Doting on concubines and destroying wives? I don’t want to be the mistress of the Hou clan anymore.

Chapter 108 A Painting
"Gu Da, you are so stingy. Why do you start threatening this little girl?" Song Han smiled and joked: "Look at that little girl's face being so pale. It makes me feel sad for no reason."

While they were talking and joking, they even looked back at the little girls.

"That's right, wouldn't you be nice to the little girl on weekdays...isn't that right, little girl!" The second half of the sentence was addressed to Chen Jue, who was rushing over.

Chen Jue angrily cursed: "Who are you calling a little girl?"

"Whoever answered the question is who?" Yan Qi replied with a smile: "The little girl is anxious! You can't afford to offend her."

After saying that, he hid behind Gu Zhao and avoided Chen Jue's kick.

"Okay, stop making trouble." Gu Zhao held Yan Qi's arm and pulled him forward: "Same for you, don't say that to him."

"What I said is right." Yan Qi curled his lips and said, "Look at how pale his skin is. Even the little girls in the capital can't compare to his skin. And he follows you around all day long. He's not just a little girl. What?"

"Stop saying a few words." Gu Zhao glanced at Chen Jue, who was about to be angry to death, and said half teasingly, half threatening: "I think you are just jealous of his good looks. Chen Jue's appearance is natural. , her appearance is more like that of the Queen, not a little girl."

With just a few words, Yan Qi stopped talking about Chen Jue's appearance.

Yan Qi shrank his neck, not afraid of anything else but Gu Zhao's shortcomings.

Obeying Tingyin, he could only apologize to Chen Jue.

Gu Zhaodao: "I can't drink with you brothers today. I'm really sorry. When I'm out of mourning period, I will have a nice drink with you."

With the emperor's grace, King Gu Zhao would go out on an errand after his 100-day period of filial piety.

Everyone agreed, and Gu Zhao left with Chen Jue.

"Brother Qianjun, do you want me to participate this time?"

Seeing that there was no one else around, Chen Jue said very distressedly: "Originally, I planned to participate tomorrow, but before setting off today, my aunt sent me a message asking me not to participate in this autumn hunt."

"You listened to the Queen," Gu Zhao said, "She will definitely not harm you."

Gu Zhao said, but Chen Jue didn't get any comfort in his heart, but became more and more depressed.

"Do you know why the queen asked you not to participate?"

"My aunt didn't say it explicitly, but I think she was worried that I would be embarrassed because I was uneducated."

"Is there something you would like His Majesty to give you grace for?" Gu Zhao asked again.

Chen Jue shook his head and said, "That's not true..."

"Suppose, the empress is worried that you don't know how to do it, and she is afraid that you will lose face if you lose, so she asks you not to participate in the autumn hunt..."

"Qianjun, Ah Jue." The prince's voice suddenly came over and said, "Why are you hiding here?"

"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince." Gu Zhao and Chen Jue saluted at the same time, exchanged glances, and stopped the previous conversation.

"Aqiu!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sneezed and rubbed his nose subconsciously, with a look of helpless sadness on his face.

Every autumn, the air is filled with catkins, which is understandable, but it is a pain for His Highness the Prince. He seems to be very sensitive to this kind of thing. Whenever autumn comes, he will sneeze all over the sky.

"What do you want from us? Why are you here in person?"

The prince led the two of them towards his tent and said, "It's nothing big. When Qianjun comes out of the suit, can you do me a favor?"

"Brother Prince, you are saying this as if I am not a human being. Why do you need Brother Qianjun to do everything?"

The prince smiled at first, but soon became serious and said, "You can't do this, and you have to die at the critical moment." For some reason, Gu Zhao's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he intuitively felt that this matter had something to do with his uncle's family.

"I don't know, what is it?" Gu Zhao asked cautiously, "I don't know if it is a business matter or a private matter."

"A little private matter." The prince said in a deep voice: "You must have heard that the emperor's brother and his wife were punished by their mother a few days ago. I heard that it was because a painting was lost. I just wanted to ask Qianjun for help. Find this painting.”

The prince sighed and said: "That painting is called the Night Tour of the Gods. I collected it and gave it to my brother."

"I have heard about this matter before, but I don't know the details. If it is convenient for His Highness, why don't you explain it in detail so that I can start looking for this painting?"

When he heard the name of this painting, Gu Zhao's heart rang with alarm bells, and he suddenly remembered what happened before.

The envoy from Beirong came for peace talks but was inexplicably committed suicide. The Wen sisters were also arrested because of this painting.

As far as Gu Zhao knew, this painting belonged to his uncle's collection, and Lin Miaofu also painted a fake.

Now, for no apparent reason, there is another pair.

"I wonder where your highness received that painting?" Gu Zhao asked casually, but in fact, the alarm bells were ringing in his heart, as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

"I bought it from the street. The store said it was genuine." His Royal Highness said, "Is there something wrong with it?"

Gu Zhao felt relieved, as long as the Jiang family didn't send someone to deliver it to His Highness the Crown Prince.

"No." Gu Zhao thought for a moment and said, "I was just wondering if His Highness might have deliberately caused trouble because he discovered that the painting was a fake."

"How could it be?" The prince's serious face was a bit shocked.
When the eldest prince's biological mother had difficulty in giving birth to him, she died of hemorrhage.

At that time, the empress had just become pregnant with the second princess. She was worried that the little baby would be rubbed away, so she took him into her palace to raise him.

The second princess was born prematurely, which has something to do with His Highness.

Back then, the harem was not as peaceful as it is now. Various aristocratic families were involved, and someone actually placed a curse on the Queen's Palace and obtained the birth date of His Highness the First Prince.

The Queen was furious and used the power of thunder to find those who had evil intentions and dealt with them all.

Then, the second princess was born prematurely.

It is precisely because of this that the emperor indulges the second princess a lot.

The Queen is a good person, especially when it comes to teaching children.

The eldest prince has been modest and polite since he was a child, and the second princess is lively and clever. If it were not for her frail health, she could have lived her life in a relaxed and leisurely way.

The queen had originally considered adopting the eldest prince, but unexpectedly she became pregnant with the prince, so she gave up her thoughts.

But he still treats the eldest prince better than other princes.

Even better than His Highness the Crown Prince.

In the eyes of outsiders, the eldest prince and the prince are very good friends, and their personalities complement each other.

"How could this be possible?" The prince said, "Since it is a lie, why didn't the emperor tell me?"

Chen Jue muttered: "This is something you gave me. How dare he say it is fake? Isn't this an obvious discord between you brothers?"

"Ajue!"

(End of this chapter)