Xiao Heng frowned slightly, and glanced at Concubine Lu thoughtfully, as if he was thinking about the intention of her saying this.
Seeing that the absent-minded emperor had indeed changed his expression because of this, Concubine Lu continued to smile and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince and Sister Xiang'er are both good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Now even praying for the emperor's blessings together, I thought of it together.
I feel ashamed of myself..."
Seeing Xiao Heng remained silent, Concubine Lu knew that the emperor must have become suspicious of the relationship between Prince Xiao Changgong and Han Xianger, and pretended to be careless and said that Han Xianger also praised His Highness the Prince.
Xiao Heng only responded when he first heard Concubine Lu say that the two of them had chosen the same day for praying for blessings. Later, he heard her say that Han Xianger praised the prince, but he just responded casually, but his expression did not change much.
Concubine Lu didn't know what the emperor was thinking at the moment, and was afraid that he would say too much to make the emperor doubt her intention, so he changed the topic and said with a smile: "I heard that the Crown Prince is now very capable of handling the government, but the Crown Prince has not yet established a concubine.
I wonder if the emperor has considered the wedding for His Highness the Crown Prince?”
She no longer dared to mention her niece Lu Yuechan to the emperor, and her real purpose was not to let the prince establish a concubine...
Xiao Heng was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "The prince is over the age of twentieth, and it is indeed time to marry the princess and give birth to the royal heir for my Dayin!"
Concubine Lu was stunned. She said this on purpose, hoping to raise the emperor's suspicion about the prince and Han Xianger, and not to ask the emperor to really find a candidate for the prince's concubine!
But before she could continue to induce her, Xiao Heng had put down the soup cup in his hand, stood up and said, "Okay, I have finished drinking my ginseng soup. It's really time to go back and find a candidate for the prince's concubine. My beloved concubine,
You can rest too!”
After saying that, Xiao Heng left Yuxuan Palace and did not give Concubine Lu a chance to keep him. Concubine Lu was reluctant, so he led the palace maids and eunuchs of Yuxuan Palace to bow together and said, "Greatly send him to the emperor--"
After returning to the bedroom, Xiao Heng asked someone to summon the prince again. Unexpectedly, the people from the East Palace reported that the prince had not come back yet. Xiao Heng frowned when he heard this.
It was not that he didn't understand the intention of Concubine Lu's words, but he was not willing to believe that Chang Gong had such a great courage to have too many secrets with his concubines!
But now the prince and Han Xianger have both gone to the temple, and the lonely man and the widow are really suspicious!
Seeing that it was still early and he was in good spirits, Xiao Heng ordered Chen Rong to change his clothes and decided to go to the temple himself!
Seeing this, Chen Rong knew that he could not persuade the emperor, so he could only follow the emperor's decision.
Because Xiao Heng was unwilling to make too much noise to alarm the people, under Chen Rong's arrangement, no one in the palace knew about the emperor leaving the palace to the temple!
When the abbot led Xiao Heng to the place where Han Xianger prayed for blessings, Han Xianger was indeed still kneeling in front of the Buddha statue, folding his hands together, closing his eyes and murmured to himself.
When Xiao Heng saw her focused on praying for him, a subtle ripples appeared in his heart. He did not disturb her. He asked the abbot in a low voice: "She has been here, have never left?"
The old abbot nodded: "Yes, this female donor has been kneeling here to pray for blessings. It has been almost all day long. I said that this is the case and I am sincere..."
Xiao Heng felt warm in his heart, and finally slowly walked to Han Xianger who was praying for blessings with his eyes closed, and whispered: "You have been kneeling for so long, so tired!"