Chapter 264: Rising Wind
The Emperor had been preparing to go to Prince Ning's Mansion to attend the wedding banquet early in the morning, and he was going to take Concubine Ye with him when he left the palace. Today, the Emperor had already sat on the imperial sedan chair, but Concubine Ye suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach, and she was in so much pain that sweat broke out on her forehead.
Concubine Ye was the emperor's most beloved person. How could the emperor leave Concubine Ye and go out of the palace to attend the wedding banquet when she suddenly fell into such pain? Even when he arrived at Prince Ning's Mansion, he was worried, so he quickly called the imperial physician for Concubine Ye and stayed by her bedside, waiting for Concubine Ye to take the medicine and recover. It was too late for the emperor to leave the palace.
The matter of leaving the palace to attend the wedding banquet just ended like that.
The maid reported this to Chen Tang, and Chen Tang's anger surged from the bottom of her heart to every part of her body. She couldn't believe it was such a coincidence that Concubine Ye had been ill for a long time, but at this critical moment she was ill and couldn't leave the palace. It was obvious that she was deliberately trying to stop the emperor from attending Prince Ning's mansion for the wedding banquet.
The Ning Wang Mansion was fully prepared to receive the Emperor, but the Emperor was unable to go at the last minute. How could he not be disappointed?
Concubine Ye drugged herself to stop the emperor from going to Prince Ning's Mansion, but I'm afraid the purpose of drugging her is not just that. I don't know which unlucky person in the palace wants to take the blame for Concubine Ye. Maybe it's for Empress Xu...
Concubine Ye has been favored by the emperor for more than ten years. Her only regret is that she does not have the position of empress. If the position of empress was her, the position of crown prince would undoubtedly be the King of Qi.
In such a huge harem, the only person who could make Concubine Ye drug her and plot against her was Empress Xu.
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After a night of passionate lovemaking, they woke up the next day to find it was already noon.
Chen Tang sat on the bed and stretched, Yin Xing came in with a copper basin and said, "The Crown Prince's Consort is finally awake. This morning at the court, the Emperor knew that the third young master of Lu Xuanfu's mansion who was exiled to the border was the second young master of our Pingyuan Marquis's mansion, and pardoned the second young master to return to the capital. There may be injustice in Lu Xuanfu's case, and Prince Ning helped to intercede for him. He was afraid that the border guards would suffer, and Lu Xuanfu would die before the case was solved. The Emperor graciously allowed Lu Xuanfu's family to be imprisoned, but because of the opposition of Changping Marquis and others, the Emperor limited the Marquis to two months to solve the case."
Concubine Ye and Marquis Changping, one was causing trouble in the harem, and the other was causing evil in the front court.
Are they really cousins, not biological siblings?
With the amnesty order, my second brother can return to Beijing. Only when he comes back can their family be truly reunited. I hope this day will come soon.
Chen Tang prayed in her heart, and a little maid came in from outside, standing outside the beaded curtain and said, "Princess, the princess wants to go to the palace to visit Concubine Ye, and wants you to go with her."
Chen Tang, "......!!!"
She hasn't even gotten up yet.
Chen Tang threw back the quilt and hurried out of bed, Gingko said, "Is the Crown Prince's Consort really going to follow the Princess into the palace?"
She had no good feelings towards Concubine Ye, and Concubine Ye made things difficult for Chen Tang, but Ginkgo had not forgotten it at all.
Chen Tang said, "If the princess asks me to come along, I will definitely go."
"I will go to the palace with the princess, nothing will happen."
Having said that, Ginkgo is still worried. Concubine Ye is cruel and ruthless. She even wants to kill the Crown Prince and is so cruel to herself. If she really wants to do something, she will never care about the princess.
Ginkgo said, "Why don't we let the Crown Prince and the Princess know that she won't go..."
The princess didn’t know that the Crown Prince’s wife hadn’t woken up yet and hadn’t even had breakfast yet. It wouldn’t be good to let the princess wait for the Crown Prince’s wife.
In the study, Xie Guimo was reading a book.
Chen Qi went in and said, "Master, the princess wants to go to the palace to visit Concubine Ye, and ask the prince's wife to go with her."
Xie Guimo's brows suddenly frowned.
The prince knew that Concubine Ye was plotting against her and Chen Tang, but the princess was kept in the dark, otherwise how could the princess dare to bring Chen Tang into the palace.
Xie Guimo put down the military book in his hand and went back to the inner room. Chen Tang was sitting in front of the dressing table while Qiu Tong was tying her hair. When she saw a figure walking towards her in the bronze mirror, Chen Tang turned around and glared at Xie Guimo fiercely.
Xie Guimo said, "I'll send someone to tell mother that you're not going."
Shen Tang gritted his teeth.
She glared at him. It wasn't that she didn't want to enter the palace!
She was mad at him for making her so tired that she slept until now.
She had finally managed to avoid having to go to Wutong Court to pay her respects to the old lady, but this gave him an excuse to torment her at night.
Xie Guimo didn't just say that, he directly ordered Yin Xing to go back to the princess. Yin Xing didn't want Chen Tang to go either, so she turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Chen Tang, "Come back!"
Gingko stopped and looked back at Chen Tang.
Chen Tang looked at Xie Guimo and said, "My mother doesn't know anything and has always trusted Concubine Ye. I'm married to you now, and it's impossible for me to never go to the palace with my mother to see Concubine Ye. Besides, I'm worried if my mother goes to the palace alone."
In her previous life, she often went to the palace with the princess. Chen Tang knew much more clearly than Xie Guimo how Concubine Ye used her power to repay her kindness.
Even Queen Xu couldn't stand it and mocked Concubine Ye, but Chen Tang didn't dare to tell Xie Guimo about those things, for fear that he would be angry to death. However, he should be able to guess it, otherwise he would not help the emperor investigate the Changping Marquis Mansion behind the princess's back.
Afraid that Xie Guimo would not agree, Chen Tang said, “The eldest prince is trying to win you over. Empress Xu knows that Concubine Ye has targeted me. When I enter the palace, Empress Xu will definitely protect me.”
Xie Guimo said, "I'll go to the palace to borrow some military books and go and come back with you."
This is much safer.
Afraid that the princess would be anxious waiting, Chen Tang quickly asked Qiu Tong to help her dress up. The maid brought breakfast, but Chen Tang didn't have time to eat. Xie Guimo said, "It doesn't matter how urgent it is."
Xie Guimo instructed the maid, "Go tell mother that I have something to do and need to go to the palace, and ask her to wait for me for a quarter of an hour."
A quarter of an hour was enough for Shen Tang to eat his fill.
After Chen Tang finished eating, the two of them left Chenxiang Pavilion, and the maid came back and said, "The princess is waiting for you in the front yard."
Chen Tang didn't want the princess to wait anxiously, so he wanted to walk faster. However, as he walked faster, he felt some discomfort somewhere in his body. Chen Tang was so angry that he couldn't help but glare at Xie Guimo again and again.
When they arrived at the outer courtyard, the princess was instructing Steward Zhou on some matters. When she saw them coming, she smiled widely.
Chen Tang blushed and said, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
The princess shook her head and laughed, "It was my mother who didn't send someone to tell you earlier. My mother was also hesitating whether to bring you into the palace. Concubine Ye is my mother's family. If you marry Mo'er, I should bring you to the palace to meet Concubine Ye."
But Concubine Ye was unwell and the harem was an important place, so even if Xie Guimo had the emperor's trust, he could not enter and leave as he pleased.
The princess hesitated for a whole night, but finally decided to take Chen Tang with her.
My mother’s family…
Hearing that the princess treated Concubine Ye as her own family, Shen Tang's head was buzzing.
How could Concubine Ye be considered as the princess's family member? I'm afraid Concubine Ye herself has never thought of it that way. She only considers herself as the princess's benefactor, and the princess should help her unconditionally.
It was getting late, and there was no point in delaying any further. The princess said, "Let's go to the palace first."
The carriages were already waiting outside the door, Chen Tang and the princess rode in one carriage, while Xie Guimo rode a horse.
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