C101 (1/2)
”She's right. Even if it's Prince Consort Ma, he has to return to the Great Qin Nation to look for him. Why would he need those foreign races from Chiron?” The Empress Chen agreed.
The crown prince embarrassedly touched his nose, ”It's still up to little sister to decide who will be the Prince Consort. It doesn't matter if she likes Chiron.”
Empress Chen rolled her eyes at him, ”Do you think that Ling Yun is as fearless as you?” She looked at him with suspicion, ”Why did you come so late?”
The Crown Prince stammered, ”I... Uncomfortable … ”A bit late.”
Empress Chen did not believe him, ”You aren't looking for dancers again, are you?”
”I haven't,” The Crown Prince shook his head, ”I've been reading history books recently, so I don't have the time to read dancers.”
A hint of disdain flashed past Empress Chen's eyes, ”If only you had half of the Spirit Cloud.”
”The emperor has arrived!” An anxious cry sounded from outside the hall, and it seemed that he was in a hurry to receive the carriage.
The three people in the palace were all startled, their hands and feet in a mess as they pushed the stiff Xianghe into an inner room. Chu Lingyun, still in a state of shock, steadied her breathing and looked at mother.
Chu Lingyun hid the panic on her face and bowed respectfully: ”... Your daughter greets Royal Father. ”
”You've returned to the palace, why didn't you come to the Imperial Study first? You should at least send someone to inform me, allowing me to rush over here in a hurry.”
Chu Lingyun struggled a little in his embrace, ”Royal Father, your daughter has yet to change after entering the palace.
”The Royal Father watched you grow up, what's there to be embarrassed about,” the emperor fondled her chin and looked at the empress resentfully. ”You too, why didn't you get someone to tell me that she's in the Changchun Palace?”
Empress Chen said with a smile: ”It was Lingyun who did not let chenqie say so. She wanted to change into a clean set of clothes tomorrow and go see the emperor.”
”Tomorrow?” The emperor gritted his teeth. ”Fortunately Zhen came earlier, otherwise I would only be able to see you tomorrow.”
Chu Lingyun pouted and said: ”Royal Father, daughter has not seen Royal Father for quite a while, I really miss you.”
Father really wants Yun'er, too,” the Emperor said, tears glistening in his eyes. ”Did Yun'er have a good time in the West? I feel that Yun'er has lost a lot of weight. Did he not eat properly?
The Empress Chen comforted her: ”Chenqie also thinks that Little Yun has slimmed down …”
”Someone come,” the Emperor shouted towards the door. ”Prepare a banquet for the Royal Kitchen people to prepare carefully, tell them that the princess has returned.”
The eunuch beamed and said, ”So it turns out that the Princess Poyang has returned. Where can we prepare the emperor's banquet?”
”Royal Father,” Chu Lingyun said as she took his arm, ”The three of us haven't eaten together for a long time, why don't we put it on Changchun Palace?”
”Just as Princess had said, put it on the Changchun Palace,” The Emperor held her fingers lovingly and said, ”It was not easy to come back from the Chiron, you have to accompany the Royal Father more.”
Chu Lingyun smiled and leaned on his shoulder, ”Then your daughter will stay by Royal Father's side everyday, don't be annoyed with your daughter.”
”How could that be,” the Emperor rubbed her little head, ”The Royal Father would like to have you turn into a jade pendant so that you can keep it by your side every day.”
Tonight, the moonlight was extremely beautiful, like a fragmentary diamond that filled half of the night sky. Xue Ronghua and Chu Zongge walked along the small garden opposite of the Xinyang Hall. Mu Furong's fragrance was drifting further and further in the air, and was dispersed by the night wind.
”You sent Zhu Tong to investigate about the Prince Jin. How is it going?”
Chu Zongge lowered his eyes in disappointment, ”I didn't find anything. The crown prince's residence, the Eastern Palace and the Changchun Palace didn't seem to have any clues.
”Just like the Noble Consort Kang s of the Weiyang Palace,” Xue Ronghua said as she looked on, ”The Mrs. Heyi s of the Luan Feng Palace are also like this.”
”They were all killed by poison,” Chu Zongge frowned suspiciously. ”Where did Empress Chen get such great abilities from to be able to use poison that even the royal doctors could not detect?”
”But Zhu Tong noticed it,” Xue Ronghua said thoughtfully, ”Could it be that only someone with Chiron can detect the poison?”
Chu Zongge walked for a few steps in silence, then suddenly saw that his Changchun Palace was lit up, and from time to time, sounds of laughter could be heard coming from the palace.
”Esteemed guests are coming, is the Empress Chen hosting a feast?”
”I'm not too sure about that,” Chu Zongge said as he raised his eyebrows. ”The Changchun Palace has always been cold and desolate, and now that it's so lively and extraordinary, I'm afraid it's a scene that only the Emperor would want.”
”Consort Hua is carrying a dragon embryo, so the emperor normally uses it for his evening meal,” Xue Ronghua stuck her head out, revealing a banquet in the middle of the trees. A few blurry shadows were piled together, and she could vaguely make out the crown prince's silhouette, ”What kind of noble guest would be coming to our door, to invite the emperor over from the dragon embryo's side?”
”I have never heard of the Queen inviting any esteemed guests that could affect the Emperor's life,” Chu Zongge tidied up his clothes. ”We have already passed the palace, if we did not enter, others would say that we do not know how to behave.”
nodded in agreement. Empress Chen never liked Prince Duan, don't let the people from the Changchun Palace see that.
The emperor personally poured a cup of wine for Chu Lingyun. ”This was brewed by our Board of Wine on spring day. You love ice-cold things the most, let's see how it tastes like.”