It was drizzling. In a bullock cart coming out of Peach Blossom Lane, Zhou Yao sat with her eyes closed, quiet and gentle, but deep in her heart, there was a mysterious voice chattering endlessly, talking to herself.
"I didn't expect that the chess master was actually a tree demon. It's really strange!"
"Du Chenglin has been famous for a long time. He is not only a chess master, but also settled in the capital. How did he escape from the eyes of human Taoist priests? He must have his own way!"
"Even if there is a way, ordinary Taoist priests can avoid it, why not Liu Zhan and Yu Qianzhi?"
"Not to mention the suppression of dragon energy."
"There must be a tacit understanding. Is it a treacherous act?"
It was okay at the beginning, the mysterious voice was very cold, but as it got used to it, its true colors were revealed. Fortunately, Zhou Yao could endure it, but when she heard the word "treacherous", she almost laughed.
The mysterious voice was still nagging: "He may have noticed my trace when I left just now, but it doesn't matter."
Then he murmured: "He should have noticed the evil spirit that just broke out. Oh, it's strange. This evil spirit seems to be an old acquaintance?"
"So familiar, close yet disgusting, could it be..."
Zhou Yao's long eyelashes trembled slightly. Although she could hear this, there was no other benefit besides adding a little more shock to her heart and knowing some secret truths that ordinary people could not know.
Just a tree demon?
Resisting the desire to look back, Zhou Yao quietly tightened the handkerchief in her hand. Since the mysterious man just commented on Du Chenglin, even though this man is a tree demon, he shouldn't do anything to Ye Bugui, right?
Capital City·Prince Qi’s Mansion
"I would like to send my regards to the prince."
It was rare for King Qi to go to the backyard during his busy schedule, and it happened to be that when he came to greet her in the morning, the princess had not arrived yet, and there were already some orioles and swallows waiting in the flower hall, all of them were the concubines and concubines of King Qi.
The maid-in-law with no status is not even qualified to pay greetings to the princess every few days.
They were even more surprised to see King Qi here.
"That's it, let's all get up." King Qi's expression was indifferent. Even towards his concubines, his attitude was very casual, let alone several concubines. In his opinion, these were just toys.
Unless a concubine or concubine gave birth to a child, she would still have some status in the eyes. But the problem was that there was only one concubine in the palace of Prince Qi who gave birth to a child. She was just a daughter, which disappointed Prince Qi very much.
There were two concubines who gave birth to children. Due to their weak health, they died before they could be named. The other one was also sickly. King Qi didn't like to see him very much, but he still asked: "Mr. Yu,
Are you feeling well?"
"Your Majesty, Yi'er is doing well. I miss you, Your Majesty!"
"Yes!" King Qi said lukewarmly, then turned and asked again: "Where is Panyan?"
"My lord, Panyan is not bad, he is very lively." The concubine lowered her head and said in a low voice.
King Qi glanced at several girls. These were the few who had been favored in the past year or two, but they had no children, which made King Qi a little unhappy.
"Father!" Following a delicate child's cheer, a figure, like a little swallow, flew into King Qi's arms.
King Qi's originally gloomy face suddenly showed a smile. With a sigh, he stood up and picked up his son, weighed it, and smiled: "Hey, I haven't seen you for a few days, and my little tiger cub has become fat!"
Hu Zai was the nickname he originally gave to his legitimate son, because he was born as strong as a tiger cub, with a tiger head and a tiger brain, and he had the habit of earning a living with a nickname.
Princess Qi, who had just arrived in the hall, saw that the father and son were disgusted when they met, and she covered her mouth with a smile: "Your Majesty, Tiger Boy has not seen you for a few days, but he is thinking hard, and so are you. He is already five years old, and you are still spoiling him like this.
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This is because when she came in, the King of Qi happened to agree to his son and took him to play in the nearby village.
This tiger boy is the five-year-old legitimate son. He is healthy and smart, and is the favorite of King Qi. The reason why King Qi takes time to come to the backyard is just to meet the princess, say a few words, and see his good son.
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With his violent personality, he would probably be willing to suppress some of his anger and show off his appearance as a husband and father only when facing the princess and his legitimate son.
King Qi smiled and said: "What does this mean? If my father hadn't recently prevented me from entering the palace freely, I would have taken the little tiger cub to see my mother and concubine."
She doesn't even use the title of "I", she looks like an ordinary couple, her eyes are very gentle, because she comes from a good background, she is the princess she is marrying, she is usually sensible and gentle, and she gave birth to such a cute and healthy legitimate son.
, I am willing to respect my wife, even if she is the King of Qi.
Married couples are naturally different, not to mention that they are enemies in terms of etiquette.
Princess Qi was reminded by King Qi's words, and then she remembered what she wanted to say to the prince. Since it was not a secret, the concubines and concubines saluted her, waved to them to stand up, and said to King Qi: "Your Majesty, yesterday I entered
The palace met with Concubine Wen and presented some fresh food. Concubine Wen is fine. She also asked me to tell the prince that there is no need to worry about entering the palace. It may be fine after a while."
King Qi really didn’t know about this.
The atmosphere in the palace is a bit depressing now, and some people who can usually enter the palace choose not to enter the palace in order to avoid trouble.
If it weren't for the sake of reassurance for herself, Princess Qi, who is the daughter-in-law, would really have no need to go to the palace to see Concubine Wen, the mother-in-law of Prince Qi, at this juncture.
Isn't it so that the mother and son can feel at ease when the news is artificially blocked and they need to avoid suspicion?
King Qi saw his wife thinking about him like this, and said softly: "Thank you for the hard work this time."
When the concubine and concubine saw her, they suddenly had mixed feelings.
She is just a concubine, because the status difference is too far, it is nothing but jealousy and envy.
Although the two concubines are side concubines, they are much more noble than ordinary concubines. They were born as the concubine of a third-rank official, and the other was the legitimate daughter of a fifth-rank official who held real power. Before leaving the cabinet, they were both beautiful and talented in their circles.
The best of the best.
But now, after entering Prince Qi's palace and becoming a concubine, she only looks honorable, but in the end she is just a concubine.
There is no time when they can feel the gap between the main concubine and the side concubine more than now. This gap may not seem big, 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 concubines, one lowered his eyes slightly and simply refused to look or listen, while the other smiled with a trace of jealousy flashing in his eyes.
As for these, King Qi and Princess Qi were too lazy to pay attention to them. They chatted in low voices because King Qi didn't like to sleep with others, and he was really busy and anxious recently. Even the couple who had a good relationship had not communicated with each other for a while.
, it happened to take this moment to talk to each other about some things, so that they were well aware of it.
At this moment, a man hurriedly came from the front yard, walked to King Qi's side, and said a few words in his ear.
King Qi was suddenly startled: "What?"
This is not because they didn’t hear clearly, but because although the people from the Monster Clan colluded, in order to avoid suspicion, they rarely contacted each other. Even if they did, they notified them some time in advance. But now they want to meet each other. Why is this?