C50 (2/2)
Chu Zongge cursed in his heart. Didn't the two of them return after giving them the flowers, why were they still here playing? It should be because the Lotus Pond was too big. He subconsciously looked inside the palanquin, saw that Xue Ronghua had lifted the palanquin curtain and was about to get off.
”Don't come down, the empress and the crown prince are over there.” Chu Zongge asked anxiously.
Xue Ronghua was so shocked that she immediately retreated back into her sedan. Why were the Empress Chen and the crown prince here?
The crown prince's eyes were sharp, in a moment he saw Chu Zongge who was seated beside the sedan, admiring the flowers.
”Your son greets the empress.” Chu Zongge immediately bowed towards the Empress Chen.
Empress Chen said with a smile: ”No need to be so courteous, quickly get up.”
The crown prince leaned over to look at the palanquin that was stopped beside the lotus pond and asked, ”Where is Prince Duan going?”
”The heat in the Xinyang Hall is unbearable, little brother will go to the bamboo forest and enjoy the cool air.”
The Empress Chen covered his face with a smile, ”Prince Duan is very free, unlike the Crown Prince who stays in the East Palace all day long and rarely goes out.”
Chu Zongge tactfully said: ”Since the crown prince is the ruler and wants to toil for the country, he naturally won't do nothing like I do.”
The Crown Prince nodded in satisfaction and asked, ”Prince Duan, when will your quasi wangfei marry you into her family? As your brother, I am very worried for my younger brother.”
Chu Zongge found it hard to say anything while Xue Ronghua was in the palanquin, ”The Crown Prince is really worried about little brother, I have been discussing this with quasi beast king.”
The Crown Prince laughed, ”Prince Duan is always like this, neither too fast nor too slow. I think I have also never met the quasi wangfei before, I wonder when I will be lucky enough to meet her?”
Chu Zongge revealed an awkward expression. ”Quasi-wangfei is more shy and inconvenient …”
”Why wouldn't it be convenient?” The Crown Prince laughed arrogantly, ”It can't be that the quasi wangfei was born with such a beauty that could topple nations, could it be that the Prince Duan is afraid of scaring big brother?”
”Of course not. No matter how devastatingly beautiful she is, how can she compare with the empress?”
Empress Chen rolled up his sleeves coldly. ”Prince Duan is too considerate for the wangfei to pull it out carelessly, you should be thinking for the Prince Duan's sake.”
When the crown prince heard mother speak, he immediately lowered his head and said, ”mother is right, this son is being rude.”
Chu Zongge chuckled, ”Many thanks, Empress.”
”Then Prince Duan will slowly admire the flowers,” the Empress Chen glanced at him indifferently, ”I and the crown prince will return to the Changchun Palace first.”
Chu Zongge immediately stepped aside and looked at the figures of the Empress Chen and the crown prince disappearing into the distance, then sighed in relief.
”mother,” The moment he returned to his Changchun Palace, the crown prince hurriedly followed him into the inner palace, ”Just now at the Lotus Pond, there was clearly someone inside the palanquin that Prince Duan had left.”
The Empress Chen laughed lightly, ”I know that when the sedan chair is shaking like that, there's no other person. The Prince Duan thought that I was old and had lost my eyesight.”
”Then why did mother …”
The Empress Chen swept the crown prince with his sharp and cold gaze. ”You were a bit too abrupt with your words just now, but do you know that the person sitting inside is a would-be wangfei?”
The crown prince was startled. ”How could it be a would-be wangfei?”
”Otherwise, who would still hide in the palanquin and refuse to see them?” Empress Chen lightly sipped on his tea, ”It seems like the palace guards were still in trouble, they actually let a woman in.”
The Crown Prince said: ”This Xue Ronghua is bold, she dares to barge into the palace.”
”If she was a normal girl, how would she have been able to attract Prince Duan?”
The Crown Prince was confused, ”Is there something special about this Xue Ronghua?”
”When I saw her in the Hundred Blossom Banquet the last time, I felt that there was a heroic spirit between her eyebrows. She wasn't weak and weak like those girls, but instead had a bit of a manly temperament.”
The Crown Prince frowned, ”Does Prince Duan like this kind of woman?”
”I don't know whether Prince Duan likes this kind of woman, but what I am most certain of is that this isn't the first time Xue Ronghua has come to the Prince Duan Palace for a private meeting.” Empress Chen's eyes were filled with frost.
”Why is Xue Ronghua always coming to the palace? We should get married early if we're close to the Prince Duan.”
”You think that the reason the Prince Duan married Xue Ronghua, a concubinage who even his mother does not know, is all because of love?” ”From a distance, outsiders would think that only someone who loves beauties would be able to marry Xue Ronghua. I'm afraid that he's making this decision for the greater good!”
The Crown Prince was furious, ”Prince Duan is so disloyal, and you still dare to put on a front in front of me!”
The Empress Chen held onto the corner of his clothes tightly, ”If this Xue Ronghua is really that outstanding, then the Prince Duan is so much better to take advantage of.”
The Crown Prince was furious, but he suddenly calmed down. ”It won't be difficult to solve this problem.”
”She is already a would-be wangfei, and will soon become a legitimate Princess Duan. What other loopholes is there to take?”
The corners of the crown prince's lips curled into an evil and threatening smile, ”Back then, I was able to take away the Yu Zhu of the Prince Jin, and today, I can also take away the Xue Ronghua of the Prince Duan.”
When Empress Chen heard Yu Zhu's name, he felt a headache, ”You, you could have held Prince Jin's chess piece in your palm all those years ago. In the end, a small dancers caused you to lose your mind.”
The Crown Prince laughed, ”That dancer is so beautiful, Yu Zhu. A single tune like the Spring Dancing has captivated countless people's minds.”
Empress Chen rolled his eyes at him in a bad mood, ”You are just messing around, snatching Yu Zhu over for a while and then giving it up again. Luckily, Noble Consort Kang can't tolerate her executing her, otherwise I really wouldn't know what would have happened.”
”Yu Zhu is rather useful, I even used her to make a copy of Prince Jin.”
”Alright, alright,” Empress Chen waved his hand, ”The matter with Yu Zhu is already in the past, we need to catch him now.”