Seventy-two

At the same time that the Meng family was shrouded in sorrow and parting, a letter was quickly sent from Yunzhou to the capital.

Rui Wang's Mansion

Concubine Zhang Fang walked to the study with the third young master of Ruiwangfu in her arms, and when she was about to reach the door, she was stopped by Commander Wei. "The prince is taking care of business, no one is allowed to enter!" He had a calm face and a hard face.

A trace of impatience flashed in Concubine Zhang's eyes, but she still had a smile on her face, and said softly: "It's Brother Yan who wants to see his father." As he spoke, he quietly pinched the third young master's leg, and the third young master immediately shouted loudly into the courtyard, "Father, father-"

But there was no response in the courtyard, Concubine Zhang's face was a little unsightly, so she simply put the third young master down on the ground, gently pushed him into the courtyard, and said, "Go to your father." ”

Commander Wei's face changed slightly, and he stopped talking. The third young master was about to rush into the courtyard, and there was a sound of "squeak-" from inside, and soon, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young man came out of it, politely saluted Concubine Zhang, and said in a low voice: "The prince is busy, please come back another day with the third young master." With that, he nodded to the Commander of the Guard, turned and went back to the study.

Concubine Zhang's eyes flashed, and the two hands hidden in her sleeves were clenched into fists, and her nails were almost pinched into the flesh.

She knows how much Lu Dao is serious, she knows that the door of the study is not a place for seizures, and she knows the special status of Shen Rong in the mansion, if she doesn't find his handle, she must not act rashly. Then he reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth, squeezing out a stiff smile, "Since the prince is busy, the concubine will come back another day." After that, she sighed faintly again, and beckoned to the third young master, "Brother Yan, come here, let's go back and play, don't make a noise about your father doing business." ”

She reluctantly took the third young master aside, glanced at Shen Rong's distant figure with a resentful gaze, and turned around to leave. After walking a few steps, he saw Lu Yun rushing over to this side sweating profusely, and when he saw Concubine Zhang, his face changed slightly, he paused and said hello to her, and without waiting for Concubine Zhang's greetings, he hurriedly rushed to the study.

Commander Wei hurriedly stopped him, "Young Master Yun, are you in a hurry?" Anyway, let the subordinates report it. ”

Lu Yun said: "Quick! Fast! 100,000 urgent! He wiped his sweat as he spoke, but his eyes quietly glanced at Concubine Zhang, who had stopped not far away, and seeing that she seemed to have the intention of coming over to talk to him, Lu Yun quickly turned his face again, making an expression that he was so eager to rush into the courtyard immediately.

Concubine Zhang faintly felt that something was wrong in her heart, this feeling was not very good, so she wanted to go back and ask Lu Yun a few words, but she didn't want Shen Rong to come out of the study, and reversed the coldness in front of her before, and led Lu Yun into the courtyard with a smile.

That damn minion! Concubine Zhang scolded in her heart. Two years ago, when the palace was chaotic, she also planted people in the study, but unfortunately those two useless things were driven out by Lord Rui in less than half a year, and since Shen Rong entered the study, there has been no news from Lord Rui.

As soon as she thought of this, Concubine Zhang gritted her teeth with hatred, fortunately...... Thankfully, the letter was ......

"Things that don't have long eyes, see how you will be cleaned up in the future." What's the use of guarding a cripple, in the future, King Rui's Mansion will have to be handed over to Brother Yan sooner or later! Concubine Zhang scolded Shen Rong secretly while leading the third young master back to the courtyard.

Besides, on the side of the study, Lu Yun rushed into the house in a hurry, but he didn't pay attention to the threshold under his feet, and he stumbled on his feet and almost fell to the ground. Shen Rong hurriedly stepped forward to help him, not wanting him to get up neatly, and quickly ran to the table of King Rui.

Lord Rui frowned slightly, and said with a slight reproach: "You have always been steady on weekdays, why are you so impatient today, what happened?" “

Lu Yun's mind was very confused, and he didn't know how to speak for a while, but after thinking about it, he hurriedly handed over the letter in his arms, "Second uncle, look at it yourself." ”

Lord Rui took the letter, glanced at the envelope casually, and frowned more and more, "It's a letter written by the little marquis of Changping, he doesn't send it directly to my mansion, why do you want to transfer it on your behalf?" ”

"The second uncle will know at a glance." After all, these are all private matters of the palace, and Lu Yun, as a junior, really doesn't know what to say, so he simply let Lord Rui see it himself. Seeing that his mouth was tightly closed, Lord Rui stopped asking him, unhurriedly unfolded the letter, and glanced at it slowly......

"Bang-" There was a sound, Shen Rong was startled, and hurriedly looked up, only to see Prince Rui jumping up from his seat with a shocked face, and the chair on his back was accidentally kicked away by him and fell to the ground, making a loud noise. His eyes were full of disbelief and ecstasy, and he pointed to the letter so excited that he didn't say anything for a while.

“…… Shun...... Brother Shun...... My Brother Shun ......" Lord Rui's tears came out like a flood that discharged the floodgates, he has always been dignified, especially in the past two years, he has become more and more unsmiling, the juniors are a little afraid of him, and occasionally they all bow their heads and hide, how have they ever seen him lose his temper like this.

Lu Yun had already learned the truth of the matter from the letter of the little marquis of Changping, and now seeing that the prince of Rui was crying silently, his heart was also quite moved, and his eyes were a little moist. Although Shen Rong didn't know the truth, he had already guessed a few points from the look and words of Prince Rui, and his heart suddenly jumped violently, forcibly suppressed the turbulence in his chest, and lowered his voice and asked, "Lord Wang, but the prince has news?" ”

Only then did Prince Rui realize that he was out of shape, wiped his face indiscriminately, and bowed his head happily, "The Marquis of Changping sent a letter saying that he found Brother Shun in Yunzhou, he is not dead yet, and he is fine." ”

Shen Rong was overjoyed and was so excited that he spoke incoherently, "He...... The prince ...... Where...... Where is he? Yes, in Yunzhou, is he good, he hasn't come back for anything...... "How has he lived in the past few years, why has he never returned to Beijing, why has he not even had any news?"

Rui Wang Yexin only saw half of it and stood up excitedly, was asked by Shen Rong, he quickly picked up the letter and continued to look down, the more he looked at his face, the more ugly he became, and after the most reluctant, he slapped the table with red eyes in anger, and scolded angrily: "What a big dog guts, what a big dog guts, how dare you ...... She actually dared to ......" He was so angry that he slapped the letter on the table, turned around and untied the imperial golden knife hanging on the wall, pulled out the scabbard and was about to rush out, Lu Yun saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly rushed forward to hug him, and said quickly: "Second uncle is angry, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive......"

Lord Rui was so angry that his eyes cracked, and his voice was hoarse, "I'm going to kill her, I'm going to kill her!" ”

Shen Rong faintly guessed something, thought about it, and also stepped forward to stop him, and persuaded in a deep voice: "The prince is angry, don't care about the side, the urgency of the delay is to bring the prince back as soon as possible." Should the princess also go and say it, or in the palace, the queen mother and His Majesty are very concerned about the prince, if they know that the prince is still alive, I don't know how happy Lu Dao should be. ”

Rui Wang Ye knew that he had a point, but he couldn't swallow this breath for a while, and when he thought of what happened to his son in the past three years, he was suddenly sad and sad, he took a heavy breath, let his mood slowly calm down, and finally put down the knife, sat on the ground, waved his hand at Lu Yun and Shen Rong, and said: "Brother Shun'er's matter is related to his life, no one is allowed to say it outside, the princess has me to say, as for the palace-" A trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, "This king will enter the palace." ”

He eased his mood in the study and went back to Xuanning Hall first.

Princess Rui is not in Xuanning Hall, she lives in the grange with Brother Ping. Since the news of Zhao Chengjin's death came to Beijing, Princess Rui has been seriously ill, lying in bed for three months, not wanting to be long, even the second son Ping Ge'er also broke his leg, Princess Rui was shocked and angry, and Rui Wang Ye had a big fight, and then moved to the Grange with Ping Ge'er, and only occasionally returned to Beijing to ask the Queen Mother for peace.

There was no one in charge of the palace, which made Concubine Zhang take advantage of the loophole and put her people □□ to the side of Prince Rui, until half a year later, she was inspected by King Rui, arranged Shen Rong to be in charge of the study, and asked Steward Xu to renovate the entire Rui Palace.

The room is still the same as it was a long time ago, and the furniture and furnishings in the house have not changed in the slightest, except for the ginkgo tree in the yard that has grown much taller. Lord Rui sat under the eaves and was stunned for a while, and from time to time his mind appeared the appearance of the eldest son when he was young, and his heart became more and more sad.

Zhang's family! Zhang's family! Lord Rui gritted his teeth and stood up, smiling coldly, he didn't want to take care of the overall situation anymore, if he couldn't even protect his wife and children, what kind of man was he!

…………

When Prince Rui rushed to the imperial study, the emperor was giving the prince a school homework, and when he heard the sound outside, the emperor couldn't help frowning, and Gonggong Liu entered the house in a panic and whispered: "Your Majesty, Prince Rui asks to see you." Before he could say that, Lord Rui had already rushed into the house with a face full of anger.

His face was pale, but his eyes were red, and the sad and angry look still appeared on his face when Brother Ping was injured last time. The emperor immediately became cautious, he even stood up, walked quickly to Prince Rui, and asked with concern, "What's wrong?" ”

"I'm going to kill Zhang!" Lord Rui gritted his teeth and said word by word: "I want to uproot the Zhang family and leave no one behind." ”

"Zhang, what did she do?" As soon as the emperor heard that this matter was related to the Zhang family, he was both guilty and shocked, for no other reason than because the Zhang family was given by the emperor.

Since the rebellion of the Qin family, the original situation in the capital has long been broken. Although the crown prince was not born by the first queen, he was raised under her knees for many years, and after the queen was deposed, there was a voice in the court to set up another prince. The emperor has a lot of heirs, and even a few of his maternal uncles are big families, and they were suppressed by the queen before and did not dare to act rashly, but now that the queen is dead, they all aim at the prince.

If the emperor ruthlessly abolished the prince, it would be okay to say, but the prince has been raised by his side since he was a child, and there is no big mistake, how can he be willing to do it. After thinking about it, he decided to support a few new upstarts to come up, on the one hand, to support the prince, and on the other hand, to fight with those old guys who shouted all day long that they wanted to abolish the prince.

Zhang's father, Zhang Tingliang, came out of the Qin rebellion three years ago, made a lot of military achievements, and acted boldly, and the emperor happened to lack a knife, so he helped him up.

That Zhang Tingliang had a little look, vaguely guessed the emperor's intention to support him, and worked hard against those old guys, and the emperor used him more and more. In order to raise the identity of the Zhang family, he wanted to point out the concubine of the Zhang family to the king of Qi as the concubine, and did not want the king of Qi to die, so he packed up his things and ran out of Beijing secretly, and stayed outside for half a year before coming back. In desperation, the emperor gave the Zhang family to King Rui as a side concubine.

He also specially asked the Queen Mother to recruit the Zhang family into the palace to take a closer look, although the woman was from a lower background, her appearance was very outstanding, and she looked at the well-behaved and sensible appearance, although King Rui was a little reluctant, but at that time the news of Zhao Chengjin's death had been spread into Beijing, and there was only one only son left in King Rui's mansion, and the heirs were really thin. The emperor felt that it was better to add a few more people to his mansion and spread out more branches.

He thought that he had done a good deed, and he didn't want that Zhang had only been in the door for half a year, and Brother Ping had an accident, although there was no evidence to prove that this matter was instigated by Zhang, but a discerning person could guess it somewhat. In the face of the emperor, King Rui was not easy to deal with Zhang, and King Rui and his wife also had a disagreement because of this, and Princess Rui led Brother Ping to move to the Grange, and there was not even a hostess in charge of King Rui's mansion. The emperor regretted it too much.

Last time, when Brother Ping'er had an accident, Prince Rui was never angry and wanted to get rid of the Zhang family, but today he is so angry, it can be seen that the Zhang family has done something unseemly. Isn't it to Princess Rui...... When the emperor thought of this, he became more and more remorseful.

Prince Rui didn't speak, and presented the letter in his arms to the emperor with red eyes. The Emperor unfolded it quickly, looking at it at a glance, first surprised, then gradually angry, and finally even more angry and slapped his palm on the table with a violent sound.

The prince trembled with fright, and wanted to ask, but for fear of involving the private affairs of the Rui Wangfu, the words came to his mouth and swallowed again, bowing his head, wondering if he should find an excuse to retreat quietly.

"It's that I can't stand you, I can't help Brother Shun," the emperor sighed guiltily, his eyes flashed, and his face suddenly became gloomy, "It's just a dog, raised by my side for a long time, and the dog fights people, they dare to do such a crime, this is not in my eyes." Do you really think that without him, the Zhang family will not work? The whole court is up and down, and I still can't find anyone to replace him? ”

The emperor paused, and Zhengse said to King Rui: "Don't worry about the Zhang family, as long as the Zhang family falls, what will she do." Let's go and pick up Brother Shun first, this kid ...... What a sin. ”

When he said this, he became more and more guilty, and King Rui wiped his face and cried: "When I think of Brother Shun wandering alone outside for so many years, my heart is like a knife, that child has been sensible since he was a child, and he has never suffered anything, but ...... He was nine years old when he went missing......"

The prince jumped up in shock, "Brother Shun, where is Brother Shun?" Brother Shun is still alive! ”

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