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"The emperor's eldest grandson has arrived, the Royal granddaughter consort has arrived!"

Following the voice transmission, Song Yichen and Shen Kouqing walked in.

She looked straight ahead and saw the princess consort reclining in her imperial concubine chair. Her expression was indifferent, with two maids standing on each side of her, feeding her grapes while the other two fanned themselves, looking extremely displeased.

Looking at her, the princess consort looked to be in her thirties, and her charm still lingered in the air. Although she had a kind face, Shen Kouqing was still able to see the vicious look that flashed past her eyes.

"My son greets mother."

Shen Kouqing also knelt down immediately, and imitated Song Yichen: "My wife pays her respects to mother."

After a long time without seeing the princess consort's response, Shen Kouqing quietly raised her head and looked. She saw the princess consort looking at him with her sharp eyes, and quickly looked away.

"Miss Shen is indeed beautiful, especially her eyes. They are as bright as pearls, truly dazzling!"

The Crown Princess suddenly spoke. She covered her mouth and smiled. The maids around her also laughed. For a while, the room was full of laughter.

It was obviously a compliment to Shen Kouqing, but she heard a sarcastic remark, and could not help but turn to look at Song Yichen, only to hear him say: "mother, Kou Qing is already married to this son, she is Royal granddaughter consort, not Miss Shen."

The Crown Princess waved her handkerchief and sighed, "I am really out of use. I can remember such a big thing, but then again, I didn't see you guys this morning. I really thought I remembered the day of your marriage."

His words were full of confidence, yet his smiling words were like the falling of snow in June.

Shen Kouqing knelt down and kowtowed in a neither humble nor haughty manner as she said, "Princess Consort is mistaken. I slept too late last night, plus I had so many things to take care of, so I woke up today at the wrong time.

The Crown Princess seemed to understand. She spoke in a clear voice, "I have misjudged you. He is the eldest son and the eldest grandson of the king. Since you have worked so hard, when will you get pregnant?"

The two of them looked at each other.

Not to mention if they were serious, just with that broken body of Song Yichen, he would have ran away immediately after the wind blew, no matter how the line of descent was.

However, this was a matter of the room, so no one could find out about it. Although Shen Kouqing did not know what the princess consort meant by that, she could not allow anyone else to see it.

She smiled and said, "Don't worry, Crown Princess. You will have to leave things like this to fate. It's not urgent at all."

Song Yichen coughed lightly.

"I am truly confused. I forgot that all of you are yawning and kneeling. Xiuping, quickly help Royal granddaughter consort up. Last night, you worked hard, so don't get tired."

"Thank you, Crown Princess." Shen Kouqing agreed very impolitely.

Just as she sat down, she saw the princess consort staring at her neck. Shen Kouqing understood what was going on, so she covered his neck unwittingly and quietly pulled at her clothes.

This actions of wanting to cover up his identity just happened to prove the "hard work" he had gone through last night.

"Yi Chen, how is your body? Can it handle it?" The Crown Princess turned to ask Song Yichen.

"Thank you for your concern, mother. I, Kou Qing, have given this son a side dish. This son has used it for many days, the effect is not bad."

Song Yichen and the crown prince's consort had chatted for so long, yet there was no change in their emotions. It was extremely cold, and Shen Kouqing was rather worried just now, but seeing that the crown prince's consort was already used to it, she immediately understood why Song Yichen said that the consort was not easy to get along with.

It seemed like these two were enemies!

"I can't tell, but Kou Qing also knows medicine."

"It would be embarrassing for the Crown Princess to know a little about it."

The sudden change in address startled Shen Kouqing slightly.

She couldn't figure out what the Crown Princess meant.

If they were enemies, then why would they be so hypocritical? Furthermore, Song Yichen did not even have a basic disguise, and the two of them were like strangers that did not know each other.

The Crown Princess yawned and stood up, "Alright, I'm tired. You can go back now."

"Your son shall take his leave!"

"Chenqie will take her leave."

The duo slowly walked out.

Shen Kouqing did not speak the entire time, and only after they had left the crown prince's mansion and entered the carriage did she let out a long sigh of relief.

Shen Kouqing had thought that the princess consort would be angry, so she had even prepared some excuses.

"Song Yichen." Shen Kouqing suddenly said.

He turned his head and looked at Shen Kouqing with suspicion.

"Your mother... "No, has the Crown Princess always been like this?"

"Of course not." Song Yichen decisively shook his head, not hesitating at all.

Shen Kouqing then said: "Then why is she so easy to talk to, if she wants to blame us, then we have nothing to say."

Song Yichen smiled meaningfully, "Have you read about the Thirty Six Stratagems?"

Shen Kouqing nodded and shook her head.

She had read it, but that had been many years ago. She had long since forgotten all about it.

"One of the thirty-six strategies is called capturing someone without a doubt. Have you ever heard of it?"

Shen Kouqing was slightly taken aback, and immediately fell silent.

Song Yichen also didn't say anything else, cracked his lips into a smile, and closed his eyes to take a nap.

Shen Kouqing thought about it, then decided to believe Song Yichen's words. After living together with the princess consort for so many years, he definitely had a thorough understanding of the situation.

"Right." Song Yichen thought of something else, "These days, you have to pay attention to your food and the things that others have delivered. You have to let me see them first before I can use them."

"What are you doing?" The question popped out.

Song Yichen said: "I am not the biological son of the princess consort, there is someone else in her son."

Although it seemed like a long sentence, Shen Kouqing was speechless.

She wasn't an idiot. There was a saying that went like the sea when she entered the palace. Every step she took was meticulous and impossible to guard against. There was no harm in being careful.

And at this time, Ninth Prince's Mansion.

The other side was filled with love, but not over here.

Last night, Shen Koudan had been tormented by Song Yuanhui for an entire night, she was extremely tired, and only slept when the sun was about to rise did she wake up, and went to the palace with everything she had.

Yesterday's matter had already spread, and it was unknown how many people had their eyes fixed on Ninth Prince's Mansion. The moment Song Yuanhui entered the palace, he continuously heard whispers of discussion, faintly hearing his own name.

She was infuriated, but there was nothing she could do. The red spots on her face had yet to fade. This was real evidence, so she had no reason to defend herself.

When they finally arrived at the Empress Palace, the Empress naturally didn't forget to teach Shen Koudan a few things.