The concubine escaped and cried when she met the prince again

But after seeing everyone's envious eyes, she coughed dryly, pretended to be shy and said to Xue Congyang: "Sister Xue, please stop teasing me. In terms of talent and family affairs, my sisters are better than me. Even if I want to be promoted to concubine, it should be my sisters."

"Okay, stop flattering each other here. If you don't want to see the plum blossoms, I'm going to go by myself." After Concubine Wu finished speaking, she left with her maid.

The remaining beauties looked at each other and hurriedly followed.

In the palace, the queen asked an old maid, "Is what you said true? Did Jiang Dichen really favor those beauties?"

The old nanny lowered her head and told the queen truthfully, "In reply to your Majesty, Prince Han has been staying at the residences of several young ladies in Youxiang Garden for a month since he came in."

After hearing what the old nanny said, the queen nodded and said, "That's great. You can give the things to the girls and ask them to take them with them when Prince Han goes there."

"Yes, your majesty, I'll take my leave." After the old nanny finished speaking, she stood up and left.

After the old nanny left, a man came out of the queen's bedroom. The man's eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Jiang Dichen. His face was like a jade crown, his nose was like a hanging gall bladder, and his eyes were long and narrow. He was also a rare handsome man.

It's just that due to his long-term illness, he looks a little sickly, and is much inferior to the heroic King Han. This person is the prince of Beiming Kingdom, Jiang Qing.

When the queen saw him coming out, she hurried forward and asked him, "Qing'er, how are you?"

"Cough, cough, cough." Jiang Qing coughed for a while before saying to the queen, "Mother, I am fine."

"Cough, cough, cough..." Jiang Qing finished his words and coughed for a long time.

The queen looked at him with a distressed face and said, "It's all because of that damn Jiang Dichen, otherwise you wouldn't have become like this."

Her son was in good health, but unexpectedly, he was framed by Jiang Dichen five years ago and was poisoned to this day with no cure. She hated Jiang Dichen so much that she wanted to cut him into pieces to avenge her son.

When Jiang Qing heard his mother talking about the past, he said to her with a gloomy face, "Mother, don't worry. Even if I die, I will take my fifth brother with me."

After he finished speaking, he seemed to remember something. He looked at his mother and asked, "Mother, what did you send him just now?"

Although Jiang Dichen is the son of the late queen, Jiang Qing's mother, the current Queen Wu, followed the current emperor before he became emperor. Therefore, Jiang Qing, the legitimate son of the empress, is also the eldest son of the emperor. He is five years older than Jiang Dichen, the legitimate son.

Empress Wu did not hide anything after hearing her son's question. She said to her son bluntly, "Someone from Prince Han's Mansion said that Emperor Jiang favored every beauty, so I asked them to take some things with them when they were favored."

It was rare that Jiang Dichen cooperated so well this time, and she would definitely not waste the opportunity.

Jiang Qing was silent for a moment after hearing what his mother said, and then said to her, "Mother, Jiang Dichen is very cunning. You have to be careful."

Over the years, he has fought with Jiang Dichen many times and lost every time, so he doesn't want to completely turn against him yet.

After all, he is also the legitimate son, and his position as the crown prince comes entirely from his father's favoritism. Now his health is not good, and many ministers are eyeing him covetously. He cannot make any mistakes.

Empress Wu looked at her son and said, "Qing'er, don't worry. I know what to do. But your illness can't be delayed any longer. We need to increase manpower and find famous doctors."

Speaking of himself, Jiang Qing couldn't help but frown. He rubbed his brows and said to his mother, "I know."

After he finished speaking, he said to his mother, "Mother, I have something to do and I will leave first. I will come to see you another day."

Jiang Qing finished speaking and walked out.

At night, Butler Zhao handed the list of servants who went out during the day to Jiang Dichen and said, "Your Majesty, this is the list of servants who are going out today."

Jiang Dichen took it and took a look. A strange name appeared in front of him. He made a mark on it and instructed Manager Zhao, "Pay more attention to this nanny and see who she associates with."

Manager Zhao took the list and bowed his head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Jiang Dichen said, "Go down."

"I'll take my leave," Manager Zhao said, and turned to leave. But before he had taken a few steps, Jiang Dichen suddenly asked, "What's going on over there?"

Manager Zhao stopped and didn't react for a moment. He didn't know what his prince was talking about and didn't know how to answer.

Yan Mo, who was standing by, glanced at his master and reminded Manager Zhao, "The master asked, what's going on at Qingfeng Courtyard?"

After hearing this, Manager Zhao immediately told his master the truth: "In reply to your Majesty, Concubine Lan is still as quiet as ever. Even when several beauties invited her to the plum forest to appreciate the flowers, she never left the house."

In Manager Zhao's opinion, Lan Wanxi is quite worry-free. She never cries or makes a fuss all day long and just stays quietly in her own small courtyard. She is much better than those beauties.

Jiang Dichen listened to what Manager Zhao said. He paused for a moment, wondering what he was thinking. After a while, he said "hmm" and said to Manager Zhao, "I understand. You can go down."

"Yes," Manager Zhao said, then turned around and walked out again.

After Jiang Dichen finished all his official duties, he stood up and said, "Let's go to Qingfeng Courtyard."

"Yes," Yan Mo replied with his head down.

In Qingfeng Courtyard, since nothing could be done after dark, Shen Ruolan finished her meal, digested the food in the courtyard, and then went to bed early.

Just when she was very sleepy and about to fall asleep, her door creaked open, followed by the voices of Wan Dong and He Yue bowing, "Your servant greets the prince."

Jiang Dichen looked at the two maids and said, "You can go down."

"Yes, Your Highness." Wan Dong and He Yue answered in unison.

When Shen Ruolan heard that Jiang Dichen was coming, she was startled and her sleepiness disappeared instantly. This man came here in the middle of the night. She could tell with her toes what he was doing here.

Just when she didn't know what to do, Jiang Dichen stood outside the bed curtain and said to her, "Why don't you get up and change clothes for me?"

Jiang Dichen looked at the person breathing rapidly inside and knew that she was not asleep.

There was no other way. Shen Ruolan had to accept her fate and got up. She imitated her original body and saluted him, saying, "I pay my respects to the prince. May the prince be blessed with good health."

Jiang Dichen reached out and lifted Shen Ruolan's chin, looking down at her. Seeing that her face was ruddy and she had gained a lot of weight, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, it seems that you have been living a comfortable life this month."

Jiang Dichen's attitude at this time made Shen Ruolan feel like a toy that had been placed aside for a long time, and whose owner suddenly became interested in it and wanted to play with it. This bad feeling made her feel very uncomfortable.