In the palace. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Some ministers came and went in Yanqing Palace one after another, and all of them asked to see the prince, and after seeing the prince, they came out in a hurry, with a heavy look on their faces.

Ye Sang stood under the corridor not far from the prince's study, and stood for a while, until he saw another minister hurriedly coming in from outside and asking to see the prince, and then turned around and went back to the prince's bedroom.

The crown princess was sitting on the couch feeding Xiao Changzong, but her face looked a little absent-minded.

Seeing Ye Sang come in, the crown princess beckoned to the nurse and asked the nurse to hug Xiao Changzong.

After Ye Sang saluted her, he then walked to her side and whispered to the crown princess: "Your Highness, a total of more than a dozen adults have come today, and even a few Shangshu adults have come to find His Royal Highness the Prince, and they are in a hurry, it is indeed like the mother guessed, there should be something big happening." ”

The crown princess frowned when she heard this, after the emperor left Beijing with the queen, the prince supervised the country, although there are often ministers who come to see the prince to discuss court affairs on weekdays, but the ministers of the past two days have come too often and too much, and the princess has to feel that something is wrong.

The crown princess asked, "Zhao Rin, has Lord Zhao also come to His Royal Highness today?" ”

The prince has always trusted Zhao Rin, and Zhao Rin has always been stable, everything can be Taishan without collapsing, if even Zhao Rin can't help but come to the prince, it means that this is really not a trivial matter.

Ye Sang nodded and replied to her, "Lord Zhao has come to see His Royal Highness in the past few days, and sometimes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has taken the initiative to summon Lord Zhao. ”

The crown princess frowned more and more when she heard this, panicked, and always felt that something was about to happen.

At this time, someone from the palace came in to report and said to the crown princess: "Niangniang, His Royal Highness the prince has gone out, saying that he will not come back tonight." ”

The crown princess nodded, and then let him go down.

The crown princess sat on the chair and pondered for a while, and then said to Ye Sang: "You go to Cui's house and invite your mother or brother into the palace." ”

She couldn't guess in Yanqing Palace, her mother and brother were outside the palace, and she might be able to hear some news.

Ye Sang didn't have time to say yes, but at this time, someone from the palace came in and said, "Your Highness, Mrs. Cui handed a sign outside the palace and asked to see you." ”

The crown princess raised her eyes when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "Go quickly, go and invite her into Yanqing Palace." ”

Miyato said yes and went out.

Mrs. Cui came quickly, and when she came in, she was also in a hurry, her brows were condensed and her face was heavy.

After Mrs. Cui came in, she saluted slightly, and the crown princess hurriedly took her hand and sat down, and called: "Mother", just wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Mrs. Cui with a "Your Highness".

Mrs. Cui looked left and right at the people who were waiting, and the crown princess understood, and signaled to Ye Sang.

Ye Sang bent his knees to her, then beckoned to take all the people who were waiting in the house out, closed the door, let the palace people go away, and then guarded the door himself.

As soon as the palace went out, Mrs. Cui couldn't wait to look at the crown princess and said, "Your Highness, you are in the palace, have you heard any news from His Royal Highness the crown prince?" ”

The crown princess said, "Mother, I was just about to invite you over to ask you." I always feel that something is wrong these days, the ministers are coming to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince one after another, is something going on? ”

Madame Cui asked, "You really haven't heard anything from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" ”

The crown princess said: "I only know that my father and mother should have arrived in the capital at this time, but my father said that he wanted to play in Baoding for a few more days, so the royal car stayed in Baoding." ”

Mrs. Cui glanced at her daughter a few times, and after making sure that her daughter was not lying, she sighed slightly and said to the crown princess: "Your Royal Highness's brother heard some news in private, saying that the imperial driver stayed in Baoding, not that the emperor wanted to stay in Baoding for a few days, but that the imperial driver was assassinated." ”

The crown princess was shocked when she heard this, her body moved, and her hand accidentally brushed the tea bowl on the small table, and the tea in the tea bowl rippled a few times, almost knocking the tea bowl over.

After a long while, the crown princess recovered from the shock, and then spoke: "It can't be that my brother heard it wrong, right?" ”

Mrs. Cui said: "That's why the courtiers came here to ask His Highness if he had heard any news from His Royal Highness the Prince." As he spoke, he looked at the crown princess seriously and solemnly, and said, "You really didn't hear anything?" If you know something, you can't hide it from us, the assassination of the emperor is not a trivial matter, especially to the crown prince. ”

The crown princess shook her head and said, "No, the prince didn't tell me anything." The prince has also been very busy these days, and he hasn't even entered the backyard for several days. ”

The crown princess then thought of something, her eyes widened again, and then she took Mrs. Cui's hand and asked with some eagerness, "Is the father injured?" ”

Mrs. Cui shook her head and said: "I can't inquire about this, now the imperial car is staying in the palace in Baoding, surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and no one can see the emperor." Saying that, he sighed again, and continued: "The courtiers heard that the imperial driver had been assassinated when he was in Taiyuan, and hundreds of people disguised themselves as bandits to intercept the imperial driver on the way, but that time it was not successful, so the emperor did not make a noise. Then just after Dingzhou, there was another assassination, and this time the assassination caused the royal car to stop in Baoding Mansion. Privately speculated that the emperor should have been injured, otherwise he should continue the return journey directly to the capital as he did last time, instead of stopping in Baoding. ”

The crown princess thought that something was wrong with the constant ministers coming to the crown prince these days, and became more and more convinced that the emperor's assassination was true.

But then the crown princess said with some doubts: "If my father is really injured, the imperial doctor in the capital should be summoned to Baoding, but I have not heard that any imperial doctor has been called to Baoding Mansion during this time......"

As soon as she said this, she suddenly thought of something, and her face suddenly rose in shock, and said: "No, five days ago, Imperial Doctor Li and Imperial Doctor Hong invariably took a long vacation, one said that he wanted to go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and the other said that he was going back to his hometown to buy Shoutian." These two imperial doctors, plus Imperial Doctor Zhang and Imperial Doctor Lu, who went out on patrol with the imperial car, these imperial doctors are the most skilled imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital, and Zhang Jinkui, the apprentice of Imperial Doctor Zhang, has not seen his shadow for several days......"

The crown princess listened, and leaned back in her chair at once.

Mrs. Cui said: "It seems that the emperor was assassinated and injured, and it should be eight or nine years old." ”

The crown princess suddenly murmured: "Who do you say would dare to be so bold and assassinate my father?" ”

And at this time, a crazy idea suddenly arose in the crown princess's mind. If...... Isn't it......

As if she had seen through what the crown princess was thinking, Mrs. Cui looked at the crown princess and said, "The assassination of the emperor is not a good thing for the prince's situation. The emperor was assassinated, and who has the courage and ability to assassinate the emperor, who will be the first thing outsiders think of? ”

The crazy thought in the princess's heart was suddenly stopped, and after saying Mrs. Cui's words and thinking about it, her face began to get anxious, she reached out to hold Mrs. Cui's arm, and shouted: "Mother......"

If the emperor is assassinated, who will benefit the most?

King Hui, who used to compete with the crown prince for the throne, was succeeded, and King Hui at this time absolutely did not want the emperor to die, on the contrary, he now hopes that the emperor will live as long as possible, so that he will have the opportunity to turn things around. The third prince was a half-fool and could not inherit the throne. The four princes and the five princes are still young, and they are all the sons of concubines, and the youngest sixth prince is the second son of the concubine, who has the opportunity to inherit the throne, but this time he went on patrol with the emperor, and it is unknown whether the assassination hurt him.

Only the crown prince, if the emperor is assassinated now, as she just thought, the crown prince can inherit the throne by virtue of his status as a prince.

The assassination of the emperor is only good for the crown prince.

If the emperor really ...... That's fine, the crown prince can ascend the throne in advance, even if others say a few words, they can't change the facts.

But if the emperor is only slightly injured or not injured at all, others will think like this, and it is hard to guarantee that the emperor will not think the same way, and then the emperor will only have a problem with the prince, which is extremely unfavorable to the prince......

But will the crown prince really assassinate the emperor? No matter how much the crown princess thinks about it, she doesn't think that the prince would do such a thing.

The crown prince didn't seem to be close to the emperor, but he actually respected the emperor as a father very much. But if she can think like this, will the emperor and outsiders think like this...... (To be continued.) )