On the evening of this day, the news that Empress Chen had been seized and banned had spread all over the elite circle in Beijing.

Everyone was surprised, and then thought of these recent events, and they couldn't help but speculate that the palace that had been stable for 30 years was really going to change now?

And the next morning, the ministers learned another piece of news, which made them even more determined to guess in their hearts.

Emperor Jianhe issued an order to dismiss Zhan Shi Hu Jinxing of the East Palace on the grounds of mediocrity and dereliction of duty.

As soon as this news came out, the wind in the middle of the court turned sharply, even the officials who had been looking forward to the past began to privately ask to see King Heng, for a time, more than half of the officials in the court and the central government have stood on the side of King Heng, and only a few old ministers still have a neutral attitude.

The queen mother was seized of power, and the auxiliary ministers were dismissed, which was like a bolt from the blue sky for the East Palace. The prince has been like an ant on a hot pot for a few days, and he has reached the point where he can't sit still.

As soon as he saw Xue Yuesheng, who was hurrying over, a glimmer of light finally appeared in the prince's eyes, after Hu Jinxing was dismissed, the only person he could rely on and trust was the person in front of him.

Xue Yuesheng was just about to salute, but the prince hurriedly stopped him, there are not many people around him who can use it now, he is self-aware, and his attitude towards the auxiliary ministers around him has finally become polite. He said eagerly: "Aiqing, the current situation, how do you think this palace should go?" ”

Xue Yuesheng sighed, "Your Highness, the recent variables are one after another, I'm afraid it's not good!" ”

The prince was anxious, "But this palace is innocent!" You also know that we have only sent out a group of people, and the ones who assassinated the third child and Chu Lin and Cao Qian later have nothing to do with this palace! There is also the queen mother, she was also framed by the queen mother, if she wanted to kill Concubine Jing, she would have done it a long time ago, why would she choose this moment now? ”

Xue Yuesheng said: "Your Highness, you know these things, but the emperor doesn't know!" Don't you understand what the emperor's actions in recent days mean? ”

"What do you mean?" The crown prince was stunned, "Could it be that my father, is it really going to abolish the palace?" ”

His phoenix eyes widened, and he said angrily for a long time: "The third child! It had to be him! It was the person he arranged himself, pretending to assassinate himself, Chu Lin and Cao Qian, and then let his mother poison my mother! He is really despicable and shameless, and he can actually use such a vicious method to trap this palace! ”

Xue Yuesheng sighed heavily and persuaded: "But Your Highness, you think clearly, can the emperor think clearly?" Please forgive the minister for saying a big disrespectful word, the emperor is an old man, he has been dazed by King Heng's mother and son, he doesn't even believe in Queen Chen's decades-long wife, do you think he will still believe you? ”

The prince smiled sadly, yes, his father and emperor no longer believe in his wife, will he still believe him?

Seeing that the crown prince was silent, Xue Yuesheng further admonished, "Your Highness, are you willing to be forced to such a point by King Heng with such a despicable method?" ”

The prince looked at him and said nothing.

Xue Yuesheng nodded and said, "As the saying goes, you are born after death, you have been forced to die now, and you have to fight for your own survival in the future." ”

"Fight?" The crown prince raised his eyebrows, "The land on the outskirts of Beijing has been abandoned, how can this palace fight for it?" The military power of the imperial court has long been taken back by his father, where is there anyone available in this palace? ”

"Your Highness's words are wrong," Xue Yuesheng saw that there was hope in the admonition, so he leaned into the prince and whispered.

After listening to Xue Yuesheng's words, the prince suddenly opened.

That's right, the Jingwei Division still has tens of thousands of troops, and the commander Tongzhi Zeng Xin used to be his grandfather's staff, as well as the old Wushen King of Liangzhou, that is the adopted son of the queen mother, the old Liurui King of Yongzhou, who doesn't serve the third child when he is young, and only listens to his own words......

This kind of person is the third child, as long as you can't kill him with one move, his counterattack will only be fiercer than the tiger, and if he is soft, he will be killed sooner or later!

Since my father doesn't believe in him anymore, don't blame him for being rude!

The prince hurriedly walked back to the bookcase, wrote two secret letters, and handed them over to Xue Yuesheng to quietly take out of the palace.

~~~

Since asking Song Chen for her life that night, for five days, Chu Xue has stayed at the couch of the concubine in Funing Palace, personally fed her medicine, and even replaced the palace maid and served her closely.

As the imperial doctor said, Concubine Jing had woken up on the third day after the poisoning, and although her body was still weak, her mind was sober, and her body was slowly recovering.

Chu Xue accompanied Song Chen of the early dynasty into the palace every day, and went to Funing Palace to serve, usually staying until dusk before returning to Hengwang's mansion, although it was harder, but fortunately, Jing Guifei recovered very quickly, and was gradually able to get out of bed and walk around.

When she usually has nothing to do, Chu Xue plays the piano for her and chats, but she is a side concubine and doesn't dare to say much in front of the concubine, so it is often the concubine Jing who is talking and she is listening. And the topics that the two women talked about, except for the innocuous old stories in the deep palace, most of them were about Song Chen's childhood, Chu Xue listened quietly, and sometimes smiled when she heard interesting things, and then when he came to pick her up in the evening, he often smiled at him inexplicably.

He figured out the reason, funny and at the same time secretly sighed, although Xue'er is young, but in the end is more filial than him, seeing the concubine's body improving day by day, the mood is also cheerful, he is really glad that this trip brought her out, although she encountered danger on the way to come, but she showed Xiàn again and again at the critical juncture, brave, considerate, but firmly tied his heart.

On this day, in the Funing Palace, Chu Xue was chatting with Concubine Jing, and the palace people brought a freshly boiled decoction. Chu Xue took it, stirred it and blew it cold, and only after making sure that it was not hot before feeding it to Concubine Jing. Concubine Jing looked at the girl in front of her, and couldn't help but think of her unborn daughter, and felt a burst of emotion in her heart.

After drinking a bowl of medicine, Concubine Jing asked, "It's been a few days since you returned to Beijing, have you ever gone back to your parents' house to visit your parents?" ”

Chu Xue smiled, handed over the wet handkerchief prepared earlier, and replied: "Not yet, after the concubine came back, she has sent someone to report her safety to her parents, and besides, the mother's side is important, when you are well, it is not too late for the concubine to go back and take a look." ”

"Silly boy!" Concubine Jing took a sip of water and continued: "There are a lot of people here in this palace to serve, and there is no shortage of you, but the road is thrilling when you come, and your parents don't know how worried they should be!" They are the ones who care about you the most. ”

Chu Xue smiled, "The concubine knows that there are many people around the mother, and she will serve you wholeheartedly, but you are the princess's mother, you are sick this time, the prince doesn't know how anxious he is, the prince is busy with the previous dynasty, and the concubine should share his worries." Although the concubine is stupid, even if she guards you here and brings you tea and feeds you medicine, it can be regarded as filial piety for the prince. Moreover, this is also the concubine's physical and mental willingness. ”

"When the concubine is still in her mother's house, she is often taught by her mother to be considerate of her husband and filial piety to her in-laws after marriage, although your status is noble, but in fact you are also the mother-in-law of the concubine, and the daughter-in-law serves her mother-in-law, isn't it a natural thing? When the parents of the concubine know about it in the future, they will also think that the concubine has done the right thing. ”

A long paragraph of words came into her ears, Jing Guifei only felt comfortable, and when she thought about it, she was actually very right, although she was a noble concubine and stayed in the deep palace all the year round, she was also a mother, mother-in-law, if she was in an ordinary family, she would have already teased Sun An at this age......

Concubine Jing stroked her hand and sighed: "Mrs. Chu is a good wife and mother, she can raise a daughter like you, this palace really envy her......" The voice stopped, Concubine Jing remembered something, looked at her, and asked: "You have also been married for a year, why hasn't your stomach moved?" ”

Chu Xue was stunned, in fact, she herself was a little bored, in the past, she felt that the time had not come to avoid herself, but since Song Chen returned from Weizhou, she has not taken child avoidance medicine anymore, and now it has been two months, Song Chen is also very diligent, why is she not pregnant yet? Don't that anti-child medicine have adverse effects, right?

Ruyue is not there now, and she has no one to ask.

But now that the concubine is asking like this, she can mention the past of Yanzhou......

She lowered her eyes and smiled, a little shy, "The concubine is also a little anxious, when she was in Yanzhou last year, the princess also asked people to make soup for the concubine every day, and the government doctor in Yanzhou also said that there was no problem with the concubine...... Perhaps, maybe fate has not arrived. ”

Concubine Jing's expression condensed slightly, Xu Jinhe sent her tonic soup?

As a woman who has been in the deep palace for more than 30 years, she knows too well those dirty methods, although she hopes that her son's back house can be peaceful, but she also understands that since ancient times, how can there really be such a thing?

It's not that she hasn't suffered losses, Concubine Jing hates these methods, she once thought that Xu Jinhe was a tolerant housewife, but Chu Xue has been favored since she entered the mansion, which is also a well-known fact, there are some things, I really can't help but think about it......

She smiled and said to Chu Xue: "Yanzhou's government doctor may not be very exquisite, Ning Ning is weak, he hasn't been able to recuperate for three years, this palace is not very trustworthy, there are many good imperial doctors in the palace, and they will let them diagnose your pulse, see where it is weak, and make up for it, and strive to have good news as soon as possible." ”

When Concubine Jing said this, she was obviously suspicious, although she couldn't compete with Xu Jinhe now, but letting Concubine Guifei know Xu Jinhe's true face at the right time might help in the future.

Chu Xue bowed her head and said yes.

Before going back in the evening, the imperial doctor came to ask Concubine Jing for a pulse, this Imperial Doctor Ji Yuan was a trustworthy old doctor, so Concubine Jing asked him to diagnose Chu Xue's pulse.

As Chu Xue expected, Ji Yuan didn't show anything unusual on the spot, but truthfully pointed out the lesion of her body cold, and didn't say much else, but the slight jump between his eyebrows when he diagnosed the pulse made Chu Xue relieved, and the traces of taking the child avoidance medicine by himself should have been noticed by the old doctor.

Just after the pulse, it happened that Song Chen came to pick her up, and she waited for the mother and son to finish greeting before returning to the palace.

When Funing Palace was cleared, Concubine Jing looked at Ji Yuan, "How is it?" ”

Ji Yuan's face was serious, and he leaned over and said, "The old minister doesn't dare to deceive, there are traces of child-avoiding medicine in Concubine Chu's body." ”

Concubine Jing closed her eyes and sighed.

"I know, it's good that you know about this matter, don't spread it."

Ji Yuan respectfully, "The old minister understands. ”

"You go back and write a food supplement recipe, and quietly hand it over to the housekeeper of Hengwang Mansion, and let the dining room make up for her, and strive to get pregnant as soon as possible."

"Yes."

The housekeeper of the Hengwang Mansion in the capital is the confidant of Song Chen's mother and son, and he will not be swayed by others lightly, and he can be trusted.

Concubine Jing rubbed the corners of her forehead, what she didn't want to see finally happened, no matter how tolerant Xu Jinhe was, she was still a woman after all.

But right now, when King Heng is employing people, she can only bury this matter quietly and secretly compensate Chu Xue.

After getting along these days, Concubine Jing felt that Chu Xue was really a good child, but in this royal inner courtyard, which woman could have a smooth journey, especially the most favored woman.

Just like I was back then.

In any case, there will always be grievances, but if you can tolerate it, you can go for a long time!