C49

When Chu Qinghuan woke up, it was still early. She was the only one on the bed.

"Miss, why did you wake up so early?" When thrush saw Chu Qinghuan coming out, he was slightly surprised.

She didn't know why, but the Miss never let them. Nanny Zhou had told the young miss about this before, but in the end the young miss only smiled lightly and did not speak again.

No matter how much a servant cares about his master, he cannot go beyond his master. Nanny Zhou would also not mention about the night watch anymore. This way, the entire Prime Minister's residence would be at ease just like Chu Qinghuan, and many little girls would cram their way here to serve him.

Chu Qinghuan nodded, seeing the thrush coming over from the outside, she could not help but ask: "Is big brother awake?"

The thrush knew that Chu Qinghuan was the most concerned with Chu Wenzhang, and upon hearing that, she quickly said: "Not yet, I have Zhao Fen taking care of her, Miss can't have any mishaps entering the palace today."

Chu Qinghuan could not help but laugh when she heard this, "It's alright, it's not like there's a dragon lagoon or a tiger cave."

She had experienced Blade Mountain Flame Sea Guild before, so why would she be afraid of this palace banquet? Moreover, this time, the most eye-catching person was not her, but Madame Jinguo's only daughter, Xue Jinlian.

The carriage of the Prime Minister's residence was spacious and comfortable. Even if there were one or two more people in the carriage, it would not feel crowded.

"Is Second Elder Sister disdainful of talking to me?"

Chu Changxi was very pleased, everyone in the Palace thought that she would not be able to make it out of the palace banquet this time, but First Madame had long given her a peace of mind.

Although she had been a bit nervous these few days, she couldn't help but feel proud as she sat in the carriage.

Chu Jinfu had originally planned to follow Chu Qinghuan around, but she was called away by the First Madame. To be honest, facing Chu Changxi who was in such a state, she would rather listen to Chu Jinfu nagging at her about some trivial things.

"Third Sister has misunderstood, I am just a little tired." She had been tormenting herself for the greater part of the night. She had woken up earlier that morning, and the carriage was shaking slightly. It was due to her drowsiness.

Hearing that, Chu Changxi snorted, she just looked at Chu Qinghuan's ordinary clothes, even though she was wearing new clothes, she looked like a mountain chicken, she could not help but look down on her, and did not try to argue with her.

When the carriage stopped, Chu Qinghuan opened his eyes immediately, startling him. In that moment, he seemed to have seen the killing intent in Chu Qinghuan's eyes.

The carriage outside the palace had already stopped by a stretch, so when Chu Qinghuan got off the carriage and saw the vermilion palace door, her expression tensed up.

In her previous life, she had made too many mistakes. She had even spent her entire life in this palace.

Now that he was faced with the red wall and the yellow tiles again, the hatred in his heart didn't melt at all. Instead, it only increased a bit.

"Second Elder Sister, Second Elder Sister …"

There seemed to be someone calling his name by his ear. Chu Qinghuan frowned and turned to see Chu Jinfu looking at him anxiously. She asked: "What's wrong?"

"Second Elder Sister, what happened to you just now? "It's as if he's a demon."

Chu Jinfu's heart still palpitated with fear. Just now, her Second Elder Sister's eyes seemed to contain an irreconcilable blood hatred that made her feel a chill in her heart, but also a pain in her heart.

"It's nothing. I'm just a little surprised to see how vast the Royal Capital is. Let's go."

Seeing that the First Madame in front seemed to be a little impatient, Chu Qinghuan calmed her heart and followed Chu Jinfu to the imperial garden.

Just as she was walking, Chu Qinghuan suddenly felt something strange. This was not a road to the imperial garden, but …

First Madame was currently whispering to He Chujinxiu, as if explaining something. Chu Jinfu seemed to have noticed Chu Qinghuan's confusion, and could not help but laugh: "Second Elder Sister, are you seeing things? Let's go to the Misty Hall first. "

Suddenly, Chu Jinfu felt that she was a little unclear about what she had said, and she added: "I pay my respects to Concubine Xian."

Sure enough, Chu Qinghuan revealed an understanding smile.

The Concubine Xian Song Ning Lan, the Anping Marquis's cousin, the Sixth Prince's Matriarch, all of these could not match up to his other name … Emperor Xuanwu's concubine!

Emperor Xuanwu had a lot of pets, but in the past few years, the one who had the limelight was Xian Consort Song Ning Lan.

The Misty Hall was not luxurious at first glance, to the point where Chu Qinghuan almost thought that the Xian Consort only got a false reputation. However, when she saw the Xian Consort that was slowly approaching under the escort of Gong'e, Chu Qinghuan suddenly understood why Emperor Xuanwu had actually favoured the Xian Consort for so many years.

There were many beauties in the palace, and even more so, there were countless young ones. However, only a few of them knew what the beautiful meant. It was obvious that the Xian Consort was one of the few, which was why sshe was able to stand at the top, which was why he had the power to fight against the Empress!

Before First Madame bowed, Xian Consort had already walked over and personally supported her: "I thought that I would only be able to see Sister in a while, I didn't think that it would actually be this time that Sister came to visit me."

Hearing that, First Madame laughed, and pulled Chu Jinxiu's hand: "Isn't it because the embroidery said that it's been a long time since we last met, and it's come to visit Empress?"

Chu Jinxiu bowed and continued, "Empress, look, mother is teasing me again."

Xian Consort chuckled upon hearing this, then pulled Chu Jinxiu's arm and started walking out. "It's getting late, let's go take a look at the excitement at the Tai Chi Lake."

This time, the palace banquet was set at the Supreme Pond Pond, and there was also the topic of the palace banquet. The Supreme Pond and the Imperial Garden were right next to each other. It had always been the most lively place in the palace.

By the time they arrived, it was already a scene of flourishing flowers and was bustling with noise and excitement.

"It's good luck to be in Concubine Xian. Madam Song has come late. Look and see. It's only been a few days since we last met, but Eldest Miss has become even more beautiful."

Chu Qinghuan couldn't help but laugh. Qian Shi was flattering her husband in the same way as him, but she was being generous and respected him very much.

Chu Jinfu realised and held Chu Qinghuan's hand as they walked out, "Ignore her, her mouth is full of disgusting words."

He knew all of these women. In fact, disregarding his previous life, when Old Mistress was on her birthday, most of these people had gone to the Xiang Fu to pay their respects, and most of them knew him. It was just that now, there were no Old Mistress to support him and it was impossible for them to not want to curry favor with him. Furthermore, there was a Xian Consort behind the First Madame.

After all, the Prime Minister was currently below two people and above ten thousand people.

"That is the daughter of the Department of Revenue's Advice, Master Cao. He is fourteen years old this year and specializes in brewing tea."

The household's Advice was fat, maybe because of this, Cao Qianjin was slightly plump, his round, jade-like appearance somewhat pleasing.

"That is the Third Miss of the Ministry of War, the Liu Family. It is said that all of them are skilled in zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. It seems that big sister's name is coveted by many."

When Chu Jinfu said this, she sneered, Third Miss Liu was having fun with He Chujinxiu, as though she hated him for being late.

Chu Qinghuan could not help but smile, that's right, Third Miss Liu was two years younger than him, and had the qualifications to be ranked amongst the three beauties in the capital. Moreover, in her previous life, Huangfu Shu had taken her as her secondary concubine when he was trying to gain control of the military power.

At that time, she only felt extremely sad, but now that she thought about it, she felt that it was funny. Third Miss Liu was not someone who was easy to deal with, she probably gave Third Prince's Consort Chu Jinxiu a lot of trouble, right?

"That one is …" Chu Jinfu's eyes lit up, as if she had seen something funny, she pulled Chu Qinghuan along and laughed: "It's going to be interesting now, Liu Dantong is here too."

Chu Qinghuan looked over, she was like jade, her green robes made her look extremely prideful, as though no one else other than the number one genius in the capital, Liu Dantong, could enter her eyes.

Chu Qinghuan noticed that Chu Jinxiu's face changed slightly. Even though she was still talking to Third Miss Liu, her gaze would occasionally fall on Liu Dantong, and it was obvious that she was paying attention to Liu Dantong.

Just as she was thinking, she felt her body becoming lighter, and was pulled by Chu Jinfu to walk in front of Liu Dantong.

Suddenly, someone blocked his way, causing Liu Dantong to frown: "Who are you?"

She had seen Chu Jinfu before, it was just that the Fifth Miss had always been a proud and willful person, there were not many people in the noble women's circle that could enter her eyes, the person in front of her seemed to be highly regarded, even Liu Dantong could not help but to stare at her.

"Sister Liu, this is my Second Elder Sister, and she is also talented." Chu Jinfu pushed Chu Qinghuan forward as if she was a treasure, catching him unprepared.

If it were a few days ago, she would have thought that Chu Jinfu was looking for an opportunity to take care of her. But in the past few days, Chu Qinghuan had clearly understood it. Although she was still cautious, it didn't affect her love for Chu Jinfu at all.

"Fuer is rude, I hope Miss Liu does not take this seriously."

Liu Dantong frowned slightly. Just as sshe was about to speak, he heard the eunuch sing, "Empress has arrived."

Chu Qinghuan couldn't help but look over, to see Empress Liu dressed in a phoenix robe, with Zhuang Shufei, Noble Consort Chen and the others following behind him, accompanied by two young and beautiful girls. Chu Qinghuan's gaze immediately turned cold, her hands unconsciously clenching into fists!

And if the person to the left of Empress Liu was not Huangfu Wushuang, then who was it!

"Second Elder Sister, Second Elder Sister …"

Chu Jinfu called out softly, but unexpectedly, she did not seem to have heard him, and was only looking straight at him!

"Empress is thousands of years old."

Amidst the crowd of kneeling shouts, Chu Qinghuan finally regained her senses, but she realized that all of the surrounding people were kneeling down and bowing, while only he himself was still standing here, and even had her eyes fixed on Empress Liu.

The Empress Liu frowned slightly. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a delicate laugh, "I was wondering who was so rude. It turns out it's Prime Minister Chu who brought over the Concubinage from the countryside."

Once these words were said, everyone could not help but look at Chu Qinghuan with some disdain. Even Liu Dantong could not help but frown, as if she did not understand what was going on.

The Empress Liu heard and asked softly, "Qian Er, what nonsense are you talking about?"

The Princess Pingyang was Huangfu Yunqian's beloved daughter. He Chujinxiu was very close with his and had never been on good terms with him.

This subject's daughter is terrified, this subject's daughter has been living in the countryside for a long time. Chu Qinghuan kowtowing made the Empress Liu very surprised.

If there really was no etiquette, then this etiquette was several times more perfect than that of those who had walked in the palace for many years. Furthermore, if he truly was a villager, he would have long been scared stiff by Qian Er's taunt, how could he be calm?

"Empress take a look, she really is a good child who understands manners. Qian Er, if you had the rules of, even the Emperor would not have such a headache."

When Chu Qinghuan heard this, he could not help but frown. The person who spoke had a smile on his face, and was a gentle person.

Zhuang Shufei had never failed to be a good person in her entire life. A gentle, virtuous and virtuous person, even in the Empress Liu, would be looked down upon by Emperor Xuanwu, but Zhuang Shufei had never been like this.

Amongst the concubines, Xian Consort Song was the most favored, but she was the one who received the most respect from Emperor Xuanwu.

Thus, when she said these words, the crowd treated it as a joke and started to laugh. However, Chu Qinghuan was secretly laughing in her heart. With Shu Xian's good reputation, even if Zhuang Shufei's words pushed him into the sea of fire, others would probably not think so.

As expected, her ice-cold gaze was like a blade as it fell on's body. She did not even need to raise her head to know that the undisguised gaze was coming from Huangfu Yunqian.

Emperor Xuanwu was the most doted on princess, and the most chosen one was not Huangfu Yunqian, but Grand Princess Sheng Ping had long been married off, and the only princess left in the palace.

"What Empress said is true. However, if Qian Er is like Second Miss Chu, I'm afraid that Royal Father doesn't want this daughter of mine anymore, right?"

Huangfu Yunqian had a smile on her face, but she was also somewhat naughty when she said this, as if she was not satisfied with the praise of the other children by her parents, and wanted to fight for a bit of attention.

Even if they knew that this was not a joke, who would defend Chu Qinghuan? For the sake of this from the Xiang Fu Clan, who would offend the most favored Princess Pingyang?

Chu Jinfu heard the hidden message, and wanted to explain for Chu Qinghuan, but unexpectedly, she had been pulled. She felt that something was wrong, and looked around, only to realize that it was Chu Qinghuan and Liu Dantong who had grabbed her left and right sleeves at the same time.