Xiao Han drove the carriage over and heard his master praising the prince for "valuing love and righteousness".
After following his master for so long, he certainly knew that his master was overtly praising and covertly criticizing.
Folks have always said that emperors have three thousand beauties in their harems.
"Three thousand" is just an adjective. People use this word to describe the emperor's many concubines.
However, when this word came to their Emperor Tianqi, three thousand was not a function word, but a substantive word.
There are really three thousand beauties in the emperor's harem.
Many women never saw half of the emperor from the time they entered the palace to the end of their lives.
The result of having many beauties in the harem is that there are also many sons and daughters.
In the eyes of the royal family, having many children is a way to stabilize the political power, which is beyond reproach.
Moreover, although the emperor had many beauties in his harem and had many children, he could still go to the battlefield with his own chariot.
Although he misjudged the situation and was blindly arrogant in the end, it was enough to prove that the emperor's ambition was not drowned in the beauty's beauty.
But when we arrived at the Prince's place, it seemed that was no longer the case.
He has not learned half of the emperor's wisdom, but he has learned ten of the emperor's passion.
Before marrying the main concubine, he already had nearly a hundred concubines in his palace, but now he wants to marry the Nangong family's legitimate daughter as the main concubine, and at the same time marry the Nangong family's concubine as a side concubine.
The prince looked so impatient that he was ridiculed by many literati behind his back.
"Don't be in a daze," Xiao Changfeng got on the carriage, "Follow Su Nianyun's carriage."
"Princess Nianyun?" Xiao Han was stunned for a moment. The master had never asked to ride in a woman's carriage.
By the way, the master's attitude toward Princess Nianyun seems to have changed since he went to catch the escaped amputee girl Xizuo that night.
In the past, the Queen Mother had always put the marriage before her eyes, and the Master did not care at all what happened to Princess Nianyun.
Now, Princess Nianyun is about to give birth to a child for Chen Shaoan, and the master actually takes the initiative to inquire about Princess Nianyun?
While thinking about it, Xiao Han kept whipping his horse whip and tried his best to chase Su Nianyun's carriage.
However, when he finally saw the direction in which the opponent's carriage was stopping, he had no choice but to stop the carriage.
"Master, we can only go here, we can't go in from the front."
Xiao Changfeng opened the curtain and saw the street sign for Tian'en Water Pavilion.
Tianen Waterside Pavilion is a famous gathering place for women from aristocratic families in Beijing.
Men are not welcome here.
Seeing this sign, Xiao Changfeng's eyes were filled with contemplation.
"Master, shall we go back home?"
"Go back..."
When Xiao Changfeng put down the curtain, something else came from the car.
"Inform our people in Tian'en Waterside Pavilion that whenever Su Nianyun comes here, he must report it."
"Yes, Master." Xiao Han nodded, then turned the horse's head.
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Sitting in the private room of Tianen Water Pavilion, Su Nianyun looked out the window from time to time.
Su Nianyun breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the carriage following him from a distance had finally left.
Judging from Xiao Changfeng's journey with her, she was sure that Xiao Changfeng was suspicious of her.
Presumably, he had no evidence and followed him like this just because he wanted to identify the killer of Lingyun Temple by confirming her appearance.
For the time being, she can still fool her, but what will she do in the future?
Do you think you will never leave the Chen Mansion and stay in Tingfeng Courtyard every day?
Moreover, even if she didn't go out and he couldn't confirm her appearance, there were countless people in the capital who had seen him.
As long as Xiao Changfeng had the intention to find someone who knew her to draw a portrait of her, she would not be able to escape.
Thinking of this, Su Nianyun couldn't help but feel nervous.
When she is nervous, her child will also feel her nervousness and begin to feel uneasy in her belly.
Su Nianyun could only get rid of these distracting thoughts and comfort the baby in her belly.
There is a faint sound of piano coming from downstairs, soothing and melodious.
Su Nianyun temporarily immersed herself in the music of the piano, forgetting the anxiety caused by Xiao Changfeng's following.
Nangong Xing kept looking at Su Nianyun. Seeing that she had her eyes closed, she thought she was enjoying herself and looked down on her affectation in her heart.
Who doesn’t know that Su Nianyun from Mobei is not only good at herding horses and sheep, but he is also not good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting?
Otherwise, why would she have been bullied so much in the palace in the first place?
Could it be that Su Nianyun thought that Nangong Xing was a concubine and didn't know the news, so she pretended to be elegant in front of her?
However, although she looked down on Su Nianyun in her heart, she didn't show it at all on her face.
Now that she was sure that Su Nianyun was not betraying her, she had the idea to win over Su Nianyun.
After all, she had a generous dowry from the Queen Mother.
A few days ago, I heard that Chuxue was getting married. She was very generous, and the gifts she gave were more than the dowry prepared for her.
And it is said that Su Nianyun and Chu Xue only met a few times.
The two of them had become close friends, and Su Nianyun was so generous with her actions, which made others envious, and she, Nangong Xing, was one of them.
She also wants a confidant who is so generous.
She was a concubine in the Nangong family, and her mother was a concubine, so she was always targeted by her wife.
Mother and daughter can't save anything with the little money in the house, especially since she is marrying to the East Palace, so there will definitely be a lot of money to spend.
She originally thought that she would be a crown prince and a true concubine, and this would not be a problem, but someone ruined her dream.
Without the position of principal concubine, there would be no generous dowry, and the treatment after entering the East Palace would also be different.
In the final analysis, she still had to save some family property before entering the palace.
Therefore, Nangong Xing fell in love with Su Nianyun.
At this time, Su Nianyun calmed down and began to concentrate on eating.
Anyway, Nangong Xing said that she would treat him to this meal, so she ordered all the most expensive things in Tianen Water Pavilion without any courtesy.
Seeing Su Nianyun ordering the dishes, Nangong Xing felt a little bit sick.
After all, she said she invited Su Nianyun to come for tea. Unexpectedly, Su Nianyun said she was hungry on the way and started ordering food when she got here.
The most important thing is that she can only watch Princess Nianyun eating deliciously, but she doesn't dare to eat more.
The prince likes a waist that is too soft to hold, but she had to put in a lot of effort to achieve such a soft waist and thin bones.
She was about to get married, and she couldn't let her previous efforts go to waste just because of a lustful meal.
Su Nianyun asked while eating, "Miss Xing, you don't eat for any reason, aren't you hungry?"
"I, I'm not hungry..." Nangong Xing reluctantly took a sip of tea and stuttered.
"By the way, princess," she discussed, "it sounds awkward to me if you keep calling me Miss Xing, so why don't you just call me Xing'er?"
"Ah," Su Nianyun said, "Isn't this good? You will soon be the crown prince's concubine. I can't go beyond the rules."
"What's wrong with this," Nangong Xing said with a sincere expression, "Princess also saw how my sister-in-law treated me. I have not been a wealthy person since I was a child, and I don't care about that title."
"I just hit it off with the princess and want to make you a friend. If possible, I really want to have a sister as gentle as the princess!"
"But you want me to call you Xing'er, but you still call me princess. Isn't this unfair?"
Su Nianyun took a bite of the crystal elbow and said, "Let's do this. I'll call you Xing'er and you call me Yun'er. How about that?"
"Yun'er, this is good," Nangong Xing clapped his hands happily, "Xing'er, Yun'er, we are really born good sisters!"
"Yes." Su Nianyun nodded.
It's just a title, so it's not in vain to treat you to such a meal.
The money you spend will make you feel happy!
"Then, Xing'er, try this crystal elbow. This elbow is simply delicious."
Recognizing this temporary sister, Su Nianyun enthusiastically handed over her elbow.
Nangong Xing shook his head hurriedly, "Yun'er, you better eat it! I'm used to being a vegetarian, so my elbows just... forget it..."
"Vegetarian?" Su Nianyun quickly took back the elbow that was placed on her plate, "Wouldn't that be giving up a lot of delicacies in the world?"
Seeing Su Nianyun eating the elbow deliciously, Nangong Xing took a sip of saliva and became even more hungry.
She couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks and finally put some vegetarian food into her mouth.
"It can't be said that a vegetarian diet also has the benefits of a vegetarian diet."
For example, marrying a prince or something.
Of course, Nangong Xing would not explain this to Su Nianyun in depth.