Chapter 256: Sedan and Carriage Collision
The roads were slippery on a snowy day, and Chen Fu sat in a sedan chair and walked slowly towards the direction of Ronghua Palace.
The young eunuchs who were carrying the sedan chair were afraid of accidents, so they walked slowly along the way.
Shen Fu was sitting in the sedan chair, wearing a cloak.
Zi Su handed the new small hand warmer to Chen Fu, and the palace maid beside her immediately took the cold hand warmer away.
"My lady, why did Concubine Rong come to see you so early in the morning?"
The wind is not strong today, but it is still very cold. Chen Fu sat on the sedan chair, stretched out her hand to gather her cloak, half of her face was covered by fox fur, and shook her head:
"Who knows?" Chen Fu curled the corners of her lips, her face was cold, and it was hard to tell whether she was happy or unhappy.
Concubine Rong came to see me, I'm afraid it's not a good thing.
It was such a cold day, and someone was sent to invite me over early in the morning.
Shen Fu rubbed her sleepy brows.
Last night, His Majesty insisted on holding me in his arms while sleeping. His Majesty is tall and very strong.
Shen Fu was locked in his arms and couldn't move all night.
When Chen Fu woke up in the morning, her arms were sore and she was exhausted.
After hearing what Zi Su said, Shen Fu's hand that was rubbing her shoulders loosened.
"This time Concubine Rong asked me to come here, it's definitely not that simple."
"My lady, do you think the Imperial Concubine will attack you?" Zi Su was so scared that her expression changed.
Others may not know, but she knows it clearly in her heart.
Last night, His Majesty came out from Concubine Rong's place, but went to the Hehuan Palace in the blink of an eye.
But this is a matter known only to heaven and earth, and His Majesty came here late at night, so Rong... Concubine Rong should not know about it, right?
Shisu's face showed panic.
Shen Fu leaned over and whispered, “If you find anything wrong later, go to the Qianqing Palace to find His Majesty immediately.”
"Your servant, I'll go find His Majesty?" Zi Su raised her head, and when she saw Chen Fu, she nodded quickly.
"Slave...slave understands.
If Concubine Rong does anything bad to you, my lady, I will go to find His Majesty. ”
Shisu swore solemnly on the side.
Chen Fu sat in the sedan chair, tapping lightly on the armrest with her slender jade-like fingertips.
Thinking about Concubine Rong's motive for coming to see him.
Concubine Rong should not be upset because of what happened last night, regardless of whether she knew that the Emperor came to her last night.
But it definitely won’t be because of this incident.
His Majesty just arrived yesterday, and Concubine Rong dared to send someone to invite her because of this matter?
Concubine Rong is not that bold.
But apart from this matter, why would Concubine Rong come to see her?
Chen Fu was just concentrating on thinking carefully when she heard a sound in front of her and the sedan chair rushed forward.
Chen Fu was thrown forward by the force and almost fell off the sedan chair.
"What's going on?" Shen Fu gripped the armrest tightly, her nails digging into it fiercely.
That’s why he didn’t fall off the sedan chair.
After her body stabilized, Shen Fu's first reaction was not danger. But the uneasiness in my heart was finally relieved.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
There was a commotion among the crowd, and the servants carrying the sedan chair were frightened out of their wits.
He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "This slave deserves death, this slave deserves death!"
The sedan chair stopped and the servants knelt on the ground.
Chen Fu sat in the sedan chair, her heart beating rapidly. She was very careful all the way from the Hehuan Palace.
He was very nervous before leaving the house and asked the servants carrying the sedan chair to be careful, but he didn't expect that something bad would still happen.
"My lady!" Zi Su and Xiao Guizi had been following her. Fortunately, Xiao Guizi was alert and reached out to support her: "My lady, are you okay?"
Xiao Guizi held Chen Fu steadily. Zi Su, who was standing by, seemed to have just come to her senses from her panic and hurriedly followed.
"My lady." The sedan stopped. Zi Su stood in front of Shen Fu, holding her hand and looking her up and down several times.
"My dear, are you okay? Are you feeling unwell?"
Zi Su's face was changing with nervousness.
Chen Fu sat in the sedan chair, her heart beating rapidly. The attack just now was too sudden. Even though Shen Fu had been prepared, she was still frightened by the collision.
She placed her palm on her lower abdomen, frowned, and looked at the crowd in front of her: "Let's go see what's going on ahead?"
As soon as the sedan chair arrived at the gate of Ronghua Palace, it was bumped into by a group of people.
Chen Fu's sedan chair came from the left and right sides, while the other group's sedan chair came from the right side.
The sedan chairs of both parties were clearly so far apart, how could they suddenly collide with each other?
Chen Fu frowned, and Xiao Guizi beside her naturally noticed that something was wrong.
He asked Zi Su to hold Chen Fu, and rushed up angrily: "Which palace are you from? Do you want to die?"
"If you hit Concubine Shen and the fetus in her belly, your lives will not be enough to compensate!"
Xiao Guizi was furious, and the other team was obviously frightened as well.
Who in the palace doesn't know how favored Concubine Shen is?
Not to mention that she was pregnant. If she was hurt in any way, His Majesty would probably kill all of them!
"I deserve to die. I deserve to die." The servants carrying the sedan chair on the opposite side knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"I deserve to die, please forgive me, Concubine Shen."
"Who is your master?" Xiao Guizi looked around and was about to speak.
At this time, a little man walked out from the crowd.
"It's Rui'er's fault. It's Rui'er's fault." The little man was obviously very scared and his face turned pale.
He walked to Shen Fu slowly, and bowed to her with trembling hands: "It was Rui'er who was in a hurry to go back, and the eunuch carrying the sedan chair startled Madam Shen's sedan chair. Please forgive me, Madam Shen."
After the little man finished speaking, he bent down and bowed again to Chen Fu.
Chen Fu was sitting in the sedan chair. When she saw the person coming, her expression suddenly changed: "Third Prince?"
Shen Fu's face was stunned, and her voice was full of disbelief.
She never expected that the person who bumped into her sedan chair would be the third prince.
"Third Prince, why are you here?"
Chen Fu asked the person who came softly, but the Third Prince stood up only after hearing Chen Fu's voice.
He stood behind the nanny, not daring to look up at Chen Fu, and only lowered his head: "Rui'er just came back from school, and was about to go back, but because he was in a hurry, he bumped into the sedan chair of Madam Shen."
The third prince's tiny voice came from behind the wet nurse. Although the voice was a little soft, fortunately the words were clear enough for everyone to hear.
"It's all Rui'er's fault."
The Third Prince said this, and then he raised his hands to salute Chen Fu.
This time Shen Fuke would never dare to do that.
"Hurry up and hold the third prince." Chen Fu sat on the sedan chair and gestured to the wet nurse who was accompanying the third prince.
She is the Emperor's concubine, but the third prince is his biological son.
She was at most a favored concubine, yet she dared to let the Third Prince salute her.
Is she crazy?
Chen Fu yelled at the wet nurse, who then came to her senses and immediately reached out to pull the third prince up.
The third prince is not very old, but at his age he can naturally distinguish right from wrong. After being pulled up from the ground by the nanny, she looked at Chen Fu with gratitude after knowing that Chen Fu was no longer blaming her.
“Thank you, Madam Shen.” The Third Prince’s voice was a little louder, with a hint of babyishness in it.
"Third Prince, there's no need to be so polite." Chen Fu sat in the sedan chair, looking at the Third Prince with a slightly complicated look.
The two teams collided head-on.
The person who bumped into him happened to be the third prince.
Chen Fu had seen the third prince before, when he was still being raised by Concubine Xiang.
At that time, the third prince was always ill, and headaches and fevers were common. Either I feel uncomfortable here or there.
His Majesty also ran diligently to the Third Prince.
Shen Fu had seen this twice, but both times were when the Third Prince was ill. Not like now...
She opened her eyes and took a good look at the person in front of her. I heard before that the third prince was sent to be raised by Concubine Rong.
Although the Third Prince is still thin, he is visibly in good spirits and no longer looks as sickly as before.
Chen Fu understood a little bit in her heart: "Don't worry, Third Prince, but why did he appear here at this time?"
According to the rules, the third prince should have started going to the study at his age.
Chen Fu felt some pain in her waist, so she pushed the pillow behind her waist further in and frowned slightly: "Why do you want to go back to Changchun Palace at this time?"
The Third Prince obviously knew that Chen Fu had no ill will towards him, and the anxiety in his heart was relieved a little.
He was picked up by the nurse and poked his head out from the nurse's arms: "Madam Shen, I am going back to have breakfast."
The Third Prince spoke in a low voice, and when he mentioned the word "breakfast", he couldn't help swallowing.
Shen Fu obviously didn’t expect the Third Prince to respond like this.
He was stunned: "Why do we have to go to Changchun Palace for breakfast?"
Shen Fu really didn't understand.
The wet nurse holding the third prince was obviously afraid that Chen Fu would misunderstand. Explain in person: "Concubine Shen, it's like this. The Third Prince goes to the study every day and has to get up before dawn to rush there, so naturally he doesn't have time to have breakfast."
"I have to attend a class first, and then go back to Changchun Palace for dinner after the tutor has rested. Otherwise, if I don't have breakfast, I won't be able to get through the afternoon class."
"Today, the tutor came home late from school, and the Third Prince was in a hurry, so he offended Miss Shen Fu. I hope Concubine Shen will be magnanimous and not hold it against the Third Prince."
After hearing this, Shen Fu became even more confused.
The third prince is still a prince after all.
It's just something like having breakfast, why is it so troublesome?
The wet nurse held the Third Prince and bowed to Chen Fu. Chen Fu sat on the couch and looked at the Third Prince in front of her.
In the dead of winter, I wear this colorful cotton-padded jacket. The clothes looked like they were newly made, with the cuffs a little too big, but the material was old.
It can be seen that he doesn't take it seriously.
Concubine Rong had never given birth, and she didn't seem to like the Third Prince.
It has been more than half a year since he was raised, but the third prince hasn't gotten any better.
Chen Fu looked at the face of the Third Prince leaning towards her. There was very little flesh on his cheeks, but his eyes were the only ones that were bright.
There was some anticipation when he looked at her.
"Forget it." Shen Fu paused tapping the armrest.
The third prince is only six years old this year and knows nothing.
Regardless of whether what happened today was a coincidence or not, it probably has nothing to do with the Third Prince.
Besides, Shen Fu would rather believe that this matter was a coincidence.
“Carry the third prince down…” Chen Fu looked at the third prince’s thin face, and couldn’t help feeling a little uncomfortable.
She placed her palm on her belly. After all, she was pregnant and couldn't bear to see these things.
Although the third prince has nothing to do with her, a child will come out of her belly in two months.
Shen Fu looked at the Third Prince with a complicated expression.
What a pitiful one!
"Let's forget about today's matter. You servants should be careful when serving the Third Prince and don't be so reckless."
"Thank you, Concubine Chen, thank you, Concubine Chen." The wet nurse was about to leave with the third prince in her arms, her face full of joy.
At this moment, footsteps were heard behind me.
"Chen Fu, Chen Fu, how are you?" His Majesty looked like he had just received the news and came out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, without even having time to change out of his dragon robe.
He walked hurriedly towards Shen Fu. After seeing Shen Fu sitting in the sedan chair, his expression relaxed.
Then he rushed towards Chen Fu and hugged her in his arms: "You scared me to death!"
Chen Fu was held in the arms of His Majesty, and could clearly hear His Majesty's sonorous heartbeat.
The sound of the rapidly beating heart rang in Shen Fu's ears, like the sound of gongs and drums, tight and firm.
Shen Fu was held in her arms, with her hands raised, unable to move.
At this moment, she clearly felt the Emperor's worry and fear.
I don’t know if he was scared or what. Shen Fu just felt that at this moment, this hug was enough to speak a thousand words.
His Majesty held her for a long time until Shen Fu gradually came to her senses.
The servants around were still watching, and Shen Fu felt embarrassed. He stretched out his hand and pushed against His Majesty's hand, "Your Majesty."
"What's wrong?" Something happened today to the people who slept in each other's arms last night.
Xiao Yu thought of the panic he felt when he got the news just now, but he couldn't help but feel a dull pain in his heart: "Let me hold you for a while longer."
Shen Fu looked around, her cheeks burning. His Majesty can ignore it, but she can't save her face.
If this incident today were to get out, there would be a lot of rumors.
"Your Majesty, please let me go." Chen Fu put her hand on Your Majesty's chest: "The jade crown is pressing on me, making me feel uncomfortable."
After hearing this, Xiao Yu put Chen Fu down.
"Are you okay?" Xiao Yu was still worried and pulled Chen Fu up and down to look her up.
"I have invited the imperial physician. Wait for someone to come over and let the imperial physician take your pulse."
Shen Fu is already old enough, and if something happens to her at this time it will be no joke.
Xiao Yu's face was serious and full of worry.
Chen Fu nodded obediently. She knew His Majesty's concerns: "I will listen to His Majesty."
Seeing that Chen Fu was fine, Xiao Yu felt relieved.
Thinking back, he pulled Shen Fu's hand and scolded her, "Concubine Shen is pregnant, and I have ordered her to have a good rest. It's fine that you can't take care of the young lady, but you let your master go out in such a cold weather?"
The servants were so frightened that their bodies went limp. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately: "Your Majesty, it was Concubine Rong who sent someone to invite the young lady."
Xiao Yu frowned and turned around to ask Chen Fu: "Why did Concubine Rong ask you to go to Changchun Palace for no reason?"
When His Majesty mentioned the three words "Rong Guifei", his face showed annoyance that could not be concealed.
"I don't know either." Shen Fu shook her head.
Xiao Yu didn't want to get angry with Chen Fu, so he pinched her palm.
Thinking of the danger of losing Chen Fu just now, he was inexplicably irritated: "Call Concubine Rong to me!"
He shouted, "Whoever bumped into Concubine Shen, come here!"
His Majesty's brows were furrowed, full of anger.
At this time, a little man stepped forward tremblingly: "Rui..."
The Third Prince walked forward tremblingly. Before he even got close, his knees weakened and he knelt on the ground. His cheeks turned pale and he kowtowed stutteringly: "Rui'er knows his fault. I beg your forgiveness, father."
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