Instead, he looked at Concubine Shu and asked coldly: "Concubine, do you still remember what happened to Dongxiang back then?"
Concubine Shu's eyes flickered and her face turned pale and ugly.
Only the Ninth Prince was kept in the dark. He was confused and said: "Dongxiang, this name sounds familiar. Is she a palace maid who used to be around my second brother?"
"Yes." King Xiang nodded.
"Didn't she get released from the palace? Why are we talking about her again?" the Ninth Prince wondered.
King Xiang sneered: "I thought Dongxiang was released from the palace before, but later I found out that she had died in the palace a long time ago. It was Shisan who tortured her to death. In order to cover up what Shisan had done, the mother-in-law used
In order to seize the power in his hands, he secretly forged the record of Dongxiang’s leaving the palace to cover up the public’s eyes.”
Concubine Shu: "..."
The Ninth Prince was speechless for a moment.
But he didn't take it seriously. He just frowned and said, "She's just a palace maid. She'll die when she dies. This happened so many years ago. Why are you bringing it up?"
After a pause, the Ninth Prince suddenly remembered something: "By the way, this Dongxiang, I remember it was a palace maid sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to teach the second brother about personnel affairs, right?"
When men from the royal family and nobles reach a certain age, they will be assigned to teach human affairs.
In aristocratic families, maids are usually given by elders.
It's called teaching, but it actually means communicating with each other.
In the royal family, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for arranging such matters.
All princes have gone through this stage, but some have accepted it and some have rejected it.
King Xiang was the one who refused.
Dongxiang was the palace maid sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to teach him when he turned fourteen. She was from a humble background, had a delicate appearance, and a gentle and shy personality. She had just turned sixteen when she was sent to King Xiang.
Although Prince Xiang is famous now, he was not like this at the beginning.
When he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he still had no romantic habits and had no interest in love affairs between men and women. He originally planned to return Dongxiang to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he learned that if he didn't want her, Dongxiang would have to do some menial work.
King Xiang left her behind and served her as an ordinary palace maid.
But outsiders don't know.
Especially the Ninth Prince and the Thirteenth Princess all thought that Dongxiang had been taken over by Prince Xiang and she was his first woman.
Concubine Shu Gui argued guiltily: "You can't blame your sister for Dongxiang's incident. She just misunderstood and wanted to help you vent your anger!"
Prince Xiang said angrily: "What misunderstanding could allow her to torture a living person to pieces, and finally push her into an icy lake and freeze to death?!"
"This, this is all a misunderstanding!"
Concubine Shu felt guilty and embarrassed, "Your sister was still young at that time, and she admired and liked you. She always thought that Dongxiang was your pillow, but who knew that she bumped into her with a guard? Thirteen thought she was
She betrayed you and did it just to vent her anger on you, your brother, and she also had good intentions!"
King Xiang said coldly: "I have never touched Dongxiang, and she is not my bed partner. I promised her to leave the palace and get married when she is old, so she did not restrain herself. The guard Shisan bumped into was also
The person in my palace, he and Dongxiang were in love with each other, and they had asked me for grace a long time ago, and I agreed, but before Dongxiang could get out of the palace to get married, she was killed by Shisan."
Concubine Shu Guifei helped dispose of the body, and also forged Dongxiang's leaving the palace record.
Even the guard with whom she fell in love died inexplicably due to drunkenness not long after.
King Xiang didn't know the inside story at the time, so he sympathized with Dongxiang and sent people to look for her. However, he learned that Dongxiang left the capital with her family as soon as she left the palace and her whereabouts were unknown, so he had to give up the search.