Chapter 61: The Eight Trigrams

  Chapter 61: The Eight Trigrams

  That's right, the fourth prince doesn't need to attend tomorrow.

  It's not easy being the children of an imperial family either.

  Like Second Brother smashing a pot and throwing it away - anyway, I have leg disease, anyway, I'm useless, anyway, I just won't go to school, what can you do about me?

  There are also people like the fourth prince who work diligently every day, and even if they don't pull for a day, they won't miss their appointments even when they have minor illnesses or pains.

  However, the fourth prince said again in a low voice, and Chao Sheng somewhat understood -

  Although the manifestation is different, the fourth prince's alcohol capacity is no better than that of the second prince. He was obviously also drunk.

  Chao Sheng really wanted to resign, she couldn't bear to hear another drunken truth.

  She was nervous, fortunately the fourth prince did not say anything else that would scare her to death. He first recited a poem about the moon - although Chao Sheng felt that the moon outside the window was neither bright nor round, and it didn't match the scene in the poem at all.

  The fourth prince then said some idle words.

  "Sun Zijiu's whiskers, hey, they're as thin as a clear broth noodle. He thinks he has a beautiful beard, always so self-satisfied. Do you know or not, in his sleeve there's a small sachet with fragrant oil, comb, tweezers... whenever he says he's going to drink tea, actually he's just going to fix up his whiskers..."

  Chao Sheng made an effort to maintain a motionless posture with his head hung low.

  Your Highness, the Fourth Prince, you really have the potential to be a paparazzo.

  How did you find out about this secret matter?

  And after discovering it, probably no one can discuss and share this great discovery, always holding back in their stomach, now finally speaking out with the help of wine is really not easy.

  As a prince, I also... uh, can't help but gossip.

  But he also has to consider his identity and image.

  "Yang Lu Yan still thought he was really talented, don't joke around, if it wasn't for his father being the Minister of Personnel, who would be eager to fawn on him? There were several people who copied his bad poems onto fans, and even though it's freezing outside, they would take them out from time to time to fan themselves, just to show Yang Lu Yan that his poems were written on them... I just can't stand that kind of thing..."

  Chao Sheng continued to lower his head.

  Although she didn't know the Sun Zijiu, nor did she know the son of the Yang Shangshu from the Ministry of Officials, but the Fourth Prince's description was too vivid and wonderful, she could completely imagine the images of those two people.

  But the fourth prince seems to be a bit like the fox who can't get the grapes and says the grapes are sour.

  Isn't he also eager for someone to copy his poem onto a fan and bring it out to cool himself on a cold day?

  To be honest, being an official is not as good as having real power. The fourth prince is indeed a prince, but he has no power or influence. The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel holds real power and controls the performance evaluation and promotion of a large number of officials. Even if they don't praise you, it's easy to make things difficult for you. Who dares not to try to get on their good side? Who dares to offend them?

  Chao Sheng silently poured tea and handed it over. The fourth prince took a sip. Chao Sheng then offered rose petal jelly.

  The fourth prince scooped up a spoonful of yogurt and put it in his mouth, then suddenly lifted his head.

  His eyes were clear at this moment.

  Chao Sheng's heart suddenly beat a little faster.

  "Is it born?"

  "Yes, Your Highness."

  Still knows people, it's clear after all.

  "The fourth prince pointed at her: 'Do you know why you were driven out of Yunxia Palace?'"

  Huh?

  The topic turned too suddenly and too quickly, and Cao Sheng was really unable to react in time.

  "Do you want to know?"

  Those eyes shone brightly and spoke directly to Chao Sheng's long-held doubts, and he involuntarily spat out a single word.

  "I want."

  The fourth prince smiled and his eyes curved into a beautiful arc.

  "I'm not telling you."

  ……

  Cháo shēng wanted to find a basin to catch it, lest he vomit blood all over his clothes.

  Take a deep breath.

  It's pointless to argue with someone who is drunk.

  But the fourth prince smiled and said: "You're still alive in this world, who knows, you might become a big heart disease for others. So take good care of your life."

  "Whose heart disease?"

  The fourth prince shook his head: "Knowing less can live a little longer. Yeah." He raised his chin towards the inner room: "Just like him, if he knew less, his days wouldn't be so miserable. He resents the emperor and hates the empress, but he can't provoke either of them, so he can only torment himself and take it out on those around him. What's the use?"

  The tide is born with blinking eyes.

  The meaning of the fourth prince is, is he hinting that there's some big shot who wants her dead?

  But as for the matter of Yunxia Palace, Chao Sheng really knew very little about it. She was completely in the dark about why An Fei had a miscarriage.

  Who are the big shots she knows?

  Empress? Emperor?

  Xian Fei and Gui Fei, people who could only be considered as having a fleeting encounter with her, wouldn't possibly have any lingering thoughts of her, would they?

  As for the queen, she doesn't even know her.

  Wait, how did the fourth prince know about this? This matter has nothing to do with him.

  Even if he said last time that Qian Dainiang sent her to the palace with ill intentions - it's possible that he was prescient, but also possible that he just made a lucky guess.

  This time may be the same too.

  The fourth prince might have just been speaking casually.

  Chao Sheng made himself forget everything he heard that night.

  Whether it was said by the Second Prince or the Fourth Prince.

  The second prince seemed to have completely forgotten what he said that night, and when they met again later, he still had the same carefree attitude, laughing whenever he wanted to laugh and speaking whenever he wanted to speak.

  Because Qián Yuàn was ill for almost a month, Chūn Mò finally came out to take charge again. She had lost a lot of weight and her temper had also subsided a lot. However, as soon as she came out, the pressure on Cháo Shēng immediately eased a lot. These past few days, Qián Yuàn was ill, although he was still forcing himself to work, but Cháo Shēng suddenly felt that the pressure on him had increased a lot. Many things that Qián Yuàn used to handle, she had to take over some of them. Just like that night when the Second Prince came over for drinks, if it were in the past, it would definitely be handled by Qián Yuàn.

  Chunmo's ability is as strong as ever, and several things are assigned in an orderly manner when the door opens, but the account book has not been taken over and is still placed at Qiushan.

  Once bitten, twice shy.

  After experiencing setbacks, people will always change somewhat.

  Chun Mo was actually very lucky. Gui Yu changed her statement at the last minute, otherwise she would have had a hard time getting out of the incident involving injury to others, and might not have escaped with her life, let alone without losing some skin.

  But more people don't have such an opportunity.

  For example, at the end of the year, it can be fatal in one go.

  The tide is born and will not often think of her, but every time I think of it, I feel a sense of heaviness in my heart.

  Everyone's evaluation of Chun Mo has also changed unanimously. The previous Chun Mo sister who would scold and lecture people has been gradually replaced by this tolerant and gentle Chun Mo sister.

  But Chao Sheng felt that a sentence was very reasonable since he saw Chun Mo silently break a fine-toothed black wooden comb.

  The mountains and rivers can be changed, but one's inherent nature is hard to alter.

  Chun Mo no longer loses her temper easily, but her patience and endurance don't seem to have improved much. She has just changed from openly scolding people in front of others to secretly harboring resentment after they leave.

  Tide Sheng also didn't know which one was worse.

  It has rained twice this autumn, and the weather is getting colder and colder.

  The autumn of Yìqiū Palace is particularly resplendent, with golden and crimson leaves overlapping and mottled, like the luxurious fur on a tiger's back. The water of Fēng Chí (Maple Pool) quietly reflects such a beautiful scene.

  The tenth princess specially ran to admire the maple leaves, and also brought painting paper, painting tools, and pigments. She moved the long table to the edge of the maple pool, spread out the painting paper, and spent three and a half hours on it. During this time, she drank tea several times, ate some snacks, discovered a rabbit, and chased after it. She chatted with the second prince and teased the eighth prince. In the end, the painting paper was blank, and the prepared vermilion pigment had dried up in the dish, looking just like the broken bowl used to catch chicken blood in the kitchen after killing a chicken.

  Since it wasn't painted, the tenth princess came again on the second day, and she also brought a few younger sisters - the eleventh princess, the thirteenth princess, and a seventeenth princess who was even shorter than the eighth prince. She wore brocade clothes, had big eyes, and her skin was as white as snow, looking like an exquisite living doll that could breathe and move.

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  Today I accidentally ate a few pieces of beef and then found that I had an allergic rash on my body again.

  I used to be allergic to seafood only, but now I surprisingly can't even eat beef.