If not abolished

Chapter 267: Temporary Escape from the Palace (1)

"She moved again. She must know me." Zhu Zhanji said in surprise.

"Maybe." Hu Shanxiang couldn't say for sure. After all, blood relationship is very mysterious, so it is not impossible.

"She must like me as a father." Zhu Zhanji said narcissistically.

Hu Shanxiang did not respond to this sentence. I'm afraid this is what Zhu Zhanji felt himself.

However, if Zhu Zhanji thought so, she would naturally not refute him. Although he might not be a good husband, he was at least a good father.

The two princesses born to Hu Shanxiang were not favored like her, but Zhu Zhanji still doted on his favorite children.

After the two finished their meal, Zhu Zhanji said he would come back in the afternoon and left.

Hu Shanxiang watched him leave and began to ask about what happened last night.

Although she knew her limits, she still ate a lot to make it more realistic, which made her faint. So she was not very clear about what happened after Zhu Zhanji and the Crown Princess came over.

Lingzhi and Yannan recounted what happened yesterday in detail.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Princess and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are very worried about our palace now. Has this achieved our goal?" Lingzhi looked at the palace, which was now like an iron barrel.

Hu Shanxiang shook her head. "You are wrong. This is just my little trick. Yesterday, the incident happened suddenly. The Crown Princess and His Highness were filled with worry and did not calm down to think and investigate. I am afraid that when they come to their senses and check, they will find out that I did it all by myself. I am afraid they will be angry."

"What? Since Your Majesty knew this would be the result, why did you still do this?" Lingzhi and Yannan didn't understand.

"It is definitely too late to explain to you now. If I am not mistaken, the Crown Princess will come to question you soon. There is something I still need to explain to you..."

Hu Shanxiang was talking to them here.

Over there, Rouyi Palace

"Crown Princess, I have already found out what happened yesterday."

When the Crown Princess heard this, she immediately dismissed her attendants and said sternly, "Have you found out what happened?"

"Your Majesty, after much investigation, I found that this incident was actually a play directed and performed by the Crown Princess herself. No one gave the Crown Princess bad food to eat." Yun Jin also investigated several times. She did not expect this to be the result. Why did the Crown Princess do this?

When the Crown Princess heard the truth, she was speechless for a while. It was not uncommon in the palace to hurt oneself and the child in one's belly to gain attention, but the person was the Crown Grand Consort, and the one being hurt was her grandson, so this was not acceptable.

"In that case, I'd better ask her why. Let's go to Qingyun Palace." The Crown Princess's face was already filled with anger.

"The Crown Princess has arrived." Hu Shanxiang had just finished talking to them when she heard that the Crown Princess had arrived and immediately went out to greet her.

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Crown Princess." Hu Shanxiang bowed.

The Crown Princess looked at her for a long time and didn't let her stand up. If it was under normal circumstances, the Crown Princess would have helped her up without waiting for her to bow. In the end, she still took into consideration that she was pregnant after all, and said, "Stand up."

"Thank you, empress."

"It's windy outside. I have something to ask you. Let's go in and talk." The Crown Princess said as she walked in.

"Yes." Hu Shanxiang answered from behind.

Hu Shanxiang asked the palace maid to serve tea and stood beside the Crown Princess.

"You sit down too. The personal palace maid beside you stay here, and everyone else go out." It was rare for the Crown Princess to speak so sternly in front of her.

"I'll take my leave." Everyone retreated.

"What does your Majesty mean?" Hu Shanxiang pretended not to understand.

The Crown Princess almost laughed out of anger, but she managed to hold it back, "Don't you know what you did? Why do you come to ask me?"

"My daughter-in-law is stupid. Please explain clearly, Princess." Hu Shanxiang continued to play dumb.

"Since you don't admit it, I have no choice but to tell you the truth." Seeing that she refused to tell the truth, the Crown Princess became even angrier. "You suddenly had a stomachache last night. Was it really someone who framed you?"

"To answer your Majesty, what happened last night happened suddenly. This was also my first pregnancy. Now that I think about it, I must have had no experience and accidentally ate the wrong thing. It's not necessarily that someone framed me. I have never thought so." Hu Shanxiang explained.

"You picked yourself clean. Didn't you eat the wrong thing on purpose?" The Crown Princess didn't know she would say that.

"I was really careless..."

"Okay, in that case, then it's me and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who are overthinking it." Her situation is special now, and even if she denies it, we can't beat her.

"I'm sorry to have made Her Majesty and His Highness worry. It's my fault." Hu Shanxiang said with her head down.

"Since you have no experience, and you are surrounded by little girls, I will let some experienced maids serve you until you give birth, so that you will not have such a thing happen again." The Crown Princess followed her words and said, "Although this matter was caused by your carelessness, it was also the carelessness of these servants. All the palace maids around the Crown Princess will be punished."

"Your Highness, this is all my fault. How can you blame them?" Hu Shanxiang almost forgot that the Crown Princess would not touch her, but would target the people around her, Feiran before, Lingzhi and Yannan now. No, they cannot be punished.

"They did not serve the master well, so they should be punished. It's because you are too nice to them on weekdays that they are like this. I will help you manage the palace maids today." The Crown Princess did not listen to her at all and insisted on punishing them.

"My lady, I know I was wrong."

"Oh, how come you are wrong?"

Hu Shanxiang knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty is wise and you are right. I did this on purpose and they were just following my orders."

"Why are you doing this? Why are you doing this for no reason?" The Crown Princess felt distressed when she saw her like this, and finally asked her question.

Hu Shanxiang remained silent.

At this time, Lingzhi and Yannan, who had been silent, spoke up, "Crown Princess, please understand. Our queen had no choice but to do this. She had her own reasons."

"What do you mean? What's going on? Explain it to me clearly." Although the Crown Princess was a little dizzy with anger at first, she calmed down and thought about it. It was not the first day she knew Hu Shanxiang. She knew a little about what kind of person she was. If she was a man who used to play tricks, her son would not like her so much.

"Crown Princess, you don't know. Yesterday, on the way back from Yikun Palace, my queen..." Lingzhi told the story of yesterday with a tearful voice, "If it weren't for the Bodhisattva's blessing, if my queen had sat in the sedan chair, the consequences would have been disastrous. That's why my queen did this on purpose, just to attract the attention of the Crown Princess and His Royal Highness, to protect herself and the little prince in her belly."

The Crown Princess was also shocked after hearing this, and hurriedly helped her up, "Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing? It was my fault for being negligent during this period, and someone was able to get a hold of you. Don't worry, I will investigate this matter thoroughly." The Crown Princess held her hand and said solemnly.

"Your Majesty, this kind of thing is difficult to prevent. As long as I haven't given birth, it will only keep happening. The person behind the scenes won't give up until they fail. In fact, I've thought of a way, but I don't know if you will agree." Hu Shanxiang stated her ultimate goal.

The Crown Princess frowned as she listened to her. Actually, what she said was not wrong. After all, her pregnancy concerned the interests of too many people, and who knew how many people were watching her.

"Tell me about it." The Crown Princess was ready to listen to her thoughts.

Hu Shanxiang shared her thoughts with the Crown Princess.

After hearing this, the Crown Princess said, "No, this is too risky. They dared to attack you while you are in the palace. If you leave the palace, I'm afraid it will be right in their hands. Who knows how dangerous it will be? No, no, you can relax. This palace and Agui will definitely take care of Qingyun Palace. This kind of thing will never happen again in the future."

"Crown Princess, in fact, besides safety considerations, I have another reason. I know that you and His Highness have important things to do, and I'm afraid that my presence will cause trouble. If I'm not in the palace, you and His Highness will have nothing to worry about. How about telling others that I'm recuperating in Qingyun Palace and not going out?" Hu Shanxiang persuaded again.

"I'm afraid this matter is not something I can decide on my own. How about I discuss it with Agui?" There was some truth in what Hu Shanxiang said, but she still couldn't make the decision on her own.