Ci Jinzhi

212 Octopus Comes
Looking at the stunned cousin, King Qing suppressed his anger: "Cousin, I know that uncle's death has hit you hard. It is for this reason that you must remain rational and not be taken advantage of by monsters. "

Dai Ze's lips trembled: "Cousin doesn't believe me?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that I don't believe a little girl's nonsense." Seeing that Dai Ze was still arguing, King Qing's eyes were cold, "The world hears that the wind is rain, and it is rumored that my uncle's death is related to me. Guchang Bo Mansion, do you think it’s a good thing?”

"Miss Kou won't talk nonsense..." Dai Ze murmured.

King Qing's face became even colder: "Cousin, now that uncle is away, you should grow up."

Dai Ze's expression was shocked, and he bowed his head in frustration for a while: "Got it."

King Qing patted him on the shoulder: "It's good to know, let's go to the uncle's mansion."

The two went to Uncle Guchang's mansion together, and Mrs. Uncle Guchang saw that her son who ran out in a hurry came back with King Qing, so she didn't ask any more questions.

The sudden blow made the woman dry and pale like a flower that had lost its moisture.

It was not until dark that Prince Qing came out of Guchangbo's mansion. On the way back to the mansion, he raised the curtains of the car and looked somewhere.

That is the direction where Qingsong Bookstore is located.

Different from the coldness in front of Dai Ze, after hearing those words, how could he not feel any disturbance in his heart.

At a certain moment while the carriage was driving, he really wanted to tell the driver to go to Qingsong Bookstore to meet the girl Kou.

See if she is a human or a ghost.

However, he suppressed this thought and decided to enter the palace tomorrow.

On the next day, King Qing entered the palace and asked to see Emperor Xingyuan.

In the past few days, Emperor Xingyuan went to court as usual and handled government affairs as usual, but no matter whether it was the front court or the harem, people felt their hearts were tensed and did not dare to be careless.

One day they don't know the reason why Gu Changbo is really rejected by the emperor, and everyone can't feel relieved.

Hearing that King Qing asked to see him, Emperor Xingyuan refused again.

Although King Qing was mentally prepared for this, his heart was a little heavier after this result, and he turned his head and went to Hanfu Palace.

His real purpose of entering the palace today is to see Concubine Shu.

Seeing Concubine Shu, King Qing was startled: "Concubine Mu, why have you lost so much weight?"

In just a few days, Concubine Shu's cheeks were sunken, and her eyes were a blue color that even makeup and powder could not cover.

"Your uncle is like this all of a sudden, how can I be okay..." With the palace people retreating, only in front of her son, Concubine Shu burst into tears.

In fact, what kept her awake at night was not only the grief of losing her brother, but also worrying about whether that incident would be exposed.

"Concubine Mother." King Qing looked at Concubine Shu with a serious tone, "Why was uncle killed?"

Concubine Shu's eyes flickered, and she said shyly: "Your uncle is informal, especially after drinking, maybe he said something offensive that day... I have persuaded him a long time ago, and now is not the time for the Southern and Northern Wars It's-"

"Mother Concubine!" King Qing interrupted Concubine Shu, "Do you really think I'm a child? Ask the whole court, will anyone believe this reason?"

Concubine Shu was robbed, her lips trembled for a long time and she was speechless.

King Qing squatted down, grabbed Concubine Shu's sleeve as he did when he was young, and asked the question word by word: "Concubine Mother, is uncle's death related to me?"

Seeing the shock and panic in his mother's eyes, he was also stunned.

What my cousin said turned out to be true!
"Mother, speak up!"

Concubine Shu regained her senses, pulled her sleeves from King Qing's hands, and said calmly, "Yi'er, don't think wildly. You have been willing to study since you were young, and you know how to be filial. What is most important to your father, how could your uncle's death have anything to do with you?"

King Qing asked again, Concubine Shu became more and more watertight.

He knew that he couldn't ask anything from Concubine Mu, so he had to leave: "Concubine Mu, rest well, don't break your body because of sadness."

"You too. Be calm in everything, don't be affected by gossip, and remind your cousin not to mess around like before."

"understood."

After watching King Qing leave, Concubine Shu went back to the inner room and sat back on the couch, clutching the bedposts with all her strength.

Did Yi'er hear something?What are the rumors outside the palace now?
Concubine Shu is most afraid of being exposed that her brother sent people to kill Queen Xin.

She doesn't blame her brother for making his own decisions.

She is in the palace with her brother, and the other is outside the palace. With the convenience of her taking care of the harem, it's okay to send a message, and the chances of real meeting are very few.

After discovering traces of that woman, I had to eliminate the root cause as soon as possible. Otherwise, I didn't know what might happen after meeting and discussing it before proceeding.

A court lady walked in gently and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it is Concubine Xian who is taking care of the affairs of the palace these days."

Concubine Xian, the mother concubine of the third prince.

Concubine Shu has been suffering for her brother's death for the past few days, and she doesn't care about other things, so she calmed down a bit and ordered people to inquire about the movement in the palace.

The power to manage the harem that she cared most about fell into the hands of Concubine Xian.

Luckily it wasn't Concubine An - this was Concubine Shu's first thought.

Concubine An is the mother and concubine of the eldest prince, King Xiu. In Concubine Shu's heart, even if the emperor doesn't like King Xiu, as the eldest son, King Xiu is still the biggest threat to her son.

But soon she bent the corners of her lips, and there was a look of pride in her eyes.

Of course she should be proud.

At that time, the emperor went to Concubine An more often, and Concubine An was pregnant before her.Empresses can't give birth, whoever among them gives birth to the first prince will be completely different.

Who knew that not long after they were pregnant, the queen was also pregnant.

As the king of a country, the emperor did not dare to let the queen know how many concubines he had, so he placed them in Yiyuan.If the queen gave birth to a prince, how could she survive!

Fortunately, Anpin was stupid enough to be exposed to the queen as she planned.The queen is even more stupid than Anpin, and she really left the palace in a fit of anger.

From then on, there was no queen in the palace, and there was a neglected eldest prince.

Concubine Shu's eyelids moved slightly, pulling away from the long memories.

During the years when that woman disappeared, she went smoothly.Now that we have encountered the second difficulty, can we still get through it smoothly?
Thinking of Emperor Xingyuan who hadn't been able to see him so far, Concubine Shu suddenly lost confidence.

King Qing left the palace and went back to the palace first.

Noticing that there were more Jinlin guards on the street these days, he changed into a regular uniform without identification marks, and took an ordinary carriage to Qingsong Bookstore.

It was approaching noon, and it was not yet the time for the students of the Imperial College to come out, and other people generally would not choose to visit the bookstore at noon, and the Qingsong Bookstore at this time was still relatively clean.

King Qing got out of the carriage and walked towards the bookstore, followed by two attendants, and another hidden guard quietly surrounded the bookstore.

In the lobby, Shopkeeper Hu sat behind the counter with his eyes closed and rested. He opened his eyes when he heard the movement, and hurriedly got up to salute.

King Qing signaled him to keep silent, and asked calmly, "Where is Miss Kou?"

Shopkeeper Hu subconsciously glanced at the rows of bookshelves: "Our boss——"

King Qing saw a girl in a plain shirt and a green skirt holding a book and coming out from the depths of the bookshelf.

(End of this chapter)