In the East Palace, the prince's eyes were closed, and the queen sat beside the prince, her expression full of worry and anxiety. The prince was too seriously injured, and the people in the hospital said that he was weak to recover. Now it is also the end of the road, although the prince has not been favored for so many years, but the queen also knows that the emperor is not completely ruthless to the prince, and now the good man went out to the royal hunt to this incident, Rao is queen has not cared about the affairs of the harem for many years, and she can't help but be angry. Now that the emperor has a dislike for her, he must find out who is behind the scenes. In the queen's opinion, although Xuan Pei is now valued by the emperor, he has no support from his mother's family behind him, and he is young, so he is not very vigilant. It's Xuanli and Xuanhua, Chen Guifei and Concubine De fought with her all their lives, and now these two little ones don't even let go of the prince's life, and one of them must have done it.

Just thinking about it, I heard the eunuch come to report that Jiang Dan had come to see the prince. The queen turned around, Jiang Dan had already greeted her, she looked at the pale prince on the couch, held the queen's hand, and said, "Niangniang, His Royal Highness the prince is auspicious, and he will be safe and sound." In the past few days, the concubines have been praying for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the Buddhist hall in the palace, hoping that he will get better as soon as possible. ”

She looked sincere, and her words were intimate, praying for blessings is easier said than done, especially in this harem with open guns and hidden arrows, the women are eager for the prince to have an accident and give up that position, and where would they think of praying for the prince. When the queen heard this, she had a good impression of Jiang Dan, who has been doing things very properly since she entered the palace, neither inviting pets nor taking credit, and being modest and kind. The queen took her as her own and said, "You have a heart." What is the future of the Great Jin Dynasty, the palace now only hopes that he can recover well, and whoever wants to take the position of the prince can take it. The people of the province are calculated, and even their lives are gone. ”

When the queen said this, she couldn't help but be angry and complaining in her tone, obviously complaining that the emperor took the prince out of the palace and went to the prince but something happened. Jiang Dan was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Don't say that, the queen mother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely be fine." Besides, the person behind the curtain has not been caught yet, and Niangniang will always avenge His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

The queen seemed to be reminded by Jiang Dan's words, and said, "That's right, you're right." The palace wants to avenge the emperor, and whoever harms him like this, the palace will inevitably make him repay it a thousand times and a hundred times. After that, he looked at Jiang Dan and said, "This palace knows that you were also present that day, but did you see anything abnormal?" ”

Jiang Dan was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, as if he remembered something, dodged the queen's gaze, and stammered: "No, no." ”

The queen frowned, Jiang Dan's appearance really had to make people suspicious. She originally just asked casually, because Jiang Dan was also there in the hunting ground that day, but Jiang Dan's reaction in front of her showed that she probably still knew something, and there must be something strange. The queen grabbed Jiang Dan's hand, grabbed her hand very closely, and said eagerly: "You tell this palace quickly, don't be afraid of anything, if something happens, this palace will carry it for you, as long as you tell this palace who wants to kill the prince?" ”

Jiang Dan let her hold her hand, and finally sighed softly and said, "Queen Mother, these things should not be said by the concubines. But since entering the palace, the queen has treated her concubines very well, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is sincere and has no city government, and the concubines have indeed seen some things, and they are also uncomfortable in their hearts, no matter what the result is, the concubines will also admit it. The queen mother, the person who harmed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into such a look is that His Majesty also wants to make him three feet, so he is so unscrupulous. ”

"Who the hell is it?" When the queen heard this, she couldn't bear it, but she felt that her teeth were about to be crushed.

"King Jinying."

King Jin Ying? The queen's expression changed a few times, King Jinying, she was never unfamiliar with this name. From marrying into the royal family to becoming a queen later, and then slowly being snubbed, she finally became a nominal person in the harem. King Jinying's name has always been known to the queen. At the beginning, she watched the accident in Jinying's palace, and thought that the palace would be uprooted, but for some reason, the emperor had a good heart and even spared Xiao Shao's life. Not only that, in future affairs, the emperor even helped Xiao Shao to reuse him many times, and even the Empress Dowager Yide showed a different attitude towards Xiao Shao.

The queen has been in the palace for many years, and she has been a husband and wife with the emperor for so many years, and she is not a fool, so she can naturally understand that there must be some reasons for this. However, she was smart enough not to ask much, and the royal affairs had their own reasons. It's just that now when I hear Jiang Dan say that King Jinying is the culprit of the crown prince, the queen is still a little incredulous. She doesn't dislike Xiao Shao very much, because Xiao Shao has always maintained neutrality in the court, and when all the ministers began to stand in line to announce their departure and Xuanhua, only Xiao Shao faintly revealed that he was on the side of the prince.

Since Xiao Shao is on the side of the prince, how can he make a move against the prince? The queen frowned and said, "How could it be him?" ”

Seeing the doubts in the queen's eyes, Jiang Dan said: "The concubine thinks, the original Jinying Mansion has been following the rules for so many years, and there is indeed no reason to harm His Royal Highness the Prince, but ......" Jiang Dan said this, and stopped talking, and glanced at the prince on the couch. Seeing this, the queen said eagerly: "But what is it, what do you have to say boldly, this palace knows it." If something really happens, in front of the emperor, this palace sect is not completely incompetent. ”

No woman is indifferent to the injury of her child, a queen is a queen, but before that she is first and foremost a mother. She can sit idly by and ignore the jealousy in the harem for so many years, but she can't tolerate her flesh and blood being calculated. really found out the person behind it, he really fought for his life, and the queen also wanted to avenge the prince.

"King Jinying won't, but the concubine knows that Princess Jinying and His Royal Highness the Thirteenth have a very good relationship." Jiang Dan said slowly.

"Hongan?" The queen wondered. Princess Jinying is the lord of Hong'an, and the queen has no special feelings for Jiang Ruan, but the prince even mentioned Jiang Ruan in front of her for the first time, saying that she is an interesting woman. Later, when she went to the Empress Dowager Yide, she also had the opportunity to meet a few times, and she remembered that she was a quiet and gentle woman, and she was born very beautiful, but the frivolity in that beauty was suppressed by the slightest appearance, which is already very rare at this age. It was the queen who couldn't help but look at it a few more times. For Jiang Ruan's feelings, it can be called good.

"Niangniang doesn't know," Jiang Dan sighed at the right time, and said: "She and her concubine are sisters of the same father, she shouldn't have said this, but..." Hey, she has a strong temperament, and she looks deferential on the surface, but in fact, she is the most intolerable. When the first lady died, her father carried Aunt Xia, and the second sister became a concubine, and she was driven to Zhuangzi. Now Niangniang looks, in the Shangshu Mansion, Aunt Xia is dead, the second sister is dead, the third sister is also dead, the second brother has an accident, and now even his father is in prison. If it weren't for the concubine entering the palace, it might have been the end. Now that she is rising, she shouldn't listen to it, His Royal Highness Thirteen and the Lord of Hong'an are not related, how can they have such a close sister-brother relationship? The relationship between these two people is so good, it is really a little unreasonable. ”

The queen frowned tightly and said, "You don't want to play Tai Chi with this palace, just say anything directly." ”

Jiang Dan hurriedly replied and said: "In fact, before setting off in the tent that day, the concubine had seen His Royal Highness the Thirteenth and Princess Jinying talking something in one place, and when the concubine passed by, she was lucky enough to hear the words in [Arrow] [Dense Forest]. When the concubine approached, they stopped talking. At that time, the concubine didn't realize that something was wrong, but now that she thinks about it, she has a lot of doubts, and it is very likely that it is this time. Jiang Dan looked at the queen's face and continued: "Later, when the hunt ended, when everyone returned to the camp on the second day, His Royal Highness the Thirteenth came back with King Jinying and his wife. ”

After listening to all Jiang Dan's words, the queen slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So you think that it was the Thirteenth Prince and King Jinying who caused His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be like this?" ”

"The concubine didn't dare to assert it." Jiang Dan bowed his head and said: "The Jinying Mansion is now powerful, and it is naturally thankless to do such a thing, but if Princess Jinying and His Royal Highness the Thirteenth have a deep relationship with each other, if they want to help His Royal Highness the Thirteenth, it will be very different." You must know that His Royal Highness the Thirteenth is now lifting his weight in the court, to put it mildly, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has three long and two short, and the remaining princes are fighting with each other, but as long as His Royal Highness the Thirteenth has the trump card of Jinying Palace, he will not lose no matter what. ”

The queen lowered her head, Jiang Dan couldn't see her face clearly at the moment, and after a while, the queen raised her head and said, "What you said is true?" ”

Jiang Dan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and his tone was very sincere: "It's true." Today's concubines have the courage to say to the queen's mother, it is really overstepping, but the concubines really can't watch the evildoers go unpunished, His Royal Highness the prince is also the future prince of the Dajin Dynasty, and the concubines can't help but think about the Dajin Dynasty, and let those wolf ambitions continue to harm people with masks. ”

The queen looked at Jiang Dan carefully, and her eyes, which were no longer young, showed an angry and uncontrollable gaze that was not as Jiang Dan thought, but with some scrutiny. Jiang Dan was stunned in his heart, and he regretted that he was too anxious, and said so many words in a while, which inevitably aroused suspicion. It should not be arbitrarily speculated about the royal succession, and it should be reminded in a more tactful way. Jiang Dan was afraid that his thoughts would be seen through by the queen, so he calmly looked at the queen.

"Thank you for your hard work," the queen suddenly said a little tiredly, "You can say these words, this palace thanks you." ”

Jiang Dan looked at the queen's expression carefully, and the stone in her heart fell, revealing a somewhat cramped smile and said: "The queen doesn't blame the concubine for being tongue-in-cheek, the concubine is already very content." ”

"So be it." The queen said: "The palace still wants to stay for a while, Jiang Zhaoyi will leave first if there is nothing to do, and it will not be convenient for the imperial doctor to come over for a while." ”

Jiang Dan hurriedly retreated.

After Jiang Dan left, the personal palace maid beside the queen asked hesitantly: "Did the mother believe Jiang Zhaoyi's words?" ”

The queen's face changed, and her gentle and kind eyes disappeared for a moment, as if she was turning a book, she became extremely cold, she said: "It's just a woman who thinks she is smart, and she actually goes to the palace to get an axe, do you really think that this palace is the short-sighted woman, and she can't be frightened by a few shallow words?" If you want to use this palace to deal with Jinying Palace, you have to see if she has the ability. "The queen has been in the palace for so many years, although she doesn't care about the affairs of the harem, it is true that she has the attitude of the emperor, but on the other hand, it is also because she is not stupid, but she is just clumsy. A Zhaoyi who has not been in the palace for a long time and a lord of the six palaces who have been in the back for many years, the former is only young and beautiful than the latter. The provocative meaning in Jiang Dan's words is too obvious, if there is really such a discovery, why bother to say it now, since he has made up his mind not to say it, why should he show such a look to arouse suspicion.

"Is that lady going to .......?"

"She reminded Hongu." The queen sneered, and the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin on her head shook slightly: "This matter may not be aimed at the prince, since someone has the intention to frame him, he can't get rid of it." The queen glanced at the prince on the couch, the prince's eyes were closed, his lips were pale, thinking that the imperial doctor said that the prince was now at the end of the crossbow, the queen couldn't help but feel sour, and then gritted her teeth and said: "This palace wants to see, who has such a big courage, that is, to fight this life to catch the person behind him, this palace will definitely make him break his body into ten thousand pieces!" ”

……

The emperor snapped the fold in front of him and threw it on the face of the minister below: "Waste! ”

The minister hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, the emperor glanced at him coldly, and finally couldn't suppress his anger and said: "There is no result in this matter within three days, and you, the Dali Siqing, don't have to do it, and you don't have to keep that head!" Get lost! ”

The minister was sweating on his forehead and hurriedly retreated.

The guards brought by the prince were ambushed in the hunting ground and all the troops were wiped out, and now the case is handed over to Dali Siqing, but there is no clue until now. The emperor couldn't help but feel that his chest hurt badly, he was getting older and older, and his body was not as good as in the past, and the country of the Great Jin Dynasty still had to be inherited by young people after all. But look at his sons, the undercurrent between Xuanli and Xuanhua surges, Xuanpei looks good now, but unfortunately his background is too low. If Xiao Shao can take over ....... Thinking of Xiao Shao, the emperor sighed heavily. What the world is chasing is not worth mentioning when it comes to him.

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Jiang Ruan went to the palace and saw the Empress Dowager Yide, and the two of them were a little embarrassed when they talked about the prince's injury. Empress Dowager Yide has always held a fair view of the emperor's son in the palace, as if the grandson is not the grandson, and only looks at these men from a qualified emperor. Although the crown prince was born as the future prince of the Great Jin Dynasty, it is really not satisfactory, but the Empress Dowager Yide sees people's hearts clearly, and the prince is the most direct and straightforward one of these princes now. The prince was recruited this time, and the Empress Dowager Yide will inevitably not be sad. People are old, and they look at the affairs of their children and grandchildren more than in the past, and they may think of the past for many years, and the Empress Dowager Yide has not been very comfortable these days.

Empress Dowager Yide took the opportunity to ask some things about the Jinying Palace, and Jiang Ruan answered them one by one. In the past, she didn't understand why Empress Dowager Yide was so concerned about Xiao Shao, and her attitude was really a little strange, but now she understands it after knowing Xiao Shao's life experience. Thinking about it, the Empress Dowager Yide also has a lot of guilt for Xiao Shao, Prince Hongxi ended up being separated because of the Jin Dynasty, a family of wives who fell into the country, but Xiao Shao had to experience such a great change at a young age. As the emperor's grandson, but he can't recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, he probably doesn't want to admit it, as a mother, as a grandmother, the Empress Dowager Yide must be uncomfortable in her heart.

No wonder when Xiao Shao proposed to marry him, the emperor strongly objected, but the Empress Dowager Yide agreed almost without thinking about it. Maybe it's because of the debt to his eldest son, and Prince Hongxi is like this because of Xiang Xiaoyuan, so for Xiao Shao, he is afraid that he will repeat his father's mistakes. compensate all the guilt for Prince Hongxi on Xiao Shao.

Jiang Ruan talked with the Empress Dowager Yide for a while before getting up to leave. Aunt Yang sent Jiang Ruan to the gate of the palace, and when she saw that there was no one around, she lowered her voice and said, "The Queen Mother has been in a very bad spirit these days. ”

"Are you still worried about the prince's affairs?" Jiang Ruan glanced at the palace gate and said, "Aunt Yang, please comfort the Queen Mother, the prince's affairs will always come to light." As for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he is blessed by the royal dragon energy. ”

Aunt Yang shook her head, as if she was very embarrassed to think about it, and finally couldn't help but grit her teeth, it seemed that she had made an extremely important decision, and said in a low voice: "The county lord can't live there, the queen mother has been very abnormal these days, and after learning about the accident of His Royal Highness the prince a few days ago, she actually took out the court clothes and sword that she wore when the Eight Kings rebelled. Last night, I looked at the map of southern Xinjiang for a long time, and the slave suspected that this matter was related to southern Xinjiang. If the county lord is willing to make it convenient, please tell Prince Xiao about this matter. Xiao Wang Ye can probably help a little. ”

Jiang Ruan stared at her: "Something to do with Xiao Shao?" ”

Aunt Yang was a little nervous and said: "The slave maid has served the queen mother for many years, and the queen mother is tough and neat, and some decisions will not be told to the slave maid." The slave maid always feels that the queen mother is really strange these days, the slave maid has served the queen mother all her life for a living, and begged the county lord to help, and the slave and maid will repay the county lord for being a cow and a horse in the future. ”

Aunt Yang is the aunt next to the Queen Mother in the palace, and she has a bit of face. Even in front of her, a princess, she would not beg so hard. Although she did not know it clearly, it was clear that the stakes were high. Maybe Xiao Shao can help a little, maybe Aunt Yang also knows Xiao Shao's life experience?

Jiang Ruan helped her up and said, "Since I am the county lord, I will not sit idly by and ignore the queen mother, don't worry, I will tell Xiao Shao about this." It's just Aunt Yang, if there is anything wrong with the Queen Mother, please tell me immediately. ”

Aunt Yang looked at Jiang Ruan gratefully and said, "The slave has thanked the county lord." ”

Jiang Ruan frowned, shook his head and left.

After saying goodbye to Aunt Yang, Jiang Ruan came to the royal Buddhist hall. Now that the prince is seriously injured, whether he is acting or not, he always has to have a full score on his face. It is also natural to come to the Buddha Hall to pray for the prince's pillar incense. Jiang Ruanfang walked to the edge of the Buddhist hall, and saw a familiar figure walking out, she groaned, hid aside, and saw Jiang Dan walking away before entering the Buddhist hall.

Master Huijue sits in the center of the Buddha hall, holding a string of prayer beads, meditating with his eyes closed, his hands are solemn, and his whole body is peaceful.

Jiang Ruan stood still in front of him and smiled slightly: "Master, long time no see." ”

Master Huijue opened his eyes suddenly, he hadn't seen Jiang Ruan for a long time. Now that his position as a national teacher is stable, his son's condition has gradually stabilized in those medicinal materials that were smashed out at a high price. The power that he had never thought of was now firmly in his hands, and Master Huijue would also feel that it was just a dream.

In front of Jiang Ruan, Master Huijue would never be on the stand of a national teacher, so he saluted respectfully and said, "Princess." ”

Jiang Ruan is now the princess of Jinying, and she is even a few points more expensive than the name of the former county lord. Master Huijue can see clearly that Jiang Ruan is really not to be underestimated from a concubine who was embarrassed everywhere in Shangshu Mansion to such a beautiful position today. Moreover, her miraculous powers of unpredictable prophets were enough to daunt him.

"I'm just here to pray for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and by the way, I'm just talking to the master about some Dharma, so the master doesn't have to be nervous." Jiang Ruan sat down at the small table on the side, turned against the guest, and reached out to pour himself a cup of tea. smiled and looked at Hui Jue, who was sitting down, and said, "There are a lot of people praying for blessings recently, I looked at Jiang Zhaoyi Fang over." ”

Zhilu Dao Jiang Dan and Jiang Ruan are sisters from Shangshu Mansion, although they don't know what grievances they have. But what Jiang Ruan meant in his words was to ask Jiang Dan for something, and Master Huijue thought for a while before he said: "Jiang Zhaoyi is indeed very diligent, and he has been coming almost every day recently. His Royal Highness Five has also come to Qin recently, and occasionally bumped into him, and the two of them would discuss some scriptures together in the meditation room, both of whom were people who loved Buddha. ”

Although Hui Jue didn't say it clearly, the meaning of that sentence was about the same. Xu felt that it was really ridiculous, and a hint of narrowness flashed in Huijue's eyes.

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly, there are many scandals in the royal family, and the adultery between the concubine and the prince has not been less since ancient times, but Jiang Dan and Xuanhua are inevitably too bold, and they are really in the meditation room. I really thought about it, indeed, the meditation room is a pure place for Buddhism, and ordinary people will not go to the meditation room at all when they pray for blessings. Huijue is a monk, and he will not want to go to a pickled place. It's a pity that Huijue is not a master of the six pure roots, he is a liar who has crawled out of the market, and no one's deception can hide from his eyes.

"Buddhism is a heavy place, and it is really immoral." Jiang Ruan said in a low voice, and when he raised his head again, he already showed a very bright smile: "Master, I want to ask you to do me a favor." ”