After Gao married the prince, the sick and weak concubine lost her horse

Chapter 115 Chapter 115

Laifu was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask further questions, he just followed silently with his hands down.

However, before he got close to Fengyi Palace, another eyeliner came to report: "Master, His Highness Fifth Highness was called to the Imperial Study Room by the saint again, and he didn't meet the girl from the Qin family."

Sheng Tingye narrowed his eyes slightly.

The pace, which was a little hasty at first, also slowed down at this time.

His mother's work has always been tight.

For the matter of inviting Qin Jiaojiao into the palace and calling Sheng Tingzhao to stop, anyone with a discerning eye could tell what she was up to.

She wasn't the kind of person who would make troubles all over the city before something was done.

But since she did this, she must have her reasons.

Sheng Tingye was a little impulsive just now, but after calming down a bit, it was not difficult to figure out the key point.

In particular, Sheng Tingzhao was summoned to Fengyi Palace, and before entering the door, he was called to the Imperial Study Room.

This is not to make Qin Jiaojiao and Sheng Tingzhao look at each other, it is clearly a pull and temptation between the emperor and empress.

You know, his relatives, including the four major families, have always been his father's heart disease.

Although the current court seems to be undercurrents, it has reached a certain level of balance.

As long as there are no major disturbances in the few families and the crown prince is not established for a day, this balance will not be broken.

It was the same reason that he and Sheng Tingjing were respectively accused of women from not-so-famous families.

But if at this time, the Queen of the Central Palace would have paved the way, and the Wang family, the head of the four major families, would be the backer. If Sheng Tingzhao married another daughter of the Qin family who holds a powerful army...

At that time, the power of the Wang family will grow even higher, not to mention that even the royal father will be a little afraid of Sheng Tingzhao, let alone the person who will be established as the prince in the future.

The wind direction of the entire court is about to change accordingly.

Of course the father would not allow such a thing to happen.

Unless, in his heart, he had acquiesced in Sheng Tingzhao's position as the crown prince, and letting him marry the daughter of the Qin family was to pave the way for his position as the crown prince.

Therefore, his mother's move was just to test his father's reaction to this matter.

On the surface, it seems to test whether he should acquiesce in this marriage, but in fact, it is to see if he has any plans to establish Sheng Tingzhao as the heir apparent.

As it stands now, no.

His mother might be disappointed.

Thinking of this, the corners of Sheng Tingye's mouth raised slightly, revealing an imperceptible mocking smile.

This is not difficult to guess, but just now he was almost subconscious, and the first thing he thought of was to stop her mother.

It was so easy to be influenced by his emotions, which surprised him a little.

Sheng Tingye felt that it was probably because she had been involved too much with her before, and she was affected.

While he was introspecting, his footsteps had turned back to the direction of the imperial study.

Lai Fu, the little eunuch who followed behind, didn't even dare to show his breath.

I don't know what happened to this master today, so capricious.

However, before Sheng Tingye could take a few steps, he was stopped by the eunuch Su Yu who rushed over from Fengyi Palace.

"Three Highnesses."

After seeing the ceremony, Su Yu respectfully said: "The servant is going to look for you, and the empress is here to invite you."

Although Sheng Tingye was unwilling, since Su Yu came to invite him in person, he couldn't avoid it this time.

It's just that, on the queen's side, since she had tried out the saint's thoughts, she let Qin Jiaojiao go early.

When Sheng Tingye rushed over, Qin Jiaojiao was just picked up by Concubine Yun, who had a handkerchief acquaintance with Mrs. Qin.

Sheng Tingye didn't meet her face to face.

Originally, he was somewhat looking forward to seeing the girl's embarrassing appearance of being robbed of her identity in front of him, but he didn't see it, and he didn't feel regretful, and even breathed a sigh of relief.

That sense of loss for no reason came to the top of my heart, and then I was suppressed by a burst of suffocating pain.

But fortunately, the pain subsided as he stepped into the hall and when he was fully focused on facing the queen.

Sheng Tingye didn't have time to think about it, so he stepped forward to salute, "Mother's queen."

Today's queen has removed her usual cumbersome palace attire, only wearing a light yellow waist-length skirt and a plain white cloud brocade blouse. The golden and jade phoenix hairpin is also taken off, and only the hanging clouds and tassels are combed. And lazy.

Even though she has passed her forty years, but because she has been well maintained and the years have treated her with extra tolerance, except for a fine line of tails on the temples, such a face can still afford beauty and unparalleled beauty.

"Ye'er is here."

When Sheng Tingye passed by, she was taking a pair of scissors and was pruning a pot of peonies.

Hearing Sheng Tingye's greeting, she said without raising her head, "How do you get along with that girl from the Shen family?"

Sheng Tingye bowed, lowered his eyes and said: "The queen mother knows what my son and daughter are thinking, government affairs are the most important thing, and my son and daughter don't want to waste their love for their children."

Hearing this, the queen put the scissors on the tray beside her, turned to look at Sheng Tingye with a sneer and said, "Is government affairs the most important thing, or are you just not interested in that girl from the Shen family?"

Sheng Tingye lowered his eyes and fell silent.

The queen didn't intend to let him go, she frowned and said, "Even if you asked your father, what can you do?"

The implication is that this marriage is not in her hands.

Hearing this, Sheng Tingye frowned: "It seems that the queen mother already knows about it, so why bother to ask my son-in-law."

Needless to say, since she asked such a question with such an attitude, the conversation he had with the emperor yesterday in the royal study must have reached her.

Sheng Tingye looked as cold as usual, but his heart was cold.

He listened to his father's wishes, and didn't plan to publicize the matter, he just waited for him to come back from handling the case in Jiangbei.

At that time, there was only one eunuch who wrote the book, one chief internal officer, and one personal guard of his father who was hiding in the dark in the imperial study.

These three people, no matter which one they are, are the confidantes of the emperor, so it is impossible to disclose the news.

But now, within half a day, the news had reached Fengyi Palace.

Sheng Tingye stood up straight, and said without any emotional ups and downs in his tone: "The queen mother is well informed."

The empress let Gao Nai next to her clean her hands with a handkerchief, then picked up the tea cup and took a sip slowly.

She made no secret of her threats to Sheng Tingye: "So, it's best not to play any tricks in front of Bengong."

"Take care of your errands. When you come back, I will definitely make your marriage a lively one."

"As for that girl from the Shen family."

Speaking of this, the queen's tone paused, and she raised her eyebrows and looked over: "If you don't like it, just marry me in as a decoration."

Hearing this, Sheng Tingye met her gaze: "As far as I know, the queen mother seems to have never seen that girl, why does she insist on marrying her?"

Before the Queen could speak, the corner of Sheng Tingye's mouth slightly raised: "If the Queen Mother really likes her so much and wants her to be her daughter-in-law desperately, besides the son-in-law, don't you have a son?"

This is so right that he almost mocked her for using Qin Jiaojiao's thoughts today.

"you!"

The queen's face darkened with anger, her eyes were full of determination, "Just wait and see, Zhao'er will definitely marry a daughter of the Qin family!"

Sheng Tingye said nothing.

It was also a son, and when he made it clear that he was unwilling, he wanted him to marry that sick child who had no family and was in danger.

However, it is impossible for Sheng Tingzhao to marry Qin Jiaojiao, but she insists on doing so.

His mother's mind can no longer be described as partiality.

Facing the ridicule in Shang Sheng Tingye's eyes, the queen said angrily: "You really have hard wings, you don't even care about your mother!"

Sheng Tingye lowered his eyes, "How dare you."

How dare you say it, but there is no shame or fear in your tone.

The queen was furious: "Do you really think that this palace won't do anything to you?"

Sheng Tingye retorted: "Hasn't the queen mother already done it?"

The queen was slightly taken aback, but immediately realized, she frowned and said, "Do you think that this palace is responsible for what happened to Xiangguo Temple?"

After finishing speaking, the queen burst out laughing.

After laughing, that glamorous face suddenly climbed up a bit fierce and cold: "No matter how bad I am, I will not use outsiders to deal with you."

Sheng Tingye didn't say anything, just stood quietly, looking at the queen expressionlessly.

It was like looking at a stranger.

The queen felt a little uncomfortable with his eyes, and was about to speak, but Sheng Tingye smiled faintly: "The queen mother didn't do it."

However, in the next moment, he heard him change the subject: "The queen mother is just watching others do it with cold eyes."

As soon as the words fell, the queen's expression froze, as if he hadn't expected to see all of this.

She originally wanted to find two excuses, but when she met Sheng Tingye's eyes that seemed to know everything, the words that had reached her mouth seemed to be stuck.

Seeing the eldest son who was close at hand, Queen Wang felt for the first time that he was going to be out of her control, and that he was no longer the childish child who could be squashed and rounded in her hands.

She sighed, changed her face in an instant, and said in a soft tone: "Ye'er, we are biological mother and son, and Zhao'er is your biological brother, how can you hurt the harmony between us for such a trivial matter? "

"Yes, the queen mother didn't stop her, but that's because the queen mother knows that with your ability, there is no problem at all."

"The queen mother wants to use your hand to lead the snake out of the hole because she trusts you."

Originally thought that two soft words could convince Sheng Tingye.

I never thought that Sheng Tingye's eyes would suddenly bring a smile, and the words he said were like spring water in February, with a coldness that penetrated into the bone marrow.

"However, Empress Mother never thought about it, what if Erchen misses?"

The queen quickly denied: "How is it possible!"

Sheng Tingye felt even colder in his heart.

He knew that it wasn't that she didn't think about it, but that she didn't care.

Even, his mistake can help her get rid of a formidable enemy, and she won't lose any money, so there's no need to intervene.

He had already seen her mask clearly, and Sheng Tingye only felt extremely disgusted to see her acting out every now and then.

The queen was still trying to smooth things over, she got up and wanted to get closer, but Sheng Tingye had already taken two steps back: "The emperor still has something important to tell his son, if the mother has nothing else to do, the son will leave first."

The queen froze in place, watching Sheng Tingye leave, she didn't know what she was thinking, and didn't say a word for a long time.

When Sheng Tingye came out of the imperial study, Qingyun who was waiting at the gate of the palace hurried over and lowered his voice: "Master, that Miss Zhou didn't go to Huaishu Lane today."

Sheng Tingye turned his head and glanced at the carriage of the General's Mansion parked not far from the palace gate.

Right now, she should still be with Concubine Yun in Jinxiu Palace, of course she doesn't have time to go to Huaishu Lane.

It's time to come out.

Not wanting to run into her head-on, Sheng Tingye got into the carriage.

"Let's go."

(End of this chapter)