Chapter 618 The Domineering Crown Princess

In the inner palace of Chonghua Palace, under the crabapple tree, Princess Zhaoyang was wearing a beautiful long dress. Her graceful figure looked more delicate than flowers.

So when Jia Lian got closer, he couldn't help but stare at her handsome face.

This move made the originally generous Princess Zhaoyang feel a little ashamed. She couldn't help lowering her head and asked: "What is Erlang looking at? Could it be that he doesn't recognize Zhaoyang after not seeing him for a few days?" "

"Don't say a few days, even if I haven't seen her for a hundred or a thousand years, I can't possibly not recognize Qingran. I just feel that Qingran seems to have become more beautiful after not seeing each other for a few days. ."

"Liar."

Love words from her lover are like the sweetest poison. Princess Zhaoyang can't help but like to listen to them even though she knows they are harmful. .

"Really, I didn't lie to you. If you don't believe it, ask my heart, it will never lie."

Jia Lian approached Princess Zhaoyang, He picked up her bare hand and put it on his chest. He knew that most women liked this.

Sure enough, this made Princess Zhaoyang blush and her heart beat fast. She regretted calling Jia Lian over and leaving her so at a loss.

After finally suppressing her restless emotions, she rolled her eyes at Jia Lian and said seriously: "What did Erlang think of what happened in Chonghua Hall?"

Jia Lian Hearing this, he frowned. He did not ask Princess Zhaoyang how she learned about what happened in Chonghua Palace, because he knew that this was exactly what Duke Zhaoyang had been doing in the past year since he returned to Beijing.

Now that she can know what happened in Chonghua Hall so quickly, it just shows her achievements over the past year. It also shows that the five hundred thousand taels of silver he gave her was not in vain.

"The power of God is unpredictable. This is a matter between Your Majesty and the Supreme Emperor. It doesn't matter what I think."

Princess Zhaoyang is a princess after all. This kind of It was difficult for Jia Lian to explain things clearly to her regarding the logic of the top-level struggle in the royal family. It was enough for both of them to understand.

Sure enough, Princess Zhaoyang did not ask further questions. She sighed: "Who could have expected that such a change would occur at the end of the matter. In this case, I am afraid that what I did before All those efforts were in vain.

I’m not afraid of Erlang’s jokes, but now I don’t even dare to see my father.”

Princess Zhaoyang laughed at herself. Jia Lian could understand what she meant. It was Princess Zhaoyang who vowed to take over the important task of lobbying the clan for Emperor Ningkang's sake.

Who would have thought that such a mistake would happen in the end. Those clan princes, most recently, collectively retorted, gave Emperor Ningkang a blow. If Emperor Ningkang was angry, Princess Zhaoyang would naturally be to blame.

In order to restore Princess Zhaoyang's confidence, Jia Lian comforted: "Qingran doesn't need to blame himself too much. Which of the princes in the clan is easy to get along with? Judging from today's events, it's just They were afraid that they would use the Emperor's influence to oppose the land clearing.

This cannot be blamed on Qingran. At least Qingran could make them no longer oppose His Majesty's land clearing. This strategy is already very powerful. As for today's change, even His Majesty was not expecting it, so how can we blame Qingran?"

Princess Zhaoyang laughed after hearing this: "It would be great if my father also favored and believed in Qingran as much as you do."

Jia Lian also laughed when he heard this, but said: "But Qingran is right not to see your majesty now. Yes, His Majesty must be in a bad mood right now, and anyone who goes to see him is likely to get into trouble. It is better to wait until His Majesty's mood improves in a few days before going to say hello."

"Erlang is right, Then listen to Erlang, I will hide here with the Queen Mother for a few days to relax."

Princess Zhaoyang smiled playfully, and then suddenly asked: "Does Erlang know where this place is?"

Jia Lian glanced around and saw that the surrounding scenery was good. The rockeries and trees were trimmed and arranged very cleverly. He guessed that it should be a small garden in the Chonghua Palace.

"This is a small courtyard attached to Weiyang Palace. It was specially prepared for me by the Queen Mother when I was a child. Going from here is the Zhaoyang Palace where I used to live." Princess Zhaoyang was a little bit explained nostalgically.

Jia Lian understood clearly. He knew that Princess Zhaoyang had been raised by the Queen Mother since she was a child, so he thought that this place should be the territory she was most familiar with. No wonder she summoned him here today under the guise of the Queen Mother.

“The decoration here is very beautiful and spiritual. No wonder Qingran is so beautiful. He must have grown up in this beautiful place and been nourished by the spiritual energy here.”
< br />"Gee, Erlang is really good at talking."

Princess Zhaoyang smiled, suddenly came closer and said softly: "Well, Erlang, do you want to go to Zhaoyang Palace and have a look? Look at what the place where I have lived since childhood is like..."

"Okay, I wish I could have asked for it."

Princess Zhaoyang just smiled, but did not seriously lead Jia Lian. The meaning of entering Weiyang Palace.

Just because she can push away the people around here doesn’t mean that she can cover the sky with one hand in Weiyang Palace. There are a lot of people there now. If you take Jia Lian there, the probability of being discovered is too high.

To express her apology, Princess Zhaoyang looked at Jia Lian’s face, suddenly stood up on tiptoes and kissed Jia Lian on the face.

As Princess Zhaoyang approached, Jia Lian could smell the fragrance coming from her body. The fragrance was very light, but it could easily arouse people's reverie. When the cool touch came from her cheeks, Jia Lian could no longer remain indifferent. He hugged Princess Zhaoyang around the waist and lowered her head to kiss her.

Under the kiss and caress of her lover, Princess Zhaoyang soon found that she was pressed against the wall of the small courtyard, and her hands were pressed above her head by her lover. She appeared completely suppressed and conquered. This made her a little embarrassed, and she turned around and said: "We can't do it here, someone will bump into us later."

Princess Zhaoyang was originally worried that Jia Lian would be worried if she privately asked Jia Lian to meet here, but she didn't expect that She still underestimated Jia Lian's courage. He actually dared to bully her within the confines of Weiyang Palace. Wasn't he afraid that the Queen Mother would find out and skin him?

Jia Lian took a look around. It was a quiet place with dense crabapple trees blocking it. It was as secretive as a grove in later generations.

Moreover, in such an environment, having sex with the princess of the dynasty is even more exciting. Jia Lian didn't want to endure the desire aroused by the beauty, and was about to say something flirtatious when he suddenly heard a familiar shout coming from the other side of the courtyard wall.

Princess Zhaoyang also heard it. She looked back and said, "It seems like someone is calling for help..."

"Hmm."

Zhao Princess Yang was just about to use this as an excuse to dispel Jia Lian's idea of ​​being frivolous towards her, when she saw Jia Lian let go of her on his own initiative. Then he glanced at the enclosed courtyard, raised his leg and stepped on the old crabapple tree next to it, and then jumped back , grabbed the wall and jumped over.

Princess Zhaoyang just wanted to remind him that climbing over the wall was prohibited in the palace, and the consequences of being caught by the guards would be serious. But then she gave up, stood up straight and straightened her clothes, and then she also imitated Jia Lian's moves and followed him.

But Jia Lian just climbed over the wall and saw a wide avenue outside. On the wooden bridge not far away, several palace ladies were jostling together, and one of them was pleading and shouting anxiously.

Jia Lian glanced at him, his face changed, and he quickly chased after him.

"Ah, Lord Marquis! Please help our young lady quickly, she fell into the water, right there..."

The maid who was being pulled by several palace maids saw this. When Jia Lian arrived, he was overjoyed and shouted quickly.

Without her reminding, Jia Lian had already seen the movement in the river. Without hesitation, Jia Lian took off his cloak in a few short steps, then jumped into the water and pulled the girl who was fluttering feebly in the water. I hugged him and took him back to the shore.

The girl who fell into the water is actually Zhen Yuhuan! At this time, she was covered in mud and water, with tears in her face, and her whole body was shaking with cold.Both embarrassed and pitiful.

She was in shock, but she just clung to the person in front of her. It wasn't until Jia Lian pitifully pushed away the wet hair covering her eyes that she saw who had saved her. " Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Jia Lian protected Zhen Yuhuan in his arms, who was obviously too frightened, and then had time to look around.

Zhen Yuhuan's maid had already broken free and rushed over, and behind her, a young woman in extremely gorgeous clothes, surrounded by several palace maids, walked over proudly.

She looked at Jia Lian from beginning to end, with a flash of surprise in her eyes. When she saw Zhen Yuhuan nestling tightly in Jia Lian's arms, her face became extremely gloomy again.

She looked at Jia Lian from a high position: "Who are you, who dare to break into the forbidden palace?"

Although Jia Lian did not recognize this woman, he could only tell her from her dress. , as well as the obvious fear of Zhen Yuhuan’s master and servant, we can also make some guesses.

He ignored her, but took the cloak from the maid's hand and wrapped it around Zhen Yuhuan, and then waited quietly for Princess Zhaoyang, who was slowly walking from a distance.

"Bold, I asked you something, why didn't you answer?"

Seeing that Jia Lian ignored her, the woman in palace clothes was very angry and scolded her coldly.

“The royal sister-in-law yelling like this does not seem to be in line with royal etiquette.”

The woman turned around and saw that the person speaking was Princess Zhaoyang, a gloomy look flashed in her eyes , but quickly covered it up, and then said with a fake smile: "It turns out to be Qingran, what are you doing here?"

"I would like to ask the emperor's sister-in-law first about this. What are you doing here?”

“Hahaha, I’m tired of listening to the drama in Weiyang Palace, let’s come out for a walk.”

The woman’s smiling face greeted Zhaoyang. The princess's response. Princess Zhaoyang passed her directly and came to Jia Lian's side and asked: "How is she?"

"The water is not deep, so it should be no big deal. I'm just scared."

Princess Zhaoyang actually didn’t know Zhen Yuhuan, but she guessed from her appearance that this girl was related to Jia Lian. Seeing that she was born delicate, she said: "This is not far from Zhaoyang Palace, why not let her come to my place to change clothes. In such a cold weather, it will be bad if she freezes."

"That's fine, I'll trouble you."

Jia Lian heard this and wanted to hand over Zhen Yuhuan to Princess Zhaoyang. Who would have thought that Zhen Yuhuan seemed really frightened?When she saw this, she immediately hugged him tightly and looked at him with pleading eyes: "Sworn brother~"

She didn't know Princess Zhaoyang, or in other words, she didn't know Princess Zhaoyang at this time. Internally, she only trusted Jia Lian.

　“Adopted brother?”

“She was born in the Zhen family in Jiangnan. The Zhen family and our family are family friends, so she recognizes me as her adopted brother.”
< br />"It turns out that she is the daughter of the Zhen family..."

After hearing Jia Lian's simple explanation, Princess Zhaoyang suddenly understood. Looking back at the gloomy Crown Princess, she had already sorted out the cause and effect.

Beside, the woman in palace clothes was furious when she saw that Jia Lian and others were ignoring her and only comforting Zhen Yuhuan.

Just glanced at Princess Zhaoyang, she didn't dare to do anything. As soon as her eyes turned, she saw Zhen Yuhuan clinging tightly to Jia Lian's arms. She thought about it and said loudly: "Where did you come from, this bold thief who dared to despise the future crown prince's concubine? I must report it to the prince, report to the queen, and deal with it." You are guilty of death!"

"Since the emperor's sister-in-law knew that she was the future crown prince's concubine, how could she be so bold and dare to push her into the water?"

"Nonsense , I never pushed her into the water, she accidentally fell in while walking."

"You lied, it was you who pushed our girl into the water. Our girl was relaxing here just now, you brought her They came with someone, tricked our lady onto the bridge, and pushed her down while she was not paying attention. I saw them all!”

When Zhen Yuhuan’s maid saw Princess Zhaoyang addressing the Crown Princess as the Crown Princess, she And she didn't seem to be afraid of the Crown Princess' words at all. She felt that she had a backer, so she immediately told the truth without fear.

"Bold slave, you dare to slander me, slapper!"

As the Crown Princess gave the order, the old maid behind her rolled up her sleeves and stepped forward menacingly. forward. This scene made Zhen Yuhuan so frightened that she hid in Jia Lian's arms and did not dare to move.

Suddenly there was a "bang", accompanied by the screams of the old palace maid. No one saw how Jia Lian did it, but they saw that the old palace maid had suddenly flew out and fell five or six steps away. Outside, he huddled on the ground in pain, not knowing whether to live or die.

"You, you, you..."

The Crown Princess has never seen such a scene before, because no one has ever dared to hit her in person. This made her eyes widen for a moment and she was speechless.

At this time, many eunuchs and maids gathered around. Princess Zhaoyang was afraid that Jia Lian would not be able to control his temper and cause trouble.

After all, Jia Lian was originally summoned into the inner palace by her against the ban. If she beat the princess again, it would be a big disaster, so she hurriedly said before Jia Lian: "What is the truth? I will tell the Empress Dowager Ming and ask her to make a decision. The emperor's sister-in-law should first think about how to deal with the accusations from the Empress Dowager and the Empress."

After saying that, Princess Zhaoyang asked He passed several maids from Weiyang Palace and ordered: "You guys, take Miss Zhen back to my bedroom, change her into clean clothes, and prepare a brazier for her to warm herself up."

Facing more and more people, Zhen Yuhuan was finally embarrassed to stay in Jia Lian's arms anymore. Just as she left Jia Lian's side, the wet clothes on her body were blown by the cold wind, and a bone-piercing cold hit her. She couldn't help but shiver all over, and then she hugged her shoulders.

Upon seeing this, Princess Zhaoyang helped her over and personally handed her over to the palace maid to take away.