The prince is more stable

Chapter 3 Midnight Incident
Who would have thought that a 300-pound fat man could run so lightly like a swallow.

A man like the wind.

Zhao Hao disappeared in the blink of an eye, and Zhao Xiaoqian was still standing in the pavilion in a daze.

Today's spring breeze is a bit noisy...

If the time when he kicked his own father away is not counted, this should be the first time that father and son met in Zhao Xiaoqian's memory.

The meeting was so hasty, and Zhao Xiaoqian was somewhat moved by the way the family members risked their lives for each other. However, in the blink of an eye, the family affection changed direction and disappeared.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Zhao Xiaoqian also left the pavilion.

He doesn't expect any fatherly love. After all, in his heart, he is not familiar with this world.

Although the palace is not large, he must visit every corner. If nothing unexpected happens, this will be his home for a long time to come.

Of course, you should get to know all the flowers and plants in your home.

After an hour, he had finally toured the palace. Not only did he recognize the flowers and plants in the palace, but he also remembered the important people in the palace.

The so-called important people are those who have some status, such as the chief historian of the royal palace, the Yishan, the military officer of the record room, the housekeepers of various courtyards, etc.

Of course, there are also some relatively important people, who are the concubines of his biological father Zhao Hao.

The King of Chu had more than ten concubines, big and small, living in different courtyards. The oldest of these concubines was in her early thirties, and the youngest... was even younger than Zhao Xiaoqian, having just turned sixteen.

How could a royal palace have so many concubines? Didn't the Princess of Chu care?

I really can't help it.

Because the King of Chu had no legal wife.

The Princess of Chu, also known as Zhao Hao's principal wife, was Zhao Xiaoqian's biological mother, whose surname was Feng. She was the great-granddaughter of Feng Zheng, the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, and was also from a prominent family.

However, after marrying the King of Chu, the relationship between the couple has always been in discord. What's worse is that Feng's relationship with Zhao Hao's mother, the Empress Dowager, is also very bad.

If the relationship between a powerful mother-in-law and a submissive daughter-in-law is not good, the daughter-in-law's fate is self-evident.

So after the couple's youngest son died, Feng became disheartened and completely tired of this family, and divorced King Zhao Hao of Chu.

That’s right, couples in this era could divorce. If they couldn’t live together anymore, they could part ways amicably. A divorce letter would be sent to the government, and the official would stamp it, and the divorce would become legally effective.

Feng was finally free after leaving the Prince of Chu's Mansion, but her life was not free.

After the divorce, Feng was sent to Yaohua Palace to become a Taoist nun.

The royal family needs to maintain its dignity. Even if the wife of a clan member is divorced, she will not be allowed to marry a second husband. Kundao of Yaohua Palace is the ending prepared for her by the royal family.

After the divorce, Zhao Hao became single again and instantly took off.

The Prince of Chu's Palace took in more than a dozen concubines one after another, all of them were young, beautiful and charming.

After Zhao Xiaoqian learned these secrets, he sighed secretly.

His predecessor was a senior otaku who locked himself in the yard and didn't want to see anyone. He was introverted and lonely. Now he finally knew the reason.

Such a broken family must have caused great emotional harm to Zhao Xiaoqian, who was still a child at the time.

But that scumbag dad was having a great time.

It really came true what I said in my previous life, you can’t imagine how happy Dad is…

Tired of touring the palace, Zhao Xiaoqian returned to his own courtyard, which was staffed by two maids and a handyman, but of course, there was more than that.

As the only son of the King of Chu, his father was the eldest and his son was the second in command in the entire palace. In fact, Zhao Xiaoqian's other treatment in the palace was comparable to that of Zhao Hao.

Dinner was brought in by a maid. The dishes were quite exquisite, just two meat dishes and one vegetable dish. The taste was... barely edible.

Having experienced the eight major cuisines in his previous life, it was naturally unlikely for him to have any liking for dishes from a thousand years ago.

Of course, the important thing is that Zhao Xiaoqian is not familiar with this world now.

If you don't know the food well, you won't dare to attack it. Once it's cooked, you should chase the chef of the palace all over the courtyard with a stick.

The end of the palace chef is coming soon, just wait!

After dinner, Zhao Xiaoqian found a few books in the study in the yard. Books of this era were already available in printed form, but the reading method was a bit difficult as the text was all in vertical format, which was not very familiar to him.

As the night deepened, the book finally succeeded in playing a hypnotic role. Zhao Xiaoqian yawned and was about to go back to the room to sleep, but he heard the sound of footsteps coming from outside the yard, and it seemed that there were many people.

The footsteps stopped outside the courtyard, and soon a maid came hurriedly to report.

"Sir, the prince's wives are here. It seems something happened in the mansion."

Zhao Xiaoqian frowned, then got up and went out.

Outside the yard, a group of servants from the palace were holding lanterns. In the dim light of the lanterns, a dozen young women wearing luxurious silk skirts and almost not much older than Zhao Xiaoqian were wandering anxiously outside the yard.

If it weren't for the strict rules in the palace and the low status of concubines, they would have broken into Zhao Xiaoqian's yard long ago.

Looking around at this group of women, Zhao Xiaoqian knew that they were all concubines taken by his father Zhao Hao, and he had met them during the day.

Zhao Xiaoqian couldn't help but sigh secretly. It was hard to say what kind of character his father had. He was in his forties and had married a bunch of concubines who were only eighteen or nineteen years old. Judging from his character, it was probably not a good one.

But character is character, and Zhao Xiaoqian could not deny Zhao Hao's aesthetic taste against his conscience.

His aesthetic sense was truly powerful. Each of these concubines in front of him was as beautiful as a flower. In their previous lives, they would probably be school beauties or department beauties, or at the very least, a charming drug investigator.

The leading woman is wearing a lake green ruqun. The characteristics of women's clothing in the Song Dynasty are narrow, thin, long and odd. The ruqun perfectly highlights her slender figure.

The woman was in her early twenties. Her pretty face was filled with anxiety, and her autumn-water eyes were slightly red, obviously she had just cried.

Zhao Xiaoqian knew her and knew that her surname was Zhen and her name was E. Don't get me wrong, she was not the prostitute that Zhao Hao redeemed from a brothel. She was a girl from a good family with a clean background. Her father was said to be a minor official in a county government office.

Being willing to let his daughter become Zhao Hao's concubine, it is natural that her father had the idea of ​​climbing up the social ladder. Even if the relatives of the Song Dynasty had no real power, it would not be bad to get some money from the palace. It was much better than marrying her to a poor boy.

The concubine in front of him, named "Zhen E", is not only beautiful, but also quite capable. It is said that Zhao Hao is particularly fond of her. Although the palace has not appointed a queen, she is implicitly regarded as the leader among the concubines in the backyard.

Seeing Zhao Xiaoqian coming out with his clothes on, Zhen E and the other girls bowed to him.

As the prince's concubines, they were theoretically older than Zhao Xiaoqian, but Zhao Xiaoqian was the legal crown prince of Chu.

However, they were concubines of low status, and their status could not be compared at all. Therefore, in the palace, the prince's concubines had to pay their respects to the prince obediently. This was the etiquette and rules of the palace.

"It is our fault for disturbing the prince. However, we have received news from outside the palace that His Highness might have been in trouble. There is no one else in the palace who can make the decision except the prince. We have no choice but to ask for an audience." Zhen E lowered her head and said in a low voice.

Zhao Xiaoqian raised his eyebrows: "What happened?"

"Your Highness was summoned by the Minister of the Imperial Clan at noon today, and he has not returned until midnight. According to the retainers, Your Highness seems to be detained by the Imperial Clan."

(End of this chapter)