The blind concubine married the prince, don't stand in the way

Chapter 448 298: The prince is suspicious and seeks to humiliate himself (one more)
Chu Yin left in secret, except for a few people in the mansion, no one else knew about it, let alone outsiders.

Everything remains the same in Chu Palace.

The situation outside is still weird.

Different from the previous one where the courts were fighting against the ritual, King Rong ignored political affairs for nearly a month, and devoted himself to accompanying Princess Rong to recuperate in the village. The crown prince dominated the court, so Jicheng was strangely peaceful.

No one knows what King Rong's plan is for changing his low profile at this time, even his close officials don't know, but no matter what the plan is, his abnormality is ultimately disturbing.

During this period of time, there were many speculations in the court.

The prince was even more puzzled by this.

In the Prince's East Palace, Zhao Zhen sat behind the table and frowned in thought, his confidant Kui Xu reported: "Your Highness, my subordinates have made many secret investigations, and it is true that King Rong has been recuperating with Princess Rong in another hospital. , Princess Rong is indeed very ill, she seems to be bedridden."

Zhao Zhen still didn't believe it, he just frowned and asked, "Have you sneaked into the other courtyard to investigate?"

Kui Xu said: "Reporting to Your Highness, we have infiltrated before, but the area around the main courtyard is where King Rong and his wife live, and the guards and secret guards are extremely strict, and the subordinates cannot approach easily. It is true that Princess Rong is seriously ill, and it is true that King Rong is sick day and night, and his subordinates have seen him haggard from a distance, so it is true to rumors."

Zhao Zhen squinted his eyes, and the doubts in his heart deepened: "It is true as rumors... This is interesting. Although this elder brother of the palace really loves the princess, he is not so deep in love that he will delay the business because of the princess. Is it? It’s impossible to think about it, there must be something else wrong.”

As he spoke, he asked again, "Then what about those people under his command?"

"My subordinates found out through inquiries that the people under King Rong didn't seem to know why King Rong was so low-key and depressed, and they were refused to see him after many requests. The people of King Rong's party are now uneasy."

"There are no other abnormalities?"

"The subordinates have been staring at King Rong every day. For more than a month, King Rong has never stepped out of the other courtyard except for entering the palace a few times, and he has never contacted the officials, generals and subordinates under his command. They also sent people to spy on the movements of the people under King Rong, and there was nothing abnormal."

Zhao Zhen was even more confused.

Kui Xu thought for a while and asked, "Your Highness, do you want to continue?"

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Continue, be sure to keep an eye on him. You'd better find a way to get close to him to find out the truth. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. He must have other plans!"

"Yes!"

"Go."

Kui Xu quickly bowed his hands and retreated.

Zhao Zhen thought for a long time after sitting on the table, and then he picked up the playbooks piled up on the side and read them.

Now the emperor is sick, the crown prince is in charge of the country, and even King Rong no longer interferes in political affairs. Almost all major affairs of the government fall on him, so he is very busy.

After an unknown amount of time, a young eunuch suddenly came in outside: "Report to His Royal Highness, the Crown Princess is here."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen's originally heavy face suddenly froze, and a look of disgust flashed across his eyes, but his face remained calm, put down the memorial, and said lightly: "Let her in."

The little eunuch led the order to go out, and soon, the noble concubine Shen Zhilan walked in, dressed in palace attire, and the maid behind her was holding a tray with a bowl of things on it.

"The concubine sees Your Highness." The voice was a little cold, but it still lacked the cold arrogance of the past.

Zhao Zhen said lightly: "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Standing up, he looked neither humble nor overbearing.

Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows: "Why are you here?"

Shen Zhilan touched it, and said in a low voice: "The weather is hot, and my concubine ordered someone to make a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup and bring it to Your Highness. The imperial doctor said that this soup can cure the fire."

After finishing speaking, she turned around slightly, took the tray from the handmaid's hand, stepped forward, and brought it to Zhao Zhen herself.

Zhao Zhen looked at the very sweet and delicious white fungus and lotus seed soup, his expression was unclear, and after a while, he raised his head and looked at Shen Zhilan who was standing by the table with a calm expression, and suddenly smiled, meaning: "The things you sent, I don’t dare to enter the palace again.”

Shen Zhilan's face froze, and the hands under the cuffs couldn't help but clenched tightly.

There was a slight sarcasm in Zhao Zhen's eyes, he snorted and asked: "I heard that your mother came to the East Palace yesterday, it seems that she didn't just come to see you, tell me, what else is added here?"

The Shen family has long been lifted, but Prime Minister Shen is now in a very embarrassing situation. Although he still re-intervened in the court, he was dismissed and banned for three months. The supporting Pang family squeezed everywhere, and the emperor refused to see him, and his status was not guaranteed.

The Shen family, which used to be very prosperous in the past, has gone downhill now. If it hadn't been for the fact that the power has been in power for many years and there are many party members and solid foundations, it is probably really in danger.

Therefore, the only way out for the Shen family now is Shen Zhilan, the crown princess, and Shen Zhilan's only way out is him, the prince. Naturally, they also try to get Shen Zhilan to win over him.

Recently, Princess Qingyang has often been in and out of the East Palace.

Shen Zhilan gritted her teeth, seemed a little annoyed and embarrassed, her hands under the cuffs were tight and then loose and tight, she gritted her teeth and said: "If your Highness doesn't want to drink, don't drink it, why bother to humiliate my concubine like this?"

Zhao Zhen sneered: "Humiliate you? Not entirely. Could it be that the Crown Princess forgot what happened after I drank the food you sent me last time?"

Shen Zhilan was extremely embarrassed immediately.

Half a month ago, she brought a bowl of soup, and he drank it. The soup was mixed with aphrodisiacs, so he had no choice but to pamper her.

Zhao Zhen sneered and said, "You want to repeat the old trick again? Why? Do you think you are smart? Such a low-level method can make me fall in your way again? It's just a one-time thing like this, and now it's coming again... you Is it just so unwilling to be lonely, I have to recommend myself..."

Shen Zhilan immediately became angry from embarrassment, and stopped him without thinking: "His Royal Highness!"

Zhao Zhen's voice stopped, but he didn't continue, and looked at her meaningfully.

Shen Zhilan didn't even have the confidence to refute, so she took a deep breath and gritted her teeth to endure the aggrieved, but she resigned herself to her fate and said: "If Your Highness doesn't want to drink, then I'll let someone take it away, why bother to say these things Humiliate me?"

Zhao Zhen sneered: "Then you are letting people evacuate, why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Shen Zhilan was so ashamed and indignant, she was about to ask someone to leave, and when she was about to leave, a palace man hurried in outside, Zhao Zhen recognized at a glance that it was Song Concubine's maidservant.

"See Your Highness the Crown Prince, see the Crown Princess!"

Zhao Zhen didn't bother with Shen Zhilan any more, but the palace man i Wen: "What's the matter?"

The court lady said with a happy face: "His Royal Highness, Song Concubine was not feeling well just now, so she invited the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor said that the concubine is happy!"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen was taken aback for a moment, then overjoyed: "Really?"

The maid said: "The imperial doctor's judgment should not be wrong. It is said that it has been more than two months."

Zhao Zhen couldn't sit still, so he immediately got up and went out, apparently to see his concubine Song.

He ignored Shen Zhilan who was standing by the table with a face of shame, anger and resentment.

(End of this chapter)