newbobooks Chapter 278: The Duke of Zhenguo selects young and handsome guards
Chapter 278: The Duke of Zhenguo selects young and handsome guards
Once you enter the palace, it's like entering a deep sea. If you miss this opportunity, you don't know when we will meet again.
Shen Zhinian and Zhao Yungui stood up at the same time and walked outside.
The emperor noticed this scene, but since many people occasionally left the banquet, he did not take it to heart.
Shen Nanqiao had been keeping an eye on Shen Zhinian. When she saw him go out, she also stood up.
Zhou asked quickly, "Nan Qiao, where are you going?"
It was against the rules for her to bring Shen Nanqiao into the palace. But today was the master's celebration banquet, and His Majesty didn't say anything, so everyone turned a blind eye.
It would be bad if Nan Qiao offended someone in the palace.
Shen Nanqiao pouted: "Mom, my daughter is just feeling suffocated inside, and wants to go out for some fresh air, is that not okay?"
High-ranking imperial concubines can bring personal maids with them when they attend banquets in the palace. But His Majesty has never granted Zhou an imperial concubine, and her status is not high enough to bring attendants. Not to mention Shen Nanqiao.
Zhou had no choice but to remind him: "Then go out for some fresh air and come back. The palace has strict rules, so don't run around."
There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Shen Nanqiao's eyes: "I know."
After all, she had been a noble for so long in her previous life, don’t she know this little bit of rules?
the other side.
There were no rockery or pavilions around the Hall of Supreme Harmony, so Shen Zhinian and Zhao Yungui walked to the last level of the platform to talk.
As soon as he stood still, Zhao Yungui folded his hands on his waist and bowed deeply: "Your humble servant greets you..."
Shen Zhinian quickly supported her, frowning, "Sister Zhao, since when do we need to talk about these empty formalities?"
Zhao Yungui smiled cheerfully: "Madam Roupin, of course I know that no matter how high your position is, the feelings between us will not change."
"But before I entered the palace, my mother told me that the palace has strict rules and there are many people, so etiquette cannot be abandoned. Otherwise, if someone catches me, not only will they say I am not disciplined, but they will also criticize Concubine Rou for forgetting the palace rules."
"Please let me perform this ceremony!"
Shen Zhinian then let her go reluctantly.
"Your humble servant greets Her Majesty, May Your Majesty be blessed with good health!"
"No gift."
Zhao Yungui changed his respectful attitude and stepped forward to hold Shen Zhinian's arm with a smile: "Sister Zhinian, although we often communicate, I know that you always report good news but not bad news. Have you been living well in the palace these days?"
Shen Zhinian nodded: "I'm fine."
"What about you? You and General Zhou are getting married in June. Are you looking forward to it?"
Zhao Yungui blushed: "We finally meet, Sister Zhinian, why do you just know how to tease me?"
As if afraid that Shen Zhinian would continue this topic, Zhao Yungui carefully touched her belly: "Your belly is so flat, and there is actually a little baby inside, it's amazing..."
Speaking of children, Shen Zhinian's eyebrows and eyes were also stained with a layer of soft brilliance: "I also think it's magical..."
In her previous life, Lu Jianglin was infertile. To her, her lovers were just little toys to entertain her, so she would never breed with them.
This was the first time she experienced what it was like to be a mother.
"I heard from my mother that the first three months of pregnancy are the most dangerous for a pregnant woman, and you are in a place like the harem..."
"Sister Chinen, I've actually been worried ever since I learned that you were pregnant with the royal heir. Now, the first three months have finally passed safely! In the next few months, everything will go smoothly for you and the royal heir!"
It's a pity... If Sister Chinen married another man, she could still experience the feeling of being a godmother after the child was born. But she would never dare to make such a request to the heir to the throne...
There are not many people in the world who truly care about her, and Zhao Yungui is one of them. Shen Zhinian felt warm in her heart: "I will take good care of myself and the child, and you and General Zhou should also be well."
You must live a happy and fulfilling life to make up for the regrets of your previous life!
The matter of eradicating the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was top secret. Even Zhao Yungui didn't know what Zhou Yuxi was doing specifically.
Her face turned red when she heard that, she lowered her eyes and said, "We will!"
One of them asks for glory and power, the other asks for a lover who loves her. May they both get what they want!
The two chatted for a while, and Zhao Yungui suddenly said mysteriously: "...Sister Zhinian, I heard that the Duke of Zhenguo has recently selected handsome and strong young men from the clan to be sent to the palace as guards!"
"Oh?"
The criteria for selecting guards in the palace were very strict, and not just anyone could become one. Not only did they have to be from an aristocratic family, but their family also had to have close ties with the royal family.
Shen Zhinian's curiosity was aroused: "Although there are many children of noble families in the capital who serve as guards in the palace, they all won by their martial arts. After all, the selection of guards is not a talent show."
"What does the Duke of Zhenguo want to do by picking young and handsome men from the clan?"
Could it be that they wanted to send her to the palace and have her have some connection with some empress in order to confuse the royal bloodline?
That really means that the Nine Clans are not being destroyed fast enough!
Zhao Yungui shook his head. "The housekeeper in my courtyard is a relative of a servant in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. She heard about this matter. I don't know what their purpose is."
The Duke Zhenguo's Mansion is almost finished. The counterattack of such a behemoth before death is still terrifying.
Shen Zhinian didn't want Zhao Yungui to get involved, so she said, "Sister Zhao, no matter what they want to do, just pretend you don't know. Don't pay any more attention to it, and don't ask about it anymore."
Zhao Yungui nodded: "Aunt Zhou said the same thing before."
The "Aunt Zhou" she mentioned was Zhou Yuxi's mother, her future mother-in-law.
As the core figure in the emperor's plan, Zhou Yuxi and the Zhou family must know what the emperor wants to do.
In the previous life, Zhao Yungui committed suicide by jumping into a lake, and Zhou Yuxi fled to the border. After knowing the truth, Mrs. Zhou risked being punished by the royal family and let Zhou Yuxi take Zhao Yungui's tablet back to the Zhou family as the official wife.
Just so that this pair of star-crossed lovers can be together in life and death.
Shen Zhinian smiled and said, "Mrs. Zhou is the kindest person, you are right to listen to her."
"Well, I know."
Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhao Yungui suppressed his reluctance and said, "Sister Zhinian, we have been away for a long time. It's time to go back."
As soon as Shen Zhinian turned around, Handan came over to report, "Your Majesty, just as you came out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the eldest lady followed you."
"Xiao Zhouzi and the others followed your instructions and stood guard around to prevent anyone from eavesdropping on your conversation with Miss Zhao, so that the eldest lady could not get close. But she didn't seem to give up and kept waiting there."