mtl008 Chapter 143 Taisheng Obsession 44 Growth (Revised)
Chapter 143 Taisheng Obsession 44 Growth (Revised)
On the other side, the imperial palace, Yuqing Palace.
Wenxi held the whisk and hurried to the study. As soon as he entered, he bowed and reported:
"Your Highness, the results of the palace selection are out. The Emperor has appointed Xitana Kangru, the daughter of the Grand Secretary of the Wuying Palace and the Minister of Rites, as your legitimate wife."
This Xitana Gege is from the Manchu army flag, and her status is more noble than the previous Shi Da Gege from the Han army flag. It turns out that the emperor still loves His Royal Highness the Crown Prince the most in his heart.
The prince sat behind his desk, holding a wine bottle in one hand and drinking from a full glass in the other, with no response to Wenxi's words.
Wenxi waited for a long time but saw no response, so he secretly looked up and was suddenly extremely heartbroken. Since the Wanshou Festival, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had been ill and had not gone to the study. The Emperor felt sorry for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and kept silent.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had been drinking in his study to drown his sorrows. He slept uneasily at night and would mutter to himself from time to time, asking why someone had betrayed him and how he was inferior to the Fourth Prince.
It was all because of that shameless bitch Shi Da Gege that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince became like this. Wenxi wished he could tear her into pieces, but thinking of this and the news he had just received, he continued to report with a look of relief.
"Your Highness, there is another piece of news. The emperor has appointed that girl as the fourth prince's concubine. The principal wife is still the Ulanara princess. From now on, as long as the Ulanara princess sits in the position of principal wife, that girl will be suppressed. Seeing her scheming in every way, she must be regretting it now."
Regret makes your intestines turn blue?
Behind the desk, the prince's hand holding the wine glass paused, and his mind reappeared for the umpteenth time the scene in the Fairy Tower where Shi Rongyue said she liked the fourth brother and asked him to fulfill his wish.
The position of Crown Princess, which is envied by everyone and desired by any means, is just a shackle to Shi Rongyue. She makes all kinds of calculations and gives up everything just to be with the Fourth Brother.
The concubine is also the concubine of the fourth prince. She got what she wanted and is so happy that she has no time to regret it.
What I really regret is that I didn’t plan better at the beginning and I couldn’t become the fourth brother’s legitimate wife.
The prince curled his lips in self-mockery, then raised his head and gulped down the wine in the glass. His former high spirits, arrogance and self-confidence were gone, and he exuded a decadent and gloomy look.
Seeing this, Wenxi was anxious and worried. This could not go on. The Emperor felt sorry for the Crown Prince and was willing to be lenient with him, but the court officials did not know. If the news leaked out, it would be greatly disadvantageous to the Crown Prince.
No matter what, he had to cheer up His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Wen Xi gritted his teeth, thinking of an even more shocking piece of news, and spoke again:
"Your Highness, I have some news that I didn't tell you in time. When the emperor was selecting the second sister of that person, Shi Ergege, I thought the emperor wanted to slap that person in the face, but I didn't expect that the news just came that Shi Ergege was canonized as Concubine Xian by the emperor. Now the whole palace is talking about it."
Hearing this, the prince who had been drinking by himself finally put down his glass. As the son closest to the emperor, he knew best that if the emperor wanted to slap someone in the face he would do so directly, and even if he wanted to protect him he would not enthrone a Consort Xian.
He narrowed his drunken peach blossom eyes, and his voice was a little hoarse because of the drunkenness:
"Princess Shi Er? But is she the timid princess who I feel scared of here?"
Wenxi was overjoyed when the Crown Prince spoke to him. Just as he was about to say something, a picture suddenly flashed through his mind. Was he nervous and scared when the Crown Prince was present?
So that's how it is, so it turned out to be Tathagata. Wenxi's teeth were chattering from being bitten.
Now he finally remembered the time when he went to Changyin to listen to the opera, and the thought that flashed through his mind when that person and Shi Ergege left one after another and never came back.
That is, that person left on purpose and did not come back, in order to prevent His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lady Shi from being together in a private room and causing misunderstanding if someone saw them.
The thought flashed through his mind at the time and he didn't grasp it. Now that he knew the truth, he finally realized that he was right at that time and that was the other party's purpose.
She really did everything she could to marry the Fourth Prince, not even sparing her own sister. Wenxi looked at him with sarcasm and disgust.
At this time, he remembered more about that day. Princess Shi Er ate red bean cake that day.
Hmm? Red bean cake. Ever since Shi Rongyue put aphrodisiac in the red bean cake she ate in the Immortal Tower, he has been very sensitive to the three words "red bean cake". He squinted his eyes and recalled carefully.
Shi Ergege also left soon after that person left. He sent people to look for her for a long time but couldn't find her. Later, it was rumored that Shi Ergege fell into the water and was rescued by the emperor.
The two sisters of the Shi family had a falling out not long ago, so maybe the second princess Shi didn’t just fall into the water, but the red bean cake she was eating was also swallowed…
"What are you thinking?"
At this time, the prince's voice sounded in the hall. He looked up at Wenxi. His handsome face was unshaven and haggard. Not only was he not ugly, but he had a sense of melancholy and decadence, which made him more attractive.
Wenxi quickly expressed his guess, and the prince narrowed his drunken peach blossom eyes. Was it not just a simple fall into the water?
He thought carefully and his mind emerged the image of Princess Shi Er before she left that day. Her face was abnormally red. Also, he had seen her several times before and she never let the palace maid help her, but she did that time.
He didn't think much about these details at the time, but now when he heard that the Emperor had conferred the title of Concubine Xian on Princess Shi Er, he knew that Wenxi's guess was probably correct.
Shi Ergege must have been given an aphrodisiac by Shi Rongyue that day, and she left in a hurry when she noticed something was wrong with her body. She happened to meet the Emperor, so everything makes sense.
After a while, the prince's loud laughter was heard in the study. The laughter was so sad and angry that it startled a flock of birds.
Shirongyue, Shirongyue, what a beautiful Shirongyue!
If you look down on me like this, I will prove to you that your choice is wrong! You will regret it!
At the same time, in Qiandong Fifth House, the thirteen-year-old Fourth Prince had become increasingly thinner in just a few days. After hearing the report, there was no ripple on his expressionless face, only that the coldness around him was getting stronger and stronger.
Once the imperial decree is issued, it can no longer be changed. Do you regret it? Regret makes a big mistake in a moment of thought, and life becomes unpredictable.
The Fourth Prince thought that he did not regret it, because this was his true choice at the time. It was his own choice and he would accept it even if he had to kneel down.
Because I know that regret is useless, it is better to think carefully about the situation I will face after the imperial edict is issued, and think of various countermeasures in advance.
And, most importantly, remember this lesson and never make the same mistake again.
After a while, the fourth prince's cold voice suddenly sounded:
"Xiao Shengzi, do two things for me. The first is to prepare a generous gift and send it to the Ulanala mansion to congratulate him. The second is to find a suitable staff for me in private."
"Yes, Fourth Master."