Chapter 23 Invite Princess Yu into the palace

Imperial Palace, in Kunning Hall.

Empress Lu of the Southern Dynasties, dressed in grace and splendor, sat in the upper position and ordered the imperial concubine to sit in the lower position.

Chu Lian knelt in the main hall with a look of grievance.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must make the decision for me on this matter today. Today, the third brother slapped me in front of the fourth brother who just returned to Kyoto and so many people in Kyoto. I was hurt a little.

That's all, but by doing it so blatantly, he clearly wanted to slap the two ladies in the face."

When Chu Lian released Chu Yu from Nanshi, he took Chu Nan to the palace with anger on his face to resume his life.

Chu Nan walked on the corridor paved with bluestones and looked at the exquisite and gorgeous white jade railings and the glazed eaves shining in the sun. He couldn't help but feel excited and have mixed feelings.

Once upon a time, the palace was his favorite place because there was a gentle, loving and always smiling mother-in-law, but...

After coming back to his senses, Chu Nan saw Chu Lian's aggressive look and couldn't help but ask.

"Fifth brother, do you want to report what happened in the busy city today to my father?"

Chu Lian snorted.

"Of course, Chu Yu must be punished so that I don't deserve his slap in the face."

Chu Nan smiled slightly.

Concubine Ling frowned and listened to Chu Lian's words.

"Fifth brother can only make his own decision on what to do."

Now that the princes have all reached the age of marriage, as the master of the harem, she naturally has the final say in the choice of concubines for the princes. However, Chu Yu repeatedly rejected the women she recommended, and instead asked for marriage on his own initiative and married a Zuodu imperial concubine.

Shi's daughter once again slapped her, the queen, hard on the face.

The more Chu Nan listened, the more he felt something was wrong. He just called him a casual name, but Chu Yu gave him a solid slap.

"Yu'er is a bit stubborn, but he hasn't been with his mother and concubine since he was a child. The emperor loves you so much, so it's right to be a little arrogant. You can just let him do as he pleases."

Chu Nan opened his lips lightly.

how?

"What a Chu Yu. No one can rely on him, yet he is so arrogant. He starts a fight in the street. Do you really think that I am just a decoration?"

"Princess Yu is not favored?"

"It is really difficult for my father to punish my third brother. Although I am not in Kyoto, I know that my father prefers my third brother."

Chu Lian did not doubt that he was there and took Chu Nan into the Qinzheng Hall.

But he still felt aggrieved when he was supposed to leave the palace, so he simply changed his route to pay his respects to his mother and concubine, the imperial concubine Lin.

"Are you really at a Buddhist temple when you're not in Kyoto?"

In the harem, Queen Lu's position is stable, her son Prince Chu Wen's position has been announced to the world, Lin's imperial concubine is extremely favored, Chu Lian is also very talented and virtuous in the court, only Chu Yu

It gave Empress Lu a headache, she was arrogant and domineering, and she was cold, arrogant and lonely. She dragged a pair of useless legs and couldn't beat her or punish her. However, the emperor still deliberately favored her. Empress Lu could only look down on Chu Yu these years.

Chu Lian looked at Chu Nan with some confusion, frowned and looked up and down at the prince who had left Beijing and been raised in a Buddhist temple since he was a child, and spoke with some disdain.

"Sister, Princess Yu has been awarded the jade medal now, so she should go to the palace to pay her respects."

Now you want him to show weakness and avoid punishment?

"I'm injured now. Even if my father is partial, he won't just watch me get hurt and ignore it."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Yu'er's princess hasn't come to the palace to pay her respects yet, so I don't know what's going on?"

Concubine Ling looked at Chu Lian who complained about the pain of the medicine while drinking it. She was so angry that she smashed several white jade porcelain bottles one after another, and the eunuchs and maidservants in the palace knelt on the ground.

Concubine Ling was very puzzled when she heard what Empress Lu said.

"How to say?"

Prince Yu's Mansion Changyin Terrace.

Queen Lu drank a cup of tea lightly and wiped the corners of her lips with her handkerchief.

After Ling Guifei thought about it, she took Chu Lian to Kunning Hall to discuss with Queen Lu.

Empress Lu listened to Chu Lian's words, looked at Chu Lian calmly, and then showed a loving smile.

According to Chu Nan's suggestion, he did not tell the emperor about today's affairs and excused himself because he felt unwell.

The two of them led the palace servants and continued to the Qinzheng Hall.

A hint of calculation flashed in the imperial concubine's eyes, and she stood up and responded.

Concubine Ling is a relative of the queen and is now favored by the upright people. When she heard that her son was slapped by Chu Yu, she felt distressed and angry.

At this moment, Chu was pointing his fingers at Chu Yu, and Empress Lu could only offer kind words to persuade him.

"As a prince, you have lost the royal dignity by taking action in a busy city. But you are the one who stirred up the trouble. If you were to report it like my father, your behavior would definitely offend Long Yan. If this matter was reported to my father by someone else,

, if my father continues to question me, then you will show weakness and say that you know your mistake, but it was just that the third brother was seriously injured after the attack, so he did not come to apologize in time, and then you will be exempted from punishment."

Chu Nan also stopped and stood tall under the long corridor. Looking from a distance, he looked like a man in a painting in his plain brocade robe.

Chu Nan was wearing a plain brocade robe and smiled slightly.

The melodious and melodious opera singing came out from the Changyin stage.

Everyone knows that the emperor prefers Chu Yu. Chu Lian was a little frustrated when he mentioned this, stopped in his tracks, and was a little impatient.

Empress Lu naturally knew that Chu Yu was excessive and rude.

"Everyone, get out of here."

"You are also a naughty kid. How can you comment on your royal sister-in-law like this in public?"

"That being the case, Nanny Su, please send someone to Prince Yu's Mansion to deliver a message and ask Princess Yu to come to the palace tomorrow."

I asked the palace physician to check my pulse, and he was relieved when he confirmed that he was fine.

Outside Qinzheng Hall, Chu Lian stopped Chu Nan and looked at him with probing eyes.

"My son, I made a mistake with my words for a moment, but my third brother attacked me without even asking, which is really too much."

"Fourth brother thinks this is just a bad idea."

Queen Lu raised her eyebrows slightly and nodded slightly while holding the tea cup.

Empress Lu was the empress of the Southern Dynasty. After Chu Yu's mother-concubine was killed, the emperor originally intended to foster Chu Yu under the queen's name, but Chu Yu didn't know what to do and preferred to take the wet nurse and the servants to live in Yan where Concubine Yu died.

There was no one to take care of her in the Palace of Jubilee and she was unwilling to come to the Palace of Kunning. This clearly meant that she, the empress, was not taken seriously.

It wasn't until she and Chu Lian were the only ones left in the palace that Mrs. Lin panted and sat on the imperial concubine's chair.

Along the way, the more Chu Lian thought about it, the more he felt that what Chu Nan said seemed to make sense.

What's the next step?

When Chu Lian saw his mother and concubine angry, he couldn't help but make fun of her.

Chu Yu was sitting in the center of the Changyin stage. The heavily made-up actors on the stage were babbling and singing. Chu Yu's slender fingers were tapping the Eight Immortals table beside him rhythmically.

Chu Lian nodded and told Concubine Ling all about the wedding in Prince Yu's palace in Kyoto.

"Mother, I just said three words about the unfavored Princess Yu and the little girl, and he got angry. This is obviously an excuse to do something to me."

"Your Majesty, please calm down."

"nature."

"Sister, let them handle the affairs of the princes. They are all men, and there is no time when they are all harmonious."

Chu Lian knelt there, still looking unconvinced.

Chu Nan raised his eyebrows slightly.

Recalling the reason why Chu Lian mentioned this matter, Empress Lu smiled and said casually.

"Sister, Chu Yu has not taken you seriously several times. Why are you still speaking for him today?"

The imperial concubine waved her brocade robe and wide sleeves.

Zelan quietly opened the door and came in. After closing the door of Changyintai, he walked behind Chu Yu and whispered back.

"Master, someone from the palace will invite Princess Yu to the palace tomorrow."

Chu Yu tapped his fingers on the table. After a moment, the sound sounded again, and Chu Yu spoke coldly.

"Then let her go."
Chapter completed!