fake prince

Chapter 417
It was drizzling, and in an oxcart coming out of Taohua Lane, Zhou Yao was sitting with her eyes closed, demure and gentle, but in her heart, there was a mysterious voice chattering endlessly, talking to herself.

"I didn't expect the chess master to be a tree demon. It's really strange!"

"Du Chenglin has been famous for a long time. Not only is he a chess master, but he also lives in the capital. How did he escape the eyes of human Taoists? He must have his own way!"

"Even if there is a way, ordinary Taoist priests can avoid it, so what about Liu Zhan and Yu Qianzhi?"

"Not to mention the suppression of dragon energy."

"There must be a tacit understanding. Could it be that it is a witch?"

It was alright at the beginning, the mysterious voice was very cold, but after getting used to it, it revealed its original shape. Fortunately, Zhou Yao could bear it, but she almost laughed out loud when she heard the word "bewitching".

The mysterious voice was still nagging: "When he left just now, he may have noticed my presence, but it doesn't matter."

He murmured again: "He should have noticed the eruption of the evil spirit just now, hey, it's strange, this evil spirit seems to be an old acquaintance?"

"It's so familiar, close and disgusting, could it be..."

Zhou Yao's long eyelashes trembled slightly. Although she could hear this, there was no other benefit except to add a few more shocks to her heart and to know some secret truths that ordinary people cannot know.

Just, dryad?

Resisting the desire to look back, Zhou Yao quietly clenched the handkerchief in her hand. Since the mysterious person had commented on Du Chenglin just now, even though this person is a tree demon, he probably wouldn't do anything to Ye Buhui, right?

Capital·Qi Prince's Mansion

"The concubine greets the prince."

It was rare for King Qi to come to the backyard while he was busy, and when he came to pay his respects in the morning, before the concubine arrived, there were already some Yingying Yanyans waiting in the flower hall, all of whom were concubines and concubines of King Qi.

An unnamed housemaid is not even qualified to greet the princess for a few days.

They were even more pleasantly surprised to see King Qi here.

"Forget it, let's all get up." King Qi looked indifferent, even with his side concubine, his attitude was very casual, let alone a few concubines, in his opinion, these were all playthings.

Unless the side concubine or concubine who gave birth to a child can still have some status in the eyes, but the problem is that there is only one side concubine who gave birth to a child in the Qi Palace, and it is only a daughter, which makes Qi Wang very disappointed.

There were two concubines who gave birth to a child. Due to their frailty, they died before they could be named. There was another concubine who was sick and crooked. King Qi didn't like it very much, but he still asked: "Mr. Yu, Is Yizhi okay?"

"My lord, Yier is still good, I miss my lord!"

"En!" King Qi said lukewarmly, then turned around and asked, "Where's Panyan?"

"My lord, Pan Yan is also good, very lively." The side concubine said with her head bowed, her voice was very low.

King Qi glanced at the girls, they were the ones who had been favored within a year or two, but they had no children, so King Qi felt a little unhappy.

"Father!" With the cheers of a delicate child, a figure flew into King Qi's arms like a little swallow.

King Qi's face suddenly showed a smile, hey, he got up and picked up his son, weighed his son, and smiled: "Oh, I haven't seen you for a few days, my little tiger cub is actually fat!"

Tiger Cub was the nickname he gave to his son-in-law at the beginning, because he was born as strong as a little tiger cub, with a tiger head and a tiger brain, and the habit of having a humble name to support him, so he got this name.

Concubine Qi, who just arrived in the hall, saw that the father and son were getting tired of meeting each other, and covered her mouth to smile: "My lord, Hu Zai hasn't seen you for a few days, but he thinks too hard, and you are too. He is five years old, and he still treats him like this." ..."

This is because when she came in, King Qi just agreed to his son, and when he turned around, he took him to play in the nearby Zhuangzi.

This tiger cub is a five-year-old son, healthy and smart, and the king of Qi likes him the most. The reason why King Qi took time to come to the backyard is just to see the princess, say a few words, and take a look at his good son .

With a violent personality, he is probably only willing to suppress some anger and show a little husband and father appearance when facing the princess and his son-in-law.

King Qi smiled: "What is this? If the emperor didn't allow him to enter the palace at will recently, I would still take the little tiger cub to see the concubine mother."

She doesn't even use this king's self-proclaimed name, she looks like an ordinary couple, and her eyes are very gentle, because she is from a good background, she is the princess she is marrying, she is usually sensible and gentle, and she gave birth to such a lovely and healthy son , I am willing to respect my wife even if it is King Qi.

Married couples are naturally different, not to mention, the two are enemies in terms of etiquette.

Concubine Qi was reminded by King Qi's words, and then she remembered what she was going to say to the prince. Because it was not a secret, the side concubines and concubines saluted her in unison, waved them to get up, and said to King Qi: "My lord, I entered yesterday. The palace met Concubine Wen and presented some fresh food, and everything is fine with the concubine, and she also asked me to tell the prince, don't worry about entering the palace, it will be fine after a while."

King Qi really didn't know about this.

The atmosphere in the palace is a bit oppressive now, and some people who were able to enter the palace usually choose not to enter the palace as much as possible in order to avoid trouble.

If it wasn't for the reassurance of herself, the daughter-in-law Princess Qi really didn't need to go to the palace to see Concubine Wen, who is the mother and concubine of King Qi, at this juncture.

Isn't it for the mother and son to feel at ease when the news is artificially blocked and it is difficult to spread the news and need to avoid suspicion?

King Qi saw his wife thinking about him like this, and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work this time."

When the concubine and concubine saw each other, they immediately had mixed feelings.

Concubine servants are nothing more than jealousy and envy because their status is too far apart.

Although the two concubines are concubines, they are much more noble than ordinary concubines. One is the concubine daughter of a third-rank official, and the other is the concubine daughter of a fifth-rank official who holds real power. The best of the best.

But now, after entering Prince Qi's mansion and becoming a side concubine, she only has superficial honor, but she is a concubine after all.

Nothing could make them feel the gap between the main concubine and the side concubine more than at this moment. This gap seems small, but in fact it is almost difficult to catch up. Even if they get more favors, they are destined to miss this kind of respect.

Of the two side concubines, one lowered his eyes slightly, and simply refused to look or listen, while the other smiled, and a trace of jealousy flashed in his eyes.

As for these, King Qi and Princess Qi didn't bother to pay attention to them. They were talking in a low voice, because King Qi didn't like to sleep with others, and they were really busy and anxious recently. , just took advantage of this time to tell each other some things, so that they knew what they were doing.

At this moment, a person hurried over from the front yard, walked to King Qi's side, and whispered a few words in his ear.

King Qi was stunned: "What?"

It's not that I didn't hear clearly, it's because people from the Yao clan, although they have colluded with each other, to avoid suspicion, they seldom contact each other.
Thinking of this, King Qi's eyes darkened.

(End of this chapter)