Donggong Zhangjiao

In the palace, Pei Yao naturally had no objection.

So soon a banquet was set up at the fifth prince's house to welcome Qin's concubine.

Just as Qin Shu wished, she hooked up with the fifth prince, and her family no longer dared to say anything, and she was completely freed from it.

And as promised, the two of them performed a passionate drama in front of outsiders.

But in fact, in private, the distance between the two is very far.

It's just that the fifth prince thought he acted well, but the fourth prince still saw the flaws.

"Lao Wu, you and your siblings are just putting on a show." The fourth prince put his arm around the fifth prince's shoulders and laughed softly.

The fifth prince raised his lips and said, "Fourth brother, how did you see that?"

"Because Fourth Brother, there is someone you really like. The look in your eyes is not true." The Fourth Prince patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I know your thoughts and won't tell anyone else."

The fifth prince also put his hand on the fourth prince's shoulder.

"Brother, I really envy you."

"What are you envious of me for?" the fourth prince chuckled, "envy me, you will marry two or three people in the future, but no one really likes you?"

The fifth prince raised his eyebrows and smiled, but said no more.

Some words are meaningless if explained clearly.

When he returned to his house, he saw Qin Shu wandering in the garden, so he went up to chat with her.

Unknowingly, it came to the fourth prince.

Qin Shu suddenly said, "If you were the prince, how many would you marry?"

Unexpectedly, she would say such a sentence suddenly. The fifth prince was stunned for a moment, and then said calmly.

"The harem of the former dynasty has always been constant. As a prince, it is impossible to guard a woman at any time. The favor of the concubines in the harem is also a seizure of the power of the previous dynasty. The father can have the confidence not to choose another woman. , because he has a solid political record of opening up new territories, so he has the ability to outlast a pack of wolves. In the future, when the fourth brother ascends the throne, no matter how smooth the government is, he will still have to be careful when dealing with those old ministers."

High merit covers the master.

Which of the ministers who rose up under Pei Yao was a vegetarian?
Serving the old may not necessarily serve the young.

After hearing what the fifth prince said, Qin Shu smiled and then said something.

"You are indeed made to be a king."

After saying this, the fifth prince slowly discovered that Qin Shu seemed to be alienating him intentionally or unintentionally.

Although the relationship between the two of them in front of others and behind others was inconsistent before, the fifth prince did not feel such a sense of alienation, and the fifth prince was a little confused.

But thinking about it carefully, there seems to be no problem with this.

Isn't that what the two agreed before?

But the fifth prince just felt a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't find the reason, so he just attributed it to physical discomfort.

But he didn't expect that a sudden rainstorm in summer would really make him sick.

However, Tan Liang was blown by the wind for a while by the window, and was caught cold by the wind mixed with moisture, and developed a high fever that night.

The fifth prince originally had toxins in his body. When he was well, he looked like a normal person, but if he had a cold or brain fever, it would be particularly serious.

People in the mansion didn't dare to delay, so they went to the imperial doctor with their badges late at night.

When Qin Shu got the news, she rushed to the front yard despite heavy rain to check the situation.

After all, the fifth prince is her sponsor, Qin Shu thought.

And it’s just a good opportunity to show off the character’s deeply affectionate character.

So Qin Shu didn't leave as soon as she arrived. She took care of the fifth prince for a whole day and night without taking off her clothes. She didn't leave until the fifth prince recovered from his fever and woke up.

I just didn't expect that she would also develop a fever when she went back.

I guess I was either infected or caught a cold when I went there in the rain.

It happened that the queen learned about the fifth prince's illness and sent someone to take care of her. In order to show that the relationship between the two was good, the fifth prince ordered someone to take Qin Shu to live in his courtyard, and the two of them recuperated together. Qin Shu was in much better health and recovered in three or four days, but the fifth prince was so ill that it took him half a month to recover.

During this period, the people sent by the queen kept staring at the two of them, which made Qin Shu feel scared.

It felt like if the fifth prince hadn't been ill, this nanny would have to see her and the fifth prince consummate their marriage before leaving.

Although the matter did not develop to that stage, as expected, before leaving, the grandma still warned Qin Shu to take good care of her body and get pregnant as soon as possible.

After seeing her off, Qin Shu, although she was teasing, really realized for the first time that the fifth prince's health was really much worse than that of ordinary people.

Unable to bear it, Qin Shu's attitude softened.

My heart says that I am suitable to be an emperor. Isn’t this impossible?
Then we don’t allow others to experience another kind of life?

After her heart softened, Qin Shu continued to have contact with the fifth prince.

At this time, the fifth prince also gradually discovered that Qin Shu was different from other girls, always coming up with some weird ideas, and even researching new foods.

After such contact, they seemed to have some different emotions in their hearts.

But both of them remembered the agreement, so no one said a word.

But the queen was a little anxious, because Qin Shu had been in the fifth prince's house for two years, and there was no movement in her stomach. This made her think again, and wanted to marry the fifth prince a legitimate wife, and then take in a concubine with two rooms and a good family. .

The fifth prince was naturally unwilling. He really didn't want to put in the effort.

But he couldn't think of how to silence the queen until that day when he took Qin Shu to the temple to pay respects to the queen. The queen pressed her again about the child, and Qin Shu came up with a big trick for him.

Kneeling down and crying, he said that it was because the fifth prince was too weak, so having more women in the back house would not only not be beneficial to the heirs, but would also empty out the fifth prince earlier.

The fifth prince's face turned dark, but he had no other choice but to hold his nose and agree.

When the queen learned about this, she finally became silent.

It's just that after the two returned home, they didn't know how to face each other.

It wasn't until they got drunk and found themselves hugging each other when they woke up that the fifth prince couldn't help but kiss Qin Shu's forehead.

But that’s all.

From that day on, it was no longer Qin Shu who stayed away, but the fifth prince.

The two of them seemed to have a tacit understanding in their hearts, not wanting to pierce the last layer of window paper.

And the fifth prince's body did not change because of such a relationship. In the winter of the year when he was twenty-two years old, after the fifth prince accompanied Qin Shu to watch the lanterns, he vomited a mouthful of blood on the way back home, and then It didn't slow down either.

It is already difficult for his body to survive until this day.

When the queen heard the news and rushed over, she fainted without even lifting her breath when she saw the fifth prince on the couch.

Qin Shu's eyes turned red from crying, but she could only watch as the fifth prince fell asleep longer and longer every day. Until a month later, the fifth prince said he wanted to take a nap and never woke up again.

It was so sudden that the queen didn't have time to finally talk to her son.

Unable to bear such bad news, the queen's body collapsed quickly.

Qin Shu, on the other hand, silently cooperated with the Ministry of Rites and took care of the fifth prince's funeral.

Later, she planned to go to the national temple to accompany the queen, but the queen sent Minsi to tell her that she still had a long life, so she should leave now, take enough money, fly far away, and live her own life.

Qin Shu was surprised, but looking at the empty house, she nodded.

She didn't know that the reason why the queen was willing to let her go was because the fifth prince left a letter before his death.

She was the fifth prince, and he didn't want to hold her captive for the rest of her life.

It's just that some people have already lived in their hearts, and no matter where they go, they can't be forgotten.

Hopefully, people will have an afterlife.

In that case, maybe we can meet again. (End of chapter)