==Chapter 136==

Since the prince paid attention, the news about Heluan Hall spread to the East Palace one after another.

The prince has been in high spirits during this time, and it is rare to be so interested, and the people below are trying their best to please him. From this morning, the concubines went to the Luan Palace for a morning ceremony, Liu Guifei and others partnered to roast Queen Xiao on the fire, until the Princess of Chu fainted in front of the Luan Palace, Emperor Chengyuan ordered Ruan Ronghai to bring the imperial doctor to see the princess of Chu, until finally the king of Chu personally entered the palace to pick up the princess of Chu.

This one play after another, from the mouth of the small waiter in the East Palace, it is comparable to the big drama of 'Xingdeban', the whole process is ups and downs, peaks and loops, which is more than amazing.

After listening, the prince clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This Xiao Jiuniang is really not simple, and she has lived up to Lone's expectations of her." Now, you can rest assured, right? ”

The last sentence was for Ruan Ling'er.

She was relieved to hear that Jiuniang was taken out of the palace by the King of Chu, and showed a heartfelt smile, but when she heard this, she couldn't help but smile reluctantly.

"Jiuniang has always been very powerful, and the concubine admires her very much......"

At this time, a little chamberlain walked in lightly, raised his eyes and glanced at Ruan Ling'er, who was sitting on the cotton pier, and hesitated: "Your Highness, the Qingran Palace has come to spread the word, saying that the crown princess is a little unwell, and she still wants to ......."

"Do you want to see her?" The prince pulled out a smile of unknown meaning.

Ruan Ling'er felt very uncomfortable, but she still stood up and said, "Since His Royal Highness still has something to do, the concubine will retire......

The prince raised his hand to restrain her movements and glanced at Futai.

Fu Tai stepped forward and took the little waiter's ear, and walked out, until he was outside the door, he scolded: "You have no vision, are you a slave of His Highness, or a slave of Qingran Palace?" Go to sue the person who came to report it, His Royal Highness has just taken the medicine, and he has no time to go to the Qingran Hall at this time. ”

The little chamberlain was also very aggrieved, covering his ears and grinning with his teeth: "Grandpa Fu, don't we also pass on the word to people, and in the past, we didn't just pass the word up." ”

"It's all in the past, and it's the same as in the past?" Futai glanced inside.

"It's not like the crown princess hasn't used this trick to intercept ......people from elsewhere in the past," the chamberlain muttered.

Futai kicked it up: "You kid still learned to pout?" ”

The little waiter begged for mercy while showing a stammering smile: "How dare the slave and maid quarrel with Grandpa Fu, the slave and maid will go back to the Qingran Palace." ”

As soon as the words fell, the man ran away.

Futai raised his eyes and looked at the sky outside the gate of the temple, and the dense snow could not stop falling, boundless.

Your Highness is impatient, this Qingran Hall will run out of His Highness's patience sooner or later. No, here it is! It's good to be exhausted, Your Majesty's mind actually agrees with Futai in his heart, he can't just hang himself on a tree with a crooked neck, there is no blessing on the side of the Qingran Palace, don't complain about His Highness, really don't complain......

Your Highness is benevolent enough to do your duty!

Thinking of Concubine Ruan, who was still staying in the warm pavilion, Fu Tai had the idea of pushing her in his heart, it was rare for His Royal Highness to look at people differently, maybe there was no blessing in the Qingran Palace, and the Furong Hall would have it?

After all, Futai also wants to hear the cry of a baby in the East Palace......

*

Qingran Temple

When the crown princess Wang Yan'er heard the words of the people below, she flicked her sleeves, and the set of blue-glazed entwined lotus teacups on the desk fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

Qing'er looked at the debris on the ground distressedly, a complete set of tea sets was broken like this, even if the whole set was scrapped. How many times has this been? The princess's temper is getting worse and worse.

"This is a fool, when this palace doesn't know that the slut is inside?"

Hong'er hurriedly waved her hand to let Xiao Gong'e, who came to speak, retreat, and went to the side of the crown princess, and persuaded: "Niangniang, you can't take out this kind of talk, be careful that the wall has ears." ”

"How dare he do it, and he is afraid of me?"

Hong'er and Qing'er both showed panicked looks, Qing'er hurried to close the door of the palace, and Hong'er persuaded: "Niangniang, even if you don't think about the lives of the slaves and maids, you also think about yourself, thunder, rain and dew are all Jun'en, this is not outside, this is in the palace, this is the East Palace......"

"Thunder, rain and dew are all gentle......" The crown princess had red eyes and murmured in a low voice: "Mother, why did you say that you married Yan'er to the palace in the first place......"

Qing'er walked back and glanced at her master, and she couldn't hide her sourness in her heart.

She has been waiting by the side of the crown princess since she was a child, and she has seen step by step how the docile and polite little lady has become the unrecognizable appearance she is now after marrying into the East Palace.

Who is to blame? Resent His Royal Highness the Prince?

Qing'er knew in her heart that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had done his best to be benevolent and righteous, and it was clear that His Majesty was so urgent, but the prince tried his best to block the front, not letting any complaints fall in front of the crown princess, and even the East Palace was obviously entered, and it was still justified and graded, but so far I have not heard the news that the prince and those people have a round house.

The prince's body is not good, he recuperates every day, and when he is properly recuperated, he rests on the side of Qingran Palace, but she just can't conceive the princess. invited so many imperial doctors and took so many medicines, not only the prince took it, but the crown princess also held the decoction every day, and the imperial doctors also said that there was no problem with both, but there was no good news......

Who is to blame?

I guess I can only complain about my life.

Qing'er thought in a trance, and Hong'er over there still persuaded bitterly: "...... Niangniang, don't think about it, this is not the first time, we should have inquired about it, Your Highness is just talking to Concubine Ruan, and it is not without ...... Don't panic, it's going to be messed up when you panic......"

She didn't panic, but how could she not panic?

Whenever she heard something unusual on the prince's side, her heart was like grass growing on a barren grave......

*

Ruan Ling'er sat down on the cotton pier again, happy and nervous in her heart, and there was an indescribable sense of complexity.

Probably Her Highness wants to hear her tell stories again, but she really has no stories to tell.

Thinking so, a voice came from above his head: "What are you doing in the Furong Hall on weekdays?" Lone heard that you rarely go out. ”

Ruan Ling'er was stunned for a moment, and replied in a low voice: "The concubine is already quiet, so she rarely goes out and walks around, and most of the time in the Furong Hall on weekdays is to read books to pass the time. ”

"What books are you reading?"

Ruan Ling'er was a little nervous, this was the first time that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had talked to her about herself.

"It's all books that don't have much interest, before the concubine entered the palace, she studied in the country, the concubine was stupid, and she always couldn't learn her homework well, so she didn't have much time to read miscellaneous books, most of them were books that had to be examined. Later, when I entered the palace, because I was reluctant, I brought in all the books I had used before, and when I was fine, I could flip through them and pass some time. ”

The prince's voice was a little stunned: "If you hadn't entered the palace, probably you would still be studying in the Guozijian now." ”

Ruan Ling'er pursed her slightly dry lips, nodded, and shook her head again.

"How?" The prince glanced at her suspiciously, and soon he came to his senses, "Also, at your age, even if you don't marry into the East Palace, you still have to discuss marriage." ”

"It's not really...... Ruan Ling'er hung her head, her slender white fingers smoothing the hem of her skirt, "Actually, even if you don't marry into the East Palace, the concubine will not be married at this time, and the concubine originally planned to enter the palace as a female official." ”

"Female officer?"

The crown prince felt even more incredible, he was not bad, this Ruan Ling'er's personality was not suitable for entering this palace at all. Entering the palace as a female official, isn't that a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

"Why do you think that?"

Ruan Ling'er paused, in the end, her supple nature made her have no intention of hiding it, and she was also happy to tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about her affairs. It doesn't matter if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

Fu Tai walked in and saw such a scene, which strengthened his thoughts.

……

Winter days always pass quickly, and it seems to be dark in the blink of an eye.

Qing'er Hong'er took turns to fight, and only then did she temporarily appease the crown princess. In fact, it is not what they appeased, the crown princess is not in a good mental state for a while, so most of the medicines prescribed by the imperial doctor contain sleeping ingredients. The crown princess made a fuss for a while, then got tired, and then rested.

This sleep slept until dark, which really relieved Qing'er and Hong'er.

When she woke up, the crown princess's spirit was better, Hong'er asked her what she wanted for dinner, and she ordered two dishes with rare interest. Seeing this, the people serving in the Qingran Hall were eager to give the Bodhisattva two more pillars of incense, and when they saw that the dinner brought in had been consumed a lot, everyone couldn't help but show a little joy on their faces.

But how long did this smile linger, and a bad news came-

The one in the Furong Hall was not only kept for dinner by the prince, but also stayed overnight.

There was another crackling sound and a burst of heartbroken cries in the inner sanctum. After that, the princess's personal maid hurriedly came out and arranged for someone to go to Haoran Hall to spread the word.

Needless to say, it's the same old again.

But it was blocked back during the day before, will it be useful now?

Everyone was at a loss, and it wasn't until the person who went to deliver the message came back dejected that everyone knew that this time it was really unstoppable.

Early the next morning, someone was sent from the Zichen Palace, and it was Ruan Ronghai, the chief administrator of the Inner Chamberlain, who personally brought the people from the Shang Sleep Bureau.

What are you doing here, needless to say, Yuanpa.

When the news was transmitted back to the Zichen Palace, a series of rewards were immediately followed, all the way directly to the Furong Palace.

After a while, everyone in the palace knew about this 'good news'.

Of course, this good news is for Emperor Chengyuan, and for others or not, then I don't know.

*

This good news was naturally sent to the palace of the king of Chu, and after the king of Chu received the report, his face was calm.

He waved his hand to ask people to retreat, and looked in the direction of the palace in the void for a long time before turning back to the inner room.

So this person, you can't talk nonsense, Jiu Niang pretended to be sick in the palace and acted in such a play, and after returning to the Chu Palace, she was fine during the day, and she started to heat up that night.

In the middle of the night, he burned and woke up the king of Chu who was asleep, and then the main courtyard was brightly lit, and he asked the imperial doctor to boil medicine, and he tossed until the next morning.

Jiuniang curled up in the quilt, her little face was burned red, and she didn't fall asleep, but she was extremely unenergetic, like a flower bone destroyed by the wind. The king of Chu came to the couch and touched her forehead, she was going to go out to run errands today, but seeing that she couldn't go out, she simply took off her coat and went to the couch.

Holding the person in his arms, he could feel that the temperature seemed to have dropped a little, and the king of Chu looked at her pitiful appearance, hating and distressed.

"Let you do it!"

Jiuniang snorted, feeling so wronged.

In her previous life, she felt like an iron man, and her illness had nothing to do with her. In this life, I don't know if I want to make up for the illness that I didn't have in my previous life, and since I knew the person holding her, she formed an indissoluble bond with the decoction.

Medicines to cure diseases, medicines to nourish the body, and medicines to nourish the body are indispensable every day. If it's better, drink one cup a day, and if it's bad, drink it three times a day.

Jiu Niang felt that she was bitter, like being soaked in a medicine jar.

It may be because I am sick, my body is uncomfortable, and my mind is very fragile. When Jiu Niang heard this, tears came out of her eyes, and she didn't even take a nap.

"Who am I doing this for, not for us, you still murder me!"

Jiu Niang, who didn't know what squeamishness was in her previous life, seems to have learned to be squeamish in this life, and all her squeamishness seems to be used on the person in front of her.

Why is this so?

On weekdays, Jiu Niang never thinks about this problem, and even her attitude is evasive, she just thinks that it should be like this, so it is like this. Perhaps out of habitual thinking, she even feels that she is pretending a lot of the time. But at this moment, when she saw the man in front of her coaxing her with a straight face, she suddenly realized-

The reason why there are no tears is because no one cares. When someone cares, it will flood.

Jiuniang cried even more fiercely, and there was a lot of uproar.

Through a screen, the lotus branches and lotus fangs outside rushed in with eagerness.

Was it a quarrel, or was it ......

It must be His Royal Highness who bullied the lady, otherwise how could the lady cry so badly, they have never seen the lady cry like this. was pulled by Xiao Cui and shook his head at them.

The outside is like sitting on pins and needles, and the king of Chu inside is also sitting on pins and needles.

It was also the first time he saw Jiu Niang crying like this, and the King of Chu even felt that he had done something unbeatably bad. used to coax a couple of sentences, but at this moment the whole person was completely frozen.

Jiuniang cried a lot, and then rubbed her face on the placket of King Chu's clothes. After rubbing, she realized what she had just done, her body stiffened, and soon she reached out to touch her forehead and snorted, "Headache." ”

"Go and pass on Imperial Doctor Liu."

The voice inside was anxious and angry, and there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside, and then Xiao Cui's voice was heard: "Your Highness, someone has been ordered." ”

Xiao Cui's voice was faintly anxious, probably thinking that something was wrong with Jiu Niang's illness, but because no one summoned her, she didn't dare to break in.

Not long after, Imperial Physician Liu was rushed over.

In a hurry, King Chu's face stiffened, Imperial Physician Liu's face was suspicious, but Jiuniang was a little weak-hearted. It's just a headache, but it's not easy to diagnose, and Jiuniang is already sick, so it's naturally due to fever.

Listening to the voice of the king of Chu asking Imperial Physician Liu outside the bed tent, the corners of Jiu Niang's mouth, which was shrunk on the couch, hooked up a smile.

*

Lianfang felt that her princess had changed.

I can't say what has changed, but the relationship between the princess and Her Royal Highness seems to be better.

Lian Fang also married into the Chu Palace, and only then did she know that husband and wife could be like this.

She has seen husbands and wives who respect each other like guests, husbands and wives who seem to be enemies between the two, and couples who have been insensitive to trivial things all day long, but this is the first time she has seen this.

Obviously, His Royal Highness has never been a gentle person, and he doesn't even smile a lot of the time, but he treats the princess very considerately. Feeding medicine, wiping the body, and not shying away from it, in exchange for the wife of a large family in general, when she is sick, she is handed over to the next person to wait, for fear of giving the illness to the male master, they will separate each other. When the male protagonist came to visit, he just asked and left, not to mention eating day and day like this, sleeping together night and night.

The illness came like a mountain, and the illness went like a thread, Lianfang felt that her princess should be better. But since His Highness said that it wasn't good, it wasn't okay.

The dark brown decoction smoked white and was served in a blue and white porcelain bowl, which did not look as odious as itself.

It was enough for Jiuniang to smell the smell of medicine, but she still distorted her face and drank it one by one.

After finding a free break, Jiuniang said: "Actually, I'm already fine." ”

King Chu glanced at her, scooped a spoonful of medicinal juice with a jade spoon, and handed it over, "Listen to Imperial Doctor Liu." ”

This kind of conversation has been carried out several times, and every time the King of Chu blocks it, but Jiuniang still doesn't give up, and every time she drinks medicine, she has to mention it again. Finally finished drinking a bowl of medicine, King Chu picked up a plate of honey-stained plums from the gold-painted tray in Lianfang's hand, handed it over, and Jiu Niang twisted one and stuffed it into her mouth, only to feel more comfortable in her mouth.

"In two days, we will go to the hot spring village to live for a while." In fact, the king of Chu had already had this plan, but Jiuniang had an illness and delayed the trip.

Jiu Niang recalled that every year in winter, the king of Chu would go to live in the hot spring Zhuangzi for a period of time with his leg disease, and this year may not be an exception, after all, the drama that should be done still has to be done. Thinking of the hot springs and merlin on the Zhuangzi, Jiu Niang was a little interested, and her face showed a little interest.

"You have been sick for the past few days, and I haven't told you anything about it, your friend Ruan Ling'er and the prince have a round house."

Jiuniang was stunned, and she didn't understand why the King of Chu said this, "She has been married into the East Palace for so long, isn't it long overdue for her to ......"

Soon she realized that something was wrong, the King of Chu was never a person without a target, and since he would talk about this, there must be a reason.

She glanced at Lianfang Xiaocui on the side, waved her hand to let them all go down, Lianfang and Xiaocui lightly picked up the medicine bowl, and retreated.

"Your Royal Highness, do you mean that Ruan Ling'er has been married into the East Palace for so long, but in fact, she has never had a round house with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"It's not just her, it's a few others."

Jiu Niang's face was groaning, and her brain was spinning rapidly.

Why is this so?

You must know that Emperor Chengyuan's plan is known to the world, I wish that the East Palace could give birth to a little emperor grandson, and through the marriage of the princes to the East Palace, and it was before the wedding of several princes, you can feel his eagerness and deliberateness.

But why did those newcomers get started, and the prince never had a round room with them, isn't this contrary to Emperor Chengyuan's idea?

Could it be that the crown prince deliberately did not listen to Emperor Chengyuan?

No, no, the prince and Emperor Chengyuan have a deep father-son relationship, they have been like this for two lifetimes, and the prince probably also understands his situation, with Emperor Chengyuan's backer paving the way in front, he is just giving birth to a son, how can he not listen.

That is, the prince is inhumane?

In fact, this idea had some guesses in Jiuniang's previous life, but judging from the appearance of the king of Chu, it was not the case, and it seemed that it really couldn't be born.

In her previous life, Jiuniang knew very little about the affairs of the East Palace, except for the crown princess Wang Yan'er, whether there were any other concubines in the prince's East Palace, she didn't know, she only knew that the prince had not been able to give birth to a child from beginning to end, otherwise Emperor Chengyuan would not have passed the throne to the king of Chu in the end.

It's just that the throne was really passed on to the king of Chu by Emperor Chengyuan willingly? In her previous life, Jiuniang left the king of Chu early and married to live her own peaceful life. She deliberately avoided the affairs of the outside world, only knowing that there seemed to be a great chaos in Chang'an City, and then the king of Chu ascended the throne. At that time, everyone said that it was a rebellion against the king, as for whether the king of Chu did anything in it, although Jiuniang didn't know, she was sure that the king of Chu must have done something in the meantime.

Jiu Niang couldn't help but feel a little headache, why didn't she pay attention to these things in her previous life, otherwise she wouldn't have been completely out of thought at this time.

Jiu Niang's thoughts had completely drifted away from the direction they should have been, and the King of Chu looked at her face, his eyes flashed, as if he didn't realize it: "The prince has been inhumane due to physical reasons, but the imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital are not decorations, but this problem has been solved temporarily." ”

Temporarily?

Jiuniang glanced at King Chu and asked, "There are drawbacks?" ”

"That's for sure, there will inevitably be some price to be paid for a forced reversal."

"That's why the prince's health is getting worse and worse?"

King Chu nodded.

So far, Jiuniang has seen the prince three times, the first time she returned to Chang'an, the first time she chose the concubine banquet, and then the time she married into the palace to face the saint. If it was the first time she saw the prince, the prince was just a thin man with a sickly face, and the next two times he had completely become a sick man who had been in bed for a long time, especially the time a few days ago, the prince was almost skinny and skinny, which made people look shocked.

Jiu Niang couldn't help but feel a shudder.

The prince's body is already poor, but he still has to take the medicine of the wolf and tiger, isn't that taking the prince's life in exchange for the unwarranted little emperor's grandson? Emperor Chengyuan, does he understand this fact? Or is this the thing he is in charge of......

That's the crown prince, the prince that Emperor Chengyuan has always put on the tip of his heart, not the sons of Emperor Zhao and King Chu, who have never been in the eyes of Emperor Chengyuan, how can he be willing to do it? !

"It's just that what does this have to do with him and Ruan Ling'er's round house?"

If you can't grow grain in this field, isn't it normal to change to a field?

The king of Chu was suffocated, and told Jiuniang about the prince's heart knot and the situation in the East Palace. After listening to this, Jiuniang admired the prince's temperament, how many men in the world can do this? It was extremely difficult for him to hold out for so long. It's just that she still hasn't figured it out, what does this have to do with King Chu deliberately mentioning Ruan Ling'er.

Jiu Niang suddenly had a flash of inspiration in her mind, her eyes widened, but her pupils were constricted.

The fact that the two of them are together and can't have children is not necessarily a man's problem. Especially now, if you have been married for many years and have not become pregnant, you will generally be blamed on the woman's problems. The reason why Jiuniang didn't think of this was also because she was distorted by the prince's poor health and inhumanity, since Emperor Chengyuan dared to scoop the prince's body to make a bet, he must have a certain certainty, not to mention ten out of ten, at least five or six points.

Who can say that it is not the reason for not being the crown princess? You must know that the East Palace is in the spotlight, and the people who don't want to give birth to a child in the East Palace in private don't know a little, the Chu Wangfu is not eye-catching enough, but there are still people who want to intervene and harm her, how can there be no one in the East Palace?

Maybe Wang Yan'er has been secretly handed by a long time ago, but no one else knows, it may be King Zhao's family, or it may be King Cheng, maybe there is also King Chu.

Jiu Niang couldn't help but glance at King Chu.

On the battle for the throne, in fact, the biggest obstacle is the prince, the prince now wants to inherit the unification is impossible, if the prince can not give birth to a son, then the future successor to the throne will only be one of the kings of Zhao, Cheng and Chu.

Therefore, not only does King Zhao Chengcheng not want to see the birth of a son in the East Palace, but I am afraid that the King of Chu is also unwilling, even if the relationship between the prince and the king of Chu has always been very good.

So why did he mention it to her?

Jiu Niang took a deep breath.