After becoming a concubine, she lived a miserable life every day.

Chapter 227 Successful cement production

Qi Heng, who didn't expect Chen to ask this question, was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't want to answer this question, but considering that she had just given him a prescription, Qi Heng nodded.

Chen didn't expect Qi Heng to actually answer, and was a little surprised for a moment, but she quickly came to her senses, and then asked casually, "Do you still like Qiao now?"

After asking this question, Chen's eyes were secretly observing Qi Heng's reaction.

Hearing this, Qi Heng glanced at Chen and frowned slightly. He was subconsciously a little unhappy about the question Chen asked, but his mind was now occupied by the prescription in his hand, and he didn't think too much about it, so he asked back impatiently and coldly, "Why are you asking this?"

Seeing this, Chen was stunned for a moment, then her eyes flashed, and she understood something in an instant.

There was a sense of bitterness and jealousy in her heart that was hard to conceal, but she quickly suppressed it.

A man's subconscious reaction can best reflect his true inner feelings. When she asked about Chu Qingqing just now, he said it almost without hesitation. Later, when she asked about Qiao, she certainly noticed the man's momentary vigilance. I'm afraid he didn't even know what his expression was at that time, right?

Isn't this meaning obvious enough? He cares about Qiao much more than Chu Qingqing!

However, the person in front of her didn't seem to understand her true thoughts. She cared differently about Qiao and Chu Qingqing, but she didn't intend to let him understand.

"Nothing, just asking casually. I have nothing else to say. Your Majesty, remember to send Zhao'er to me." Chen suddenly felt very tired, not only physically, but also mentally.

She had realized it a long time ago, hadn't she? Qi Heng was no different from other men. He had the common problem of every man, always getting tired of the old and liking the new. He would never stop for one woman. His heart could hold many people. Just like now, he liked Qiao Rongjin, but he couldn't change the fact that he also liked someone else. So, what was there to be jealous of? In the final analysis, they were all the same pathetic people.

Upon hearing this, Qi Heng didn't say anything and just left.

He was holding the real recipe for cement in his hand at the moment. He was thinking, what method can he use to kill Prince Su's hope? When he finds out that the recipe in his hand is fake, what will his expression be? Qi Heng is looking forward to it.

"By the way, ask Seventeen to add two more secret guards to Yunshen Pavilion. They should pay attention to Chen's actions on weekdays and report any situation of Yunshen Pavilion to me."

As Qi Heng finished speaking, a voice came from the dark, "Yes, Master."

Wang Fuyang looked at the master in front of him with a complicated expression.

The master probably doesn't know how much he cares about Concubine Qiao. In his opinion, the master's liking for Madam Xian is just a temporary novelty. The master has taken care of all the matters of Yunshen Pavilion, and he was afraid that Concubine Qiao and her son would be in danger, so he sent the closest secret guards to protect them. But for Madam Xian, the master only let the newly-initiated secret guards protect her. Although there are many more secret guards protecting her than Concubine Qiao, there is still a big difference between these secret guards. The secret guards who stay by the master's side all year round are of course very capable. Ten new secret guards are not as good as one of the secret guards by Concubine Qiao's side.

"Let Jiang Liu come to the study." Qi Heng said this to Wang Fuyang and then left.

"Yes, master."

In a blink of an eye, another half month had passed. During this half month, everyone in the court was looking forward to the successful production of cement. However, after half a month, there were countless failures. No cement was made at all. This made the ministers who were originally very optimistic about Prince Su very disappointed.

Prince Su was also living in fear and tried many times to meet Chen, but all in vain. He could not contact Chen at all. After sending people to inquire, he found out that Chen was being guarded by Prince Rui and could not leave the yard at all. Prince Su hated Prince Rui's behavior very much, but he still tried to get in touch with the servants in Prince Rui's mansion and planned to meet with Chen. After all, the cement recipe was taken out by Chen, and she must know how to make it.

Prince Su never thought that Chen would deceive him, because in his opinion, Chen could only rely on him now. After all, Chen was neither favored nor had status in Prince Rui's mansion, and she had no help from her natal family. She couldn't even take revenge on a concubine and a child. She could only rely on herself.

Only when he got a satisfactory result would he help her get what she wanted. In fact, since she had so many prescriptions, he would not despise her for being a disabled person and could barely give her the status of a beauty. When he vaguely revealed these things at the beginning, he saw Chen's expression of joy that was hard to conceal.

Also, his fifth brother treated Chen like that, so it was impossible for Chen to not have resentment in her heart, so he was certain that Chen would not lie to him.

Then, the person who blocked the cement recipe from coming out must be his fifth brother. After all, he is his competitor.

However, it was not until the morning court session that day, when Prince Su saw Prince Rui take out the recipe for making cement, that he realized he had been deceived by Chen.

Suddenly, Prince Su was so angry that he almost fumed. He wanted to catch Chen and cut her into pieces to vent his anger!

Prince Rui's move made Emperor Jingyuan and the ministers in the court look at each other sideways. They looked at Prince Su and Prince Rui with strange expressions. Just by looking at the game between the two, they knew that Prince Rui had won.

Emperor Jingyuan didn't say anything when he saw this, but just asked people to test the cement recipe. Whoever came up with the right recipe would get the credit.

Of course he knew that this thing was made by Chen, who was close to the fifth brother. As for how it fell into the hands of Prince Su, Emperor Jingyuan snorted coldly.

He naturally understood the situation in Prince Rui's Mansion. He understood that men loved beauty, but if they indulged in beauty and neglected their work, that would make people dissatisfied. Emperor Jingyuan was actually dissatisfied with Prince Rui's performance in the past six months. It seemed that he had to give him a good beating.

Ever since Prince Rui's prescription was brought out, the Ministry of Works began to be in dire straits again and has become almost the busiest department.

Fortunately, cement was produced within two days of receiving King Rui's prescription. By the way, people from the Ministry of Works also experimented with cement and found that city walls built with cement have great advantages. For example, they are much stronger and more durable than soil.

When the results of the experiment came out, Emperor Jingyuan and all the civil and military officials in the court were extremely surprised.

As a result, Prince Rui received rare rewards and praise from Emperor Jingyuan.

And Prince Su was completely reduced to a clown in this game.

Later, on the second day after the cement was successfully produced, Prince Rui was called into the palace by Emperor Jingyuan. This was no secret.