September in Beijing is a good time of year.

In the palace of the Son of Heaven, several palace maids talked and laughed and placed chrysanthemums.

"Mother, do you look here?" Concubine An turned her head and asked.

The queen was sitting in front of the couch of the Son of Heaven and was taking the towel from the palace maid to wipe the emperor's face.

"Okay." She said.

"Mother, you haven't even seen it." Concubine An said angrily, while thinking of something, "The concubine also sent it to the Queen Mother, but she actually smashed the concubine's chrysanthemums." ”

"Didn't you say don't disturb the Queen Mother's recuperation?" The queen frowned.

"Niangniang, you let the concubine manage the harem, how can the concubine neglect the queen mother." Concubine An said with a smile.

How can Jinyi endure the night walk, she is now the eldest in the harem, so she naturally has to enjoy it.

Footsteps were heard outside the door.

"Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down." The chamberlain said.

Concubine An hurriedly gave a salute and retreated, and went out from the side hall.

Fang Bocong walked into the hall and respectfully saluted the queen and the emperor.

The queen looked at Fang Bocong with a smile.

"The Great Dynasty has dispersed?" She asked, "Do you want to come here to discuss politics?" ”

Fang Bocong nodded.

"Wait a while, just wait for the palace to feed His Majesty with medicine." The queen said, sitting down.

"Come on, boy." Fang Bocong said.

"You go to dinner first, and the filial piety is not here or twice." The queen said, and smiled again, "What's more, if you want to enter the filial piety of your son, this palace will also fulfill your duty as a wife." ”

Fang Bocong responded with a smile, Shi Li went to the other side, and asked the attendants to pass the meal.

"The courtiers sent some soup. It's cool. They all stood early in the morning. Let them warm up too. He said.

The attendants were busy.

"It is said that the prince has a bad temper." The queen smiled and said to the chamberlain beside her, "But the prince is obviously very kind-hearted. ”

The attendants laughed and responded with laughter.

"When there are old ministers in the court to deal with it, the prince will give him a seat." They said, "It's all a portrait of His Majesty's generosity and kindness." ”

Those emperors and empresses who said that the crown prince had the legacy of Taizu were naturally unwilling to listen to it.

The Empress turned her head to look at the Emperor.

"His Majesty has liked him since he was a child, and he personally took him to deal with court affairs, although the prince was not born to His Majesty, but he grew up beside His Majesty, and he was exposed to it. Nature like Majesty. She said with a smile.

The attendants responded and watched the queen take the decoction handed by the palace maid, so they stepped forward to help the emperor and took the crane beak pot.

"Niangniang, Princess Xiu hasn't left yet." The chamberlain whispered.

Prince Xuanwen's funeral has ended, and the clans have left Beijing, only Princess Xiu said that she was sick and stayed in the capital to recuperate.

"It's been raising this for almost a month." The chamberlain said.

The queen stirred the decoction slowly.

"She'll be fine even if she raises it for a year." She said, "Prince Xuanwen is gone. ”

Prince Xuanwen is not here, what does it have to do with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Xiu? The chamberlain was puzzled.

"When Prince Xuanwen had an accident, Prince Wei smashed a room full of gifts. Have you forgotten? The queen said.

The attendants thought about it before they remembered that they really didn't pay attention to that kind of trivial matter.

"Prince Wei doesn't want to remember the past. Naturally, I don't want to see those who used to be. The queen said, blowing the decoction gently, "If anyone has to force the prince to think about it, then he can't complain about the prince's bad temper." ”

Whether others are happy or not, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't care much, anyway, he will definitely not let himself be unhappy.

The attendants all laughed when they understood.

"Actually, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very affectionate." One of the chamberlains said.

The queen nodded and looked at the emperor, and the attendants were busy supporting the emperor and watching the queen feed the medicine.

Although the emperor could swallow, he could not take care of himself because of a coma, and it was very laborious to feed the medicine, and it took a small bowl of soup to finish it with a cup of tea.

"Niangniang has worked hard, just come to these slaves and maids." The chamberlain said, looking at the queen wiping her sweat with a handkerchief.

The empress smiled and wiped the corners of the emperor's mouth.

"It doesn't matter who does it, it's just that this intention is different." She said.

"Now the mother has this heart." The chamberlain sighed.

"Not really." The queen said, "It's because Your Majesty has received too many hearts before. ”

She said, standing up.

"Okay, don't delay the court."

The queen walked out of the palace of the Son of Heaven and looked back at the courtiers rushing in.

Concubine An waited on the side to greet her, and personally supported the queen forward.

"Niangniang, do you say that Your Majesty can hear it?" She said suddenly.

Except for the great court meeting, the Son of Heaven could not go, and the princes of other times insisted on staying in the Son of Heaven's dormitory, and even the review of the recitals was here, and each recital was read to the Son of Heaven.

The outside world praised the prince's pure filial piety, but at the same time, there were many ridicules in private.

There are such arguments as cowardice, fame, and cunning.

"Sometimes people don't do things for anyone to listen to, for anyone to see." The queen said.

"What's that for?" Concubine An asked.

It is normal for women to please themselves.

"Nothing." The queen said.

How can it be!

Concubine An said in her heart, of course she didn't dare to say it, she was not a fool.

When you think of a fool, you think of something.

"Niangniang, have you been to see the crown princess?" She asked in a low voice.

The Queen's footsteps paused slightly.

Since the palace change, Cheng Jianniang has never appeared again, from the palace of Jin'an County to the prince's mansion, she has been hiding in the inner house, and the news that the princess is sick has gradually come out.

said that the crown princess was sick, but there was never a doctor to diagnose and treat her, because of the identity of the divine doctor, the rumors became more and more outrageous.

The queen was more sure in her heart that it was because of the injury of the palace that day, but she didn't expect the injury to be so serious.

She offered to visit the crown princess, but the prince politely refused.

I don't know what happened.

In the afternoon, the quiet East Palace became lively, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, and the maids in the courtyard bowed their heads one after another.

"His Royal Highness the Prince."

Fang Bocong walked quickly with his hands in his hands. The maid at the door opened the door. The maids in the room went into the clean room with them. After washing and changing clothes, he took off the prince's dress, changed into a moon-white homely robe, and did not tie the belt, pulled the crown with a wooden hairpin, and walked out loosely.

"What did you eat today?" He asked.

Two maids in the inner room were busy giving gifts.

"If you go back to Your Highness, Your Royal Highness the Crown Princess has eaten a bowl of ginseng porridge." One said.

"After eating, I waited for the princess to walk in the garden for a quarter of an hour." Another said.

"When I came back, I drank the tea soup prepared by Mrs. Li." The first one continued, "Take a break." ”

"I just read a book to the crown princess." The other continued.

A maid came in from outside, holding a cup.

"Your Highness. The pear juice used by the crown princess is ready. She said.

Fang Bocong nodded and stretched out his hand.

The maid hurriedly bent over and handed it over.

The two maids helped Cheng Jiaoniang on the couch to sit up, cushioned the backrest, and bowed her head and retreated.

Fang Bocong sat cross-legged on the couch and carefully and slowly fed the pear juice in the soup cup to Cheng Jianniang.

"Cool and delicious? Or is it hot and delicious? He said, holding her chin with one hand and helping her mouth to close, but the juice still flowed out of Rao, and he picked up the handkerchief and wiped it.

Feed the soup and help the throat. Wipe almost instantaneously at the same time. But it was done smoothly, and there was no flustering wolf bèi.

"I've tasted it all, and I think it's cold and delicious." He continued, "But who knows about you. ”

He said and looked at Cheng Jianniang.

"You weird person."

Raise your hand and slowly feed again, repeating the stroke.

"Imperial Doctor Li has already arrived in Shonan, but I don't know if I can find what I'm looking for." When he said this, he sighed again, "If I don't ask you, you won't tell me these things, you see, how troublesome it is now, I can't find a place to look for it, and I don't know where to ask." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and poked Cheng Jianniang's forehead.

"You really do what you say, and you just close your eyes and throw away these things and don't care about anything, aren't you just bullying me as an honest man?"

The muttering in the listening room seemed to be very lively, but there was only one voice that always spoke, and the maids outside the door couldn't help but glance at each other.

"In the past, His Royal Highness and Prince Xuanwen were together, and that's it." A maid whispered.

In the past, he was like this with Prince Xuanwen, saying his own words, and the other party couldn't hear, understand, or respond at all.

Prince Xuanwen is gone, and the crown princess has become like this again.

"Your Highness is really pitiful." A maid muttered.

Originally, I didn't think anything of it, but when I heard the maid say a pitiful word, the maids present were stunned, and then they felt stuffy when they heard the sound of talking in the room.

A person's self-amusement and self-talk are quite pitiful.

The voice of the inner voice gradually became quieter, and the maid outside looked through the bead curtain and saw Bo Cong lying on his side above the couch, sleeping with one hand on Cheng Jianniang's body.

The maids hurriedly bowed their heads and retreated lightly, closed the door, and the courtyard was quiet again.

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A lamp is lit, illuminating the pavilions and pavilions brightly, and there is a chrysanthemum dazzling in the meantime.

"Look over there." Fang Bocong said, stretching out his hand and pointing into the distance, "That's a tribute, there are only three basins, Your Majesty left one pot there, and the rest of the queens have sent it." ”

He turned his head as he spoke, looking at Cheng Jianniang on the soft sedan chair carried by four attendants on the side.

"The queen said she wanted you to see the painting."

Walking with his feet up, he strolled along the path full of chrysanthemums, and the attendants followed with soft sedan chairs.

"It turns out that your handwriting is good, your drawing is better, Zhou Zhen, this bastard doesn't want anything, so he took a scroll from home."

He smiled back as he spoke.

"Lonely, don't give it to him, get angry with him."

The woman wrapped in a bright red cloak on the soft sedan chair looked quiet, and the night breeze of late autumn blew, and the hood fluttered to cover her face.

Fang Bocong stretched out his hand and stroked it away, and straightened the hood.

"I'm busy these days, and I won't have time to accompany you until today, I know you don't care, who makes me care."

Gonggong Jing, who was standing on the side of the road and watching this, frowned slightly, and a waiter on the side sighed.

"Your Excellency." He whispered, "It's not good to go on like this." ”

Obviously, the crown princess is not a normal person, but His Royal Highness treats normal people like normal people, sleeping together at night, eating together, and even taking the princess with him for morning exercises, he pulls a bow and shoots arrows in the school field, and the princess's soft sedan chair is on the side, not to mention talking anytime and anywhere.

Those of them who follow them are sometimes creepy to watch.

"At least it's time for some newcomers to the Prince's Mansion." The chamberlain continued, "Your Highness has no one around you to serve you, and Your Highness is not young..."

Gonggong Jing turned his head to look at him.

"Who told you that?" He asked.

The chamberlain was stunned.

"Nobody." He said, "I think for myself, my lord, I have also followed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for so many years, and I have no other thoughts. ”

Gong Jing nodded.

"That's good, you have to die yourself, don't drag others down." He said.

The waiter was stunned, and suddenly panicked, and raised his hand to hit himself in the face.

Gonggong Jing stopped looking at him, and saw that Fang Bocong and Cheng Jianniang's sedan chair had turned back, and hurriedly greeted him.

The chamberlain bowed his head to the side, and waited for the group to go to the dormitory before raising his head again.

"But it's a matter of time." He muttered, "Your Majesty passed because of the difficulty of the heir, doesn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think about the heir?" If you don't think about it now, what about when you become emperor in the future? ”

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The night at the end of September was already chilly, the north wind was howling, and the lights in the Son of Heaven's bedroom were shaking.

The queen in the side hall had already changed into a profane dress and was reading under the lamp, and when she heard the wind, she raised her head.

"Can you add a futon over there?" She asked, "The Imperial Doctor said that people who have been sick for a long time can't stand the cold. ”

The voice of the waiter outside the door is.

"It's been added." He said.

The queen lowered her head and continued to read.

"Mother." There was a hurried sound outside the door.

The Empress looked up.

Seeing that it was the waiter who was waiting over there, the waiter under the lamp looked panicked.

The queen chuckled in her heart and stood up sharply.

"What's wrong with Majesty?" She asked.

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The gentle knock on the door was particularly harsh in the night, and Fang Bocong, who was lying on the couch, got up suddenly.

The night light in the room was dim, and there were two more sounds outside the door.

"Your Highness, Your Highness." With a low call.

"What's the matter?" Fang Bocong asked, reaching out and tucking the futon that he had brought up because of the slamming up.

Inside, under the dim night light, Cheng Jiaoniang still sleeps peacefully.

The door was opened, and Gong Jing hurried in.

"Your Highness, the queen asked, can you enter the palace conveniently?" He whispered.

Fang Bocong's complexion changed slightly.

It's not to pass into the palace, but to ask Ke Ke to enter the palace.

The palace is naturally not something that can be entered casually, but if you want to enter the palace, I won't ask you if it is convenient or not.

Something must have been inconvenient in the palace.

Emperor Majesty.

Fang Bocong immediately thought of it, and he got up and got out of bed.

"Your Highness." Jing Gong called out openly, with a little reminder.

Although according to common sense, the prince should go immediately if the prince has something, but as the successor prince, it is still a little different, not to mention that Fang Bocong led troops into the city and blew up the palace city when the Prince Xuanwen incident occurred, and now there are many private rumors.

If something happens to the Son of Heaven, he is also by his side, I am afraid that there will be more unbearable rumors.

This is also the reason why the queen came to ask quietly.

If the prince is not around, something happens to the Son of Heaven, although there may still be rumors, but in the end there is no root and nothingness.

Fang Bocong's footsteps did not stop.

"Changing clothes, preparing the car." He said.

We are not afraid of what others say.

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I wanted to finish the big chapter in one go, but I didn't want everyone to wait, and I still couldn't finish writing and writing, so I'll write and change it, and there will be a change in the evening. (To be continued......)