Chapter 443 Hu Shanxiang 34
"Most people can't hold up this crown. I feel like my neck can't move anymore."
After taking off her gorgeous clothes and washing up, Shanxiang felt alive again. Sitting at the table, she invited Zhu Zhanji to have some snacks with her, without any shyness of a newlywed wife.
"It's okay. That crown is mostly used during major festivals. For daily wear, just look at me and you'll know. Just do whatever feels comfortable." Zhu Zhanji sat by the bed, watching her expression as he replied. Seeing that she looked well-fed, he whispered, "Let's...get settled?"
"Well, wait for me to have another drink."
Hu Shanxiang finally revealed her true identity. She poured herself another glass of wine with her back to Zhu Zhanji and drank it all in one gulp, but ended up choking herself.
"Cough, cough, cough—"
"Slow down! How come you choked while drinking?"
Zhu Zhanji looked at her with a smile in his eyes. When their eyes met, they both felt a little nervous.
"Let's settle down."
After a night of love, the two still had to get up early the next day to pay their respects to the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, and then they were busy with their own things.
For a moment, Hu Shanxiang even thought about killing the emperor, the prince, and the princess so that she could become the queen and take office whenever she wanted.
What a shame, I'm such a good person.
Today is also a day when I am moved by my own kindness and sense of responsibility.
"Although I know you're very sleepy, if you don't get up now, you're really going to be late."
Zhu Zhanji looked refreshed. He had someone help him put on his clothes and crown. Then, looking at the time, he had to wake up his poor beloved concubine.
"Alas, I can't even get enough sleep after getting married."
Hu Shanxiang stretched out her hand from under the quilt with her eyes wide open. Zhu Zhanji pulled her up with amusement. Seeing that she couldn't open her eyes but still refused to suffer any loss, he couldn't help but pinched her tender face.
Sun Ruowei had been feeling uneasy since she entered the room. Although she had a crush on someone, she knew nothing about the affairs of men and women. Seeing the irreconcilable and ambiguous atmosphere between the two, she subconsciously felt embarrassed. Remembering her position as a palace maid, she feigned composure as she stepped forward and squeezed out of the way of the obstructing Crown Prince.
The others finally breathed a sigh of relief, filing forward to gather around the Crown Princess's bedside, helping her wash and dress. They waited until Shanxiang sat at the dressing table before finally opening her eyes. Si Luo was nimble and quick, quickly helping her dress and put on her makeup.
"Excuse me, please wait for me. I didn't serve you today. I will pay my respects to the elders later. Please don't take the opportunity to retaliate."
Zhu Zhanji glanced around and saw that everyone had retreated with a stern look. Then he stepped forward and said with a low laugh, "I blame you for not knowing the seriousness of the matter. Would you please be so kind as to withdraw your magical powers? I will apologize to you tonight, okay?"
"Bah, if you keep talking nonsense, go to the study and sleep by yourself." Hu Shanxiang rolled her eyes at him, but seeing that he was still unwilling to admit defeat, she subconsciously retorted, "You want me to sleep in the study? No way."
Shanxiang suddenly chuckled: "Oh, I see. Look at my memory. There's no need for the prince to go to the study."
"You, this is clearly not what I meant. Why are you deliberately trying to annoy me?"
"How should I know what you mean?" Seeing that someone was getting really anxious, Hu Shanxiang said slowly, "Let's go, otherwise we'll be late."
Zhu Zhanji's heart was hanging in the air, feeling uncomfortable, but the time was almost up, so he had to suppress it reluctantly, and the two of them left together.
In the following days, the Crown Prince naturally stayed at the Crown Princess's house, and Wu, the Crown Princess, was left aside.
There was no way. She was originally recommended by the King of Han, and had no connection with the Crown Princess in the palace before. She was so neglected that no one was willing to speak for her.
Wu tried several times herself, but the Crown Prince avoided her like the plague, leaving her helpless.
"Angel, what are you going to do?"
Jinxiu, who was passing by the porch, saw Ange walking out and stopped to call her.
Ange's back trembled slightly, and she turned around and said with a smile, "The tapioca flour in the small kitchen is out. I thought the Crown Princess likes to use it to make desserts recently, so I went to get some."
"Well, just send any maid. I'm looking for you here. Come quickly."
After Jinxiu casually gave An some instructions about the embroidery and sent him away, the smile on her face suddenly disappeared. She turned and went into the house to tell the Crown Princess about this.
Ruo Wei, who was helping Shanxiang draw patterns by the window, looked up when she heard this, a little surprised: "Ange is in charge of the small kitchen anyway, so it's okay for her to go there herself, right?"
"I set up this small kitchen two months ago, but this month she's been out three times under various pretexts." Hu Shanxiang casually flipped open the book in her hand, her voice still indifferent. "After all, she's Wu's younger sister. Her elder sister hasn't been able to visit her for a long time, so naturally she's worried."
"She is Wu's sister?"
Not only Ruowei was surprised by this news, even Jinxiu was a little surprised.
It was because Wu Xinmei had always been unknown in the palace, and her sister entered the palace much later. The palace was so big and the two had no contact, so naturally no one would pay attention to them.
Later, Ange was unexpectedly assigned to Shanxiang. After testing her, she discovered that Shanxiang had no intention of introducing anyone else. She regretfully informed her cousin, only to hear that her cousin Xinmei had established a connection with the King of Han. She was originally happy that her cousin had gotten what she wanted, but she hadn't expected the Crown Prince's Consort to be the exclusive favorite, leaving her sister as a Crown Prince's Consort in name only. So, she had been finding excuses to secretly visit her these past few days.
Hu Shanxiang already knew all of this clearly.
"That's nothing. We're all in the palace, so it's inevitable that there are one or two relatives. As long as she doesn't go astray, I won't be so unkind."
It’s a pity that they have such an older sister. Shanxiang guessed that this time, the fate of the two sisters would be even worse. It might be just like what she said in her previous life, all nine clans would be wiped out.
"Send someone to keep an eye on her, and everything else should continue as normal. While it's important to be cautious, she's not doing anything right now, so just keep an eye on her." Hu Shanxiang sighed. "The Crown Prince hasn't been feeling well lately, and the Grandson will be accompanying the Emperor to war in February. Don't bother them with groundless rumors at this time."
"yes."
After all, Judy is in need of the two uncles now, and taking action now would be too disrespectful.
She has to wait until the emperor is ready to get rid of him before she can take advantage of his misfortune.
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