Chapter 604

"Oh? Who on earth is that lady that makes your highness so worried? Why haven't you heard your highness mention such a friend before?" Zhao Xiu asked curiously, "seeing that she is pregnant, she must be a married woman. Now she lives alone in the prince's house. I'm afraid people will spread gossip."

"Who dares to talk nonsense? There is no amnesty for killing!" Lin Yixuan said with a heavy face.

That was the person he admired. He tried his best to keep her. If he knew who dared to spread rumors and slander her innocence, he would not spare them.

Zhao Xiu was startled by Lin Yixuan's sudden ferocity, and she was sure that it was not easy between the woman and the prince. I suddenly had a plan. Maybe I could start from this woman and let the prince treat me differently.

He hurriedly looked frightened and said to Lin Yixuan, "I'm sorry, your highness, I didn't mean it. I just thought about the lady's reputation."

As soon as Lin Yixuan finished speaking, he regretted a little. He shouldn't have been so rude in front of Zhao Xiu. After calming his face, he said softly, "it doesn't matter. I won't worry about it. The palace has its own countermeasures. Now I'd better hurry to choose a good gift for your mother. It's not worth the trip."

Although neither of them mentioned it anymore, it still made the atmosphere between them a little awkward.

……

Since Han Xun arrived in the capital of the southern Wei Dynasty, he also directly lived in Lin Xiaochen's second prince's house. He sang and danced day by day and had a hangover in gentle Township night by night. Lin Xiaochen's hospitality, for a moment, Hansen was in a trance.

But when I think of the news of Luo qingluan, I am reduced to such a state that it is so difficult to return to my country, I can't help getting angry with my grumpy temper. Even Lin Xiaochen, the second prince, was criticized by him and ridiculed by him.

But no matter how mean Hanson said, Lin Xiaochen was white and tolerant, relieved and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. At this time, the situation in North Vietnam is critical, and Nalan night has invaded the capital. If your majesty rashly returns home now, wouldn't you be caught in a trap. Your majesty will live here and discuss the next progress when the time is ripe."

"That's my land. If Nalan night really breaks it, it's hard to recapture it. The country is not a country. How can I sleep well?" Hanson pushed away the beauty around him and said angrily, "don't the second prince see that the situation in North Vietnam is bad and want to go back?"

Lin Xiaochen frowned and was slightly angry. If he didn't want to use Hansen's North Vietnamese power to compete for the crown prince, and Bai Yixuan had plans, why should he look at his Hansen's face here?

The hand on the table shook and slowly loosened. Lin Xiaochen still said kindly: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Now we are grasshoppers on a rope, and no one can run away. My prince will convince my father to help your majesty recapture North Vietnam. But at that time, your majesty should not forget our agreement..."

"Don't worry, the second prince. As long as I can recapture the land, I will let the second prince achieve his wish." Then he picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all in one gulp.

Lin Xiaochen understood the same, picked up the glass and drank up the wine in the glass.

With the selected jade Guanyin, Zhao Xiu returned to her house. Before Zhao Xiu could go back to her boudoir to have a rest, she was stopped by the servant girl sent by her mother Feng.

"Princess, the princess is waiting for you. In order to know that you are back as soon as possible, I have asked my maidservant to come and wait for you for a long time."

Zhao Xiu certainly understood what the mother imperial concubine meant. Anyway, the mother imperial concubine didn't find herself. After waiting for the mother imperial concubine to rest, she also wanted to go over to greet her. She directly asked the maid to go with the gift.

Feng used to take a nap at this time, which is an old habit. But today, in order to wait for Zhao Xiu to come back, he has been sitting in the house. Seeing the servant girl coming back, he asked tentatively, "but the princess is back?"

"Mother imperial concubine, why haven't you rested yet? Why don't you talk about it later?" Without waiting for the servant girl to answer, Zhao Xiu then entered the door and complained in a charming voice.

Compared with her brothers and sisters, the little daughter is more clever and has a sweet mouth. She will please herself most. Now the queen intends to let the prince make her a princess. In the future, it will be the queen of the southern Wei Dynasty. How can Feng not care?

"You ignorant girl, the mother imperial concubine is not worried about you and the crown prince. If you can let the crown prince make you a concubine as soon as possible, the mother imperial concubine is like this every day, then why not?" Feng took his daughter and sat next to him, pretending to be angry and laughing.

"What's the progress of today's trip?" Feng asked, returning to business.

Zhao Xiu smiled but didn't answer and motioned the maid to take the gift to the mother imperial concubine. The maid put the gift box on the table in front of Feng and withdrew.

Open the lid of the box and a transparent jade Guanyin is displayed in front of Feng's eyes. At a glance, you know that it is of great value. After looking at Yu Guanyin and his daughter, Feng asked happily, "did your Highness Prince send it?"

Nodded, Zhao Xiu said with a shy face, "the mother imperial concubine still likes it."

Feng, who loves Buddhism, is full of joy. He looked at Yu Guanyin admiringly and said, "Your Royal Highness is really interested and knows what I like. The mother imperial concubine likes this gift very much. Next time you see the prince, you must thank him for the mother imperial concubine."

"Things are well chosen, but..." Zhao Xiu stopped when she thought of the situation of choosing gifts today.

Feng immediately saw that his daughter was in a low mood. He put down Yu Guanyin and said with concern: "what happened?"

After thinking about it, Zhao Xiu still felt that he should tell his mother imperial concubine and said softly, "His Highness the prince always seems absent-minded in the store today. He also asks and answers. He is not as good at talking as before. I don't know if it's because of the lady in his house."

Hearing this, Feng was surprised and hurriedly asked Zhao Xiu, "what lady? Why are you in the prince's house?"

"The prince said he was a friend. Now he is pregnant and lives in the prince's house. It can be seen that the prince's attitude towards her is very special." After saying that, Zhao Xiumei locked her head deeply, but she couldn't understand the reason.

Seeing her daughter trapped by love, the other party is still a pregnant woman. Feng sighed and comforted: "Xiuer doesn't have to worry about it. No matter what her status is, the crown prince can't see her, let alone the emperor and queen will let the crown prince marry a pregnant woman as his imperial concubine. As long as you hold the crown prince well and wait for the time to pass, the crown prince's imperial concubine can only be yours."

As they were talking, Zhao Xiu's brother Zhao Ningyi also came to greet his mother.

"Little sister is here, too. What were you talking about? Why does little sister look a little unhappy?" Zhao Ningyi walked in foolishly, sat on the other side of Feng's family and asked Zhao Xiu, "I heard you went out with the crown prince today. Why did he make you angry?"

He didn't like Zhao Ningyi, so Zhao Xiu avoided him on weekdays. But she was born to the same mother. When she came to ask her mother for peace, she still met several times.

King Wuyang has many children, but only Zhao Xiu and Zhao Ningyi are Feng's own. One is the only daughter and the other is the only son, so she loves them very much.

Knowing that Zhao Xiu didn't like his idle brother, Feng directly told Zhao Ningyi what Zhao Xiu had just said.

"Oh? What kind of woman is this that makes her Royal Highness the prince take such special care of her?" Hearing the mother's concubine say that this is related to a pregnant woman, Zhao Ningyi thought of what the second prince had told him recently. If I guess correctly, I seem to be making great contributions to the second prince this time.

Feng remembered that he had not asked about the pregnant woman and looked at Zhao Xiu blankly.

"She is a very beautiful woman with extraordinary temperament. She has no formality in front of the crown prince. She behaves gracefully and generously. At first glance, she is the origin of a rich family. But the crown prince didn't mention anything related to her identity, even where she is. Before I spoke to her, I was sent away by the crown prince, so I don't know who they are It doesn't matter. " Zhao Xiu said that she liked her character very much. It was so light, as if she didn't care about anything.

But somehow, Zhao Xiu also had a sense of crisis. She also saw that although the crown prince was very kind to the woman, she was somewhat alienated from the crown prince. It is estimated that she had to live in the crown prince's house.

After hearing Zhao Xiu's description, Zhao Ningyi felt that this might be the person the second prince was looking for. He said he had something else to do, so he left quickly and went straight to the second prince's house.

Recently, Han Xun forced Lin Xiaochen to send troops to the southern Wei emperor, which is getting tighter and tighter. Lin Xiaochen also mentioned to his father about sending troops, but he didn't know what his father thought, so he just didn't agree. He didn't know what to take to keep Hanson steady. He was upset.

"Second prince, Princess Chu has news." Zhao Ningyi excitedly walked up to Lin Xiaochen and said excitedly.

Lin Xiaochen was stunned. He hadn't heard from Zhao Ningyi for so long. Unexpectedly, he told Zhao Ningyi that he had news for two days. Lin Xiaochen felt incredible and doubted that he recognized the wrong person.

"Are you sure?" Lin Xiaochen frowned and asked incredulously.

Seeing that Lin Xiaochen didn't believe it, he remembered that he hadn't seen Princess Chu before. He said he was sure. I'm afraid if it wasn't Princess Chu, the second prince would have to kill himself.

"In the family way, I was as like as two peas in my heart."

When he heard that the woman lived in the prince's house, he couldn't think of anyone who could let his eldest brother unconditionally let her live in the prince's house except Luo qingluan.

He was worried about how to hold Han Xun down and not let him continue to urge him to borrow troops. This method came to the door by himself. Lin Xiaochen said with appreciation: "brother Zhao has done a good job. As long as this woman is still in the southern Wei Dynasty, the king must catch her."