If not abolished

Chapter 279 Return to the Palace

Qingyun Palace

Zhu Zhanji had just returned and was preparing to pick up Hu Shanxiang the next day when he suddenly received a letter.

"Your Highness, this is a letter from the Crown Princess." Wu Cheng took it out from his sleeve. He was the only one around Zhu Zhanji who knew that the Crown Princess was not in the palace, so naturally he was the one to handle all matters.

Zhu Zhanji immediately took it and opened it. After reading it, he immediately said, "Go to the other courtyard on your back."

"Your Highness is so anxious, could something have happened to the Crown Princess?" Seeing that he was in a hurry to leave the palace after reading the letter, Wu Cheng could only think that something might have happened to Hu Shanxiang.

But Zhu Zhanji didn't answer him at all, he just walked out quickly.

"Your Highness, please slow down." Wu Cheng chased after him.

Zhu Zhanji hadn't left the East Palace yet, and happened to run into Zhu Di who had just come out from the Crown Prince's side. Seeing that he was in a hurry, Zhu Di couldn't help but be puzzled, and immediately stopped him, "Where are you going, Agui, in such a hurry?"

"I..." Zhu Zhanji was wondering how to answer, but the crown prince who came out with him immediately came to the rescue, "Your Majesty, Agui should be preparing to leave the palace. He just told me that he was going out to find Master Yao, saying that he had some issues to discuss with Master Shao. He was about to go, but probably because Your Majesty came, the kid forgot about it. Now that he remembered, he's anxious."

"Yes, my grandson has some questions that he doesn't understand recently, and he is indeed planning to leave the palace to find a teacher." Zhu Zhanji immediately followed the prince's words.

"Is that so? Wait a moment, your father has something to tell you." Zhu Di turned to the prince and said, "Speak to Agui about what I just told you. I will go back first."

"Yes, Your Majesty, we look forward to seeing you off." The prince and Zhu Zhanji escorted Zhu Di to the door together.

The two men waited until Zhu Di was gone before turning back.

"Father, if you have anything to say, please wait until I come back. I'm in a hurry to go out now." Zhu Zhanji saw Zhu Di leave and immediately prepared to leave.

The prince grabbed him and said, "Didn't I tell you to wait a moment? Are you leaving the palace to look for the Crown Prince's Consort?"

Zhu Zhanji stopped and asked, "How did father know?"

"Okay, don't worry about how I know this. Just listen to me first. Your grandfather plans to let you go to Zhongdu for training for a while, and also wants you to bring the Crown Princess with you, so hurry up and bring her back today, otherwise there will be more trouble. You have to go to Zhongdu, and you will be busy for a while. The decree will be issued tomorrow at the latest." The prince told him everything in one breath. Although the logic was not very clear, Zhu Zhanji still understood it. He didn't ask him why he was going to Zhongdu, but just nodded and agreed, "I understand. Go and bring Shanxiang back now."

"Well, go quickly." The prince also let go of his hand.

Zhu Zhanji hurried to the villa, and Hu Shanxiang was surprised when she saw her.

"Why did His Highness come here at this time?" Hu Shanxiang stood up and walked in front of him, thinking, no way, she wrote a letter asking him if he could meet He Yunyue, and he immediately came out of the palace? Why?

"Do you want to see He Yunyue?" Zhu Zhanji asked after he calmed down his breathing and pulled her to sit down.

"Well, I just want to ask if it's okay. If not, it's okay." After all, after entering the palace, she had made plans not to meet him in this life.

"Actually, this is not impossible. As long as she doesn't talk nonsense, I will send someone to invite her over. But I'm afraid it's not possible now." When Zhu Zhanji first saw Hu Shanxiang's letter, he was also prepared to make arrangements for her as soon as possible.

"Ah? Did something happen?" Hu Shanxiang guessed.

"Well, something unexpected happened." Zhu Zhanji nodded.

"Did your highness's plan fail?"

"The plan was successful, but the result is that Grandpa Huang wants me to stay in Zhongdu for a while, and he also wants you to go with him."

"so……"

"So the most urgent thing now is that you must come back with me now, otherwise it will be bad if people know that you are not in the palace later."

"I understand. In that case, Your Highness, let's go now." Hu Shanxiang also knew that the situation was urgent and she didn't have time to think too much.

"Shanxiang, you've worked really hard this time. You're pregnant, and I've asked you to run around. You'll also have to go to Zhongdu later."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. Fortunately, the baby in my stomach is very obedient. I am not tired at all."

"That's good." Zhu Zhanji looked down at her belly which was already showing a little.

The two of them left the villa at full speed. Not long after they left, someone came to the villa to inquire about the news. Fortunately, the person had already left and no one discovered anything.

At this time, in the Han Palace

"Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went out of the palace to the villa today, but there was nothing in the villa and no trace of other people was found. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has now returned to the palace and did not stay anywhere else outside the palace." The man came to report that it was he who had taken people to the villa to inquire about the news.

"Isn't there anyone in the other courtyard? Didn't they say that something was often coming in and out of the other courtyard during this period, as if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had hidden someone in the other courtyard?" Zhu Zhanqi asked. He certainly didn't send people to the other courtyard for no reason, but heard the wind that something was wrong with Zhu Zhanji's inconspicuous other courtyard. People came and went every three or five days, and sent things in. It was obvious that someone was living in it. He had planned to catch some handles, but he didn't expect to find nothing. There were people living there, but they disappeared again. If there was really a hidden beauty in the golden house, then the person was moved away, but Zhu Zhanji went back to the palace directly. He couldn't bring the person back to the palace, right? Bringing her back to the palace, could it be that she was originally someone in the palace, in the palace... It wouldn't be the Crown Prince's Concubine, no, no, Zhu Zhanji shouldn't do such a risky thing, and if he really did it, he couldn't hide it from so many eyes in the palace. Forget it, who cares? Anyway, his mission today was completed very well.

"Forget it, if that's the case, you can go down first."

"Yes, I am resigning."

Here, Zhu Zhanji and Hu Shanxiang finally returned to the palace.

"You're tired after working all day. Go to bed early." Zhu Zhanji said after sending the person back.

"I'm not very tired. Is there anything urgent, Your Highness?" Hu Shanxiang didn't feel very tired. Instead, she was very energetic.

"Nothing? What happened?" Zhu Zhanji thought something happened to her.

"Why does Your Highness look so nervous? I just haven't seen Your Highness for a long time and I miss you, so I want You to accompany me." After saying that, Hu Shanxiang shyly threw herself into his arms.

"You..." Zhu Zhanji didn't expect her to do this, and immediately hugged her back.

"I miss you too. You don't know how much I regret during this period. I think about it every day. No matter what happens in the future, I will never quarrel with you again."

"I was wrong too, but we won't do that again in the future." Hu Shanxiang knew, of course, that words of regret from a man were almost unreliable, but she still had to pretend.

"Well, we won't do this anymore."

The two hugged each other for a long time. Hu Shanxiang suddenly raised her head and asked, "I was in a hurry on the way and forgot to ask Your Highness, what happened? How is the palace maid surnamed Wu?"

"You don't even know that Wu Yingyue is actually my second uncle's man. They put her into the palace just to get close to us and sow discord between us. Although we knew she had bad intentions, we almost let them break up our relationship."

"She is the King of Han's person." Hu Shanxiang remembered that there were indeed several speculations about the identity of the Empress Dowager Wu. One said that she was the daughter of a criminal, and later by chance she served Zhu Zhanji, who was still the crown prince. It was not until the second year of Zhu Zhanji's accession to the throne that Empress Sun became pregnant. At this time, she was favored by Zhu Zhanji and became pregnant at once. Zhu Zhanji was afraid that Sun would be unhappy, so he hid her outside the palace until he brought her back to the palace to be canonized before his death.

As for another theory, it is that she was originally a palace maid of the King of Han, and later somehow entered the palace, and then...what happened afterwards was the same. At that time, the relationship between Zhu Zhanji and Sun Ruoji was indeed cold for a while, but Zhu Zhanji did not like Wu very much, and Sun Ruoji did not take this unfavored concubine seriously later.