Lord Hou and Mrs. Hou did not tell Du Yueli about Shang Bingjun's suspicion.
After all, it was her husband. If she knew that Shang Bingjun had bad intentions, Du Yueli would inevitably be sad. More importantly, even if she knew, it would be of no use. Apart from having one more person to worry about, it would also increase the risk of exposure.
Before Shang Bingjun has any doubts, they should investigate clearly early.
Du Yueli didn't know what her parents were doing, because Shang Wanqing was going to enter the palace tomorrow to accompany Qi Wang to enjoy the flowers, so she took Shang Wanqing to choose clothes and jewelry, so she wanted to dress her up beautifully.
"Qingqing, this garnet red dress is not bad, and the pattern on it is also good, why don't you choose this one?"
The mother and daughter have different aesthetics. Du Yueli likes bright and complicated styles, and the color scheme of bright red and purple is her favorite. She thinks that clothes like this look rich and noble, and they are very flattering to wear.
But Shang Wanqing is different, she likes more elegant colors, most of her daily clothes are emerald green, goose yellow and light blue, she is really insensitive to this bright red clothes.
"Mother, this dress is too gorgeous. I like plain clothes. The lake blue dress just now is good. How about I choose this one?"
Looking at the dress her daughter chose, Du Yueli showed disapproval on her face.
"It would be fine if you wear these clothes normally. You are entering the palace to see His Royal Highness, and now it is the first month of the month. The clothes are too plain and don't look good on others."
Seeing that her daughter still had a face of resistance, she continued: "I know you like these clothes on weekdays, but the palace is no different from the outside, and the rules are more particular. If you dress plainly, what did you do wrong?" The taboo is not good, the little Highness is weak, presumably he likes to see this gorgeous color, when you stand in the snow in red clothes, you will not even be as good as the plum blossoms that are shining and blooming."
Shang Wanqing imagined that scene for a while, and a blush appeared on her face.
In fact, if we say how much Shang Wanqing likes Qi Wang, that's not necessarily the case. In the past, Qi Wang seldom attended the New Year's Eve banquet. At that time, she was also young, and her mother loved her, so she didn't take her to the palace. , because it was the first time Shang Wanqing saw Qi Huang at the New Year's Eve banquet.
To be honest, whether it is Qi Wang's temperament, appearance or his identity, it is hard not to let people have a good impression of him. Among the unmarried young men and ladies in Qinglan City, who doesn't care about the little Highness
Shang Wanqing was born with a beautiful face, and she is also quite talented in Qinglan City. She won the title of beauty with both talent and appearance. In fact, she also thought about who she would marry in the future. , Xu family is no problem.
In fact, Shang Wanqing never thought that he would be involved in any relationship with His Royal Highness, but his daughter's family always wanted to marry a good man. Shang Wanqing recalled what His Royal Highness was wearing that night, and he seemed to like brighter clothes , the clothes chosen by his mother are more in line with his aesthetic preferences.
The little girl went back and forth in her heart, and finally agreed with her mother and chose the red dress embroidered with begonia flowers.
After buying the dress, she went to buy jewelry. Shang Wanqing likes jade, but Du Yueli said that gold and silver jewelry are worthy of that dress, so in the end she chose a set of pure gold hair, and chose a few more Matching jewelry.
In order to make her daughter leave a good impression in front of Qi Wang and finally become the princess, Du Yueli spent all her money and was relentless in buying things. Such a set of outfits cost more than one thousand taels of silver.
However, Du Yueli had a generous dowry, so such a small amount of money was not taken seriously by her. After making a lot of purchases, she took her daughter back to the Annanhou Mansion contentedly.
That night, Du Yueli slept with her daughter and explained to her many things to pay attention to.
"Your Highness has a good temper, but he is a member of the royal family, so you should pay more attention."
"Daughter, please be reserved. Even if your Highness shows some affection for you, you don't have to react so quickly."
"If your highness likes you, then he will definitely ask you out often. There is still a long time in the future, so there is no rush for a while."
Du Yueli talked a lot, and Shang Wanqing remembered everything her mother said.
In this world, mother would never harm her.
The next morning, Shang Wanqing got up early, and Du Yueli led people around her and kept busy for an hour, before she was dressed up beautifully.
Shang Wanqing had never dressed up like this before, and after packing up, she looked at the shy and timid beauty in red in the mirror, and for a moment couldn't believe that the person in the mirror was her.
It turns out that she is so beautiful in gorgeous clothes. Would your Highness like her like this
Du Yueli helped her daughter tidy up her clothes, looked at her in a state of confusion, and said seriously: "Qingqing, you are the best, and you don't need to be nervous when facing your highness, as long as you are normal." Now, if you are too nervous, maybe something will go wrong, and that would not be beautiful."
Mrs. Hou who rushed over early in the morning also nodded, and said: "Your mother is right, as long as you are generous and decent, you don't have to rush to please your highness, your highness is not the kind of person who likes to flatter."
Mrs. Hou and Du Yueli explained a lot of things one by one, and Shang Wanqing wrote them down one by one, expressing that she would not lose the people of Shangshu's Mansion of the Ministry of War and Annanhou's Mansion.
Seeing that it was getting late, the mother and daughter sent Shang Wanqing to the carriage that came to pick her up in the palace, and watched her go all the way.
Du Yueli was very calm in front of her daughter, but after sending her daughter away, she became nervous uncontrollably.
Seeing Du Yueli like this, Mrs. Hou couldn't help laughing: "Yue'er, you are a mother, why haven't you seen such a big storm? The palace is not a place to eat people. Our family Wanqing is so smart, there will be no harm." things."
Madam Hou patted Du Yueli on the shoulder, and took her back to the house.
Just after the gate of Annanhou Mansion was closed, a man in gray clothes hurriedly left not far away.
Shang Bingjun was busy in the yamen, and the servants handed in a letter. After seeing the words written on the envelope, Shang Bingjun's face changed slightly.
He waved back and forth, took out the letter and read it.
After reading the contents of the letter, Shang Bingjun's whole face contorted, and in a fit of anger, he swept all the things on the table to the ground.
Du Yueli is really a good person. He reminded him ten thousand times, saying that his daughter should not have anything to do with the little Highness. Who knew that stupid woman Du Yueli could do such a thing. She really didn't take him seriously. !
Do you really think that His Royal Highness has taken a fancy to Shang Wanqing? That idiot Du Yueli probably thought her daughter could be a princess, she didn't even care how much her daughter weighed!
After the anger was over, there was a deep sense of panic in his heart. He followed that person for so long, but he knew what kind of character that person was. He was a cruel master. If he knew about it...
Thinking of this, Shang Bingjun couldn't sit still, this matter must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise that person will bear a grudge, and he is afraid that something will happen.
Shang Bingjun found his confidants, and after explaining it carefully, he wrote another letter to him, asking him to leave the city as soon as possible and pass on the news.
After sending people out, Shang Bingjun was still very uneasy. After thinking about it, he finally pushed the responsibility to Du Yueli.
If it wasn't for this stupid woman, he wouldn't have faced such a situation. If it wasn't for the fact that Du Yueli was the second lady of Annanhou's mansion, how could he marry her as his wife
"Stupid woman, stupid woman, stupid woman!!"
After cursing, Shang Bingjun felt a little better. He suppressed the anger in his heart and continued to work, but because he was restless, he often lost his mind while working, and his efficiency was frighteningly low.
However, Shang Bingjun's confidants were soon followed by the prince's subordinates, and when they found out that he had gone out of the city, the subordinates immediately assigned one person to report to the prince, and the rest followed that person.
The man naturally didn't expect someone to follow him. After leaving the city gate, he went straight to the hunting ground. His subordinates followed him all the way. When it was dark, they arrived at a familiar place.
"Mr. Li, our lord called the servants to come here, saying that there is something important to report."
After entering the cabin, the big man in black knelt down, took out the letter from his breast pocket, and handed it to the man sitting on the simple chair.
After the man took the letter, he opened it and read it. When he saw the contents of the letter, his face changed suddenly.
"Bold!"
The big man in black shuddered and fell down on the ground in an instant, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, calm down, this matter is not our lord's original intention, it is all the wishful thinking of the housewife, and our lord failed to stop it, so I let the servant pass the news on." here you are."
Li Chu looked gloomyly at the big man in black who was kneeling on the ground, and after a long time, he suppressed the anger all over his body.
"Tell Shang Bingjun that the person I like is something he can get his hands on. Tell him to be careful. No matter what he thinks, he must not let this matter happen. If this matter cannot be done, he should know my intentions." means."
"roll!"
The big man in black took the order and retreated in a hurry. He didn't dare to stay here any longer, so he hurriedly left this place after exiting.
Not long after he left, His Royal Highness's people also retreated silently. They followed behind the big man in black and knocked him unconscious halfway.
It was getting dark outside, but there was no light inside the cabin. Li Chu sat motionless on the chair, thinking of the contents of the letter he had just read, the anger in his heart kept going out. risk.
On the one hand, Li Chu resented that Shang Bingjun didn't know what was good or bad, but dared to let his daughter covet his people, and even had a whimsical idea of marrying Qi Huang as the prince and concubine.
Qi Wang belongs to him, how can they think about it
On the other hand, Li Chu hated Qi Wang's cruelty and indifference. He had only been away for more than a month, and Qi Wang started thinking about other women again.
Is this his feeling? So shallow and so cheap.
In fact, when he left the small courtyard that day, Li Chu was advancing by retreating, and wanted Qi Wang to come to him.
After all, the letter Qi Wang sent to him was full of thoughts and emotions for him, and he obviously loved him very much. If he knew that he had left, with Qi Wang's character, he would definitely come to him like crazy.
Li Chu is sure that as long as Qi Wang sees him again, he will never want to leave his side again, and he can also be with Qi Wang logically and enter the power center of Qi State.
So that day Li Chu pretended to be hurt by what Chang Le said in the letter, left Qinglan City, and came to the place where he and Qi Wang lived for three months.
Li Chu was sure that within ten days at the most, Qi Huang would come to look for him. That innocent little prince couldn't let go of his feelings for him, so he would definitely come back to him.
However, Li Chu guessed the beginning but not the ending. He has been in this place of no shit for more than a month, and Qi Lunong said that he came to look for him, but he didn't even pass a word to him.
Just when Li Chu wondered whether Qi Wang had forgotten him, or something happened, he got the news that Qi Wang was interested in the daughter of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of War, and asked her to go to the palace to enjoy the plum blossoms.
Plum blossom appreciation? Appreciating plum blossoms with a woman? He walked for such a long time, Qi Wang didn't come to look for him, but actually went to admire plum blossoms with an inexplicable woman!
Jealousy gnawed at Li Chu's heart, and his originally handsome face became ferociously distorted because of jealousy.
Li Chu's feelings for Qi Wang are true, he really likes Qi Wang, and he really wants to be with him, a simple and kind little prince.
Even if he had ulterior motives at the beginning, but his intentions were true, Qi Wangqian should never have let him down, Li Chu looked around this humble room, thinking Before, like an idiot, he carefully tidied up the house full of their fond memories, and he felt that his friendship was like feeding the dogs.
He will never allow Qi Wang to disappoint his feelings, Qi Wang is his man, in this life, even if he dies, he can only be his man.
He can't escape his grasp, he can't be with other people.
It seemed that it was time for him to go back to Qinglan City. If the kitten was disobedient, he would pull out its fangs and claws, so that it would know how to obey.
A cold smile appeared on Li Chu's face, and when he thought of the scene of pulling out Qi Huang's teeth and claws, his smile was more bloodthirsty.
He wants to see, without teeth and claws, whether Qi Wang dares to disobey his will.
***
Shang Wanqing is indeed a very beautiful girl, dressed in red, she is even more beautiful than the last time I saw her, after the two met, Shang Wanqing gave Qi Wang a collection of poems, He smiled and said: "Your Highness, these are the poems I wrote in my spare time as I mentioned last time. Please help me to read them. If you can give me some pointers, I will be very honored."
Qi Huang smiled, and said warmly: "I can't give advice, why don't we discuss one or two together, listen to other people's opinions, maybe we will have different ideas."
Shang Wanqing nodded in agreement.
In fact, when she first entered the palace, Shang Wanqing was indeed a little nervous, but after getting along with Qi Wang for a while, those nervousness disappeared.
She felt very relaxed and at ease when she was with Qi Wang, and she relaxed unconsciously. The two of them talked about poetry and painting, admired the red plums together, and then worked together to draw a picture of red plums in the snow.
Shang Wanqing was very happy, she felt that she hadn't been this happy for a long time, and she couldn't finish talking with Qi Wang, even if they just sat together and chatted casually, she felt very happy. full.
Happy time always passed quickly, after dinner, Shang Wanqing was sent back to Annanhou Mansion by the carriage arranged by the palace.
Du Yueli had been waiting impatiently for a long time. After her daughter came back, she repeatedly asked her daughter how they got along with His Highness, and did His Highness say anything to her
After returning home, Shang Wanqing's excitement did not subside. After hearing her mother's question, she chirped with Du Yueli a lot.
"Your Highness is really amazing. His chess skills are super good. I originally thought mine was good enough. After seeing His Highness's chess skills, I realized what it means to have people outside mountains and people outside mountains. It used to be me. So arrogant."
"His Royal Highness's paintings are also very good. The people in the paintings seem to come alive. I asked His Royal Highness how to draw such paintings. He said that if I want to learn, he can Taught me, Your Highness is really too gentle."
"Your Highness's poems are also very good. Listening to his words, I feel as if I have opened my mind..."
At the beginning, Du Yueli was quite happy, but just listening to it, she felt that something was wrong - her daughter praised His Royal Highness for so long, but she didn't show any shyness on her face. His attitude, on the contrary, is a bit like admiring an elder...
Thinking of this, Du Yueli interrupted Shang Wanqing's words, and asked directly: "Then do you think there is a possibility between you and your Highness?"
Shang Wanqing was stunned, a little confused expression appeared on her delicate face.
"What is the possibility?"
After hearing Shang Wanqing's words, Du Yueli's eyes darkened, and she almost fainted.
Before entering the palace, the youngest daughter still looked like a shy and timid little girl, why did her attitude change a hundred and eighty degrees after entering the palace? When talking about the little Highness, I didn't feel ashamed to say it, and I even had a little bit of enthusiasm to make people wonder what to say.
Du Yueli did not give up, and struggled to ask: "Qingqing, you get along so well with His Highness, does His Highness have any other indications? For example, wanting to marry you as a concubine or something..."
After hearing this, Shang Wanqing was startled, and hastily interrupted Du Yueli.
"Mother, you can't talk nonsense. I admire the talent of the little highness, and I have already worshiped him as a teacher, and the little highness has accepted me. From now on, the little highness is my master. How could I Do you have any other thoughts about your master? Don't say this again in the future."
Du Yueli: "..."
apprenticeship? Are there really no problems with her ears
At the same time, Chang Le, who was waiting for Qi Huang to change clothes and go to bed, also asked almost the same sentence.
"Your Highness, do you really have any other thoughts about Miss Shang?"
Qi Wang handed the shirt he took off to Chang Le, and he threw off the quilt and got into bed.
"I have an idea, so didn't I accept her as an apprentice?"
Changle: "..."