The regent's spoiled princess wakes up

Chapter 25

What she originally thought was that if Cheng Yu refused to reconcile, at worst, he would pay some money, and the man would not let go, but if Old General Zhang refused, this was not a problem that money could solve.

"Old General Zhang is arrogant. If you want him to let go, I'm afraid... unless the Duke personally comes to propose marriage, and then grants his daughter the position of princess... then it is possible for him to let go." Mother Chang persuaded, "Princess, what's the matter?" If things are thankless, just leave it alone."

For a woman, it is not easy for Yang Xuan to come forward, but it is simply embarrassing for the Duke to come forward in person.

"This matter... I will discuss it with the lord." Zhao Shuang looked down again and flipped through a page of beauties album, and found many new faces, "Tomorrow's Shangsi Festival banquet, did you go to the beauties to talk about it? The prince is going to the south soon, I plan to make the mansion lively before he leaves."

"I've told all the courtyards." Nanny Chang replied humbly, "All the beauties are grateful for the kindness of the princess, and said that they will definitely dress up tomorrow."

"That's good." Zhao Shuang closed the beauty album and stood up, "Xiangxia, accompany me to Lianxiang Pavilion to find Bingji."

"Yes." Xiangxia replied, then turned around to tidy up, arranged a sedan chair, and helped her go out.

The sun is shining.

Fortunately, there was a sunshade curtain on the sedan chair, and Xiangxia handed her a light gauze fan, and turned to tell the little maid, "Go and prepare iced red bayberry juice, the princess will use it when she comes back."

The sedan chair came out of Jingxin Lake, and as soon as it reached the Red Leaf Pavilion, it suddenly heard loud noises from inside, as well as the sound of throwing bowls and bowls.

"Xiangxia, go and see, what happened to the Hongye Pavilion?" Zhao Shuang turned his head to look in the direction of the Hongye Pavilion while fanning.

"Yes." Xiangxia quickly ran to the small red-roofed courtyard, and after a while, she ran back sweating profusely, "Princess! It's Lin Meiren...she went to the Red Leaf Pavilion for some reason, shouting for Hongqiu Make iced lotus seed soup for her. Hong Qiu ordered the little maid to make it, but Lin Meiren was not satisfied, so she insisted on making Hong Qiu herself, and the two are arguing."

This Lin Yuezhi walked around with her big belly, what was she thinking?Zhao Shuang rubbed his forehead impatiently, and then quickly realized that Hongqiu went to Hanguang Pavilion last night, and the news must have spread like wildfire, which annoyed Lin Yuezhi.

With Lin Yuezhi's character, she was inferior to Zhao Shuang and refused to admit defeat. Naturally, she couldn't swallow this breath when facing Hong Qiu, a concubine who was born as a guard and had no status.

"Has the lord come back?" Zhao Shuang instinctively didn't want to get into the muddy water, thinking that it would be best if she could throw it to Yang Xuan.

"Princess, are you confused? At this hour, the prince is at the official office!" Xiang Xia wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Too bad, this Red Autumn will know kung fu, and Lin Yuezhi is pregnant with the flesh and blood of the prince, if the two of them fight... If there is something wrong with Lin Meiren, isn't she, the princess, negligent?
Thinking of this, Zhao Shuang pointed with her little hand, "Let's go, go to Hongye Pavilion!"

The four servants who carried the sedan chair answered "Yes" and bent into the corridor of the Red Leaf Pavilion.

Maple trees flank the road, and it is lush at this time.

As soon as he entered the courtyard of the Red Leaf Pavilion, Zhao Shuang sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and hurriedly got off the sedan chair.

Not even a servant came out to greet him in the small courtyard.

Just as Xiang Xia was about to shout for someone, Zhao Shuang stopped her, "Go in directly, don't waste time."

"Yes." Xiangxia helped her walk inside.

When she arrived at the main hall, the scene in front of her was completely different from what she had expected.

It stands to reason that Hongqiu should have an absolute advantage in force, and it is the home court, and there are many maids and women who testify, but when Zhao Shuang walked into the main hall, he saw Lin Yuezhi sitting on the main seat, listening to the rain. Fan, the master and the servant are admonishing others.

A woman in a crimson dress led four or five servants of the Red Leaf Hall to line up, kneeling in the hall, only glanced in the direction of the door, and remained silent.

"How courageous! The princess is here, why don't you come out to greet her?" Xiang Xia said in a loud voice, her voice was extremely penetrating.

The woman in red then led a row of servants, bowed to Zhao Shuang and bowed, "See Your Royal Highness."

Lin Yuezhi also stood up slowly, bowed his knees and saluted, then sat down again, "Princess, forgive me, I'm not feeling well, so I can't stand for a long time."

Zhao Shuang glanced at her stomach, didn't speak, but asked everyone, "What happened?"

"It's Lin Meiren... She came to the Hongye Pavilion to trouble our girl for no reason." A little maid beside Hongqiu quickly replied, "Our girl has always done her duty and never went out to cause trouble."

"Do your duty?" Lin Yuezhi crossed his legs, looked at the woman in red on the ground, and said with a chuckle, "Who saw the timing of the prince's return to the mansion, and deliberately went to Jingxin Lake to pick some lotus? Who is it?" Knowing that the lord does not allow us to enter the Hanguang Pavilion, why did you go to the Hanguang Pavilion last night to seduce the lord?"

Hearing the words, the woman in red raised her head unconvinced, her eyes seemed to be filled with anger, "Beauty Lin be careful, it was the prince who allowed Hongqiu to enter the Hanguang Pavilion last night."

Zhao Shuang took a good look at Hong Qiu's appearance for the first time.

Hongqiu is petite, with a slightly dark complexion, not as bright and attractive as Lin Yuezhi and Xu Lianyu, with a heroic look in her brows and a somewhat feminine demeanor.

Such a woman is really not considered a beauty, even less outstanding in this palace, no wonder Yang Xuan said that she never regarded her as a woman.

But no matter what, it was Yang Xuan who lost his temper after drinking and ruined the girl's innocence. Zhao Shuang thought about it, and then leaned towards Hongqiu again.

"Don't talk about Hanguang Pavilion, tell me, what's going on today... why are you kneeling, Hongqiu?" Lin Yuezhi sat on the upper seat relying on her pregnancy, just now the maid beside Hongqiu stood up and gave Zhao Shuang moved a rattan chair, and Zhao Shuang sat on it with support.

Hong Qiu looked up at her thoughtfully, but refused to speak for a long time.

It was the little girl who spoke just now, "Beauty Lin came over suddenly in the afternoon and insisted on eating iced lotus seed soup. The servant made it for her, but she said it was not delicious, so we girls insisted on making it by ourselves."

"Oh?" Zhao Shuang raised her eyebrows and glanced at Lin Yuezhi.

From this point of view, Lin Yuezhi was indeed wrong.

"Princess, as you know, my concubine's appetite has been a little weird recently, and I just want to eat the iced lotus seed soup made by Hongqiu." After Lin Yuezhi finished speaking delicately, she looked at the woman in red and said with a "sneer", "Red Qiu, when you were the prince's bodyguard, didn't you like making iced lotus seeds to please the prince?"

Zhao Shuang said "Oh?" again, looking at Hongqiu.

Unexpectedly, this Hongqiu... used to be very kind to the prince, and would make soup with his own hands, presumably... a little affectionate, right?That being the case, why is she avoiding seeing the prince now?

"Beauty Lin, don't think that everyone is like you, thinking of asking the lord to favor you all day long." Hong Qiu raised her eyes to look at Lin Yuezhi, her face full of arrogance and disdain, "The lord and I... have always talked about the right things. This matter is not a personal relationship between children."

(End of this chapter)