When they arrived at the Chengde Palace, it was already dusk, but the sky was not dark. The setting sun melted into gold among the green mountains, giving a sense of brightness. As they walked on the road, rays of slanting sunlight shone on them, bringing a touch of warm sadness.

The temporary palace is completely different from the imperial city. It is even more spacious. When Yao Niang arrived here, she started to ask people to make the bed and pack the luggage. After she asked people to make the bed quickly, she personally helped Gao Xuance to the bed to rest. Of course, Gao Xuance didn't have any big problems, but it was just Gao Xuance's own fault.

He is really good at acting coquettishly. Yao Niang had seen him acting coquettishly in front of Concubine Hong before, and she felt ashamed in her heart, thinking that he still needed his mother to act coquettishly at such a age. Now she realized that he was not only acting coquettishly to Concubine Hong, but also to her.

Well, once he started to act coquettishly, she couldn't handle it anymore.

Normally, people in the palace hate each other in secret, but since Gao Xuance is in trouble today, these people have to show brotherly love and respect. They came here, and Yao Niang went to Princess Zhenyang. She used to be Princess Zhenyang's study companion, and now she is Princess Zhenyang's sister-in-law. Xu Qingrong is pregnant, so of course she has to take good care of her.

When Princess Zhenyang saw Yao Niang coming over, she asked anxiously, "How is Third Brother?"

"It's nothing serious. He also asked me to come and tell you not to worry. My eldest brother, second brother, and fourth brother are all there to visit him, so I came here to tell you something."

"I'm glad you're alright. I just heard something and I don't know why."

After saying this, Princess Zhenyang patted her chest. This was not a joke.

Seeing that Princess Zhenyang was sleepy, Yao Niang stood up to leave. After she left, Princess Zhenyang said to the people around her, "In fact, Third Brother never took me to heart. I'm afraid Yao Niang remembered to come and see me on her own."

"Why do you say that, Princess? You are too suspicious." said the palace maid.

Princess Zhenyang shook her head. She knew very well that the Third Prince did not like anyone just because they were related to him by blood, but he would be nice to whoever was nice to him and could bring him benefits.

He was a very snobbish and cold-blooded person. Most people would never imagine how much he coveted wealth and power. He was indifferent to himself, but very good to his mother and father. Those two were the people he wanted to please, and they were his relatives.

There just happened to be a girl named Yao Niang, who was willing to die for a few sweet words from him.

Sometimes she felt that as Yao Niang's friend, she was unable to remind her because of her own brother, and she always felt sorry for her friend.

How could Yao Niang know that Princess Zhenyang was thinking so much. When she came back, several princes had already left and Gao Xuance was taking a nap on the couch.

Only when she returned to her room did Yao Niang heave a sigh of relief. She called someone in to help her wash up. After taking a bath, she felt her eyelids drooping and she was extremely sleepy.

Gao Xuance put down the book in his hand, and seeing Yao Niang pecking at rice like a chicken, he waved away the servants and carried her directly to the bed. Only then did Yao Niang wake up.

"Why are you carrying me here?" Yao Niang looked at him.

"You, you can't hold on any longer, take a rest quickly." Gao Xuance found it funny. Apart from such a big thing today, she was not affected at all.

Yao Niang patted the pillow beside her: "Then you sleep with me, then I can fall asleep."

"Okay, I'll accompany you." Gao Xuance rubbed her hair.

Yao Niang let out a cry, buried her head in the soft pillow, and quickly fell asleep.

late at night

Emperor Jianzhang summoned Cui Guangfo, the commander of the Jinyiwei, to ask him in detail: "How is it, are those people Donghu people?"

Cui Guangfo nodded: "It is true that these people are Donghu people, but the poison they took is a kind of poison called curare. This medicine is also called blood-killing poison. Once it comes into contact with it, the blood vessels will be blocked, the blood will coagulate, and even suffocate to death. It is precisely because of the extremely strong toxicity that we can't get anything out of them."

"Then in your opinion, why would the Donghu people specifically target Prince Chen?" This was what puzzled Emperor Jianzhang.

Cui Guangfo certainly didn't dare to speak casually, because such things were hard to say. Now the one who had a dispute with Prince Chen was none other than the eldest prince, and the eldest prince was not stupid. If he wanted to find someone to plot against Prince Chen, he would of course have to choose a scapegoat. These Donghu people were very suitable.

These princes usually look calm and friendly with each other, but they are filthy beyond words.

When Emperor Jianzhang saw that Cui Guangfo remained silent, he seemed to have thought of something.

When she woke up the next day, Yao Niang saw that it was already daybreak and the person beside her was no longer there. Bai Ying and others came over and said, "Princess, we have to go to Princess Sui De's place today. The emperor has already ordered Princess Sui De to live in Jiangyunxuan."

Yesterday's shock almost made Yao Niang forget about Princess Sui De. It seemed that her husband did not care much about this aunt who everyone respected. It seemed that he thought his position was wrong and it was useless to try to please her.

Gao Xuance is too smart and has almost everyone figured out, but he is also very arrogant, which is a difficult aspect of his personality to reconcile.

Fortunately, Yao Niang is not a truly soft-hearted person, and she certainly won't let others hit her.

Going to Princess Sui De's place was just to make up the numbers. Compared to her indifference and preparation to sit on the bench, Wang Yuanshuang and Mu Wantong were well prepared.

Wang Yuanshuang had been with Princess Sui De before, and her family even had some relatives with Princess Sui De's mother, which was why she was able to become Princess Xian.

She was just talking to the eldest prince: "Aunt has always liked agarwood. I have prepared the best agarwood Buddhist beads to send to her. Your Highness, please rest assured."

"No one is more thoughtful than you." The eldest prince's wife was still very satisfied with Wang Yuanshuang, but she had not been pregnant for several years after her marriage. Other things were easy to deal with.

But in general, the affection between husband and wife is limited. The eldest prince's slight shortcoming is that Wang Yuanshuang is the legal wife after all, and she is rigid. Although she is virtuous, she has no romance. Moreover, the royal couple is to be respected, not to be loved.

However, now is not the time to consider the personal affairs of children. The eldest prince said: "Father listens to Aunt Sui De the most. She is the elder, so it is okay for you to be more respectful."

Mu Wantong also said: "If I treat this Princess Sui De better, she will definitely pay more attention to you, and then I will feel relieved."

The prince usually didn't notice it, but when he really went out, he found that there were too many snobbish people. For example, the servants in the palace were more willing to go to the Prince of Chen, and the things sent to the Prince of Chen from the main kitchen were the fastest. Even his third sister-in-law, Luo, had more people coming forward to ask for rewards here.

It was obvious that she had more dowry when she got married, and her family was the more prominent Zhennan Palace. As a princess, her status was definitely higher than that of Luo and others when she was in the palace, but now it is not as good.

The fourth prince advised her instead: "Why bother to be in the limelight? Just do your job. There is no need to be the best in everything."

He was just afraid of being targeted by others. He didn't have the ability like his third brother to catch an arrow with his bare hands. That was a skill only archers had.

"That won't work." Who can predict what will happen in the future?

Mu Wantong felt that the eldest prince and the third prince were fighting so fiercely, and it was often the case that when two sides quarrel, the fisherman benefits, and her husband was not completely without status.

In the past, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin's eldest son Li Chengqian and second son Li Tai were at loggerheads with each other, but later it was the ninth prince Li Zhi who inherited the throne. It can be seen that such things are difficult to say.

Some people feel more relaxed after getting married. Yao Niang feels that this is the case for her. She does not need to deal with all the complicated relationships.

Now that they have arrived at Jiangyunxuan, Princess Sui De already has quite a few female relatives here, including the Crown Prince's wife of Prince Fenyang, the Crown Prince's wife of Marquis Xuanping, Princess Zhenyang, and Princess Wang Yuanshuang of Prince Xian.

Princess Sui De was obviously no more than forty years old, but her face looked weathered. However, she stood straight and looked very healthy.

"Princess, Princess Chen is here."

Princess Sui De was not so arrogant. Although she was the elder and the eldest princess, and had a high status, the Princess of Chen was the princess of a royal family, and the Prince of Chen received double salary, so she was extremely favored.

The others also stood up to greet them. Lady Lu, the wife of the Prince of Xuanping, had just been married a few days ago. She was originally a concubine's daughter. In this circle, it's not that you have a high status that others will immediately accept you. She was originally the concubine's daughter of a civil official. It was only because her elder sister married into the Marquis of Dongyang's Mansion and she was beautiful and had a suitable temperament that the Prince of Xuanping, Shen Liang, fell in love with her at first sight.

She must have an opportunity to break in. Others envied her for marrying the prince of Xuanping Marquis, but in fact her eldest sister-in-law was a princess, who was very arrogant, and her mother-in-law was not easy to get along with.

Princess Chen came in. Her clothes were not very gorgeous. She was wearing a bright red middle-length gown with gold edges, and a jacket woven with gemstones, silver thread and peony flowers. Her hair was combed into a pile of buns and pinned with pearls, but she looked radiant.

Yao Niang said quickly, "Aunt Sui De is fine."

Princess Sui De had never seen Yao Niang before, but seeing how good-looking she was, she couldn't help but praise her: "The Third Prince has always been extremely handsome, and now the Princess is also so beautiful that she can overthrow the country and the city. It's really a talented man and a beautiful woman that makes others envious."

"Thank you, Aunt." Yao Niang was invited to sit on the left and didn't say much.

This was beyond Lu's expectations. She was the wife of the prince of Xuanping Marquis, so of course she knew what Prince Xiaochen was thinking. Princess Sui De was a person who had a lot of influence, but Luo was surprisingly not very pleasing to her.

On the contrary, Princess An who came later not only sent expensive gifts, but also made friends with her in various ways. Her attitude was completely different.

When everyone mentioned horseback riding and archery, Princess Sui De said to them, "Since we are going to hunt this time, we women cannot lose. You can all go out and play."

Although Lu was born out of wedlock, her family taught her and her sisters how to ride horses so that they could marry into wealthy families. She even became a very good rider.

Instead, Princess Zhenyang asked Yao Niang worriedly, "Is Third Sister-in-law going too?" She knew that Yao Niang had not been riding a horse or shooting arrows much in recent years because of her big breasts.

But if other people saw this, they would think that Yao Niang was not good at it.

Riding a horse and playing polo is very fashionable among the nobles, and Princess Sui De is also an expert at it. She was displeased to see Yao Niang being so quiet in front of her, and she did not even doubt Concubine Hong's vision.

Therefore, she said: "Princess Chen will definitely come. Yesterday I heard that Prince Chen could catch an arrow with his bare mouth. I'm sure you are not bad at that either."

If not, it would be a disgrace to Prince Chen. Princess Sui De didn't like Concubine Hong and her son, so she wouldn't make things difficult for them. But it would be good if they could abort the child openly. This mother and son are inhumane and they always think about using the concubine to suppress the legitimate wife.