Princess Linjiang got up early the next morning.
Yinshuang and Qingshuang were both there, helping Princess Linjiang to wash and dress. Just as they announced that breakfast was ready, they heard that Concubine Yu to the west suddenly started making a fuss for some reason.
Princess Linjiang wiped her lips with a handkerchief, frowned anxiously, and ordered someone to go and have a look: "See what happened. If there is anything that the concubine can't solve, just come back to me."
Yinshuang served her a bowl of red dates and bird's nest porridge, snorted and sneered, "Concubines have always been very strict about rules. I don't know what happened today. They made a scene like this. How could they have seen any rules?"
Princess Linjiang said nothing. She lowered her head and ate half a bowl of red dates and blood swallows, then put the bowl down. Seeing that the person who had gone to inquire about the news had returned, she asked, "How is it? What happened?"
The nanny below had a look of gloating on her face. Although she was trying to control herself, she still had a smile on her face as she said, "I heard that when the Third Young Master was paying his respects this morning, something went wrong and he made a scene. Concubine Yu was so angry that she fell backwards... She's looking for a doctor..."
"Eh?" Yinshuang's narrow eyes sparkled: "This is really new. What is the Third Young Master doing?"
"Who knows?" The maid bowed respectfully, "How can we know what the Third Young Master is thinking? We only know that the Third Young Master was very angry and said some disobedient words. The Concubine even broke her favorite vase made from the Ru Kiln and fell backwards. Aunt Peng and others were so scared that they hurriedly pressed her Ren Zhong and asked for a doctor. There is still a big commotion over there."
"Ask a doctor to take a look." Princess Linjiang frowned. "Ask him what happened and why it has become like this. Once you find out, report back to His Majesty and ask for his instructions."
If she doesn't make the decision, then if something goes wrong, she won't be blamed.
Yin Shuang glanced at the nanny and urged her, "Did you hear what the princess said? Go quickly!"
Princess Linjiang was in no mood to eat, so she asked her servants to clear away all the things and then leaned back on the couch to read a book. Soon she heard the noise outside getting louder and louder, so she shouted and waited for Yinshuang to come in, then asked her if there was a noise over there again.
Yin Shuang nodded hurriedly: "Mother Tian went over, and the concubine said that it was nothing, just that the Third Young Master and the concubine had a quarrel and were angry. But just as Mother Tian was about to come back, a servant came in at the second gate with news that the prince had attacked the Third Young Master outside for some unknown reason..."
Yin Shuang couldn't help but get excited, with a smile on her face and shining eyes: "Concubine Yu was so anxious that she thought the news here had spread outside, so she went outside despite her illness."
Too reckless. This is not like Concubine Yu's style. The Prince of Linjiang was furious because of the letter from the prefect of Fuzhou. He felt that his son could not control his philandering and seduced someone else's daughter to elope, and also caused the daughter to get into trouble outside and lose her life. That's why he was furious.
But this anger is still only because his son is ignorant.
He was angry and had beaten his son, but he still had to clean up the mess for his son and be good to his son. But now, once Concubine Yu left, this matter would inevitably be known by Prince Linjiang.
If Prince Linjiang knew, Concubine Yu would have known about this for a long time, but she kept it from him.
So how much of the trust that we have worked so hard to accumulate over these days is left
And since Concubine Yu knew about this, could it be that the girl’s death was related to Concubine Yu
Sometimes once suspicion arises, it is like a spark that spreads across a prairie, with no end in sight.
Princess Linjiang smiled sincerely, which was rare. She shook her head and sighed, "It's really... " She put away the book and told Yinshuang, "Change my clothes. Let's go to the front."
She was a proper princess. She had already known that something had happened in the west and had sent people out to notify everyone. If she stayed in the room at this time, King Linjiang would think that she was deliberately trying to make fun of the west.
It would be better to go and watch the joke openly.
Yinshuang came up and helped her change her clothes, and accompanied her to the study room in the front. The angry roar of King Linjiang could be heard from a long distance away.
Several guards were standing at the door, all at a loss as to whether they should listen or not. When they saw Princess Linjiang, they hurried up to pay their respects.
Princess Linjiang waved her hand, frowned, and asked them, "Who else is inside?"
"The Third Young Master and Master Zhan are..." The leading guard was a little embarrassed, but still told the truth: "Also, Concubine Yu just went in..."
Princess Linjiang hummed, walked past them, opened the curtain and entered the room, then saw Chu Jingan lying on the ground in a miserable state.
Concubine Yu was desperately holding onto Prince Linjiang's arm.
She couldn't help showing a surprised expression, and took a few quick steps to ask King Linjiang in surprise: "Your Highness, what happened? Why did you start a fight when you were fine? An'er is getting older, you should also consider his face..."
Prince Linjiang was furious: "I care about his face?! Respect is earned by oneself, not given by others! He did such a shameless thing, why would he care about his face? If I had known that he would take advantage of the power of the palace to do such atrocities, I should not have indulged him! To the point that he became like this, unruly, and a disgrace to our palace!"
Concubine Yu's face was pale. When she saw Princess Linjiang coming in, she looked at her meaningfully, lowered her head with complicated eyes and cried: "The prince wants to beat me or kill me, and we mother and son have nothing to say, but... the trial still has to decide the severity of the punishment. In the final analysis, this matter is just An'er's youthful recklessness..."
King Linjiang sneered, but hit Chu Jingan hard with the whip in his hand.
"You are young and frivolous?!" He brushed away Concubine Yu's hand, pointed at Chu Jing'an and looked back at her: "He caused someone else's daughter to lose her life and die in a foreign land, but you just brushed it off as young and frivolous. In your eyes, a life is not worth even a beating and a lesson?!"
These words were too harsh. Concubine Yu looked at King Linjiang in disbelief and swayed for a while, almost falling down. But she was from the Peng family after all, so she steadied herself after a while and tried to explain: "That's not what I meant... It's just that the mistake has been made, and it won't help even if you beat him to death, not to mention... Besides, the matter hasn't been concluded yet..." (To be continued)