"Auntie, your throat …"
Jingyue immediately turned around and answered him hurriedly.
"It's just that I caught a cold a while ago, that's all. Your Highness, let's hurry up, lest Concubine gets anxious. "
Looking at the figure in front of him in a hurry, Long Tianhao's heart was filled with doubts.
In the past, Aunt Jingyue had always been by his mother's side silently. Although she also cared about him, she was not as gentle and kind as Aunt Jinyue.
Why did he have such an illusion today?
It seemed that it was because the house was too quiet that he began to notice people he had never paid attention to before.
"You'd better take care of yourself. Aunt Jinyue has passed away, and you're the only old person left by my side. I still need you to take care of me in the future. "
Long Tianhao felt that Yun Ruo was a scourge. The reason why his mother and Lin Mengya's relationship had become like this was because of those wicked servants.
Aunt Jingyue's body trembled. Then, with a complicated look in her eyes, she nodded her head.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Soon, they arrived at Concubine De's Art Courtyard. The moment they entered the courtyard, the servants who were passing by congratulated him. Long Tianhao's face was cold, and he did not know why they were congratulating him.
"Congratulations, Your Highness. Concubine has been waiting for you for a long time. Please come in, Your Highness."
Yun Ruo was dressed in a plain brocade robe, and she wore a fashionable palace flower in her hair. Long Tianhao really hated this woman. If not for her, the Art Courtyard would not be in so much trouble.
Seeing that Long Tianhao did not care about her, Yun Ruo's expression did not change. Instead, she smiled more and more respectfully.
"Your Highness, you'd better not quarrel with Concubine. No matter what, Concubine is doing this for you. You two are the closest mother and son in the world. Why do you have to quarrel like this because of a woman? "
Yun Ruo's sincere words annoyed Long Tianhao to the extreme.
"Keep your place. If you think you've lived enough, go and die."
Long Tianhao's tone was cold, and there was a hint of coldness in the corner of his eyes. However, there was not the slightest hint of fear on Yun Ruo's face.
He was indeed Lady Mother's trusted aide. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so fearless.
"Your Highness really knows how to joke. This servant still needs to keep her life to serve Her Ladyship. Now that the Empress is getting on in years, shouldn't there be a suitable person by her side? Could it be that Prince is so ruthless that he can bear to leave Her Ladyship without anyone to take care of her? "
This was the first time Long Tianhao had seen Yun Ruo in front of him. A sense of dread flashed across his heart.
Ever since his mother brought this woman back to the mansion, she really needed her to take care of her at all times. Logically speaking, such inconspicuous maidservants could be found everywhere. Why did Imperial Mother only listen to her?
With doubts, Long Tianhao had no choice but to follow Yun Ruo into his mother's main room.
As soon as the curtain was lifted, a gust of sweet fragrance rushed into Long Tianhao's nose. He couldn't help but frown. He was used to smelling Lin Mengya's fresh scent with a hint of medicinal fragrance. The heavy smell of cosmetics was a little too much for his nose.
"Yu 'er, you're here. Come, come to my side."
Concubine De's voice was filled with joy that had never been heard before. Perhaps it was because the person whom she found the most eyesore had temporarily disappeared from this courtyard.
Concubine De's room was so warm that it was a little dry. Long Tianhao was a little impatient, but he couldn't lose his temper because there were outsiders present.
As he approached, he saw a row of ladies from prestigious families standing beside Concubine De. Long Tianhao's eyes glanced over the row of ladies and his heart immediately sank.
Was Lady Mother still not giving up?
"I'm relieved to see that you're well, Mother. If there's nothing else, I'll — "
Long Tianhao's tone was obviously displeased. However, Concubine De acted as if she didn't hear him and instantly stopped him from speaking.
"You're always busy with the affairs of the country, my child. Why don't you be busy with your own affairs? When your Imperial Father was your age, he already had you and your brothers. Look at you, although you've married a princess, you have no children. It's not a good idea. These ladies are the descendants of my old friends. If you like any of them, I can make the decision for you today. "
Concubine De's words made Long Tianhao's face turn cold, and the girls lowered their heads shyly.
They were all daughters of concubines. Although they were beautiful, they were not valued by their families.
Even if they survived until adulthood, most of them were married to powerless sons of aristocratic families, or married to someone else as a concubine. Now that they had the opportunity to marry Prince Yu as his vice concubine, they naturally scrambled for it.
Although Princess Yu was born in a noble family, she didn't have any children. But he did not come out, and now he had entered the palace. If they could give birth to a son before Princess Yu, the mother would be noble because of the son. What could Princess Yu do?
Therefore, at the moment, they were all flirting with Prince Yu, trying to show their affection in their eyes.
His hands were tightly clenched on both sides of his body.
Long Tianhao was even more disappointed in his heart. These days, he thought that his mother had cultivated herself and did not make things difficult for Lin Mengya. He had already regretted what he had done before.
Unexpectedly, Concubine De made a comeback when Lin Mengya had just entered the palace.
Why did Lady Mother always want to forcefully interfere with his life when he had a wife and a concubine? Why did his mother, who had always been open-minded and wise, always do such stupid things?
Did she really want to abandon the mother-son relationship between them?
"Mother, I won't take concubines. I hope that Imperial Mother can understand this son's intentions. Ladies, please return. Don't come to Prince Yu's Mansion again. Princess Yu is not here, so I can't entertain you well. "
Long Tianhao's tone was extremely harsh, and the girls could hear the impatience in his tone. Although they were looking forward to it, at this moment, they had to leave bitterly.
But Concubine De was not affected by Long Tianhao at all. She just picked up the fragrant tea at hand and took a sip. Then her phoenix eyes fell on Long Tianhao.
"Yu 'er, you're messing around again. I'm doing this for your own good. Lin Mengya will only bring you trouble. Or do you think she can really leave the palace unscathed? "
Long Tianhao was stunned. It was not because of the piercing coldness in Concubine De's tone. But he looked at his mother, who had raised him, as if he was a stranger.
Although he was brought up by his wet nurse and aunt since he was born.
But Concubine De, as his biological mother, taught him by words and deeds, and she was generous and straightforward. Although his mother was a concubine in the harem who had to abide by etiquette, her words and actions showed that she was wise, and he had no choice but to believe in her.
But what on earth happened to make his mother become a vicious and shallow woman in front of him?
"My son, both of us have been struggling in the imperial palace for more than twenty years. We know every person and every object in the palace very well. Are you really so naive that you think your little princess can come back from the palace unscathed? "
Concubine De laughed as she spoke.
There was a hint of cruelty in her smile on her graceful face.
Long Tianhao stood still and his eyes were filled with coldness and strangeness that he had never seen before.
"It's not up to you to decide whether she can come back or not. However, I still have some words of advice for Lady Mother. Things are different now. You'd better not extend your hand so far. You don't have to suffer the pain of losing your arm. "
Since things had come to this, Long Tianhao could no longer care about the mother-son relationship.
He had known that his mother had some complaints about Lin Mengya, but he did not expect that it was so deep that she wanted to kill Lin Mengya.
"I gave birth to you. Are you really going to protect that slut to this extent? Yu 'er, do you know that she's a stumbling block on your road? If you don't have her, Lady Mother can choose a better consort for you. Let her family's power be used by you. Even if the Crown Prince ascends to the throne in the future, you can protect yourself and be a free prince. Isn't it good? "
Move with emotion and reason? If it was before, Long Tianhao would really consider it.
However, he had developed a heart of stone after what Concubine De had told him. Long Tianhao's eyes moved slightly, but he did not change his expression. Instead, he pretended to be extremely disdainful.
"What Crown Prince ascends to the throne? Mother, why is the world destined to belong to the Crown Prince? "
"Yu 'er! Don't talk nonsense! The Crown Prince is the heir to the throne, and you're his younger brother. These are things that have long been decided. You can't go beyond the rules! "
Concubine De's sudden sharp words stunned Long Tianhao. As he thought about it, he pretended to be helpless and left in a huff.
Long Tianhao rushed out of Concubine De's courtyard, but he slowly stopped.
The exasperated expression on his face also returned to normal. He glanced at the Art Courtyard behind him, which was becoming more and more unfamiliar. His body was like a nimble monkey as he hid behind a corner of the wall.
"Ye, do you have any information about the thing I asked you to investigate last time?"
A ghost-like figure suddenly appeared behind him.
He knelt down on the ground respectfully and said steadily,
"Concubine De's Art Courtyard has many guards who are not from the Prince's Mansion. I have fought with them, and they seem to be secret guards from the palace. So I can't sneak to Concubine De's side. But these secret guards don't seem to be people that Concubine De usually uses. Since she returned to the palace last time, even the secret guards around Concubine De have changed. I have tried to look for them, but they seemed to have disappeared into thin air. "
Even with Night's power, he couldn't get close to them. The palace of these people must be extraordinary.
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