The crown prince, the prince of the country. The person with the highest status in the Great Xia Dynasty except for the reigning emperor was supposed to be the second master of the Great Xia Dynasty, but he died before he succeeded to the throne. He would never have a chance to ascend to the throne of the Ninefold Emperor on high above. The Imperial City of Jinling seemed to become lively in an instant, of course, this excitement was only secret, and the forces of all parties were ready to move. But on the bright side, it is still necessary to make the appearance of the death of the prince and the sorrow of the world.

The first crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, although he did not have any amazing abilities and talents, he was an important cornerstone of the stability and calm of the prince after so many years of the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty. It is also the reason why His Majesty the Emperor is obviously disappointed in his grandson, but he still tries his best to support him. Because he is the crown prince of Great Xia, in this world that has been the inheritance system of primogeniture since ancient times, everyone understands how important the four words are. As long as the crown prince is still there, the other princes can only bow down to their subordinates whether they want to or not. As long as the crown prince does not make any big mistakes after succeeding to the throne, Daxia can smoothly spend the decades since the founding of the country, and with a capable Ming monarch, he can enter a new era of peace and prosperity. As for other princes and princes, if they want to move any different intentions, they will only make the world abandon them.

But now, the crown prince is dead.

The sudden death of the crown prince made all the previous insistences of the emperor meaningless. And the new round of fighting will inevitably become more and more intense.

Burst!

In the palace, hearing the sudden sound of the bell, the emperor, who was resting on the chair, was stunned, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

陛xià! The attendant who was casually attendant was shocked, and hurriedly pounced on the emperor who almost fell to the ground, Your Majesty! 陛xià! Fast... Tell the Imperial Doctor!

The emperor closed his eyes, slowly opened them and asked, "Just now... What did you just hear?

The chief chamberlain fell to his knees with a thud and cried: "Your Majesty... His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince... It's gone! Majesty xià festival mourning.

Prince... Prince... Blood poured out from the corners of the emperor's lips, frightening the chief attendant at a loss. Take care of the dragon's body. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the most filial, if you know that His Majesty is so... How can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rest in peace in the heavens?

The emperor coughed a few times, the brocade handkerchief in his hand was covered with blood, and he sighed and said: I have long known that the prince is not in good health, but I think that I am already this age, and I will not... Unexpectedly... After all, let me, the white-haired man send the black-haired man... Prince, prince, you unfilial son.

陛xià......

The Imperial Doctor is here.

Fast! Let the Imperial Doctor in! Hearing the voice, the chief attendant hurriedly got up from the ground and shouted. Soon, the Imperial Doctor was led in, and he was also shocked to see this appearance. The chief attendant said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the imperial doctor is here, let the imperial doctor take a look."

The emperor, who was leaning on the back of the chair with his eyes closed, nodded slightly, and the imperial doctor stepped forward to take the pulse. The Emperor did not open his eyes, but only commanded: Immediately spread my will... Summoning the emperor's eldest grandson to return to Beijing immediately.

陛xià... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has passed away, do you need to go back to Beijing for funeral? The chief chamberlain asked cautiously.

There was silence in the imperial study for a long time, and just when I thought that the emperor would not answer, I heard his voice sound faintly, the vassal king... Let's wait.

Yes, 陛xià.

The death of the prince is a big deal, no matter what he was doing before, after hearing the heavy death knell, everyone put down what they were doing together, hurriedly put on suitable clothes and hurried to the prince's mansion. The crown princess was pale, but she still held on to preside over the affairs of the palace and did not fall. The side concubines and concubines who competed for favor in the past have also quieted down and obediently obeyed the orders of the crown princess. Now that the crown prince is gone, what else do they have to fight for? Once upon a time, there was a prince, and he always thought that his son could go further, but now the prince is gone... Their side concubines and concubines of the crown prince are also here. Maybe in the future, it will depend on the eldest grandson and the crown princess.

Princess Changping and Princess Lingyi arrived at the Prince's Mansion at the same time, and the lobby had already been arranged. After the two entered the hall to offer incense, they went over to comfort the princess and sister-in-law... Condolences.

The crown princess forgot about the two of them, sighed lightly, showed a wry smile on her face, and said: Fifth sister, seventh sister, go to the side hall and sit down. Thank you.

Princess Lingyi hugged the crown princess and said: Sister-in-law, what are you talking about, eldest brother... Alas, there are Qianluo here, sister-in-law should rest for a while. The crown princess's face was really not good-looking, and Princess Lingyi was very suspicious that the crown princess would pass out in the next moment. The crown princess also knew her own situation, nodded and ordered King Chengjun and King Anjun, and was helped by Princess Lingyi to the side hall to rest.

According to the regulations of the Great Xia Dynasty, the vassal king was not allowed to enter Beijing without an edict. In other words, as long as the emperor does not make an order, let alone say that the crown prince is dead, even if the emperor dies, the new emperor will not be able to come back to mourn if he does not make a decree. Now in the entire imperial city, in addition to the crown prince, the only serious royal bloodline is Princess Changping and Princess Lingyi, and even if Wei Hongfei, who is the king of the county with a different surname, is a distant relative who can't be beaten by eight poles.

As soon as she sat down, the crown princess was a little distracted, and she had to maintain her demeanor as a princess in the hall outside just now, and she couldn't hold it as soon as she left in front of everyone. Princess Changping and Princess Lingyi glanced at each other, and sighed secretly in their hearts, sister-in-law...

The crown princess came back to her senses, shook her head and said: Don't worry, I... It's still holding up. Originally... Originally, there was... The crown princess shook her head and did not speak. Princess Changping frowned slightly, and said: Sister-in-law, why did the imperial brother suddenly ...... The crown princess's eyes were red, and there was a little more sadness and pain in her voice, the prince has always been in bad health, and you know it. Last time... After being healed by the county lord of Star City, he got better. But the crown prince... The prince has never liked to condition his body, and he was a little unswerving this morning, who knows......

Princess Changping secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it had only been long since the matter of flawless treatment of the prince, and it would be troublesome if it had anything to do with her. However, looking at the princess's expression and the obvious obscurity in her words, I know that I am afraid that things are not so simple.

But Princess Lingyi secretly rolled her eyes in her heart, the fifth sister usually doesn't like to go out and doesn't know, but Princess Lingyi often walks around the capital but she knows. This royal brother is good at everything, has a gentle personality, and although his ability is not outstanding, he is not bad, but he has a problem of liking women. was injured when he was young, if he didn't have this problem, his body might not be so bad, but he just couldn't hold it, obviously his health was not good, but the side concubine was the most of all the princes.

The crown princess is not favored, but she has been able to sit firmly as the crown princess for more than 20 years, and no matter how favored the side concubines in the backyard are, they have never wavered in their status, and naturally they are not ordinary women. Soon he restrained his feelings, looked at Princess Changping and Princess Lingyi and said: Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has passed away, and the royal brothers are not in Jinling, my father is there, and I hope that the two younger sisters will be relieved.

Both nodded, but they both saw a hint of sorrow in each other's eyes. What kind of blow did the death of the eldest brother to the father... Even they don't know it. There are many fathers and princes, but the most beloved and most highly anticipated is undoubtedly His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and now that the white-haired person sends the blow of the black-haired person, can the father and emperor hold on?

I've seen my mother. Outside, Xiao Qianluo, the king of Chengjun, hurriedly walked in and saluted respectfully towards the crown princess and the two princesses. Xiao Qianluo's face was also a little haggard, unlike Xiao Qianye and the emperor as backers, the only thing they could rely on was the love of their father, and now their father is gone... Their situation was even more difficult than Xiao Qianye's.

The mother concubine, the two aunts, came to the palace to pass the decree. Xiao Qianluo said respectfully.

The crown princess touched the tears on her face, nodded and said: Got it, go out to receive the order.

In fact, there is no special content in the holy decree, it just says that the prince is sad for the death of His Majesty, and the Ministry of Rites and the Qin Tianjian will handle the prince's funeral well, and there are some words to appease the crown princess. It will take some days for the prince's nickname to come down, and after today's sacrifice, the court will really start to organize the prince's funeral.

Princess Changping and Princess Lingyi said goodbye to the crown princess and went into the palace together, but the emperor did not see them, and the two had to turn around and go out of the palace and go back to their respective homes.

Princess Changping returned to her own courtyard in Yanwang's Mansion, waved away the girl who was waiting beside her, sighed slightly, and looked at the empty room and felt a sense of loneliness. She has been a lonely person for more than 20 years, although she has a son who is filial and always greets her, but in the end, Wei Junmo is naturally indifferent and not good at words. But even so, Princess Changping never felt lonely, but now... But my heart is really as empty as this room.

Mother. A clear and low voice came from behind her, and Princess Changping was startled and turned around suddenly, only to see Nangong Mo standing not far behind her and looking at her. Princess Changping couldn't help but stroke her chest and said: Flawless? How did you get back? You kid... Why don't you make a noise when you come back? Nangong Mo was also a little embarrassed, scared his mother?

Princess Changping shook her head with a smile and said: I was a little distracted just now when I thought about things, come over and let my mother see, I seem to have lost a lot of weight these days.

Nangong Mo let Princess Changping pull him up and down, and he only felt a faint warmth in his heart. Although Princess Changping is not her biological mother, she is the most of all the women in her past and present lives who makes her feel the warmth of her mother. Princess Changping pulled her to sit down, and was about to order someone to prepare refreshments to eat, Nangong Mo hurriedly grabbed him and said: Mother, I came back secretly, and I can't let people know.

Princess Changping was stunned and hurriedly asked, "But what happened?"

Nangong Mo thought about it, and still picked out something that could be said about the incident and told Princess Changping. Before she finished listening, Princess Changping couldn't help but sigh and said: What is this child thinking about Qianye. This kid... It used to be good, but how can it be ...... now? Nangong Mo patted Princess Changping's hand and said: Mother is relieved, now it seems... Now King Yuejun himself is afraid that he will no longer be able to be the master. Also, if... If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's death is related to the king of Pingchuan County, the king of Yuejun... I'm afraid I won't be able to turn back.

This kid is really confused! How could he get involved with Uncle Huang! Princess Changping gritted her teeth and said.

Nangong Modao: What does my mother know about the king of Pingchuan County?

Princess Changping shook her head and said, "The King of Pingchuan is the youngest half-brother of his father, and he is nearly twenty years old from His Majesty. When my father went out to conquer the world, Uncle Huang was still a child who didn't understand. Later, the status of his father gradually increased, and the emperor's uncle followed his father's side. However, the emperor's grandfather was reluctant to endure hardships for the emperor's uncle, he was young, and his personality was inevitably a little domineering when he was young, and the relationship with the civil and military generals under his father was not very good. When the emperor's grandfather died, he repeatedly told his father to take good care of the emperor's uncle, so the emperor's uncle always tolerated three points for the father and the queen mother. It's just that when the country was founded, the father rewarded the ministers, and the strategists around the father said that the emperor's uncle was still young and had no merits, so it was better to be crowned a county king first. lest in the future, if the emperor has any merits, he will not be rewarded, and then cause something. The emperor's uncle was very unhappy at the moment, and the adviser who spoke about the words took a snort, which made his father angry. Since then, the emperor's uncle has gone to the fiefdom and has never returned to Beijing. It's been a long time... We're all about to forget about him.

Nangong Modao: Obviously, the king of Pingchuan didn't plan to forget about himself.

Princess Changping frowned slightly, shook her head and said: No, I have to enter the palace immediately and tell my father about this matter.

Nangong Mo shook his head and said: Mother don't be impatient, the excerpts that Lin Changfeng secretly sent into Zhongshu Province were all stopped, and it is obvious that the power of the King of Pingchuan in the palace is not small. As soon as my mother came out of the palace, she immediately went in again, but I was afraid that it would arouse suspicion, not to mention... His Majesty may not see you now. Princess Changping thought about it, what Nangong Mo said was true, and said a little anxiously: What should I do? Nangong Modao: Mother will go to the palace again tomorrow morning, and I will accompany my mother when the time comes. Before that, I will check whether the cause of His Royal Highness the Prince's death is really related to them.

Princess Changping nodded, looked at Nangong Mo and said: Flawless, thank you for your hard work. We... Shouldn't I give the third brother a letter?

Don't. Nangong Modao: Since His Majesty did not issue an edict to order the vassal king to return to Beijing, it means that His Majesty has not thought about it yet. If we rashly send a message to His Royal Highness King Yan, I am afraid that it will cause His Royal Highness King Yan to be jealous. What's more, His Royal Highness King Yan may not have other channels to know about these things, so we don't have to worry. If these vassal kings don't have eyeliner and spies in Jinling City, I'm afraid that even the emperor himself won't believe it.

Princess Changping sighed lightly, as a princess, she didn't know anything about court affairs. In the past 20 years, I haven't been closed, and I can't even figure out the relationships in many capitals, as an elder, I have to worry about the younger generations, you rush back alone, don't be too tired. Is Jun'er okay in Lingzhou? Where did Nangong Mo dare to tell Princess Changping that there was a plague in Lingzhou and Wei Junmo was seriously injured? only said that Wei Junmo was very good, but there were still many things in Lingzhou that had not been done, so he came back a few days late. Hearing her say this, Princess Changping also calmed down a little.

Nangong Mo said goodbye to Princess Changping and returned to Tianyi Pavilion, where Lin Changfeng waited early. Seeing Nangong Mo coming in, he immediately got up and won, Miss Mo, how is it? What did Princess Changping say there?

Nangong Mo shook his head, His Majesty didn't see his mother and Princess Lingyi, but... There should be no problem over there for the time being, the problem should be in Shangshu Province, and I will go into the palace tomorrow to take a look. What's going on over there in the Prince's Mansion? Lin Changfeng looked at Nangong Mo with a strange expression, and Nangong Mo said angrily: What is the matter, what are you doing with this yin and yang weird look?

Lin Changfeng sat down, hesitated and said again: The cause of His Royal Highness the Prince's death seems to be... Ahem, excessive sex...

Kindness? Nangong Mo was a little dazed.

Lin Changfeng rolled his eyes and said, "Wind immediately."

…… Nangong Mo was speechless for a long time before he said: Are you sure?

Lin Changfeng glanced at her and said, "Do you think the crown princess will show me the body of His Royal Highness the crown prince?" Of course, I tried to ask the person who was waiting for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at the time. The people who served in close service were all imprisoned by the crown princess, and they couldn't approach it at all, so they could only ask the rough maids in the prince's courtyard, what could they see? But it's not just the people who are waiting next to the prince, the one who waits that day... The bedchamber heard that he had been beaten by the crown princess and was also locked up. What do you think.

I think your guess makes a lot of sense. Nangong Mo said silently in his heart. It's just that... The dignified founding prince of Great Xia, this kind of death really makes people don't know what to say.

Nangong Mo pondered for a moment and asked, "So, do you think the prince's death was really just an accident?"

Lin Changfengdao: I didn't say that. Touching his chin, Lin Changfeng said: I asked people to check the people around the prince before he became ill, you know... Where was the concubine who was sleeping at that time?

Pingzhou?

Lin Changfeng shook his head and said: It's from Lingzhou. But... Although this woman's ancestral home is from Lingzhou, she was sold into the Qinglou by her parents in her early years, and she was only given to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as a concubine. And the one she stayed in for the longest time was in Pingzhou City.

Nangong Mo frowned, is there any evidence that she has a relationship with Xiao Chun?

No. Lin Changfeng replied simply, even if there is, it will not be able to be found in a moment.

Nangong Mo sighed and said: Keep looking, something else... I can only see the emperor's majesty.

Lin Changfeng nodded and said: Yes, in this Jinling City, there are many things without the nod of His Majesty the Emperor, which is really inconvenient at all. Nangong Modao: I hope Xiao Chun doesn't really make trouble.

It's already out of trouble, okay? Lin Changfeng said: It's not a big deal if the prince is dead, what is a big deal? At this time, Xiao Qianye either ascended to the sky in one step, or he could only be doomed. has something to do with the death of the prince, no matter whether Xiao Qianye has done anything in it or not, as long as someone finds out that Xiao Qianye will be finished.

…… His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always had a low sense of zài, and even if he died, she didn't feel that something big had happened.

In the imperial study of the palace, it was already late at night, and the imperial study was still brightly lit. The emperor sat behind the bookcase in a daze, and his old face looked even older and thinner because of the sudden blow, so that people could no longer see that this person was the overlord of the generation who expelled the Northern Yuan Dynasty and swept the world. The emperor was holding a piece of jade pendant, and the palace maid and eunuch waiting next to him did not dare to disturb, and the silence in the entire imperial study room could be heard clearly as if the sound of a needle falling to the ground.

Prince... Prince...

It's late at night, it's time to rest. The chief chamberlain said cautiously, his face full of worry. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's death is already a shock to the government and the opposition, if something happens to His Majesty, how can he get it? No one knew the Emperor's physical condition better than those who were waiting with him. It's almost the end of the oil lamp, if it continues to be damaged because of the prince......

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would definitely feel uneasy if he knew that His Majesty was so sad for him.

The emperor sighed deeply and asked, "Can you take the imperial doctor to see it?" Why did the prince die suddenly? I used the elixir before, didn't I say that it was much better?

The head of the chamberlain's face changed, and he hesitated a little. In fact, the imperial doctor who went to the prince's mansion had already returned, but no one dared to tell him about this result.

Say! How could the emperor not see the change in his expression for a moment, and his eyes were sharp.

Yes, Majesty! The head of internal affairs trembled in his heart, and knelt on the ground with a puff and said: "Return... Returning to His Majesty, the Imperial Doctor came back to tell him, saying... said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is because of the sexual matter... It's too much, too much, so excited that it goes up in the blood, so much... So much so that he died suddenly... In the end, the chief chamberlain couldn't imagine the face of His Majesty the Emperor, so he had to kneel on the ground tremblingly, his forehead pressed tightly against the ground.

What the?! The emperor was shocked and angry, and it took a long time before he said: This rebel! What a rebel... What is he not good at learning, he wants to be greedy for women... Unfilial son!

Majesty xià sighs of anger!

The emperor didn't get angry for long, and after a while, he calmed down and asked, "Which doctors went to the Imperial Hospital?"

The chief attendant didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly said: It's Imperial Physician Wang, Imperial Physician Li, and Imperial Physician Sun.

The emperor snorted lightly and said: The crown prince is not in good health, and I am worried that there is no one to wait for him under the spring, so these people will be martyred for the prince. Also, you send someone to tell the crown princess, and the people waiting around the prince have sealed their mouths tightly for me.

Yes, yes. The chief attendant replied repeatedly, obviously it was early winter, but the sweat had already soaked his sideburns. He knew that His Majesty was to maintain the reputation of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and those imperial doctors and the people around the prince would definitely not be able to stay. Fortunately... Fortunately, His Majesty still trusts himself, otherwise I'm afraid that he will be one of the people who will be martyred tonight. Not daring to think about it any more, the chief waiter quickly got up from the ground and walked quickly towards the door.