readsfreenovel Chapter 587: Choose Another Tree
Chapter 587: Choose Another Tree
According to the "tradition" of the neighboring country, the guests can only have a good time after the host leaves.
Everyone then relaxed a lot and started to have fun toasting each other.
Feng Suo dragged Zhou Chang to the carp pond and shouted about fishing.
"You are not a child anymore. Just now, the emperor almost promised to give you a title this year and let you leave the palace and build your own house. Why are you still fishing?" Zhou Chang felt depressed and had already planned to go home.
Feng Suo refused to give in: "Nineth Brother, it's rare that the spring has come so early this year, the fish in the carp pond have all woken up early, come on, come on..."
Zhou Chang suspected that those were the fish fry that the palace maids had just thrown in, but he couldn't resist Feng Suo and had to be dragged to the carp pond.
This was the place she was most familiar with, as it was also where she first met Prince Yi. At that time, she was still Shen Rui, a noble lady in the harem.
Thinking of this, Zhou Chang found a stone under the rockery where he had "stole" the nine-tassel crown and sat down, and directed the palace servants from afar to watch Feng Suo fishing by the pond.
"Your Highness Prince Yi has a good temper and can find peace in a hustle and bustle. This is quite extraordinary." At some point, Taifu Ling Yuan Chuan came over and spoke.
Zhou Chang sat still, but out of politeness he had to greet him: "Master Yuan, how have you been lately?"
Yuan Chuan came here not to chat, so seeing that there was no one around, he got straight to the point: "Your Highness Prince Yi, you know that Concubine Jin is also not happy about Concubine Yi's 'resignation'. What she didn't expect was that Concubine Shun would take over the power to manage the six palaces."
"How would I know about these things in the harem? But since the harem has no owner, it doesn't matter who does this job." Zhou Chang glanced at Yuan Chuan, then turned his gaze to Feng Suo who was fishing not far away, pretending to be completely uninterested.
At this time, from the direction of the tent, the noisy sound of a group of female relatives laughing wildly could be heard.
Yuan Chuan smiled sarcastically: "Well, it's the same and different. If we want to take the spotlight today, it still has to be Concubine Shun and her son."
Zhou Chang turned around unconsciously and glanced in the direction of the tent.
Prince Rong was still walking among the ministers, and on the other side of the curtain, although it was unclear what the female members were doing, cheerful laughter could be heard from time to time, and the laughter of Concubine Shun was the loudest.
In the past, Concubine Shun Tian had always been low-key. The reason why she was given the word "Shun" in her title was because she was of humble origin and was originally just a palace maid. However, she was very gentle and respectful, and was liked by Emperor Lin, so she was given this title.
But listening to that laughter again now, it is loud and high-pitched, and has nothing to do with the word "respectful".
From time to time, I heard the words "late queen".
Zhou Chang still remembered what Fang She had said before.
As far as I can remember, because Emperor Lin seldom mentioned the late Queen, even though Concubine Shun was once a maid beside the late Queen, she was never mentioned in public. But now she can bring it up at will?
Zhou Chang felt somewhat uncomfortable with this change.
Yuan Chuan could see it, and he laughed: "There are many people who share the same feeling as Your Highness today. Now, Concubine Shun can be said to be the most satisfactory person in the harem."
Zhou Chang didn't want to argue with Yuan Chuan, so he changed the subject: "If we talk about the person who gained the most today, shouldn't it be Brother Xian Wang who was not present at all?"
Yuan Chuan shook his head mysteriously: "Your Majesty seems to have not expressed his opinion on Concubine Shun's promotion, but after all, he let her get the real power in the harem first, and didn't Your Highness notice it? The robe that Prince Rong is wearing today is a python robe with a four-clawed golden dragon. It was given by Your Majesty when Prince Rong performed sacrifices on behalf of the emperor."
"But just now, His Majesty seemed to have..." Zhou Chang didn't think much about it, but when it came to this, he couldn't help but start to wonder about Emperor Lin's attitude.
Yuan Chuan was about to say this, and of course he couldn't bear to be guided: "Your Majesty said the word 'good', but didn't say how good it is. What's more, what is the situation now? Your Majesty is hoping that King Xian can win a big victory, otherwise the previous three years of effort will be wasted. King Xian's position cannot easily express his position."
"Thank you for your advice." Zhou Chang bowed and felt that this made sense.
Emperor Lin's attitude is now ambiguous and he has not made a clear statement at all. It is Shangshu Ling Ding Mao and others who are overconfident and misunderstand his intentions first.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask, "Master Yuan, I wonder which side you want to stand on after all this?"
After all, Yuan Chuan is now Prince Yi's nominal father-in-law and Yuan Yun's biological father.
Yuan Chuan did not answer but asked: "Who do you think is the best?"
"I don't know." Zhou Chang must not reveal anything. She understood this principle.
Yuan Chuan sighed and confessed, "Alas, Your Highness, to be honest, I don't want to stand with anyone. After what happened to Prince Duan, I just hope that the Yuan family can be safe and sound, and that I can spend my old age in peace."
Zhou Chang didn't know whether he should believe what Yuan Chuan said.
But when I think of Yuan Yun, it seems unlikely.
Yuan Yun is the apple of Yuan Chuan's eye and she only wants to be the queen.
For this reason, the Yuan family somehow reached a deal with the Gu family to marry Yuan Yun to Prince Yi. Now that Prince Duan has lost power, is it possible that the ambitions of Yuan Yun and the Yuan family will disappear with him?
However, Yuan Chuan was still Prince Yi's father-in-law, so he pretended to agree: "That's good. I also want to thank Lord Yuan for reminding my father about the twelfth prince today. It will also allow him to be crowned a king and leave the palace as soon as possible."
Yuan Chuan smiled: "Your Highness is too polite. This is also for the sake of the Yuan family. The current situation is unclear. Who knows what will happen tomorrow? At this moment, it is better to make friends. As for Your Highness, it is also better to keep a low profile at this time."
"Me?" Zhou Chang was amused. He could hear the hidden meaning in Yuan Chuan's words, but he didn't know what the other party was really going to say. He could only laugh, "Haha, only people with strength can be called to hide their strength and bide their time. I am a person without strength, so I should be called to hide in the dark."
Yuan Chuan looked at Zhou Chang deeply, as if he wanted to say something.
At this time, Feng Suo fished out a fish from the carp pond and happily ran over with the fish and the water: "Brother Jiu, look, this is the biggest one."
"Ouch, be careful not to get wet." Zhou Chang quickly jumped up and dodged.
This kind of koi carp that is kept in the pond and eats all day is very easy to catch. Feng Shuo stretched out his hand and wanted to take the fish directly from the net: "It's okay, the fish is not flexible at the moment..."
"Suo'er, it's only spring now, and everything is just reviving. The carp hasn't even grown up yet. Have you considered..." Zhou Chang couldn't bear to see the fish spitting bubbles out of water.
Feng Suo immediately understood and let go of his hand: "I'll play with it for a while, and then I'll let it go back."
"Okay, but it's not playable, so you'd better put it back as soon as possible." Zhou Chang reminded.
"Fish cannot survive without water for a moment, Shuo'er knows that." Feng Shuo said and ran back to the koi pond to release the fish.
Yuan Chuan looked at Feng Suo's back and couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, the twelfth prince is very talented, what a pity, what a pity..."
Zhou Chang no longer feels it is a pity. If a person is wealthy and can live a worry-free life, then what is there to regret?
Once the topic was diverted, it was difficult to continue. After that, more and more people came out for a walk after drinking in the tent, and it was obviously inconvenient for Yuan Chuan to continue talking.
Zhou Chang didn't want to have too much to do with Yuan Chuan, so he followed him and accompanied Feng Suo to feed the fish by the pond for a while, then went back home.