Yu Fengjin turned the jade ring on her thumb and asked lightly: "Then when will you enter the palace?"
Xu Daocheng smiled and said: "Tomorrow! The emperor will ask Pindao to personally supervise the construction of the Taoist temple!"
Yu Fengjin took a cup, poured a cup of tea and brought it to him: "Have you really thought about it? Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger! The emperor may not be more generous-minded than me."
"If a poor Taoist dares to enter the palace to accompany you, there will naturally be a way to save your life. Your Highness does not need to worry!" Xu Daocheng picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp, his expression still bold and uninhibited.
"What's going on over there with the eldest prince?" Yu Fengjin asked.
"After all, he is young and energetic, and he is the first to be unable to restrain himself! He must have predicted that his future will undergo radical changes due to Pindao's arrival..." Xu Daocheng laughed proudly.
"It's just a puppet, what kind of future can it have..." Yu Fengjin looked at a banana plant outside the window and said lightly.
Xu Daocheng suddenly put away his usual unruly attitude, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Yu Fengjin, then raised the glass to him: "Your Highness, I will not be able to see you again often. The road ahead is dangerous, you must cherish it.
ah!"
Yu Fengjin looked back at him and finally showed a faint smile: "The days after entering the palace will be full of difficulties and dangers, Taoist Master must be careful in everything!"
Xu Daocheng was startled, then looked up to the sky and laughed: "I didn't expect His Highness to care about Ping Dao!"
Yu Fengjin twitched her lips and said, "I am not cold-blooded! The one in the palace is ruthless! You must be more careful! Don't believe his words easily!"
Xu Daocheng nodded, bowed his hands again, stood up and strode away.
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The candlelight flickered in the room, which was warm and fragrant. The eldest prince lay on Han Yan's slender and soft legs, his eyes slightly closed, and his face looked sad.
"Your Highness, you haven't said a word since you came in today, but what's bothering you?" Han Yan massaged his shoulders and asked with concern.
The eldest prince slowly opened his eyes and looked at the charming woman with slender eyebrows, phoenix eyes and cherry lips in front of him, with a gentle look in his eyes.
He sat up, picked up the cup and took a sip of wine, and said angrily: "Han Yan, do you know that I have been living a very troubled life for twenty years!"
Han Yan smiled faintly and filled the wine glass for him: "You are a majestic prince. Is there anything else in this world that can trouble you?"
The eldest prince was silent for a long time, then he picked up the wine glass and drank it with his neck raised. He gritted his teeth and said: "I am the prince, the only son of the emperor! I should be proud! But I have been cautious and cautious in the past few decades and have been walking hard! Just because of me.
I am an illegitimate child, and my mother is a promiscuous woman! So I have always been controversial and trampled on by others!"
As soon as these words came out, Han Yan's eyes immediately dimmed: "As long as a woman in this world can survive, who would want to fall into the dust of the world!"
The eldest prince did not hear her lament, and continued to speak to himself: "My mother adopted me, and I am naturally grateful to her! If it hadn't been for her to save me, I would have passed away long ago... But my mother is very grateful to me.
She is very strict and never gets close to her, but I don’t hate her. I only miss her kindness and want to be more upbeat and not let her down. But it’s not until today that I realize how stupid I am! It turns out that the people around me have always been
They are all using me, but no one regards me as a relative!"
At this point, his voice began to tremble, his face was all distorted, and he didn't know whether he was crying or laughing, and his teeth were gritted and rattled.
Han Yan looked at him tenderly and said softly: "Your Highness, are you drunk? There are some words that cannot be said easily, as they will get you into trouble!"
The eldest prince grabbed Han Yan's hand and said excitedly: "Han Yan, I have been holding these words in my heart for a long time! I can't say them in the palace, let alone outside. Only with you can I dare to say them! Because I know
, you won’t betray me, right?”
Han Yan smiled lightly, caressed the eldest prince's face, and said softly: "I am also a lonely and helpless person, wandering in this huge city of Shengjing. It was only after I met His Highness that I tasted the warmth of the human world for the first time.
have
I have had some fun. I regard Your Highness as my confidant, so how could I betray you? Your Highness can rest assured to tell me what is in your heart, and I will always be willing to listen!"
The eldest prince's face was originally so lonely and sad, but after he heard Han Yan's soft words of comfort, a childish smile finally appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He slowly lay down on Han Yan's legs again, looking dimly into the distance, and poured out the troubles in his heart one by one:
Just after noon, the eldest prince came to the harem before taking a nap, preparing to pay his respects to the queen.
Today, the emperor rewarded him with a box of snacks, they are all queens!" Although she said this, her eyes kept glancing into the food basket.
The eldest prince pushed the food basket into her arms and said with a smile: "You have worked so hard to serve your mother all day long, you deserve this!"
Yuexiu happily hugged the food basket, but still said reservedly: "But on my side..."
The eldest prince advised again: "I don't know how long it will take for them to talk. Otherwise, I'll wait for a while and you go back quickly! Don't worry, no one will know!"
Yuexiu finally felt relieved, thanked her profusely, and left proudly holding the food basket.
When the eldest prince saw her walking away, he looked around again, then tiptoed to the door, leaned against the door and listened. Although there was a door across the door, the sounds inside could still be heard clearly.
Only an old voice was heard saying: "That Xu Daocheng came into the palace, I don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing! I heard that the concubines in the harem are trying their best to curry favor with him, hoping to get a pill, okay
Can give birth to a son and a half-daughter!" This voice belongs to Liu Bingwen.
Immediately, a graceful voice came: "Let them do their work! Even if this pill can help them get pregnant, it's hard to say whether they can keep it alive, whether they can survive, and whether they can raise children!"
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The old voice said again: "It can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to this matter! If a concubine is really pregnant with a male heir, she is likely to be appointed as the crown prince, and the status of you and the eldest prince will be in jeopardy!"
Wanyue's voice sounded very calm: "Why are you so anxious? I have been managing this harem for decades, and I have always had a good handle on the issue of children. There has never been any mistakes. This matter will be no exception."
The eldest prince outside the door was so shocked that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear and turned pale. He finally knew why these two people had to meet alone behind his back and ordered someone to guard them.
It seems that the fact that Emperor Yu has had no heir for so many years is not a punishment from God, but a masterpiece of the Queen.
He always thought that the queen looked stern and cowardly, but he never imagined that she had such a ruthless side! This made him shudder.
But then I thought about it, part of the reason why the Queen did this was to protect herself.
The eldest prince didn't seem so scared anymore, but instead felt a little grateful.
He put his ear to it again and continued to listen.
The old and dull voice came again: "I heard that the elixir is very effective! However, you have not been pregnant for so many years, and now you are older, the possibility of giving birth to a legitimate son... I'm afraid it is not high, right?"
The queen's cold voice immediately sounded: "Mrs. Man Tingfang is the same age as me, and she has never been born. After taking this pill, she got pregnant immediately. How could I not do this? In this harem, only the one who can give birth to a child is
My Majesty!"
After a long while, the old voice sounded again: "Have you told the eldest prince about this matter?"
The queen's voice rang out without hesitation: "There is no need to alert the snake now. When the legitimate son of this palace is born, there is no need to say anything to him! If you want to survive in this harem that is ambushed from all sides and startled at every step, you can't do it without yourself.
How can a child gain a foothold? He should understand this."
Liu Bingwen's voice sounded very happy: "If you can really give birth to a true dragon emperor, it will be a great blessing for us. From now on, I will no longer have to be afraid of Wang Su! Our status is untouchable! Only
But, have you thought about what to do with the eldest prince?"
The queen's voice sounded cold and confident: "It's easy. We will arrange a marriage for him after a while, and then send him to the fief. We will never see him again in this life!"
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Inside, the eldest prince outside the door was completely stunned...
He stared straight at the door, as if glaring at his adoptive mother who had raised him for twenty years - the woman who usually cared for him very much and had high expectations for him.
Could it be that to her, he was just a thing used to fight for power and gain from beginning to end?
Could it be that after so many years of being together day and night, she didn't even have a trace of affection for him?
Liu Bingwen's voice came from the door again: "After all, he is the eldest son of the emperor, and he is the child you have raised for many years! If you really fall out, be careful what happened twenty years ago happens again!"
Liu Bingwen's voice could not be heard for the last sentence, because everyone knew that the time to seize the palace twenty years ago was a taboo in the palace. Anyone who said this and Emperor Yu heard it would lose their head!