After the Shengshou Festival, Emperor Zhaoming issued a decree to announce to the world, setting the wedding date of Prince Le and the lord of Pingrong on October 28 of the following year, and authorized the lord of Pingrong to leave the cabinet as a princess. As soon as this holy decree came out, it immediately set off a lot of waves among the princes and nobles. All of a sudden, all kinds of jealousy, envy and resentment spread in the hearts of many noble ladies, and Huangfu Yongning was pushed to the forefront and almost became the public enemy of the noble ladies.

"I heard that the emperor issued a decree to allow the county lord of Pingrong to marry as a princess, and the emperor is really good to Lord Le and the county lord of Pingrong!"

"Who says it's not, I guess the emperor must regard the lord of Pingrong as more important than the princess!"

"No! Forget about others, just say that the one in this wall, I'm afraid that in the emperor's heart, he is not even worthy of carrying shoes for the lord of Pingrong County......"

The sound of small and fragmented discussions entered the courtyard through the high diamond-shaped flower window of the courtyard wall outside the Jingtang, and drifted into the ears of Qi Jingfang, the third princess, who was standing at the root of the courtyard wall and looking at the high courtyard wall hatefully.

The third princess, who was originally full of resentment, heard the discussion of the palace maid outside the courtyard wall, and her facial muscles were twisted with anger, only to see Qi Jingfang suddenly raise her head and scream, spurting out a mouthful of blood, and then her body fell to the ground with a soft body.

In the quiet hall, the three princesses were guarded by four deaf and dumb stout women, they saw the third princess suddenly screaming and spurting blood and fainting, their eyes showed panic, two of them hurriedly stepped forward to lift the third princess and sent her back to the room, and the other two rushed to the door of the quiet hall and knocked on the door with a wooden hammer hanging on the wall.

After a while, a small wooden window next to the gate of the Jingtang was opened, and the face of a guard was revealed, "What's wrong?" The guard asked, frowning. If there is no special emergency, the mother-in-law will not dare to knock on the door like this.

The two mothers-in-law anxiously made a comparison, and the guard's face changed greatly after seeing it, and he immediately closed the small window and ran to the upper report to report. Even if the third princess was punished into the quiet hall to think about it, she was also a noble golden branch and jade leaf, if there were really three long and two short, his little guard would not have the ability to withstand the emperor's anger.

When the Jingtang guards reported the news that the third princess suddenly vomited blood and fainted to the palace, Emperor Zhaoming was being served by Liu Guifei, using the eight treasure soup she made herself, which was Emperor Zhaoming's favorite dessert. Every time Emperor Zhaoming used the eight treasure soup, he would feel very energetic, and he and Liu Guifei could also get a lot of pleasure from the other concubines between the beds.

When Liu Guifei heard that her daughter vomited blood and fainted, she felt distressed, she knelt at the feet of Emperor Zhaoming, and cried and begged: "Your Majesty, please save Fang'er...... concubine."

Liu Guifei not only cried hoarsely and ugly, but also had a pear blossom with tears and cowardly beauty, and Emperor Zhaoming used a special eight-treasure soup, and was preparing to have a good life with Liu Guifei, so at this time, no matter how he looked at Liu Guifei, he felt very fond of it, and the third princess Qi Jingfang was also his favorite daughter, so Emperor Zhaoming immediately took the imperial doctor to Jingtang to treat the third princess, and Liu Guifei naturally followed.

The group soon arrived at the quiet hall, Emperor Zhaoming saw his daughter lying on the bed of **, with a miserable white face and blood on the corners of his lips, he couldn't help but feel more and more distressed, and Liu Guifei saw the tragic state of his daughter, and she was even more out of breath, and she cried directly in Emperor Zhaoming's arms. Looking at Liu Guifei, who was pale and cowardly, Emperor Zhaoming suddenly remembered that Liu Guifei was so delicate and pitiful when she was pregnant with the imperial heir but was punished by the queen for kneeling and fainting in her arms.

"Don't cry, concubine, I promise you to forgive Fang'er's innocence." Emperor Zhaoming remembered the rare happy time spent with Liu Guifei under the obstruction of the Queen Mother and the Empress, and he immediately hugged Liu Guifei tightly and announced loudly.

Liu Guifei's tearful face was immediately filled with an extremely happy and surprised expression, she first hugged Emperor Zhaoming tightly and then let go of her hand and knelt on the ground, hugged Emperor Zhaoming's waist, pasted her face up, and said coquettishly: "Concubine Xie Lord Long's ......"

Being hugged by Liu Guifei like this, Emperor Zhaoming suddenly felt tight, and a lot of bliss that could only be enjoyed when he was with Liu Guifei immediately welled up in his mind. Emperor Zhaoming's whole body was crispy.

On an errand in the palace, the first thing is to meet the wind and rudder, and the most important thing is to look at the emperor's eyes, and the imperial doctor who is diagnosing the pulse of the three princesses immediately made a decision in his heart, and said that it was not very strict, but it was a small illness that the blood on the liver fire did not return to the menstruation, and repeatedly said that the bitter cold of Jingtang was extremely unsuitable for the three princesses to recuperate, and found a particularly good reason for Emperor Zhaoming to take his daughter out of Jingtang, that is, the queen mother knew that she could not disallow it.

Emperor Zhaoming personally took the three princesses out of the Jingtang and sent them to Liu Guifei's Ningcui Palace, and had lunch and dinner in the Ningcui Palace, and stayed overnight. The next day, after Emperor Zhaoming retired from the court, he went to Yongfu Palace to ask for peace, and presented the pulse case of the three princesses to the queen mother.

After this incident, everyone in the palace knew that Liu Guifei had won the emperor's favor again, and the third princess was still the emperor's favorite daughter. Ningcui Palace is no longer a cold palace, and it is gradually becoming more and more popular.

"Mother, is my daughter suffering in vain?" After Emperor Zhaoming went to court, the third princess snuggled in Liu Guifei's arms, pouting and questioning her mother.

Liu Guifei hugged her daughter, gently stroked her hair, and gritted her teeth in a low voice and said: "Fang'er, of course the mother concubine will not let you suffer in vain, don't worry, the little slut will not let go of any of the little sluts that day!" ”

"That Huangfu Yongning, what kind of thing is she, and she is also worthy of the princess's ceremony to go out of the cabinet, mother, Fang'er will never agree!" Qi Jingfang sat up straight, tore the handkerchief in her hand into two pieces with a snort, and said with gritted teeth.

"Fang'er, you listen to what the mother concubine said......" Liu Guifei took her daughter into her arms and whispered in her ear, and she said this for a long time.

"What, my father is going to make a prince? Mother concubine, is it the eldest brother, the third brother or the sixth brother? To whom does the Emperor intend it? Qi Jingfang stands

To whom? Qi Jingfang immediately asked.

Liu Guifei frowned and said in a low voice: "Fang'er, originally my mother was a concubine, and your eldest brother, third brother and sixth brother all have the power to compete, but now my mother is just a noble concubine, and in terms of identity, she is actually the lowest rank among the prince's biological mothers. ”

Before the crown prince was established, the princes were valued by their mothers, and after the crown princes were established, it was the mothers who were valued by their sons, so now the identity of Liu Guifei has become the biggest shortcoming that drags the eldest prince, the third prince and the sixth prince. Liu Guifei didn't know if it was a sudden enlightenment or something, but at this time she became shrewd.

"This ...... Mother, isn't my father ......" Qi Jingfang's brows furrowed, and her voice was full of doubt. She has been accustomed to seeing her mother since she was a child, because she has the favor of her father, even the queen has to retreat, what is the identity is not a problem at all in her mother's concubine, why has it become the biggest obstacle now?

"Fang'er, this time is different from the past, the mother concubine knows that you have been greatly wronged, but now we have to endure, not only endure, we also have to find ways to please them, until your brother is made the crown prince and endures until ...... You can rest assured, at that time, the mother concubine will get back a hundred times for you for all the grievances you have suffered now. When Liu Guifei said this, her eyes flashed with brilliance that made the third princess's hair stand on end. She involuntarily nodded her head in agreement.

"Fang'er, you listen to your mother, you have to do this in the future......" Liu Guifei whispered in her daughter's ear for a long time, and she didn't know what she had taught. I saw that the third princess was unhappy at first, but she was quickly persuaded by Liu Guifei, and a cruel smile appeared on her face.

The news of the third princess being lifted from the grounding reached the queen's Kunyi Palace, and the queen was silent for a long time, and then went to her daughter's Yuxiu Palace.

"Yun'er, have you heard about the third princess?" The queen sent the palace staff back, took her daughter's hand and asked slowly.

The eldest princess Qi Jingyun nodded lightly, and said in a gentle and gentle whisper: "After returning to her mother, my daughter heard about it, saying that the third emperor sister was seriously ill, and her father lifted her punishment. Queen mother, your daughter is fine, don't worry about your daughter. ”

The queen hugged the eldest princess into her arms and said distressedly: "Yun'er, it's all the queen mother's uselessness, and you have been wronged." ”

The eldest princess shook her head, took the queen's hand and said softly: "Queen Mother, your daughter is not wronged, you must not quarrel with your father because of your daughter, although the imperial grandmother protects you, but your situation in the palace is still very difficult, especially at this moment, don't anger your father for your daughter, and affect you and your younger brother." ”

The queen looked at her daughter fixedly, her eyes full of distress and pity. She doesn't know what the important juncture is now, according to the ancestral law, her son is the concubine of the main palace, and he should be canonized as the prince after birth, but Emperor Zhaoming's heart is biased to the heel of the thing is blind, not to mention that Li Yu'er is the prince, and even Su Ri doesn't even look at it, the queen doesn't know how many tears she shed behind her back.

"Yun'er, Queen Mother...... The queen mother is too useless......" The queen lowered her head with great guilt, and her tone was extremely bitter.

"Mother, don't say that, your bitter daughter knows it all too well." Qi Jingyun held her mother's hands and soothed her softly.

The queen suddenly raised her head, looked at her daughter and said, "Yun'er, this matter can't be settled like this, your father and emperor released the third princess, and he has to compensate you separately." The queen mother asked you, you and your younger brother went out of the palace and had several relationships with the two sons of General Gongsun's family, what is your impression of the two sons of Gongsun when you sue the queen mother? ”

Princess Celestia was stunned by her mother's sudden turn of questions, and a moment later, two blush flew up her cheeks. Bowing her head deeply, the eldest princess said in a low voice: "My daughter doesn't know what the queen mother is talking about?" ”

Seeing the blush on her daughter's face, the queen suddenly felt relieved, and a slight smile appeared on her face. "Yun'er, the last time I was plotted by that slut, the queen mother didn't protect you well, so she let you ...... This time, the queen mother will not make the same mistakes as before, you only tell the queen mother which one is happy, and the queen mother can also go and ask your imperial grandmother to be the master. ”

For the sake of her daughter's family affairs, the queen did not think much in secret, she secretly audited the relatives and nobles in Yanjing City one by one, and found that the two sons of Gongsun Sheng's family were the best match for the eldest princess, but she didn't know which one her daughter preferred, so she asked this question.

"What do you say, Queen Mother?" The eldest princess was so ashamed that she couldn't help herself, and her little face was almost dripping blood.

The queen was so shy that her daughter was so busy hugging her tightly that she smiled softly and said: "Yun'er, there is nothing you can't say to your mother, this is your lifelong event, of course your mother wants to make you satisfied." ”

The eldest princess was speechless in shame, her little face in her mother's arms was hot, and the heat warmed the queen's heart through the queen's thick clothes.

"Good boy, this is your life's work, nothing to be embarrassed about. And my mother still has a thought, after you marry out of the palace, it is much safer than in the palace, and my mother's hanging heart can also let go of half of it, and use all her thoughts on your brother, you also know that your father intends to set up a prince, no matter who he sets, your brother is a prince who is facing the greatest danger, and we cannot tolerate the slightest mistake. The queen lifted her daughter up, looked into her eyes and said in a lower voice.

The eldest princess gasped, the shame on her face faded, and she said: "Mother, my daughter understands, my daughter is willing to choose Gongsun Dagongzi as a concubine, and ask the queen mother to fulfill it." ”

The queen nodded, and the first candidate in her heart was also Gongsun Yuanqing. It's not that Gongsun Yuanzi is bad, but Gongsun Yuanzi's temperament is a little out of the ordinary, not mature and stable enough.

"Okay, the queen mother will go back and beg your imperial grandmother, and don't give any chance." After determining her daughter's intentions, the queen decided to act immediately, so as not to let people seize the opportunity. The queen should naturally focus on Liu Guifei and her daughter Qi Jingfang, the third princess.

Early the next morning, the queen came to Yongfu Palace early to greet the queen mother. When the queen mother saw that the queen was coming, she withdrew from the palace people serving on both sides and asked the queen directly: "Queen, the mourning family asked you, who are you going to choose for Yun'er as your son-in-law?" ”

The queen was about to talk about this, but when she saw the queen mother asking, she immediately knelt down and pleaded: "After returning to her mother, the daughter-in-law wants to choose Gongsun Yuanqing, the eldest son of General Gongsun, as her son-in-law for Yun'er, and ask her mother to fulfill it!" ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, a smile appeared in her eyes, and she nodded slowly: "You're not stupid, get up." ”

Listening to the Queen Mother's words, the queen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, obviously the Queen Mother agreed to her request, it seems that Gongsun Yuanqing's son-in-law she chose the right one.

"On the Holy Birthday Festival, the mourning family saw Gongsun Yuanqing, he is indeed a child with outstanding talent and appearance, the Gongsun family is upright, several generations are loyal to the country, Gongsun Qing's family was entrusted with important tasks by the emperor, this horse candidate is indeed him, queen, you and the mourning family think of one place." The Queen Mother was very satisfied with the queen's vision and nodded with satisfaction.