The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

After all, Qi Rong’s affairs were controlled within a small area. The people in the palace just felt that they hadn’t seen each other for a few days, and suddenly heard the news of Zhenbei Hou’s daughter’s marriage, and Qi Rong has now sent back to the capital to prepare for her marriage. Up.

Even though many people feel that the appointment of the marriage was caught off guard, or even hastily, but apart from a few whispers in their hearts, no one is overly investigating it. After all, this is someone else's business. The person concerned feels that the sky is broken, and for others, it is better to be more concerned about the mosquitoes at night.

In contrast, these concubines in the harem are more concerned about another thing, that is, the confrontation between the prince and the queen seems to have escalated. Empress Xiao Qi always used to pretend to be a virtuous mother, but now, when Chu Jinyao comes to ask for peace, Empress Xiao Qi can turn into a cold face on the spot.

Zhao Lanhui saw it, but didn't know it many times. After returning from the palace, she will follow King Su to the feudal clan. Qingyang is thousands of miles away from Beijing, with mountains and rivers far away. It is inconvenient for any news, so Zhao Lanhui has been very careful to serve Xiaoqi empress these few days and be sure to please her. After Xiao Qi. King Su was well aware of the influence of Empress Xiao Qi on the emperor, so he specifically asked Zhao Lanhui to coax the Empress Xiao Qi, and wait for them to leave Beijing in the future, and rely on Empress Xiao Qi to speak nicely in the ear of the emperor.

While serving Empress Xiao Qi, Zhao Lanhui also paid attention to Concubine Shu's mood with trepidation. Concubine Shu is the adoptive mother of King Su, and Zhao Lanhui is too fond of the queen, I am afraid it will make Concubine Shu upset. Being sandwiched between two mothers-in-laws is really hard step by step. Every word you say and everything you do has to be considered again and again.

When asking for peace today, Zhao Lanhui saw Chu Jinyao standing in the palace, his expression faint, his eyes drooping, and the cold face of the queen of Qi above should not be seen. Chu Jinyao stood there for a while, and when time was enough, she wouldn't be able to drop the handle of the sloppy mother-in-law, and then just made an excuse and left. Zhao Lanhui looked at Chu Jinyao's almost bold movements, and was shocked. The new wife was not trembling in front of her mother-in-law, as if she was facing a big enemy, but Chu Jinyao stood still and left when the time came, not taking Empress Xiaoqi seriously. This is simply... filial piety and rebelliousness. .

A few days ago, Zhao Lanhui heard a little bit of the limelight. If he said sympathy for Qi Rong, it seemed that he was not enough, but the posture of Chu Jinyao and the queen torn apart, unexpectedly made Zhao Lanhui feel envious.

A woman is a lovely guest in her natal family. After getting married, she has to rely on her mother-in-law's face to live, but in the final analysis, it is the husband-in-law, not the mother-in-law, who wants to spend her life with her. Chu Jinyao dared to face off with her step-in-law. This confidence can only come from her husband-in-law.

Many people secretly told Zhao Lanhui that Chu Jinyao was wrong, and Zhao Lanhui also felt that this was too outrageous and was not the work of a virtuous woman. But I don't know why, looking at Chu Jinyao and the prince, Zhao Lanhui still couldn't restrain his envy. Chu Jinyao's serious mother-in-law has passed away from illness, Xiao Qi's stepmother, plus what happened in the past, Xiao Qi's step-mother is really bad. Therefore, even if Chu Jinyao suffers more troubles, we must know that the prince and Chu Jinyao have the same position on the mother-in-law, and this is almost no mother-in-law.

Zhao Lanhui, who was caught in the two-fold mother-in-law, was envious from the bottom of his heart. She is like her. King Su respects his aunt and obeys his adoptive mother. She is caught in it, and she suffers extraordinarily.

Zhao Lanhui watched Chu Jinyao leave by himself, and when Chu Jinyao couldn't see her back, the face of Xiaoqi's face was somber that she couldn't see it. The people in the palace saw the fight between the prince and the queen, and they should not mix in and make cannon fodder.

After Chu Jinyao came out of the harem of Xiaoqi, she let out a long sigh to the sunlight outside. Xiao Qi's queen saw Chu Jinyao feeling upset, and Chu Jinyao didn't want to see Xiao Qi's queen. If it wasn't for the word "filial piety", who would be patient to see her.

Linglong asked: "Prince Princess, shall we return to the Qi De Hall?"

"Don't hurry." Chu Jinyao said, "The weather is good today. Let's take a walk in the garden by the way, and then go back to the palace."

"Yes."

Chu Jinyao was walking slowly in the garden when she happened to ran into a pity. Since the pity was "discovered" that she was pregnant, Xiao Qi, in order to get rid of herself, has specifically graciously agreed that pity does not have to go to ask for peace, just to raise a baby with peace of mind. Seeing that the month is getting bigger and bigger, Lianbi has listened to the imperial doctor's advice these few days and walked more outside, and happened to meet Chu Jinyao in the garden.

The pity girl was very enthusiastic when she saw Chu Jinyao, and came up to talk to Chu Jinyao: "Prince princess, you also come to the garden to relax?"

"Please come back from the Empress Empress's Palace, and just come and walk along the way. Pity Niangniang be careful, you are heavy, and you must be careful about your feet." Chu Jinyao smiled and talked to Lian, but he secretly noticed her and Lian's. distance. Lian was pregnant, and many people in the palace didn't see her giving birth safely. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Chu Jinyao kept a distance from Lian. Chu Jinyao didn't want to be pityed by someone, accidentally fell and fell on her head in the end.

Pity obviously also knows his situation. In fact, she has always admired Chu Jinyao. On her identity, Chu Jinyao is the prince concubine under one person. On the basis of reason, the pity was diagnosed by the imperial physician and was pregnant, and the prince had to push him. Moreover, the emperor asked Wang Mingci to enter the palace to drive away evil It's not that Chu Jinyao and the prince have exposed, the pity is about to drink the water of exorcism. The pity was frightened at the time, and he asked the Taoist chief to get rid of the yin fire for her, but when he returned to the palace, he slowly reacted, and pity immediately started to sweat.

There are a lot of taboos for pregnant people, and the things in the mouth are even more cautious. If she really drank Wang Ming's talisman, can she still be pregnant with the emperor?

Lian Bian didn't dare to think about it, the emperor did not pursue Xiao Qi's guilt afterwards, and Lian Bian became more and more scared, and he dared not mention a word. The situation in the harem is like this, and no one can compete head-on with the queen of Xiao Qi, who is the beloved consort of running water. Therefore, the pity man became more and more grateful for Chu Jinyao's kindness that day. She said: "Since my goodbye, I am inconvenient, and I have never found the opportunity to thank the princess in person. I thank the princess for the time I fell into the water in April."

Lian Bi was not only talking about falling into the water, but also Wang Mingci pretending to be a ghost, but after this incident involved Xiao Qi, Lian Bi and Chu Jinyao both avoided mentioning it. Chu Jinyao understood in her heart, so she said, "You are polite, your pity, Niang Niang, this is just a fulfillment. What's more, even if there is no me, there will be others who will jump down and save Niang Niang. You can rest assured that you have My ancestors, nothing will happen."

"That's how it is said, but the prince concubine has a great kindness to me after all, and my concubine should thank me." The pity still insisted, and even wanted to give Chu Jinyao a thank you. Chu Jinyao quickly asked the maid to hold her, and everyone was in a mess. , Pity this gave up.

Seeing that the pity finally stopped, Chu Jinyao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Pity's heart is good, but the child in her belly is a public enemy of the harem. Chu Jinyao doesn't want to be infected, and Pity came here today. Apart from thanking him, does he also have the idea of ​​making good friends with Donggong?

Lianbi understood too much about the shady scenes in the harem. After she became pregnant that day, she was frightened all day long, for fear that after angering Xiaoqi, even if she was now named a concubine and still received the emperor's favor, she was still afraid. Therefore, regardless of reason or reason, the pity wanted to have a good relationship with Chu Jinyao. Her child was twenty years old from the prince, and the emperor would definitely not be able to count on it. It can be said that the life of their mother and son is in the hands of the prince. Here, if the pity doesn't have the courage to ask the prince, he can only do more to please the prince.

Pity's thoughts are not difficult to guess, and Chu Jinyao is not commenting on it. The concubines in the harem regarded pity as a thorn in their eyes, but this had no effect on Chu Jinyao, even if pity gave birth to a son, this prince and Qin Yi were twenty years old, even if the emperor spoiled his younger son again, There will be no threat to Qin Yi either. The second prince was only two years younger than Qin Yi, with a low step, and now he had to avoid the Eastern Palace by Fan, let alone pity the fetus in his belly who didn't even know his gender.

Chu Jinyao didn't intend to fight with the harem. She was at a different level from these concubines. She didn't care about who was favored and who was not favored, but the pity was the opposite. So along the way, the pity is actively looking for topics. Gradually, the two of them talked about the child: "Pregnancy is really torture. In the past few days, I am getting more and more afraid of heat. Fortunately, the emperor has given me kindness. I accompany me, and the palace is much cooler than the imperial palace. If it weren’t, I wouldn’t even dare to think about it.”

Chu Jinyao laughed after listening, "How can this be torture? It's obviously a blessing."

Lianbing touched her bulging belly, her face felt a layer of soft light: "What blessing, I can't wait for him to come out quickly now, and save me again."

"What is your pity, Niang Niang? You are now eight months old, and in another two months, the child is about to come out, you can't stop it." Chu Jinyao said her thoughts drifted, "It's already July, my sister's The month is enough, I don’t know when the labor will be in labor."

Chu Jinxian was already very heavy, and the birth date was in July, so he didn't accompany him during the summer escape, but waited for delivery in the capital. But Chu Jinyao, as the prince princess, had to accompany him, leaving Chu Jinxian alone in Beijing to give birth. Chu Jinyao couldn't tell the worry.

When the pity heard it, she said strangely: "Sister Ling is also expecting labor in these two days? What a blessing, is the previous child a son or a young lady?"

Chu Jinyao smiled unchanged, and corrected: "This is my sister's first child."

The pity was immediately embarrassed. Chu Jinyao had been married for more than half a year. I heard that she had been preparing for marriage for a full year. She thought that Chu Jinyao's sister was already quite young, so she asked what her previous child was and wanted to say it happened. Can make up a good word. Unexpectedly, Chu Jinyao's sister was also the first child.

Lian's face was stern, so it seemed that the prince's sister was really **** the offspring, and Lian couldn't help but think of Chu Jinyao, so it's hard to talk about it immediately.

It is not difficult for Chu Jinyao to understand Lian Lai's scruples and embarrassment, the front of the harem is staring at the children of the East Palace, but she hasn't moved for a long time. In fact, half a year is not long, but there are no concubines in the East Palace, and Qin Yi stays with her every day, so she is not pregnant yet, which is a bit unreasonable.

The pity accidentally encountered the taboo of the princess, embarrassed and frightened in her heart. On the contrary, Chu Jinyao came to comfort her: "Manny, be careful of your steps."

Lianyi responded, they had not been out for a short time, not to mention that Lianyi touched the hidden worries of the princess, and she dared not sneer here to make trouble. Chu Jinyao and Lianyi said a few more polite words before returning to the palace .

In the Qi De Hall, Qin Yi wore a white Phnom Penh uniform and strode back from the outside. He walked straight into the main hall, and after walking around the room, he turned around and asked, "Why is there no one?"

Xiao Linzi's eyebrows twitched, and the corner of his eyes swept across the hall full of maids, thinking that these are not humans? Even though he was slanderous, Xiao Linzi still smiled cheerfully: "The princess has gone to please peace, and he has not returned. Your Majesty, do you want to find the princess and come back?"

Go please Ann? Qin Yi frowned unknowingly, and hasn't come back yet, is it possible that Empress Xiaoqi embarrassed Chu Jinyao? Qin Yi calmed down, and walked out without a word. Xiaolinzi followed in a hurry, "Prince prince, where are you going?"

"His Royal Highness?" Chu Jinyao had just entered the door, and she happened to see Qin Yi walking out with a sullen face. She wondered, "His Royal Highness, what's the matter with you? Why are you going out again?"

Seeing Chu Jinyao, Qin Yi breathed a sigh of relief silently: "Why have you been here for so long today?"

"I was passing by the garden when I came back, and I happened to meet the pity, so I stopped and talked for a while." Chu Jinyao looked at the battle behind Qin Yi suspiciously, "His Royal Highness, are you going out?"

Xiao Linzi watched as Qin Yi's face was gloomy for an instant, and then improved instantly. Qin Yi didn't speak, but just waved his hand, and Xiao Linzi retreated obediently. Chu Jinyao walked inside with Qin Yi. She saw Xiaolinzi's performance and understood in her heart: "Your Highness, are you going out to find me?"

Chu Jinyao was a little flattered. Qin Yi did not answer. After the two of them walked indoors, Qin Yi sat down beside him. He looked at it carefully for a while and asked, "Did she embarrass you today?"

It goes without saying who this "she" refers to. Chu Jinyao shook her head. She knew that the expression on her face could not be hidden from Qin Yi, so she thought of hiding it at all, "No, although she doesn't look good, she's kind to me and never made things difficult."

Speaking of this, Chu Jinyao felt unbelievable. She fell out with the queen that day because of Qi Rong’s affairs, and Chu Jinyao was prepared to be tricked by Xiao Qi, but unexpectedly, Xiao Qi was just cold. Face, left her aside and indifferent, there was no other action besides that. Chu Jinyao was secretly vigilant after the accident. She didn't think that Empress Xiao Qi was a generous person. Empress Xiao Qi was vicious and small-minded, so she definitely wasn't a person with a clear distinction between public and private matters. Now Xiao Qi's lack of action can only make Chu Jinyao feel dangerous, which is like the last calm before the arrival of the mountain rain.

Qin Yi is obviously also prepared. I won't move if the enemy doesn't move, but secretly, the protection around Chu Jinyao is already much tighter. Qin Yi obviously made a lot of preparations, but every time Chu Jinyao went out alone, he was still worried in every way: "There are many people in the palace, you must be careful when you are outside. If you want to go somewhere, send someone to find me, and I will accompany him. you go."

Chu Jinyao was moved when he heard these words. Qin Yi was the crown prince. During this time, he had to serve the emperor, meet with courtiers, and take time to deal with state affairs. He was so busy that he could break apart and serve as two envoys. So, he was still thinking about himself. Chu Jinyao knew that as long as she sent someone to talk to Qin Yi, Qin Yi would definitely find a way to postpone official duties and pull away to accompany her, but the husband and wife should be considerate to each other. It is enough for Qin Yi to have this heart. Chu Jin Yao wouldn't be so ignorant, making it difficult for him to do in front of his courtiers.

Chu Jinyao understands it in her heart, but she will not evade Qin Yi's kindness. Instead, she compliments her with affection, "Thank you. If I will disturb Your Highness from time to time in the future, you must not dislike me!"

Qin Yi is a master of insight into people's hearts. Looking at Chu Jinyao's expression, she knew that she was unwilling to do this. He sighed slightly from the bottom of his heart, Chu Jinyao has always been a sensible and general person. Qin Yi always thinks that being sensible is one of the most rare virtues of a woman, but when he changes it to Chu Jinyao, he always feels distressed: " In front of you, you don't have to be so careful, it's okay to be pampered and arrogant."

Chu Jinyao smiled brilliantly, and his eyes were bright as stars at that moment: "This is what you said, the concubine is willing to obey the order of the prince."

Qin Yi just sat with Chu Jinyao for a while, then went to the study to reply to the letter. When Chu Jinyao was idle, she went to deal with palace affairs. The days of the palace went by like this. One afternoon, Linglong suddenly came in beaming and said, "The princess, the Zhao family just sent a letter from the capital, saying that it was born by the grandmother of the aunt. Up!"

Chu Jinyao was surprised and delighted: "Really? What happened to my sister?"

"Mother and son are safe, grandma and aunt gave birth to a son!"

Chu Jinyao's heart was settled, and at this time the overwhelming joy came up: "It is good for mother and child to be safe, God bless you!"

Chu Jinyao and Linglong asked many details again. The more she asked, the happier she became. She simply asked people to take out the latest fine silk, and she personally made small clothes for her nephew.

In fact, since Chu Jinxian became pregnant, Chu Jinyao has prepared a lot of clothes for children, but today, the melons are finally finished. Chu Jinyao is so happy that she has to make a few more clothes. Looking at the clusters of flowers outside the hall, Chu Jinyao was beaming with joy, and Linglong went to pick up the needle and thread basket. His eyes condensed slightly: "There is a flower that has withered there. I will let someone deal with it."

Several people heard that Kikyo quickly responded. Because of Chu Jinxian's affairs, Chu Jinyao has been happy for several days. However, the joy in this world always cares about one and the other. One afternoon, Wan Lai was quiet and the breeze was blowing. Chu Jinyao was looking at the child's clothes when there was a sudden running sound from the stone steps.

Chu Jinyao felt something was wrong and raised her head in response. The **** who reported the letter ran out of breath, and he said breathlessly: "Prince princess, the big business is not good, pity the wife has a miscarriage!"