Traitor Concubine Growth Manual

Chapter 66

Lu Shi just drank the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician, and now he has fallen asleep.

Chu Yan sat in the courtyard, looking up at the bright and deserted crescent moon tonight, the stars were all hidden from their brilliance.

She remembered what she once said to the prince, she wanted to be this bright moon, even if she competed with the stars, she would still be the most lasting beauty in the sky in the end.

But seeing Lu Shi's situation today, she was suddenly touched.

In such a society where women depend on men, even if she wants to earn a piece of the world, the person who can ultimately control her destiny is still the man in the palace who holds power and overlooks the world.

Hanzhi said worriedly behind her, "Master, your room has been packed, it's getting late, you should go to rest first."

Chu Yan collected her thoughts, got up and walked out, "No hurry, I'll go see my grandfather first."

Although Lu Shi's incident made her feel depressed, Chu Yan knew that she had more important matters.

Zhao Wu was sitting in the study with his eyes closed and resting his mind. Chu Yan returned home without warning today, presumably because he had something to discuss with him.

Unexpectedly, something about Lu Shi happened, so it was delayed all the time.

He leaned back on the chair with a deep frown, showing his old age.

There are so many people in the Zhao family, but there is still no one who can take on the big responsibility.

The three sons are either greedy for women and go out of their way, or they are addicted to gambling and prodigal, and the fourth son is even more heartbreaking, and he is obsessed with such dirty things as raising a prostitute.

The daughter is now in the palace. She was originally the birth mother of the prince and has many advantages, but now her relationship with the prince is also stiff and embarrassing.

Is the Zhao family really going to be destroyed in this generation?
There was a knocking sound outside the door.

Zhao Wu opened his eyes, and heard Chu Yan say calmly outside, "Grandfather, can I come in?"

After Mu Nianqiu entered the palace, he first went to Concubine Mu Gui.

The gorgeous Concubine Mu looked at her with a smile, her eyes full of approval and kindness.

Mu Nianqiu is the most outstanding girl in this generation, she has a fragrance in her gestures and gestures, she smiles slightly, she has all kinds of demeanor, she is quite like a mother.

Unfortunately……

Concubine Mu sighed in her heart, but quickly dispelled the haze, so what if there is someone in the position of Crown Princess?

Back then the empress was already in power, didn't he also ascend to the position of imperial concubine and suppress her?

The name is not the most important thing, the final thing is how to defeat the enemy after stepping into the harem.

Before Mu Nianqiu went to see the prince, Concubine Mu Gui held her hand and said, "Nianqiu, aunt hopes that one day you can be like aunt, even if someone is already in the most honorable position, you can still win in this palace by yourself." A piece of sky. You are a child of my Mu family, and you have the qualifications and ability to become the most honorable person."

Mu Nianqiu smiled slightly, her eyes bright and gentle, "Don't worry, Auntie, Nianqiu understands what you mean and will not disappoint your expectations."

She turned and left, her goose-yellow clothes undulating slightly, and the steps in her hair swaying slightly.

The beauty moves, and the country and the city are overwhelmed.

Mu Nianqiu and the crown prince have not met a few times, even if they did, they only saw it from a distance at the state banquet or when they entered the palace to meet Concubine Mu, there was a vague outline, but they never saw it clearly.

And the moment she stepped into the imperial garden, she suddenly felt a little dazed, because the scene in front of her was not like an ordinary scene, as if she was in a painting.

Under the silk tree, the man in a plain shirt stood with his hands behind his back, his back to her.

The white jade crown in the hair is radiant, elegant and gentle.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he turned around gently, with picturesque eyes, handsome and elegant.

Mu Nianqiu has been familiar with poetry and books since she was a child, but at this moment she can't find a suitable poem to describe the scene in front of her.

And Gu Qi looked at her, the corners of his lips slightly raised, "We finally meet, Miss Mu."

Finally meeting... as if he had been looking forward to it for a long time.

Mu Nianqiu blushed for no reason, but bent down to salute generously, "Nianqiu has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Gu Qi didn't say anything else to her, instead, he took a walk with her in the imperial garden and asked her what she was doing and reading.

She has always been generous, advances and retreats, and truthfully told him the list of books she usually reads.

Four Books and Five Classics, Tang Poetry and Song Ci... are all things that girls from official families can read.

Gu Qi shook his head, and suddenly remembered the woman who was holding "Warring States Policy" and arguing with him.

That girl loves to read too many things, and the breadth of her reading is astonishing. Whether it is military books or national policies, she can always break out a lot of truths.

Couldn't help but raised the corners of his lips.

Mu Nianqiu was taken aback, looking at his gentle smile that suddenly spread, that kind of posture that was as warm as a spring breeze made people feel dizzy, as if a tree of Albizia julibrissin suddenly lost its color.

She reminded him who was slightly absent-minded, "Your Highness?"

Gu Qi turned his head, with a faint smile on his lips, and asked her with clear eyes and a gentle attitude, "What's wrong?"

It seemed that he hadn't lost his mind at all.

But Mu Nianqiu came to a realization, that kind of smile was probably thinking of someone.

who can that be?

She thought of the princess who visited Mu's house in person on her grandmother's birthday last time.

Her eyebrows are vivid, her almond eyes are like waves, and even a graceful and luxurious brocade dress can't take away her brilliance. When she smiles slightly, the waves in her eyes are gentle, like crystal clear agate shining under the sun.

But the prince continued to chat with her as if nothing happened, his gentle appearance made people unable to help but imagine.

Mu Nianqiu smiled cooperatively, buried all her emotions in her eyes, leaving only a slight smile and a slight shyness.

In fact, she was also relieved, the prince was not what she imagined, instead he was like a handsome young man, as gentle as jade.

If so, perhaps her "love" will come easier and more naturally.

Both of them clearly knew that this meeting appeared to be a mutual love between a talented man and a beautiful woman, but in fact it was just an opportunity for the prince's coup d'état, the beginning of the Mu family's rise to power.

But at least it looks like the atmosphere is inexplicably harmonious.

At lunch, the two of them ate together, the eunuchs and maids in the house were waiting on them, the prince didn't speak, and neither did Mu Nianqiu.

It doesn't matter, after all, when we were in Mu's residence, it was the same every time we ate. When the whole family sat together, if Mrs. Mu didn't speak, there would be silence below.

Just eating and eating, Wanxi suddenly greeted him at the door, saying that he had something to play.

Gu Qi nodded, and Wanxi came in personally, walked to his side and whispered a few words in his ear.

Gu Qi's face suddenly became a little dignified.

He asked, "Where's the doctor?"

"Getting ready to go."

"Tell him to go and don't come back in a hurry, wait until he recovers from his illness."

"Yes."

Wanxi wanted to leave, but was stopped by him again.

"If there is a result, inform him and send someone back to report immediately."

"Yes."

The situation that followed was even more silent. The meal was a bit depressing, and His Royal Highness was obviously absent-minded.

When he didn't speak, Mu Nianqiu just bowed his head and ate his own.

It's just that both of them are a bit tasteless.

Zhao Wu sat in the flickering candlelight, and the night wind outside the window blew in silently, carrying the temperature of early summer.

He looked at Chu Yan with a calm face, and asked slowly, "Your Highness, you want me to give up everything I have gained today, and be willing to share equal shares with Mu Qingzhuo instead of taking the lead?"

Chu Yan nodded, "Grandfather should understand His Highness the Crown Prince's thoughts. No matter whether you come out on top or Mu Qingzhuo has the upper hand today, everything is only temporary. Your Highness the Crown Prince will not let any of you continue to be strong. To suppress this, to suppress that tomorrow, it would be better for you, grandfather, to give up your futile efforts and be willing to share equal shares with Mu Qingzhuo, so that the bamboo basket will not be in vain."

Zhao Wu laughed, and there was a bit of helplessness in the laughter, "Maybe it's not up to me. What His Royal Highness wants to see is Mu Qingzhuo and I fighting. Only when the Zhao and Mu families keep fighting, will he be able to fight." Have the time to develop new forces, don’t you? If I stop suddenly, wouldn’t it be a sabotage of his plan?”

Chu Yan was taken aback. In the past, she thought that Zhao Wu was all about making a name for the Zhao family in the imperial court and had no city, but now it seems that she underestimated this grandfather.

She was slightly stunned, "I thought... grandfather should be strongly opposed to His Highness's support of the new forces, why today... today seems to be secretly helping His Highness?"

A gentle smile gradually appeared on Zhao Wu's old face. Although it was covered with wrinkles, his eyes were bright, just like the clear and heroic tiger general on the battlefield that day.

"It's time to tell you everything."

Chu Yan was slightly startled, and waited quietly for the next sentence with her breath held.

And Zhao Wu's lips were smiling, and he spoke eloquently.

"In the past, Liu Bei supported Gu, but Kong Ming couldn't help that incompetent Adou. Today, I, Zhao Wu, can't be regarded as a sage like Kong Ming, but fortunately, His Royal Highness is not of the generation of Adou. I finally have the face to see you in a hundred years. The ancestors of the Zhao family are gone."

The words made Chu Yan's eyes wide open.

Liu Bei Tuogu?

Her thoughts were in disarray, and it took a lot of effort to organize her thoughts.

"Grandfather means... you have been secretly helping His Highness the Crown Prince from the beginning to the end?"

Where does Zhao Wu have the courage of a common man in the court?At this moment, his face is serene, with only the light of wisdom in his eyes.

He nodded to Chu Yan, stroked his gray beard, and smiled happily and proudly, "The emperor had thought of leaving the palace when His Highness the Crown Prince was still young, but he was worried that His Highness was too young to be able to subdue a group of people." Veteran, I am also afraid that if I help you openly, it will affect the prince's ability to deal with everything independently. That's why I was asked to obstruct openly and help secretly. It seems that I have done very successfully. I have built the plank road openly and kept the warehouse in secret. So far, there is no one Found a flaw."

Chu Yan asked him dumbfounded, "Then, that day you will go to the western border to fight..."

"It's the emperor's intention." Zhao Wu dropped a bigger bomb, "Even letting you enter the palace is the emperor's intention. The emperor reads that Zhao's family is loyal and filial, and has been a minister for three generations. You are specially allowed to enter the palace as the crown prince. Royal Concubine Rong said that emotional matters can't be forced, if His Highness the Crown Prince is interested in you, then it's the best; if not, then let nature take its course. It's just..."

He paused for a moment, his eyes darkened, "It's just that I still have selfish intentions after all. The emperor's willingness to trust the orphans so reassuringly may not be due to the fact that my Zhao family has no successors, and several sons are useless things. But to me Said, if you can't become the crown prince, the Zhao family really has no way out. Therefore, even though I made up my mind to fight in the battle of Xijiang from the beginning, I still took you as a quid pro quo and forced His Royal Highness compromise."

Having said that, he sighed, "Chu Yan, you don't blame grandpa, do you?"

How could Chu Yan have the time to blame him?This bomb came too suddenly, subverting her ten-year logic.

Zhao Wu is not a power minister who relies on the old to sell the old, but a hero who secretly helps the prince?
The emperor didn't just sit idly by the prince, but set up this situation long ago, asking the prince to win steadily while giving him enough room for growth?
For a moment, she was suddenly annoyed with Zhao Wu.

He has become a hero, but everyone is kept in the dark by him, and he can forget about it, but what is Zhao Ronghua in the palace?

All my life, I thought that I was doing my best for the Zhao family, but in the end, my son and husband didn't get any money, but the fact turned out to be like this!
So what is my aunt's futile efforts all her life?

She was angry and angry, Huo Di stood up and looked at the old man pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger with heavy eyes.

"Grandfather, you are too selfish! Isn't this kind of game where everything is played by applause is interesting? Have you ever thought about what kind of life your aunt lived in this life? Since you have long been on the prince's side , and found a way out for the Zhao family, why didn't you tell my aunt and let her think that she was fighting for the Zhao family?"

In the final analysis, everyone was completely fooled by the old man of the emperor and Zhao Wu, the acting emperor!
(End of this chapter)