I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

The next day, Li Rui attended the morning court for the first time. After reporting to the emperor, the emperor rewarded the Rui Palace with many good things.

This made some people in the court look at her sideways. The emperor also asked Li Rui about the Crown Princess Tianyue, and then decided to hold a banquet in the palace to entertain the Crown Princess Tianyue three days later.

At that time, officials of the fifth rank and above in the court could bring their children to the banquet.

In the Queen's Fengzao Palace, the Crown Prince complained to the Queen in dissatisfaction.

"Mother, father is too partial. Li Rui went to a ceremony to offer sacrifices to the heavens, and when he came back he was rewarded with so many things.

I worked diligently all day to help him with government affairs, but he never praised me at all."

The queen's beautiful phoenix eyes also flashed with a faint light.

"Zer, you have to remember that you are the crown prince no matter what, and Tiansheng Kingdom will be yours sooner or later, so don't worry about these little things.

I heard that you met the daughter of the Minister of Personnel?"

Only then did Li Chengze show a proud look on his face.

"Yes, last time I asked her out and expressed my admiration for her, she seemed very happy. I would like to ask the emperor to grant us a marriage, what do you think, mother?"

The Queen thought for a while before saying, "The Minister of Personnel is your father's confidant, an old fox, and he may not want you to marry his daughter.

But you can start with his daughter Jiang Siyu, get in touch with her more, and if that doesn't work, make it a done deal. Make him have no choice but to marry you.

Also, what are you going to do with the Ningguo Duke's daughter?"

The prince was stunned: "Her reputation has been ruined, what else can I do? I didn't like her in the first place. Now it just so happens that she doesn't have the face to look for me."

"Stupid! There's a saying that goes 'have your cake and eat it too', are you going to give up the power of the Ningguo Mansion?

Since her reputation has been ruined, you can take her as a concubine, and their Duke's Mansion will be grateful to you.

Besides, you two used to meet frequently, and so many people in the capital knew about it. If you abandon her now, how will others talk about you? "

The prince's eyes lit up.

"Mother is wise! Yes, I can take her as a concubine, which will kill two birds with one stone and also give me a reputation of being affectionate and righteous. Why didn't I think of that?"

The queen secretly shook her head in her heart. This child was very filial to her, but he was impulsive and irritable, and not deep enough. If she hadn't given him advice behind the scenes, I'm afraid the position of the crown prince would have fallen into someone else's hands.

Among the emperor's six princes, the two younger ones are still too young to be a concern, and the most threatening of the four adults is Li Rui. The queen knows the emperor well, and her favorite prince is Li Rui.

As for Prince Cheng, the son of Concubine Xiao, he is a playboy. Although he has some scheming tricks, he has a bad reputation and it is difficult for him to become a useful person.

As for Prince An, he was even less of a concern. He had no support from his mother's family, and the queen mother who loved him the most had passed away. The emperor didn't care about him either. Now he was just a transparent person.

Therefore, Li Rui is the biggest threat to the prince. He is favored by the emperor. Although he is low-key, he is brave and resourceful. He has begun to emerge in recent years.

If I hadn't acted early and poisoned him, he would have become a threat to Ze'er's position as the crown prince.

Even so, he often jumped out to disrupt the prince's plans, and no one knew how Concubine Li did things. Until now, she has not been able to control Li Rui.

How could I let that bitch's son live such a comfortable life!

The prince came out of the queen's palace and met a palace maid. When the palace maid saw the prince, she hurriedly bowed shyly.

"Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince."

The prince smiled evilly when he saw the maid, walked to the door of a side hall, glanced at her, and then walked in.

The palace maid carefully looked around and followed in quietly.

After a while, some intermittent rustling sounds were heard coming from the side hall.

"Your Highness, Lian Rui... I miss you so much. Your Highness~ um..."

"Rui'er, are you feeling comfortable?..."

"Your Highness~, don't do this, you are so bad..."

The sound would make anyone blush and their heart beat fast. Lian Xin, another maid of the queen, bit her lip outside the side hall, feeling unwilling.

Lianrui, this little slut, relied on her good looks and actually succeeded in climbing into bed.

She had discovered this half a year ago, and the prince obviously had no intention of accepting her as his wife, he was just playing around with her, and she felt a little more balanced when she thought of this.

They all served the Queen together. She was more trusted and valued by the Queen than Lianrui, so her relationship with Lianrui was not very good and they looked down on each other.

But if Lian Rui took a shortcut and became the prince's woman, and became his master in the future, if the prince succeeded to the throne, wouldn't she be able to reach the top overnight?

She once thought of going to the Queen to expose Lianrui's seduction of the Prince, but she was afraid that it would backfire. What if the Queen directly gave Lianrui to the Prince, wouldn't that be helping her?

I'd better plan this matter slowly. I had to suppress my emotions and leave here.

A quarter of an hour later, the hall calmed down. Lian Rui leaned in Li Chengze's arms on the large carved bed.

She said softly, "Your Highness, you haven't come to see Lian Rui for a long time. I miss you so much. I dream about you every day."

The prince was in a good mood today, so he just coaxed her a few words perfunctorily: "Rui'er, I've been busy lately, so I'll come to see you as soon as I have time, right?"

Lian Rui was anxious. She had been with the prince for half a year, but he still hadn't taken her into the prince's mansion.

But she didn't dare to ask directly, so she could only express her meaning in a roundabout way: "Your Highness, Lian Rui wants to see you every day and wants to serve you well, but it's so difficult."

How could the prince not understand what she meant? However, he already had two concubines in his mansion given by the queen, and those two were originally the queen's maids. This Lian Rui was the queen's confidant.

He really didn't dare to ask for her again, and he was just hot-headed and seduced into bed with her in the first place. He just liked the thrill of this sneaky feeling.

What's the point of bringing her back to the Prince's Mansion? So he just kept trying to fool Lian Rui and never gave in.

The prince used his fingers to circle her body, chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I will take you back to the prince's mansion sooner or later."

This Lian Rui has a nice figure and is very open-minded. He hasn't had enough fun with her yet.

Lian Rui had heard him say this countless times, and although she was a little disappointed, the prince was obviously still interested in her, so she felt relieved again.

It was a rare opportunity to meet him, so how could she let it go? She turned around and leaned over, gently moving her tongue over the prince's body.

It didn't stop until it reached the abdomen. The prince's eyes darkened again and he lay down, enjoying the woman's extremely soft service.

Soon the hall was filled with the sound of a man's heavy breathing and a woman's suppressed moans of pleasure.

This time it only lasted half a cup of tea. Li Chengze was helped by Lianrui to put on his clothes and then left.

Lian Rui also put on her clothes contentedly and left the side hall.

As soon as she came out, she saw Lianxin walking towards her. She looked at her coldly, with a look of jealousy and unwillingness in her eyes.

"Lianrui, where have you been? The Queen asked you to go to the embroidery room to see how the new clothes are being made. A banquet will be held soon. What took you so long?"

Lian Rui felt a little guilty, wondering if Lian Xin had seen the prince. Fortunately, he left first, but then she thought of how high she had climbed to the prince's throne.

Maybe when the prince ascends the throne, she will be the queen in the harem, so she looked at Lianxin with a smug look on her face: "I just wanted to ask about the situation in detail, and I also specially checked the production of the queen's new clothes. That's why I came back late."

Lian Xin despised him in her heart, but she still looked businesslike: "In that case, you should go in quickly and explain the situation to the Empress, so that she won't blame you."

In the study of Prince Rui's mansion, Jianying reported to Li Rui what he had previously inquired about.

"Your Majesty, last time our spies in the palace found out that there are three palace maids with red moles on their lips. They are all quite old.

There is one in the embroidery room, one in the imperial kitchen, and one in the queen's palace."

Li Rui put the book in his hand on the table and asked in a deep voice, "What's the name of the one in the Queen's Palace?"