diskusbooks Chapter 230 4 Princesses
Chapter 230 4 Princesses
In this ever-changing life, many things have changed. What is shocking is that Gu Qinlian resolutely stood in the team of the Fourth Prince.
However, if you look deeper into the reasons, it is not surprising. After all, Gu Qinlian and she have been through the same fate in the past, and she knows that the Fourth Prince is the final winner. She will do everything she can to cling to the Fourth Prince's prominent power.
Gu Qinlian has always been of mediocre intelligence. The reason why she is favored by the Fourth Prince is probably due to the twists and turns she experienced in her previous life.
However, can past experiences really indicate what will happen in this life?
Gu Qinlan smiled slightly. She never underestimated any individual or any event. Even an unknown person could play a key role in the development of an event.
And she vowed to become the most difficult obstacle in Gu Qinlian's life journey.
Gu Qinlian followed closely behind the Fourth Prince's wife, waiting loyally by her side, while secretly scanning the noble ladies in the hall with her eyes.
When she caught a glimpse of Gu Qinlan, Gu Qinlan gave her a cunning smile full of malice.
Wow, I didn’t expect to meet me here again. Is it a surprise?
Gu Qinlan merely responded with a disdainful smile, and then looked away, as if he had witnessed disgusting filth.
Gu Qinlian was so angry that her face turned blue, but she did not dare to be presumptuous in the palace.
Otherwise, the Fourth Prince's wife would ruthlessly peel off her skin.
Whenever the Fourth Prince's wife was mentioned, Gu Qinlian felt angry and depressed.
Yesterday, she finally persuaded Mr. Gu and obtained some silver, intending to knock on the noble door of the Fourth Prince's Mansion.
The door was indeed knocked open, but she was unable to get close to the people around the Fourth Prince. Instead, she bumped into the Fourth Prince's wife, who frightened her.
When she was brought before the Fourth Prince's wife, she had just executed a concubine. The scene was in chaos, and the bloody scene made her legs go weak and she fell to the ground involuntarily.
The Fourth Prince's wife held her chin tightly, her eyes sharp as a knife, and questioned why she tried so hard to squeeze into the deep courtyard of the Fourth Prince's mansion. She was frightened to the point of paleness, her heart was beating like a drum, and she almost wet her pants. However, she was still smart and claimed that she had the ability to predict the future. She immediately showed it to the Fourth Prince's wife and boldly asserted that the Fourth Prince's wife was already pregnant.
The Fourth Prince's wife scoffed at this. After all, the Fourth Prince had always had a difficult time with the issue of offspring. They had been married for many years, and had many concubines in the mansion, but they still had no offspring.
Gu Qinlian insisted on asking the Fourth Prince's wife to summon the imperial physician to take her pulse. After a careful diagnosis, it was discovered that she was one month pregnant.
At this moment, Gu Qinlian immediately became the guest of honor of the Fourth Prince's wife and was highly valued.
However, Gu Qinlian was not happy at all, because she knew very well that the Fourth Prince's wife would not be able to give birth smoothly.
The Fourth Prince would never allow her to become pregnant and give birth at this moment, otherwise his years of careful planning would be ruined.
Why was the fourth prince ignored by the queen and the crown prince, so that he suffered a blow and became dizzy at a critical moment? The reason was that the fourth prince had always claimed to the outside world that he was infertile.
Having no offspring means cutting off all possibilities of competing for the throne.
For many years, there had been no trace of children in the Fourth Prince's mansion, and everyone, including the Fourth Prince's wife, firmly believed that the Fourth Prince was infertile.
The Fourth Prince was an extremely cautious and forbearing man. How could he allow his years of planning to be ruined? Therefore, the Fourth Prince's wife's child was destined not to be born.
Not only that, the Fourth Prince's wife will also suffer physical damage from this accident, causing lifelong infertility.
But if she did that, would she dare to speak out? Once she told the truth, she would die immediately.
If she remained silent, her fate would not be any better.
Gu Qinlian felt so bitter that she wanted to slap herself twice. Why did she reveal such a deadly secret?
However, she knew very little about the past of the Fourth Prince's wife, and she learned about this pregnancy from Ji Yinli in her previous life. Yesterday, when the Fourth Prince's wife tightly pinched her chin and asked her questions, she suddenly remembered this past event and blurted it out without thinking.
In the quiet time afterwards, she was shocked to find cold sweat trickling down her back, the chill made her shiver.
Gu Qinlian was tortured by nightmares last night. When the dawn broke, she hurriedly packed her bags, intending to escape from this dangerous situation. However, the messenger of the Fourth Prince's wife came unexpectedly and invited her to a palace banquet.
Gu Qinlian was shocked, but her heart was in a panic. How could she cleverly get rid of this death game? Her eyes fell on Gu Qinlan involuntarily.
A vicious thought flashed through her mind. If the Fourth Prince's wife's child met with misfortune because of Gu Qinlan or people around her, then not only would she be able to escape, but she would also be able to put Gu Qinlan into an irretrievable situation.
So, she began to quickly weave a huge web of conspiracy in her mind, thinking about how to implicate Gu Qinlan or the people around her with the Fourth Prince's wife.
Gu Qinlan had no idea of Gu Qinlian's sinister intentions. After staying in the Queen's Palace for a while, she led her family to pay respects to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother was nearly 70 years old and in poor health, so all the female members of the family were unable to enter the inner hall and could only pay their respects outside the hall.
This arrangement made Princess Duan feel greatly relieved.
After the greeting ceremony, the palace servants led them to the main venue of the palace banquet - Yonghe Hall.
The hall was already full of guests, who were gathered in groups of three or four, chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.
Although the Zheng family was a newly-minted family, they did not have many acquaintances in the capital. However, thanks to the emperor's recent praise of Gu Qinlan, as soon as their family showed up, many ladies came to greet them enthusiastically.
Gu Qinlan behaved elegantly and socialized with the guests calmly, while Zheng Huiyi followed closely behind her, earnestly learning these social skills.
While they were talking, Zhao Qingyu came hurriedly and took Gu Qinlan's arm intimately: "Sister, I'm here."
Gu Qinlan immediately turned around and bowed to Madam Zhao with a beautiful smile.
Mrs. Zhao smiled and helped her up, then took her around among the other ladies.
After nearly an hour of socializing, a palace servant came to remind everyone that the palace banquet was about to begin.
Gu Qinlan led the Zheng family to the Zheng Mansion’s seats and sat down quietly.
Not long after entering Luo Mansion, he saw Gu Qinlian following the Fourth Prince's wife into the palace. The Fourth Prince's wife had a prominent status, and her seat was arranged very far in front, far away from the seat of Zheng Mansion.
When Gu Qinlian passed by the Zheng residence's seat, she couldn't help but reveal a hint of arrogance and glanced at Gu Qinlan provocatively.
Facing her provocation, Gu Qinlan only responded with a smile and silently uttered three words: "It's hard to change one's nature."
Gu Qinlian was immediately extremely angry, her face was like a dark cloud, and her heart was filled with rage that wanted to crush him to ashes, but she could only swallow her anger.
With the arrival of all the distinguished guests, the palace banquet officially kicked off, and the ceremonial officer announced in a long voice: "The Emperor has arrived, the Empress has arrived..."