The palace people did things in a neat and orderly manner, and it only took a day for the Great Qi Palace to recover as before. The corpses were carried away and disposed of, and the bloodstains had been washed away repeatedly. Within the walls of the Vermilion Palace, as far as the eye can see, the palaces are still magnificent, showing the inviolable imperial power and majesty of the owners here.

In the early dynasty on the third day, Emperor Jianhe made the holy decree of disposing of the palace change public to the world: the abolished prince Song Zhao was deposed as a concubine for attempting to kill the monarch and rebel, and he was exiled forever and could not return to Beijing; Song Xi, the sixth son of the emperor, led troops into Beijing without being summoned, and was stripped of the throne by secretly conspiring against the prince and imprisoned in Yongzhou.

The corresponding former Donggong party, including Tongzhi Zeng Xin, the commander of the Jingwei Division, who was co-opted by the deposed prince, and Hu Jinxing, the former Zhan Shi who had been dismissed, were all beheaded and confiscated; Even the grandfather's family of the abolished prince did not escape, and everyone was imprisoned and exiled, and they could not die well. Among them, the most innocent is the prince's father-in-law, Wang's family, whose hundred-year-old duke position was stripped away, from a once-invincible first-class family to a flat-headed common people, sold the century-old mansion in the capital, and returned to his hometown to farm and farm, and was bullied.

At this point, the battle for the prince who has been surging for many years has been decided, and King Heng is naturally the biggest winner.

The court is the largest vanity fair in the world, Emperor Jianhe abolished the prince who had been raised for more than 30 years at this age, and King Heng was the biggest contributor to the rebellion. The ministers who knew the current affairs hurriedly put icing on the cake, and in the next few days, headed by Taiwei Zhou Fuzhi, every day there was a recital of King Liheng as the crown prince.

However, Emperor Jianhe did not make a clear statement.

Perhaps the joint betrayal of the two sons was too great a blow to this invincible king, and he needed time to ease his feelings.

King Heng was not in a hurry, because he knew that as long as Xue Yuesheng, who absconded in chaos, was arrested, his father would still be impacted, he had been waiting for thirty years, why should he care about these two days, besides, the world would never fall into the hands of others.

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Leaving Yanzhou this time, one important thing after another, it has been back for a month and a half, Chu Xue has not returned to Chu's mother's house, during which she only sent the servants of the palace to report her safety a few times, and she has not personally gone to her parents to ask for peace.

A few days later coincided with his father Chu Lin's birthday, although his father did not plan to have a big feast, but as a daughter, he wanted to go back to see it anyway.

Seeing that Song Chen was a little empty in the past few days, before going to bed this night, Chu Xue said to Song Chen: "Lord, the day after tomorrow is my father's birthday, and the concubine wants to go back to see it." ”

"Oh? Is Lord Chu going to be a birthday this year? Song Chen asked her.

She shook her head, "That's not true, my father is low-key, and he has never liked those tedious etiquette things, and this year there are no five or ten days, and so many things have happened in the court, he will not do longevity, but the concubine himself wants to go back and see, and do his filial piety." Also, I heard that my brother and sister-in-law also came from Jeju, and the concubine didn't see them for a few days, so I missed them very much. ”

Song Chen thought for a while and smiled at her: "It's okay." You haven't been back for so many days, so go back the day after tomorrow! I'll tell someone to prepare some gifts, and you can bring them back when the time comes. ”

"Hmm." She nodded.

But there is a slight loss in her heart, if she is a wife, she can take her husband home to celebrate her father's birthday, but she is just a concubine.

Although she is a side concubine of the rank, she is still a concubine.

After breakfast on the third day, Chu Xue cleaned up, carefully counted the things to take home, and prepared to go out. Although Song Chen ordered the housekeeper to prepare a car for her, it was probably for her father, and this time she could see her brother and sister-in-law and two little nephews, she was an aunt, so she naturally had to prepare some gifts for the children, and the sister-in-law who had been accompanying her brother to perform her duties outside, the sister-in-law was gentle and virtuous, and she had always treated her kindly, and she also specially prepared gifts.

What was given to the two nephews was the top four treasures of the study, the lake pen, the emblem ink, the rice paper, and the end inkstone. There are a lot of these things in the palace treasury, she just asked the housekeeper a little, and the housekeeper immediately sent someone to send the things to her neatly, which surprised her and was a little funny, but inside and outside the mansion, everyone knew that she was Song Chen's favorite concubine, and now that Xu Jinhe was not there, it was reasonable for the people to be more attentive.

Given to my mother and sister-in-law, it is the most famous jewelry shop in the capital Fengxianglou out of the jewelry, not to mention the high price, because it is the Hengwang Mansion named, the craftsmen in the shop are doing their best, excellence to build, the finished products are exquisite, highlighting the royal style.

After collecting all the gifts, she got into the carriage and went back to her mother's house.

Chu Xue's brother Chu Jian is also a diligent politician, although he can take a vacation on his father's birthday, but he has to delay until three days before returning to Beijing, fortunately, his sister-in-law and two nephews returned half a month early, so that his mother was happy for a few days.

In fact, according to common sense, Mrs. Chu can leave her daughter-in-law and grandson in the capital, and only let her son go to other places to perform her duties, but Mrs. Chu knows that boys must always follow their father's side in order to grow up, and when they are old, their daughter-in-law Sun is going to be in charge, and now let her follow her son to other places, which is not only conducive to the relationship between husband and wife, but also can exercise her ability to be in charge, which is not a bad thing.

Although Chu Lin doesn't plan to do a birthday, the family always wants to get together for a reunion dinner, and even if he doesn't want to, those old friends who have made good friends in the Japanese and the DPRK, such as Zhou Fuzhi, his protégés, and the subordinates of the Metropolitan Procuratorate still have to give gifts to the door to congratulate, so they still have to buy good wine and food, and people will entertain them well in the future.

Chu Xue arrived early, there were no guests in the house, she went to her mother after meeting her father and brother, said some intimate words to her mother, and then looked at the sister-in-law and children who had not seen her for a long time.

Send the gifts one by one, a room full of people are happy, although the sister-in-law is not a person who loves vanity, but at first glance when she sees the dazzling jewelry, the woman will always be tempted, and she can't help but praise again and again, and the children also can't put down the four treasures of the study, and Chu Xue is happy to see that everyone likes her gifts.

Only the mother has hidden worries in her eyes.

The overall situation of the battle for succession is finally completed, once King Heng ascends the throne, her daughter will go to the dark harem, the harem will only be more dire than the palace, even the concubine Jing Gui, who has been boiling for more than 30 years, can accidentally mess with the queen's poisonous hand and almost die a while ago, what about her daughter?

How can the emperor's favor be a lifetime?

I only hope that her daughter can be strong enough to face the more thrilling years ahead.

The ladies talked in the room, and before they knew it, it was almost noon, and the guests in the front yard were almost coming, Mrs. Chu, as the mother of a family, came today and were all acquaintances, so she naturally wanted to go out to meet the guests.

"Madam, young lady, young lady, Heng, His Royal Highness King Heng has come down, my lord invites you to go out and pick up the driver!"

A room full of people was taken aback and walked out of the room quickly.

Chu Xue is even more strange, he didn't mention coming when he told him a few days ago, why did he come over suddenly? It won't be that she is reluctant to come and pick up people again, right? But...... It's a bit too early, and I haven't even eaten lunch yet!

Just thinking that they had arrived at the door, Song Chen had just gotten off the carriage, and was talking to Chu Lin, Chu Jian and several ministers, they came to the front and hurriedly saluted.

Song Chen smiled and glanced at Chu Xue deeply. Chu Xue smiled back at him and asked, "Why did the prince come suddenly?" ”

She was surrounded by close family members, and Song Chen didn't wear his python robe, it seemed that she was deliberately low-key, and she was no longer restrained and respectful, and her words were full of ease.

Song Chen said with a smile: "Today is a family banquet, how can this king not come?" I wanted to be with you, but I didn't expect you to come over first without waiting for me. ”

Everyone was stunned in their hearts, listening to King Heng's tone, they attached great importance to Chu Mansion, and they all regarded themselves as family members! Also, this young lady of the Chu family is really a favorite concubine, and the prince calls herself "me" in front of her.

In fact, hearing him say this, Chu Xue was very happy in her heart, because of her status as a side concubine, she had always felt a little ashamed of her parents, but now the form is different, Song Chen is already the successor of the country, and today she came to her mother's house to celebrate her father's birthday, and her words are so humble and obedient, which can be said to have greatly earned face for her father.

Most importantly, he values her.

She was about to invite him into the hall, but she heard a rumor and a guest arrived.

The crowd did not move, but looked at the door, waiting for the new guests.

But the new guests are Qin Mu and his son.

In fact, if the previous situation was in the past, Chu Lin did not plan to invite Qin Mu, after all, they had been cold for so many years before, and after they were open and honest, in order to avoid the eyes and ears of others, they also met in private, and they did not want to cause everyone's attention because of the sudden change of relationship, especially Xu Jilin's suspicion.

But with the current situation, King Heng has won, and the two of them always have to meet often as auxiliary ministers, and once King Heng ascends the throne, the case of the Yue family is not without the possibility of Zhaoxue, for this purpose, the two also urgently need to ease the relationship in front of everyone, but in order not to be abrupt, they must always find a suitable opportunity.

And the last time Chu Fu was assassinated, Qin Yuan stepped forward to help, which was an excellent opportunity.

In the eyes of the outside world, the grace of saving lives is greater than the sky, Chu Lin naturally wants to thank the Qin family, so he took advantage of this birthday family banquet to take the lead in showing goodwill and invited Qin Mu's father and son into the house, and Qin Mu has always been a magnanimous martial artist, and he took the initiative to show goodwill, and he also went down the steps and brought his son to the banquet together.

After all, the Chu family will definitely benefit from King Heng in the future, and it is naturally not a bad thing to be friendly with them.

But Chu Lin never expected that Qin Mu and his son would come one after the other with King Heng at this moment, in this way, Qin Mu and his son would naturally have to meet Wenwen, Qin Mu can stabilize when he is old, can Qin Yuan? Can Wenwen herself?

In front of everyone's eyes, what should you do if you accidentally show something unusual?

But he couldn't think about it, Qin Mu and his son had been invited into the door.

Qin Mu and Qin Yuan saw the carriage of King Heng's mansion outside the door, they had already guessed the situation inside, as soon as they entered the door, they saw that King Heng was still in the courtyard, and they were busy saluting, King Heng was very close to the people today, and in the face of the key person who helped him succeed this time, he personally helped people up, and said politely: "The general doesn't have to be polite, this king accompanied Ai Ji to the family banquet today, everyone is relatives and friends, it would be good to be an ordinary person of this king." ”

"Yes, yes." Qin Mu straightened up with a smile, but he chuckled in his heart.

Aiji? So, Wenwen is also here?

Chu Xue was already shocked when she heard the rumor.

Uncle Qin Mu?

How long has it been since you heard the name?

This name used to be associated with her father, so when she saw the figure she hadn't seen for many years approaching step by step, memories of the past suddenly flooded out.

When she saw Qin Mu's face clearly, her body couldn't help but tremble.

Uncle Qin Mu, who was heroic in the past, has grown old, and although his posture is still upright, his sideburns have been slightly frosted...... If Daddy is still alive, it should be the age of the person in front of him.

Tears were about to gush out, but she couldn't, in public, how could she explain if she shed tears to a strange man?

Just when the Chu family, who understood the truth, was worried about her, Zhou Fuzhi on the side laughed, "Today's old man is the first time to see the son of General Qin's family, and he is really talented, very much General Qin's style back then!" By the way, I heard that the last time Chu Mansion was assassinated, it was Qin Gongzi who came to the rescue, this courage is really admirable! ”

This sentence reminded Chu Jian, and he hurriedly said: "What Lord Zhou said is that I really thank Gongzi Qin for what happened last time, General Qin and Gongzi Qin are really the great benefactors of my Chu family, please accept the next bow." He said that he was going to step forward and salute.

Hearing her brother say this, Chu Xue knew the situation that day, although she was the side concubine of King Heng, she was still the daughter of the Chu family, and she should come forward with her brother to thank her for saving her life.

But since it was Qin Gongzi who saved his father, wasn't it Qin Yuan's brother?

Is this young man in front of him really Brother Qin Yuan?

couldn't help but think about it to herself, she hurriedly followed the footsteps of her brother Chu Jian, and saluted the Qin father and son, "Thank you General Qin and Gongzi for saving their lives." ”

This is about the only time in this life that I can salute Uncle Qin Mu in the open.

Qin Mu hurriedly returned to his senses after being stunned, and said politely: "Madame's words are serious, the minister can't afford your courtesy!" Please, please, please! ”

She forced a smile and got up and retreated behind Song Chen.

But Qin Yuan saw her appearance clearly as early as the moment she walked over.

Wenwen!