The days after Tanabata seem to be calm and weird. The military reports of the North Gate and the West Gate are frequent, and the Praetorian Guards guarding the gate are required to ask clearly whether the person who comes is the post station or the military department, the former letter is not entered, and the latter must first ask the military department Shangshu Chi Rui to personally check the waist card before receiving the letter and refusing people. However, these military reports or legacies are easy for Chi Rui to see through at a glance, and they can't be faked anymore.

Naturally, this matter can only be handed over to the king of Runan County.

In addition, there were several small commotions at the East Gate and the South Gate of the South Gate, and some cavalrymen shouted loudly, saying that the prince had sent them to a certain place to investigate, and that the situation was urgent and of great importance, and that they had submitted a secret letter to the cabinet. When the guards at the gate wanted to check the waist card, several people suddenly burst out and wanted to get on their horses and rush to the door, but the soldiers did not have time to react, and were almost trampled by the horses, but fortunately, a few black-clothed people suddenly appeared outside the city gate, and shot these cavalrymen who wanted to break into the city gate with arrows, and then the clothes disappeared.

The body was still handed over to the king of Runan.

There are even secret letters that tell where the prince is hiding dragon robes, weapons and other notes, reporting the meeting place where ** Yu in the city conspired to kill the king and marry a certain king, and all kinds of confusing news made the king of Runan County tired.

Gu Ci was very sympathetic, but unfortunately soon she herself was not qualified to sympathize with others.

On the evening of a rest day at the end of July, the minister did not stay in the Chongwen Pavilion, and the service team had just finished eating, and the two little princes of the Hongwen Pavilion fell ill, vomiting and diarrhea, and their mother and concubine 'mother and son were connected', and soon knew the condition in the sealed South Eighteen Palaces, and ran Yonghe Men to make trouble. Gu Ci urgently summoned the hospital envoy and a hospital judge who was proficient in pediatrics, and when they finished diagnosing their pulses, they asked, "Can you move?" ”

The court judgment said that it was okay, and the court envoy said that it would be safer to move tomorrow, Gu Ci thought about it, and asked people to ask the two concubines who made trouble, "Don't joke about the safety of the child's life." Do you want the child to return to the Eighteenth Palace in the South, or go to the Qianqing Palace for treatment? "One wants the child to come back to his side, and he doesn't worry about others. One is willing to let the child go to the Qianqing Palace, where the imperial doctor is stationed. Gu Ci complied, and asked the hospital, which was proficient in pediatrics, to stay in Chongwen Hall on standby.

The first to make trouble that night was the South Eighteen Palaces. The female guards of the East Palace went in first to clear the path, and when the court sentenced them to go, the ten princes were already convulsive. Gu Ci couldn't bear to look at it, just staring at Concubine Wu Liang who was kneeling and crawling on the ground, her pale face was full of genuine grief and despair. Concubine Wu Liang kept kowtowing and begged her to let Xiao Lu come to heal her.

Gu Ci also said sadly, "If it weren't for the emperor's critical illness, I wouldn't have been able to let the people in Cining Palace come out." Besides, is it too late? I warned you before, don't gamble with your child's life......"

The small body on the bed was out of breath, and it would not be long enough to be cyanotic and paralyzed. Concubine Wu Liang's petite body erupted into a beastly roar and scream, and her palace maid trembled and knelt in the corner.

Gu Ci muttered to himself, "Are you still a mother?" Why do you abuse your children like this? Isn't it good to be a princess of the palace and enjoy the joy of family? ”

Why bother......

The judge shuddered and hid behind her, shaking his whole body and unable to speak.

Gu Ci sighed, "Write the case truthfully, there is no need to shy away from it, come to me if you have something." ”

She hadn't done a funeral, and she had to go back and go back to the old routine.

Concubine Wu Liang stepped forward and wanted to hug her legs, but was blocked by Gan Tang, she kept kowtowing like crazy, "Princess, please, I am willing to ...... anything"

"I don't want to hear it. You yourself made a mistake stupidly, you didn't believe me before, and now you want to use a few words to let me help you avenge you? Gu Ci said to Chamomile, "Please come over to the king of Runan." Take twenty men to help him. ”

Concubine Wu Liang's crying stopped abruptly, and the other palace attendants watched the princess and her party leave.

As soon as Gu Ci came out of Yonghe Gate, the chamberlain came to report that the eleventh prince was seriously ill, and immediately rushed to the east side hall of Qianqing Palace. Fortunately, the envoy controlled the vomiting of the Eleventh Prince, and after examining the filth, he found that he had eaten something similar to Aconite.

True, simple, and brutal......

Gu Ci looked at the sweaty General Manager Mu, "The Ten Princes have already gone, please ask the court for details." I also asked General Manager Mu to send someone to collect the funeral, and go to the East Palace later, and we will discuss a charter. ”

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Back in the study of the East Palace, she looked depressed and nestled on the soft couch by the window in the east corner to bask in the light of the stars and the moon, feeling uncomfortable, the desires of adults are not controlled, and often the children who are injured and die are not yet known. In this era, we do not pay attention to 'the commensurate punishment of crimes', but rather advocate 'homomorphic revenge' and 'joint sitting'. The driving force behind this time is none other than Liang, Du and their families who are dead and not stiff with a hundred-legged insect, as long as the prince is in one day, they will never be able to turn over. In order to change this fate, several princes who have been suppressed by the emperor may have been used by those relatives outside, and some of them obviously want to connect the mothers of the two little princes in the harem and support the young monarch, so that there are many people who can feel the authority.

There are two little princes, so naturally one can be sacrificed, used to blame, and used as bait.

So the stupid and impulsive Concubine Wu Liang is the best choice, she is uninformed, easy to deceive, there are no powerful people around her, she likes to make a big deal of it, she is just the daughter of a county official, and she is sorry that so many people abandon their previous suspicions and join forces.

Sometimes she spurns the emperor's vision of choosing women, how can she like to sleep stupidly like this? But thinking about it the other way, if all of them were shrewd and capable women like the Queen Mother fighting in the harem, it would be easy to achieve the record of more than a dozen concubines and more than 400 palace attendants who died in five days during the reign of Gaozong. The stupid person's combat effectiveness is still much worse, and the scheming is easy to be seen through, like Mrs. Fang, the reason why her parents have never taken her in their eyes is probably because they think that her tricks and calculations are only worth a bit. The emperor has always refused to completely defeat the King of Zhongshan and King Guangen, who are not willing to give up on the throne, and even let many courtiers buzz around the Eighth and Ninth Princes, is he really not ready?

I don't believe this at all!

You see that the dead mother Guangsi Wang is much quieter, of course, part of the reason is that he is lame, but there is a lack of a remote controller in the harem, and a prince who only receives a salary and has no real position can get too little support, so the very close in-laws and the Lin family's die-hard loyalists can reach out. Didn't you see that the Wuling Bo family sent a young son who had no prospects to be an outcast, and it wasn't because the bald Guangsi King could share too little cake. Therefore, it is not for nothing that the King of Zhongshan and the King of Guangen are so confident - the emperor is reluctant to touch their mother. Concubine Liang Liang was only reduced to Shuyi, she was only a little more than twelve years old when she entered the palace, and she gave birth to the first prince at the age of fourteen and grew up healthy, Concubine Du Xian can still be a talented person, and gave birth to two sons, one of whom has been a well-behaved and obedient young son for many years. Two women have been with the emperor for more than 30 years, will the emperor be willing? Even if they knew that Xiao Tong's death was related to them, they wouldn't do it.

A woman who has been together for less than two years has long been a cinnabar mole!

From time to time, hang up to remember your long-term affection, or sigh a sentence of 'Qing Ben's thin life', the women around her kneel down in tears, and leave them behind!

Scumbag!

Gu Ci felt that the emperor's illness was related to the queen mother's gathering of the people in the old palace and the announcement of various rumors to the public with the truth, so he was angry with his own mother and locked up in confinement! Master must have seen this clearly, so he voluntarily went to prison!

And the emperor is still pretending to be sick!

She knew that day when she shone a lamp on his pupils, it was impossible for a really unconscious person to react so quickly!

Dear, you're fishing law enforcement!

But alas, no matter who you actually want to catch, I will protect my brother's fish so that the other fish can kill you. Gu Ci dared to guarantee that as long as the Queen Mother was still there, the person who wanted the emperor to die would definitely not be the crown prince. Even if the Empress Dowager is gone, as long as she is not old enough for the prince to think that it is 'suitable to have children', he will definitely not want the emperor to die......

So the emperor, you just continue to pretend, I don't know if the aconitum wants to give you food.

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Gu Ci was staggered and unenergetic, dazed and sluggish for a long time, Gan Tang and Gan Ming were dealing with trivial matters such as the festive decoration of the East Palace and the preparation of plain clothes, Ming Ting and Mr. Mu were discussing the funeral, Yiqing came with a bowl of tea and a scroll of instructions to ask for seals, and she was worried when she looked listless.

"This is wolfberry pearl soup, you drink a little to calm your nerves." There was no one else in the room, and his voice was soft.

Gu Ci was woken up by him, took the teacup, the warm sweet water overflowed his throat, he suddenly felt a little more energetic, and smiled, "How could they let you do this?" ”

When Yiqing first arrived, she was almost watched twenty-four hours a day, and it was not easy to get close to her, let alone let him serve tea and water alone. It seems that after she had a long talk with him that day, Ming Ting and Gan Tang were a lot kinder to him.

Yiqing smiled but said nothing. He was originally the person prepared by the emperor for the crown prince, but now he wanted to come to the East Palace as soon as possible for her, so he quietly cooperated with Ming Ting. Both of them are people who have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and they don't need to say hello in advance, so the people of the East Palace are much less wary of him. It's just that she doesn't need to know about these. No matter how low-key he is, he can't hide the look in her eyes for long.

That's fine.

"Scared, huh?"

"What are they trying to do?"

"A thing that you want the most but never get, try hard, get closer, and in the end it is only a little bit closer, it is possible to get it, and you will naturally fight hard. That's how the heart grows slowly. ”

"Don't think about the cost first?"

"There's always a fluke, I don't think so."

Gu Ci looked at him and didn't speak.

"You'll be in this situation in the future."

"I'm not going to do anything that crosses the floor!"

She has ordered the killing, and even if necessary, she is willing to do it herself, but she has always adhered to the premise of 'legitimate defense'. She is not a judge, and she cannot arbitrarily decide the life and death of others, but she is responsible for the people around her, so she uses modern legal standards to restrain herself, which is her bottom limit.

"Other women don't mind doing such things to you and your future children."

"My brother said he wouldn't have any other women! …… Besides, it's really ......" Gu Ci was indeed a little uneasy about his confidence in men's habits, and lowered his head a little uneasy, "...... Then I'll have to leave him......"

Yiqing didn't speak, and only replied after a long time, "Okay, when the time comes, I'll take you away." ”

Gu Ci looked at him with a smile, "I don't think there will be this opportunity." I believe in my brother! ”

"Then I'll let him not have this chance." Yiqing smiled warmly, without jealousy and haze.

"Thank you!" She regained her spirits and headed for her study.

Ming Ting and Manager Mu were waiting for her.

"Does the emperor know the news?"

Ming Ting glanced at Yiqing, who was following her, and asked Manager Mu to speak first.

"Please show the crown princess, where is the coffin?"

"What is the charter of the second prince and the fifth prince?" Sejong has died with these two children so far.

"Stop for five days at the Waixiang Hall outside the Chongxi Palace, and the mourning hall is also located here for January, close to the Xihua Gate."

"That's how it is."

"Then the ...... outside" is the most troublesome and difficult thing to do if you want to hide this matter first.

"I can do what I have to do, just say that there is no will, and I will wait for tomorrow to discuss with the ministers before the result." Maybe the emperor was stimulated and could wake up and say something. Other trivial things such as incense candles, flowers, vegetarian fruits, etc., as well as ice in summer, must not be missing, and vegetarian clothes must be prepared immediately. The second and fifth princes died in the funeral of the prince of the county, and they did not wear clothes for a few days or dropped out of the dynasty for a few days, as long as the emperor did not get up to speak this time, she did so.