In the Zhenghe Palace, Queen Zhao's face was pale, her face was sickly, and she was lying on the phoenix couch weakly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, Empress Zhao is the wife of Emperor Zhou, and she has been by her side when he was still the prince, even if she is no longer as young and beautiful as she was back then, and there are new concubines who have continued to enrich the harem over the years, and she is no longer as pampered as she was when she was young.

But the old love between husband and wife is still there, and she is the biological mother of the prince, and now seeing that she has been eroded by poison and has become lifeless, Emperor Zhou will naturally feel distressed and worried in his heart.

And Empress Zhao also took a fancy to this, so she used this bitter trick to win the sympathy of Emperor Zhou, so as to put all the blame on Concubine Hui.

She is willing to believe that in Emperor Zhou's mind, her status as a lady in the main palace must be much higher than that of Concubine Hui, who was born as a court lady and has a low status.

"Your Majesty, you blame the concubines for not being good, stirring up this annual Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, not only sweeping everyone's happiness, but also making Your Majesty worry about fatigue. ”

Empress Zhao said with a faint breath, her words were full of self-blame, and even those who didn't know it were moved by it, let alone Emperor Zhou, who was worried about her safety at the moment.

"Don't talk about that at this time. Emperor Zhou sighed and held Empress Zhao's somewhat cold hand, "Don't worry, I will definitely order someone to find an antidote, and I won't let you have anything to do." ”

"Father, the son is really distressed to see his mother like this now, and please ask my father to be the master of the queen mother!"

The prince said earnestly, lifted his clothes and knelt down in front of Emperor Zhou, and when he looked up again, his eyes were already full of tears.

"Concubine Hui, she has a gentle temperament, and she is silent on weekdays, will she really do such a thing?"

Emperor Zhou said thoughtfully, his words were full of speculation, and he seemed to have doubts about this matter.

Empress Zhao on the bed frowned when she saw this, knowing that Emperor Zhou was still hesitant about Concubine Hui's poisoning, so she quietly glanced at the prince.

The prince comprehended, and immediately said in an excited tone: "Father, the queen mother drank the poison in the osmanthus brewed by the Guangling Palace, and the people who came to send the osmanthus brewed are also the people of the Guangling Palace, except for Concubine Hui, who else will do this?"

"I know what you said, but I'm thinking, why did she do this?"

Emperor Zhou's eyes turned slightly, and he beckoned the prince to get up.

Although the affairs of this harem have always been decided by Queen Zhao, he has heard about Queen Zhao's various actions against Concubine Hui in embarrassment, and now he has learned that Concubine Hui tried to poison and murder the queen, which inevitably makes him think about the motives.

"Your Majesty, don't look at Concubine Hui's submissiveness all day long, willing to fight and be willing to suffer, in fact, the concubine knows that she has always hated the concubine, but she dares to be angry but doesn't dare to speak. Empress Zhao took two breaths when she said this, and then continued, "The reason why she dared to poison ruthlessly this time must be because she resented the fact that her concubine spread rumors and slandered her Princess Yan a while ago, so that the resentment that she had accumulated in her heart for many years was aroused. Or, she... She..."

"Or what?" Emperor Zhou saw that Empress Zhao wanted to speak and stopped, as if there was something unspeakable, so he asked, "At this juncture, what else can't be said." ”

Empress Zhao couldn't help but be secretly happy when she saw Emperor Zhou's puzzled face, so she pursed her lips and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, in recent years, haven't you heard rumors in the court and among the people?"

"What rumors?" Emperor Zhou said with deep eyes, "Empress, you don't want to sell Guanzi, just say what you have to say." ”

Empress Zhao lowered her eyebrows and said, "Then please don't blame your majesty for the concubines." ”

"Well, I promise you that I won't blame you for whatever you say. ”

Hearing Emperor Zhou's words, the corners of the prince's mouth standing beside the bed were lightly raised, and he looked a little expectant.

"In the past few years, whether it is the people or the court, it has been rumored that King Yan is actually... wants to replace Chen'er as the crown prince. ”

Empress Zhao said tremblingly, and after speaking, she hurriedly tightened the muscles in her cheeks with some fear, and coughed lightly a few times.

I saw that Emperor Zhou's eyes were cold when he heard this, and a sharp light was projected from the depths of his eyes, scorching on the prince next to him, stopping for a moment, and then retracting his gaze, his face became a little grim.

If these words were normal, Empress Zhao, as the biological mother of the crown prince, would never be able to say it casually in front of Emperor Zhou.

This will not only make Emperor Zhou feel that Empress Zhao has a bad plot and provoke trouble, but also proves that a prince harbors evil intentions, and at worst, it is a great rebellion.

It was only because of the right time that she dared to speak out, so that Emperor Zhou, who was already suspicious, would be more wary of Gao Heng.

Since Gao Heng's triumphant return from defeating the Western Jin Dynasty, he has always been a blockbuster in recent years, and has repeatedly made new achievements, and his talent and ability Emperor Zhou has always been in his eyes.

How could Emperor Zhou not suspect that Gao Heng had the intention of replacing the storage position?

The relationship between the prince and Gao Heng's brothers has always been discordant, and he knows it.

It's just that even so, Gao Heng has always been very low-key and calm, knows how to restrain his wings, and has never taken the initiative to collude with the powerful ministers and high-ranking officials of the imperial court, let alone deliberately hit the prince.

Therefore, Emperor Zhou gradually relaxed his suspicions about him, but felt a little disappointed and chilled by what the prince had done in the past few years.

At this moment, listening to the weak and pitiful Empress Zhao say this, those doubts that had dissipated once began to breed in his heart again, making him begin to re-examine what Gao Heng had done over the years, as well as his true purpose and intentions.

But thinking about it, he felt more and more that from Gao Heng, he seemed to faintly see his shadow back then.

"It's just rumors, don't worry too much about it. ”

Emperor Zhou came back to his senses in a trance, and his tone was slightly stern.

"Since I have made Chen'er the crown prince, this is an unshakable fact, if anyone has the heart to covet the throne, it is a rebellion, a great rebellion, I will not spare it. ”

Then he looked at the prince standing beside him: "Chen'er, since you sit in the position of the prince, you will be the king of a country that will rule the world in the future, you must be good at cultivating morality, worrying about the country and the people, and being an example for the subjects, don't let your father down again." ”

"The sons should remember their father's teachings and live up to their father's expectations. ”

When the prince heard this, he hurriedly bowed his head to the ground reverently, and couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart for Emperor Zhou's words just now.

can remember Emperor Zhou's unreasonable reaction when he heard Gao Heng's dissenting heart just now, but Empress Zhao had a trace of indescribable weirdness in her heart.

Just when she was worried about this, a eunuch came to report, saying that Concubine Hui and Gao Heng and her party were already waiting outside the palace.

Gong Zhec said

Just now~ my big golden retriever put a huge smelly p on me and flicked his tail very proudly and left!!What did I do wrong!! blame me for giving you too much food!! (spitting and asking!!)