At night, the chief steward Liang dressed up carefully and came to King Yong's study in a nervous mood. Of course she knew what would happen when she came to King Yong's study, which made her feel very conflicted. A tryst with King Yong was not in line with her status, but
She didn't dare not to come, and more importantly, she also longed for that taste in her heart.
Mrs. Liang observed for a moment after closing the door, and determined that King Yong was the only one in the study. She then gently opened the ajar door, "Who?" Chen Qing asked.
"It's me!" Mrs. Liang pursed her lips.
"Ah! Come in quickly."
Mrs. Liang closed the door and walked in. After a while, the two held hands and went up to the second floor.
.......
After Yao Mei made tea for the prince, she left the study. The prince had to consider important matters, review the ultimatum, and concentrate on reading, and she did not want to be disturbed. Yao Mei knew this very well.
Half an hour later, when she thought the tea had gone cold, Yao Mei came to the study again, ready to make another pot of tea. Unexpectedly, she found that the door to the study was closed.
The door was ajar so she could go in, but the door being closed meant that the prince did not want to be disturbed.
Yao Mei had to return to her room. After about a quarter of an hour, Yao Mei went to the study again and found that the study door was still closed. She felt a little strange. This had never happened before.
At this moment, the door opened. Yao Mei was about to step forward, but she found that the figure on the ground was wrong. Why was it a woman? Could it be Sister Alian?
She and Yu Lian went to Fujian Road together, and the two of them served her husband together at night. Their relationship became much closer, and all the previous differences disappeared.
So when Yu Lian came over to steal food at night, she could pretend not to see it.
"Take this!"
"Ah! Your Majesty, I can't have it."
"Take it as long as you want, I'll reward you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"
Yao Mei was startled, the voice was wrong, she quickly dodged and hid behind the pillar in the corridor, and saw a plump woman taking the initiative to kiss the prince's face, turning around and walking away quickly with a piece of beautiful jade in her hand.
"Why is it her?"
Yao Mei recognized the woman, and it was Liang Da who was in charge, which shocked her. Yao Mei certainly knew what this woman was doing in the study, and even a fool could guess it after the door was closed for most of an hour.
She actually had an affair with the prince? Yao Mei felt sad for a while, how could the prince fool around with this woman behind their backs?
Yao Mei had no intention of making tea anymore and hurried back to her room.
The whole night, Yao Mei tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. She suffered from insomnia.
Early the next morning, Yao Mei forced herself to go to have breakfast, but she saw the chief steward Liang in high spirits and greeting the palace maid to arrange breakfast. Her skin was particularly delicate, and her eyebrows were full of love. It was obvious that she had been well moisturized last night.
Only then did Yao Mei take a closer look at Manager Liang Da with a woman's eyes. Her skin was very white and delicate, her appearance was gorgeous, her figure was slightly fat and plump, and her chest was as undulating as a hill. A thirty-five-year-old woman,
It is the most mature time.
At this time, Yao Mei also breathed a sigh of relief. She was still in her thirties anyway, and it was impossible for her to be promoted from palace official to concubine.
"Amei, what's wrong with you?" Yu Lian asked with a smile.
She slept with her husband last night and was well moisturized. Her pair of peach blossom eyes looked lovingly at her husband as he walked over.
Yao Mei didn't dare to see the prince. She felt panicked and said quickly: "I'll go deliver breakfast to Madam."
Yao Mei picked up the prepared dinner plate and hurried past her husband. She lowered her head and did not dare to look at her husband.
Chen Qing glanced at Yao Mei strangely. She wanted to come and clean up in the morning, but she didn't come?
"What's wrong with Amei?" Chen Qing sat down and asked.
"Amei seems to have not slept well. Her eyes are red and she is not energetic." Yu Lian explained for Yao Mei.
Chen Qing nodded and started to eat breakfast.
.........
Yao Mei walked into the princess's room with breakfast. Lu Xiu was still in confinement and could not go out, but Yao Mei's tiredness still did not escape Lu Xiu's eyes.
"What's wrong with you? You can't help but feel like you're walking." Lu Xiu quickly tied the plate, fearing that Yao Mei would stumble and drop it.
"Madam, I'm very dizzy."
Lu Xiu pulled her to sit down and took a closer look at her. He saw dark circles under her eyes and said with a smile, "Didn't you sleep last night?"
Yao Mei nodded lightly.
"Why?" Lu Xiu asked curiously.
"I....."
Yao Mei hesitated to speak. She didn't know whether she should say it or whether her husband would be angry. But she felt that if she didn't say it, she would be sorry for her wife's love and care for her.
After hesitating for a moment, she hesitated and said: "Last night I saw Manager Liang... entering the prince's study?"
Lu Xiu was not surprised at all and asked with a smile: "You stayed up all night just because of this?"
"Yes! I saw something I shouldn't have seen, and I don't know what to do."
Lu Xiu was very satisfied that Yao Mei had not concealed herself and was worthy of his win over her in the past two years.
"If I said that I agreed to what happened last night, would you believe it?"
Yao Mei's eyes widened suddenly, "Madam!"
"Don't be so surprised. You know that three women in our family are going to give birth to children. The prince's side is a little empty. How many people are trying to fill this position. Do you still remember my former personal maid Chunxi? She is now my brother Lu Wei
My concubine."
"How could it happen?" Yao Mei couldn't believe her ears.
Lu Xiu sneered and said, "She went to seek refuge with Li Mei right after she left the house. Li Mei always thought she was nice and considerate, so he used her as his maid. However, Li Mei was ill some time ago. Today, Chun Xi caught her
I have an opportunity to sneak into Lu Wei's study. If she is still in my house, will she not seize the opportunity now?"
"Then Mr. Liang, how could Madam do this?" Yao Mei was still a little too young and didn't understand the princess' skills.
Lu Xiu smiled and said: "The prince met Manager Liang outside yesterday morning. The two of them stayed alone for a little longer, so I knew they had communicated. Then I asked Manager Liang, what did the prince say to her? She didn't dare.
Hiding it from me, she said that the prince asked her to go to the study at night, and then I said, you can go, but you have to agree to one condition."
"What conditions did the madam ask her to agree to?"
Lu Xiu said calmly: "My condition is very simple. I can be her inner palace manager with peace of mind and don't have any undue thoughts."
Yao Mei understood a little bit, "So the madam will use her to fill the void around the prince and not give other women a chance?"
"You are not stupid. She is already thirty-five years old and there will be no chance of becoming a concubine. I am not worried at all."
"But..." Yao Mei was confused.
Lu Xiu shook his head, "You are still a little too young. When you reach my age, you will understand that to maintain your status, you do not rely on youth and beauty, but on your son. Especially in front of a future emperor, no matter how young or beautiful you are, you will be very important."
You will soon get tired of it, but as long as you have a son, your status will never disappear. Amei, please get pregnant as soon as possible next year!"
Back in her room, Yao Mei fell on the bed and fell asleep. The knot in her heart last night was solved by the madam's words. Even the madam didn't care, so what else did she worry about?
.........
Chen Qing got on the carriage and set off for Guancheng as usual, but the efficiency of the internal guards was extremely good. In just one day, everything changed. Instead of one carriage, there were three carriages, all exactly the same, and they were also closely guarded by cavalry.
The windows were also tightly blocked by shields, so that the light in the carriage was dark and Chen Qing could not see what was going on outside the carriage window, but the guards did not care about his mood at this time.
When he arrived at the door of the official room, he saw Lu Wei waiting for him, holding a long box in his hand.
"Come in and talk!"
Chen Qing took Lu Wei into the official room, glanced at the box in his hand and asked with a smile: "Is the thing in your hand for me?"
"Exactly, please take a look at it, Your Highness!"
Chen Qing picked up the wooden box and opened it. Suddenly it was a monocular telescope. Chen Qing's telescope was given to Liu Dajiang on Fujian Road, but he could not make another one because the old craftsman who made the telescope for him died.
His apprentice and son's crystal grinding and grinding skills were not up to par, and they could not make a qualified concave-convex mirror.
Chen Qing got the telescope and immediately understood. He smiled and said: "Have the craftsmen from Lin'an found it?"
Lu Wei bowed and said: "We found it. The two dozen craftsmen were owed half a year's salary by the imperial court and could not survive. They were all taken to Jingzhao and arranged to grind mirrors in the craftsman's workshop, but..."
"Just what?" Chen Qing raised his head and asked strangely.
Lu Wei sighed and said, "It's just a lack of raw materials!"
"Isn't our crystal good?" Chen Qing frowned.
"Your Highness, our crystal can be used to make ordinary unilateral mirrors, but when it comes to making military clairvoyants, they say it is not pure enough. The current high-quality crystal raw materials can only be used to make three or four clairvoyants at most. If you must use the current crystal to grind it, you can do it, but
It will affect the effect."
Of course Chen Qing didn't want to be a telescope with impurities. He thought for a moment and an idea suddenly came to his mind.