Seeing his daughter walking away tremblingly in the prince's arms, Chu Zhinan was really worried that the two of them were too young and would be squeezed by others, so he immediately asked someone to tell Yang and ask her to go and take care of them.
When Yang got the news, she stood up to leave. Yu and Wang wanted to follow, but she did not stop them. Some ladies who were on good terms with them followed them, and there were several people following in twos and threes.
We didn't say where we were going, we just walked and chatted, as if we were taking a stroll.
Yang looked around and saw Chu Zhinan pointing in a direction from afar. She took a few quick steps and saw the prince holding Chu Xiaoxiao and walking towards a courtyard with a panting voice.
She knew in her heart that she was going to watch the fun.
Yu and Wang were also chatting with people they knew and didn't notice anything unusual. The other ladies were the same. They all knew that Princess Qingyuan hosted this flower-viewing banquet in order to select a princess for Prince Xiao.
Their daughters are not yet of marriageable age, and they can't choose their children anyway, so why join in the fun? Why not come out and get some fresh air?
Everyone was talking and not even noticing that they were going further and further away.
Princess Qingyuan was not walking very fast. She thought it was her son looking for her, so she walked over slowly. Just as she arrived at the gate of Penglai Courtyard, she heard someone talking inside.
The strange thing was that the person standing guard at the door was not from his son's side, but from the prince consort's regular attendant. When that person saw him, he turned around and tried to run away.
He ran out, and thought of something. Then he turned back and knelt at Princess Qingyuan's feet with a plop.
He opened his mouth, but before he could utter a word, the princess's secret guards grabbed him and cut off his jaw.
Chang Sui knelt there, drooling, his face pale, half in pain and half in fear.
He is dead. The prince consort is dead today. He will be caught red-handed and will not have a good ending. Just now he wanted to run to report the news, but then he changed his mind and thought, the prince consort depends on the princess for a living, so what if he goes?
It would have been better for him to come back and show his loyalty to the princess, but unfortunately he didn't even get a chance to speak.
Princess Qingyuan gave a look and the palace maids all understood what she meant. They all did their duties, some guarding the door and some guarding the window.
Penglai Courtyard was instantly surrounded like an iron tunnel. The prince came over holding Chu Xiaoxiao, but was unable to get in and was stopped.
Chu Xiaoxiao felt so regretful that the hairs on her head stood up, showing her unhappiness at the moment.
[What! What's the point of eating melon if you can't eat the first-hand ones? Princess Qingyuan is so annoying. The fresh and hot melon just came out of the oven, can't you give me a bite? ]
Crown Prince Li Sizu was confused. Is there any fresh and hot melon? Xiaoxiao's sister meant that the affair between Prince Consort Xiao and his concubine was a melon?
Yang was a little far away and didn't hear Xiaoxiao's thoughts clearly. When the other ladies arrived, they suddenly felt a little confused.
"How did we get here? This house is surrounded by people, could something have happened?"
"I don't know. We didn't come here on purpose. We just bumped into it by accident."
"So are we staying or going?"
"Of course I stayed. I also wanted to see what Princess Qingyuan brought here with her people. Eh? Is that Prince Xiao over there? What is he doing here?"
"Who knows? Let's find some place to hide, right?"
In fact, Prince Xiao came from the other side of the road and didn't see them at all not far away.
He was originally chatting with the young men of various families, drinking wine, tasting tea, and discussing poetry and songs, when the servant suddenly told him that Cheng had arrived and went to Penglai Courtyard.
Hearing this, he was so frightened that his legs trembled.
Mother is too bold. Why did she come to the princess's mansion at this time? She even came to his Penglai Courtyard. If Princess Qingyuan knew about this, he would not be able to live.
Confusing the royal bloodline is a capital crime.
His mother is really crazy about entering the palace and is willing to do anything.
As he approached Penglai Courtyard, he saw the palace maid standing at the door. Prince Xiao paused, immediately hid behind a big tree, and looked at the gate of the courtyard curiously.
His actions made the invisible ladies on the opposite side even more curious, wondering what Princess Qingyuan and Prince Xiao were doing.
What else did the mother and son have to hide? Why did Prince Xiao not dare to go in when he saw Princess Qingyuan was there?
Although everyone was curious, since it was the princess's mansion, no one dared to comment. Everyone kept their mouths shut and if they wanted to communicate, they used eye contact.
Princess Qingyuan walked into the gate of Penglai Courtyard and heard a man and a woman talking inside. They were panting while talking and doing things that were not suitable for children and could not be described.
The man's voice was very familiar, and I knew it was Prince Consort Xiao as soon as I heard it.
"Xiang'er! You are especially beautiful today."
"Yulang! I am already old, how can I still be considered beautiful?"
Prince Consort Xiao was very sentimental when he heard this: "No, my Xiang'er is seeing me for the first time every year."
The woman called Xiang'er giggled and said, "Yulang is really good at talking. My son is already eighteen years old, how can he still be as bright and beautiful as when I first saw him?"
"No, to your lover, Xiang'er will always be sixteen years old, always the charming girl washing her hands by the river with her shoes and socks wet. It's a pity that my family forced me to marry Princess Qingyuan, otherwise we would have been a perfect couple."
Princess Qingyuan stood outside the door, listening quietly, the handkerchief in her hand was crumpled into a ball and almost torn into pieces.
For so many years, she never knew that Prince Consort Xiao secretly kept a woman and a son. Today, knowing that she was holding a flower viewing banquet and had no time to pay attention to them, they came to her house to mess around.
"Yulang! I am already satisfied with what I have today."
The woman's retreat in order to advance made Prince Consort Xiao feel even more pity for her.
"Xiang'er! You are always so sensible, so sensible that it makes people feel distressed."
"This is my duty, Yulang! Xiang'er knows that you had to compromise and marry Princess Qingyuan for the sake of the Xiao family.
But does our son have to live like this? Can't he just be a prince? Does he have to be sucked dry by the Xiao family? "
Princess Qingyuan outside the door felt very uncomfortable. What was that woman talking about?
The prince is her son?
Where did the child I gave birth to go?
"Alas! There is nothing we can do about it." Consort Xiao sighed, his breathing became much lighter, as if he was not in high spirits. "Fortunately, my son is a prince, and he can marry a princess with a rich dowry in the future, so it is not impossible for him to help the Xiao family.
When Princess Qingyuan passes away, all her things will belong to our son. Then, we will marry you and our family of three will be reunited."
"Yulang! Xiang'er can do whatever she wants, as long as you two are comfortable."
"You are always so considerate. Yulang really loves you more and more. No matter the concubines or princesses in the family, none of them are as considerate and attentive as you."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was kicked open.
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