Chapter 33: Taking in Twenty-Eight Concubines
"Your Highness?"
Su Lu was stunned. She thought she had seen it wrong. How could there be impatience in the other person's gentle eyes?
Seeing the sadness that flashed across Su Lu's face, Gu Qingheng said calmly:
"Changhe, take the music sheet and send Miss Su away."
"To see me from now on, you must send a letter to the Eastern Palace through Minister Su."
Tears slowly welled up in Su Lu's eyes: "Did this servant do something wrong? Did I displease His Highness?"
Otherwise why would he do this suddenly?
Changhe leaned in, and Gu Qingheng said, "Su Lu, I told you last time that I have no interest in you. The care I gave you before was just a reward for your help."
Gu Qingheng never cared about the plight of others, nor did he have excessive kindness.
During the palace coup, Su Lu helped him deliver a letter to Gu Yu, so Gu Qingheng felt that he deserved to repay her.
She suddenly remembered how yesterday someone from the Eastern Palace rode into the Imperial Medical Bureau and took the judge away without a word, just because of a rumor that the Crown Princess was seriously ill.
Su Lu thought, why?
"Your Highness is also repaying Zhao Mingzhu for her bad deeds, and even more so..."
Su Lu slowly closed her mouth, and Gu Qingheng looked at her as if she were a dead person.
She overstepped her bounds.
"Miss Su, please." Changhe said standing aside.
Su Lu knew that staying would only make the situation worse, so she suppressed her sadness:
"I'll take my leave."
Gu Qingheng didn't look at her again, but looked at the students coming and going outside the academy.
…
Zhao Mingzhu followed An Yun all the way to the classroom.
She was about to say a few words to An Yun, but An Yun was flipping through the blank text:
"Help me urgently, please lend me the copy first."
Ever since Zhao Mingzhu suddenly showed her intelligence last time, An Yun has been copying her homework all day long.
Zhao Mingzhu took it out and handed it to her: "Didn't you say you wanted that man to do it for you?"
When mentioning the other person, An Yun bit the tip of her pen and wailed, "Don't mention it. He's illiterate and can't read a single word. I shouldn't have bought him back. He's also delicate and fragile. Even carrying a basin of water is exhausting! He's more princess-like than Gu Yu!"
Seeing that she was so happy, Zhao Mingzhu actually bought her an ancestor.
She was just about to kick someone when she saw Su Lu walking towards her.
Zhao Mingzhu lay down and pretended to be dead without even thinking.
Keren was in front of her in the blink of an eye, and stretched out his hand to stop her from lying down and falling asleep:
"Miss Zhao, can I talk to you?"
Zhao Mingzhu: ...
She followed him out as she was told. When Su Lu raised her head again, tears were streaming down her face. Zhao Mingzhu was filled with questions.
"Sister, I didn't do anything, please don't do it."
She took emergency shelter and retreated three steps.
Su Lu saw that Zhao Mingzhu was avoiding her. Why did she treat her like this? She should avoid Zhao Mingzhu!
When Zhao Mingzhu reached a safe distance, she held out her hand and said, "Please speak. The Master will be here soon."
Su Lu took a deep breath and said aggrievedly, "It was you who stopped His Highness from taking a concubine?" His Majesty had originally agreed, so why did he suddenly stop mentioning it?
She wondered if Zhao Mingzhu was interfering again.
Zhao Mingzhu pointed at her nose and said in disbelief: "I have this ability?" How could she not know.
Su Lu was silent, and had to admit that she didn't.
But what about her powerful father, the Duke of Zhenguo?
"What do you think of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince taking a concubine?"
"What a good thing!" Zhao Mingzhu said reflexively.
"Why, you want to marry in?"
Zhao Mingzhu reacted quickly. She looked at Su Lu and didn't expect the heroine to be so proactive. Isn't it always the hero who is attracted first and then presses on? How come it's different from the novel?
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is a man of great stature and elegance. It's only natural that he is favored by the girls. I only ask if you will join your father in stopping them."
Zhao Mingzhu's father was famous for doting on her, and he even wanted to pick the stars and the moon in the sky for her.
Are you kidding me?
It's not like Zhao Mingzhu doesn't know herself, what can she do to stop it? And her father is so powerful that he can even control the prince's backyard?
This was a rumor that threatened the extermination of the entire clan. Zhao Mingzhu sternly clarified:
"No, no matter who Gu Qingheng marries, he will still have to take in 28 concubines. My father and I will not and dare not interfere."
She just needs to do her job properly. The control over this matter is not in her father's hands.
Su Lu couldn't believe it after hearing this: "You finally managed to get married before me, and now you suddenly don't care about His Highness anymore?"
Zhao Mingzhu scratched her head. That was the original owner's preference, not hers.
"Since Miss Su asked today, I reiterate that I have changed. I have turned over a new leaf and become a new person."
This was the last time she told this to the heroine, and she had no control over whether she believed it or not.
Seeing that she was silent, Zhao Mingzhu waved her hand and said, "It's okay, I'll leave."
It’s better not to stay too long. Who knows if Su Lu starts crying again, and she will be in trouble.
Zhao Mingzhu's figure quickly disappeared.
Su Lu was left there feeling unhappy. Zhao Mingzhu had become smarter now and she couldn't even guess how much of the other person's words were true or false.
At this time, Gu Yu arrived late. As she was about to pass by, Su Lu called her.
"Princess, please stay."
Gu Yu stayed as he said: "What for?"
Su Lu approached her and asked her why she suddenly wanted to play with Zhao Mingzhu?
Gu Yu was puzzled: "What does this have to do with you?"
"But the princess didn't dislike her before. She even pushed you into the water, causing you to become seriously ill."
Gu Yu nodded: "Yes, this has nothing to do with you."
Su Lu pursed her lips: "Princess, don't be fooled by her current appearance. She may not be the real Zhao Mingzhu."
Gu Yu sneered: "She's not, so you are?"
Su Lu's face turned pale as she understood the meaning of Gu Yu's words.
"Su Lu, honestly, it's normal for Zhao Mingzhu and I to hang out together, because she and I are the same type of people. I spoke up for you because you were blocking my way, not because I wanted to stand up for you. I did it for myself, not for you."
It doesn’t matter whether Zhao Mingzhu is good or bad. When interacting with her, it all depends on your mood.
Gu Yu held the Persian feather fan and showed a playful look:
"However, I once dreamed that you did marry my royal brother."
She pretended to sigh, "It's just that you are unlucky and have no children. My brother has married 28 concubines in a row and fathered more than 30 children."
"Later, you grew old and faded, died alone, and it took three days for you to be discovered after you died."
Gu Yu sighed: "It's really too tragic."
Su Lu's face flushed after hearing this. This was simply a curse:
"Impossible, you are dreaming!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would never treat himself like that.
"You also know that you are dreaming." Gu Yu put away the fan and pointed at her, saying coldly:
"Wake up, Zhao Mingzhu's family has been aristocratic for generations, and her father is the Duke of Zhenguo. Even if she doesn't use any tricks, she has a much better chance than you to marry into the Eastern Palace."
"Even without Zhao Mingzhu, there are countless families in the capital with comparable status to yours. Why do you think you can secure the throne of the Crown Princess? Are you just dreaming?"
Gu Yu had heard the conversation between her and Zhao Mingzhu, but had no intention of intervening.
This is Zhao Mingzhu's own business. If she can't handle it, she should run over and laugh at her incompetence.
But if Su Lu insists on making trouble and rushes in front of her, don't blame her for speaking harshly.
Gu Yu was too lazy to continue listening to her and turned away.
Su Lu was left stamping her feet, resentful of Gu Yu's moodiness and harshness.
No wonder they can play together, they are simply in cahoots with each other, working in cahoots with each other, relying on their high positions and power!
Su Lu thought it was a good thing that she had seen through the nature of these people early on!
When Gu Yu entered, he heard An Yun dancing and talking exaggeratedly while Zhao Mingzhu in front of her said something.
She walked over and said, "You've been possessed by a monkey."
An Yun said she didn't know who was the daring thief who stole all the valuables in her boudoir, even the window that was shipped all the way from Yangzhou.
Zhao Mingzhu ate a peach and bent her index finger: "It's so tragic. A moment of silence and a bow."
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