C69 (1/2)
When Prince Jin returned to the Weiyang Palace, he had already sent Xue Ronghua and Prince Duan away.
”mother,” Prince Jin smiled, ”When I smelled the fragrance of the flowers on Xue Ronghua's body, I knew that she must have chatted with the two of them for a long time.”
The Noble Consort Kang smiled like a flower, ”No matter how fragrant the scented sachet Xue Ronghua has on her body, it still wouldn't be as fragrant as the incense of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
”I've already given it away, but my concubine Ning still doesn't know about it.” The Prince Jin snickered.
”Ning Xuemo was clumsy and thought that someone else was faking her orders to tease her. However, she wasn't the only one who didn't know what was going on.”
Prince Jin slightly raised his brows, and said: ”Royal Father shouldn't be angry, right?”
Noble Consort Kang lowered her head and laughed, ”With a new beauty in your arms, how can you be angry? I'm afraid you're too engrossed with your beauty, and won't be able to react in time.”
Prince Jin raised his teacup, took a sip, and said happily: ”Xue Liuhua's beauty is even greater than that of many concubines; I will definitely not let go of it.”
”Ever since Liu Chengyun's death, your Royal Father has allowed you to roam around the world of flowers,” The corners of the Noble Consort Kang's mouth raised into a trace of a disdainful smile, ”Who cares how beautiful Xue Liuhua is, she's just a bright and beautiful flower in the harem's garden. There will be a day when she wilts, when even more young and beautiful women enter the palace, the Emperor won't spare her another glance.”
”mother is right.”
”You said that Xue Liuhua is the direct daughter of the Prime Minister Xue,” the Noble Consort Kang thought for a moment, then asked, ”What kind of status will the Emperor give her?”
”I don't know about that,” Prince Jin nodded, ”It's just that mother doesn't need to mind.”
The Noble Consort Kang laughed involuntarily, ”I will not mind. In this life, only Liu Chengyun has bothered to think about it, and now, even her ashes cannot be found, so who needs me to mind.”
”Then what about Empress Chen?”
Empress Chen didn't mind at all,” Imperial Concubine Kang said with a smile. ”She had been jealous of Liu Chengyun for such a long time, how could he care about his other concubines? Besides, the emperor only has Liu Chengyun in her heart, why would she care about such a small Xue Liuhua when she sits on the Phoenix throne?
Prince Jin was silent for a moment. Looking at Noble Consort Kang's eyes which were gradually filled with ice, he suddenly kneeled down and bowed: ”Mother, don't worry. This son will definitely live up to mother's expectations and will definitely deliver this beautiful scene to mother.”
Noble Consort Kang was startled, and immediately helped him up, ”What are you greeting me for?”
Prince Jin looked at her deeply, ”Mother, this son knows that you have suffered a lot under the Empress Chen. This son must take back all the suffering from the Crown Prince and Prince Duan.”
Noble Consort Kang's eyes reddened as she said with tears in her eyes: ”The harem's deep night is really hard to endure. With you here, mother does not feel that it's hard to endure, it's just that mother and I must work together and not fall into the trap of outsiders.”
Prince Jin nodded heavily, ”What did mother say to Xue Ronghua and Prince Duan just now?”
Noble Consort Kang wiped off a few tears from the corner of her eyes and laughed: ”I did as you said, I only told you that Empress Chen killed Mrs. Heyi with poison, and didn't even mention anything about Mrs. Heyi being pampered, and pretended that Empress Chen had poisoned the Luan Feng pendant.”
”Then do they all believe it?”
Noble Consort Kang frowned, ”The Prince Duan's face instantly became darker, but Xue Ronghua still asked him a few more questions.”
Prince Jin's gaze dimmed. As expected, that Xue Ronghua was not to be underestimated, she definitely did not believe it completely.
”However,” the Noble Consort Kang asked doubtfully, ”Why did you ask me to intentionally make it so that they would know that you had already come to the palace?”
”and Prince Duan already knew that I was going to try to rob them, and they could also guess that I would enter the palace in advance. Since that's the case, I might as well convince them that I already spoke to you before they came in.”
Noble Consort Kang was still puzzled, ”Why is that so?”
”They have always been on guard against me, why don't we just let them guard against me justifiably,” the Prince Jin said with a shallow smile, ”While being careful of the crown prince, they also have to be wary of me. I would like to see how many hearts they have to watch both sides at the same time.”
”Are you not afraid that the Prince Duan will not cooperate with you?”
”Naturally, he's not afraid. He already knows that his mother was killed by Empress Chen, so he can't help but be worried. Only I can help him topple his Empress Chen and Crown Prince. He has to be on guard against me, but he still has to obediently ally with me.”
The Noble Consort Kang let out a sigh, and was a little depressed, ”Today, I saw myself telling Prince Duan that a Empress Chen had poisoned the Mrs. Heyi, and it didn't seem to have any good effects.”
Prince Jin had a faint smile on his face as he consoled, ”Don't be disappointed, mother. You have a great use for this.
”What's that?”
Prince Jin wiped his lips ambiguously, ”I understand that I must keep this woman, Xue Ronghua, by my side.”
After handing over the Luan Feng pendant for Zhu Tong to inspect, Xue Ronghua and Chu Zongge finally relaxed under her ”no problem” expression.
”Miss, you are underestimating Zhu Tong,” Little Zhui laughed, ”If this jade pendant was poisoned, Zhu Tong would have definitely seen through it a long time ago.”