Second-hand wife: Wang Ye's cute pet

Chapter 74
"Well done." The imperial concubine showed a rare smile of appreciation, she looked at the second prince, and said earnestly: "Don't blame the mother for being cruel to you, everything the mother does is for you."

"I know." The Second Prince looked at the imperial concubine and said, "If there is no queen mother, I am afraid that my son would have died in the fight between brothers."

"Oh." The concubine sighed from her mouth, and said in a low tone: "It is the best for you to understand the painstaking efforts of the queen mother."

The noble concubine walked to the side of the Second Prince, arranged the clothes on his body, and continued: "You don't need to do anything after you go back, and let the rest of the matter be handled by the mother later."

"Yes." The Second Prince agreed wholeheartedly.

The noble concubine moved her sleeves, and her lips lifted slightly: "Forget it, you go down first, it's time for me to go see how the emperor is doing."

Xuan Muqing sat beside the desk with a dark face. He slapped the table heavily with his hand, shaking out the ink in the inkstone and spilling it on the white rice paper.

"His Royal Highness, the prince is here." Nie Long's voice came from outside the door.

Xuan Muchen pushed open the door and walked in. After meeting Xuan Muqing's dark face, his expression was particularly dignified. His eyes swept over Xuan Muqing's clenched hands, and he sighed faintly: " Royal father has not had an early court for several days."

"Do you think there is something hidden in this?" Xuan Muqing stood up, and said sharply: "All the imperial doctors diagnosed that the father was just suffering from a cold. But after taking the medicine, why did the symptoms become more and more serious and did not improve? sign?"

"You suspect it's them." Xuan Muchen's eyebrows were almost knit together, and he tapped his temples with his hands one after another, as if he was thinking about some serious problem: "Killing the king is a big problem." crimes, do they have the guts now?"

Xuan Muqing rubbed her temples wearily, and said a little irritably: "Now I'm just speculating, the problem is Father? Sigh."

"I will send someone to investigate this matter thoroughly." Xuan Muchen tapped his hand on the table, he looked at Xuan Muqing and said: "It seems that the Weiyang court is not very peaceful these days. There are a lot of people with unfamiliar faces sneaking into the city, and they don't know what their intentions are."

"Maybe they can't hold back anymore?" Xuan Muqing said with a sneer, he walked to Xuan Muchen's side, patted Xuan Muchen's shoulder vigorously, and said: "This matter will trouble the prince. "

Xuan Muchen hesitated for a moment, his eyes drifted from the inside of the room to the outside of the window: "I wonder if His Royal Highness heard a rumor?"

"Your lord, you mean the prime minister's corruption?" Xuan Muqing raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and he said with a sneer, "Those people are really not good at framing."

Xuan Muchen shook his head lightly, and said in a helpless tone: "But this incident has caused a lot of trouble in the city, and it may not be an easy matter for the Prime Minister to get rid of the crime."

"This matter can be discussed later." Xuan Muqing frowned all the time, and he slowly analyzed: "Now Father is seriously ill, and all the focus is on Father. And the prime minister has accompanied Father. I have been emperor for many years, as long as my father recovers, I will definitely be able to return the prime minister's innocence."

Xuan Muchen's eyes circled around Xuan Muqing's body, and he coughed a little uncomfortably: "There is one thing that I don't know whether to ask or not?"

"My lord, just ask directly what you want to ask." Xuan Muqing frowned, and a smile appeared in her eyes.

"I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince is very cold towards the Crown Princess. I don't know if it is because of the prime minister's corruption case." Xuan Muchen's voice was very calm, but upon hearing it at first glance, there was a faint hint of embarrassment in his tone. A little nervous.

"This is the prince's housework." Xuan Muqing's face was serious, he turned his back and said in a cold voice: "Should there be no need to explain these things to the prince?"

"Hehe." Xuan Muchen laughed a few times, walked behind Xuan Muqing and said word by word: "Your Highness the Crown Prince naturally doesn't need to explain anything to this king. I just allow this king to remind His Highness the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess It's not an ordinary woman. If His Highness the Crown Prince keeps ignoring her, it is inevitable that the Crown Princess will not do something shocking." Xuan Muqing paused for a while before he saluted, and then slowly walked towards the door He walked in the direction of the king: "The king is leaving first. Just ask the prince to think carefully about what the king said."

After Xuan Muchen left, Xuan Muqing suddenly threw all the things on the table to the ground in a frenzy, her scarlet eyes were bloodshot, emitting a lonely and desperate light.

"Side concubine." Xia Jingyan walked to Shen Xinlan's side and bowed respectfully, with a faint smile on her lips.

"Jingyan?" Shen Xinlan looked at the woman in front of her in surprise, and said with a light smile, "Why are you here suddenly?"

Xia Jingyan glanced at the maidservants around, but said nothing.

Shen Xinlan waved her sleeves, and said lightly: "You all step back."

After all the maids left, Xia Jingyan suddenly knelt down in front of Shen Xinlan. She took out a silk handkerchief and pressed it lightly on the corner of her eyes, with a sad look: "Jingyan has something to ask, and I still want to ask my side concubine." The empress is perfect."

Shen Xinlan stretched out her hand to help Xia Jingyan up from the ground: "If it weren't for you, I'm afraid that this concubine would still be in prison, now you may as well just tell me if you have something to do, if this concubine can do it, I will definitely do my best. "

"Jingyan's time in the mansion is not too short." Xia Jingyan looked sad, she raised her tearful eyes to look at Shen Xinlan and said: "But His Royal Highness has never been to Jingyan's room. "

"You want to be favored by His Highness the Crown Prince?" Shen Xinlan murmured, she sat on the stool in a somewhat dull manner, with a strange gleam in her eyes.

Xia Jingyan stretched out her hand to grab Shen Xinlan's hand, and said sincerely: "I don't want to compete with you, concubine, but now Jingyan stays in the prince's mansion with no name or distinction, if one day the prince kicks me out What should I do if I leave the Prince's Mansion?"

"Jingyan." Shen Xinlan stretched out her hand to hold Xia Jingyan's hand, and said slowly: "You believe in this concubine, as long as I am here, I will definitely not let you stay in the prince's mansion, so you can rest easy .”

Hearing what Shen Xinlan said, Xia Jingyan's tears fell even more fiercely. She lifted up her crying face, looked at Shen Xinlan with misty eyes and said, "The side concubine knows how the concubines in the mansion think of Jingyan. Is it true? If it weren't for the concubine in the mansion who really looked down on Jingyan, Jingyan wouldn't be so bold to make such unreasonable demands on the side concubine."

Hearing this, Shen Xinlan let go of Xia Jingyan's hand and walked slowly to the window. She raised her head and looked into the distance. After a long time, she said: "Give this concubine some time to think about it, I will definitely give it to you." You have a satisfactory answer."

"Yes." Xia Jingyan looked at Shen Xinlan's back, and took a few steps towards the door: "Don't the side concubine think it's too difficult to fight alone against all the women in this mansion? If Jingyan can fight with the side concubine If we work together, the side concubine's position must be more secure."

When walking halfway, Xiao Cui, who was following Xia Jingyan, couldn't help but said: "Miss hastily made such a request to the side concubine today, aren't you afraid that the side concubine will be disadvantageous to the lady?"

Xia Jingyan's lips slightly raised a smile, she wiped off the tears on her face with silk, and said slowly: "How many women are there in the Prince's Mansion now? Do you think she can still sit securely as a side concubine? I The request made to her is absolutely beneficial and harmless to her." Xia Jingyan paused for a while, and the smile on her lips deepened, and she continued: "I believe that the side concubine is a smart person, and she can definitely do it. Make the right choice." What's more, this kind of matter is not up to Shen Xinlan alone, and there is also the mysterious master above her.

Shen Xinlan walked up and down the room irritably by herself, her brows were deeply furrowed, as if she had encountered some huge problem.

Standing outside the window, Ye Yuan watched Shen Xinlan's figure coming and going, coughed a few times, trying to get her attention.Shen Xinlan turned her head sideways, facing Ye Yuan's face that looked like a piece of ice, her brows were frowned even tighter: "Why are you here? Is your empress going to see me again?"

"No." Ye Yuan replied concisely. He put his hands on the window sill, looked at Shen Xinlan and said, "Master told me to tell you, you'd better cooperate with that woman named Xia Jingyan."

"You mean that you want Xia Jingyan to be favored by His Royal Highness the Prince?" Shen Xinlan seemed to have heard some huge blow, she shook her head in resistance and gritted her teeth and said: "If she gets the Prince's favor, then I What should I do? Do you want me to die alone in this prince's mansion?"

Ye Yuan looked at Shen Xinlan's face, and shattered her dream coldly: "Don't forget the responsibilities you bear." Ye Yuan's eyes were like ice, and Shen Xinlan's heart fell to the bottom instantly. .

Shen Xinlan's lips lifted slightly, she looked at Ye Yuan, and said, "You mean to say that all of this is what your mother meant?"

"Exactly." Ye Yuan replied coldly, he looked at Shen Xinlan and shook his head lightly and said, "Master has already guessed what kind of reaction you will have." Ye Yuan paused, looked at Shen Xinlan face, shook his head helplessly and said: "I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect that you would actually be like this. Xinlan, let me remind you once, you and His Royal Highness are people from two different worlds. There will be no result at all.”

Shen Xinlan lowered her eyes and raised her head after thinking for a long time: "I understand, I will do my best to cooperate with the empress."

"You just need to understand." Ye Yuan nodded, took out a delicate bottle from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Xinlan, and ordered: "Let that woman named Xia Jingyan be taken by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Wait a minute." Shen Xinlan clenched the bottle tightly in her hand, she took a deep breath, and then asked: "What does the medicine in this medicine bottle do?"

Ye Yuan looked at Shen Xinlan with a strange look: "I can't tell you, you will know after the big event is done. After speaking, Ye Yuan turned and left.

Shen Xinlan looked at Ye Yuan's leaving figure, she smashed the vase on the table to the ground with all her strength, she collapsed limply on the ground, tears could not stop falling from her eyes.

(End of this chapter)