Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 548

After considering the whereabouts of the jade pendant, Gu Lingqing opened the letter. When she saw the words on the envelope just now, Gu Lingqing recognized it at a glance. It was the prince's handwritten letter.

Gu Qi will destroy all the letters written by the prince to Gu Qi after reading them.

Only this one is missing. This is the last letter written by the crown prince to Gu Qi. It simply and clearly tells Gu Qi how he wants him to kill Gu Lingqing.

Originally, after reading it, Gu Qi also wanted to destroy it, but he reined in at the last moment. He didn't know what he was thinking at that time. After all, he didn't destroy the letter, but kept it.

After reading the letter once, Gu Lingqing faintly sensed that something was wrong, but she didn't have an accurate idea in her heart, so she carefully put the letter away.

The most important thing now is to deal with today's mess, and Gu Lingqing specifically ordered to block the news.

Now that Gu Qi is dead, Gu Lingqing's greatest enemy is the crown prince, presumably the crown prince is still waiting for Gu Qi in the city, no, maybe it is the good news brought to him by those seven men in black.

Judging from the action of the man in black who was going to assassinate himself and Gu Qi just now, the prince Scallion didn't really want to cooperate with Gu Qi from the beginning, but wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of himself and Gu Qi at once.

It is estimated that the prince would never have imagined that this plan failed, and he also lost seven of his proud hidden guards. Gu Lingqing blocked the news to plan this incident well.

Zhao Min didn't know anything about Gu Lingqing's current situation, so he could only worry in his heart.

And what Zhao Min didn't expect was that after this period of dormancy, Xiao Mo planned to make a move.

Five days later it will be the queen's birthday. When the time comes, it will be a good opportunity for Xiao Mo. At that time, everyone will be invited to the palace for a banquet, including the prince and princess.

Xiao Mo has already sent the news to the prince through the prince's secret guard, hoping that the princess can cooperate with her by then.

This time, Xiao Mo was determined to kill Zhao Min to relieve her hatred.

Since the prince dared to send someone to monitor Xiao Mo, he was naturally confident that he would not be discovered by other people monitoring her. Xiao Mo had secretly sent some news to the prince, but Zhao Min didn't know about it.

Although Xiao Mo said that she was ruthless, she has been feeling a little anxious these days. It has been two days since she sent the letter to the prince. She has not received any reply yet, and she doesn't know where the prince is. Are you willing to cooperate with yourself.

In fact, the prince has never paid much attention to Xiao Mo. To him, Xiao Mo is at best a pawn and a pastime.

That night, Xiao Mo did send a message to the prince, but he forgot about it.

Until that night, the prince sat at the desk, took the supper that Xiaocui handed him, after drinking, sat on the chair, looked at the booklet on the table, but didn't read it.

The prince thought in his heart, Gu Qi should have taken Gu Lingqing down at this time, and he didn't know if the seven of them would bring good news to him, and even deal with Gu Qi.

"Your Highness, the Crown Princess is here."

The prince, who was immersed in his own thoughts, didn't even realize that someone else had entered his study room, until Xiao Cui, who was next to him, saw the princess coming in at the door, and reminded the prince.

Only then did the prince come back to his senses, and looked at the concubine who came in, followed by two servants: "Why are you here at this hour?"

The prince stood up and walked towards her, took her hand, walked to the chair outside and sat down.

Xiaocui lowered her head seeing the intimate behavior of the two, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, followed behind the prince step by step, and after he sat down, she stood obediently behind the prince, with her head lowered, The hands in the sleeves clenched slightly, not knowing why he felt so uncomfortable in his heart.

For the Queen's birthday, the Crown Princess had been preparing the birthday gift a month before. In the past, she was responsible for all these things, and this year is no exception.

As for the two maids following behind her, they were holding the birthday gift prepared by the Crown Princess for the Queen Mother this year.

Seeing that the queen mother's birthday is approaching, the princess brought it to the prince to palm her eyes.

"Prince." The concubine glanced at a servant girl next to her, who stepped forward and lifted the cloth covering the tray, revealing the contents inside.

The prince walked over in amazement, and saw that it was a piece of brocade from the south of the Yangtze River.

"Prince, this concubine asked Jiangnan's embroiderer to do it a month ago. She used a variety of stitches. Looking at the crane embroidery, it is so lifelike."

In Yuan State, the crane is a symbol of auspiciousness, as well as a symbol of wealth, with excellent meaning.

The prince leaned forward, picked up the dress, looked at it, and nodded frequently: "Indeed, the embroidery is good, the cranes are lifelike, and there are many cranes embroidered on this dress?"

The crown princess smiled: "There are 99 of them, big and small."

The prince nodded in satisfaction, the number was also auspicious.

As for the other piece, it was well said, it was a piece of jade carved into the shape of a crane.

It is not uncommon to say that this jade-carved crane is not unusual. What is rare is that this jade is not small, and it is a rare Baitian jade. Liancheng.

"Prince, which one do you think we should give as a birthday gift for the Queen Mother this year?"

The prince looked at the two items, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while, so he subconsciously looked at Xiao Cui who was standing behind him: "Xiao Cui, which one do you think is better?"

When the princess saw the prince questioning a servant beside him, her face turned cold.

In the past year, Xiaocui has been inseparable from the prince's side all the time, how could it not have attracted the attention of the prince?

It's just because Xiaocui has received too much special care from the prince, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the prince loves this maid.

The image of the Crown Princess in front of people has always been gentle and magnanimous, even though she was very angry in her heart, after considering it, she still chose to turn a blind eye.

Normally, when the princess comes to the prince, she sees Xiaocui and pretends not to see her, and ignores her directly, but seeing Xiaocui has such a strong presence in front of the prince, the princess said in her heart Not uncomfortable is false.

Xiao Cui, who was standing behind the crown prince, was suddenly stunned by the crown prince's name, and subconsciously looked at the crown princess. When she saw that the crown prince's face was not very good-looking, she immediately knelt down in fear.

(End of this chapter)