==Chapter 170==

"Your Highness, the slave maid should go in and have a look." Fu Tai Road.

Mu Yuanzhang glanced at him, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

What Futai was thinking, he knew it in his heart, but he felt that it was more secure for someone with his own to look at.

Since he resigned from the crown prince's position, his surroundings have been cleared, but he knows that there are still people who are puzzled. Especially a few henchmen around him, they were very puzzled why Ruan Ling'er was pregnant, and he still had to ask the saint to resign as the crown prince, as long as Ruan Ling'er could give birth to a prince, it was not impossible to do a big thing.

But Mu Yuanzhang can see it more clearly, he is still breathing, his father's dragon body is not safe, even if he can seal an imperial grandson, what can he do, even if the imperial grandson can ascend the throne safely, what can he do. The lord is weak and the minister is strong, it is inevitable that he will have the dictatorship of his relatives, Ruan Chengmao is in the prime of life and is forced to retire, can he be willing? There are also adult princes such as King Cheng and King Zhao on the sidelines.

There is also the king of Chu, who has a lot of plans. By now, Mu Yuanzhang has gradually become unable to see this imperial brother clearly, he only knows one thing, the other party will not take the initiative to deal with him, but the premise is that he must be interesting enough.

So after the prince weighed it several times, he did something very interestingly, and he believed that the king of Chu would definitely understand his thoughts. He didn't ask for much, but he wanted to be stable for the rest of his life, and the king of Chu was the best candidate. At least he was the only one of the princes who didn't look forward to his death day and night.

Especially Ruan Ling'er has not yet given birth, who can know if it is a man or a woman, if it is a daughter? If you really wait for the child to be secretly born and confirm that it is a man and a woman, and then do these things yourself, I am afraid that the so-called kindness will be greatly reduced.

There is no father and son in the heavenly family, and there are no brothers in the heavenly family, and now it is no longer what it was then, and he must come up with enough chips to represent his sincerity.

Seeing that His Highness was distracted, Futai didn't speak, so he had the courage to ask again: "Your Highness, if you don't go in and have a look?" ”

Mu Yuanzhang looked at him for a long time, and then he sighed in his heart and nodded.

As soon as Futai got permission, he didn't care about what the delivery room couldn't break into, even if he pushed the door in. There seemed to be a whisper from inside, and only the woman's moans of pain remained.

The night is still very long.

*

At the same time, Mu Jinting stood under the corridor in the front hall of Zichen Palace, looking at the dark night sky attentively.

The sound of fighting in the distance was very close to here, and it seemed to be far away.

Things have been arranged a long time ago, so he is not worried that it will get out of control, and the reason why he will be suspicious in front of Emperor Chengyuan is just as the other party said, it is for the military power in his hands.

Mu Jinting had to be like this, he had endured Zhao Wang Cheng for a long time, and if he could have a solution once and for all, he would naturally not let it go. And the power is still in his own hands, he wants the power of the court and politics, and he also wants the power of the army, with these, he has something to rely on, and he no longer has to worry about what the moody Emperor Chengyuan will have other ideas.

Especially Penglai Mountain, where it is about to be born.

This is also the main reason why Mu Jinting made up his mind to arrange this play, he is grateful to Mu Yuanzhang for his kindness, and even more grateful to the other party for his knowledge, but he does not allow things to change. If Ruan Ling'er gave birth to a daughter, it's okay, if it's a son? The son of the first prince, this alone is enough to make many scheming people move their minds that they shouldn't have, not to mention that there is still a Chengyuan Emperor on top of his head, so in order not to make extraneous branches, he must get military power.

As long as he can get the military power, all the people will stop thinking about it. Everyone is a smart person, and they should know how to choose what is best for them.

"Is it born over there?"

Chang Shun, who was hidden in the shadows, took two steps forward and came to Mu Jinting's side: "If you go back to Your Highness, you haven't yet." ”

Mu Jinting nodded and did not speak.

Chang Shun hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, don't you need to ......?"

Before he finished speaking, Mu Jinting interrupted him: "No, it doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman now." ”

……

At the same time, Mu Yuanzhang was thinking about this problem, let him think about it, he hoped to be a daughter.

In fact, it is very good to be a daughter, she will definitely be as docile and kind as her mother, and he will give her peace and joy for a lifetime, instead of being ill-fated like himself.

I don't know when, the sky is white, and the noise in the distance seems to have stopped at some point.

Suddenly there was a baby's cry in the room, and Futai hurriedly pushed the door out.

"Raw?" Mu Yuanzhang asked.

Futai nodded, his face was sad and joyful: "It's born, mother and daughter are safe." Congratulations to Your Highness, you have won a little county lord. ”

Mu Yuanzhang bowed his head slightly, and a smile bloomed on his face.

That's it, good.

*

Sun Yi should be glad that he listened to the words of the crown princess.

He thought that this night would not be easy, but he never imagined that the shape would be so severe.

The rebels seem to be on the same page as the palace, and they are constantly sending people here, but it is only a small mansion, but the other party has taken out the posture of siege warfare, even using ladder archers and the like, and even sending dead soldiers to infiltrate the chaos.

At the beginning of the beginning, the palace was unprepared, and was caught off guard, with heavy casualties. In desperation, Xing Yi could only order to shrink the defense circle, retreat to the second layer of defense circle arranged before, mainly the front courtyard and the main courtyard, and use the high courtyard wall to confront the other party.

At this time, those subordinates in the palace came in handy, boiling oil and boiling water, and pouring buckets and buckets out, causing huge casualties to the other party.

In the end, the shape shì became more and more nervous, and the opponent's dog jumped under the wall in a hurry, and even used the fire attack. The palace was in chaos at that time, and in the end, even these subordinates who didn't know martial arts were on it, one person couldn't beat it, just two, two people couldn't beat it, so they went to a group, and in the end they dragged the reinforcements to come.

At dawn, after a night of fighting, the Chu Palace, under the light of the morning light, looked particularly bleak.

The eyes were full of devastation, splashes of blood, miserable corpses, trampled flowers and plants, water and oil stains on the ground, dilapidated houses, and even some houses were burned down and smoked. There was a strange smell in the air, a scorched smell mixed with blood and other smells, which made people want to gag when they smelled it.

The people of the palace walked back and forth, their steps hurriedly, and they described it as a mess, some of their faces were pitch black, as if they had been smoked, and some of their faces were mottled with blood, and their clothes were in tatters, but all of them were filled with a mixture of joy and unspeakable joy and sorrow for the rest of their lives.

"Everyone work hard, clean up the front yard first, maybe His Highness will return to the house later, and I won't stain His Highness's eyes." One of the chamberlains shouted at a high pitch.

Someone joked with a smile: "You hurry up and save some energy, I've heard you shout all night, and my throat doesn't hurt." ”

The chamberlain glanced at the other party, but it was rare that he didn't get angry, but just scolded: "Go, go, our family can still shout twice, and I don't know who was so scared that he almost peed his pants last night." ”

The person who was ridiculed turned red, and his face was relatively thick-skinned, and he said with a smile: "This is not the first time I have seen this kind of scene, and it is natural to be scared, and in the end, we killed our two grandsons, which can be regarded as washing away the previous humiliation." ”

The waiter pushed him: "Okay, okay, hurry up and get to work, who is playing tricks with you, know that you can do it!" ”

It can really be done, and if it doesn't work, it has to be done, and when that happens, no one wants to die, everyone wants to live. The man muttered in his mouth, but a sadness came to his heart, he survived, but Xiao Anzi, who was in the same room, died.

The man's eyes turned red and his expression darkened.

The waiter thought that what he said made the other party sad, and it made people cry, and he couldn't help but say anxiously: "I didn't say anything about you!" ”

"It's okay, I remembered Xiao Anzi, we were still talking and laughing together before last night."

The chamberlain patted him on the shoulder and sighed: "Okay, don't think about it, it is said that there are more people who died in the palace, and in the end, we are lucky to survive." ”

yes, I was lucky to survive.

……

yes, it's finally over.

Jiu Niang stood under the porch, looking at the courtyard outside, the early morning sun was shining with a pale golden light, and she couldn't help but squint and stretch out her hand to block it.

There was a sound of footsteps, Jiu Niang raised her eyes and looked out, and saw Mu Jinting wearing a black cloak, walking in in a hurry with someone.

Her eyes suddenly felt a little sour, and she quietly watched him walk towards her.

He lifted the hem of his robe slightly, stepped up the steps, and stepped forward to hold her hand.

"Are you alright?"

Jiuniang nodded and smiled: "I'm fine, and my son is also fine." ”

Mu Jinting was silent for a moment, and apologized: "It's also that Gu didn't think it through, I didn't expect them to start such a big battle in the mansion." ”

"It's okay, Your Highness has arranged it very well." Even if the palace will be lost in the end, there will be people who will protect them and their mothers to escape.

Jiu Niang thought of the palace side, she originally thought that he didn't come back so soon, after all, there was still a mess over there that hadn't been cleaned up.

"Over there in the palace?"

"There's nothing going on in the palace, I'm leaving soon, I'm coming back to the house, I just want to see you."

"Your Highness, don't worry, my son and I are fine."

Mu Jinting nodded and squeezed Jiu Niang's hand: "Take care of yourself, take care of the child in your belly, I will come back to pick you up soon." ”

"Hmm."

*

In the thirtieth year of Chengyuan, summer.

King Zhao and King Cheng united with various rebels to force the palace to make trouble, but it was a pity that it failed. Emperor Chengyuan's thunderous means ordered Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation with the Criminal Department, so countless high-ranking families in Chang'an City were implicated, and many noble officials were dismissed.

Among them, King Zhao, King Cheng, and Princess Changping were demoted to concubines, exiled to Youzhou, and never returned to Chang'an. The squire of the military department Cao Yan was full of copied and beheaded, and the rest of the accomplices were all copying their homes, those who were imprisoned were sent to prison, and those who were exiled were exiled. For a time, Chang'an City was in turmoil, and everyone was in danger.

From the news that King Cheng was defeated and captured, the Xiao family entered a state of rumors. It's not that they haven't thought about escaping, but the Anguo Mansion has long been surrounded by people.

The atmosphere in the house was very tense, the men were all full of solemnity, the old and weak women and children cried from time to time, and the people below were all panicked. They are not afraid, for it is a capital offense to commit rebellion, and an unforgivable capital offense.

But now I know that I'm afraid, why did I go earlier?

"We don't know what's going on, why are we even involved!" Mrs. Liu, the fourth room, cried.

Just because your surname is Xiao, just because you have survived under the big tree of the Xiao family for many years!

The wife of the third room, Ma, also has this kind of thought, they are concubines in both rooms, and they usually do not participate in this kind of major affairs in the court. San Lang Jun Xiao Mian Shilang Jun Xiao Qi, one takes care of the affairs under the name of the house, and the other takes care of the business outside, although the two of them have the name of Xiao Jialangjun, they are actually not valued in the house, and their status is only a little higher than that of the side branches of the outer eight rooms.

Before the light is touched, there is a danger of losing the head, and it is no wonder that the three rooms and the four rooms will complain and shirk their responsibilities.

"We don't care about the two rooms, if we really get to prison, we will tell the truth. King Cheng and Queen Xiao conspired to rebel, but we didn't know about it at all, it was all about the old lady and the second room of the big house. ”

Now that he is only confined in the mansion, before the time to settle accounts after the autumn, the Xiao family will be in chaos first.

"Go and ask the fifth uncle!" It was said.

It's as if you've caught the last straw rope.

"Please ask the fifth uncle to beg Jiuniang, Jiuniang is the crown princess, and she will definitely not let her father go. Her surname is Xiao, how can the crown princess be in a family that has been accused of rebellion! ”

There are not a few Xiao family members who have this kind of thought, and Xiao Hang was found.

After listening to Daddy and Auntie and several brothers and sisters-in-law, Xiao Hang fell silent.

Jiuniang? His daughter?

Over the years, he has ignored his family, and even rarely asked about his own children's affairs, he has been living a little muddy, and now he is even asked to find a daughter who has never been close to him to intercede.

But Xiao Hang can't say anything to refuse, it doesn't matter if he lives or not, but there are so many old and weak women and children in the family, especially his father and mother, who are not young.

Xiao Hang looked at Duke An Guo and Duchess An Guo, who had gray hair overnight, and was a little distressed.

"Dad, mother, why are you so confused!"

Isn't that confused?

Although the Xiao family did not reach the extreme of glory, they were also one of the prestigious top families in Chang'an City.

But if you can really be so enlightened, there will not be so many people in this world who make all kinds of mistakes. It didn't happen, and no one knew how it would end, and the Xiao family only thought about how they would glorify if they succeeded, how they would be glorious, how they would step on who and whom, the Son of Heaven's foreign family, all of them were glorious, what a glorious glory!

It's a pity that after waking up from the dream, I was faced with a situation where the building was about to collapse.

An Guogong aged by more than ten years overnight, he was already old, and now his face is even more wrinkled. Looking closely, the dense spots of old age spots were densely covered with his exposed skin, adding a smell of decay.

"Gorou, now the family can only rely on you."

"yes, Goro." Duchess An Guo cried.

She is no better than An Guogong, and her reserved dignity has long ceased to exist, and she has been replaced by a hasty face. This noblewoman, who has been rich for too long, seems to have been beaten back to her original form overnight, and even if she is dressed in gorgeous clothes, she can't hide her wolf bèi like a lost dog.

Xiao Hang was very distressed when he looked at such a father, he was the most favored son of his father and mother since he was a child, except for marrying the lord of Chaoxia at the beginning, there was nothing sorry for him in the family.

"Even if the child wants to, can he go out now?"

Now the Anguo Mansion has long been surrounded by officers and soldiers, and if you want to know some news from the outside, you can only take the silver to please and buy it, so you can know a little. The Xiao family's current knowledge of the outside situation is like this, and they are not blind.

"It's okay, we can buy it with silver, those people are greedy for money, let's throw more silver into it, and see if we can bring a few words to the princess."

After discussing it, Duchess An Guo ordered Aunt Hu to do it.

The soldiers guarding the door saw Aunt Hu coming towards this side from a distance, glanced at the people around her, and said with a smile: "The person who sent the silver is here again." ”

"These high-ranking families have so much money that they can't spend all their money, so let's help them spend it."

"I don't know when the Xiao family will come down about the disposal of the Xiao family, if we can make a deal of copying the family, then it will be sent."

"Just you, kid? Let's wash up and go to sleep. ”

Seeing people approaching, several people hurriedly silenced.

A black-faced soldier rebuked with a straight face, "Who told you to come here?" Hurry up and give me back! ”

Aunt Hu's usually steady and self-controlled face was full of flattering smiles at this time, and her waist bent down unconsciously. She has served by the side of Duchess An Guo for many years, and even several gentlemen in the palace have respected her, except for Duke An Guo and Duchess An Guo, she has not made such a appearance in front of people for a long time.

Especially for a few low-status soldiers, so the smile on her face was extremely stiff. However, she hadn't forgotten her task, and took out a few ingots of silver from her sleeve and stuffed them into the hands of several people.

"The old woman has some things that she would like to ask you for, and please be accommodating."

Several soldiers weighed the weight of the silver in their hands, showed a satisfied smile, several people looked at each other, and one of them spoke: "Look at your poor old woman, you can talk about it, but where our duty lies, let's talk about it first, there are some things we can't do." ”

"I won't embarrass you."

Aunt Hu nodded again and flattered herself before cutting to the chase.

Before she could speak, the soldier pushed her away and spit on her: "You hurry up and let me go, just like you, you still want to see the crown princess?" You didn't wake up from your dreams! And you overestimate us too much, what are we, but we are just a small soldier, we can't even see the descendants of the princess's family, let alone let you see the princess! ”

"Hurry up, hurry up, look at you seem to be full of smartness, why are you all in the head!"

Aunt Hu hurriedly said: "A few military masters, we didn't want to see the crown princess, so we wanted you to help bring a few words." ”

"I can't bring the words, you leave quickly, don't blame us for being rude if you don't leave."

Aunt Hu was pushed, and after being angry, she said: "Our family Wulangjun is the father of the crown princess, you help us bring a few words to the crown princess, and the princess will definitely reward you at that time!" ”

A few small soldiers looked at each other, is there such a thing?

Aunt Hu showed joy on her face, "The old woman doesn't dare to deceive a few military masters, our family name is Xiao, what is the surname of the crown princess?" Also surnamed Xiao! ”

A sneer rang out, but it was the voice of a soldier standing in the corner.

He sneered and sneered, "Don't fall for her, this old woman is cheating on you." Who doesn't know that although the crown princess is the daughter of the Xiao family, she has long fallen out with the Xiao family. And that night, the day when the two rebels conspired against the king to rebel, the Xiao family had the strength of the old bull's nose. In order to threaten His Royal Highness the Prince, he wanted to deceive the pregnant princess and the little princess in the name of his mother's family, but the plan did not succeed, and finally the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and actually ganged up with the rebels to break into the prince's mansion. How many people died in the prince's mansion in order to protect the crown princess, and the house was almost burned down. The crown princess hates the Xiao family to death at this time, and there is a reward?! ”

Aunt Hu's face suddenly turned pale, and the soldiers looked shocked and spurned.

"And such a thing?"

"This Xiao family is inevitably too ruthless, so it's also their own daughter!"

"This is not ruthless, this is shameless, they are all so kind to others, and they still want to beg others for help."

Several people sneered, so ashamed that Aunt Hu's old face was eager to stick to the ground.

The soldier reprimanded again: "It's not that I said you, in addition to drinking flower wine and visiting the kiln on weekdays, you should also do something serious." This is something that no one in Chang'an City doesn't know, but an ignorant old woman almost didn't bluff you. ”

The black-faced soldier scratched his head and laughed embarrassedly: "Boss, aren't you looking at us, she can't fool us." ”

The boss rolled his eyes and moved his gaze to Aunt Hu: "What, don't you leave yet?" If you don't leave, we'll capture you, and give you a name for forcibly breaking out of the house. ”

Aunt Hu shuddered, a burst of urine rushed up, and hurriedly retreated, saying that she would leave immediately, and left with a crawl.

When Aunt Hu returned to Anrong Courtyard, everyone was still waiting for her, and when she walked in, she showed an inquiring look. She glanced at Duchess An Guo with some hesitation, and did not dare to speak.

Duchess An Guo didn't know what was going on, and when she saw Aunt Hu making such a look, she suddenly became anxious: "What's going on, hurry up." ”

Mrs. Hu showed an anxious look and glanced at Duchess Anguo.

This is so obvious, the fool can also see that there is a problem, An Guogong glanced at Duchess An Guo, and said, "Say, what happened?" ”

The master and servant for many years, at this time, Duchess An Guo already knew in her heart that something must have happened, and this matter was related to herself, but An Guogong had spoken, and she didn't dare to play anything in front of him.

Aunt Hu had no choice but to tell what happened at the side door with a grim face.

As she spoke, Duchess Anguo's face turned pale little by little, and in the end, she became the same color as Aunt Hu, and they were all dead ashes.

Who is An Guogong, and immediately understood the wit in this.

"Did you really do that?" He was dumbfounded, and he couldn't wait to swallow the Duchess of Anguo in one bite.

Duchess Anguo was suffocated, and said with difficulty: "The words from the queen said that if you can hold Jiuniang in your hand, you can at least win three points." So for the sake of this three-point win, she tried her best to hide it from her family, and made suggestions and coaxes and deceives, but she still didn't deceive Xiao Jiuniang.

In fact, it is also conceivable, with the minds of men, how could such a situation and situation be used in such a roundabout way, and there is no such effort and thought. And too many things have happened in the past two days, and the Duchess of An Guo has also forgotten this stubble, and now that she has been poked out, she feels a sense of despair that almost wants to drown herself.

"You fool! You can also meddle in this kind of thing, and even use your own name. Don't you see that even if Da Lang Erlang and I act, we are careful to hide our hands and feet, and we don't dare to leave too obvious evidence. Yes, everyone in the world knows that we must have been involved in this incident, but what about the evidence, as long as there is no real evidence, it is that others are pulling us to get rid of the crime, and we still have a glimmer of life. Even if they knew in their hearts what we had done, just for the sake of his mother's surname Xiao and the crown princess's surname Xiao, he would leave us a life, and now ......"

An Guogong fell down on the gum behind him in a dejected manner, covering his old face: "It's all over, it's all over." ”

At this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded.

"Old lady, it's not good, something happened, something happened to Chongyue Pavilion, the county lord she, she hung the beam."