The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 826: Lost sense of proportion

The next day, after Li Shou had breakfast, he was heading to the Wenhua Palace as usual. When he passed by the Taiyong Palace, he could feel that there was less cold and gloomy air.

When he walked to the well in the courtyard, this feeling became more obvious. He asked Chang Qing: "Do you feel that this courtyard is a little different?"

Chang Qing followed Li Shou's gaze to the well and said, "I didn't notice anything, but I just felt that the weather seemed to be a lot warmer today."

Just as he finished speaking, heavy snow fell from the sky.

He was stunned for a moment.

Li Shou stretched out his hand, palm facing up, and snowflakes fell into his palm. He looked at the snowflakes and gradually became lost in thought.

For some reason, he thought of his eldest cousin from the Meng family, the little girl who was dear to his heart and whom he had no control over at all.

She looks like a fairy and seems gentle and lovely, but in fact she is so cold that she keeps people at a distance.

Noon, Huachun Palace, bedroom.

Concubine Shi De was eating slowly. The window sill on one side was wide open. Occasionally, she could hear the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers outside the window. She felt quite happy listening to them: "Is Xu Huiren back?"

The maid replied: "Not back yet."

Concubine Shi De put down her silver chopsticks and asked, "Is there anything you can tell me from your Highness?"

The maid replied again: "Qiu Yan came here early in the morning, but the queen hadn't gotten up yet, so he went back and hasn't come since then."

In other words, nothing happened.

"Last time, because of Nini, he had a little rift with the eldest and second young ladies of the Meng Mansion. Since then, has Qiu Yan come again to ask whether His Highness has met the two young ladies of the Meng Mansion again..." After a pause, Concubine Shi De added, "Especially Miss Meng, have you met her again?"

The maid thought about it and shook her head, saying, "Qiu Yan never said that."

If you haven't said it, then it's uncertain.

The answer is that it is possible that I have encountered it again, but Qiu Yan did not say it. It is also possible that I have never encountered it again, so Qiu Yan did not come to pass it on.

"Go to Xuanpeng Palace, avoid His Highness, and ask Qiu Yan quietly." Concubine Shi De was quite proud of Li Luo, the emperor's son, and she also thought highly of him. "If you really can't avoid him, it's okay, just ask directly."

She was deeply favored by Emperor Zong. Although the harem was managed by Empress Lu, she was always free to move around in the harem, and Li Luo also enjoyed convenience everywhere.

Under such circumstances, Li Luo treated her, his mother, with great respect.

As a mother, she wanted to know a little about her son's daily life. If she could ask in private, she would do so. If she couldn't ask directly in person, that was fine.

"Yes." It was not the first time for the maid to do such a thing. She was already familiar with it and should have no burden at all.

Xu Huiren stepped into the palace gate and passed by the palace maids: "My queen."

When Concubine De had almost finished her meal, she signaled the other maids in the palace to leave, and then said to Xu Huiren, "How is it?"

"Just as the queen said, the seventh prince's leg disease is indeed expected to be cured. He has been leaving the palace to receive treatment at Luoshen Medical House recently. I heard that his legs, which had long been disabled, have regained feeling." Xu Huiren asked about more than one thing. "In addition, the well in the Taiyong Hall of the Eastern Palace... seems to have changed." She was not sure about the latter. "I cannot enter the Eastern Palace, so I could only try magic outside, but there was no movement."

"What should we do if there is any movement?" Concubine Shi De asked about the last important matter.

Xu Huiren said: "In the past, when I cast a spell, the spirit of the well would respond, but today, I did not receive any response from the spirit."

"Is that an accident?"

"Nine times out of ten."

Xu Huiren is good at controlling demons and ghosts, and that is why she was picked out by Concubine De from among the palace maids in Huachun Palace for intensive training, and now she has become Concubine Shi De's confidant and a third-rank female official.

Concubine Shi De believed what she said: "Nine out of ten... It seems that I underestimated the prince."

"Do you want me to find another opportunity to try?" After asking, Xu Huiren said confidently, "As long as I can enter the East Palace, I will be able to find out what happened to the ghost."

Concubine Shi De nodded and said, "Okay, you can find another opportunity to try. However, you have to wait until the crown prince and the second prince have finished fighting, and then you can go. You don't have to go until the winner is determined."

Speaking of the undercurrents between Li Shou and Li Heng, Xu Huiren also had something to say: "Your Majesty, don't you plan to get involved?"

Hearing the hesitation in Xu Huiren's words, Concubine Shi De glanced at Xu Huiren, took the tea bowl handed to her by the palace maid, and smiled as she lifted the lid: "Don't you also think it's inappropriate to get involved?"

"That's what I think, but didn't the Queen mention it to Your Highness in person before, asking Your Highness to think carefully about whether or not to take advantage of the turmoil to fish in troubled waters?" Xu Huiren mentioned Li Luo.

When Li Luo was mentioned, Concubine Shi De put away the smile on her face, passed the tea bowl to her lips, lowered her head and took a sip, her mouth full of the fragrance of tea as she said, "I don't need to worry about anything for the emperor. He knows how to act and act appropriately, and is very calm. He is not only very prestigious in the court, but also has a reputation as a virtuous person among the people."

"Your Majesty looks a little worried?" Xu Huiren noticed the worry on Concubine Shi De's face.

Concubine Shi De hummed and said, "Sometimes being too virtuous and having too great a reputation is not a good thing."

Xu Huiren thought of Li Luo, who had been smart since childhood: "I think His Highness knows what the Queen is worried about."

"He has his own plans, and I understand that." Because of this matter, Concubine Shi De had discussed it with Li Luo three or five times, and each time Li Luo rejected her, saying that she need not worry, "But I am his mother, and there are murderous intentions everywhere in this palace. Even if I am favored by His Majesty, I will inevitably be unable to do it. If I can't protect him at that time, it will all depend on his own ability."

"Your Highness's plan also includes a way out." Xu Huiren was often near Concubine Shi De. When Li Luo talked to Concubine Shi De and her son, she was mostly waiting by the side.

She heard clearly what Li Luo meant.

The reason why my mother was so worried was only because of the mother-son nature and her deep love that made her lose her composure.

Concubine Shi De sighed. It was not that she did not understand what Xu Huiren said, nor that she could not figure it out. It was just that she had seen too many people being born and dying in the palace. No matter how glorious she looked on the surface, she could not avoid sadness in her heart.

"I heard that Princess Zhaohe will return to the capital after the New Year." Xu Huiren took the cakes offered by the palace maids and handed them to Concubine Shi De with both hands. "Your Majesty, please try it. This is the plum dew cake just sent by the imperial kitchen. It is made with plum blossoms picked today and dew collected this morning."

Concubine Shi De had just finished lunch and didn't have much appetite at this time. But when she heard that it was sent by the imperial kitchen, she still picked up a piece with a clean white handkerchief and tasted it: "Not bad."

"If your Majesty thinks it's good, then please eat two more pieces." Xu Huiren placed the plate on the table beside her.

Concubine Shi De swallowed the plum cake in her mouth, took another sip of tea, and then said, "Since she got married, she has been following the prince of Qingguo. The couple is loving and respectful. After the new year, the prince of Qingguo will end his travels and return to the capital, so she has to follow him back to the capital."