Chapter 453 Account
Xuanyuan Ling was talking to her, originally out of concern for her, but after hearing what she said, he felt soft and helpless in his heart, and he also knew that she didn't want him to have any extra thoughts.
He let her pull his clothes off, and looked at Shen Qing's deliberate look as he held her face and kissed her softly: "Let me try?"
"Why is the emperor still not confident?" Shen Qing was a little tickled by him: "If you want to say it at this time, you must spare no effort to let me sleep well."
Xuanyuan Ling made her laugh: "Well, I will spare no effort to make sure you have a good sleep."
Having said that, one still has to be careful. This caution is actually very torturous for Shen Qing. He is careful, so his movements are naturally not too grand. Instead, he teases her to the utmost, just to make her feel comfortable.
Chen Qing was happy but strangely felt a little sad in her happiness. When her rationality was not enough, her emotions came to the fore. Her mental defenses were fragile for a moment, and for some reason her eyes became red.
At her peak, she hugged Xuanyuan Ling and put her head on his shoulder: "Let me stay like this for a while."
Xuanyuan Ling held her for a long time before Shen Qing said, "I want to take a bath."
Xuanyuan Ling held her and served her. After washing her, he carried her to the bed. Shen Qing was clingy during this pregnancy, and now even more so. Xuanyuan Ling kissed her on the forehead: "Do you want to sleep?"
Shen Qing looked at him and shook his head.
Xuanyuan Ling chuckled: "You don't want to sleep yet, and you're not afraid of getting tired."
Shen Qing listened to what he said. Why, she was so pregnant, so unsatisfied? She was still a little hesitant in her heart, but now that he interrupted her, she no longer hesitated: "I have something to tell you."
Xuanyuan Ling saw that she was quite serious and thought it was related to the Queen's matter. As a result, Shen Qing said, "I did learn a lesson from Lady Qiao's matter, so I want to tell you about this so that you can be on guard, although you may be suspicious of me."
Xuanyuan Ling listened to her and said, "Why would I be suspicious? What are you imagining? Is there anything you can't tell me?"
Shen Qing pulled the corner of his mouth and said in his heart, you will know after listening to me.
She said calmly, "I discovered by chance that Concubine Yi and Prince Huai in the palace have some dealings and correspondence with each other."
Xuanyuan Ling didn't think she was going to say anything, but when Shen Qing mentioned it, his expression froze for a moment, and he looked at Shen Qing in disbelief: "What?"
Shen Qingri had already started, so she naturally did not hide it: "No one probably knows about this, because I discovered it by accident. Prince Huai left someone in the palace to communicate with Concubine Yi. Your Majesty, don't worry, it's not a dirty thing, but I saw Concubine Yi's ambition."
Shen Qing's eyes fell on the thin gauze curtain, and his tone was neither hurried nor slow: "It's not uncommon for women in the harem to have some ambitions."
It is indeed not an uncommon thing. In fact, cases like Concubine Shun's are not uncommon in the harem. She gave birth to a son, and the queen has no legitimate son. She would always think about it, right?
"It's just that she contacted King Huai privately, which made me feel that she might not have any tricks up her sleeve in the future."
When Shen Qing said this, he just looked at Xuanyuan Ling and saw that his expression changed from disbelief to a bad look. But he didn't know what he was thinking about with this bad look.
In fact, this matter was said at a very inappropriate time. At least he could find another time to discover it himself. But perhaps because Miss Qiao was afraid of the consequences of this incident, or because of the way he tried to coax her just now, she finally told him.
She had never been involved in anything related to the princes and princesses in the harem, but she knew that Xuanyuan Ling cared a lot about the child. Everyone has a bottom line and a reverse scale, and Xuanyuan Ling's bottom line is the child. He used to not care about the fighting among the concubines in the harem, but for the sake of the child, he would also care.
Now she mentioned King Huai, but she had never mentioned him before.
Concubine Shun was imprisoned, and now the Queen is going to be punished for planning this. And she mentioned Prince Huai and Concubine Yi at this time. If these two really have something going on, the eldest son and the legitimate wife will be disliked because of her. Just think about it, don't you think she is too calculating?
But if I don’t say it today, I will have to say it tomorrow.
Since it is Prince Guan's business, she cannot interfere in the affairs of the previous dynasty. She can only keep an eye on the harem. She will be very passive in the future.
If she really had to wait until the last moment to realize it, she was afraid that next time, she wouldn't be as lucky as Miss Qiao this time.
What if the next time he came, he wasn't targeting her? What if he was targeting Xiao Liu? The one in the most danger was not only her, but also Xiao Liu.
Besides, she was not talking about Prince Huai at the moment, but more about Concubine Yi.
Chen Qing only said that he was afraid that Concubine Yi had ambitions and that she would have a trick up her sleeve. Even if he said that, he didn't want to involve Prince Huai too much. Concubine Yi Xuanyuan Ling could keep an eye on her and deal with her later, because Prince Huai was his son after all.
Xuanyuan Ling went from being incredulous when listening to Shen Qing's words to feeling that Shen Qing would not talk nonsense about such things and getting angry. This must be true: "Damn thing, don't you know any rules at all?"
How dare he have any dealings with the concubines in the harem? Concubine Shun is still alive. These two are not even mother and son in name!
Even if King Huai had too close private dealings with the ministers in the court, he was, after all, a prince who rose to the throne. King Huai was the eldest son, and he could understand some of his thoughts. As long as they were not embarrassing, he could turn a blind eye. But he had dealings with the concubines in the harem? Was he a pig-brained person?
For example, if Chen Qing had any dealings with King Huai, she would whisper in Xuanyuan Ling's ear and secretly help King Huai. Women's words can sometimes deceive superiors and subordinates, especially compared to ministers in the court, concubines are the people who can directly put on eye drops in front of the emperor.
If the emperor's preferences and whereabouts were leaked to adult princes through concubines, the princes could guess the emperor's intentions, or even worse, do other things. Even mother and son should be cautious about this, and the emperor himself could also be cautious about this. But Concubine Yi and Prince Huai were not mother and son, and they were interacting privately.
Regardless of what the original intention of Prince Huai and Concubine Yi was, now that Xuanyuan Ling knew about this, even if his son had selfish motives and was trying to interfere with his own people in front of his father, it was enough to make people disgusted and fearful.
It would be fine if nothing happened in private, but if something really happened, it would be enough to make King Huai no longer have any sympathy for his eldest son in Xuanyuan Ling.
He didn't doubt Shen Qing. Could she force Yipin to interact with Prince Huai? It wasn't true. She wouldn't mention it to him. It was just that she found out but didn't say anything. If he had known that Shen Qing had spies in the harem, it wouldn't be surprising that she could find out about it. She did catch up.
The Queen’s issue hasn’t been resolved yet, and now there’s Prince Huai’s Concubine Yi?
Xuanyuan Ling looked at Chen Qing. She was looking at him at the moment. He still remembered what she had just said, but he didn't dare to say it for fear of suspicion. He knew why she was afraid. She was afraid that he would think that she had exposed this matter in order to help Xiaoliu get promoted.
"When did you know?"
Shen Qing said calmly: “It’s been a while.”
Xuanyuan Ling knew why she didn't say it right after she knew it. This was the reason why he liked her all along, but he also felt that she was too reserved and sensible. She would not express her opinions on matters related to the previous dynasty, even though she knew it in her heart. This was something she deliberately avoided. Now that she said it, she was afraid that the concubines would stare at her again. How could Xuanyuan Ling blame her? "I know about this matter. I will deal with it. You don't have to worry. Go to sleep?"
He didn't even change his tone, and he even patted her on the shoulder to coax her to sleep.
Shen Qing closed his eyes.
So good, not noisy at all.
Xuanyuan Ling touched her bulging belly again, then pulled the blanket to cover them both, and Shen Qing fell asleep.
Originally, Xuanyuan Ling coaxed Shen Qing to sleep because he saw that Shen Qing couldn't sleep. Now, Shen Qing is asleep and he can't sleep. What's going on?
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