The interrogation of the servants of the old palace in the East Palace was not progressing quickly, but the case of the prince of Shu who deceived the king and rebelled against him did not take long to have a result.

But all those who colluded with the prince of Shu, whether it was his dead soldiers, or the servants in the prince's mansion, as well as all the palace servants in the harem who were ordered by Mama Qiu to do evil, as long as their names were found out, they were all arrested and brought to justice. As for those who can't be found, they have never been let go easily. Both the emperor and the crown prince adopted Zhao Mo's suggestion and decided that one of the major "graces" of this year's Wanshou Festival was to release a group of harem palace people. Needless to say, those who have close contacts with Mama Qiu and others, who are a little suspicious but have no evidence to prove that they are indeed guilty, are all on the list that has been released.

Even if Cining, Shoukang, the harem palaces and the East Palace will suffer from a shortage of manpower for a period of time, the emperor and the crown prince can't take care of it. Safety is important, if it weren't impossible to remove all the harem people, they might have done it more thoroughly. The ladies of the harem are suppressed by the princesses, and no one dares to say much about it. The concubines and concubines looked at the face of the Queen Mother, and they also didn't dare to say a word of complaint. They are all old age, and the emperor treats them well, so why should they make trouble? Just spend the rest of their lives quietly in the palace, even if the people waiting around them are replaced for a while, and the novices are not satisfied, and slowly adjust and teach, the newcomers will also have a day when they become old people, and they can still pass the time.

In the previous dynasty, there were also officials who cooperated with the emperor's actions and wrote to praise the emperor's benevolence and righteousness in releasing the palace. All kinds of praises and flowers are on the ground, which can be regarded as the prelude to the official opening of this year's Halloween celebration. Even if there is a lot of gossip about the prince of Shu and the civil strife in the backyard of the East Palace, what if it is all over the sky? Who will touch the royal mold at such a time?

Chen Liangdi's death ended the case with the words "suicide in fear of crime", which means that she knew that the prince found out about the Chen family's offering of poisonous incense, and was afraid that she would be relegated to the cold palace after falling out of favor, so she committed suicide. What is the truth, half of the people in the East Palace Palace have been replaced, who still has the leisure to chew their tongues at this time? Chen Liangdi is already a marginal figure, the Chen family was too arrogant and unpopular when they were in power in the past, and no one will speak up for Chen Liangdi at this time.

What's more, the Chen family has been imprisoned because they are suspected of bringing poisonous medicinal incense into the house, and they don't know if they can save their lives in the future. The death of the Great Emperor Sun is not a trivial matter, who would avenge the grievances of the Chen family at such a time? As several people from the old palace who were demoted to the Huanyi Bureau said that there was indeed something wrong with the medicinal incense back then, and after the death of the great emperor and grandson, Chen Liangdi's maid reacted when she saw her secret conversation with her mother, the old lady of the Chen family, and they could deduce that there was indeed something wrong with the medicinal incense, and the Chen family was not innocent at all. The evidence is also available, and there is no possibility of the Chen family's case being overturned, just waiting for trial.

Those who heard the news, at most, only ridiculed the Chen family in private, saying that they were not greedy enough, and they harmed others and themselves, but not many people pulled the princess out to speak. First, there is no empirical basis for gossip after all, and not many people in the palace dare to spread rumors that are unfavorable to the crown princess; second, it is that Tang Laoshang is highly respected in the court after all, even if a few days ago, some of the princess's actions were not very suitable and provoked criticism, but it was only a small criticism, and it was a big case related to the death of the emperor and grandson, no royal person spoke, and there was no definite evidence, no one would involve the crown princess.

Once again, the crown princess benefited from her family.

Even the family of the prince of the clan like the Xiangwang Mansion was reprimanded by the emperor because he had a granddaughter-in-law who had close contacts with the Chu family, and seemed to have participated in some inexplicable conspiracies and tricks, helping the prince of Shu and Chu Yuniang to spread rumors. The granddaughter-in-law was directly mastered by Princess Xiang, and personally took the rest of her daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law to deal with her, making her "suddenly ill and dying". And the Chu family is even up to Chu Zhengfang, down to the Wei family and his wife, all of them were thrown into prison, confiscated and imprisoned, and only waited for the trial to be punished later, but a few women and children and mediocre side branches escaped the catastrophe, and a major force that once called for wind and rain in the city guards collapsed in an instant. Only the crown princess not only kept herself, but even the rumors that were unfavorable to her did not spread much.

Although Tang Laoshangshu took his wife and children into the palace overnight to ask for guilt, the old man burst into tears and asked for Zhishi in shame, but the emperor still kept him and did not do anything to the Tang family. The crown princess is naturally safe and sound. However, Mrs. Tang still took her daughter-in-law into the palace, met her daughter, reprimanded her many words, cried bitterly, and used her flesh and blood to persuade the princess.

The crown princess's condition worsened. She was really sick this time, not only because of the influence of the medicine given by Chu Zhengfang and his wife, but also because of her heart disease. She began to be unable to sleep all day and night, frightened at the slightest sound, had no intention of eating or drinking, refused to take even medicine, and was like a frightened bird. Sometimes the prince forced her to drink tranquilizing medicine, and finally let her sleep, she would also have nightmares constantly, and sometimes even unconsciously talk in her dreams. Once the county lord of Minshun heard the crown princess say, "Don't come here...... I didn't mean to harm you...... Don't look for me!"

Lord Minshun's heart was cold.

She is no longer a child, she is almost at the age of getting married, because her mother is sick, the queen mother has even begun to look at the right princess and eunuch for her. She is the only surviving blood of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, and she is favored in the palace, so naturally, there will be people who are willing to serve her. Chen Liangdi's accusations against the crown princess before committing suicide, as well as all kinds of news obtained by the queen mother's interrogation of the people in the old palace, some people told her the news. Lord Minshun didn't believe it at first, she thought that her mother was definitely not that kind of person. However, when she heard what the crown princess said in her dream, she couldn't be sure in her heart. Knowing that it was when the mother concubine was just pregnant with her, her feelings were even more complicated.

She didn't know if her mother had conceived her and mistakenly thought she was a boy, so she had the intention of murdering her brother who died young?

Lord Minshun was silent. She silently took care of her mother, who was seriously ill and began to lose her mind, and asked the Queen Mother, the Emperor and the Crown Prince every day as usual, without asking a word, and obeying every order of the elders. The prince ordered one of her close maids to be taken away, and she kept silent. She knew that the elders would never hurt her. There was a commotion among the people in the palace, and as long as she met it, she would definitely shout and try her best to calm it down. The young cardamom lord of Minshun, after this accident, quickly matured and stabilized.

Qin Jinchun, who regularly entered the palace every month to see the county lord of Minshun, noticed the changes in her, and felt a little uneasy in his heart. Although she doesn't know what happened in the palace, there are high-ranking officials and prominent people in Beijing who have been copied one after another, and there are even fewer people in the palace, and she also knows that something big must happen. The original temperament of the county lord of Minshun was easy to understand, but now he is becoming more and more quiet and silent. Qin Jinchun felt that something that she didn't know about had changed.

She went to visit Qin Hanzhen in private, wanting to find out a thing or two. Although the second room of the Qin family is already a marginal person among the imperial family, the Cai family she is about to marry into is a family of Jiangmen in this dynasty, and she needs to pay more attention to the changes in the court situation.

Qin Hanzhen has been busy with many trivial matters in and out of the palace these days, and he hasn't seen his brothers and sisters in his mother's family for some days. The Double Ninth Festival was directly mistaken, and he only showed up at Brother Zhuang's first birthday and had a meal. She was also very happy to see Qin Jinchun coming, but she really didn't have much time to accompany her. She didn't say much about Qin Jinchun's questions, she only said: "A good woman has died in the East Palace, and the crown princess is seriously ill, where can the county lord of Minshun be relaxed? Now that she has to serve by the side of the crown princess, she will naturally be much more stable." After all, she is no longer a child, this is a good thing to grow up and know that she is sensible. ”

Qin Jinchun was skeptical, but he didn't ask any more, and said with a smile: "That's good, I'm afraid that I will say the wrong thing in the palace and violate the taboo of the county lord without knowing it." ”

Qin Hanzhen said: "You just don't know anything, at most ask the princess if her condition improves, don't ask a word next to you." The county lord has been friends with you for many years, and she doesn't have a bad temperament, how could she deliberately cheat you?"

Qin Jinchun smiled when he heard it and said: "That's right, maybe it's because I have less time to enter the palace now, and when I saw that the temperament of Lord Minshun had changed, I didn't know the bottom of my heart, so I just asked the third sister about one or two." Although it is very decent to come to this day when you can enter the palace to drink tea and play every month, it is not something that ordinary people can easily bear. No matter what my parents said about my struggle, every time I entered the palace, I was still trembling, and I didn't dare to relax at all. ”

Qin Hanzhen also felt a little sympathetic, and couldn't help but nod and said, "Yes, the palace is not an ordinary place." ”

Qin Jinchun chatted with Qin Hanzhen for a while about the trivial matters of the Qin family's room and the second room, and brought up a newly heard news: "The third uncle seems to have an accident, and the second uncle also agreed, but the eldest uncle and grandmother refused to agree, so the two uncles are still persuading her to be an old man." The fifth sister said that the third uncle planned to ask the third uncle for help, but I don't know what happened now. ”

Qin Hanzhen was a little surprised: "The third uncle wants to be released?"

Qin Shutao is in his thirties, in the prime of life, but his official position has been stuck in the seventh rank and from the sixth grade, and he has not been promoted for more than ten years. It's been a long time in Beijing, and it doesn't seem to have any other meaning except for the wasted years. He is now staying in a quiet yamen, and there is no opportunity to make meritorious contributions, even if there is a big war in Liaodong, there is no room for him to stretch his hand. It's understandable that he'd want to let it out. Now that the military strength of the imperial court has begun to tilt to the northeast and even the north, many outstanding military generals and officials in many places have been transferred, and there are many vacancies. Qin Shutao is probably playing with the idea of these vacancies, right?

Qin Han really thought about it, and guessed Qin Shutao's plan, nodded and said, "If the third uncle makes up his mind, it would be good to accumulate some merits in the local area." He is now in his prime, and there is no need to start retiring too early. Seniority in the capital, God knows how long it will take to be promoted?"

Qin Jinchun said: "The third uncle is just put down, but the eldest uncle and grandmother have some objections." Her old family is not in good health, and she hopes that her children and grandchildren can stay by her side to serve. Moreover, the fifth sister of the third uncle's family has just settled a relationship with Xu Rong of the Xu family, if the third uncle is released and wants to take away the family, what can Xu Rong do? The third uncle said that he can take Xu Rong with him, which is just the right thing for him to gain more knowledge in the world. The uncle and grandmother were reluctant again. However, the second room of the Xu family is very happy, and now they are trying their best to persuade the uncle and grandmother. It's just that the eldest uncle and grandmother don't like to meet with the people in the second room of the Xu family now, but they have already invited the grandmother in the Xu family's room to come over and drink tea twice. ”

Xu family room?

Qin Hanzhen was stunned. By the way, the Xu family seems to be filial, right?