The Favored Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(142)

The prince passed a strange stone and saw a woman in palace dress standing in front of him.

Looking at the familiar graceful back, the prince's depression disappeared, and he walked up to hug the woman with a smile. The woman moaned and turned her face, with a pink face and peach cheeks, just like a stunning beauty.

"You dare to come to me at this time, you are really brave!" The prince said, rubbing the soft meat in his hand with his big hand.

"It's at this time that no one is looking at me."

The prince leaned close to the woman's ear and said something obscene, which made the woman shy and hit his chest with her pink fist. The prince laughed, picked her up, and went behind a big tree next to him.

Emperor Hongjing boasted that he was as energetic as a dragon and a horse, but time was not forgiving, and he felt a little uncomfortable after drinking some wine.

He returned to the Qianqing Palace to wash and sit quietly, drink a cup of tea, and take a short rest for half an hour before changing into a dragon robe and returning to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

At this time, the banquet was coming to an end. Emperor Hongjing sat on it for a while, talked with several close ministers, and then went to Changyin Pavilion.

This trip was very grand. On the way, Emperor Hongjing asked Li Dequan: "Where is the prince?"

Li Dequan followed closely beside him and whispered: "I just heard that the prince seemed to have drunk too much and went to the toilet."

Emperor Hongjing snorted and said nothing.

When they arrived at Changyin Pavilion, Queen Wei was already waiting with many concubines.

Amidst the overwhelming "Long live the emperor", Emperor Hongjing sat down next to Queen Wei. Accompanying them in the middle of the second floor of the Yueshi Building, in addition to Queen Wei, several concubines and the crown princess with high status, were the crown prince, Prince An, Prince Jin, Prince Yong and others.

As for the princes, ministers, frontier officials, foreign envoys, and some high-ranking ladies, they were all in the surrounding towers.

Emperor Hongjing said a few words, and the play began.

This play was "Peace in the Four Seas" which was just compiled by the Shengping Office. The play was novel and varied. Even someone as far-sighted as Emperor Hongjing couldn't help but praise it several times.

After one act, Emperor Hongjing still didn't see the prince appear, and he couldn't help but frowned: "The prince hasn't come yet?"

Hearing this, Queen Wei couldn't help but go to see the crown prince.

Zhao Zuo had already been burning with anger, but he had to pretend to be calm: "Grandson has already asked someone to look for him. Father probably drank too much."

"Useless thing!" Emperor Hongjing scolded in a low voice.

Queen Wei sighed in her heart and was about to persuade him, when a delicate female voice came from the side: "Not only did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not come, but the Crown Princess was also not seen. Maybe something happened."

The person who spoke was Concubine Zhang Shu.

This Zhang Shufei is one of the four concubines. She gave birth to Prince Yong and is considered an old man around Emperor Hongjing. She is very respectable in the palace.

Queen Wei originally didn't like to argue with these concubines, but today is Emperor Hongjing's birthday, and the prince is her son. Concubine Zhang Shufei said this, not cursing her.

Her face turned cold: "Concubine Zhang Shufei, if you can't speak, just shut up."

Queen Wei was the Empress Yuan, and Emperor Hongjing always respected her, so she was very majestic in front of the concubines in the six palaces. As soon as she spoke, Concubine Zhang Shufei admitted her mistakes and said: "It's all my fault, and I'm also a little worried."

Worried? What are you worried about? I'm afraid that all the concubines with sons want the prince to be bad, and Queen Wei knows it in her heart. If it weren't for her and His Majesty's young couple, if it weren't for the Crown Prince's fighting for honor, I'm afraid the position of the prince would have been replaced long ago.

"Go find the prince!" Queen Wei ordered.

The eunuch Hong Rang beside her took the order and went down.

She explained to Emperor Hongjing softly: "This child loves to show off, and those court officials toasted him. He probably fell asleep somewhere because he was drunk. When he comes, Your Majesty will punish him."

Emperor Hongjing did not speak.

After about two quarters of an hour, several eunuchs came with the prince.

The prince's face was pale, his expression was panic-stricken, and his walking posture was a little staggering. The Prince of Lu followed not far away, and his face could not hide his excitement.

The Prince of Jin looked over, his eyes fixed, looked at the Prince of Lu, and then looked at the Prince of Yong.

The Prince of Yong seemed to notice the look in the eyes of the Prince of Jin and smiled at him without any abnormality.

The Prince stumbled and knelt down beside the legs of Emperor Hongjing. Seeing his son's cowardly appearance, Emperor Hongjing was even more angry. It was just a little late, why was he so surprised? There were so many court officials and envoys present, and he would lose face for the Daqian Dynasty.

As soon as he looked over, Li Dequan went to help the prince, saying, "Your Highness, you've really drunk too much. Walk carefully."

The prince was forcibly helped up by him, and his fat body couldn't stop trembling. Before he could stand up straight, Prince Lu suddenly spoke, and he immediately slipped to the ground again.

"Just now I saw that my elder brother was in high spirits, and he kept fighting, making that Rupin cry out in pain and beg for mercy. How come he can't stand steadily now?" After saying this, Prince Lu came to the side of Emperor Hongjing and said anxiously, "Father, you don't know what I just saw. My elder brother actually had an affair with your new favorite Rupin."

The gongs and drums on the stage were loud, and the surrounding buildings were cheering, but this place was so quiet that it seemed like no one was there.

No one dared to speak, and they all knew that the sky was about to fall.

The crown prince stood up and was about to say something, when suddenly a burst of hurried footsteps sounded behind him.

With the footsteps, two palace maids ran over with sad faces.

They went straight to the Crown Prince, saying incoherently: "Your Highness, it's bad, it's bad..."

The Crown Prince was startled and wanted to yell.

But before he could finish his words, a female voice spoke first: "Grand Prince, don't scold them. They are also good servants who are loyal to their master. They are..."

She didn't finish her words. She was full of regret, and she stopped talking and sighed.

As if she had finally made up her mind, she looked at Queen Wei hesitantly and said, "Mother, you should go and see."

"What happened?"

"It's the Crown Princess..."

The appearance of Princess Yong was really suspicious. First, the Crown Prince was in trouble. Queen Wei was already uneasy. When she heard that the Crown Princess seemed to be in trouble, she didn't care about anything else.

"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't hesitate!"

"The Crown Princess and the guards were caught having a secret meeting."

Chapter 114

"Before coming to Changyin Pavilion, my mother asked about my sister-in-law. I remembered that my sister-in-law looked a little pale when she left the table before, so I wanted to go see her and come to Changyin Pavilion with my sister-in-law. Because there were several ladies with her at the time, we went together. Who knew that when we went to the East Palace, we ran into something we shouldn't have run into... It was all my fault. If I hadn't let those ladies accompany me..."

The Princess of Yong covered her face with her sleeves and sobbed. She seemed to know that this matter was not a small matter, and because of her, it was exposed, and she was uneasy in her heart. If only her own people knew about it, it would be fine, but the problem was that there were outsiders.

The Crown Princess cheated on someone, which was simply the biggest shame of the Zhao royal family.

A burst of exclamations suddenly sounded: "My Queen..."

But it was Queen Wei who couldn't stand the stimulation and fainted.

The scene suddenly became chaotic. Emperor Hongjing didn't care about anything else. He hurriedly ordered someone to call the imperial physician and ordered someone to carry the queen back to Kunning Palace. Before leaving, he ordered Li Dequan to arrest all the relevant people and wait for him to question.

The chaos in Yueshi Tower naturally attracted the attention of people on the surrounding floors.

Soon someone sent a message saying that Queen Wei's old illness had recurred, and His Majesty had no mood to play and had returned to Kunning Palace with her.

After such a thing happened, the play could not be watched anymore. A group of princes, ministers and ladies left the palace under the arrangement of the eunuch supervisor.

The plays on the other two stages also came to an abrupt end.

It was such a festive festival, but such a thing happened when it was about to end, which always made people feel a little strange in their hearts.

But what happened to the royal family? No one dared to guess. Even if they saw something, they were silent. Among these people, only a few families probably knew what had happened, because their female relatives were detained in the palace and had not returned.

Yao Niang and other female relatives also went to Kunning Palace. Queen Wei was their nominal mother-in-law. The mother-in-law suddenly fell ill, and the daughter-in-law naturally had to show filial piety. But they were all confused and had no idea what had happened, but they felt that the matter might not be as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Before entering Kunning Palace, Yuchan suddenly pulled Yao Niang and whispered a few words. Yao Niang hid the shock on her face, nodded to her, and led them in.

It was already the hour of the dog when Emperor Hongjing came back from Kunning Palace.

Queen Wei was fine, but she was stimulated for a while. However, this fainting triggered her old headache, which was consistent with the statement to the outside world.

After so much time, Emperor Hongjing had regained his usual calmness, so when he walked in, his face was solemn and his eyes were burning, as if he could penetrate people's hearts.

He came to the throne and sat down.

"Evil creature!"

The prince knelt down in front of Emperor Hongjing with a thud and prostrated himself on the ground.

Standing on the side were Prince An, Prince Dai, Prince Yong, Prince Jin and others. All the adult sons of Emperor Hongjing were here, a total of eight people.

"Father, please forgive me. I was just confused for a moment and was blinded by greed. It was because of that concubine Ru that I couldn't control myself..."

Emperor Hongjing kicked the prince and kicked him upside down.

The prince was born fat, and it was obvious that Emperor Hongjing had used a lot of strength in this kick. He was so angry that he was so angry.