Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 351 Analysis of the situation
The disdain in the second prince's heart was even deeper, he raised his head proudly, and cast a sidelong glance at Chen Zhi, "My third brother and I have other things to do, so we left first."

"Okay, second brother and third brother go slowly." Chen Zhi said with a smile.

The second prince left straight away, and when the third prince was about to leave, he smiled and nodded at Chen Zhi, and then left.

Because we just met by chance, we chatted for a while.The brothers left after pretending to greet each other.

After today's conversation, Chen Zhi is temporarily safe.After all, the second prince who is the most popular no longer guards against him, so the other brothers will no longer be too hostile to him.In this way, there is also the opportunity to do other things.

Chen Zhi watched the backs of the second prince and the third prince, and the smile that had always been on his face gradually disappeared.He lowered his head and squinted his eyes. There were very few things about the third prince in the information that the concubine mother gave him, but on that page, the concubine mother gave him a comment that 'need to be on guard'.Presumably the mother and concubine also saw the difficulty of the third prince.

Chen Zhi also lost the interest to continue wandering, fearing that he would run into other princes if he continued to wander.Although he is very confident in his disguise, he has no patience to deal with these people.

Chen Zhi walked back to his palace slowly, and saw the young man beside him walking back and forth anxiously at the door, with an anxious expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Chen Zhi asked.

Hearing the voice, the servant hurriedly looked over, saw that it was Chen Zhi, he went forward and said, "Your Highness, you are finally back. Your Majesty wants you to go to her place."

Chen Zhi nodded, "I see." The young servant belongs to the concubine mother, so the empress he mentioned is Concubine Rong without thinking about it.

Chen Zhi didn't go in to change clothes, and went directly to Concubine Rong's palace.

The palace where Concubine Rong lives is called Yunhua Palace.This was named by the emperor himself when Concubine Rong was in great favor.Because Concubine Rong's boudoir name contained the word 'cloud', the previous palace name was directly abolished.

When Chen Zhi came to Yunhua Palace, the servants in the palace led him into the main room.

Concubine Rong sat on a chair and sipped tea leisurely, and when she saw Chen Zhi coming, she waved for him to come over.

Chen Zhi no longer pretended to be himself with his mother and concubine. Although he still had a habitual smile on his face, he no longer looked silly.

There was a smell of incense in the room, and the servants poured tea for Chen Zhi, and then quietly waited aside.

Chen Zhi smelled the faint tea fragrance in the teacup, but he didn't drink it, he just held it in his hand.He didn't really like the smell of incense in the mother's palace, but he couldn't show it, so he used the tea fragrance to temporarily block the strong fragrance.

Although more than a dozen years have passed, the footprints of time on Concubine Rong's face are not obvious.Concubine Rong only went to the manor in the suburbs in a hurry before, and she was wrapped tightly, so Chen Zhi actually didn't take a closer look at his mother.Now back in the palace, looking at the luxuriously made-up woman in front of him, Chen Zhi suddenly felt that he was back when he was a child, but when he saw that every time Concubine Rong smiled, the corners of her eyes would reveal slight wrinkles, Chen Zhi Suddenly feel very sad.

Back then, my mother and concubine kept my young self away from home because of his great favor.Now that the time has passed, all kinds of beauties will appear in front of the emperor every year in the palace. In front of those young and beautiful women, even though the mother and concubine have a gorgeous appearance, it is no longer possible to keep the emperor's eyes. .The favor obtained by relying on beauty is really no match for time.

Chen Zhi stared at the tea in the cup quietly, lost in his own thoughts.

"Zhi'er?" Concubine Rong called suspiciously.

Chen Zhi came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "Is there something for the concubine to call the child here today?"

In the month since he returned to the palace, apart from Concubine Rong sending someone to help him in the palace when he just came back, there was no other interaction.Chen Zhi knew that Concubine Rong was afraid of attracting attention, so he acted alienated from himself.So Chen Zhi didn't have a trace of resentment.He knew that there were many people in the palace, and there were eyeliners everywhere, so he understood.

But today, the concubine mother suddenly called herself to her palace, isn't she afraid that others will be suspicious when they see it?
Concubine Rong chuckled, and put down the teacup in her hand, "Zhier, you have been doing very well recently,"

Chen Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Concubine Rong meant.Outsiders will always be deceived by other people's deliberate disguise, and one month is enough to dispel most of the suspicions of those princes.Concubine Rong is her mother and concubine, if she continues to alienate, there will be a problem.

When Chen Zhi thought of this, he didn't say anything more.

Concubine Rong glanced at the maids in the room, and said calmly, "You guys go down first."

"Yes, empress." The maids left one after another after hearing Fu Fu saluted.

"Did you see the second and third princes today?" Although it was a question, Concubine Rong's words were full of affirmation.

Chen Zhi's eyelids drooped, his eyes slowly dimmed, as soon as he met his second brother and third brother on the front foot, the concubine mother knew it on the back foot.Although he knew that there was nothing to hide in the palace, but he knew it so quickly, which also showed the deep and powerful influence of the mother and concubine in the palace.

"Yes. I happened to meet them." Chen Zhi suppressed his emotions and said.

Concubine Rong rested her head lazily on one hand, playing with her hanging hair, "What do you think?"

"It's exactly the same as what the concubine mother said." Chen Zhi replied with a smile.

"The second prince is brave and foolish, and too conceited. My child thinks that the biggest opponent is not the second prince, but the third prince." Chen Zhi analyzed his conversation with the second prince and the third prince.

Concubine Rong nodded casually, "Continue."

Chen Zhi pursed the corners of his mouth, seeing that Concubine Rong's expression didn't change much, she knew that she had thought of what she was thinking.Then he continued: "The second prince is now in full swing, and the other princes are all staring at him, trying to find out his mistakes so that they can hit him hard. The father is also afraid of him. So the child thinks that the second prince's limelight It won't last long, and it should be gone soon."

"As for the third prince, because in the eyes of everyone, he is an indifferent person who knows a little about writing, ink, chess, calligraphy and painting, so the father and other princes don't have much hostility and guard against him. As far as I know, some Some princes have shown favor to him."

"But he refused without hesitation. He stayed by the second prince's side all the time."

"Perhaps the third prince's friendship with the second prince is just to use him and get rid of other opponents."

"Yeah." Concubine Rong stopped the movement of wrapping her hair, "You can see it very clearly, as expected of my child." Concubine Rong smiled and praised very appreciatively.

(End of this chapter)