Chapter 555: So what if I was born knowing?
When Sun Shaozong heard Emperor Guangde mention the magical jade, he was stunned.
How did the matter of this magical jade reach the emperor's ears?
Although he was full of doubts in his heart, this was after all a report made before the emperor, and Sun Shaozong did not have time to think about it carefully.
After a brief hesitation, he quickly took out the 'Spiritual Jade' from his purse, held it above his head with both hands, and said, "Your Majesty, my subordinate, Inspector Qiu Yunfei, did find a piece of evidence engraved with the words 'Spiritual Jade' at a certain crime scene."
Before he finished speaking, Dai Quan had already walked up quickly, picked up the spiritual jade from his hand, and carefully presented it to Emperor Guangde.
Emperor Guangde took the jade and looked at it over and over for a few times. Then he pinched the engraving on it with his fingernails and traced the strokes of the tiny characters bit by bit.
During this period, although his face remained calm, his pair of sharp eyes gradually lost focus and fell into a state of distraction.
After a long while, Emperor Guangde suddenly sneered: "What a magical jade."
There was no warmth in that laughter, but it seemed to ignite two raging flames in his eyes.
Then Emperor Guangde raised his hand, and the spiritual jade drew a crystal arc in the air, hit the steps with a ding, and then spun into between Sun Shaozong's legs.
At the same time, Emperor Guangde's cold voice came over: "Since this spiritual jade was found by Lord Sun, why not bother two masters with it? You can go and hand it over to my brother - and say that I am congratulating him on his 60th birthday a few days in advance."
With just this one sentence, Sun Shaozong almost jumped up from the ground!
Among the retired emperor's sons, Emperor Guangde was the second oldest, so the "brother" he was referring to must be Prince Yi Zhong.
But why did Emperor Guangde ask him to hand over this magical jade to Prince Yi Zhong?
Could it be that he saw something from this jade...
wrong!
It was obvious that the emperor came here for the jade from the beginning, and from what he just said, "What a magical jade", we can roughly infer that he must have sensed something from these four words a long time ago.
Could it be that...
Has the Emperor ever seen this thing before?
Otherwise, how could it be implicated Prince Yizhong out of thin air?
Sun Shaozong was full of mixed thoughts, but he didn't dare to show them. He reached out from his crotch and took out the spiritual jade. Just as he was about to kowtow to accept the order, he suddenly remembered the reason for entering the palace this time, and hurriedly changed his words: "Your Majesty, I followed Lu Zhenfu into the palace this time because of Prince Yi Zhong!"
That was a close call!
She was so busy trying to figure out the emperor's thoughts that she almost made a mistake - since she came here to expose Prince Yi Zhong's conspiracy, how could she not react at all when she heard the emperor mention Prince Yi Zhong?
After briefly repeating the information Lu Hui had revealed, Sun Shaozong concentrated and waited for a moment before hearing Emperor Guangde say calmly, "I will summon Lu Hui to ask about this matter. You just need to deliver the jade to my brother."
There were no surprises, no anger, and even little emotional fluctuations...
It seemed that all this had been anticipated by the emperor.
It seems that there is no mistake. The emperor must have known about this magical jade a long time ago!
Prince Yi Zhong really doesn't know what it means to be low-key. It's ok for him to copy some poems to flirt with famous prostitutes, or invent some firearms, but how dare he leak the original plot to his competitors?!
Sun Shaozong complained in his heart and asked further: "Your Majesty, if Prince Yi Zhong asks about the origin of this jade, how should I respond?"
"Tell the truth."
Emperor Guangde said without hesitation: "As long as it is related to this jade, tell me whatever my brother wants to know!"
"I obey your order."
Sun Shaozong responded respectfully, got up from the ground, took five or six steps back, then turned around and went back the way he came.
Watching his tall and burly figure gradually disappear in the corridor, Emperor Guangde's face became increasingly gloomy. He paced back and forth in the pavilion with his hands behind his back for a few circles, and suddenly sneered: "Even if you are born with knowledge, what can you do? You are still defeated by me!"
As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves, walked out of the pavilion with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, and headed towards a small courtyard in the north.
But when he reached the gate of the courtyard, Emperor Guangde stopped again.
He looked at the door lintel and hesitated for a while, then suddenly turned to the direction of the palace gate, and said as he walked: "Clean up the side hall on the west side of the Qianqing Palace, remove all the things from recent years, and replace them with old items purchased when the emperor was in power!"
This palace seems to have strict access control, but how can there be a wall that is impenetrable?
In just a few hours, the news that Emperor Guangde moved back to the Qianqing Palace from the Jingren Palace spread like wildfire.
The first to be affected were naturally Concubine Xian De, Concubine Rong and several other concubines who were expecting children in Jingren Palace. Many people believed that they had fallen out of favor, so they secretly geared up and wished they could replace them.
When Rong Fei and the others heard about this, they were inevitably confused. They no longer cared about their daily struggles and gathered at the residence of the virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun.
This was partly because Jia Yuanchun had the highest status, and partly because Emperor Guangde spent the night at Jia Yuanchun's house before he hurriedly moved away.
Since they were chosen for pregnancy, the four of them naturally had good figures for childbearing. They all wore imitation Tang Dynasty palace costumes that made their front and back curves look perfect, and used colorful ribbons to tighten their waists.
The most exaggerated one among them was Concubine Rong.
"elder sister!"
She stomped her feet in a naive manner, and the butterflies embroidered on her white bodice seemed to be about to fly away together; the light pink lotus in the middle was squeezed into a bud, and then stretched like a peacock spreading its tail, as if several springs and summers had passed between the turbulent waves.
However, this violent reaction was obviously a burden to Rong Fei herself. She had no choice but to cross her left arm across her chest to support her trembling body. Only then could she continue to scold, "What on earth is going on? Please at least tell us sisters the truth! If there is anything that cannot be done, we can work together to find a way to remedy it!"
The other two were just concubines, and they were usually somewhat afraid of Jia Yuanchun. But now their interests were damaged for no reason, and with Rong Fei taking the lead, they didn't care about being shy anymore and urged Jia Yuanchun to tell them the truth.
Facing the consistent questioning from the three people, Jia Yuanchun sat upright on the Luohan bed, unmoved, and her smile was as warm and dignified as ever.
Only when Rong Fei insisted on pushing her with her breasts did she move aside and said with a smile, "My sisters are really flattering me. How could I, a sister, force His Majesty to move out of Jingren Palace?"
Seeing that she was talking in tai chi and refused to reveal any useful information, Rong Fei became even more annoyed. She sat on the Luohan bed next to Jia Yuanchun and said angrily: "Your Majesty was at my place yesterday and was fine. But he spent a night at my sister's place and suddenly wanted to move back to the Qianqing Palace - is there no cause and effect behind this?!"
"Besides, even if we trust our sister, those bastards out there may not believe us!"
As she spoke, Rong Fei simply leaned back, leaned on the cushion and said, "If sister can't give a clear answer, we might as well stay here today."
Her height is actually the shortest among the four people, but when she lies down, she will feel like she is standing on top of the world, overlooking all the other mountains.
Jia Yuanchun lowered her head and looked at her, then raised her voice and called out, "Come here, bring another bed to the bedroom. I want to have a night talk with my three sisters in bed."
"you!"
Rong Fei straightened up suddenly, but she didn't want to stand up too hastily. Although her body slowed down, the 'shot put' in her bra refused to stop and almost pulled her under the bed.
Rong Fei hurriedly grabbed the table leg and managed to steady herself, but most of her energy had already been lost.
"Be careful, sister."
Jia Yuanchun put her arms around her slender waist and whispered in her ear, "Let's not talk about whether I have the ability to get His Majesty to move back to the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Do you know that all the items in the side halls of the Palace of Heavenly Purity were replaced? The twists and turns here are not something we women can get involved in."
When Rong Fei heard this, her expression suddenly changed. This was something that could be verified later , and she believed that Jia Yuanchun would not lie. So...
She didn't know what she was thinking of, but she shuddered and suddenly stood up in a panic and said, "Since my sister is unwilling to tell me the truth, I can't force her to do anything. I'll take my leave now."
Having said this, he left with his servants, not caring that the two concubines were still confused.
When the two concubines saw that the leader had left, they became more suspicious, but they did not dare to be as presumptuous as Concubine Rong, so they had to apologize and leave together.
In the blink of an eye, the living room became quiet again.
"Alas~"
Jia Yuanchun let out a long sigh, stood up and said, "Everyone go, do whatever you need to do."
The palace maids in the courtyard immediately scattered, except Fengyi and Chu Xiuxiu, who not only did not leave, but followed Jia Yuanchun into the inner room.
Plop!
Just as she walked around the screen, Chu Xiuxiu suddenly knelt down and said straightly: "I am guilty, please punish me, Madam!"
"What is your crime?"
Jia Yuanchun chuckled and walked to the floor-length mirror without looking back. She took off her coat and revealed two shoulders as beautiful as jade.
"I shouldn't have presented Master Bao's letter to you in front of your Majesty ."
"How can you be blamed for this?"
Jia Yuanchun hung her coat aside, held up the floor-length mirror, and took off her palace skirt, freeing her two straight and slender legs. She leaned forward and slowly raised her left leg, saying, "If I hadn't often used Baoyu's letter as a funny story to please Your Majesty, how could you have forgotten to be discreet?"
"No!"
Chu Xiuxiu banged her head on the ground and choked up, "They are all my servants..."
"alright."
Jia Yuanchun's left leg was raised higher and higher, gradually overlapping with her right leg to form a straight line. Against the backdrop of the floor-length mirror, it looked like a white jade pillar supporting the sky.
Then she continued, "You have been with me for seven or eight years. If I cannot even tolerate your unintentional mistakes, who can you trust in this palace in the future?"
As she spoke, Jia Yuanchun slowly turned around, stretched out her arm like an immortal pointing the way, and urged, "Hurry up and use my makeup box to cover your tears, so that those traitors outside won't see anything."
"My queen!"
Chu Xiu Xiu was so moved that she was almost speechless. She kowtowed three times to express her determination to devote her life to the cause until her death. Then she went to the dressing table, but she didn't dare sit on the stool. She just hunched over to take some powder and touch up her makeup.
Behind her, Jia Yuanchun bent down again, and a look of sadness gradually appeared on her oval face hidden in the shadow.
Although she still couldn't figure it out until now, what was so strange about the counterfeit "Magic Jade" that could cause Emperor Guangde to change color in anger.
But it is precisely this unknown that makes people feel anxious and unable to dispel the worry.
It is true that living with the king is like living with a tiger!
Suddenly, Jia Yuanchun raised her head, trying to look over the towering barrier, and looked at her flat belly, her almond-shaped eyes full of eagerness.
Although she used to boast that women are as capable as men, at this moment, what is truly worth relying on is a woman's ability to bear children.
As long as I have a child, as long as I can give birth to a dragon for His Majesty...
Thinking of this, Jia Yuanchun gritted her teeth, spread her legs apart, and tried a more difficult move.
