This time the audience was shocked, Jiang You stopped the pen in his hand, and it seemed that Concubine Zhuang was so frightened that her knees weakened, and she fell to the ground tremblingly.

Xiaozong looked at her coldly: "Last time I rebelled against the king. changed, but you instigated the prince to leave the East Palace and put the prince in a dangerous place, which is simply condemnable! ”

In fact, last time, Jiang You ran to Changgeng Bridge by himself to avoid her, but now that the emperor has spoken, who dares to refute it?

Concubine Zhuang trembled and leaned on the ground, and shouted in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the emperor's concubine is wronged." ”

Xiaozong glanced sideways at her mother's family who wanted to come out to intercede for Concubine Zhuang, and pressed them back with a look, and said coldly to her: "You don't cultivate your inner clothes, and you have coveted the position of the queen many times, and you want to mistreat the prince, and punish you for several crimes, you should have been given a piece of satin for this life, but I have been with you for many years, and only your title and position have been stripped away, so you have died carefully in your Yanxi Palace." ”

Concubine Zhuang's maiden brother finally couldn't help it at this time, and knelt on the ground to ask for mercy, but Xiaozong glanced at him lightly: "Women have had, most of them are arrogant and upbringing, what else does Chen Aiqing have to say?" ”

Concubine Zhuang's brother trembled, knelt down and kowtowed a few times, and retreated silently.

Xiaozong's eyes showed some fatigue, but he quickly cheered up: "I'm a little tired, let's retreat." He raised his hand and beckoned to Jiang You: "You'er come here." ”

Jiang You ran over and hugged him, at this time, everyone had no intention of going to the banquet, and they all saluted and retreated, she held Xiaozong and said in a low voice: "Father, you are today"

Xiaozong was slightly out of breath, and retreated with her first, and when he reached the empty passage, he coughed a few times heavily, and said to Jiang You: "You'er thinks that the father has done something too much?" ”

Jiang You held his arm with one hand, felt his body tremble slightly, and hurriedly said, "You have your own reasons for what you do." ”

Xiaozong looked at her, his eyes were kind: "Concubine Zhuang is restless these days, and it is also because of her mother's recent power, I have a big banquet today, one is to clear the harem, and the other is to knock her mother's family, You'er remember, the way of government lies in balance, and you must not let the power of one side be too large, otherwise the position of the emperor will be worrying." ”

Jiang You thought of Dongchang inexplicably, then raised his eyes and nodded.

Xiaozong's expression was a little bitter, he felt that his heart was depressed, and he couldn't lift it in one breath, so he paused in place for a long time before reluctantly saying: "I'm afraid that there won't be much time to pave the way for your future accession to the throne, and at this time I can only use this kind of thunderous means." ”

Jiang You wrote it down attentively, looked up and wanted to ask, but saw Xiaozong's face pale, suddenly closed his eyes, and fell straight back

At that hour, some snow beads drifted in the sky, gently fluttering on the panes, far away from the halo of the lamp of the Sheep's Horn Palace, and the smoke was like a fog. Xue Yuan braved the wind and snow, and was not busy until midnight, with the help of a little eunuch holding an umbrella behind him, and as soon as he pushed the room open, the heat of the earth dragon rushed to his face, steaming the snow foam on the big cloud into a faint mist.

The little eunuch Cheng Bei poured him a cup of tea, and consciously knocked on his shoulder, looking at him carefully: "Overseer, is it against the peace of the long live lord's holy bow?" ”

Xue Yuan glanced at him lightly, and he was so frightened that he shut up, but saw him muttering for a while: "I asked the imperial doctor, and it's only been a few days." ”

Cheng Bei sighed: "If the emperor collapses, should His Highness take the throne?" He rejoiced again: "Your Highness is young, and I have to rely on your help." ”

Xue Yuan raised his lips sneeringly, and was about to speak, when he heard someone from outside the eaves report: "Overseer, there is a guest visiting at the door." ”

Cheng Bei was surprised: "Who is it in the middle of the night?" ”

Xue Yuan's eyebrows froze: "What should come is always coming, let people come in." ”

He carried a pot to pour water for himself, and after waiting for a while, he saw a figure wrapped in a big hat and wearing a hat walked in, and when the man took off the hat and looked, it was indeed King Ning.

King Ning was still personable, and nodded at Xue Yuan with a smile: "Factory father." ”

Xue Yuan dusted off his sheath: "The prince sits." He raised his eyes and looked at King Ning: "What is the important matter for the prince to visit late at night?" ”

King Ning frowned, with a worried attitude: "I heard that after today's banquet, the imperial brother suddenly fainted, and he hasn't woken up until now, and the affairs in the palace are all handled by the factory father, so I specially came to ask." ”

Xue Yuan held the teacup and said with a slight smile: "The prince said that he was joking, you and the emperor are brothers, if you care about the emperor's illness, just go directly to the palace and ask, what does it mean to come to our house at night?" ”

King Ning's expression froze, and he actually laughed along, he raised his hand and waved away the people who followed, and waited until there were only two people left in the room before he slowly spoke: "Brother Huang was indulged in alchemy and cultivation a few years ago, and his body was not good for a long time, otherwise there would not be only one child for the prince, but a ridiculous little hairy child, or a female doll, set her up as the prince, what can she understand?" It's just a name for nothing. ”

He put his hands in his sleeves, still looking respectful and accustomed, but he revealed deep unwillingness and jealousy, but this look was also a blink of an eye, and his face returned to normal: "Now that the emperor is seriously ill and the prince is young, I, as an uncle, always have to help in family and state affairs, and the foundation of the Jiang family cannot be broken." ”

Xue Yuan looked at him quietly, the person in front of him had been acting for so many years, and even the suspicious Xiaozong had hidden it from him, and now that Xiaozong was critically ill, he finally couldn't help it, and he didn't have to endure it.

He didn't hurry and dialed the floating tea with the lid of the bowl: "What the prince means, our family doesn't understand a little, the emperor is such a concubine as the prince, and the foundation of the Jiang family will naturally be handed over to her, how are you going to help?" ”

King Ning took a breath: "Although the prince is healthy, but in the end, he is young, and if he is careless, he will die young, and when the time comes, there will be no owner in the world, and this king will have to work harder, do you say?" ”

Xue Yuan sighed: "The prince has great ambitions, but what are you telling me about this?" Our family is a eunuch, and we do things according to the instructions of the master, what you say is really terrifying for our family. ”

King Ning looked at him: "Factory Gong, don't say dark words in front of our Ming people, you and I both know how powerful Dongchang Jinyi is, and now these two yamen have taken root in the Great Qi Dynasty." The imperial brother has been jealous of you for a long time, but he does not dare to touch you because of your power. ”

Xue Yuan smiled but didn't answer, and King Ning continued: "As for the crown prince, it's not worth mentioning. He looked at Xue Yuan still with an unpredictable expression, and his heart was stunned, and he suddenly changed his tone and said: "Lonely don't ask the factory to help the lonely thing, as long as the factory public security does a good job, the factory will definitely not treat the factory public badly in the future." ”

Xue Yuan looked at him sideways, without half a bit of fireworks: "Is the prince letting our family pretend to be deaf and dumb?" ”

King Ning put one hand on the mahogany table: "The factory man is a smart person, so he naturally knows what to do." ”

Seeing that he still didn't say anything, his face sank slightly, if the news he got was correct, Xiaozong would not live long, he just had to wait for Xiaozong to collapse, Jiang You's little hairy child couldn't escape from his palm, the key was to see which side Xue Yuan was on.

King Ning saw Xue Yuan's expression as usual, and a moment of gloom drifted through his heart, and then he returned to normal: "It's not too early, it's time to go, it's time to go, tonight's business."

Xue Yuan got up and said, "Tonight, we fell asleep as soon as we returned home, and nothing happened." ”

King Ning glanced at him meaningfully, put on his hat again and walked out.

Xue Yuan held his chin in one hand and sat on the Taishi chair, half of his face hidden in the shadows, making it impossible to see what he was thinking.

Cheng Bei neatly changed him into hot tea, and carefully probed his expression: "Overseer, just the prince"

Xue Yuan suddenly snorted: "The prince is also concerned, and he came to probe my mouth, but he didn't say it, I also didn't help the idea, they Jiang family's nest is opposed, let's just stand on the dry shore and watch the excitement." ”

Cheng Bei was a little shocked when he heard this: "This, this King Ning also covets the throne, what should the prince do?" I see that the prince treats you kindly."

The corners of Xue Yuan's lips raised: "This kid is quite interesting, if it is an ordinary family, it doesn't hurt to have it around to amuse and relieve boredom, but" He shook his head: "Who let her be born in the royal family, it's a pity after all." ”

Jiang You had been in the Qianqing Palace all night, helping to take care of the unconscious Xiaozong, and when Xue Yuan came the next day, he found that her eyes were red and swollen leaning on the pillow, and she was still holding a cup of tea that had been cold, he walked over and whispered: "Your Highness? ”

Jiang You was startled, the tea cup in her hand fell and shattered, she hurriedly stood up, and saw a tall beauty standing there, she was stunned for a while before she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Palm prints"

She rubbed her eyes and jumped off the bed with her feet: "What time is it?" After speaking, without waiting for Xue Yuan to answer, he hurriedly rushed to the inner room, and asked, "Is my father alright?" ”

Xiaozong was treated by the imperial doctor for a night, and now he barely woke up, he raised his eyes and saw Jiang You, and smiled reluctantly: "You'er has worked hard." ”

Jiang You shook his head: "It's all what Erchen should do." She opened her eyes and looked straight at the pill in Xiaozong's hand, frowned and persuaded: "Father, the son has already told you, this is not a good thing, you shouldn't eat it." ”

Xiaozong doted on her, and she was not angry when she heard it, but just put the pill in her hand aside: "You'er is right." Seeing Jiang You nodding, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He mistakenly believed the slander of others, and began to be superstitious about the art of pills since he was a teenager, and later found out that it was not good, it was too late, these pills were not a good thing, but now he is all relying on pills to hang his breath, and it is too late to stop the pills.

Jiang You held the teacup to his lips and said, "You can take the medicine quickly, you can get better sooner if you eat it." ”

Xiaozong's heart was slightly astringent, but he still looked at her lovingly, smiled and nodded, at this time Xue Yuan stood outside the dragon and phoenix veil, and Qingyue's voice came in lightly: "Your Majesty, the case files of Zhao Quan's rebellion have been prepared, and now they are all shelved in Dongchang, you see?" ”

Xiaozong listened but didn't speak, and was silent for a moment before lightly ordering: "This matter is not big or small, I am now sick in bed, and I don't have the energy to worry about this" He paused, turned his head and looked at Jiang You: "Let's let Xue Qing and the prince go to Dongchang." ”