light taste of the health-preserving soup. Although it had a medicinal taste, it was salty and fragrant and tasted very good.
Song Yunchu asked curiously, "Your Majesty, how does it taste?"
"Yes. It's rare to be able to make medicinal food so delicious."
Song Yunchu felt slightly relieved when he heard this.
But Jun Liluo didn't mention Concubine Li in his next words. Instead, he said to Song Yunchu, "Yunchu, it's your turn."
Song Yunchu was a little disappointed and could only continue to make moves.
Her interest was not in the game, so naturally she lost quickly. Jun Liluo looked at the winning game in front of him and smiled calmly, "Yun Chu, you look absent-minded, is there something on your mind?"
Song Yunchu was just trying to find an excuse to escape when he heard the eunuch report, "Your Majesty, the envoys from Beichen will arrive at the imperial city in the evening."
When Song Yunchu heard this, his eyes flickered slightly.
The Beichen Kingdom's envoys...the affectionate second male lead Shangguan Qi is about to show up!
Beichen Kingdom is adjacent to our country, so the purpose of sending envoys is naturally to form an alliance through marriage. The candidate for marriage, the Fifth Princess, was originally going to be the concubine of the Dog Emperor, but the princess was saved by Jun Tianyi by chance and fell in love with him at first sight.
In order to marry Jun Tianyi, the Fifth Princess designed a plan to let Jun Tianyi see her body. In order to save his sister's face, Shangguan Qi begged the dog emperor to allow the Fifth Princess to marry Prince Yi.
The dog emperor despised the Fifth Princess's behavior and agreed to the marriage. After all, marrying the Emperor's uncle was also a marriage of alliance. And with this arrangement, Jiang Rumin temporarily lost her position as princess.
In the subsequent plot, the fifth princess ultimately failed to become the Princess of Yi as she wished. Because she was unable to get his love, she became resentful of Jiang Rumin and repeatedly harmed her.
Song Yunchu thought, now that the plot has deviated from the original novel, then the target of the Fifth Princess' poisoning is most likely Jiang Yuxi?
The original contest between the heroine and the supporting actress turned into a fight between two vicious supporting actresses... This is really thanks to the dog emperor's blind arranged marriage.
Jun Liluo heard clearly what Song Yunchu was thinking. He put down the chess piece in his hand and looked up at her.
"Yun Chu, the prince and princess from the neighboring country have come from afar. They are our distinguished guests. You and Shen Yue should go and greet them together."
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