Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 408 Leaving the Palace

The Crown Princess crossed her arms and bowed, waiting for Daiyu to walk away before she straightened up with a look of fear on her face, muttering:

"This is a serious matter... This is a serious matter..."

The trusted maid looked around, took a step forward, gently held her arm, and whispered, "Madam, are we really going back now?"

"Yes." The Crown Princess barely suppressed her pounding heart, tightly grasped the maid's hand, and said in a trembling voice, "You go to Ganlu Palace in person and tell the Crown Prince to tell him -

"Imprison Zhaoqing personally ordered me to return quickly!

"Tell the prince to comfort the Supreme Lord and take good care of himself!"

The maid's face also became serious, and she agreed in a low voice: "Yes! I will go right away!"

The master and the servant each pulled themselves together, strode out the door, and hurried away in their separate ways.

In the compartment, Baochai gently put down her pen, turned her wrist, and looked down at the beautiful scripture she had already copied.

She turned around for a while.

Finally, she suddenly smiled, held her head high and stood up, slowly opened the door and came out, beckoned a palace maid over, and handed her the scripture with a smile:

"Please help me give it to Princess Yimin."

The palace maid glanced at her, nodded in agreement, and went to the west side hall carrying the scriptures.

Tanchun just happened to hear that the Queen Mother was still awake, so she dressed and was about to go over. Seeing the palace maid bringing the sutra, she sighed softly and said:

"Alright, I'll accept it on behalf of the Queen Mother. Tell her... not to copy it anymore. Go back quietly and don't alert others."

The maid agreed, and then went to the side hall to pass on the message, and watched Xue Baochai leave leisurely.

Palace entrance.

Prince Zhongshun and the Crown Prince had walked all the way here, their legs and feet were sore and they wanted to go back home and lie down immediately.

Unexpectedly, Situ Sheng got the news from the inner palace and was waiting there. He saluted King Zhongshun openly and warmly, and then hugged the prince's shoulders:

"Good brother! I've said it a long time ago that sooner or later we brothers will be together and make great achievements! What do you think? Let me say it, okay?"

Prince Zhongshun laughed, patted him with his backhand, and laughed again: "Why are you in the same place? You are in Taiji Palace, and I want to go to Daming Palace."

"Hey~! Brother, you don't know! I heard that the chaos in Taiji Palace this time was because they were stationed there for too long, so termites were rampant.

"Tomorrow we will submit a memorial to the uncle emperor, asking for a rotation of the imperial guards! When the time comes, we can talk to the uncle emperor in private, and he will definitely let us stay together!"

Situ Sheng and Prince Zhongshun winked at each other and whispered, "But it won't work if I make a fuss alone!

"Brother, did the uncle tell you when to start your mission? Hurry up!"

Prince Zhongshun was moved. He first glanced at his father and saw him nod slightly. Then he smiled and whispered to Situ Sheng:

"Okay! I'll go back and pack my things today, and come to see His Majesty tomorrow and start my work directly..."

"Brother, you have never been on duty before!" Situ Sheng pulled him towards the duty room, "How can you be on duty without the Emperor's order?

"Hurry up! I have a blank chapter here. Write a petition to the emperor! I'll pick a chance and hand it to him later!"

"Tomorrow you will be well prepared and wait at home! Once His Majesty's order is delivered to your residence, you will go to the duty room of Daming Palace to report to your superior. This is the proper thing to do!"

Seeing how warm-hearted Situ Sheng was, King Zhongshun couldn't help but stand there, twirling his beard and smiling.

It seems that this silly son of mine has his own advantages. He is very popular among his brothers. It can be said that silly people have good fortune.

Soon, the two brothers came out of the duty room again. Situ Sheng didn't even waste a breath and directly ordered a guard:

"Go, before His Majesty returns to Daming Palace, ride in on horseback and present this to His Majesty!"

The guard was timid: "Me?! Can I see His Majesty casually? And in person?!"

"Just say that I asked you to deliver it. It was a petition from my brother, Prince Zhongshun, to send an envoy! His Majesty will definitely see you!" Situ Sheng kicked him, "Go! You're wasting time!"

The guard took the box containing the memorial reluctantly, and as expected, he pulled a horse over and galloped away.

Prince Zhongshun smiled with satisfaction, and condescended to tease Situ Sheng: "A few years ago, I heard that your father asked you to go to see a dance performance, but you didn't have the courage.

"Now you've really grown up. You dare to kick your subordinates on your first day on duty?"

Situ Sheng chuckled: "Uncle Wang is making fun of me. I was young and tender-faced at that time. Later, my father beat me every day. Didn't I become thick-skinned?"

The crowd laughed.

After a delay, Situ Sheng was surprised to see that the father and son had not left yet. When he asked why, he found out that they were waiting for the Crown Prince's wife.

I couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Brother married my sister-in-law, and he really started to inherit Uncle Wang's bloodline! He is so caring!"

The guards nearby were all very sharp-eyed. They saw that the prince was an honest man, so they gathered around and started to make a noise: "Isn't it a good character to love your wife? How can you make fun of our prince?"

It seemed like a good thing to say, but it just sounded so wrong.

Prince Zhongshun coughed and turned to leave: "Wait for me. I'll go back first."

Prince Zhongshun finally reacted and with a red face, he saw his father off to the car.

Situ Sheng watched Prince Zhongshun's carriage disappear in a flash, and an inexplicable sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

When Prince Zhongshun turned around, he resumed his brothers' mischievous expressions and approached him slyly and asked:

"I've heard that my sister-in-law is the most beautiful woman among the four families in Jinling. What do you think?"

Prince Zhongshun blushed and scolded him for talking nonsense: "The most beautiful woman among the four surnames is the imperial concubine in the palace! Shut up!"

"That's not true!" Situ Sheng raised his eyebrows, "The imperial concubine entered the palace because of her virtue!"

As he spoke, he pinched the prince's arm hard!

If the imperial concubine entered the palace and was promoted because of her beauty, wouldn't that mean that Emperor Zhaoming was lustful and immoral? !

Prince Zhongshun was stunned for a moment before he reacted. His face turned pale and he stuttered for a while. He had to accept Xue Baochai's new title of "the most beautiful woman among the four surnames."

Situ Sheng smiled and put his arm around his shoulders, and chatted with a few guards in the leeward side of the palace gate.

We waited for more than an hour and the sun began to set.

Instead of waiting for Xue Baochai to come out, Emperor Zhaoming gave him a verbal order: "If you haven't left yet, go to the Daming Palace duty room and find Feng Tang to take charge of your work."

Situ Sheng patted his shoulder joyfully, "How wonderful! Ah? How wonderful! That's great! Brother, you should go quickly! Working one more day means one more day's salary!

"Brother, don't worry, wait for sister-in-law to come out and I'll talk to her!"

Prince Zhongshun's heart was filled with emotion, his face flushed with excitement, and he was almost crying. Upon hearing this, he thanked Situ Sheng, rode his horse and headed straight for the Daming Palace.

So when Xue Baochai came out, she was alone.

The palace guard informed her coldly: "Prince Zhongshun has gone back, and the Crown Prince has gone to Daming Palace on official business. The Crown Prince's wife can go home on her own."

Xue Baochai stood there for a moment, then lowered her eyes and said, "Thank you for telling me."

This pair of useless father and son really think of themselves as useless!