In the court, the emperor is worried, and in the inner house, the concubine is making trouble.
In the afternoon, just as Jiang Changning woke up from a nap, Fu Cui rushed in and said, "Princess, Chen Shun'e hanged herself."
"Ah?" Jiang Changning was a little confused, "Who?"
"Those beauties Annan sent."
"Did the person die or was he rescued?" Jiang Changning asked.
"She was rescued, but she still cried out that she wanted to die," said Fu Cui.
Jiang Changning stood up and walked out. "What happened that made her so determined to commit suicide?"
When I walked outside the courtyard where the beauties lived, I heard someone inside shouting, "The princess is here, make way."
Everyone made way for Jiang Changning to walk in, and he saw a beautiful woman crying and trying to commit suicide.
"Chen Shun'e, right? Tell me, why do you want to die?" Jiang Changning asked.
There was no comfort, no persuasion, just directness, which left Chen Shun'e stunned.
"What's wrong? Did you hurt your throat from hanging yourself and become mute?" Jiang Changning walked over and picked up the ribbon on the ground. When he saw the neatly broken end, a sneer appeared on his lips. It turned out that he was pretending to commit suicide to scare people.
"Wow, isn't it enough that the princess has humiliated me?" Chen Shun'e asked indignantly.
"When did I humiliate you? You live in the mansion, with fine clothes and delicious food, and servants serving you, but you don't even need to come to me to set rules. Is this humiliation?"
"I was given to the prince by His Majesty, and I came to the palace to serve the prince, but you, Princess, are occupying the prince and not letting us get close to him. Isn't this a humiliation?"
Jiang Changning sneered, "If you want to serve the prince, go ahead and serve him. I didn't stop you. Why are you looking for faults with me when the prince didn't ask you to serve him?"
"As the mistress, you should have advised the prince to treat everyone equally, but you didn't. Isn't that your fault?"
"So you used this ribbon to commit suicide in order to get you to serve the prince?" Jiang Changning threw the ribbon at Chen Shun'e. "Don't play tricks like this in the future. If it turns out to be true, you will lose your life in vain. Isn't that unfair?"
Chen Shun'e's face changed slightly, knowing that she had been seen through.
Jiang Changning didn't have much impression of these beauties, and he didn't know whether Chen Shun'e had been honest in the past or not. He also didn't know whether she had been patient for a long time and suddenly exploded, or whether she was instigated by someone to do this.
"If you want to win the prince's mercy by seeking death, there would be a long queue by the moat, and it's not your turn to use this trick." Jiang Changning looked at the other beauties who were watching.
Wherever her eyes moved, everyone lowered their heads and looked submissive, not daring to meet her gaze.
Jiang Changning smiled, "As the prince's concubine, if you want to serve the prince, no problem, I'll give you a chance. You can dress up and wait in the back garden on the east road. The prince will come over."
After saying that, Jiang Changning turned around and walked out. "According to the law, the prince has four wives, but there are only two in the palace now. If any of you can be the first to serve the prince, I will grant you the position of wife."
Except for Wang Jiao'e who still looked honest, the eyes of other beauties lit up. They had no name or status now, just slightly better than being a maid. It would be great if they could become a lady.
After coming out of the courtyard, Xiulan had a bitter face. When she entered Rujing Courtyard, she could no longer hold back, "Princess, are you just going to push the prince out to those women?"
Jiang Changning got on the kang, fell on the pillow, and asked with a smile: "Do you remember watching "Journey to the West" before?"
"I remember." Xiulan was puzzled. What did this book have to do with the princess pushing the prince to those women
"The prince is like Tang Monk. All the monsters want to eat his flesh and are keeping their eyes on him." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
Fu Cui chuckled, "Then if the prince goes to the East Back Garden today, wouldn't it be like Tang Monk entering the Silken Web Cave? Hey, Shu Fei, why are you pinching me?"
Shu Fei snorted, "You should eat less pig brains, you are so stupid."
Fu Cui pouted and said, "What does my stupidity have to do with whether I eat pig brains or not?"
Everyone in the room laughed, and then Jiang Changning said with a smile: "It's okay, I know what's going on, go and do your thing."
The temptation has always existed. Now that she is young and beautiful, she can certainly keep Prince Jin.
Instead of waiting for her to give her true heart before he changes his mind, it is better to do it now. At least she has not fallen completely and can still deal with it calmly.
When the Prince of Jin was about to return home, Jiang Changning went to the rockery in the east back garden and took a look with his clairvoyance.
Nine beauties all came, wearing newly made autumn clothes and exquisite makeup.
Prince Jin returned to the mansion, greeted the dowager concubine, and was about to return to Rujing Courtyard. Xiulan came over and said, "My lord, the princess is waiting for you in the east back garden."
He thought of the surprise Jiang Changning gave him on his birthday, and his depressed mood, which had been caused by the emperor's delay in deciding on the trade, suddenly improved.
"You don't have to follow me." Prince Jin hurried towards the east back garden.
Xiulan looked at Prince Jin's back with a gloomy look on her face.
Chang Youzhong was puzzled, "Miss Xiulan, what's wrong with you?"
"No, nothing." Xiulan shook her head and turned to walk towards Rujingyuan.
Although Chang Youzhong was puzzled, he did not chase after him to ask.
Xiulan was the princess's capable maidservant, and she was extremely tight-lipped, and it was not convenient for him to ask further questions.
When Prince Jin arrived at the East Back Garden, he saw a group of beauties.
They all gathered around and saluted him and greeted him.
This one said delicately: "My lord, I miss you so much!"
The one said in a coquettish voice: "My Lord, I will serve you well."
Chen Shun'e glared resentfully at the people who were crowding in front of her and trying to flatter Prince Jin.
She was the one who risked hanging herself, and the opportunity to serve the prince was hers!
"Please move aside." Chen Shun'e pushed the people in front of her and said, "Your Highness, my name is Shun'e, mine."
Before she could finish her words, she was pulled by the person behind her and almost fell down.
On the rockery, Jiang Changning looked expressionlessly at Prince Jin who was surrounded by beauties with her clairvoyance. She was the one who caused this situation, but she felt sad and upset when she saw it.
"Shut up." Prince Jin frowned. He came over excitedly, but when he didn't see the person he wanted to see, he felt like he was poured with a basin of ice water.
Seeing the cold-faced Prince Jin, Wang Jiao'e, who had been standing at the back, thought of Ruan Lizhu who had been dragged away, and almost turned around and ran away.
"Where is the princess?" Prince Jin asked in a deep voice.
The beauties shook their heads, "I didn't see the princess coming."
Did Xiulan lie to him
These people bribed Xiulan, and Xiulan betrayed her
There was a flash of murderous intent in King Jin's eyes. He would never allow Jiang Changning to have such a mean servant around him.
No, Jiang Changning was well-off and generous to his servants. How much money did these beauties have to bribe Xiulan? And impress her
Xiulan didn't lie, Jiang Changning is here.
But what about people
King Jin looked around and said, "Everyone, get out of my way."
He didn't have time to flirt with these beauties. He wanted to find his little princess and ask her what was going on.
(End of this chapter)