Chapter 389 Marriage
The next day, Xiao Liu from Zhaohua Palace moved with the servants who served him. Chen Qing saw him off at the door, but he was still reluctant to leave: "Mother, please think about me."
Shen Qing said softly: "Of course I miss you. You can come back after school during the day and save your favorite cakes for you."
Even if Xiaoliu moves out, he will certainly not be able to eat this pastry, but keeping it here shows that I am thinking of him.
Xiaoliu then left with a group of servants, seemingly satisfied. In fact, he left in a very cool manner, without even looking back on the way.
Shen Qing looked at him and said simply, "It seems like he is reluctant to leave, and he doesn't even look back."
"The Sixth Prince is a man of his own ideas." Chunhua comforted Shen Qing, fearing that Shen Qing would feel disappointed after the Sixth Prince left. "I have seen that although the Sixth Prince is young, he only acts like a spoiled child in front of the Empress. At other times, he is very decisive."
How could Shen Qing not know this? That is to say, Xuanyuan Ling was only present when he was teasing the child in the past, and was not always with him, so he thought that the child was acting coquettish and thought he was spoiled.
Why doesn’t Xiaoliu act like a spoiled child with Xuanyuan Ling? Xuanyuan Ling has been very indulgent towards him over the years.
Chen Qing didn't return to Zhaohua Palace until he couldn't see Xiaoliu anymore. But he returned to Zhaohua Palace, probably because he had just sent her out. At this moment, Zhaohua Palace was not as noisy as before, and he was a little uncomfortable. After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's go out for a walk."
In this winter, Shen Qing rarely walked outside, but he caught up with it and just walked outside. While walking, he actually ran into Chu Linglong.
Zhaohua Palace is close to the Imperial Garden. When Shen Qing went in, he caught up with Chu Linglong when she came out.
Chu Linglong rarely met Chen Qing when she came to the Imperial Garden, but she didn't expect to meet him this time. Naturally, she had to salute Chen Qing.
“Get up.” Shen Qing didn’t want to make things difficult for Chu Linglong. If they met, they met.
Chu Linglong also quickly excused herself.
Shen Qing watched Chu Linglong leave, and she also came out on a whim. It was so cold, "Is Concubine Yi coming to the Imperial Garden more often?"
After she took care of the affairs of the harem, she naturally knew more news about the harem. After all, it was impossible for Chu Linglong to not care about it at all. The more stable the time, the easier it is to be careless. Shen Qing will only be more vigilant than before after having a child. She has no intention of relaxing just because Xuanyuan Ling dotes on her. Otherwise, what power does she hold?
Chu Linglong was also her key observation target, and her subordinates would keep a close eye on her and report to her, so they would not follow her closely, but of course they all knew about her comings and goings in the Imperial Garden.
Originally, it was not a big deal for her to love visiting the Imperial Garden. She just liked to walk outside, so what was wrong with that? But she still came to visit in this freezing cold weather. What was there in the Imperial Garden that made her like it so much? Her palace was not as close to the Imperial Garden as Zhaohua Palace. She could have walked around in her own palace from such a long distance. Why did she have to come to the Imperial Garden?
When Chen Qing mentioned Chunhua, she remembered something: "Come to think of it, after the eldest prince left the palace and built his own residence, he rarely visited Concubine Shun, but from time to time, he also liked to come to the Imperial Garden."
Well, Chunhua thought the same as Shen Qing. It was so cold that no one knew why Chu Linglong came all the way to the Imperial Garden. The eldest prince didn't go to Concubine Shun very often, but he came to the Imperial Garden from time to time, which always looked a bit strange.
Shen Qing felt something was a little strange at first, but the eldest prince and Chu Linglong?
Logically speaking, these two people are unlikely to have any intersection, but Shen Qing also knows that the eldest prince and Concubine Shun are not on good terms. After all, Shen Qing is still concerned about Chu Linglong's matter: "Ask someone to keep a close eye on it for a while."
This careful observation is different from the occasional news report. If you didn't pay attention to it originally, now you will check it deliberately and naturally find many clues that you couldn't find before.
Chen Qing thought it was better that she was overthinking, otherwise why did Chu Linglong approach the eldest prince? If there was anything, then she obviously went there with some purpose, and it was impossible for her to be simple. Of course, Chen Qing did not think Chu Linglong was too simple, but for so many years, she and Chu Linglong, after all, kept to themselves. However, if she really had other thoughts, Chen Qing narrowed her eyes. She was not the same as before. She now had Xiaoliu.
Chu Linglong went back to the palace by herself and never thought that Ming Su would tell her that Concubine Zhou had been there.
Chu Linglong also frowned. In the past few years, how should we describe the distance between Concubine Zhou and her? They were neither too far nor too close. It seemed good, but only they themselves knew whether it was good or not. Concubine Zhou knew that she was close to the eldest prince, and as she had thought at the beginning, Concubine Zhou would not tell anyone about such things if she did not want to get into trouble. In these years, the eldest prince entered the court, and Chu Linglong helped the eldest prince a lot with her own opinions, and also learned a lot of things related to the court from the eldest prince's daily life.
After all, she wanted to live a better life.
Look, if she wants to live a better life, she has to rack her brains and make friends with the eldest prince in private, but the virtuous concubine just holds on to the emperor and does not need to worry about anything. Over the years, she has really been high and mighty, but her peace will not last long.
Chu Linglong and the Queen had the same idea on this point. With the Sixth Prince entering school, it is impossible that there would be no friction among the other princes, and the Eldest Prince has already entered the court. This year is also the year for the selection of concubines. The Eldest Prince will marry a princess consort, and the Emperor will hold a selection of concubines. Will this year be a turning point?
When Concubine Zhou went to look for Chu Linglong today, she was not there, but Ming Su was there. Now Concubine Zhou understood that when she went out to see the eldest prince, she did not bring Ming Su with her. In the past few years, she had observed him many times in private. Now that the eldest prince had successfully entered the court, he was indeed the first in front of the emperor, after all, the other princes were still young.
In the past few years, she has adhered to her original idea and has not done anything urgent, but the thoughts in her heart have indeed become deeper and deeper.
In short: "Now the time has come."
Caiping was afraid when she heard the ambiguous words from Lady Zhou: "What is the lady talking about?"
Concubine Zhou just smiled. Now she couldn't even trust Caiping. The only person she could trust was herself. After all, what she was going to do was extremely rebellious.
But so what? All these years, she had to rely on some ideas to survive.
Many people in the harem were thinking about this year's selection. Xuanyuan Ling was also thinking about it, but he thought about it and said to Zhao Hai: "Go and tell them to have dinner with Concubine Shun today."
Zhao Hai felt strange at first. The emperor rarely went to the harem now, so he naturally had fewer meals. But then he thought, hey, maybe he went there for the eldest prince's marriage? The eldest prince is old enough, it's time to consider it.
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