Concubine falling from heaven

Chapter 63

Changdeok Palace

The fourth prince was lying on the couch, hugging the maid while eating the grapes fed to him by the maid. Although he lived a leisurely life, his face was full of displeasure.

Concubine Hui came in with four court ladies, seeing that the fourth prince was still looking relaxed, she became anxious immediately.

"Oh, my Qing'er, why are you still here? The draft is about to begin."

Seeing Concubine Hui, the Fourth Prince got up from the couch, waved his hand to let all the maids who were waiting around go down, and then said casually: "Mother Concubine, why are you here?"

The relationship between Concubine Hui and the Fourth Prince is extraordinary. The biological mother of the Fourth Prince is Concubine Hui's cousin, and the relationship is very close. It's a pity that after giving birth to the Fourth Prince, she still can't get Mu Xuanyi's special favor, so she is depressed all day long. Finally died of illness.

After Concubine Hui entered the palace, the fourth prince was also adopted to her, so with her father's status and the relationship with the fourth prince, her status in the palace skyrocketed. Since she had no heirs, she did treat the fourth prince as her own , and the Fourth Prince naturally respects her very much if he can regain his mother's love.

She walked up to the fourth prince and couldn't help frowning when she saw his foolish appearance: "Look at you, what do you look like, and you asked me why I came here, of course I came to invite you, my little ancestor, Xiu Nu We are all waiting outside, why don't you hurry up and tidy up the past."

As soon as the draft girl was mentioned, the fourth prince showed a disgusted expression on his face, not because he hated the system, but because he said another reason: "What are you going to do so early, anyway, the first prince chooses first, and he picks the rest." It will be my turn..."

"Stupid words again, your father asked you to go there together, and didn't say which ones."

"Why is there no priority, we go together, but it's not me who picks first, and the elders and younger ones will not be in order by then." After speaking, he lay back on the couch again.

Concubine Hui helplessly pulled him up from the chair again, and then comforted him: "Silly boy, you two have different personalities, and you definitely don't like the same girl. Why are you worried about this?"

The fourth prince originally wanted to refute, but Meng Zihan's face and the way the eldest prince looked at her suddenly appeared in his mind, so he snorted coldly: "It's true, some people are only liked by people like him. "

"Some people? Who do you mean?"

"She... Anyway, I don't know her name, I only know that she entered the palace with my second uncle that day." While speaking, Concubine Hui's maid had already helped him change his clothes.

When Concubine Hui heard "Second Uncle", her expression immediately became tense, could it be that Meng Zihan?

Thinking about it wrong, Meng Zihan has been missing for ten years, how could he suddenly appear?Even if it happened, would King Chen forgive her?And bring her into the palace?
Everything is incredible.

"Mother Concubine, what's wrong with you?" The Fourth Prince shook his hands in front of her a few times, and Concubine Hui came back to her senses.

The second sound of gongs and drums sounded outside, and the fourth prince's entourage hurriedly came from outside. Seeing that the fourth prince was still in the bedroom, he was also anxious: "Fourth prince, hurry up and go to the draft girl, the eldest prince has already left."

The fourth prince rolled his eyes in disdain: "Tch! He's so quick, he thought he won't go to the draft after he's taken a fancy to that ignorant girl."

Concubine Hui also began to urge: "Look, everyone moves faster than you. If you don't hurry up, I'm afraid all the good ones will be picked out."

"Okay, I'll go now..."

In the talent show, the showgirls are competing one after another. Of course, they are not competing in boxing skills, but some piano, chess, calligraphy, calligraphy and female celebrities. There are three rounds in total. Only the best will wait for the eldest prince and Selection of the Fourth Prince.

Before the end of a round, the draft eunuch will strike a gong and drum.

This time Mu Xuanyi came to supervise in person, sitting on the high platform overlooking the thin and fat maid, Concubine Qin sat beside Mu Xuanyi, Mu Xuanchen and Meng Zihan sat beside Mu Xuanyi .

Originally they had two seats, but Meng Zihan wanted to squeeze into the same seat with Mu Xuanchen, and Mu Xuanyi joked that he was a child who hadn't grown up.

Mu Xuanchen looked down at her reaction, but she just stuck out her tongue at Mu Xuanyi, and then deliberately rubbed her face against Mu Xuanchen's shoulder a few times, which made Mu Xuanchen smile .

After watching the draft girls for a long time, although Meng Zihan doesn't know much about politics, judging from Mu Xuanyi's emphasis on the draft girls this time, he must have the intention of cultivating the eldest prince and the fourth prince, otherwise how can an ordinary draft girl be used? The emperor went out in person.

Watching the competition on the field and the long competition, Meng Zihan was so sleepy that he almost closed his eyes.

I thought it would be such a stressful and exciting event, but it turned out to be so dull. Although I can listen to the sound of playing the guzheng and pipa, it is nothing more than a lullaby to help sleep when tiredness strikes.

This cute move of hers drew bursts of laughter from Mu Xuanyi and the others.

"Hehehe... Why is Han'er sleepy?" Mu Xuanyi asked with a smile.

Mu Xuanchen rubbed her forehead for her and started to chuckle.

Meng Zihan looked at Mu Xuanyi with sad eyes and said, "Does the emperor think it looks good? Why don't I think it looks good."

"Could it be that Han'er is dissatisfied with these beautiful girls?" Mu Xuanyi deliberately teased Meng Zihan.

She pulled her lips with a wry smile: "It's not that I marry a wife, why should I be satisfied, but their competition is too boring."

"Could it be that you want them to compete in boxing skills?" Mu Xuanchen's tone was full of doting.

Mu Xuanyi and Concubine Qin also laughed after hearing this.

Meng Zihan blushed and slapped Mu Xuanchen coquettishly: "I hate it! Are you laughing at me again?"

Seeing them laughing non-stop, she threw herself into Mu Xuanchen's arms and started to hug him and act like a baby, like a shy little girl.

Mu Xuanchen narrowed his eyes and smiled, holding her in his arms helplessly: "Do you want to go back and rest?"

Hearing what he said, Meng Zihan immediately cheered up: "I won't go back, I haven't seen the first prince and the fourth prince choose the concubine yet."

"Aren't you sleepy just now?" Mu Xuanchen looked at her blinking eyes and asked amusedly.

"I'll go shopping for a while, and I won't be sleepy when I come back later." She said that it was wind or rain and she got up and wanted to run outside, but Mu Xuanchen pulled Rou Ni to her feet and stood up.

"Why don't I go with you?"

"You'd better accompany the emperor and Concubine Qin to watch the draft, I will go by myself."

Mu Xuanchen knew that she wanted to wander alone again, so he could only take a step back and said, "Then let Ye Feng follow."

"I don't want it, I'm not a child, I can't lose it..."

When Mu Xuanyi heard it, he immediately answered the question: "Can't you lose it? It's been ten years since you lost it, and you still say you can't lose it."

Meng Zihan looked at Mu Xuanchen with guilt on his face, then took his hand and said to Mu Xuanyi: "I won't lose it again in the future, in this life and the next life we ​​depend on our Highness Chen Wang not to leave. "

"Next life?" Mu Xuanchen asked in astonishment.

She looked up at him resentfully and asked with a pitiful look: "Don't you want to be with me in the next life?"

Mu Xuanyi and Concubine Qin also had a strange expression after hearing this.

next life!For their identities, it is difficult to be together often even in this life, let alone the next life.

"Then I'll go away for a while?" Meng Zihan tentatively pulled Mu Xuanchen and asked.

Mu Xuanchen was a little helpless, when she was feeling helpless, Concubine Qin suggested: "It's better to let Xia Zhu accompany Princess Chen."

"That's great." Mu Xuanyi also agreed.

Mu Xuanchen also said: "Is it okay to let Xia Zhu accompany you?"

"Uh...well then." She finally compromised.

Leaving the audition field, Meng Zihan kept mumbling: "Just playing casually, why do you think I'm a three-year-old kid?"

Xia Zhu understood Meng Zihan's personality and knew that she was not an evil lord, so she smiled and spoke for Mu Xuanchen: "Princess Chen, this is His Royal Highness Chen's love for you. , if any concubine receives such holy love from the emperor, I'm afraid it's too late to be happy."

"There's no need to be so exaggerated, right?"

"It's no exaggeration to say that you are favored. Of course, the more the better. What's more..."

Xia Zhu hesitated to speak.

Meng Zihan stopped and turned around and asked, "What?"

Xia Zhu bit her lips and sighed: "What's more, His Royal Highness has lost Concubine Chen for ten years. I'm afraid he is afraid, and he can no longer bear the pain of losing Concubine Chen. In the past ten years, His Highness Chen's pain is obvious to all. of."

Meng Zihan turned his head and remained silent.

Xia Zhu also didn't want their rare couple to have another twists and turns, so even if it was overstepped, she had to say it.

"Concubine Chen, forgive Xia Zhu for speaking bluntly. I wonder if there is any man in the world who can wait for ten years without taking concubines? No matter what Concubine Chen did wrong, His Royal Highness will solve all problems for Concubine Chen. Remember Ten years ago, Concubine Chen had an argument with Concubine Hui in the palace and even started a fight, if His Highness Prince Chen hadn't come from Zhongzhou, how could Concubine Chen be safe and sound?"

It was only now that Meng Zihan knew about this, but Mu Xuanchen never mentioned it. He just paid her blindly, but never used these to make her feel guilty.

"Xia Zhu, you talk a lot. Next time, I will ask Concubine Qin to shut you up." While lecturing Xia Zhu, her eyes were already wet. She turned her head and continued walking, but her mind drifted to Mu Xuan in the talent show. Chen body.

"I'm sorry Princess Chen, this slave is talking too much." Xia Zhu wanted to kneel down, but found that Meng Zihan was walking slowly forward, not sincerely teaching her at all, and finally heaved a sigh of relief and followed.

Meng Zihan had just walked for a short distance when he suddenly thought of Mu Xuanchen. He wanted to accompany her here just now, but every time she wanted to be alone, it seemed that she was really far from loving her as much as he loved her.

Thinking of this, she turned around and wanted to go back, and wanted to tell him that she didn't need anyone else, only his company.I want to tell him that from now on, she will slowly learn to care about him, to love him, and let her love for him gradually approach the amount he gives.

Seeing Meng Zihan turn around, Xia Zhu looked at her puzzled, but suddenly heard a call.

"Girl, wait a minute..."

Meng Zihan heard the reputation and looked, it turned out that the eldest prince Mu Yuanze came here in a sedan chair.

When he saw that Meng Zihan looked a little surprised, he couldn't help but ask someone to throw the sedan chair off.

"See the First Prince." Xia Zhu bowed to the First Prince, but the First Prince's eyes only stayed on Meng Zihan, and he raised his hand slightly, making her stand up.

"Why is the girl here? Isn't she just drafting girls?" He walked up to Meng Zihan and looked at her excitedly. He thought she wouldn't come, but he didn't expect her to appear here.

Meng Zihan stood still at the same spot, and seeing him in such a hurry, he also began to smile and said: "It's too boring there, and the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are also boring, so just come here for a stroll."

walk around?How could it be possible for a general draft pick to wander around the palace at will.

Only then did the First Prince notice Meng Zihan's attire, her attire is not something that ordinary women can wear.

Meng Zihan looked at the eldest prince's puzzled expression, and began to look at himself.

Today she is wearing the clothes that Mu Xuanchen prepared for her, and it is the white she likes. It is different from ordinary princesses, but not only is there no disrespect, but it adds a bit of aura.

"Aren't you here to participate in the female draft?" The eldest prince asked hesitantly.

Xia Zhu was puzzled when he heard the eldest prince call Meng Zihan a "girl" just now, and now he was even more suspicious when he heard him ask her about the "draft girl". identity.

But Meng Zihan asked back: "It's not my turn to choose a girl, but it's the eldest prince. Why didn't you go to choose a girl so late? Be careful that all your wives are picked away by the fourth prince."

Hearing what she said, Xia Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, but the actions of the eldest prince made her gasp.

He suddenly clasped Meng Zihan's shoulders and asked anxiously: "Since you belong to the second uncle, why aren't you qualified to participate in the female draft?"

Then he realized that he was too excited, and Xia Zhu gave him a strange look after calling out "Elder Prince", so he immediately let go.

Meng Zihan pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Because I am already a member of His Royal Highness Chen Wang, I am even more unable to participate in the talent show."

She thought they were talking about the same question, but who knew that the eldest prince wanted to get into the sedan chair while pulling Meng Zihan, and wanted to tell his father and second uncle that she was the one he chose.

Who knows that Meng Zihan shouted anxiously: "Prince, what are you doing?"

The eldest prince turned his head and said: "It doesn't matter who didn't let you participate in the girl draft, now I'll take you to see Father and tell him..."

When he was on the verge of speaking, he suddenly stopped talking. Looking at her shocked eyes, he realized that he had never asked her wishes at all, and he didn't even know her name.

"Say? Say what? You don't want me to be a showgirl, do you?"

"You...don't want to?" He asked a little tentatively.

Meng Zihan pulled her lips, if she said that she was going to draft a girl, I am afraid that her Royal Highness Chen Wang will be furious, and she may be locked up in Chen Wang's mansion to prevent her from taking half a step, and then let dozens or hundreds of guards Keep an eye on her actions.

She broke away from the eldest prince's hand and explained: "First of all, it is impossible for me to go to the draft because I am already Princess Chen. Secondly, even if I could, I would not go."

"Concubine Chen?" The eldest prince sized Meng Zihan from head to toe, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't connect with Concubine Chen.

He heard that Princess Chen had been missing for ten years, and that it was two decades before Hua married Prince Chen. After this calculation, Princess Chen is at least 31 years old now, so how can she be the girl in front of her who looks like twenty at most.

"Girl is really good at joking, don't tell me you don't want to...become a prince concubine?" The eldest prince was very puzzled, no matter what kind of status a woman wants to marry into the palace, let alone marrying an eldest prince who is very likely to be a monarch in the future .

Meng Zihan replied without the slightest hesitation: "I don't want to!"

"Why?" He was shocked in place.

She smiled slightly and said, "Why do you have to be picked and picked like a vegetable when you're a good person? I'm not a radish."

Both the person carrying the sedan chair and Xia Zhu couldn't help bursting out laughing.

Meng Zihan realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and saw the shocked expression of the eldest prince, so he smiled wryly and said, "I mean...even women have their own dignity, a large group of women are waiting for a man to choose...maybe Many women are willing, but I am not willing, not to mention... I don't have the ability to compete with that group of perfect women who are beautiful and intelligent."

"Eldest Prince, the time is almost up, let's hurry up and draft girls!" The eldest prince's entourage reminded and urged.

Only then did he recover from the shock, and looked at the time, it was already the end of time.

He looked in the direction of the draft girl, then looked at Meng Zihan who was full of doubts, and finally turned around and told his entourage: "Go and report to my father, the draft girl Bengong will not go this time, later I will go and ask him for guilt."

"Elder Prince... I'm afraid this is inappropriate?" His entourage reminded him in surprise.

"Don't go soon!"

"Yes." In desperation, the follower had no choice but to agree.

Meng Zihan didn't know what he was going to do, he hesitated and didn't know what to say: "Prince...you are..."

"The girl just now..."

"My name is Meng Zihan."

The eldest prince smiled lightly and said, "Miss Meng said just now that she wanted to visit the palace, didn't she?"

"Yes."

"Why don't you let me lead the way for Miss Meng?" He made a gesture of invitation, although he said he was leading Meng Zihan, but in fact he didn't mean to make Meng Zihan refuse.Meng Zihan lamented that the two uncles and nephews were really alike.

Xia Zhu wanted to follow, but was sent back by the first prince, and the people who carried the sedan chair were also sent away by him.

"Aren't you going to draft girls?" Meng Zihan asked while walking.

At this moment, she actually felt a little apprehensive.Although he knew that he was Mu Xuanchen's nephew, but he was a lonely man and a widow after all, walking side by side like this, if Mu Xuanchen saw him, it might cause another misunderstanding.

The eldest prince took Meng Zihan to admire the beautiful scenery of the palace without haste, and when he heard her question, he lowered his head and replied: "Ms. Meng isn't going, so why should I go?"

Meng Zihan seemed a little embarrassed, he kept wringing his fingers and explained: "Actually... I'm really Princess Chen..."

The eldest prince chuckled, apparently not believing it: "If you were Princess Chen, how could you dress up like this? Which princess doesn't wear gold and silver, golden steps, and crested hairpins."

After hearing this, she touched her head, and indeed she didn't wear it. She used to complain that she didn't have anything, but since Mu Xuanchen gave her all kinds of jewelry, she didn't like to wear it anymore. She felt very heavy, and wearing it would only be suffer.

"You mean... a princess must wear those things to look like a princess?"

"And your clothes, these are not the clothes of the princess."

She looked at herself again, and suddenly felt that Mu Xuanchen was really pampering herself, as long as she likes it, no matter what the etiquette is, everything is as long as she is happy.

"How can I tell you to believe it? Besides, you're not afraid that the emperor will be unhappy if you are absent from the draft girls like this?"

"Just now I said I wanted to visit the palace, why are there so many questions now?" He asked with a faint smile.

Meng Zihan sighed speechlessly, since that was the case, she didn't have much to say, anyway, as long as she knew her identity, it would be fine.

The two of them just walked quietly all the way, without speaking, seeing him so persistent, Meng Zihan also wanted to reject his kind words and swallowed them as soon as they reached his lips.

At this time, the sedan chairs of the Fourth Prince and Concubine Hui came over not far away, and when the Fourth Prince saw the Eldest Prince and Meng Zihan walking alone in the palace, the Fourth Prince was full of astonishment.

Now is the time for draft girls, but why are they here alone?
"Mother Concubine, look..." The Fourth Prince turned his head and looked at Concubine Hui, pointing to two people not far away.

Concubine Hui followed the direction he was pointing at, and was startled: Why did the First Prince and Princess Chen appear here?
"Qing'er, do you know the person next to the first prince?" Concubine Hui looked at Meng Zihan with hostile eyes and asked the fourth prince.

The fourth prince snorted coldly and said, "Of course I do. That damn girl didn't pay attention to the child because she was the second uncle's daughter or something. I really want to teach her a lesson."

Hearing the anger in his words, Concubine Hui smiled knowingly. She was also very happy to be able to share the same hatred with her adopted son, but she would never forget the pain Meng Zihan brought to their family in this life. Since she had the opportunity to take revenge, how could she forget it.

"stop!"

The two teams of sedan chair bearers stopped their sedan chairs unanimously when they heard the sound.

"What's wrong with Concubine Mother?" Seeing Concubine Hui stepping off the sedan chair, the Fourth Prince also walked down to her.

The corner of Concubine Hui's mouth curled up into a dangerous smile, she looked in Meng Zihan's direction, then slowly turned her head and said softly to the Fourth Prince: "Didn't Qing'er want to teach that dead girl a lesson?"

"Yes! Could it be that the concubine mother has a solution?" The fourth prince was originally full of doubts, but seeing Concubine Hui's expression seemed to have a plan in mind, so he became interested.

"Does Qing'er know who the dead girl you are talking about is?"

"Second uncle's... daughter?" Seeing her shaking her head, the fourth prince continued to guess, "Xu Xian? Side concubine? Concubine?"

"Neither, she is Princess Chen."

"Concubine Chen?" The answer was obviously not what the fourth prince expected, "Hasn't she been missing for ten years? Why did she appear again? Besides, she doesn't look like Princess Chen who married her second uncle ten years ago. "

"Even if she turns into ashes, I will still recognize her. If Qing'er wants to teach her a lesson, Concubine Mu has a good idea."

With the fourth prince's puzzled expression, she leaned into his ear and told her plan.

The fourth prince was shocked: "This...isn't that good? Will it cause trouble? After all, she is the concubine of the second uncle, and the elder brother..."

"You are still the big brother, don't forget, the only one who is qualified to compete with you now is you, the big brother." She avoided the low reprimand and reminder from a group of palace people.

After hearing this, the fourth prince suddenly realized, turned his eyes, looked at Concubine Hui with a wicked smile and nodded.

Meng Zihan and the first prince just strolled around quietly, the first prince told her some interesting stories about her childhood from time to time, and Meng Zihan gradually listened with gusto.

At this time, a court lady came over, walked in front of them, bowed and said: "Prince, the emperor asks you to go to the "Moon Viewing Tower" immediately."

The two looked at each other very puzzled, how could the emperor suddenly send a message to let them go to Guanyue Tower?And the maid in front of her was very strange, as if she had never seen it before.

"The name Guanyue Tower sounds nice. Where exactly is it?" Meng Zihan asked curiously.

When Meng Zihan asked again, the eldest prince suddenly remembered that this "Moon Moon Building" was a forbidden area of ​​the palace, because it was the place where the emperor and the empress met and became a place of love. The building was sealed and no one was allowed to enter.

"Are you sure it's the Guanyue Tower?" The First Prince looked at the maid and asked.

(End of this chapter)