Chapter 522: The Princess Who Was Widowed Early (15)
The Pavilion of the Jade Tower.
"Today is a family banquet to celebrate my son's recovery. All ministers need not be restrained. Just treat it as your own home and enjoy yourself." Emperor Rui raised his sleeves and nodded his head with a neat movement. His loving eyes swept across the face of Gu Changfeng who was sitting below.
The more he met this child, the more he liked him. His impression of the child's mother also improved.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The princes and ministers sitting below drank the wine in their cups.
Some of the brave ones took the opportunity to secretly glance at the Seventh Prince who was sitting below Emperor Rui, wanting to see who was the person who risked his life to save Emperor Rui in the hunting ground. Seeing a thin little boy, she couldn't tell what she felt in her heart.
"My daughter congratulates my father and congratulates my Seventh Prince on returning to the palace after hunting." Shi Yi filled her glass with wine, stood up and turned to Gu Changfeng's position.
He was growing up faster than she thought.
"My eldest princess is the most sensible." Emperor Rui smiled and asked the eunuch to fill the wine glass. He clinked glasses with her from a distance and drank it all in one gulp.
"Thank you, eldest sister." Gu Changfeng couldn't drink yet, so he returned the greeting with tea.
He had noticed her sitting next to the third prince when he entered the venue, and he guessed her identity almost exactly. She was his sister, and the old friend she was talking about was probably his mother.
The third prince and the fifth prince, who had never gotten along, looked at each other frequently at today's family dinner. The ministers behind them also talked from time to time.
Emperor Rui took in all the little movements below, and his face showed no joy or anger, and his eyes continued to focus on Gu Changfeng.
The child seemed a little unaccustomed to such scenes. He kept his head down to eat, and he always ate vegetarian dishes. Now is the recovery period for the body, how can he eat vegetarian food?
He personally handed his venison to the eunuch who was serving him, "The Seventh Prince loves to eat meat, take it."
"Thank you, father, for the reward." Gu Changfeng's fearful look made Emperor Rui even more delighted. He glanced at the princes sitting below with a stern look.
The heir he needs is never capable, but obedient. But none of them always understand.
The Third Prince and the Fifth Prince exchanged glances, and saw a sense of crisis in each other's eyes.
After half a round of drinking, many people were drunk.
Taking advantage of this gap, the Fifth Prince slipped to the abandoned palace under the pretext of urinating. This was the meeting place agreed upon by him and Concubine Shu.
Since Concubine Shu went to the Empress Dowager's palace, she has been claiming to be sick and not going out, in order to facilitate the meeting with the Fifth Prince.
Now, disguised as a little palace maid, she saw the fifth prince coming on the moon, and immediately ran into his arms, pounding his shoulders and said, "Why are you here just now! Why are you here just now!"
"Watch out for your stomach." The fifth prince hugged her tightly and kissed her wildly, "Thank you for your hard work, Xue'er. When I ascend the throne, you must be the queen."
"It's hard for you to have me in your heart." Shufei leaned shyly in his arms, her heart filled with happiness. She felt that even if there were mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, she was willing to accompany him on this journey.
In places she didn't see, his eyes were full of ridicule. Women are simple-minded animals like cattle and horses. As long as you give them some sweetness, they will obey you obediently.
A woman who is five years older than him still wants to get his wholehearted love, which is simply a fantasy.
"Let's not talk about the future, let's talk about the present. Is the eldest princess really in contact with Xiaoqi?" He pinched her shoulders and asked.
In the harem, he is not as powerful as them women. Therefore, many news in the palace were all conveyed by her for him.
Concubine Shu felt a sudden pain in her shoulders and frowned slightly, but fortunately the pain only lasted for a moment, so she didn't take it to heart and replied, "Before Xiaoqi left the palace, the princess did go to the vicinity of the abandoned palace."
"The eldest sister's hand is so long." The fifth prince's eyes suddenly became fierce, "No wonder she took the initiative to celebrate at the banquet."
"What happened at the banquet?" Concubine Shu asked. The fifth prince was a little impatient and casually perfunctory, "They are all trivial matters."
Concubine Shu noticed the change in his attitude and became depressed. She said aggrievedly, "Do you think I'm useless, so you don't want to tell me these things?"
"How is it possible!" The Fifth Prince hugged her in his arms and swore, "If I am really such a person, I will be struck by lightning and never..."
Under the heavy impact, Concubine Shu's stomach hurt a little, but she didn't care. She covered his mouth and said distressedly, "Don't continue talking. I understand your heart."
The Fifth Prince grabbed her hand that was pressed against his mouth, put it on his lips and kissed it again and again, "I'm glad you understand me. I won't let you down."
Concubine Shu leaned in his arms, and her heart was filled with happiness again.
She was conquered by him at the first intimate contact with him. She was willing to give everything for him.
The Fifth Prince came here today at the risk of his life not to talk to her about love. He immediately changed the subject and asked, "You may arrange someone to go to the eldest sister. The eldest sister has never been close to us brothers. She is afraid that she will wholeheartedly support Xiaoqi to take the throne." When
he mentioned this issue, Concubine Shu became worried.
Before this, everyone thought that the eldest princess was old-fashioned and conservative, and even she thought so. No one thought that the eldest princess would take the opportunity to push the seventh prince to the stage. If the seventh prince became successful, she would definitely intervene in the matter of establishing a crown prince in the future. She must have been on guard in her heart, so it was extremely difficult to insert spies in the eldest princess's mansion now.
"What's wrong? Is it very difficult?" The fifth prince stared at her eyes and said with concern: "If you are very difficult, I will find a way myself."
Shufei has always been strong, how could she let him look down on her, gritted her teeth and promised: "I will think of a way." She felt that her stomachache became more severe. Because she had felt this pain several times before, she didn't take it seriously at all, gritted her teeth and endured it.
"Okay. Everything depends on you." The fifth prince touched her cheek and kissed the ends of her hair tenderly, with a smug look in his eyes. This silly woman, no matter what difficult questions he raised, as long as his attitude changed slightly, she would immediately agree.
"Everything I did was for you, just remember that." Concubine Shu leaned on his shoulder, admiring the moon in the sky, and felt that the future was bright.
Under the ground, which neither she nor the fifth prince noticed, a pool of red blood had already formed.
The fifth prince wanted to touch her belly to show his tolerance and love for her, but when he touched her belly,
he felt a chill on his fingers. It is said that a woman's belly is always wet and cool when she is pregnant. Could it be that he touched something unclean? A trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
(End of this chapter)
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