Chapter 157 What caught the prince's eye?
"Your Majesty, I have checked it out."
Qing Wu reported back what he had found in a low voice, saying, "If it hadn't been discovered in advance, I'm afraid this Miss Xu Zhizhi would have been the prince's new...concubine."
The prince is not as fond of women as the crown prince. The beauty in the mansion is definitely not liked by the prince because she is being plotted against.
"Concubine Shen? Madam Xu, or..."
Chu Cong's eyes darkened slightly.
"The Xu family originally intended to present the two girls to the Crown Prince and His Highness. As long as they could climb into the royal family, the Xu family's goal would be achieved. Concubine Shen should be targeting the concubine."
Qingwu told the news he had found out.
"What's going on with the man in Lingshu's room?" Chu Cong's voice became even colder.
"By the time a person is caught conscious, he is already useless." Qingwu replied.
Chu Cong lowered his eyes, tapping the table with his fingers. When did his elder brother want to see An An and Bei Bei?
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"Master, please think of a solution quickly. His Highness favors Zhizhi, but she doesn't even have a title. What should we do?"
Madam Xu was anxious. Several days had passed, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hadn't mentioned anything about his status at all.
"Madam, you want me to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a title?"
Lord Xu's eyes widened, as if to say: Madam, are you joking?
"He's the crown prince. If he's willing to give me a title, it's a great blessing. Why do you still want a title? Madam, you might as well hope that Zhizhi will be pregnant with the royal heir."
Lord Xu looked at the anxious Madam Xu and reminded her.
"Then, doesn't that mean His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to the capital?"
It’s been so long, I can’t wait.
Madam Xu almost immediately rejected this idea. She said, "Master, if your daughter enters the Eastern Palace, you will be honored. When the time comes for her to be promoted to an official in the capital, won't she all rely on Zhizhi?"
"Master, if you don't think of a solution, this overwhelming wealth will never be ours."
Madam Xu urged, "Master, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his men won't be staying here long. We can't argue. They'll be leaving in two days. By then, it will be too late to say anything!"
"If she hadn't entered the Eastern Palace, even if Zhizhi was pregnant, it would still be illegitimate and unjustifiable, a child born out of wedlock..."
Seeing his nonchalant appearance, Madam Xu angrily slammed her hand on the table and said, "Master, this is about our future. If you are not anxious, let Zhizhi get a piece of white silk tomorrow."
"What are you doing with the white silk?"
Lord Xu watched Madam Xu leave in a huff, and sighed helplessly. Finally, he sighed and murmured, "He speaks as if he's not in a hurry."
These days, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is either watching the opera troupe or playing with the concubine. He is just a small prefect of Nancheng and has no say at all.
Who can help him?
Suddenly, Lord Xu thought of his youngest son Xu Zhixing, who seemed to be quite favored by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
But I don’t know what made my youngest son, who is only twelve or thirteen years old, catch the prince’s eye?
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"Concubine, I am willing to go to Kyoto with you." Madam Cui had made the decision on the eighth day.
She has been lonely for so many years in her life. Perhaps going to Kyoto can change her way of life.
"That's best."
Shen Lingshu's eyes were filled with joy as she said, "Aunt Cui, it's great that you're willing to go to Kyoto. Mother will definitely be very happy when she finds out. Whether Aunt Cui wants to live in the palace or the manor, Lingshu can arrange it."
"I haven't lived in the palace yet."
Madam Cui chuckled. Since she had decided to go to Kyoto, she naturally wanted to stay with Shen Lingshu and her two lovely children.
"Don't worry, Aunt Cui, my Youlan Courtyard is quite good. It has a small kitchen, and the prince also gave me a hot spring farm. Then, Aunt Cui can also cultivate medicinal herbs."
"good."
Madam Cui was relieved.
Shen Lingshu handed the two children to Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang, and she went to see the early rice. However, in just a few days, the early rice had begun to grow into small seedlings. It seemed that they would grow out soon!
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Nancheng, prefect.
"Great! Zhizhi is now the prince's concubine!"
Madam Xu happily advised, "Zhizhi, when you enter the Eastern Palace, serve the Crown Prince well and try to get pregnant as soon as possible."
"You're more cautious than Lanlan, but once you enter the Eastern Palace, you have to be even more careful. The concubine..." Madam Xu paused, then continued, "Although she's a bit arrogant, she's still a concubine, and we know each other. It would be best if you could make friends with her."
After hearing Madam Xu's careful advice, Xu Zhizhi finally felt relieved at the thought of entering the Eastern Palace. She realized that besides the Emperor, the Crown Prince was the most honorable person in the world.
"What's going on?"
Lord Xu looked at his youngest son and asked, "Zhixing, what did you say to the Crown Prince?"
After worrying for so long, as soon as his youngest son passed away, the prince actually ordered Zhizhi to serve him?
"Dad, don't ask."
Xu Zhixing pursed his lips and said, "Congratulations, elder sister, on entering the East Palace."
After that, Xu Zhixing kept silent. No matter how his father and mother asked him, he would not say anything.
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"Your Highness, I received important news today."
Qing Wu quietly stepped forward and whispered, "The young master of the Xu family went to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. When he came out, his gait was strange. The secret guards quietly followed him and discovered that after returning to his room, he bathed and changed his clothes, and bathed for a full hour."
"The most important thing is that the young master of the Xu family kept this matter a secret."
Qingwu's eyes looked a little strange. Once, there were rumors that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a romantic relationship with Long Yang. Now it seems that the rumors may not be groundless.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. The secret guards noticed something was wrong and didn't dare go to the Crown Prince again. Moreover, they only saw Young Master Xu go in and out from a distance before."
Qingwu added.
Chu Cong frowned, thinking of the look his elder brother had given Young Master Xu that day. He said, "Tell the secret guards to shut up tight. We must be extremely careful with elder brother."
"yes."
Qing Wu replied, "I have already explained it."
Chu Cong took a deep breath. There was a moment of doubt in his mind. Could Mu Ningguo really become more powerful in the hands of his eldest brother?
On the ninth day after arriving in Nancheng, my elder brother didn't care about anything except going to the embankment and taking a look from a distance. As for the early rice, he ignored it all. So, why did he come to Nancheng?
On the tenth day, Lord Xu led everyone to see off the Crown Prince and Prince Lin and their entourage. Looking at his daughter's departing back, Lord Xu's eyes showed a hint of complexity.
She hoped that her daughter would be favored by the prince and that she would be safe.
On the first night after leaving Nancheng, Chu Cong received the news: Xu Zhixing was dead.
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