Shocked! After rebirth, my princess wants to remarry
Chapter 143: Who planted this pomegranate tree?
On October 26th, before daybreak, the sedan chair from the Prince of Jin's mansion had already stopped at the gate of the Gu family's house. A eunuch who looked like a housekeeper entered the mansion and, without even drinking tea, simply urged them to hurry up, "The princess should be getting up by now. Once the concubine enters, we'll be in time to offer her tea."
Wang was unhappy when she heard this, but she didn't dare to show anything. She just said, "Please wait a moment, eunuch," while stuffing her purse into the eunuch's hand.
"The princess has calculated the time. Don't delay the auspicious time for having a baby." The eunuch was very impartial.
"Come right back, I'll go take a look." Wang said, winking at Gu Hong, but the latter just sat upright and didn't want to flatter a eunuch.
Not long after, Gu Ruoxing was helped out by someone. Her clothes were not bright red, and she covered her face with a round fan. Amid Wang's sobs, she got into the sedan chair and disappeared in the mist in a few breaths.
*
Prince Jin's trip to the capital was quite fruitful. He had just taken in a beautiful concubine and now the autumn hunt was coming. This was something he was very confident about and which made him better than the crown prince.
In terms of civil and military affairs, the prince may be better than him, but when it comes to martial arts, he is confident that he can shoot the prince down with one arrow.
This matter was arranged by Ruan Zhou, the Minister of Rites. At that time, he went to the emperor to please the Prince of Jin for his daughter.
However, his enthusiasm was not wasted because his efforts were in vain. He even asked his wife to go to the Zhenbei General's Mansion to cancel the engagement in vain.
Now, Ruan Liuzheng was in a very awkward situation. The prominent families in the capital would not talk to him about their children at all, for fear that he would become their in-law. You know, his daughter was famous in the capital for her beauty and talent. If she was not engaged to the boy from the Jiang family, her door would have been knocked down by many people.
The court had just been dismissed, and Gu An, who had returned from Dengzhou less than a year ago, was surrounded again. The reasons were, firstly, he was an official in the Ministry of Personnel, and secondly, the girl was very capable.
The Crown Prince was actually so frightened that he didn't even want his concubine anymore. I heard from the Madam that the Crown Prince had a quarrel with Concubine Li because of this matter, and even talked about forbidding cousins from getting married. It seems that her daughter's methods are inferior to others.
"Alas..." Ruan Zhou shook his head and sighed, seeing the prince passing by, "Prince..."
Xiao Jingheng slowed down his pace, "What's the matter, Master Ruan?"
"Your Highness, I have nothing else to do but ask on Liu Zheng's behalf: How is Concubine Li doing lately?" Ruan Zhou asked with a smile on his face. "She's been home for over two months, and she's always thinking about you."
"She's doing well. She's well-fed in the palace, nothing special." Xiao Jingheng said calmly, "We can communicate. In the future, please ask Cousin Ruan to write to her herself, so as to avoid asking me through Lord Ruan, which may not always be possible."
"Yes, I was negligent." Ruan Zhou lowered his head and said, but there was no apology in his eyes.
"Okay, Lord Ruan is still busy with the autumn hunting, go ahead." After Xiao Jingheng finished speaking, he strode away with Han Desheng.
Ruan Zhou waited until the Crown Prince was far away before he looked up, his face as cold as ice. "The Crown Prince doesn't care about any kinship at all. He truly deserves to be a child raised by the Emperor. He's completely different from his mother."
*
After Xiao Jingheng finished delivering the memorials assigned by the emperor, he rode back to the East Palace on horseback. Han Desheng followed behind him, feeling so exhausted that his internal organs were about to shift.
In the blink of an eye, the Crown Prince, along with the brothers Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu, were already a hundred or eighty meters behind him. "What on earth is there in this East Palace that's worth the horses running so fast?"
Han Desheng sighed, flicked the whip, and increased his speed.
Xiao Jingheng dismounted, threw the whip to Zhang Wen behind him, and hurried to the main courtyard.
When he reached the door, his heart began to beat rapidly. He felt a little homesick, so he stopped and took a few deep breaths.
Han Desheng had already arrived by now, and seeing that the prince was not going in, he couldn't help but complain in his heart, why was he in such a hurry just now? Was he showing off how fast his horse ran?
"Your Highness, this is all done according to your instructions. Please take a look at it. If you feel there is anything inappropriate, I will ask someone to change it." Han Desheng said with a bow.
Jamel Xiao cleared his throat and said, "Go in and take a look."
Han Desheng exhaled softly. You are in such a hurry to come back, isn't it because when I left this morning, I reported to you that the main courtyard has been arranged?
Han Desheng still remembers the prince's eyes, as if saying, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"
Xiao Jingheng walked into the yard and looked at the two albizzia trees with their branches connected. He could imagine the beautiful scene of lush branches and leaves and blooming flowers next year. There was also a pomegranate tree at a lower place, which had the meaning of bearing many fruits.
"Did you ask someone to put this pomegranate tree here?" Xiao Jingheng stopped and asked Han Desheng from the side.
"It's not me, it was Concubine Li who sent it to me a few days ago. She said there is a pomegranate tree in the yard, which has good meaning. I also hope that you and the Crown Princess can..." Han Desheng said with a smile.
Many children, more blessings? In the previous life, when Xiao Jingheng and Gu Qinghe were in the East Palace, there was no good news...
"Pull up this tree for me!" Xiao Jingheng ordered coldly.
The servants present had not expected this to happen. They were very happy when the prince came in. They thought they would get a big reward, but in the end they had to redo the work?
The foreman stepped forward and pleaded in a low voice, "My Lord, this is a kind gift from Concubine Li. Besides, it's not easy to uproot a pomegranate tree like this. Even if you want to, you usually cut it down at the ground level."
"Are you lecturing me?" Xiao Jingheng said coldly with a stern face, "You acted on your own without asking me beforehand. I haven't even questioned you yet."
"Yes, I will take people to dig right away." The foreman eunuch did not dare to say anything. The attitude of this prince was very different from what the people in Yufu Palace said.
The people in Yufu Palace also said that when the Crown Prince saw the pomegranate tree, he would understand that Concubine Li also hoped that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess would get along well.
However, he now felt that when the Crown Prince saw the pomegranate tree, he thought that the person who gave the tree did not wish him well, even though Concubine Li was his mother...
The soft soil on the ground slowly piled up into a small hill, but the workers became more and more afraid to dig, because they saw an earth-colored cloth bundle under the roots of the pomegranate tree. It was not big, about the size of two palms.
"Manager Han..." Faced with this situation, the foreman didn't dare to tell the prince directly, so he had to call Han Desheng over to take a look.
"Put them all up." Xiao Jingheng said sternly, looking at the heads gathered together.
The bundle fell to the ground, and the smell of medicine filled the air. Several eunuchs who were working also knelt on the ground and said, "Your Highness, please understand. I really don't know what's going on."
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