Chapter 138 Prince

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The two stood quietly for a while. Jiang Zuilan thought for a while and said: "The struggle for imperial power has always been cruel, so be careful."

Li Chu was startled after hearing this, and then continued to walk forward, saying as he walked: "I know."

He smiled and said: "Although I lived a very solid life in Lijiacun, I lacked some direction. But now..." As he said this, the look in his eyes darkened, and he found his direction.

Looking at the determined light in his clear eyes, Jiang Zuilan felt both familiar and unfamiliar.

He couldn't see the expression on her face clearly, he could only see the long eyelashes flickering, as if they were about to flutter away with every movement.

Li Chu looked at her like this and was speechless.

Jiang Zuilan didn't speak either. The two of them walked in tandem without speaking or making any movements. Time passed by little by little, but it wasn't boring at all. They were even very relieved.

Li Chu looked at her back, as if he could feel her body temperature and warmth just by looking at her.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Zuilan turned around and looked at Li Chu, with a slightly cold look in his eyes, and said slowly: "I'm going back."

The two of them walked and chatted. After Li Chu left, Jiang Zuilan returned to her small courtyard.

On this day, news suddenly came from the palace that there will be a night banquet in the Imperial Garden in five days, and courtiers can bring their families there.

Although they didn't say it clearly, all the officials knew that this was to select a concubine for the prince. The prince's concubine had been selected for more than a year, but the concubine Liangdi was vacant.

All the ministers were gearing up and began to prepare. If their daughter became the crown prince's concubine, she would become a noble concubine in the future.

The emperor has given an order that all unmarried family members can come.

When the prince takes in a concubine, the power in the DPRK changes drastically.

The Crown Princess was born in the Prime Minister's Palace. With the Prime Minister protecting her and the Shangshu Palace and the Tutor as her backers, it goes without saying that their daughter can be chosen.

How many ministers will send their daughters to the East Palace in the future?

The prince's choice of concubine was a great help. As a result, most officials in the court would side with him, even if they did not betray his face, they would still want to see the face of the forces behind him.

The next day, the daughters of each mansion received the crown princess's flower book and asked them to come to the mansion to admire the flowers. This is because everyone who visited the flower appreciators knew in their hearts that this was to understand their character in advance.

For this reason, Jiang Shiyan even came over to show off to Jiang Zuilan, "A concubine is a concubine, and you should never attend such a banquet!"

Jiang Zuilan didn't have any reaction to this. The banquet was the most troublesome, and she didn't really want to participate.

"Brother Prince!" Yun Wanxi lifted her skirt and walked quickly to Yun Fengjue's side.

"Here comes Xi'er. Why haven't you seen King Yu recently?"

"I haven't seen Brother Qi recently, maybe he's busy. Where are the ladies?" Yun Wanxi said in a longer tone and smiled meaningfully.

Yun Fengjue's eyes darkened and he smiled, "Your wife-in-law is accompanying those ladies.

Yun Fengjue took Yun Wanxi to the garden. When Yunfeng Jue arrived, everyone had already arrived.

After the girls finished their salutes, Cheng Shuangwu came over with a smile, "What are the Crown Prince and the Eighth Princess talking about?"

"Nothing, just chat." Yun Wanxi raised her eyebrows and looked at Cheng Shuangwu with a smile.

Jiang Shiyan was very unhappy when she saw Cheng Shuangwu asking for favors.

Then he said, "His Royal Highness."

Yun Fengjue looked at Jiang Shiyan with a smile, but the smile was not in his eyes.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, forgot that when we were at the hunting ground last time, a deer almost hit me. It was His Highness the Crown Prince who saved me." Jiang Shiyan was delicate and soft, with a faint blush on her face.

Yun Fengjue's eyes dimmed. He was particularly sensitive to these matters after passing through the assassination at the hunting ground. Although he had eliminated many of King Yu's gang members, he was almost killed in the hunting ground due to this incident.

"Yeah." Yun Fengjue nodded, his expression unchanged.

Jiang Shiyan stared in her heart. Seeing that the prince had no expression, she was a little worried that the prince would have a bad impression of her.

"Sister Crown Princess." Jiang Shiyan's smile was somewhat flattering. Qin Shu nodded. He really didn't want to have too much entanglement with her because she didn't have a good impression of Jiang Shiyan.

Jiang Shiyan had a bad impression, and she also disliked Cheng Shuangwu, a woman who pleased the prince.

No one wants her husband to marry another woman, but she has no choice. These people are all the daughters of important ministers, and they are of great help to Yun Fengjue.

And she also knew that most of these people would move into the Prince's Mansion soon, and she couldn't stop them, and she couldn't stop them.

Cheng Shuangwu glared at Jiang Shiyan coldly, and Jiang Shiyan shuddered, this Cheng Shuangwu! If she had this ability, she would directly make Cheng Shuangwu disappear in front of her eyes!

"Cheng Shuangwu, what are you staring at?" Jiang Shiyan was unhappy when she saw Cheng Shuangwu fawning over the prince, and she directly asked in a bad tone.

"Jiang Shiyan, His Highness the Crown Prince is here, why are you so angry?" Cheng Shuangwu sneered, could you hold it in so quickly?

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, Shi Yan is rude." Jiang Shiyan was stunned and quickly understood.

Yun Fengjue smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, girls always have a little temper. It will be better to restrain themselves in the future."

When Jiang Shiyan heard this, she thought of another meaning. She suddenly became happy and her cheeks turned bright red, "Yes, Shiyan will change it."

"Pass the meal around." Yun Fengjue's polite manner, coupled with his outstanding appearance, instantly captured the hearts of the women present.

In order to win the favor of the prince, these ladies tried their best to keep their best side in front of Yun Fengjue.

Even though Cheng Shuangwu is very likely to become the crown prince's concubine, the other five women are not discouraged at all. Being invited to the crown prince's residence means that Yunfeng treats them differently.

So what if Yun Fengjue likes Cheng Shuangwu? His Royal Highness can only accept one concubine?

Even if you can't be a concubine, you can be Liang Di or something like that.

Moreover, Yunfeng Jue will ascend the throne sooner or later, and with three thousand beauties in the harem, it is still beneficial for a woman to become the prince sooner.

What they have to do now is to divert Yun Fengjue's gaze from Cheng Shuangwu and slowly direct it to themselves.

Yun Wanxi has no interest in their exciting activities. She comes here mainly because of fun and delicious food.

Yun Wanxi emptied her stomach of food and burped, "Brother Prince, I'm going back first."

Yun Fengjue nodded, "Slow down on the road."

A few days later, the selection of the crown prince's concubine was carried out as scheduled. These days, the noble ladies in the capital were very busy. They were busy choosing clothes, jewelry, makeup, and striving for beautiful ones to participate. Everyone wanted to be selected as a concubine in one fell swoop.

At the banquet, all the ladies were beautiful in their own way.

Some have clear brows, some have sweet dimples, and some are naturally soft.

The dresses of these noble ladies are really dazzling. They are fat and thin, each with their own posture, and all of them have bright eyes and white teeth.

After being selected by His Highness the Crown Prince, most of the ladies were overjoyed.

The ministers were also very happy after seeing their daughter selected.

As the banquet began, everyone seemed to be immersed in joy.

After the banquet, Jiang Shiyan was chosen as Liangdi as promised. It had been known for a long time that all the noble ladies were envious and jealous of Cheng Shuangwu, who was chosen as the concubine.

The next day, people from the Prince's Mansion took Jiang Shiyan away. Jiang Zuilan was in the small courtyard and could only hear some knocking sounds.

But she was not interested in any of this. Jiang Shiyan was married, and she had one less trouble.

Jiang Zuilan didn't go to Jiang Shiyan's homecoming party, and she didn't want to participate. To her, they were just strangers with a bad relationship.

Jiang Zuilan's courtyard was remote and silent, and the joy of Shangshu Mansion had nothing to do with her.

Jiang Shiyan was wearing a luxurious dress and knocked on the door. Qiu Yu opened the door. Jiang Shiyan walked in and smiled arrogantly at Jiang Zuilan, "I didn't see the fifth sister during the dinner. The second sister came here to see you."

Jiang Zuilan just glanced at her and saw from the pride in her eyes that her purpose was just to show off.

Jiang Shiyan couldn't tolerate her neglecting her like this, so she walked up to her deliberately and asked, "Why don't you say anything, Fifth Sister? I have become the Crown Prince Liangdi, and I will become a noble concubine in the future. Aren't you happy for me?"

"Let's wait until the second sister can become a concubine." Jiang Zuilan said casually without even bothering to look at her.

"Humph, I knew you were jealous of me! I miss you, a person who cannot marry, and no one will care about you even if you die in this poor house!" Jiang Shiyan seemed to have found some vanity for herself, and stood up

Head left proudly.

Royal Palace.

"emperor!"

"Father!"

Nervous exclamations rang out one after another in the imperial study room, and everyone became a mess. A father-in-law and a young eunuch hurriedly helped the unconscious emperor, and sat down with his limp body.

There was no blood on the prince's face, and he was even more uneasy in his heart. He hurriedly ordered: "Quick! Go and ask for the imperial doctor!"

A young eunuch hurried away, while Prince Yun Fengjue clenched his fists tightly.

The air in the imperial study room was heavy. After a while, many doctors from the imperial hospital came after hearing the news. The head of the hospital immediately checked the emperor's pulse. After a while, with a solemn face, he said that the emperor seemed to be having a stroke. The emperor had suffered a stroke a few years ago.

However, this time it was a relapse of the old disease.

After the head of the hospital gave the emperor acupuncture, he sent the emperor back to his palace, and Yun Fengjue naturally went with him.

The news of the emperor's death spread to every corner of the palace as if it had wings.

Even the young prince, several princesses, concubines, and some clan ministers came after hearing the news.

For a time, the emperor's palace became a mess, and many people were buzzing like headless flies.

Until the queen came out of the emperor's bedroom and said loudly to the noisy crowd outside: "The emperor is in urgent need of rest now, everyone should go back first."
To be continued...