==Chapter 146==

The news in this palace has always spread very quickly, Jiu Niang just knelt down in front of the Heluan Palace, and everyone who should have received the news has received it.

For a moment, everyone was shocked.

No one paid attention to why Princess Jiahui was injured, and everyone's eyes were on Princess Chu, who was pregnant with Liujia but was punished by Queen Xiao to kneel in front of the Heluan Palace.

This matter is so unbelievable that even those people in the inner palace who have broken their mouths are taboo, except for alternating a look that everyone understands, even Neriganyu doesn't dare to say it openly. But it doesn't mean that everyone doesn't understand, these people who have been in the palace for many years understand it in their hearts, maybe the people above can't understand it, they can also understand it, who is the bystander Qing.

Naturally, the news also reached the East Palace.

In the Haoran Palace, the prince was lying on the soft couch with his eyes half-closed, and a woman beside him was holding a scroll and reading softly. Her voice was melodious, clear and beautiful, like a bubbling stream in the summer, and it was like a bubbling stream, which soaked into her heart.

The woman's reading was interrupted by someone who came to her, and she sat aside, quietly listening to the news that came from the newspaper. She was not lacking in this kind of experience, and when she waited by the prince's side, she would always encounter such a situation. Many times she couldn't understand it, even if she could understand it separately, she couldn't understand it when it added up, but this time she did.

When she heard that Princess Chu was pregnant with Liujia, but was punished to kneel in front of the Heluan Hall for two hours, the book in her hand fell to the ground with a 'snap'.

The prince moved his finger and told the visitor to step back and look up at her.

She is thin-skinned, and when she is looked at a few more times, she can't help but blush, and she will feel even more restless. In order to hide her restraint, she hurriedly leaned down to pick up the scrolls on the ground.

Ruan Ling'er was shocked.

She and Jiuniang have not met many times, and the last time they met was at that Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet, when Jiuniang broke out that she was pregnant, and she was very happy to hear the news. But after she came back from the Lin De Palace, she didn't think so anymore, that kind of wordless pressure was not only for the crown princess, but also for her, fortunately, His Royal Highness the crown prince had added other people, otherwise she really didn't know if she could bear it.

After coming back, she couldn't help but wonder, why Jiu Niang had such good luck, if she also had this kind of good luck, presumably His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not have to work as hard as he does now. Because of this careful thinking, she wanted to talk to Jiu Niang, but she dispelled this thought, she was really afraid that she couldn't help but show an admiring gaze.

But who would have thought that it would not be long before such a thing would happen. How could the queen mother do such a thing, Jiu Niang is now pregnant with Liujia, how can she just kneel outside like that? Isn't this a matter of human life?!

The prince ordered Ruan Ling'er to continue reading, but she could only suppress her chaotic thoughts and focus on the scroll, but it was no longer as smooth as before. The prince finally couldn't help but open his eyes, looked at her and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Ruan Ling'er wrung the handkerchief in her hand and whispered: "Jiu Niang, she ......"

After saying this name, it seemed to add countless courage to her, Ruan Ling'er mustered up the courage to explain: "Jiu Niang, she is not that kind of person, she must have been wronged, she is so smart, how can she disobey her elders and disrespect her elders." There is also the matter of hurting Princess Jiahui's face, and the cat is not Jiuniang's, why was it pressed on her head? ”

The reason why Princess Chu was punished to kneel in front of the Heluan Palace was that Princess Chu set on the cat's murder, causing Princess Jiahui's appearance to be damaged, and when the queen and Concubine Shu reprimanded her, her words and deeds were inappropriate and contradicted the elders.

This reason as a whole looks really perfect, describing Princess Chu as a person who is arrogant and domineering, relying on her identity to do whatever she wants, but if you look inside through this layer of appearance, you can see how absurd it is.

"Even if Jiu Niang really made any mistakes, she didn't look at the face of the monk and looked at the face of the Buddha, even if she looked at the future little emperor and grandson in her belly, she couldn't let her kneel outside on such a cold day, and she knelt for two hours!"

The prince laughed.

Even a side concubine beside him who doesn't understand the world can understand the reason, how can he not understand the people on the other side of the Luan Palace? Oh, no, it's not that they don't understand, but they don't want to understand, that's why they use this absurd excuse to harm people......

The prince's face became complicated, and there was a faint hint of pain. The color of pain was too deep, so deep that it penetrated into his bones, and he couldn't help but cough twice, and then lay back on the couch and closed his eyes to calm his breath.

Ruan Ling'er peeked at the prince, and the handkerchief in her hand had already been crumpled by her.

A question suddenly came to her again, and she thought she had forgotten it, but found that she didn't seem to have forgotten, but just hid it deep in her mind......

Will the prince go to save Jiuniang? Does she want to open this mouth or not?

She suddenly felt a bitterness in her mouth, and the words that had reached her mouth were lingering in her mouth, unable to spit out or swallow.

"Your Highness, Ling'er wants to ask you for something, you can help-" Finally spoke, Ruan Ling'er suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in one breath: "You can help save Jiu Niang." ”

She seemed to see a smile flashing in the prince's eyes, could it be that His Highness also thought so? She suddenly felt even more bitter in her heart.

"Okay."

The prince nodded cheerfully and called out for Futai. He didn't show it on his face, but in fact, his heart was also very complicated, it was obviously a very simple thing, why would he hesitate to let others give him an excuse to do it.

"Your Highness." Futai walked in.

"Go to Zichen Palace."

*

After returning from the Heluan Palace, Emperor Chengyuan reviewed the folds in the Zichen Palace.

The folds on the dragon case are piled up high and stacked, but they have not decreased, and no one seems to have found the Zhu pen in Emperor Chengyuan's hand, lifting and putting it down, it seems that it is difficult to choose, and it seems that all his thoughts are not on the folds.

A chamberlain ran in lightly and reported below: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asks to see you." ”

Emperor Chengyuan was startled, stood up from the dragon seat, and a huge drop of vermilion ink dripped from the red pen in his hand, which looked shocking on the yellow folding cover. Emperor Chengyuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, put aside the red pen in his hand casually, and walked out from behind the dragon case.

"Xuan."

Soon, he changed his mind again, "Let's go to the Dongbei Palace, it's warmer there, Ruan Ronghai, you go and welcome the prince in." ”

Ruan Ronghai, who had been pretending to be an invisible person on the side, responded loudly.

In the east side hall, the earth dragon burned warm.

Emperor Chengyuan sat on a soft couch, and next to him was the prince in a wheelchair. The prince was dressed very thickly, and he was covered with a layer of bearskin mattress on his body, and it was not until he reached the back of the east side hall that the bearskin mattress was taken off and covered on his knees.

"Why does the emperor have time to come to Zichen Hall today?"

In fact, Emperor Chengyuan asked knowingly, the prince's health is getting worse and worse now, and he never leaves the gate of the East Palace unless he has to do so on weekdays, since he appears here, there must be something, and it is not a trivial matter.

Thinking of the princess of Chu kneeling in front of the Luan Palace, Emperor Chengyuan couldn't help but look embarrassed, could it be that the prince came here for this? He knew that the king of Chu and the crown prince had a good relationship, but this matter was ......

Emperor Chengyuan felt very uncomfortable, he always felt that the prince should understand his thoughts, but he didn't expect that the first to come to dismantle the stage was his most beloved son......

The crown prince naturally saw Emperor Chengyuan's thoughts, which is why he hesitated again and again. Regardless of whether this matter is right or wrong, everything my father did was for him, and it was okay for others to intercede, but this person should not be him. But the prince also knew that with Emperor Chengyuan's temperament, no one could convince him, and time waited for no one, so he would come in a hurry.

"Fifth brother and sister, she ......"

"The weather is not very good today, my father still has government affairs to do, the emperor, you better go back to the East Palace." Emperor Chengyuan interrupted the prince's words with a blank face.

"Father, the emperor......" The prince closed his eyes in pain, and then this painful color was fleeting, and he said: "The fifth brother and sister are young and ignorant, but the queen is like this, and it is inevitable that she is a little too harsh, so after the ministers know, how should they view our royal family?" ”

Even at this time, the crown prince was unwilling to accuse Emperor Chengyuan in person, but took the queen to talk about things.

What do you think?

Emperor Chengyuan didn't think about this problem, but this problem was subconsciously ignored by him, the whole world is his, how he does it naturally cannot be questioned by others, and he is not without discretion, isn't there already a ready-made substitute for the dead?

But he wouldn't say this kind of thing to the prince, many things are specific, in fact, everyone knows it in their hearts, but it is not suitable to talk about it in the open.

"You don't care about this ......"

"Father!" This time it was the crown prince who interrupted Emperor Chengyuan's words, he could no longer hide the pain on his face, and said: "The child knows that the father and the emperor are doing this for the sake of the child, but how do you let the fifth brother deal with himself in the future, and what kind of face do you let the son have to face the fifth brother in the future?" ”

"You are a king, he is a minister, he naturally wants to be respectful to you."

"Then have you taken into account the mood of the fifth brother? For the sake of his son, the fifth brother broke his leg, and a person with outstanding talent in the future can only be accompanied by a wheelchair. The fifth brother values the five brothers and sisters, you know, now the fifth brother and sister have a big belly, if something happens, it will be the end of one corpse and two lives, how do you let the fifth brother think? ”

"He doesn't need to think about it, you have to know that his savings are all for you." Emperor Chengyuan stiffened his voice and held back his anger.

The prince's pale thin lips opened, "So, the fifth brother has a broken leg, so the fifth brother can't even have a child?" How can the sons and daughters be virtuous, how can the sons and daughters be virtuous! ”

The last two sentences seem to come from the depths of his soul, exhausting the endless entanglement and pain in the prince's heart.

A cold gaze shot over, and it was not until facing the prince's weak and pale face that this gaze slowed down. Emperor Chengyuan looked at the painful look on the prince's face with some surprise, and said in a daze: "Yuan Zhang......"

For the first time in his life, the crown prince did not hide his emotions and let him be exposed to the eyes of Emperor Chengyuan. All along, what the crown prince presented in front of Emperor Chengyuan was a smiling face, a smiling face that seemed to be unconcerned about fate's harsh criticism.

There are some things that can't be said or done, and if you say and do it, it will hurt people's hearts, but the prince can't help it. No one knows what kind of pressure he suffers from all day, not only pressure, but also a condemnation of the soul.

A long, long time ago, the crown prince hoped that he could live a long time, because he knew that his father hoped so, and he had been dependent on his father since he was a child, and he was reluctant to leave his father and make him sad. But now the prince has lost this mood, he feels that his life is a kind of torture, torture for everyone......

Emperor Chengyuan's face flickered and brightened, the light in his eyes flickered, and finally he said in a deep voice: "You don't care about these things, I have my own opinions!" ”

He knew that his father would always be so stubborn! In that case, he can only say it another way.

The prince wiped his face and whispered, "Let's put aside this qiē and don't look at it." Father, have you ever thought that the fifth brother is not good at his actions, even if someone wants to come forward to greet him, how can it be such a big battle. After all, the fifth brother is not the king of Zhao, haven't you thought that someone is actually fanning the flames in the secret and deliberately putting the fifth brother on the fire? ”

"Also, if you treat the fifth brother like this, will you be able to guarantee that there will be no estrangement in his heart? It's just the side of it, this is the revenge of losing a wife and a child. If the fifth brother has a gap between you and me in his heart, who will benefit? It was originally a three-legged situation, but now that a corner is missing, and the fifth brother has lost his control, who will be proud? ! Father, you have never grasped everything, and you have no omissions, can't you even understand this? ”

Emperor Chengyuan fell into a constant shock.

Yes, how could he not understand such a simple truth? No, it's not that he doesn't understand, but he subconsciously ignores it, since the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Emperor Chengyuan felt that he was in a mess and a mess......

The prince gritted his teeth and said: "Even if the child is born, don't mention whether he is a man or a woman, and don't mention that he is still young, and there is a father who is not good at doing things, what can interfere with things, I hope that my father will know it!" ”

What should be done and what should be said, he has already said and done, and now it depends on whether the five brothers and sisters can be lucky enough to escape this catastrophe.

*

Jiu Niang felt a throbbing pain in her stomach, and the child kept rolling and bouncing in her abdomen, as if she was protesting something. The knee began to lose sensation a little bit, and the whole person felt extremely heavy, and there was an urge to collapse to the ground immediately, but Jiu Niang still insisted.

She can't fall, she can't fall, and once she falls, what awaits her will be an even more miserable fate...... Child, don't make a fuss, it'll be fine right away, A-Niang will definitely keep you......

Xiao Cui straightened up, trying her best to block the wind blowing from the side for Jiu Niang, and Xiao Can on the other side also did the same action, this 'fish that slipped through the net' came to kneel by herself, just to block the wind for Jiu Niang.

This is too empty in front of the Luan Palace, which can block the left and right, but not the front and back, and the palace attendants outside the palace who are waiting outside the palace see this scene with the light of watching the play in their eyes.

If she could, Xiao Cui really wanted to go up and kill those people, but she couldn't. With Xiaocui's training, she has always believed in the decisiveness of the red knife into the white knife, since she followed Jiu Niang's side, she has seen too much malice, but this time is the most, don't those people know that the princess is a pregnant woman?

Maybe others are so deliberately tossing her because the princess is a pregnant woman!

What about Your Highness? Why hasn't Your Highness come yet?

Looking at the crumbling princess, Xiao Cui's heart was filled with endless despair......

At this time, news kept coming to the Chu Palace.

In the study room outside the palace of the King of Chu, there were a group of men of different ages and appearances, all of whom were the henchmen of the King of Chu. Chang Shun's lips continued to open, and he stopped talking. And after the bookcase, King Chu's face was full of coldness, and the light in his eyes kept rolling, as if he was trying his best to suppress something deep in his heart.

A middle-aged man with a thin face seemed to want to say something, but was pulled by someone on the side and shook his head at him.

Everyone knows that things are strict, but they also know that they can't be impulsive now, and if they wrestle with Emperor Chengyuan, a bad end will be a catastrophe. Those who become big things are not informal, as for Princess Chu, it can only be said that her life is not good......

Chang Shun understands the thoughts of these deceitful staff, in the hearts of this group of people who only have pros and cons in their minds, I am afraid that personal gains and losses, honor and disgrace will not be taken to heart, and the most important thing is only the general trend......

Trend? Go to the general trend of fucking, you must know that the princess is still pregnant with a little master in her belly, does His Royal Highness also think like them?

Chang Shun stomped his feet, and finally couldn't help it: "Master-"

At this time, there was a sudden sound of 'report-' from outside the door

"Come in."

"Your Highness, the crown prince went to the Zichen Palace."

King Chu suddenly felt relieved, everyone in the house couldn't help but feel a little happy, King Chu waved his hand to let the person come back, thought about it, and said: "Prepare the car, go to Princess Anping's mansion." ”

This Princess Anping is the aunt of Emperor Chengyuan, and is now the highest-ranking royal family in Chang'an City, Emperor Chengyuan has always respected her, and this is also one of the backhands prepared by the King of Chu. Of course, King Chu's backhand is naturally more than this, but the rest of the backhand is a situation where the fish is dead and the net is broken.

Fang Cai has been steady and hasn't go, even if it's for drama at this time, he has to go.

*

"Princess, are you alright?"

Jiu Niang shook her head.

Xiao Cui's face was overjoyed, and said: "Fortunately, we are well prepared, the slave almost forgot to put the ginseng piece in the purse, but fortunately, Xiao Can reminded me." ”

In fact, Jiuniang has not forgotten jì, but now that she is pregnant, ginseng is naturally something that can be eaten less, and eating too much is not beneficial to the body. She couldn't hold on anymore, so she took a tablet.

"What are you talking about?" A middle-aged waiter walked over, and said with a smile: "Princess Niangniang, since the queen mother punished you for kneeling, you better be honest, don't embarrass us below." ”

Jiuniang glanced at her coldly and did not speak.

This middle-aged servant was stunned by Jiu Niang's eyes, followed by annoyance and anger, he didn't dare to attack Jiu Niang, so he could only stretch out his foot to kick Xiaocui Xiaocan to vent his hatred.

"Kneel down for me, who told you to get so close, stay away!"

Xiao Cui and the two also knew that this was not the time to be reckless, so they moved aside with insult.

At this time, a group of people walked quickly at the gate of the Luan Palace.

When the middle-aged waiter saw the man at the head, his waist suddenly collapsed and he greeted him.

"Mr. Ruan, what kind of wind blew you over?"

Ruan Ronghai ignored him, pulled him away, hurriedly walked over to Jiu Niang's side, and leaned over to help her: "Ouch, my princess Niangniang, why are you kneeling here, but you are really suffering, as soon as Your Majesty received the letter, she ordered the slave to come quickly." ”

He reprimanded again: "You are all blind, why don't you hurry up and help our family!" ”

The people who were guarding outside the hall with Luan Hall were stupid, but they still reacted in the end, one of them secretly ran to the hall, and the rest of them rushed over. It's a pity that their movements are not as fast as the people brought by Ruan Ronghai, and Ruan Ronghai seems to dislike their appearance very much, so he only lets the people he brought come forward to support Jiuniang.

On the other side, Empress Xiao also came out after receiving the letter, followed by a large group of people.

Ruan Ronghai saw that Jiu Niang didn't seem to be in a big deal, so he straightened his robe, took two steps forward without smiling, and arrived in front of Queen Xiao, straightened his waist, and said in a loud voice: "Spread Your Majesty's message." ”

Headed by Queen Xiao, Hula lala knelt on the ground.

"Queen, you are so bold and reckless, you dare to distort my meaning, let the princess of Chu, who is pregnant with Liujia, kneel in the cold wind, her heart is vicious, her heart can be punished, and she is ordered to take the power of the palace held by the queen, and it is temporarily replaced by Liu Guifei, Qin this-"

Empress Xiao's body suddenly weakened and fell backwards.

"Queen Mother, are you still not grateful?"

Empress Xiao's face was gloomy, she smiled desolately, forced herself to stand up, and bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Ruan Ronghai ignored her anymore, turned around and went to Jiu Niang's side, smiling attentively, and Fang Cai's attitude towards Empress Xiao was completely different.

"Princess Chu, are you okay? You need a slave to help you pass on the doctor. ”

Jiuniang shook her head: "No, thank you Mr. Ruan." ”

"Then the slave arranged the carriage to send you out of the palace?"

Jiuniang felt that Ruan Ronghai was really empathetic, and she finally escaped, and she couldn't wait to stay away from this palace at this time. And she wanted to know very much at this time, what method did King Chu use to make Emperor Chengyuan change his attention.

As for Queen Xiao, Jiu Niang didn't even bother to look at her.

It's just a poor substitute!

Looking at the back of Jiu Niang being surrounded by a group of people, Empress Xiao seemed to feel Sen Sen's disdain, especially the different eyes around her, and she was suddenly angry, and a white eye fainted.

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother......"

*

As soon as he left the palace gate, he met the king of Chu waiting outside the palace gate.

Xiaocui and Xiaocan changed cars, and the carriage was loaded with the king of Chu before heading to the palace of the king of Chu.

Back at the palace, Lianzhi and the others had received the news that they were ready, Jiuniang was placed on the bed, and everyone brought hot water and handkerchiefs... Imperial Physician Liu was also invited to take the pulse.

It wasn't until she returned home that the breath that Jiu Niang was holding dissipated, and the whole person looked extremely weak. Imperial Physician Liu took the pulse, prescribed fetal medicine and ordered someone to boil it, and looked at Jiuniang's knee again.

On Jiuniang's white, tender and delicate knees, at this time, there was a bruise, and Imperial Doctor Liu sighed, explained that Lianzhi and the others needed a hot compress, and then rubbed the medicinal wine, and the bruises would probably be eliminated in a few days.

Knowing that Jiu Niang was fine, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and all the irrelevant people dispersed, and Lian Zhi cried quietly while holding a hot handkerchief to compress Jiu Niang's legs.

"Okay, stop crying, I'm fine."

"Those people are so vicious, how can they bear ......"

Jiu Niang didn't have the energy to speak at this time, she half-closed her eyes, and let Lianzhi help her rub her legs. Naturally, the leg is extremely painful, but if this bruise is not rubbed away, it will only hurt more later.

After a qiē was done, Jiuniang let the maids retreat, and the king of Chu, who had been sitting on the side with a gloomy face, came to the bed.

"It's all the king's thoughts......"

Jiuniang can understand the mood of the King of Chu at this time, if she is suffering physically, then the King of Chu is probably suffering mentally at this time. Such a proud man, his wife and children are tortured like this, his mood can be imagined.

Jiu Niang forced a smile and soothed: "Isn't this good for me?" Since you have chosen such a path, there are some things that cannot be avoided. ”

Yes, it can't be avoided, the King of Chu has long had this kind of awareness, and even started to lay out it a long time ago. But no matter how much he misses, there are some things that can't be counted after all, for example, he didn't expect that Emperor Chengyuan would be so uncalm, and would rather break the most stable situation at the moment, regardless of the consequences, but also put the child in Jiu Niang's womb to death.

This three-legged situation, if there is a corner, there will be chaos, he originally thought that Emperor Chengyuan would not be so stupid, but he used his IQ to overestimate the other party's IQ, so today's scene happened.

When he knew that something had happened, the King of Chu almost wanted to rush into the palace and snatch Jiuniang back, but fortunately, years of self-control and calmness stopped him. He thought about the various tricks he had prepared, slowly calmed down, and passed down the orders one by one, but in fact, the panic in his heart was only clear to himself.

The prince is an accident, if the prince does not appear, the king of Chu is also ready to let others to 'wake up' Emperor Chengyuan, if he really can't wake up, then he can only use Princess Anping to stop it, if it still doesn't work, then there is only the end of the fish dying and the net is broken......

Yes, the king of Chu has already planned to break the net, and the dead soldiers who are ambushed in various places in Chang'an City have long been on standby, and the secret hands of the northern and southern yajane guards have already been prepared......

Fortunately, he won the bet, Emperor Chengyuan was reluctant to let him operate the situation for many years, this situation that had been maintained for many years trapped him, why not also trapped the other party. Otherwise, why would Emperor Chengyuan keep holding back and turn a blind eye to many of the actions of King Zhao Cheng......

Hearing that she was rescued by the prince, Jiu Niang was a little surprised: "I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to intervene in this matter?" ”

"Brother Huang, he actually understands many things very well, but because of his father, he always pretends not to know."

The king of Chu was actually quite surprised by this matter, but he was not so surprised, since the accident on the day of the Yuan Festival, the East Palace has repeatedly shown strangeness, and the prince will come forward to dissuade it, which is also conceivable.

Everyone sees the prince as high and proud, but in fact, few people know the bitterness in his heart, and the king of Chu is one of them.