imperial psychologist

Chapter 182 A Conspiracy

When the concubine and the prince finally arrived at the front yard, Prince Gong, Sun Beiji, and Zhang Shouzhong had already been waiting for a long time.

"Why did it take so long to prepare?" Prince Gong looked at Mrs. Zhen and Shi Zi with some displeasure.

The crown prince looked away, while Zhen Shi smiled and lowered his head slightly, "My lord, women don't have to wait longer than your men when they go out. It may not be the first time for your lord to know about it today?"

Wang Hao's words made Prince Gong sigh, he shook his head with a smile, with a little helplessness on his face.

"...Yes," Prince Gong looked at Zhen Shi, with a bit of resentment in his eyes, he stretched out his arm towards Zhen Shi, "As long as it is you, I will wait as long as I want."

Everyone laughed.

It takes about half an hour to walk from the palace to the southeast lakeside of Jian'an Lake. Regardless of princes, nobles or officials in the frontier, everyone is not allowed to ride a horse or a sedan chair, and must walk there.

This is a gesture of humility towards the emperor, because Emperor Jianxi walked over by himself - this is the advice given by Zhang Shenxian of Xianlingyuan, saying that the immortals should move around more, because the loess has its own divine power.So in the evening, the mighty procession set off from the south gate of the palace. Along the way, the officers and soldiers were under martial law, and the streets were empty. Emperor Jianxi stood in front with a solemn expression, followed by all the concubines, except Concubine Qu— ——She was the first to arrive at Yaotai in a light sedan chair at this time, which was a special arrangement by Emperor Jianxi.

When Emperor Jianxi's team was almost over, all the ministers and princes set off from home one after another.Meetings and chats are inevitable along the way. During the process of walking, everyone is very concerned about whether their clothes look smooth—if there are wrinkles, then when An Hupan steps forward to salute Emperor Jianxi one by one, it is inevitable that they will be misunderstood, right? They came by sedan chair or on horseback.

As the night darkened, there were more and more tourists by the lake.

Ordinary people are in the outermost part. In the past few nights, the hawkers near Chaotian Street have also moved their shops here. The shouts of selling and the cheers of guessing lantern riddles are mixed together, which is very lively.

But the officials and nobles were not in the mood to pay attention to this. They took a boat and sailed all the way to Penglai Island in the middle of the lake - Yaotai was there.

During the period from sunset to nightfall, Emperor Jianxi sat alone on Yaotai to receive worship.During this period of time, he himself felt bored, so he hid two white jade walnuts in his sleeves, and used his wide sleeves to cover them and play with them.

Everyone saluted in turn, entered the table, and then paid homage to the mountain. Fireworks were lit not far away, and the sound of silk and bamboo came from the lake far away, making this night like a fairyland.

The princes and ministers took their children and sat neatly on the long stone tables on both sides of the Yaotai, where there were full of jade plates and delicacies, but no one moved their chopsticks or raised their glasses.Everyone was looking at the emperor on a high place. Although those who sat far away could not hear what Emperor Jianxi said at all, they had to pay attention to the movement around them at all times - when the people in front laughed, they clapped their hands and laughed; Stand up and kowtow, then they should do the same.

The son was less inclined to listen to what Emperor Jianxi said. Although he and his parents were standing on the side closest to the Yaotai, the son had a solemn face, and his thoughts had already flown to the sky.

It wasn't until the jade chime in Qiu Shi's hand rang three times, and Emperor Jianxi flicked his sleeves and walked towards the pleasure boat by the water, that the crowd began to disperse.

Most of the courtiers followed closely behind Emperor Jianxi to take a boat trip on the lake, while a small number of young people, such as Shizi and his friends, silently sneaked into the shadows of nearby trees and procrastinated so that they could move freely for a while.

"Mother, I think..."

The prince looked at Zhen Shi, but Zhen Shi made a gesture of silence to him, and said in a low voice, "Go."

A bright smile appeared on his face, and he slid away towards the nearby path, until he passed a certain intersection with a rockery, and suddenly he heard someone shouting from nearby, "Yi Cong! Here!"

The prince looked up, and saw three familiar heads popping up from the rockery at hand——

The young master Zeng Jiuyan from the Dingbian Hou family, the young master Li Fengyu from the Uncle Anding family, and Zhang Jingzhen, the eldest son of Master Zhang, were lying there and waving to him.

A few people looked at him, and seeing that he was the only one in the world, Zeng Jiuyan asked, "Where is Hulu?"

"He has something to do at home, so he can't come today." Shizi approached and replied, "I'm alone."

Several teenagers jumped down directly from the rockery, Zeng Jiuyan patted the ashes on his hands, and sighed, "It's a pity, I wanted to avenge Hu Lu face to face... Now I can only wait for you to go back to tell him at night .”

"...No need." Shizi looked away, "Hu Lu may not want to see you make things difficult for an innocent doctor in the palace because of him."

"Why is she innocent?" Zeng Jiuyan frowned, and immediately said, "If it weren't for her sudden entry into the palace, would something happen to the Hu family? I have been listening to my father talking about this matter in the past few days. The demon girl might be the scourge assigned by someone, if we don't take action to teach her a lesson, how can Hu Lu swallow this tone!"

"I just think..." Shizi opened his mouth in a deliberate manner.

"What's the matter with you?" Zeng Jiuyan stared at him, "When we were discussing countermeasures together at the beginning of the month, weren't you the most energetic?"

The prince looked at the burning eyes of the people in front of him, and realized that he probably couldn't persuade him anymore.

He pondered for a while, then whispered, "Okay, what are you going to do?"

"Simple." Zeng Jiuyan said confidently, "I figured it out, she didn't come with the imperial concubine tonight, it was almost at the time of You, and she went to the back of the Yaotai along the Meihua embankment——Several people from Chengqian Palace The palace maid is waiting for her over there, she should be going to change clothes."

Several teenagers around exclaimed, "You know this...?"

"Joke, seeing Anhu is supervised by my father, can't I be the master of where to put who?" Zeng Jiuyan showed a complacent look on his face, and he continued, "As soon as the plum blossom embankment passes Youshi, it will be banned. If she wants to leave Yaotai, she must go to the road we are on now."

"and then?"

"Then we don't have to go anywhere, we'll stay here for a while, and when someone comes, we wrap a face mask and throw her directly into the lake." Zeng Jiuyan gestured with pride, "Is she not in love? Take a bath? Let's let her wash up here in Jian'an Lake!"

The prince looked at the pitch-black lake nearby, "This... won't kill anyone, will it?"

"No, I did it on purpose. The water here is very shallow..." Zeng Jiuyan waved his hand, and then looked at Shizi with dissatisfaction, "What's the matter with you tonight, can you do it? A girl's house, walking at night, can't she accidentally slip and fall into the water?"

The prince raised his hand and made a gesture of surrender, "You continue to talk, I'm listening."

Zhang Jingzhen suddenly seemed to think of something, "What does this doctor look like?"

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