Everyone just heard Jiang You speak, and they all had the emperor's intention to eat it, but after listening to what she said, they all nodded secretly in their hearts, and they refused so frankly and directly than hiding or arguing in every possible way, and the eyes that were originally circling between Jiang You and Xue Yuan were all taken back.

Jiang You was indeed a little unhappy in her heart, but she couldn't tell whether it was really for the Empress Dowager's words, or for Xue Yuan to accept someone back to the palace, she directly showed her displeasure on her face: "There are so many palace maids in the Imperial Grandmother's Palace, why do you have to pick this to the palm print, if it is spread out, how can I save my face?" ”

The empress dowager's expression stiffened, the knuckles on the armrests turned white, and Xue Yuan glanced at her casually: "According to the ministers, the appearance of this palace maid is also right and wrong, it is better to be killed with a cane." He paused and said indifferently: "Presumably, the Empress Dowager will not be reluctant for the sake of the emperor, right?" ”

Jiang You shook his head: "Today is the day to worship ancestors, and it is not appropriate to see blood." She raised her hand and beckoned to the palace maid: "It's better for you to show your face less, so it's better to stay by my side and serve." She turned her head and looked at the Empress Dowager: "Presumably the imperial grandmother will not be reluctant, as for the palm print, I will go back and give him two more." ”

The two of them fought with each other, and finally got rid of everyone's suspicions, looked sideways at the Queen Mother, and couldn't help but have other thoughts in their hearts.

Jiang You is actually a little weak-hearted, she is not happy that it is true that the Empress Dowager gave someone to Xue Yuan's side, but she also knows that this thought must not be revealed today, Xue Yuan is eager to let the whole world know that the emperor is his, but she also knows that the heat has not yet arrived, and she has to boil it slowly.

The Empress Dowager sank her complexion, but she didn't expect Xue Yuan not only to not have a rat trap, but also to dare to be so unscrupulous, the first move to prepare fell short, fortunately, there was a back hand, she remembered her own arrangement, the corners of her tense mouth loosened slightly, and she got up with the hand of the grandmother next to her, and said lightly: "Since the palm print insists on not appreciating it, then it's okay, the auspicious time is coming, let's go." ”

The group sat in the chariot to the Taimiao, first according to the rules to listen to the officials of the Ministry of Rites sang the congratulatory speech, first from the □□ emperor or, one room and one worship, burn the silk, according to the size of the generation in turn, Jiang You kowtowed dizzy, and waited until Xiaozong and Empress Zhang's emperor chair was slightly excited.

When she burned incense and listened to the lyrics, she was about to bow her knees and bow down, when she saw the shrines of Xiaozong and Empress Zhang shaking twice, and they fell straight down from the chair.

She was taken aback, and hurriedly got up to help the shrine, and the Empress Dowager followed behind to cover her mouth and said in surprise: "This, this good and dignified, why did it fall?" ”

Jiang You raised his hand to straighten the tablet, frowned and looked at the Bodhi seat below: "I don't know if the craftsman who repaired the Taimiao was lazy to make such a thing, and I will definitely find someone to ask if I go back." ”

The Empress Dowager's eyes flashed: "This craftsman should take care of it, but this tablet fell a little smarter, impartial, and it fell when the emperor was picking incense." ”

Jiang You said expressionlessly: "Zi Bu is silent, the strange power is confused, it's just a coincidence." She turned sideways and asked the Empress Dowager to salute, because she was an elder, so she didn't have to bow down, but burned incense to insert it into the incense burner, and saw that the incense burner shook very slightly at this time, and then 'bang', a flame was raised high, and it rushed straight towards the Empress Dowager.

This time she was caught off guard, and even Jiang You, who was closest to her, didn't have time to react, everyone exclaimed, the Empress Dowager hurriedly dodged back, and accidentally knocked on the chair, just heard the sound of 'dangchang', and the phoenix hairpin on her head was knocked to the ground and snapped into two.

Fortunately, the fire came and went quickly, and when everyone came back to their senses, the Empress Dowager had already hurriedly taken a few steps back, but the robe was smoked a little black, and everyone hurriedly ran up to be concerned, Jiang You saw that she was unlucky, and his heart blossomed, but after thinking about it, he was a little vigilant, so he also stepped forward and asked: "Is the imperial grandmother okay?" Are you hurt? ”

The Empress Dowager just didn't answer, staring at the phoenix hairpin that fell to the ground and fell in two, her chest rose and fell violently for a while, and then her body softened, and she closed her eyes straight and fainted.

It didn't matter if she was dizzy, but everyone behind her was startled, and she hurriedly called a few close waiting grandmothers to carry her to the side hall, Jiang You was in a hurry to find the imperial doctor, but she didn't expect that at this time, the queen mother woke up slowly, only stroked her chest, gritted her teeth and said: "Abnormality is a demon, this matter must not be taken lightly!" ”

Jiang You frowned and said, "It's just a coincidence, why did the imperial grandmother say this?" ”

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes and her fingertips trembled, as if she couldn't speak, and Mama Cong Yun on the side suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily to Jiang You; "Your Majesty, there are some things that the master didn't order, and the old slave shouldn't have rapped, but now that the queen mother has made such a big mistake, the old slave has to say it." She kowtowed heavily again, and said with red eyes: "Since the day of the day, the Empress Dowager has not been well-founded, whether she is dizzy or light, many old diseases have been committed, and today there is such a thing, the old slave really can't hide it anymore." ”

At this time, the eyes of all the ministers were watching, and the Empress Dowager coughed a few times very cooperatively, Jiang You just couldn't bear it and had to ask: "It's not good for me to look at the imperial grandmother, so it's better to invite the imperial doctor to take a look." ”

The Empress Dowager originally closed her eyes slightly, but when she heard this, she suddenly opened her eyes, and said with a long sigh: "This disease of the mourning family is not something that can be cured by the imperial doctor. She took off the Buddhist beads on her wrist and turned them slowly: "The recent events are too strange, it is better to take advantage of the efforts of worshipping the ancestors and invite the people of Qin Tianjian to come and take a look." ”

Jiang You frowned, and seeing that the people around him had a look of deep disapproval, he subconsciously argued: "Since the imperial grandmother is unwell, she naturally wants to invite the imperial doctor to come to see the disease, and the people who invite Qin Tianjian don't have to delay the condition." ”

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes and turned the Buddha beads in her hand faster and faster: "No matter how well the body is conditioned, it's useless, the mourning family now has a knot, it's better to ask the people of Qin Tianjian to take a look first, if something happens, take precautions in advance, and if there is no lunch, he ran away in vain." She didn't wait for Jiang You to nod, and directly ordered someone to call the envoy of Qin Tianjian to come up.

Jiang You sat in the side hall with a slightly heavy face, the envoy of Qin Tianjian was like waiting, and it didn't take a moment to arrive, he first asked the Empress Dowager a few words, then closed his eyes and took out the astrolabe and copper coins of divination to calculate slowly, and only after a while did he open his eyes, and suddenly knelt down and said: "The Empress Dowager Qiqi, the result has been calculated." ”

The Empress Dowager leaned down and said busily: "What is the result?" ”

The envoy leaned down and said: "The financial official seals the three shifts of things, the woman's life will be prosperous, and the husband and son are also expensive. ”

Jiang You frowned and said, "I see that you are nonsense, the imperial grandmother has a blessed life and a long life, where is the seal missing?" ”

The Empress Dowager sank her face, and suddenly showed a look of sorrow: "There is a beginning and no end, a good one has a beginning and no end, the mourning family now feels that they are not able to deal with it, is it really a good life in the future?" ”

The envoy hurriedly said: "The Empress Dowager doesn't have to worry, your life is cold and cold, and you need a person with a bright wood fire to reconcile it, and the fire is waiting for the golden water." He took a deep breath and said: "According to the minister's calculations, the last time the comet rushed to the Beidou was not accidental, but it was a revelation from heaven that the minister had carefully calculated the lives of everyone in the palace. ”

He knelt deeply on the ground and said very quickly: "If you are noble, the Empress Dowager will be noble, and the world will be prosperous. ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole diet was quiet, and she could only listen to the rustle of the Empress Dowager rubbing the Buddha beads, and there was silence for a long time, she glanced at Jiang You lightly, and then slowly opened her mouth: "So, do you have to make that child a reserve?" ”

The envoy's head was against the ground, and he said in a deep voice: "For the sake of the national fortune of the Great Qi Dynasty, the minister asks to appoint the second prince as the prince." ”

When a person is still born, he has already been called the prince, but this kind of mysterious and mysterious thing is not easy to refute, Jiang You patted the table vigorously: "I see that you are talking nonsense, the child in Concubine Rong's belly has not been born yet, and she has not even obtained the birth date, where can you see what the fate is?!" ”

I didn't expect her to be involved in Taoism, so she was shocked and hurriedly said: "The emperor doesn't know, □□ when the emperor was born, the dragon was prosperous and Fengyang, the room was full of strange fragrances, and there were many people who had extremely prosperous lives, and they didn't need to wait until they were born to see that they were extraordinary, and they could get a sign with a little calculation." ”

Since he brought out the □□ Emperor, Jiang You is not easy to refute, the Empress Dowager was unhappy, put the Buddha beads in her hand back on her wrist, and sighed long, her expression full of compassion: "The mourning family knows that the emperor is reluctant to establish a prince, and he doesn't want to persecute the emperor early, but now looking at this omen, it seems that the matter of establishing a prince is urgent, so you might as well take advantage of today's ancestor worship to take advantage of this matter to settle it." ”

Once this child is established, it will be really endless, but if the Empress Dowager insists on establishing a prince, the reason given is justified, Jiang You can't stop the issuance of the golden seal of the treasure book, she was forced to do this, cold sweat oozed from her hands, and she wanted to dismiss it when she opened her mouth, so she heard a clear voice outside the hall: "Dongchang has only found out some interesting things these days, since the Empress Dowager insists on establishing a prince, she might as well listen to these things before deciding whether to stand or not." ”

Xue Yuan was dressed in a formal suit, dressed in a scarlet robe and walked slowly, covered with a silver moire robe, and gathered a bright color in the cloud-like silver, just like his person, it was incomprehensible at a glance, and only after knowing him did he know that he was powerful inside.

The Empress Dowager's eyelids twitched a few times, she just knew that Xue Yuan was powerful, and she took the lead in the morning, but she didn't expect him to dare to help Jiang You without any scruples, she took a deep breath and fixed her mind: "What does this mean?" ”

Xue Yuan turned sideways, and a few people brought in two people, a man and a woman, the man was wearing the coarse cloth clothes of ordinary people, and the woman was dressed as a palace maid, Concubine Rong was standing in the crowd, and when she saw that the man almost screamed out of her voice, except for a slight difference in demeanor and demeanor, that man was exactly the same as Ling Tian, who should have died a long time ago!

Xue Yuan put his hands in his sleeves and stood calmly in place, but he quietly took her expression into his eyes, and said with a slight smile: "Things are in order, let this maid of Concubine Rong start talking first." ”

Concubine Rong was attracted by the man kneeling on the ground, and when she heard Xue Yuanyi, she found that her eldest palace maid, Yilan, was also kneeling on the spot, and cold sweat oozed from her back.

Yilan thought of the punishment she had just received, she glanced at him with horror, and then met Concubine Rong's gaze, and lowered her head a little timidly: "Slave slave slave maid full move" She supported the ground with both hands, but her body trembled a little: "Last summer, when the first emperor was not yet driving, Niangniang took a fancy to Ling Tian, the guard in the palace, and often ordered the slave and maid to send some things over, one and two, the two of them were in one place, Ling Tian often came to the Niangniang Palace when there was no one, and ordered the slave and maid to go outside the palace to collect it, two people, two people in the palace to do husband and wife things. ”

Everyone gasped when they heard this, if what this palace maid said was true, then this is really a big ugly thing, and it is worth investigating who the child in Concubine Rong's belly is.

Concubine Rong hurriedly retorted, and raised her voice: "You are talking nonsense! Yilan's body trembled: "The slave maid didn't dare, Niangniang and Ling guards had been going back and forth for a long time, and suddenly found out that she was pregnant, Niangniang was afraid of being discovered, so she didn't dare to make a big move to have a baby, but she tried all kinds of methods in private, but she couldn't take it down until the Queen Mother came to her."

The Empress Dowager suddenly interrupted her words at this time, and said in a cold voice: "Concubine Rong has always been chaste and quiet, how could she do such an ugly thing, don't you bend into a trick and frame you, right?" ”

These words alluded to Xue Yuan's framing of Concubine Rong, Yilan shook her head in confusion, Xue Yuan smiled kindly: "Don't worry, Empress Dowager, let's listen to what the other one has to say first." ”

At this time, the man kneeling on the side kowtowed a few times, and said with a crying voice: "The elder brother of the grass people is called Ling Tian, he has been a third-class guard in the palace, and he was originally good, but one day last year, he ran back with a red face, saying something like the favor of a beauty, the grass people saw something wrong and wanted to ask him, but he didn't elaborate, until, until a few days ago, my brother was not sick or sick, and as soon as he returned home, he lay on the bed, and he didn't get up until dawn, I felt that it was wrong, so I hurriedly ran to his house to see, but found that he had his eyes open, Seven orifices lying on the bed bleeding! ”

Xue Yuan teased Sa and sat on the hat chair: "The minister has checked, there is indeed a person named Ling Tian in the palace, coincidentally, less than a day after the Empress Dowager and the emperor discussed the establishment of the prince, that Ling Tian disappeared." ”

Concubine Rong stood in the crowd, her teeth trembled, and she reluctantly spoke: "That's just a coincidence, what does it have to do with this palace?" Maybe he offended someone outside, so he was killed by the enemy. ”

Xue Yuan straightened his cuffs: "The concubine is a good question." He looked sideways at Ling Tian's younger brother, "Take out the things." ”

The latter hesitated, but still took out two things from his arms: "This is what I found when I was packing up my brother's belongings." "Everyone stretched out their heads to look, and saw that he was dragging two pairs of embroidered shoes and a delicate belly pocket, and the belly pocket and shoes were embroidered with the word 'incense'.

Such intimate objects were displayed in front of people, and Concubine Rong was ashamed, afraid, and hateful, her face was flushed, and she was speechless for a while.

Xue Yuan clasped his hands on his knees: "The clothes and shoes are embroidered with the name of the concubine, and the materials used are also transferred to the concubines in the palace to pay tribute to the Shu brocade, our family specially compared the thin son of the Shangyi Bureau, this batch of mandarin ducks and Shu brocade The emperor has rewarded Concubine Rong, and there are no more people next to him, if the concubine still feels unwilling, you can take off your shoes to compare them and see if they are a size and can wear them." ”

Concubine Rong was like a madman, her whole body was swinging, and she shook her throat for a long time before she said: "This, this is not!" ”

"Shut up!" Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Jiang You's sharp voice, to say that among all the people now, the most panicked is Concubine Rong, the most annoyed is the Queen Mother, and the most unbearable must be Jiang You, the royal family has made such a big scandal known to the world, or her most beloved father was put on a green hat, she really can't wait to pinch Concubine Rong to death now.

Jiang You took a deep breath, resisted the urge to give her a kick, and ordered in a deep voice: "Escort Concubine Rong into the cold palace" She paused slightly, and then said in a deep voice: "Deal with it!" "If you don't deal with this kind of thing, she doesn't have to be the emperor.

At this time, the hearts of the ministers were bright, even if there was a 1/10,000 chance that this child was not from an adulterer, Concubine Rong and this child could not be kept, and the royal blood could not be confused, unless there was complete certainty to ensure that he was filial piety, and the slightest difference could not be made.

Concubine Rong's face was full of despair, her eyes swept like a dying struggle, and suddenly fell on Xue Yuan, her eyes were glowing, and as soon as the word "palm" came out of her mouth, she was dragged down by Fanzi covering her mouth.

Jiang You also ignored her screams of being dragged down, turned his head and saw the pale envoy of Qin Tianjian kneeling on the ground, kicked it over, and said hatefully: "Didn't you say that the child in Concubine Rong's belly is where the fortune of the Great Qi is located?" And now? Why don't you say it?! Since you can pinch and calculate like this, why can't you even count this child's life experience, and you can drag it down and cut it down! ”

The envoy hurriedly begged for mercy loudly: "This, this is not the minister's original intention, it was the queen mother who ordered someone to let the minister say!" The minister didn't dare to refuse, please forgive the emperor, please forgive the emperor! ”

Jiang You looked at the Empress Dowager coldly, and sneered again and again angrily: "You are really hand-eyed, you have planted a wild child of unknown origin on the head of your father, and you have used the orders of your father and grandfather to force me to establish a prince, aren't you afraid that you will meet your grandfather without saying a word under Jiuquan in the future?" ”

The Empress Dowager was so angry that she slapped the case a few times: "Presumptuous! That's how the emperor talks to his elders?! She saw with her eyes that not only did everyone not disagree, but they all thought it was true, and her heart sank, and she justified: "The mourning family is also concerned about the affairs of the heirs, and it is only in a hurry that this is the case."

Jiang You directly cut off her words: "There is no truth in this world that you can't tell, if you care about the affairs of the heirs, you can form a gang and form a party and buy the people of the Qin Heavenly Prison to establish the prince, if you care about the affairs of the heirs, you can pretend to be a god and make a ghost and coerce me to establish the prince?" She didn't hide the disgust on her face: "You go and say to the imperial grandfather's tablet that you care so much about the affairs of your heirs!" ”

This is already extremely rude, but the people around him are thinking about the thrill of almost making the wrong crown prince, and they don't want to speak for her at all, if they really listened to her instigation and set up a child of unknown origin as the crown prince, wouldn't that let the imperial power fall? Thinking about the consequences of this strict zhòng, everyone was shocked into a cold sweat.

The Empress Dowager couldn't refute every word she said, so she could only rely on her identity and say: "The mourning family is your imperial grandmother, how can you be so rude?" It's that there is something wrong with the mourning family, and there is no reason for you to be reprimanded by a junior. ”

Jiang You glanced at her coldly, pointed to the main hall next door and said, "Imperial grandmother might as well go to the Taimiao Temple to think clearly about the ancestors, think clearly that you are the elder of my Jiang family, turn back the elbow that turned outward, and then tell me that the elders are not elders!" ”

At this point, there is nothing left to say, she was about to turn around and leave, and when she crossed the threshold, she suddenly paused, and her voice came indifferently: "If the imperial grandmother is fine, go to the mountain to continue to worship the Buddha, anyway, there is nothing important in the palace, it is better to go to the mountain to pray for peace in the world." ”

The Empress Dowager stiffened, and then leaned back in her chair.

Xue Yuan took the drag and walked out, and when he got closer, he found that Jiang You was like a frosted eggplant, his face was wilted, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Now that the big matter has been solved, what is the emperor unhappy about?" ”

Jiang You waved his hand with a dejected face: "There is such a scandal in the royal family, just hide it, but I didn't expect it to be poked out in front of everyone, this is too embarrassing, how can I see people in the future?" ”

Xue Yuan looked at her with a bun-like face, looked at no one from a distance, and gently pinched her face: "It's not the emperor stealing people, what shame is the emperor?" ”

Jiang You said disdainfully: "Do I need to steal people?" I married a few queens and concubines, and came back above board. ”

As soon as she spoke, she saw Xue Yuan looking at her with a smile in his eyes; "It turns out that the emperor has such ambitions, since the emperor does not shy away from it, the ministers are willing to recommend themselves in order to occupy a place beside the emperor." He ambiguously approached her earlobe: "I'm afraid that the emperor won't be able to stand even one of his ministers." ”

Jiang You's ears trembled, his body softened, and he almost fell to the ground, and hurriedly said: "Palm print, you said, can the Empress Dowager go back willingly this time?" ”

Xue Yuan lowered his eyes and said lightly: "If you can't leave, you can't help her." ”

The Empress Dowager was pacing back and forth in Shouchang Palace with a gloomy face, and Concubine Shu sat on the chair with an uneasy face, and asked in a trembling voice: "Then, do you have to go?" ”

The Empress Dowager said in a deep voice: "They are dreaming! It's not that easy to drive me away! I will stay in the palace safely, and no one dares to drive me out of the palace? ”

Seeing her sonorous tone, Concubine Shugui's heart was a little calmer, and she was about to say a few words of relief, when she saw a ghostly eunuch standing at the door, she thought for a long time before she remembered that this was Yan Nan, the second-tier head of the East Factory.

Yan Nan followed a small fireman, holding a tray in his hand, with a big red brocade on it, he walked in and said, "The Empress Dowager, the overseer said that I will send you something, which is a gift for you and Concubine Shu to leave the palace." As soon as he lifted the brocade, Concubine Shu screamed in fright and almost fainted.

There was a pair of hands on the mahogany tray, and there was a jade wrench on her right hand, the Empress Dowager was very familiar with this wrench, or she rewarded Zhao Baiyu on his fiftieth birthday, she was shocked and frightened, and screamed: "You, what have you done?!" ”

Yan Nan smiled gloomily: "Lord Zhao Bailu can't personally come to see you and Concubine Shu in person, so he gave such a gift, are you still satisfied?" He bowed down and said: "The overseer has ordered, it doesn't matter if you don't leave, there are so many people in the Hengzhu Zhao family, they all come to see you off, and they look magnificent." ”