The Regent Princess has run away again

The afterglow of the setting sun shines through the gaps between the branches and leaves, and the orange-red halo looks like it was painted on by humans, adding a bit of color to the land.

Chen Zhaoyi also began to feel a little tired and yawned a few times. Xia Yu, who was beside her, put her arm around her shoulders, lowered her eyes and said softly, "You've been sitting for the whole morning. Go back and rest for a while. Don't tire the baby in your belly."

Chen Zhaoyi rubbed her sleepy eyes, leaned gently in Xia Yu's arms and said coquettishly, "No, Your Majesty, there is nothing I can't sleep."

Xia Yu pinched her soft face with amusement, and the doting in her eyes made Concubine Zhao beside her envious and jealous, especially her bulging belly, which made her jealous.

"How about I go back and accompany you?"

"I was just joking. Today is the royal sister's birthday. Your Majesty, you should stay with your sister. I will take my leave first," Chen Zhaoyi burst into laughter, waved away Xia Yu's hand, and was helped up by a palace maid beside her.

"Sister Imperial Concubine, I will go back to rest first. I hope you won't blame me."

"I am very happy that my younger sister can come to my birthday. The most important thing is to take care of the dragon seed so that it can bear children for Your Majesty as soon as possible."

Concubine Zhao walked over, held Chen Zhaoyi's hand, and spoke like an elder sister, her face full of unstoppable concern and joy.

"Happy birthday, sister Imperial Concubine. I'm late." Before Chen Zhaoyi could reply, a tender voice came from the gate of the Imperial Garden. Then a woman in a brocade skirt with gold thread and white pattern of Epiphyllum raindrops, with picturesque eyebrows and eyes, graceful looks, shoulders as sharp as a knife, waist as slender as a willow, skin as white as cream and breath as faint as orchids, walked in slowly, swaying from side to side, holding a translucent thorny chrysanthemum light silk fan in her slender jade hand.

Xue Zhiyu was once again shocked by the beauty of the woman in front of her. She thought that Concubine Zhao was also a top beauty, but who would have thought that there was a woman who was as beautiful as Concubine Zhao.

"Sister Shufei, what are you talking about? I am so happy that you can come to my birthday party. Come, please take a seat."

Concubine Shu smiled while covering her lips with a fan, a hint of sneer flashed in her eyes, and then she turned her head and bowed to Xia Yu, "Your Majesty, how are you?"

"Yes," Xia Yu nodded indifferently. As if unaware, Concubine Shu said to the palace servant who was moving a chair, "Move the chair next to Sister Zhaoyi. I haven't talked to her for a long time."

"But, Imperial Concubine..." The palace maid looked at Imperial Concubine Zhao with a little hesitation, but did nothing.

"Humph, why bother asking the Imperial Concubine about this matter? I do have this right, right?"

Upon hearing this, the palace maid dared not ask any more questions. She hurried to Chen Zhaoyi's side and retreated tremblingly, as if she would be in trouble if she was a step late.

Concubine Shu then slowly walked over and sat next to Chen Zhaoyi. She looked at the man who was the emperor with unstoppable admiration in her eyes. She seemed to have thought of something and said to Xia Yu, "Your Majesty, the imperial physician said that I am... pregnant."

As if on purpose, Concubine Shu raised her voice a few degrees when she said this, and Concubine Zhao, who was sitting on Xia Yu's left, had a hint of unnaturalness on her originally dignified and elegant face.

The look in Xia Yu's eyes darkened and he glanced at Eunuch Huang behind him.

Eunuch Huang has been with Xia Yu for many years. Xia Yu knew what he meant with just one look, nodded, and turned to leave.

After leaving the Imperial Garden, Eunuch Huang called his confidant and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Huizi, during the days when the Emperor visited Concubine Shu, are you sure he watched Concubine Shu drink the contraceptive soup? What's going on?"

The eunuch named Xiao Huizi lowered his head timidly, a little panic flashed across his face, and his voice was a little trembling, "I am sure that I watched the Concubine Shu drink it."

Of course, Eunuch Huang could see Xiao Huizi's weirdness. After all, he had been in the palace and had seen all kinds of people. He picked up the whisk in his hand and slapped Xiao Huizi hard. His face was horrible and he pinched his chin. "You are so bold that you dare to pretend to obey. I don't want to see you tomorrow."

After saying that, he clapped his hands, as if he had touched something dirty, and turned around to go back to the Imperial Garden.

Xiao Huizi was so panicked when he saw this that he quickly took a few steps and grabbed Eunuch Huang's sleeve, crying miserably, "Eunuch, please spare me. It was Concubine Shu who asked me to do this. She said that now in the palace, mothers are honored by their children. If she gives birth to a prince for Your Majesty, Your Majesty will definitely reconsider the position of heir..."

"Stupid! It's just a woman's words. You've been with me for so long, and you can't even read people's expressions? You're so stupid!"

After hearing what Eunuch Huang said, Xiao Huizi realized that he had been fooled. He rolled his eyes and went to Eunuch Huang and whispered a few words.

After listening, Eunuch Huang looked at Xiao Huizi. In fact, he would have sent someone else to do it even without him saying anything, but since he was so sincere, just let him go.

"Don't worry, sir. I guarantee this will be foolproof."

"Well, go do other things."

In the Imperial Garden, Concubine Zhicong Shu announced that she was pregnant. All the women sitting below sent their blessings, but they did not dare to be too obvious. After all, today was Concubine Zhao's birthday, and they did not dare to offend a concubine in public.

Chen Zhaoyi sat down again with the help of the palace maid. She didn't expect that Concubine Shu would suddenly announce her pregnancy. She was stunned for a while and then gave her blessings.

Xia Yu still looked indifferent and said to Concubine Shu, "If you are pregnant, take good care of the baby and don't wander around."

Shufei didn't care about Xia Yu's cold attitude. To her, if the baby in her belly was a boy, the position of queen would soon be hers.

This little episode passed quickly. As the protagonist of today, Concubine Zhao maintained a decent smile, glanced around at the women present, and nodded to the palace maid behind her.

After the palace maid understood, she picked up the prepared tray and asked another palace maid to help her distribute each jade bracelet in the tray to the young lady of each family.

After the distribution was completed, Concubine Zhao spoke slowly, "This jade bracelet is a gift from me to all the young ladies. Although today is my birthday, I not only received blessings from the young ladies, but also learned the good news about Concubine Shu. It can be said that it is a double happiness."

When Concubine Shu, who was sitting next to Chen Zhaoyi, heard this, she narrowed her eyes, but she did not behave abnormally. Instead, she subconsciously reached out and stroked her still flat belly. She seemed to have thought of something and looked towards Xue Zhiyu.

This newly promoted princess is very popular now. Besides, the old woman, the imperial concubine, dislikes her. If she can use this person for her own purposes, then she doesn't have to do it herself, right?

Xue Zhiyu listened to the conversation of these people with boredom. If she was not afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, she would have wanted to leave long ago. This banquet was either a performance or a preparation to watch a performance.

"Princess Kangle, I heard that you cured all those people with strange diseases on Stone Street. I really admire you. Could you tell me how you cured them?"

Being suddenly called by Concubine Shu, Xue Zhiyu raised her eyes to look at Concubine Shu, stood up and bowed to her, "Reporting to Concubine Shu, I am a humble person, but I happen to know something about Shitou Street's illness. This disease is called Black Disease, but the cause has not been found yet. However, this disease generally does not appear in Yan Country. Fortunately, Shitou Street has recovered from the illness now."

"Princess Kangle is too modest. This is a problem that even the Imperial Hospital is troubled by, but you have solved it. You are really young and promising, don't you think so, Your Majesty?"

Xia Yu also nodded in approval, "Yes, Princess Kangle is indeed young and promising. She helped me resolve this worry. I should have announced this matter to the world at that time. Princess Kangle will not blame me, right?"

Tsk, the old fox emperor wants to trick her again. Xue Zhiyu felt very ashamed of the emperor in her heart, but on the surface she still replied with a neither humble nor arrogant attitude, "Of course not. Your Majesty has his own reasons for doing this. It is Kang Le's honor to help Your Majesty solve his worries."

"Hahahahahaha, Princess Kangle, you don't have to be so modest. Someone come here!"

"The slave is here."

"Princess Kang Le has made great contributions to the Stone Street incident, so I will grant Penang as her fiefdom, and the whole world will celebrate on this day."

The person in charge of the announcement took note of it and then bowed and left.

Xue Yulu's face couldn't be uglier. Even though she tried her best to endure it, her hands were tightly clenched into fists under her sleeves. She didn't expect that this little bitch was so lucky that her fiefdom was Penang!

Penang is a city with great cultural tolerance. Many people from other countries come here for cultural exchanges, so Penang is also called the "City of Penang".

Xue Zhiyu also roughly understood the situation of each city in Yan State from Xiaoqiu. Although she was a little surprised that the emperor might have been provoked and gave her Penang as a fiefdom, it was just an extra trouble for her. Thinking about taking charge of the management, she felt a headache. She just wanted to make money and be an idle person, why was it so difficult! !

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

There was no big change on Xue Zhiyu's face, she still looked neither humble nor arrogant, which made Xia Yu look at her differently.

In addition to Xue Yulu who looked very bad, there was another person who also looked very bad.

Zhao Hanming stared at Xue Zhiyu intently, as if he wanted to see a hole in her.

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"I am a little tired, let the maid take you ladies for a walk."

Concubine Zhao leaned back in the chair, rubbed her eyebrows, and looked very tired.

"If you are tired, go back and rest. You are not in good health. I will ask the imperial physician to check on you later."

"Well, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I will take my leave first," Concubine Zhao nodded to Xia Yu, stood up and walked towards the gate of the imperial garden.

The protagonist left, and Xia Yu had no need to stay. He turned to Concubine Shu and said, "I still have things to deal with, so I won't stay any longer."

Concubine Shu took over the conversation with understanding, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, leave everything to me."

"Farewell, Your Majesty!!!"

Seeing Xia Yu preparing to leave, Chen Zhaoyi didn't want to stay here anymore. She stood up, ignoring the looks from all around, walked up to him, took his arm, and said affectionately, "Your Majesty, I will leave with you. I am also beginning to feel sleepy."

Xia Yu smiled helplessly, the doting in her eyes was self-evident, "You, you are always so childish, then leave this place to Concubine Shu, you come with me."

As the corners of the man's mouth raised, Chen Zhaoyi could clearly hear the sound of her own heartbeat. She loved this man terribly, even though she knew that there was more than one woman in the harem. But there was nothing she could do. Her heart could no longer hold another man.

"It's all because of your Majesty's indulgence. Let's go quickly. I'm really sleepy," she said and yawned, urging Xia Yu to leave quickly.

"Okay, okay, you're urging me."

The two of them left the Imperial Garden, talking and laughing. Shufei stood there and heard the oriole-like laughter coming from the gate of the Imperial Garden. The jealousy in her heart almost overwhelmed her reason, but she still endured it.

"Everyone, I'll ask the palace maid to take you around the imperial garden. It just so happens that the flowers are in full bloom right now."

After Concubine Shu finished speaking, several palace maids led the ladies present to visit the Imperial Garden.

Xue Zhiyu thought that while visiting the Imperial Garden, she could take the opportunity to leave the palace and send this thing away quickly. After all, the longer she stayed, the higher the danger.

When she was about to follow the group of women, Concubine Shu suddenly called her.

"Princess Kang Le, please stay."