Chapter 4 Audacity.(1/2)
Chen Fang gave Prince Yu a few words. After all, he was an acquaintance with Princess Nihuang, and of course he didn't want her to make any mistakes.
"Thank you sir for planning for me."
Xiao Jinghuan was very excited at this moment. He no longer cared about how Chen Fang knew about the prince's plan, and he even knew about such secret things in the palace.
These are not important and will be discussed later.
It's incredible that such a plan could be planned in such a short period of time. Now King Yu feels that Mei Changsu is not very good either.
Of course, Chen Fang would not enter the harem. In the play, we don’t know how Mei Changsu got in. Doesn’t he know that there is a difference between men and women?
Isn't this nonsense, screenwriter? Chen Fang can understand what you said about other people, but Mei Changsu is a grown man and not a relative of the emperor. Is it too much to enter the harem?
"Sister, what are you going to do?" Mu Qing said, he didn't know where this group of people were going.
"Qing'er, you came just in time. We are going to pay our respects to the Queen Mother. Please come with us."
Nihuang had no ink marks and said directly like an order. Although Mu Qing is the prince and she is the princess, logically she should listen to Mu Qing. However, due to years of blood suppression from her sister, Mu Qing has always obeyed Nihuang.
"Okay, sister! I've met the prince, I've met Prince Yu!"
At this time, Mu Qing seemed to have just seen the two of them, and quickly saluted. Of course, he only discovered this after his sister reminded him.
The prince waved his hands, but there was a trace of sadness on his brows. He was mainly worried about his mother and concubine's next arrangements. If Mu Qing followed, it would not be possible.
But at this time, King Yu came up with an assist.
"Mu Qing, since you went to Yunnan, this is your first time back to Beijing. You and I will have a nice drink later."
This... Mu Qing and Ni Huang were stunned, as were Mei Changsu and the prince. How could Prince Yu ask Mu Qing to drink? This is unscientific and unreasonable.
"This...His Royal Highness Prince Yu, I..."
Mu Qing looked at her sister in embarrassment, and King Yu had already taken action, seeing that he was holding Mu Qing with both hands. If he didn't go drink today, it seemed that he really wouldn't be able to leave.
"Qing'er, since His Highness Prince Yu has invited you, just go with him."
Nihuang didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in King Yu's gourd, but she could only agree to it. After all, King Yu was now at the height of his power in the court.
Seeing that his sister had said this, Mu Qing could only agree. The prince felt relieved now. Without Mu Qing as an obstacle, things would definitely go much smoother.
Little did he know that this was a big hole planted by King Yu for him. If Mu Qing followed, how could the prince act?
After the group entered the palace, King Yu directly asked someone to send a message to the queen, saying that there was no need to invite Princess Nihuang to a banquet later, and he made some preparations.
According to Chen Fang's words, this in itself is useless, it is better to show up later to save the princess.
King Yu thought it was very reasonable, so he agreed.
After walking through the long and winding palace corridor, passing several towers, stepping up steps, and passing through the chamberlain, the group finally arrived at the Empress Dowager.
The Crown Prince and Prince Yu were the first to greet him. After the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager dismissed them with a few words, they left. However, before Prince Yu left, he pulled Mu Qing with him.
It doesn't matter whether he wants it or not at this moment.
Just like in the play, when Nihuang met Mei Changsu, the Queen Mother called her by the wrong name, calling "Su" instead of "Shu".
"It's Xiao Shu."
The Xiao Shu mentioned by the Empress Dowager was Lin Shu, which made Nihuang tremble in her heart. She naturally remembered the person from back then.
"Xiao Shu, you have lost weight." The Empress Dowager looked directly at Mei Changsu, her voice full of confusion and distress.
When Mei Changsu heard this, her heart surged. She slowly raised her head and looked at the best old lady in the world.
Grandma, I'm back. This old man loves him very much. Mei Changsu's biological mother is Princess Jinyang, so she is also a royal relative.
Nihuang took a deep breath and nodded. When she was about to say something, Mei Changsu unexpectedly grabbed her hand.
It just felt very familiar at that moment, but fortunately Concubine Yue changed the topic.
"Mr. Su is a great talent who is famous all over the world. You are the only one who calls me "Little Su" when we meet. Mr. Su is stunned when you call him "Little Su."
After hearing Concubine Yue's explanation, everyone did not mention the name Xiao Shu again. They just thought that the Empress Dowager made a mistake because everyone knew that Lin Shu was taboo to the emperor.
Now Mei Changsu didn't know that someone wanted to use "love strings" on the princess, because Chen Fang's appearance directly disrupted everything.
In the play, it is Princess Liyang's letter of complaint. At this moment, she is also struggling with whether she should tell Nihuang or not.
........
After staying in the hall for a while, Mei Changsu and Nihuang left the hall. Although Nihuang had something to ask, he didn't know how to ask.
"Princess, the imperial concubine would like to invite you over for a banquet."
A palace maid came and said, this imperial concubine naturally refers to Yue Guifei, she is a noble concubine in the palace.
"Well, let's lead the way."
Nihuang hesitated for a moment and then agreed. She was one of the top ten masters on the Langya List. Besides Commander Meng Zhi, who else in the palace could be her opponent.
Going to meet a Yue noble concubine was of course not a problem. The main reason was that the other party was the prince's biological mother. Nihuang couldn't shirk it at all. She had to think about the Yunnan Palace.
Mei Changsu subconsciously felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. The corners of his mouth moved, but he still didn't say anything, so he could only wait outside the palace wall.
.......
King Yu pulled Mu Qing and went directly to the Queen. The Queen was not King Yu's biological mother but his adoptive mother. However, because King Yu's mother died young, the Queen had always been raising King Yu.
"I've met my mother."
"I've met the Queen."
"Well, Jing Huan...Prince Mu, please sit down quickly. I don't have that many etiquette here."
The Queen said with a smile, and King Yu nodded and prepared to sit down.
"Empress, please call me Xiaoqing. This Prince Mu really sounds a bit..."
Mu Qing felt a toothache, and the prince felt something didn't sound right, especially when facing the queen.
"Okay, okay, then I'll call you Qing'er."
The queen nodded, why did Xiaoqing feel like a woman? She was called Princess Nihuang.
"Thank you, Queen."
Then the queen began to arrange a banquet. The current banquet was just a few dishes and wine, which was definitely not as good as the banquets of later generations.
But it is already a luxury nowadays. The productivity in ancient times was like this, and the common people outside could not even have enough to eat.
Of course, the queen is the main one, because her status is high enough. Logically speaking, her status is only lower than that of Emperor Liang. However, the prince is not her son, and she has never been favored, so her status in the palace is a bit strange.
Even Concubine Yue can actually ride on her head. If it is true, she is the wife, Concubine Yue can only be regarded as a concubine.
King Yu gave the queen a look, and the latter nodded knowingly.
"Qing'er, my servant just saw that your sister seemed to have gone to the Yue Concubine's place for a banquet. Is everything going to be okay?"
As a woman, it is natural for the Queen to have these worries.
"Thank you, the Queen, for worrying. My sister will be fine. Besides, this is the palace!"
Mu Qing has nothing to worry about. This is the palace compound. Who the hell has eaten the guts of a leopard?
"Haha, that's right. As a woman, I think more..."
The queen smiled "self-deprecatingly", and then a palace maid came in to report. Of course, this was prepared long ago.
"Report to the Queen..."
The maid was hesitant, wanting to say something but not daring to say it. King Yu and the Queen saw that the maid was acting well.
"That's what you said."
"That's it, the Queen, Your Highness Prince Yu, Prince Mu... Just now the foreign minister Sima Lei entered Concubine Yue's palace... and some people heard something lingering.
....."
The palace maid finished speaking intermittently. This was originally what the queen told her to say, and she had to do it in front of Mu Qing.
Mu Qing didn't know what Qingsi Luo was at all: "Your Highness, what is Qingsi Luo?"
King Yu glanced at his mother, pretending to be embarrassed and whispered in Mu Qing's ear.
.........
"Ah, this...what exactly does Concubine Yue want to do?"
"Oops, the princess is in danger."
King Yu pretended to suddenly realize it, but Mu Qing still didn't understand, so King Yu explained it, and Mu Qing's expression changed drastically.
Then he walked out of the palace without caring, wanting to check on his sister immediately. The Queen and Prince Yu smiled.
"Queen mother, let's go and take a look, otherwise Mu Qing won't be able to enter the gate of Zhaoren Palace."
"Okay, Jing Huan, we, mother and son, must make the Yue family suffer some hardships today."
"The queen is wise."
The two of them took their troops and hurried to Zhaoren Palace. Just as King Yu said, Mu Qing couldn't get in at all and was having a dispute with the guards of Zhaoren Palace.
You are a foreign minister, you want to break into the palace of the emperor's concubine, what exactly do you want to do?
To be continued...