Chapter 56: Xue Zhonglan Rejects the Prince
Chu Shirong is the second prince, the son of Concubine Jie. He is a straightforward but extremely impulsive person.
After Concubine Lin finished speaking, she patted her head gently, looking very annoyed.
This temperament is really comparable to that of Concubine Jie, it's hard to tell them apart...
Concubine Jie spoke loudly, and everyone in the Hall of Supreme Harmony should be able to hear it clearly, let alone Yu Mengqing, a senior agent.
However, she had heard of the reputation of the third prince Chu Shixiang. He had always been known as a wise king and rarely appeared in such public occasions.
While chewing the food in her mouth, Yu Mengqing took the time to secretly look up at the people in the hall, but ended up meeting the gloomy eyes of Queen Zhen Bi'e.
Yu Mengqing was startled and quickly moved her eyes away.
You know, she is the queen and the head of the harem.
If I look at her so blatantly, she will probably accuse me of disrespect.
Just with that one glance, Yu Mengqing had to admit that the queen was indeed beautiful.
In addition to her beautiful appearance, the most important thing is her family background.
She was born into a marquisate family.
Her father, Zhen Jianting, commanded a large number of troops. Although he has retired now, the elite soldiers under his command are second only to Chu Shiheng.
It can be said that he is a very capable person.
It is also because of this that the queen has been able to dominate the harem for so many years.
The Crown Prince Chu Shiwei inherited the Queen's cruel temper.
As long as it is something he likes, whether it is a person or an object, he must get it.
If the Great Xia Kingdom were to be handed over to this person, one can imagine how miserable the people would be in the future.
While Yu Mengqing was thinking about these things at the moment, she didn't know that Queen Zhen Bie'e's eyes never left her.
The glance just now was not a sudden one from Yu Mengqing, but Zhen Bie'e's eyes were always on her.
The queen was very curious about where Yu Mengqing's medical skills came from.
Because of her medical skills, her plans were disrupted.
Chu Shiheng has never taken sides over the years.
Zhen Bi'e had also shown her goodwill to him many times, and her overt and covert intentions were all to hope that he would stand on the side of the prince.
Moreover, she was the queen and her son was the crown prince, so what he did was not against anything, but rather very normal.
No matter who is in the court, the emperor will be the leader and the prince will be the assistant.
But Chu Shiheng refused to listen to her words or tricks, which forced her to use special means.
Although Chu Shiwei has now been named the crown prince, the emperor has many children, and there may be variables until the end. What she has to do now is to reduce such variables.
As long as Chu Shiheng can stand on his side, then none of this will be a problem.
With the military power in his hands, plus the military power of her father Pingdinghou Mansion, it is just a matter of time for Shiwei to ascend to that position.
But Chu Shiheng just didn't buy it.
After thinking for a long time, Zhen Bie'e decided to take action against him.
Use the plague to lure Chu Shiheng back, and then besiege and kill him on the way.
Since he is of no use to them, there is no point in keeping him in this world. Instead, he may become a stumbling block for them in the future.
The plan was going smoothly, but Chu Shiheng was seriously injured and dying.
Just at this moment, Yu Mengqing appeared and pulled Chu Shiheng back from the brink of death.
In this case, getting rid of Chu Shiheng again would be harder than climbing to the sky.
Unlike the Queen's inner thoughts at the moment, Yu Mengqing's eyes were full of food because these dishes were really delicious.
I never thought that the first meal I had here that was so appetizing would be this palace banquet.
However, before the meal was finished, the music started.
Soon, a group of dancers in thin dance costumes entered the hall one after another. As the beautiful music sounded, they danced gracefully in the center of the hall.
This was the first time Yu Mengqing saw this woman dancing since she traveled through time. Not to mention, with her dancing posture and figure, if she were a man, she would not be able to control herself.
He glanced at Chu Shiheng standing beside him and found that he didn't seem to see the dancers at all. Instead, he saw through the dancers and looked at the prince Chu Shiwei sitting opposite him.
It was also at this time that Yu Mengqing discovered that Chu Shiwei had been sitting directly opposite Chu Shiheng since she didn't know when.
It was difficult to ignore the sparks in their eyes.
One has a dark and unclear look in his eyes, the other is vicious and cruel. They really do have their own merits.
The saying "You may not see me when you look up, but you will see me when you look down" probably refers to these two people.
As the dancers stopped dancing, the palace maids in pink came into the hall again and replaced the food on the table with tea one by one.
"Have you finished eating? So quickly?" Yu Mengqing was curious.
"Aren't you full?" Chu Shiheng asked, looking at the empty plate on her table.
Following Chu Shiheng's gaze, Yu Mengqing finally noticed her own behavior.
So I looked around and found that the plates next to most of the female relatives were basically untouched, even the three aunts at the table next to me were the same.
I was the only one who basically cleared all the food on the table.
Yu Mengqing: "..."
When she met everyone's gazes on her, even Yu Mengqing, who was as thick-skinned as she was, felt a little at a loss.
"In previous years, she would pay attention to her manners, but this year she doesn't even care about them."
"Isn't it? Although she looks ugly, she was born in the Prime Minister's Mansion after all. How could she be so ignorant of etiquette? I wonder how the Prime Minister's Mansion taught her?" said another daughter.
"What does this have to do with the Prime Minister's Mansion? Look at Yu Mengfen, she's fine, but she has to be like this."
"That's right. They both come from the same mansion, but their personalities are worlds apart. Who can be blamed for this?"
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The daughters of each family began to talk about it again.
Everyone's eyes were fixed directly on Yu Mengqing.
Even Xue Zhonglan, who was sitting diagonally opposite Yu Mengqing and was considered the most beautiful woman in the capital, had her eyes on her.
But Yu Mengqing still looked straight ahead, as if what everyone was saying had nothing to do with her at all.
Seeing this, Xue Zhonglan narrowed her eyes. For some reason, she always felt that Yu Mengqing was very different today.
Such words had been heard in previous years, but every time she heard them, a look of inferiority would appear on her face. Xue Zhonglan, who had been sitting diagonally opposite her for so many years, was very clear about this.
As a senior agent, Yu Mengqing had actually noticed Xue Zhonglan when his eyes fell on her diagonally opposite.
But so what? I don't know her, she's just one more person watching the fun.
Thinking of this, Yu Mengqing became even more relaxed and willing to be "watched" by others.
The emperor in front of the hall saw that everyone had almost finished eating and sat aside.
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