Chapter 274 The Meticulous Queen of Dayong
"I didn't know the emperor's sister-in-law was coming, so I didn't have time to greet her. Please forgive me."
Looking at the young beauty on the main seat in front of him, Wang Ren smiled and clasped his fists, neither humble nor arrogant.
As a prince of the royal family, he had to bow and salute when he saw the queen, but more than ten years ago, the one in the palace suddenly ascended the throne. In order to appease the most advantageous competitor, Prince Yong, he specially granted the honor of not bowing when seeing the king, which also appeased the panic of many royal family members.
If it were the original Prince Yong, in order to show that he had no intention of disloyalty, he would definitely bow and salute, but as a Jindan cultivator, Wang Ren would definitely not do so.
If it really aroused the fear of the middle-aged king in the palace and affected the safety of the princess and the child, Wang Ren would not mind clearing the court as soon as possible and replacing a member of the royal family to ascend the throne.
"Brother Yong, please don't be polite."
Hiddening the strange color in her eyes, Queen Ming Jingyu smiled and asked him to take a seat: "I haven't seen you for a long time. Brother Yong is more elegant than before."
Although there is still a faint paleness on his face, it is much better than the old wounds described by the outside world, and his face still retains some of his former handsomeness.
It seems that Prince Yong has indeed been healing these years.
No wonder, after many years of marriage, he finally gave the princess a child.
Your Majesty's calculations back then were only half successful.
"Nothing is too much, and drinking and having fun with guests on weekdays will naturally nourish your body."
Wang Ren, who sat down calmly and sat next to the princess, took a glass of wine from the maid next to him and took the initiative to toast the queen on the main seat: "This glass of wine, I toast to my sister-in-law."
Compared with the princess who became soft after pregnancy, the queen, wearing a bright yellow phoenix robe, has a few more indescribable grace. In addition to her status, she also has exquisite clothes.
The queen had already reached the sixth level of postnatal cultivation, and her figure was well-proportioned. She was as outstanding as the pregnant princess in some aspects. It was hard to tell that she had never given birth to a child.
"Please, Prince Yong."
Facing the toast from Prince Yong, the queen responded with a smile and drank half a cup of wine.
"Prince, the emperor's sister-in-law personally sent a lot of health-preserving elixirs this time."
After the prince finished toasting, Princess Zhang Yunwei smiled and pointed out that it was not the first time that the queen had sent elixirs during the period when the other party was away.
Of course, even before getting married, the two were considered close friends, but after more than ten years, they were separated by a palace wall, which made them a lot more distant.
The most important thing is that when she married Prince Yong, Zhang Yunwei was aiming for the most honorable throne of the queen in Dayong, but it was snatched away by the other party. How could she be close to the other party in her heart?
If we use the conspiracy theory to guess the other party's intention, Zhang Yunwei even suspected that the queen suddenly visited Prince Yong's mansion twice in just one month, and she had ulterior motives.
After all, for the one in the palace, it was the best arrangement for Prince Yong to have no offspring.
"It's not easy for Wei'er to get pregnant. I'm sorry to trouble my sister-in-law."
Hearing the princess's implication, Wang Ren thanked her again.
"Prince Yong is the backbone of the Great Yong royal family. His Majesty has been quite worried about the fact that he has not had any offspring for many years. This time, Sister Wei'er is pregnant, which can be regarded as a relief for His Majesty."
With a slight smile, the queen showed the gentleness and generosity of a queen.
Even if she knew His Majesty's calculations very well from the bottom of her heart, she had to show the generosity of the royal family on the surface.
Soon, the atmosphere of the chat between the two sides was very harmonious.
After Prince Yong appeared, the queen sat for another quarter of an hour, then got up and prepared to return to the palace.
"How is Prince Yong's cultivation?"
On the carriage back to the palace, the queen suddenly asked.
"It's roughly the fourth level of innate."
A maid who had been following her answered softly.
"What?!"
The queen opened her eyes and felt something was wrong, so she quickly retracted her surprised voice.
According to the poison designed by His Majesty, Prince Yong, who was only at the fourth level of Xiantian before, would drop to the first level of Xiantian within three to five years of being poisoned.
If there is no way to detoxify, Prince Yong will never be able to advance in his cultivation in this life, and his life span will only be half of that of ordinary low-level Xiantian warriors.
How could it be possible, and it shouldn't be possible, that Prince Yong's cultivation could be restored to the fourth level of Xiantian, unless the other party had some plan, and the plan was a big deal.
At this moment, the queen thought a lot, but didn't say much outside.
No outsider could know His Majesty's secret plan, otherwise it would inevitably cause an uproar if it was leaked.
However, Prince Yong's abnormality must be reported to His Majesty as soon as possible after returning to the palace.
"Where is His Majesty?"
The queen, who had just returned to the harem and got off the imperial carriage, asked the eunuch who came to greet her.
"Replying to the Queen, His Majesty is summoning six ministers to discuss border affairs in the Imperial Study."
"When His Majesty is free, come and report to me."
"Yes."
Back in Fengyi Palace, the Queen asked the maid to take off her casual clothes and walked to the bath next to the bedroom.
The hot weather in summer makes the Queen, who has acquired cultivation, sweat all over when she goes out, and she must take a bath to feel comfortable.
The maid with the seventh level of innate cultivation who was guarding by her side also took off her outer robe and underwear, walked down to the pool, and helped the Queen wipe her back.
"Miss, are you a little surprised about Prince Yong's cultivation?"
As a dowry maid, Zhiling, who has a long-term master-servant relationship, asked about the other party's previous surprised look.
At this time, without the interruption of outsiders, she can also ask the secret.
"According to His Majesty's calculations, Prince Yong's cultivation should not be above the first level of innate cultivation."
The queen did not hide anything from the maid who had grown up with her.
There were things that were inconvenient for her to do, so she asked the maid to do them. She also protected Ming Jingyu all the way to the position of queen, and no one in the harem dared to harm her.
Rather than being a master and servant, the two of them trusted each other more than sisters.
The poison that His Majesty had used was from the hands of the innate ninth-level master of the top six sects. The attack was extremely secretive, and even Prince Yong himself might not have noticed that he was poisoned, and only thought that his old injury had relapsed.
But Prince Yong's current cultivation was too abnormal, and it was very likely that he had received the secret support of some top sects, so he took on the strange poison.
"Then today's Prince Yong is not hiding a plot."
After hearing what the queen said, Zhiling couldn't help but guess.
As a personal maid and the head of Fengyi Palace, Zhiling and her family enjoyed this honor, and at the same time, they shared the same glory and loss with the queen.
If Prince Yong was secretly plotting a rebellion, she would definitely try her best to stop him.
"I'm afraid that this fourth level of innate cultivation is also Prince Yong's concealed cultivation. You know, Prince Yong was a martial arts genius in the entire Yong royal family. He broke through the first level of innate cultivation at the age of fifteen, but after breaking through the fourth level of innate cultivation at the age of twenty, his cultivation suddenly stagnated. No one knows whether the other party is hiding his strength and biding his time."
Speaking of this, the queen's eyes were filled with worry.
Although it was only the sixth level of acquired cultivation, the queen had also learned some martial arts secrets and knew that there were some means of hiding cultivation in the martial arts world.
"This is not impossible."
With astonishment in her eyes, Zhiling was suddenly shocked.
If it is true that as the queen guessed, Prince Yong's cultivation may be higher than hers, then it is really a big deal.
"When your majesty has finished handling the affairs, I will report this matter and let the red and white guards thoroughly investigate the movements of Prince Yong. In recent years, Prince Yong has not left his house, either drinking and having fun or healing in seclusion, which has made your majesty relax a lot of vigilance and the intensity of supervision has also decreased a lot."
Speaking of this, the queen couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Alas."
Just as the queen and her servant were talking about Prince Yong's secret plot, a sigh suddenly came to their ears.
While being shocked, Queen Ming Jingyu and the maid Zhiling of the seventh level of innateness found that their bodies could not move, and there was a trace of panic in their eyes when they looked at each other.