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

Caiyue shook her head gently and said, "I don't know who your father is, but I know that my aunt was already pregnant when she entered the mansion. I have heard my aunt and the master talking about your father. From their tone, it seems that the master hates your father very much."

hatred?

Hua Shu frowned slightly. If Hua Huaiyuan really hated her father, then it could only be that her father had snatched Xiao Junru away.

But, wasn't Xiao Junru in love with Hua Huaiyuan? Why did she have them with her father? Did her father force Xiao Junru?

No, that's not right. Judging from what Concubine Fu said to her, it was Xiao Junru who was wrong to her father. In this case, it was not her father who snatched Xiao Junru away.

After thinking it over, Hua Shu still couldn't figure out the reason. She rubbed her temples with a headache.

Seeing this, Caiyue stepped forward and held her head, saying, "Master, don't think too much. The truth will come out one day."

Hua Shu nodded, smiled at her and said nothing.

Caiyue also smiled, then she thought of something and said with a serious expression, "Master, what do you think about my aunt remarrying into the Hua Mansion?"

Hua Shu pondered for a moment and said, "Since she wants to jump into the Hua family's fire pit, let her do it."

Caiyue thought so too. She wanted to do it and no one could stop her. Besides, she never cared about her master.

After Hua Shu asked her some more questions, she suddenly thought of something and a smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

She looked at Caiyue and said, "Find a chance to tell Hua Huaiyuan that I'm faking my pregnancy later."

Caiyue paused while massaging her hands, and her face turned pale. She knelt in front of Hua Shu and said, "Master, how could I betray you? Or do you not trust me?"

Hua Shu stepped forward and helped her up personally, saying, "Don't employ a person you doubt, and don't doubt a person you employ. Since I said I trust you, how could I doubt you?"

After that, she pulled Caiyue to sit on the chaise longue and said softly, "There are two reasons why I asked you to do this. One is that I don't want Hua Huaiyuan to know that you have betrayed him. The other is that I want to use this fake pregnancy to do something."

Caiyue's expression became better after hearing her say that, but she still couldn't help but say, "But, Master, once Hua Huaiyuan is informed of your fake pregnancy, he will definitely tell the Queen and the Crown Prince, which will be very disadvantageous to you."

"Moreover, the Queen must have told him what happened last night. He should have guessed that I betrayed him and will no longer trust me."

Hua Shu showed a mysterious smile on her face and said, "It doesn't matter, just tell him, and it's up to him whether he believes it or not."

Besides, even if she didn't tell them, Empress Liu and Hua Huaiyuan would not believe that she was pregnant.

After all, Hua Huaiyuan personally watched as people poured those bowls of medicine into her mouth.

There was another main reason why she did this, but she didn't want to tell Caiyue for the time being.

After hearing what she said, Caiyue didn't say anything else.

Hua Shu lowered her voice and spoke a few more words to her before letting her leave.

As soon as Caiyue left, Hua Shu called Rendong and Xiao Shengzi in.

……

On this side, after the morning court session, the prince went to Chonghua Palace in the name of paying respects to Empress Liu.

Chu Hengzhi looked at him and couldn't help but quicken his pace. He had already guessed his real purpose of going to Chonghua Palace.

A hint of sneer appeared at the corner of his lips. The prince is really a lovesick man.

Chu Yunxiao came out and saw Chu Hengzhi staring at the direction the prince left. He couldn't help but ask, "Fourth brother, what are you looking at so intently?"

Chu Hengzhi turned his head and looked at him. Although Chu Yunxiao had a gentle smile on his face, he could not hide the fatigue between his brows.

When he entered the palace today, he also heard that his father had changed the punishment for Concubine Qi Hui.

It goes without saying how much effort Chu Yunxiao put into saving Concubine Qi Hui.

He collected his thoughts and said with a smile, "Nothing, I just saw that the prince's steps were a little anxious, and I couldn't help but take a few more glances."

Chu Yunxiao also glanced in the direction the prince left and said with a smile, "Maybe he went to pay his respects to the queen mother."

A smile flashed across Chu Hengzhi's eyes: "Probably."

After saying that, the scene fell into silence, and Chu Yunxiao looked at Chu Hengzhi inconspicuously.

Last night, Concubine Qi Hui had told him that she wanted to join forces with the Queen to get rid of Hua Shu, but he never expected that she had never wanted to cooperate with them from the beginning.

She even acted like she was at odds with the palace maid named Caiyue beside her, causing his mother to be careless. She secretly asked Xiao Kangzi to win her over, and thus he fell into Hua Shu's trap.

His mother also told him that the Queen told her that Hua Shu was Chu Hengzhi's woman.

So he caught up with Chu Hengzhi today just to test whether what happened last night had anything to do with him.

Chu Hengzhi had almost guessed his intention, and said with a harmless smile on his face: "Third brother, do you think what happened last night was a little strange?"

Chu Yunxiao tightened his hands in his sleeves and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Chu Hengzhi pretended to be in deep thought for a moment and said, "I always feel that it is impossible for Concubine Yi to complete this plan alone. Besides, with Concubine Yi's appearance, it is not worth taking such a big risk."

At this point, he paused and continued, "And the little eunuch who claimed to be arranged by Concubine Hui, if he was really Concubine Hui's man, how could he turn against his own master."

"So, I think this matter is very strange, but my father has already made a conclusion, and we, as ministers, cannot interfere in the affairs of the harem."

After hearing what he said, Chu Yunxiao's eyes darkened. She turned her head to look at him, trying to see something from his face, but there was nothing else on his face except a hint of confusion.

He didn't believe Chu Hengzhi's words at all, so he pretended to be in deep thought for a moment and said, "Tell me, could it be that Concubine Rou planned what happened last night?"

Chu Hengzhi could tell that he was testing him, and he sneered in his heart, but nodded: "It's possible. After all, this is a way to kill two birds with one stone. However, if it is really Concubine Rou, then her scheming is unfathomable."

After hearing his words, Chu Yunxiao's eyes became more inquiring. Could it be that the Queen had lied to his mother, and Hua Shu was not Chu Hengzhi's person at all?

Chu Hengzhi still had things to investigate, so he didn't have time to test him here. He smiled and said, "Third brother, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. When we have time in the future, we can talk again."

Chu Yunxiao nodded and looked at his back and fell into deep thought.

……

Chonghua Palace.

After the prince bowed to Empress Liu, he could not help but ask, "Mother, where is Xueqiong?"

Last night he replaced Concubine Yi under the cover of darkness, intending to take her out of the palace overnight.

However, he never expected that his mother would send someone to tell him to let Concubine Yi stay in the palace first and send her out after some time.

Empress Liu looked at him and said solemnly, "She is in the side hall and will be here soon."

The prince was relieved to hear her say this. Seeing this, Empress Liu said in a deep voice: "Cheng'er, have you forgotten the warning I gave you?"

The prince's face turned pale when he heard this. He knew she was referring to what she had told him before, telling him not to be influenced by women.

"Mother, I, your son..." Before the prince finished speaking, he heard footsteps behind him.

He turned around subconsciously, and when he saw the person coming, he froze.

After realizing what was happening, he took a few steps back, his eyes filled with shock.