kingnovel Chapter 493: Not Simple Aunt Cui
Chapter 493: Not Simple Aunt Cui
"How can this be possible? Cong'er is my son who came after my old age. How can I treat him badly?"
Xiao Zhengde was not trying to fool Cui Lanwei with these words. Although Xiao Congyu was Cui Lanwei's son, he was registered as the princess since birth. She did not even have a formal status when she followed him. Xiao Zhengde felt quite guilty about this. After all, Cui Lanwei was more than 20 years younger than him and was a capable woman. It was really rare for her to follow him so unhesitatingly.
The chauvinistic Xiao Zhengde is fully satisfied with Cui Lanwei. Her position in his heart is even higher than that of the Princess of Han. If Xiao Congyu were not young, it would be unknown who would become the Crown Prince.
Xiao Zhengde, blinded by beauty and self-confidence, never thought about why the young and beautiful Cui Lanwei liked him and would bear a child for him without any status.
On the surface, she seemed to have suffered a great injustice, but in fact, everyone in the palace knew that Xiao Zhengde had such a favored concubine.
Not only is she valued by Xiao Zhengde, but even the Princess of Han is somewhat wary of her.
Every time she returned to the palace, Cui Lanwei was treated no worse than the Princess of Han.
"Prince, please listen to me this time." Cui Lan looked up at Xiao Zhengde pitifully. She did not have absolute power for the time being, and could not always stay in the palace to look after Xiao Congyu. If she really married him to a daughter of a wealthy family, she would be the first to be shot.
The Princess of Han and she are only harmonious on the surface. Sooner or later, there will be a life-and-death battle between the two of them.
"My only wish in this life is to be with the prince one day and stay with him forever. I have never thought of crossing the line. Cong'er is a concubine's son and is still young. The prince's palace does not need his help. I just hope that he can live a simple life under his lap."
Hearing Cui Lanwei say this, Xiao Zhengde was so happy. You see, the women he valued were different. Those women in the backyard of his palace had used so many disgusting methods to win his favor.
The several illegitimate sons they gave birth to also tried every means to compete for the position of the crown prince. If the princess had not been smart, no one would know which son would be the crown prince now.
He already has so many sons fighting for the palace, it's good that the youngest son doesn't get involved.
"Okay, everything is up to you."
Xiao Zhengde smiled and took her into his arms. He hadn't seen Cui Lanwei for a long time and didn't have time to talk about business. He just talked about sex first. At first, Cui Lanwei didn't let him touch her, saying that it was in broad daylight and if it got out, she would have no face to see anyone.
Unfortunately, Xiao Zhengde doesn't care about these at all.
After the two of them had some fun, it was already dark.
His plan to go to the princess's place for dinner naturally fell through.
After dinner, Xiao Zhengde took Cui Lanwei's hand and started talking about business.
"The Queen Mother Naruhito has too many properties. I dare not transfer them all to the prince at once. I can only do it slowly. This time I come back, I will bring back 10 taels of silver for the prince."
"No rush, everything is done steadily. I would rather take over the Queen Mother Deren's business slowly than let Xiao Mo find out the clues."
"Yes, I will be careful."
Then Xiao Zhengde talked to Cui Lanwei about Xia Ying.
"Do you have any good ideas to get Xia Ying close to Xiao Mo? If Xia Ying can use this to get promoted, the relationship between Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang will definitely be damaged."
"Yes, I do, but Ye Jintang and her master, Aunt Mu, are both masters of poison. I'm afraid that I'll reveal my flaws, especially Aunt Mu."
"Is that so?"
Xiao Zhengde was a little worried. He thought that Cui Lanwei had stayed in the palace for many years and should know everything about it. This matter would not be difficult for her to handle. However, he had forgotten that Ye Jintang and Master Mu knew medical skills.
"Don't be anxious, my lord. Let me think carefully and see if there is any foolproof plan."
Cui Lanwei knew a little about Master Mu, but she only knew about Ye Jintang that she was Master Mu's apprentice.
When she was thinking about poison, she ignored Ye Jintang and thought about something that Master Mu couldn't touch.
As a disciple of the Divine Doctor Valley, Cui Lanwei first eliminated the poisons from the Divine Doctor Valley, as there were not many left to use.
After much thought, she decided to use the love poison from southern Xinjiang.
Lover's Gu is an extremely powerful poison. Once a person takes the child Gu, he will love the person who took the mother Gu wholeheartedly. No matter how many years pass, as long as he is alive, the lover's Gu will not lose its effect.
This poison looks good, but it has a fatal drawback. If one of the two people infected with the love poison dies, the other one will not be able to survive.
Moreover, the love poison is a living insect. Although it is not much bigger than an ant, it is difficult to ingest it without being noticed.
Xiao Mo needs to eat what Xia Ying hands him, so that the love Gu can be formed. From what she has heard, it is not easy to make Xiao Mo infected with the love Gu.
But this is the only good way.
So Cui Lanwei told Xiao Zhengde her thoughts.
"The difficulty now lies with Xia Ying. How can she get Xiao Mo to eat what she offers?"
"It's a bit difficult. I have inquired carefully in the palace. Xia Ying only met Xiao Mo once on the day she entered the palace. Since then, she has been confined to a relatively remote palace."
"This seems a bit tricky. We need to think about it carefully."
It is estimated that Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo would never have thought that Cui Lanwei, whom they had been looking for, had already quietly returned to Beijing and lived in Xiao Zhengde's courtyard.
What they could not have imagined was that these two people who seemed to have nothing in common were actually sleeping in the same bed.
At this time, Ye Jintang focused all her energy on the Queen's coronation ceremony. She was not even in a hurry to clean up the Danyang Marquis Mansion. After all, those were just trivial matters.
For her, all she had to do was move her little finger to bring the Danyang Marquisate to ruin.
The most important thing at the moment is of course the ceremony of coronation of the queen. Only after the ceremony, she will be the real queen of Tianqin Kingdom.
"My queen, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory sent a message saying that it will rain from the 19th until the 23rd."
Lu Zhu took the memorial from the Imperial Observatory and almost ran into the inner hall with her skirt lifted up.
It rained heavily during the Queen's coronation ceremony, and Ye Jintang felt his head buzzing.
The other ceremonies of the Queen's coronation ceremony were easy enough, but there was one item that required offering sacrifices to heaven, which required Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo to stand on the altar and burn incense.
If it rains heavily, they will be soaked like drowned rats, and it will be a pity for them to smell the fragrance of wool.
"The emperor really knows how to choose the right day. It hasn't rained recently, but it rained heavily on the day he chose."
"What should we do, Madam? We can't change the date."
"Of course we can't change it. The emperor's words are as firm as gold. We can't change the date just because of a rain."
Ye Jintang was silent for a moment, thinking of a retractable awning she had seen before.
She might as well make more retractable awnings, which can be used to block the sun when it is not raining, and to keep out the rain when it is raining.