Jiang Shuhua suddenly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. For a moment, her neck seemed to be stuck, and she could not say a word.
Fortunately, she was standing behind the prince, so the prince couldn't see her expression at all, and naturally he didn't know that the color on her face was almost gone.
"How could this be possible? When you gave birth to a daughter, your father even praised you, but he didn't know how jealous he was.
At that time, he was quite proud of himself. Although he suffered a bit of a blow, he still had people in his hands. Concubine Gao was more favored than his mother, and there were several capable relatives outside.
It was really difficult to have a child, and the daughter of the Zhou family just couldn't give birth to a complete child, so he was so angry that he even took in several concubines."
As he spoke, he glanced back and realized something was wrong with Jiang Shuhua's expression. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Shuhua came back to her senses immediately and said with a smile: "Oh, I just find it strange. The third palace... He is a prince, why does he still have a concubine? There is not even a concubine in the palace!"
"Hey! You don't know that this third child doesn't think about anything else all day long, he just thinks about trying to look good in his father's heart.
For fear that outsiders would say that he was obsessed with women, those concubines were living in his house without any name or status! The girl from the Zhou family also had her pregnancy aborted by those women.
So he simply raised the child outside. The orphan believed that he could do it, but if the child was born in the outer room, he kept it hidden. This was absolutely impossible, even if it was a maid in the mansion who was pregnant.
After getting married, he has to say it in front of his father."
Hearing what he said, Jiang Shuhua felt relieved a little, and followed his tone and joked: "It seems that His Highness has to replace the spies in his hands.
Such false news can be heard by His Highness with one ear, but it seems like the real news is being reported inside."
Speaking of this prince, he couldn't help but frown, "I find it strange to say that these people were all carefully trained by Gushou. For so many years, they have collected all kinds of information about the capital for Gu, but nothing has come out.
Error, why this time..."
Jiang Shuhua had just put her mind down for a moment and immediately became excited again. As her thoughts changed, she immediately said: "Speaking of which, there are various forces in Beijing. The people in your hands are certainly good, but if someone deliberately confuses your Highness,
, then it’s probably hard to find out the truth, right?
Take Jin Yiwei for example, isn't it said that even the private words that the couple said on the bedside cannot escape Jin Yiwei's ears?"
"You mean Uncle Wang?"
The prince's words made Jiang Shuhua immediately panic, "Your Highness, concubine... I am just speaking metaphorically, and I have no intention of doubting the prince."
The prince hurriedly said: "Hey, if you just say that, it means..."
As he spoke, he glanced out the window subconsciously, and then said: "I know what you mean. You are right. It's impossible to say that someone deliberately interfered with my hearing."
His eyes fell on the stack of papers in front of him, as if he was deep in thought.
Jiang Shuhua knew that she had passed the test for the time being, but her thoughts turned to another thing.
"Your Highness, there is actually something that I have always been confused about. I want to ask Your Highness, but I am afraid that I... have touched something that I shouldn't have touched."
The prince came back to his senses and couldn't help but laugh when he saw her cautious look, "Okay, there are no outsiders here. If you have anything you want to ask, just ask Gu. If you can't tell me, I will tell you directly that I can't tell you."
Jiang Shuhua smiled shyly, "Actually, I just don't understand that the prince is just a prince. Why is it that both His Highness and the other three...he are so afraid of the prince? Is it really just because the Holy Emperor values him?"
The prince's eyes fell on Jiang Shuhua's face, but he did not speak.
Such a look made Jiang Shuhua sweat on her back. She said quickly: "Your Highness, please don't be angry. I... I am just curious, so I asked casually. It is a matter of confidentiality and I really shouldn't tell it to me.
.”
"No!" The prince took her hand and patted it in his own, "I'm just thinking about how to explain to you..."
He thought again and then asked: "Do you know the life experience of King Chen?"
Jiang Shuhua nodded quickly, "You know, everyone said that the prince is the posthumous son of Emperor Taizu. The hearts of the sons of the emperor were broken on the battlefield. In the end, no one inherited the throne, so it was passed to the late emperor."
"That's right!" The prince nodded, "If we go by orthodoxy, Xiao Yulai should be the one to sit on the dragon chair I opened."
Jiang Shuhua opened her mouth slightly, then shook her head and said: "You can't say that, brother and brother are also the Zen method of ancient wise kings. Since the throne is in the lineage of the late emperor, this is the direction of destiny."
After hearing this, the prince looked at Jiang Shuhua with a hint of relief in his eyes, "You! You really don't hide your partiality at all."
After tapping the tip of her nose, the prince continued: "But you don't know what happened next. In fact, Emperor Taizu also encountered a great opportunity to get rich.
It is said that the sage master of the Spiritual Sect at that time found Emperor Taizu, said that he had the appearance of the emperor, and taught Emperor Taizu a secret of heaven, and this was how Emperor Taizu later conquered the world."
Jiang Shuhua nodded repeatedly, "I have heard about this, but...this so-called chance thing is a mysterious thing. It's hard to say whether it really exists!"
"Originally I thought so too, but later I heard my father talk about it, and I realized that the Spiritual Cult is indeed something with some skills, but these things are too mysterious. Except for the person sitting on the dragon chair and the
The Imperial Master does not know the real secret here.
If not, Xiao Yu would definitely not survive now, but my father told me that no matter what the situation, we must ensure Xiao Yu's safety, otherwise... it will ruin the opportunity of our lineage."
Jiang Shuhua frowned upon hearing this, "Your Highness, you mean that His Majesty is favoring His Highness King Chen so much now, not because of anything else, but because of the chance thing mentioned by the Imperial Master?"
The prince nodded, and then said no more, "Gu only told you this matter, not even the crown prince knew about it, and the father only talked about it with Gu and the third child.
Now that the third child is dead, if you leak this matter, even I will not be able to protect you."
He took the matter so seriously that Jiang Shuhua naturally did not dare to be careless and immediately swore that she would never reveal anything.
But Jiang Shuhua couldn't calm down after hearing this.
Xie Songhua is able to live today because of relying on Xiao Yu, a big tree.
Now according to the prince's opinion, is this a big tree or an iron tree that can be cut down continuously?
So, doesn’t it mean that Xie Songhua is in an invincible position?
No!
There's still a chance!
Thinking of this, Jiang Shuhua's eyes flashed with fierceness, Xie Songhua was not Xiao Yu, the person she had to deal with was always Xie Songhua.