The abandoned concubine is charming and charming, and the sickly prince breaks his waist

Hua Shu stopped and turned around to see Concubine Yi walking towards her with a gentle smile on her face.

A sneer flashed in Hua Shu's eyes, and she bowed to her along with Nanny Wang and Caiyue.

Concubine Yi smiled and walked forward to help her up, saying softly: "Sister, please get up. There is no need for us to be polite to each other. By the way, I want to congratulate you on your promotion to a noble lady."

"Thank you, Sister Yipin." Hua Shu looked at her with a fake smile: "Where are you going, Sister Yipin?"

Yipin smiled and said, "I had nothing to do, so I thought of taking a walk in the Imperial Garden. Unexpectedly, I picked up something and thought of chasing after it to see who dropped it. Unexpectedly, I saw my sister."

Hua Shu couldn't help but sneer in her heart. How could there be such a coincidence in the world? But she still looked curious and said, "I wonder what Sister Yipin picked up."

Concubine Yi took out a hairpin from her sleeve and handed it to her with a playful smile on her face.

"I have seen my sister wearing this hairpin before. I think it must have been dropped by her. Now it has been returned to its original owner."

Looking at the hairpin she handed over, a sneer flashed in Hua Shu's eyes. The hairpin was indeed picked up by them.

However, the one in Yipin's hand was not the one she dropped last night. Although they were somewhat similar, Hua Shu could be sure that it was not the one she dropped last night.

It was thought that the prince had picked up the hairpin and became suspicious of her, so he asked Concubine Yi to bring a similar hairpin to test her.

Hua Shu put away the sneer in her eyes, pretended to be curious and took the hairpin from her hand, looked at it for a while and said with a smile: "Sister Yipin made a mistake, this is not my hairpin."

Concubine Yi did not take the hairpin. She looked at her and smiled meaningfully: "I saw you wearing it before when I was in the Queen's palace. Maybe you have too many things and forgot it."

Hua Shu directly put the hairpin into her hand and said with a smile: "I do have a similar hairpin, but I didn't wear it out today, so this one is definitely not mine."

After saying this, she glanced at Nanny Wang and said, "I still have to go to Zhaoyang Palace, so I won't accompany you."

A hint of coldness flashed across Yipin's eyes. She put the hairpin into her bosom and said, "Since it's not my sister's, forget it. I just happen to have nothing to do, so why don't I go with my sister to pay my respects to the Imperial Concubine."

Hua Shu didn't want to take her along, after all, she had something to ask Concubine Fu today, but when she saw Concubine Yi's smiling face, she nodded and made a gesture of invitation.

As the saying goes, one should not hit a smiling person. Since Concubine Yi had said so, if she refused again, people would inevitably suspect that she was going to see Concubine Fu to do something shameful.

So Hua Shu decided to let her go. At worst, she could find another time to ask Concubine Fu.

Along the way, Hua Shu and Concubine Yi chatted casually and soon arrived at Zhaoyang Palace.

Nanny Wang asked Hua Shu and Concubine Yi to wait for a moment while she went in to report.

Hua Shu smiled and nodded. Nanny Wang went in and came out soon. She looked at Hua Shu with a loving smile and said, "My lord, please come in."

Hua Shu nodded and followed Nanny Wang in.

Concubine Yi didn't say anything. She noticed that Nanny Wang's attitude towards Hua Shu was very different, but she couldn't figure out what the relationship was between Hua Shu and Concubine Fu.

As soon as she entered Zhaoyang Palace, Hua Shu saw Concubine Fu standing in front of a pot of blooming crabapple flowers, with an indescribable loneliness and sadness between her eyebrows.

Hua Shu frowned, puzzled as to why she, as a royal concubine, always carried an unspeakable sadness.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Rou and Concubine Yi are here."

Nanny Wang's voice brought Hua Shu back to her senses. She and Concubine Yi stepped forward and bowed to Concubine Fu.

"Your concubine greets the Imperial Concubine."

Concubine Fu withdrew her thoughts, turned around and looked at the two of them and said, "Get up. Cui Liu, serve tea to Concubine Rou and Concubine Yi."

After Hua Shu and Yipin thanked them, they stood up and walked to the stone table with Fu Guifei and sat down.

Concubine Fu originally had something to say to Hua Shu, but now that there was an additional Concubine Yi, she decided to wait a few days before finding an opportunity to tell her, and then she chatted with them about what had happened in the palace during this period.

……

Royal study room.

Emperor Wu Ren looked at what Chu Hengzhi had found with a grim face, and the more he read, the uglier his expression became.

He originally wanted to wait a few days before pinning the matter on Chu Hengmo, but he didn't expect that he would find out so many things that were unfavorable to the prince in such a short time.

Seeing Emperor Wu Ren's increasingly ugly expression, the Crown Prince became increasingly nervous. He didn't know what Chu Hengzhi had found out.

Chu Yunxiao and Chu Yunyang also set their sights on Chu Hengzhi. The former hoped that Chu Hengzhi could use this incident to overthrow the prince.

But Chu Yunxiao soon thought of what his mother had told him before, that his father would never depose the prince easily, but he was also happy from the bottom of his heart that he could make him suffer a loss.

Chu Yunyang was in mixed feelings. On the one hand, he didn't want anything to happen to the Crown Prince, and on the other hand, he resented the Queen because of his mother's fake pregnancy. For a moment, he didn't know what he felt.

Chu Hengzhi seemed not to feel their gazes and continued to stand straight. He had already found these evidences a long time ago but had never produced them.

He wanted to see how his father would deal with the prince now that the evidence was before him.

For a moment, the imperial study was eerily quiet, and everyone present had their own thoughts.

It was a long time before Emperor Wu Ren put down the things in his hand and turned to look at Chu Hengzhi: "Did you find all these things in such a short time?"

Chu Hengzhi lowered his head and said respectfully, "Father, these are all what I have found out after I left the palace without sleep."

Emperor Wu Ren stared at him for a long time before turning to the Crown Prince and said, "Crown Prince, do you have anything to say about the corruption of your officials?"

The prince had an unhappy expression on his face. He didn't know why Chu Hengzhi would investigate his own ministers, who all happened to be his right-hand men.

But now that the evidence is conclusive, he has no way to exonerate them. All he can do is pretend that he knows nothing to protect himself.

After thinking about it, the prince knelt down and said, "I am at fault for not being able to manage my subordinates well and causing such a serious mistake. I beg you to punish me severely."

Emperor Wu Ren's expression was still difficult: "Do you think your words can convince me?"

The prince's face paled and he was thinking of something to say quickly in his mind.

Chu Hengzhi knelt down at this time: "Father, I think the things those ministers did have nothing to do with the Crown Prince, and the blame cannot be put on him."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes fell on Chu Hengzhi. They had never expected that he would speak for the prince, and even the prince had not expected Chu Hengzhi to speak for him.

Emperor Wu Ren looked at Chu Hengzhi and said in a deep voice: "Old Four, what do you think about this?"

Chu Hengzhi glanced at the prince, thought for a moment, and then said something that made the prince's face turn pale.