If not abolished

Chapter 271 Trading

"Except for the monthly greetings, he has no chance to come to the harem. I think they rely on this method to communicate and pass on information. That day, we will catch him in the trap."

"I understand what Your Highness means."

"What she took from the study last time was probably what Zhu Zhanqi wanted. Now that they have this stolen property, they won't be able to escape this time." Zhu Zhanji said in a strategic tone.

“No wonder His Highness didn’t get angry immediately. It turned out to be because…” Wu Cheng finally understood Zhu Zhanji’s intention at that time.

"Okay, go and make arrangements. I hope it will end this time..." Zhu Zhanji suddenly felt a little tired. He had been fighting with these people for two lifetimes and was really tired. For the sake of power, father and son were no longer father and son, and brothers were no longer brothers.

Three days later, the clan members in Beijing came to the palace to pay their respects to His Majesty, the Imperial Concubine and others as per the custom.

Yikun Palace is very lively today.

"My queen, look at them. They are still young and look so affectionate. His Royal Highness the Prince personally brings the Princess here every time. Is he afraid that we, the elders, will scare her?"

"Stop talking, the princess is blushing."

Zhu Zhanqi looked calm and said to Wang Jundai, "You go in. I'll go see Grandpa Huang."

"Farewell, Your Highness." Wang Jundai said with a blushing face.

Others said that Zhu Zhanqi was really worried about her coming here alone, but she knew that he was doing this on purpose to show others that they were in love. In fact, after returning, he didn't pay much attention to her, and he was just doing it for the surface. Besides, he might have other purposes and was just using her as a cover.

Wang Jundai walked in and paid her respects to the imperial concubine.

"See the Imperial Concubine."

"Be flat."

Qingyun Palace

"Sister Wu, why are you still in the room? Aren't you going to accompany His Highness?" The palace maid came in and saw Wu Yingyue still in the room, puzzled. Usually, Wu Yingyue followed His Highness the Crown Prince almost every step of the way, but it was really strange that she was still here today.

Wu Yingyue looked pale and haggard as she sat on the bed and said, "I woke up today with a terrible headache and was feeling very uncomfortable. It might be because of the weather changes in the past two days. I caught a cold at night. I was afraid that I might pass the disease on to Your Highness, so I didn't go out all day. I'll stay here and rest by myself. You don't have to worry about me. Go and get busy."

"Then have a good rest, sister. Do you want me to bring your meal to your room later?"

"No, no, I don't have much appetite either. I'll go by myself later." When Wu Yingyue heard that she wanted to take care of herself, she hurriedly refused.

"Okay, if anything happens to you, sis, you must tell me," the man said enthusiastically.

"Okay, thank you very much." Wu Yingyue smiled back.

"Don't be polite. We are all sisters. It's only natural for us to help each other. Then, sister, I'll get busy first."

"Okay, go quickly." Wu Yingyue urged, wondering why they hadn't left yet as the agreed time was almost up.

The man finally left. Wu Yingyue felt relieved and got up immediately. She no longer looked weak and feeble as before. The paleness on her face was also caused by her using powder puff.

After everything was ready, Wu Yingyue immediately left the room while no one was paying attention.

As soon as she left, the people in the dark immediately went to inform Wu Cheng.

At this time, Zhu Zhanji, who had just paid his respects to Zhu Di, stopped Zhu Zhanqi who was also about to leave.

"Xiao Qi, this doesn't seem to be the way to the palace gate, right?" Zhu Zhanji asked, seeing that he was obviously heading in the harem.

"Your Highness, I will go pick up the princess first and leave the palace together." Zhu Zhanqi said calmly.

"So that's how it is. I also happen to be going to the Imperial Concubine's place, so it's just right for us to go together." Zhu Zhanji followed his words and said.

"Oh, okay." Zhu Zhanqi wondered why he was tripped by him today. It was a mistake. It seemed that the plan had to be postponed.

"Let's go then."

The two of them walked all the way to the Yiku Palace. Zhu Zhanji was afraid that he would find an excuse to slip away, but he didn't expect that he would actually accompany him.

When Wang Jundai came out and saw Zhu Zhanqi standing there, she was stunned for a moment. Why did he come over? He was not like this usually. What was he going to do? Although she didn't know what was going on, Wang Jundai still reacted and walked over.

"Why are you here?" Wang Jundai greeted him with a professional fake smile.

"Come pick you up."

"You two are so nice, brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Xiaoqi even came specially to pick you up." Zhu Zhanji interjected.

"Greetings, Your Highness. You and the Crown Princess are very much in love." Wang Jundai replied.

"Then you are more..."

"Your Highness, are you going to see the Imperial Concubine? Go quickly and don't make her wait anxiously." Zhu Zhanqi's tone was a little anxious. His Highness the Crown Prince was indeed a little difficult to deal with today. He continued, "We have to go back too, so we won't accompany Your Highness."

"That's right. I'll go first then." Zhu Zhanji didn't drag him any further. It would be too late later.

Just as Concubine Wang sent everyone away, Zhu Zhanji suddenly walked in again. Concubine Wang asked in confusion, "Agui, didn't you come to greet me this morning? How did you leave something here?"

Zhu Zhanji took out a purse that he had prepared long ago and found it in the corner. "You must have understood me yesterday. I really left something with you. I came here to look for it right away. Now that I have found it, I will not bother Grandma Wang anymore."

"Well, go ahead." Seeing that he didn't give her a chance to interrupt, Concubine Wang let him go without saying anything more.

"This child is not usually so forgetful, is he?" Concubine Wang said from behind.

"Maybe His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been overworked these days." The palace servant guessed.

On this side, Zhu Zhanqi had just walked for a while when he suddenly bent down and covered his stomach.

"Well……"

"What's wrong with your highness?" Wang Jundai was walking side by side with him. Seeing that something was wrong, she stopped and asked.

"I don't know why, but I suddenly have a stomachache and I think I need to change clothes. So, you go wait for me in the carriage first, I'll be back soon." Zhu Zhanqi said and ran to the other side, looking very anxious.

"Your Highness!" Wang Jundai had no choice but to obey the instructions and go to the carriage to wait. She thought it shouldn't take too long.

When Zhu Zhanqi saw that no one was following him, he immediately walked in another direction to the agreed place.

Half an hour ago, Wu Yingyue came out from the East Palace and rushed to her destination.

When the eunuch who was in charge of the contact saw her, he immediately scolded her, "Why are you so slow? Could it be that you are suspected of being discovered?" The man saw that she took so long and almost thought that something was going to happen.

"Father-in-law, you're worrying too much. Everything is going as planned. Don't worry, nothing will happen." Wu Yingyue assured.

"That's good, come with me, the master said that you behaved very well last time, so you can see him directly this time."

"Really? That's great." Wu Yingyue really wanted to see who this person was.

"Okay, keep your voice down and follow me."

They turned left and right, avoiding people all the way, and came to an abandoned palace. Wu Yingyue was also unfamiliar with the surrounding environment, as she had never been there before.

"This doesn't seem to be the place where we met our master last time, right?" Wu Yingyue asked her question.

"Of course not, you're stupid. If the meeting place is the same every time, it will be easy to be discovered and arouse suspicion." The eunuch looked at her as if she were a fool.

"That's true." Wu Yingyue thought that these people's anti-detection capabilities were quite good.

"Okay, let's find a place to stay and wait for the master to come."

The two waited for half an hour, but heard no sound and saw no one.

"Eunuch, why hasn't the master come yet?" Wu Yingyue was getting a little anxious.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Wait a little longer." In fact, he was also a little anxious, but he couldn't show it.

Finally, their hard work paid off. They finally heard the noise and went out happily to greet them.

"Greetings to Your Highness. Why are you standing there like an idiot? Come and pay your respects to Your Highness." Seeing that Wu Yingyue did not move, the man turned around and said.

"Greetings, Your Highness." Wu Yingyue lowered her head. She thought, it turned out to be him. I should have thought of it earlier.

"Did you bring the things?" Zhu Zhanqi didn't have much time, so he naturally wanted to take the things and leave immediately.

"His Highness is talking to you, why don't you take out the things quickly?" The eunuch urged Wu Yingyue.

"Yes." Wu Yingyue said and took something out of her sleeve.

Zhu Zhanqi was in a hurry and didn't bother to check it. He quickly took it and said, "Okay, I'm also in a hurry to leave the palace. You guys wait a while and go by yourselves. Be careful."

Just as he was about to leave, he heard a voice saying, "Your Highness, don't be in such a hurry to leave, okay?"

Zhu Zhanqi turned around.