Chapter 292: 292 Seizing the title (first update)

Chapter 292: 292 Seizing the title (first update)

Chapter 292 Chapter 292 Seizing the title (first update)

It was quiet in the Nuan Pavilion, and the howling wind outside sounded like sighs.

After another moment of burning incense, the maid grabbed the medicine and hurriedly went to boil it.

In the meantime, Chu Qianchen asked Amber to go back to the prince's palace and asked her to tell the prince that she would return to the palace later.

By the time Chu Qianchen left Duke Mu's Mansion and returned to the Prince's Mansion, it was already Shenshi, and it was still drizzling outside.

Chu Qianchen had been busy for most of the day and went to the outer study to find Gu Jue a little tired.

She went in by herself without any warning. Gu Jue was sitting in a rosewood armchair by the window, with bundles of snow-white silk on the coffee table beside her.

Chu Qianchen walked over in three steps at a time and asked with interest: "My lord, are you making silk strings?!"

As the name suggests, silk strings are naturally twisted strings made of silk.

Different from other strings, the sound of silk strings is warm, pure, beautiful, and has a unique charm.

"Yeah." Gu Jue raised his eyes to look at her and responded softly.

He was making new silk strings for the broken string of the harp.

Chu Qianchen smiled brilliantly, his eyes bright.

The prince really knows everything!

Chu Qianchen also liked the sound of silk strings. He had also made silk strings for her piano with his own hands before, and she enthusiastically made them for him.

To make a good silk string, you need to choose the best materials, and choose those silks that are white, shiny, and uniform in thickness. A silk string requires hundreds of silks to be tied together and twisted into a string. The production process is very complicated.

While helping Gu Jue select silk, Chu Qianchen rambled on about what happened at Duke Mu's mansion today.

Facing Gu Jue, Chu Qianchen had no idea that family scandals should not be made public. He told the whole story, including Prince Jing's resignation, and only concealed the fact that she drank Fu Shui. .

Of course you can't say something like this that will obviously get you scolded. If you can, hide it.

Chu Qianchen's eyes wandered for a moment, then he put down some silk he had just picked and went to get the tea cup.

Almost at the same time, Gu Jue also put down the small bunch of newly arranged silk in his hand and looked at Chu Qianchen intently. His long and narrow eyes were like a calm lake, reflecting Chu Qianchen's face clearly. figure.

Gu Jue already knew Chu Qianchen very well. He could see her mood at a glance and narrowed his eyes.

This girl must be hiding something.

He raised his eyebrows slightly and looked over with a half-smiling look.

"..." Chu Qianchen's heart skipped a beat and he quickly went to drink tea.

She slowly drank two sips of tea, then raised her head and met Gu Jue's smiling eyes again.

Her eyes wandered for a moment, and she hesitated and quickly changed the subject: "Your Majesty, you... do you think these silks I picked are okay?"

As soon as she changed the subject, her guilty expression became even more obvious.

Gu Jue was sure that this girl must have done something in Duke Mu's mansion.

Gu Jue raised his right arm and crossed the small coffee table between the two of them, lifting her small chin with his slender index and middle fingers.

He looked at her and smiled, his smile was warm and his eyes were as bright as stars.

His smile was different from usual, and Chu Qianchen felt even worse.

Chu Qianchen changed the subject again abruptly: "My lord, are you hungry?"

"Shall I make you roasted venison with honey sauce?"

She stood up in a hurry, avoided the **** that were picking up her chin, turned around and wanted to run away.

However, just as she took a step forward, her right wrist was already grabbed by Gu Jue's right hand.

"etc!"

Gu Jue gently pulled her wrist, but his strength was not too strong.

But as soon as Chu Qianchen turned around, before her feet could stand firm, she staggered back two steps after being pulled by him, and ran into his arms with a low cry, while his other hand gently rested on hers. On her slender waist, she stabilized her body.

"..." Chu Qianchen froze and sat firmly on his strong thighs, with her back against his broad chest.

His warm breath enveloped her, and she could feel his left hand on her waist sliding downward slightly.

Chu Qianchen didn't dare to move like a stone sculpture, and felt a warm touch on the top of his head.

After Chu Qianchen was stunned for a moment, she realized that he was kissing the top of her head. When she raised her head, his second kiss fell on her forehead.

It was like she was raising her forehead to his lips.

Chu Qianchen froze again, dumbfounded.

Then, she heard his low laughter, which seemed to be very pleasant. Chu Qianchen suddenly felt that his scalp and forehead were surprisingly sensitive. A numbing feeling seemed to spread across the skin he had kissed, and it seemed that Touched by a small spark.

She felt a rush of heat rushing to her face, and her cheeks and ears were slightly flushed.

The outer study room fell silent.

Thumping!

Chu Qianchen could clearly hear a strong heartbeat echoing in her ears. Even she didn't know whether the heartbeat belonged to her or him.

"Hua Hua Hua..."

The rain outside the window became louder and heavier.

The rainy weather is annoying, and there are only a few pedestrians on the road.

But Prince Li had to go out, and that afternoon, he personally visited the Jingjun Prince's Mansion.

In his heart, Prince Li only thought that the reason why Gu Jin resigned from the title was because of a disorder he had committed when he was young. He was just impulsively talking nonsense. Therefore, he thought of asking Jingjun Princess Yang to persuade Gu Jin to persuade him not to impulse.

However, as soon as Concubine Yang heard that Gu Jin was resigning, she began to sigh helplessly and complained to Prince Li: "A Jin's temperament has always been independent. He goes his own way. It's difficult for his stepmother to do anything. I really can't control it." On his head."

"Look, what has he listened to me about over the years?" "Why should I ask for trouble, don't you think?"

After saying that, Concubine Yang held the handkerchief and pretended to wipe away her tears.

Prince Li: “…”

Prince Li wanted to say something, but Concubine Yang put down the veil and said before him: "Prince Li, A Jin proposed to resign because he felt that he was not worthy of the position."

"As the saying goes, melons picked by force are not sweet. Now that he has made a decision, we elders should still follow his wishes. Why force others to make things difficult for them!"

Concubine Yang's words were high-sounding, but her true intention was already obvious.

Prince Li was not a fool, so he couldn't see that Princess Yang was eager for Gu Jin to give up her title.

Prince Li was so angry that he said "goodbye" and walked away.

After Prince Li returned to the palace, he got the news. As soon as he left, Concubine Yang sent people to invite Taoist priests from Yuan Qingguan to perform rituals at her home. It was said that Concubine Yang had dreamed about the deceased Prince Xianjun last night, and Prince Xianjun entrusted her with the dream. , scolded the second son Gu Jin...

At this moment, Prince Li felt that he seemed to understand why Gu Jin had resigned.

He had known that there was a lot of chaos in Prince Jing's Mansion, but he didn't expect that the internal fighting would reach this level. If this continued, sooner or later it would cause a huge disaster for the Prince's Mansion!

Prince Li was no longer able to care about this matter.

In the next few days, with the help of Concubine Yang and Gu Laosan, rumors about this matter started to spread, becoming more and more exaggerated and outrageous. In just a few days, everyone in the capital knew that Gu Jinde, the king of Jingjun, was not worthy of the throne. , is about to be deposed by the emperor.

This news also reached the ears of Chu Qianhuang in the Yongding Marquis Mansion.

It was the eldest maid holding Qin who told her.

"What did you say?!" Chu Qianhuang blurted out in disbelief and almost dropped the teacup in her hand.

Obviously everything was going according to her plan step by step, but when things came to a head, Prince Jing was actually deprived of his title by the emperor.

Chu Qianhuang took a deep breath, calmed down a little, and then asked: "Bao Qin, what is going on? Tell me in detail."

Baoqin swallowed his saliva and said, "I happened to overhear two women talking outside the Prince's Mansion today. From their tone, it seemed that Prince Jing had made some big mistake. For this reason, the Emperor was in court two days ago. I angrily scolded Prince Jing and wanted to seize the title, but Prince Li persuaded me to stop it, so I temporarily put it aside. "

Baoqin looked at Chu Qianhuang with some anxiety.

The purpose of her going to the Prince's Mansion today was to "greet" Gu Zhiyan's illness on Chu Qianhuang's order. Unexpectedly, before she knocked on the corner door of the Prince's Mansion, she heard two women at the entrance of the alley. Talk about the news that Prince Jingjun will be deprived of his title.

At that moment, Baoqin was stunned, and in the end he did not enter the county prince's palace.

"..." Chu Qianhuang's fists clenched and then unclenched, fidgeting.

Baoqin continued: "Miss, my servants also heard them say that Concubine Yang drove the Prince and Princess out of the Prince's Mansion, and now they are temporarily living in Duke Mu's Mansion with the sick Lord of Hui'an County."

Chu Qianhuang: "!!"

Chu Qianhuang was startled again, his face as gloomy as water.

Her nails began to pinch her fingertips again and again subconsciously.

After a moment, she asked again: "Can you find out what mistake Prince Jing made that made the emperor so angry that he wanted to take away his title?!"

How could Baoqin know so much? He shook his head and said, "I don't know if this is reliable, so I went to a teahouse I frequented to find out the news. I heard that the waiters and tea guests in the teahouse all talked about the county prince. He is about to be deprived of his title, so this is probably true, but the reasons are various. "

"Some people say that the former prince gave the emperor a dream, accusing him of being unfilial, disrespectful, and devoid of virtue and talent; some say that the prince failed to handle his errand; some say that the prince's words and deeds were frivolous and he bumped into some noble person..."

Baoqin told all kinds of rumors in the market, and the more he told them, the more outrageous they became.

Chu Qianhuang was doubtful and didn't say anything for a while, then stood up.

She must go to Shen Wan and ask. She must not waste so much effort.

It is conceivable that if Gu Jin, the prince of Jingjun, is really deprived of his title, even if he can barely keep his job in the Ministry of Rites, he may not be able to take on the job of wedding the princess. The emperor will definitely choose another prince from the clan. .

But thinking that Shen Wan was in Duke Mu's mansion at the moment, Chu Qianhuang sat down again, looking hesitant.

If she went to Duke Mu's Mansion, she would definitely not be able to hide it from Shen's eyes and ears. Now that she was confined to the Duke's Mansion and could not go out, she "shouldn't" know these things.

Chu Qianhuang's jade teeth bit her lower lip repeatedly, biting her lip until it turned red, almost drawing blood, and her eyebrows lightly frowned.

After thinking about it for a long time, she sighed helplessly and still didn't get up.

She told herself, just wait, now she can only wait.

Last time she only gave Shen Wan a talisman. In Gu Zhiyan's current state, she was already addicted to drugs. Such a talisman could maintain her condition for up to five days. This meant that sooner or later, Shen Wan He will find himself.

Then, the initiative will be in your own hands.

Thinking this, Chu Qianhuang calmed down a little.

She endured it for another day.

She spent this day almost restlessly, and she tossed and turned at night, fearing that Shen Wan would not come to see her, fearing that Shen Wan would bring bad news that Prince Jing had been taken away from his job, and fearing that Mrs. Shen would find out. Her plan...

A long day and night passed like this. Finally, when Chu Qianhuang's anxiety was about to reach its peak, the maid came to report that Princess Jingjun was here.

Upon hearing the report, Chu Qianhuang was first surprised, and then ecstatic.

She immediately calmed down her emotions and ordered: "Invite the princess in."

Baoqin personally invited Shen Wan to the East Room. Shen Wan wore a honey-colored moiré tunic, an amber skirt embroidered with gardenia flowers, and three hairpins inlaid with southern pearls in her hair. .

Her face was sallow, her brows were furrowed, and she looked haggard and tired, like a blooming peony that had lost its color and begun to decline.

Obviously, Shen Wan's life has been in dire straits in the past few days.

(End of chapter)