The next day, His Royal Highness came back for dinner.
Shen Chuliu looked at him, extremely troubled: "Your Highness, you are now a prince, and I have to bow to you. Can't you make a meal by yourself?"
"Mom, shall we eat fish today?" His Highness the Crown Prince slumped on the soft couch outside without any image...
"You're not afraid of people saying you're not weaned!" Shen Chuliu said angrily.
"If my father doesn't tell me, if my mother doesn't tell me, if my grandmother doesn't tell me, who else would dare? Those in the harem will tell my mother to take care of it, and those in the front court will tell me to take care of it!" His Highness the Crown Prince said domineeringly.
Shen Chuliu had nothing to say, and held his chest while crying red and blue.
"Mom, why are you so worried about this? Aren't you happy eating with me?" His Royal Highness began to act cute.
Shen Chuliu took a deep breath: "What did you think of what you saw yesterday? Did you like it?"
"Mom is making trouble, I don't dare to blindly take my fancy. It has to be suitable, right? But the girl from the Ye family is quite pretty." Qi Yan laughed.
"...Okay, I support your choice, but you... forget it, you will have more than one in the future. Ask your father to choose his wife." Shen Chuliu waved his hand and said sadly.
"By the way, cousin Pei, if I didn't choose her, would you choose her for her? What do you think of Song Yunze? They can definitely talk about it together."
"You haven't made up your mind yet, so you're going to help someone else to arrange a match?" Shen Chuliu glared at him: "Go, go, let's go."
The two girls were laughing and joking, and after a while, the meal was indeed served with fish.
Shen Chuliu pointed at the broken red and fresh green, and shook his head speechlessly.
The two girls stuck out their tongues and laughed.
She said in her heart that the master did it on purpose. She loved His Highness the most.
Today, the fourth prince and the eleventh prince were also dining in Concubine Li De's palace.
It is the rule here to stay silent and silent, so the atmosphere during the meal was dull.
After using it, Concubine Li De sent the eleventh prince to rest, and then sat and talked with the fourth prince.
"How was yesterday?" Concubine Li De asked.
"Very good." The fourth prince didn't know what to answer.
Concubine Li De was also stunned for a moment, and the mother and son fell silent.
After a while, Concubine Li De sighed: "Don't be dejected... in the future..."
"Mother and concubine. In fact, being a prince or an emperor is like that." The fourth prince took a deep breath: "I am not convinced, but there is only one prince. How can I rob him? Do I want to kill my brothers?"
Concubine Li De said nothing.
The fourth prince added: "Mother, it's not easy for you to get to where you are today. Look at the harem, how many people have ended up like that because of fighting. Even Zhenchongyi, the niece of the Queen Mother, can't escape. My son knows that you didn't do too much. So... don't do anything. If your son doesn't become the prince, you can live a good life, and you won't have to go to Cheng'an Temple in the future."
"You..." Concubine Li De didn't know what to say.
"Concubine, while you still can, look back... Look at the harem, except Concubine Qian Shu, who can do bad things without getting into trouble?" The fourth prince sighed.
Concubine Qian Shu is different.
No matter what, my father cannot forget Empress Dowager Feng's kindness.
Therefore, Concubine Qian Shu is still Concubine Qian Shu.
But what if the mother-in-law did something really wrong
Will Father show mercy
What if the mother-in-law touches the prince and his son
"There is only one prince, so giving up is nothing. Wouldn't it be nice for me, you, and the eleventh brother to live well?" The fourth prince looked at Concubine Li De pleadingly.
"Concubine Mother is fighting because she is afraid that you will not be able to live well!" Concubine Li De's eyes were red. "Father, there are more than a dozen princes. Is it possible that if you decide on one prince, you won't want the others? Concubine, don't worry." The fourth prince said.
Concubine Li De nodded and said nothing.
Over the years, she has experienced few failures.
The biggest crisis was the stillbirth.
She was going smoothly, but she was always unwilling to accept it.
From the beginning, she restrained Shen Chuliu and Feng for more than ten years.
Now she doesn't need to be restrained.
She is also getting old, and the emperor comes less and less, and when he does come, he no longer stays overnight.
But if you think about it carefully, Lang'er is right. In the harem, whoever has made it this far is not clean. How could the emperor really not know
"Okay, I understand. Go back and take your brother back with you." Concubine Li De wiped her tears and shook her head.
The fourth prince said nothing more and stood up to call the eleventh prince.
After the two princes left, Concubine Li De sat there for a long time.
Yu Tao poured tea for her: "Master, His Highness the Fourth Prince also feels sorry for you."
"My son is smart, but I can't see through it myself. He is just a reluctant person." Concubine Li De smiled bitterly.
"Ever since I entered the palace, I have been rude to the Feng family. Because I know that if the Feng family fails, the emperor will not like the marriage between the Wu family and the Feng family. Because of this rudeness, because my background is not bad, and because I can By keeping the Shen family in check, I will be promoted step by step."
"I have a strong stomach, so my position is secure. You know Yutao, the emperor didn't really look at me until I was granted the title of concubine. Before that, I was just someone's foil. What don't I understand?"
"Master, there are some things that I shouldn't say, but I can't bear it. How happy were you when you were young? Over the years, you have thought about it over and over again, and you have actually lost that freedom and ease. Our Highness, don't you? What about being a prince? Isn’t it better to be a favored prince? Is it so easy to live in the world? "
"As His Highness the Fourth Highness said, you don't need to go to Cheng'an Temple. You are still the high-ranking Concubine Li De. In the future, even if you are... You have two princes, no matter who takes that position, don't they have to treat you favorably? Why do you bother to go? Digging into the bull’s horns?”
Concubine Li De laughed: "You are right. When I was young, I was cool and didn't care about anything. It was me who misled myself. People, once they start to look forward and backward, they will not live well. These days Years ago, I restrained myself.”
"So Master, you have to think openly. Shengfeng will not stay with one person. This is what you said to the slave." Yu Tao said.
Concubine Li De laughed again: "That's what I said. There is no need to support Ma Baolin in the future. The emperor will come when he comes, and forget it if he doesn't come. I am not the only one in the harem who cannot wait for the emperor."
Concubine Li De was smiling when she said this.
But her eyes were red, and everyone could see the sadness inside.
Yu Tao knew that the master was not totally without friendship towards the emperor. It's a pity that what I didn't get when I was young is the same now.
It's just... What's the point of forcing something that you can't ask for
This is true of divine grace, and so is the position of prince.
"Set a table for me tonight. I want to drink some wine. You can drink with me." Concubine Li De wiped away the tears that accidentally fell and smiled.
Yutao responded.
She thought her master was feeling uncomfortable, so she might as well drink some wine and take it slow.
Just look away.
There is nothing that can't be overcome. Even if you can't get through it, you have to get over it. Obsession can really kill people sometimes.
(End of chapter)