If not abolished

Chapter 269 Secretly Leaving the Palace (1)

The Crown Princess did not expect that Zhu Zhanji would agree immediately, and the words of persuasion she was about to say were stuck in her throat.

"Since you agree to do this, I will arrange it. No one else can know about this except you, me, and the people who serve Shanxiang." The Crown Princess instructed.

"Son, I understand. The scene you caused in Qingyun Palace today was also to pave the way for this matter. When the time comes, tell Shanxiang to take good care of her pregnancy and not allow anyone to disturb her."

"I thought so too. However, the Chinese New Year is just a few months away. If we really can't find out who is behind the palace maid's actions, then forget it. We can't keep Shanxiang from seeing people during the Chinese New Year," the Crown Princess reminded.

"Son, you understand. I'll do it as soon as possible." Zhu Zhanji thought that it should be over soon and the person behind the scenes should not be able to hide anymore.

"That's all, go ahead and do your work."

After Zhu Zhanji came out, he went straight to Hu Shanxiang.

Hu Shanxiang seemed to know that he would come and was waiting for him. When she saw him coming, she even forgot to greet him.

"Your Highness." It was the palace maid's voice that brought her back to her senses.

"Your Highness."

Zhu Zhanji helped her up before she even bowed and said, "No need to be polite, you all can go down."

"Sit down first." Zhu Zhanji was afraid that she would be tired.

"Your Highness, do you have anything to ask?" Like the Crown Princess, Hu Shanxiang felt that Zhu Zhanji would probably not agree with her leaving the palace, so she prepared a lot of words to persuade him.

Zhu Zhanji saw that her expression was the same as his mother's, and he knew that she was just like his mother and thought that he would make a fuss about this matter.

"I have no objection to you wanting to leave the palace, but for your safety, you must think carefully about where you will live." Zhu Zhanji said about the subsequent arrangements.

Hu Shanxiang thought she had misheard and asked in disbelief, "Your Highness, do you agree to this?" Hu Shanxiang thought that this matter could not be so casual. She wanted to leave the palace to recuperate, which was against the rules.

"Does your expression mean you want me to agree or not?"

"Well... I just feel that this matter will not be so simple, but since Your Highness agreed so readily, I am still very happy." Hu Shanxiang said with some excitement in her tone.

"Do you have any idea about where to live?" Zhu Zhanji asked.

This really made Hu Shanxiang feel troubled, because she was not familiar with the capital and really didn't know where it would be safe to live.

"I don't know." Hu Shanxiang told the truth.

Zhu Zhanji was just asking and had no intention of asking her to explain the reason.

"Then my mother and I will arrange it."

"it is good."

Zhu Zhanji suddenly fell silent, and Hu Shanxiang didn't speak either.

Finally, it was Zhu Zhanji who broke the silence. "I have not given you an explanation for what happened during this period. To be honest, I was wrong. I did not consider your feelings and insisted on doing things my way. I thought it was good for others. I was wrong."

"Your Highness..." Hu Shanxiang didn't expect Zhu Zhanji to apologize to her. After all, in this era, men are the king. How can they care about the feelings of others? What's more, the man sitting in front of her was once an emperor, and his chauvinism would be even worse.

"I was wrong. I always thought I had it all planned out. Just like this time, I thought I had thought of everything, but I still let you get hurt. If something really happened to you, I really couldn't forgive myself."

"Your Highness, you don't have to blame yourself so much. After all, I'm fine now. We shouldn't keep blaming ourselves like this. Let's just let go of things that didn't happen. No one is perfect. There will always be flaws. And I can't help with these things. Your Highness is also very hard-working. I understand that." Hu Shanxiang said sympathetically.

"Shanxiang..."

"Your Highness, just do it. I will protect myself. I'm afraid I won't be able to see outsiders this time when I leave the palace. Speaking of which, I haven't seen Sister He since I entered the palace. I wonder when we will have the chance to meet again?"

"It's really not easy to meet people. After all, if this matter is known to others, the consequences will be disastrous. But if you want to see her, I will arrange it."

"Your Highness, I wanted to ask you before, Sister He is yours, right?"

"Yes."

Hu Shanxiang nodded to show that she understood.

"No wonder."

"In fact, I can..."

"Your Highness, there is no need to explain. I understand."

East Palace

That day, the Crown Prince went to visit Concubine Guo, during which Concubine Guo was very polite and told him some recent events about the Crown Princess and His Royal Highness the Crown Grandson.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came out with a gloomy face.

"Empress Concubine. Why are you talking to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about this? You've made him angry and he's gone." Lanzhi saw the Crown Prince leaving angrily, so she hurried in and asked.

Concubine Guo said calmly, "It's okay. I did it on purpose. Your Highness must have gone to the Crown Princess to ask for accusations. I want to see how the Crown Princess explains to His Highness the Crown Prince."

After the prince came out from there, he went straight to the Crown Princess.

However, he was informed that the Crown Princess had already gone to bed and the key was locked.

"What time is it now? Is the Crown Princess going to rest?" The Crown Prince didn't expect that he would be turned away here.

"Well... To reply to Your Highness, the Crown Princess had a headache today, so she went to bed early. Please forgive her, Your Highness." The palace servant replied.

"In that case, could you please ask the imperial physician to come and take a look?" The prince was still concerned when he heard that the crown princess was unwell.

"The Crown Princess said that it was all an old illness, so there was no need to bother the imperial physician."

"Has the lady gone to bed now?"

"Already asleep."

"Then I won't bother you any more. Let the queen have a good rest. You guys take good care of her. If the queen still feels uncomfortable tomorrow, please call the imperial physician. I will come to see her again tomorrow."

"Yes."

"Your Highness has left?" The Crown Princess, who had just said that she had rested, was still sitting in the room without resting.

"To reply to your Majesty, I have already left. Why is your Majesty like this? Will His Royal Highness be angry?"

"Ms. Guo wants to see me laugh. How can I let her have her way? I will explain to Your Highness tomorrow. Don't worry."

On the other side, Concubine Guo was holding on without resting, just to wait for any movement from Rouyi Palace, but after waiting for a long time, she heard nothing.

"Go and check quickly to see what's going on over there. Why is there no movement at all?" Concubine Guo sent someone to check.

"It's the lady."

After a while, someone came back, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince went to the front hall to rest without even entering the Rouyi Palace."

"What? What's going on? Explain it clearly." Concubine Guo didn't expect that the prince didn't even go in.

"I heard that the Crown Princess was not feeling well, so she closed the door and went to bed early, so the Crown Prince did not disturb her."

"Why? Why does she get such treatment? Is it because she is the Crown Princess?" After hearing this, Concubine Guo became even more dissatisfied. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still favored that woman. If it were her, His Royal Highness would probably rush in to hold her accountable, but when it came to the Crown Princess, he would just hold back and not go in.

I didn't find or see the Crown Princess making fun of me, but I was so angry.

Early the next morning, the Crown Princess went to the front hall, paid her respects to the Crown Prince, and explained what had happened the previous day.

"I'm here to apologize to Your Highness. I was not feeling well yesterday, and I thought Your Highness would go to Miss Guo's place and would not come to my place, so I went to rest first. I didn't expect you to come back so late. It's my fault."

"This is not your fault. How are you? Have you asked the imperial physician to check on you?" The prince was still concerned about her health first.

"I am much better now. I wonder if anything happened to Your Highness last night?"

"Well, I just heard some rumors and was planning to ask you about them."

"Oh, what did Your Highness hear? Let me hear it too?" The Crown Princess asked with great interest.

"I heard that Agui got close to a palace maid, and his relationship with the Crown Princess wasn't going well recently? You went to Qingyun Palace yesterday and reprimanded her. Is this..."

"Your Highness, have you heard about this? Well, isn't Agui also inheriting your fine tradition? I remember that Sister Li, Sister Guo, and I all got pregnant at about the same time. After all, Shanxiang is pregnant now. If Agui gets close to someone else, it's nothing. What do you think?"

The prince touched his nose and said, "That's right, that's right."

"As for Shanxiang, she is pregnant now, so it is inevitable that she has some emotions. I have tried to persuade her yesterday, but she is still young. I thought, why not let her rest in peace in Qingyun Palace and take care of the baby, and not come out often, so that she doesn't have to listen to the gossip in the palace. What do you think, Your Highness?"

"Just arrange it."