C63 (1/2)
Chu Zongge acted anxious: ”What if she turns pale too?”
Xue Ronghua glared at him snappily. ”Then you can just turn hostile now, we'll break up sooner or later anyway.”
Chu Zongge laughed lightly: ”How can we directly fall out; things haven't been made clear yet.”
”Then when do you plan to go to Noble Consort Kang?”
”No matter how long it takes, I'm afraid,” Chu Zongge said as his eyes dimmed. ”Noble Consort Kang won't drag out the entire truth, she will only tell us what part of it is beneficial to her.”
”I also thought of that,” Xue Ronghua said as she took a deep breath. ”Since Noble Consort Kang was able to reach this step, she's definitely not an ordinary person.”
”So how to ask her is still a question.”
”You only need to ask what she wants to say,” Xue Ronghua laughed leisurely, ”Noble Consort Kang has the same intentions as us, to bring down the Empress and the Crown Prince. All we need to do is to get information that can endanger the Eastern Palace.”
Mentioning the crown prince, Chu Zongge thought of something else, ”After the crown prince gifted you the Eight Clawed Pearl, have I ever looked for you again?”
Xue Ronghua shook her head, ”Since then, I have never seen the crown prince again.”
Then, have you seen the Prince Jin before?
Xue Ronghua thought for a while, then said: ”I don't either, why do you keep asking the other princes?”
Chu Zongge held her hand, ”Prince Jin and Crown Prince have ill intentions towards you, I am a little worried.”
Xue Ronghua laughed, ”The Crown Prince is only a fantasy. How come you even got the Prince Jin involved?
”But you've also never seen the beauty he was talking about. How do you know that he wasn't talking about you?”
Xue Ronghua withdrew his hand, and said with a smile: ”Of course not, Prince Jin does not have the mind to spend it on me, so it's best if you don't think too much about it.”
It was finally snowing in the Great Qin Emperor Palace. Empress Chen sat within the Changchun Palace that was as warm as spring. Looking at the faint rays of snow that shone through the window, his heart was as blank as outside his window.
Someone reported from outside the palace, ”Prince Duan has arrived.”
Prince Duan? Empress Chen could not help but frown. What was he doing in this snow?
Chu Zongge walked into the hall and bowed respectfully: ”Greetings, mother.”
”En,” Empress Chen said flatly, ”Get up.”
”Thank you, mother.”
”It's snowing heavily, the wet road is slippery. Why are you here at Changchun Palace?”
Chu Zongge slightly nodded and said: ”It's been a long time since I last saw mother, this son has come to pay my respects.”
Empress Chen sneered repeatedly in his heart, ”You sure are considerate.”
”Crown Prince, I haven't seen you in a long time.”
Your brother doesn't want to see you. Empress Chen lowered his eyelids and said softly, ”The crown prince has been busy these past few days, and most of it has been with the emperor in the Imperial Study.”
Chu Zongge laughed: ”After all, you are still a king, I am not as carefree as you.”
”Oh?” The corner of Empress Chen's mouth slightly lifted, ”I don't see that you're too free, but the Xue Manor often goes there.”
Chu Zongge stared blankly at him. How would she know that he often visited the Xue Residence? ” Your son is worried about the wangfei, so he couldn't help but go a little too far. ”
”If you're worried, then quickly marry and return to the Prince Duan Palace,” The smile on the Empress Chen's lips was ambiguous. ”The Emperor wants you two to get married next year in spring, right?”
”Yes.”
”Prepare yourselves. Although this is just a concubinage,” the Empress Chen smiled as he continued, ”He is still the daughter of the Prime Minister. We can't let his down.”
”Rong Hua is the love of this son and this son's entire life, this son will definitely not let her down,” Chu Zongge immediately laughed, ”On the other hand, Big Brother Crown Prince, why haven't you married Crown Princess yet?”
Empress Chen's face stiffened, and quickly recovered his smile. ”Prince Duan is truly worried for Big Brother. Crown Princess is different from Royal Consort, we need to be more careful. After all, she's going to be a Empress in the future.”
Chu Zongge slightly nodded, ”mother is right.”
Empress Chen saw him move left and right, a corner of his clothes suddenly exposed, revealing a jade pendant. When she focused his eyes, a warm smile instantly appeared on her face.
Chu Zongge was extremely happy in his heart, he was extremely sensitive to these places, and was able to guess that the Empress Chen would change his mind.
”mother,” Chu Zongge suppressed the joy in his heart and pretended to be calm. ”This is the jade pendant that Royal Father bestowed to the quasi wangfei a few days ago.” After he finished speaking, he took it down and deliberately waved it in front of Empress Chen.
Empress Chen was dazzled by the green light. Why are you wearing the jade pendant that was given to the quasi wangfei? ”
”The quasi wangfei thinks that this is a token from Royal Father that should be given to us after we get married.”
Empress Chen sneered: ”You youngsters really know how to play.”
Chu Zongge immediately cupped his hands: ”I'm sorry, mother.”
”It's nothing,” The Empress Chen looked at him deeply. ”I was like this when I was young with the Emperor,” she said, pointing a finger at Chu Zongge.
Chu Zongge was startled, how could it be the empress?
The Empress Chen smiled and said, ”Prince Duan naturally doesn't know about this matter. This Liluan pendant was even given to the would-be wangfei by my majesty.”
Chu Zongge remained calm as he said: ”Thank you, mother, for such a generous gift.”
”I originally wanted to leave it for the Crown Prince, but since you're the first one of the three princes to get married, I'll give it to you.”