"Someone!" Emperor Shang Jing no longer gave a few people a chance to speak, and shouted outside.

"Majesty Xià......" The eunuch guarding the door came in in fear, for fear that this time he would be implicated in his head.

"The queen despises the monarch's authority and is grounded for one month from now on, without my permission, she is not allowed to leave the Fengyi Palace for half a step, and it will be implemented immediately." Emperor Shang Jing said coldly.

The eunuch guarding the door was stunned, and only after a pause did he react: "Yes." ”

"Let people send Princess Rou'an back, send more people to serve her, and don't let the princess be wronged." Emperor Shang Jing thought for a while, and then pointed to Princess Rou'an.

Princess Rou'an wanted to fight again, but Emperor Shang Jing didn't even look at her. The eunuch looked at this situation and knew that the decision made by Emperor Shang Jing would not be changed. In order to avoid implicating himself, he hurriedly rushed out and called someone to take Queen Xue and Princess Rou'an away.

Those eunuchs actually didn't dare to really attack Empress Xue, but Empress Xue didn't care about them, so she didn't need them to do anything at all, she glanced at Emperor Shang Jing directly, turned around and left. Princess Joan struggled a little, but it was useless. Seeing that Queen Xue can still leave dignified and generously without anything in such a situation, Princess Rou'an has to admire, sure enough, Queen Xue is really not an ordinary person, this open-mindedness and determination are not what she can look up to.

The two of them went out of the imperial study, but by chance they saw a group of people coming from a distance at the door. At the front is a soft sedan chair, [The people on the sedan chair are wearing red palace clothes, surrounded by a group of palace maids, how domineering and domineering the posture is, how arrogant and arrogant it is. Empress Xue's footsteps paused slightly. That person is Concubine Xian.

On weekdays, Concubine Xian looked at Queen Xue very unpleasantly. However, Concubine Xian is a smart person, but she is rarely very blatantly arrogant in the palace, but is often very low-key, so that many people think that she is really a virtuous and virtuous concubine. However, there are still irreconcilable contradictions between Concubine Xian and Empress Xue. Not to mention in this harem. The only one who can compete with the queen is this virtuous concubine. There are even times. Concubine Xian also has a tendency to be above Queen Xue. More importantly, between several princes, who will eventually become the crown prince is also between Empress Xue and Concubine Xian. The most irreconcilable contradiction. On the surface. Empress Xue kneeled. There are two biological sons, the eldest prince and the third prince, and the fourth prince, although he is not biological, he has always been raised by his side. It's no different from his own prince. And under the name of Concubine Xian, there is only one prince and one prince. Moreover, Empress Xue is still the queen, and her status is also higher than that of Concubine Xian. It seems that Empress Xue is sure to win.

However, in fact, Empress Xue really didn't necessarily take much advantage. First of all, the struggle for the throne is often not based on the number of people. Although the eldest prince has the most advantages, the eldest son is also the son-in-law, speaking of which he is the most inheritable one. However, in addition to this advantage, the eldest prince was completely crushed by several brothers in other aspects, he had no talent, and his character was not very prominent, anyway, it can be seen from Emperor Shang Jingdi that he has not yet decided on the candidate for the prince. Emperor Shang Jing was at least not so satisfied with the eldest prince. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a lot less trouble to directly set the eldest prince as the crown prince? But he didn't, which shows that he was hesitating.

And the biggest reason for Emperor Shang Jing's hesitation was the second prince. The virtuous name of the second prince is known to the whole world. The power of Concubine Xian's family should not be underestimated, and even many ministers will secretly reveal that the second prince is more suitable to be the prince than the eldest prince. Although Emperor Shang Jing was somewhat unhappy with the good name of the second prince, he really couldn't find any fault with the second prince. Moreover, many times, Emperor Shang Jing also likes the delicate and sleek of the second prince, and he has to admit that as a monarch, he is not as good as the second prince in this regard. However, the second prince is only the second prince after all, and Emperor Shang Jing has not made up his mind for a long time, before it was because of the eldest prince, but now it is more because of Shang Qirui.

Shang Qirui is the third prince, and his previous reputation in the court was at most gentle and polite, and there was nothing outstanding, especially as a prince, Shang Qirui did not have any qualities that Emperor Shang Jing liked. However, after returning from the Jincheng battlefield, the situation became different. Not only because of Shang Qirui's victory in the battle of Jincheng, but also because after that battle, Shang Qirui's whole person seemed to have changed from the inside out, which was very in line with the taste of time. For this son who didn't pay much attention to it before, Emperor Shang Jing was unprecedentedly satisfied. However, if Shang Qirui was to be established as the prince, Emperor Shang Jing could not make up his mind. One is that he feels that Shang Qirui is changing too fast, and he can't fully understand how he suddenly became so good. On the other hand, it is also for the sake of Shang Qirui. After all, there are two brothers in front of him, whether it is Lixian or Lichang, it seems that it is not Shang Qirui's turn. If Shang Qirui is rashly established as the crown prince, it may bring him more trouble. Therefore, Emperor Shang Jing hesitated.

As for the four princes, the sense of existence has always been extremely low, and he was originally young, and he has always been low-key, so the four princes are a prince who has almost been ignored by the civil and military forces of the whole dynasty. Only the closest people in the palace will know that in fact, the talents of the four princes are not inferior to those of several royal brothers.

In short, because of the open and secret struggle for the position of the crown prince and the competition for status in the palace, Queen Xue and Concubine Xian, the two highest-ranking ladies in the harem, no matter how they disguised, there was no way to really treat each other as sisters in their hearts. Even, in each other's hearts, they are just enemies. But, at the same time, they don't make their hatred too obvious on the surface. After all, no matter how much he really thinks in his heart, he can't wait to cut the other party with a thousand knives, but on the surface, Empress Xue and Concubine Xian are both the emperor's right-hand man, both are high in the palace, sisters, and even relatives. Therefore, before this, although the two people did not agree with each other, they would never leave any handle for others, and even cooperated with each other many times to perform a sisterhood drama.

However, today's arrogant posture of Concubine Xian is a bit abnormal. Empress Xue frowned slightly, but she didn't care very much, she was just reprimanded by the emperor, and she was inevitably embarrassed. Thankfully. The emperor's decree has not yet been transmitted, and Concubine Xian still does not know the news that she has been locked up by the emperor. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to raise your head in front of her.

Thinking so, Empress Xue couldn't help but raise her head, as if to emphasize her identity. Empress Xue herself didn't notice that her action was a bit deliberate, if it was before, she would definitely not do such an action.

"Oh, isn't this the queen's mother?" Concubine Xian's group had already approached, and Concubine Xian pretended to be surprised. It seems that I have only seen Empress Xue now. The deliberate smile was fake and undisguised, which made Empress Xue feel the urge to rush up and slap her.

What's even more excessive is that Concubine Xian saw Queen Xue and did not mean to get off the sedan chair. He just waved his hand to signal the person who followed him to stop. smiled arrogantly at Queen Xue: "I'm really sorry." The Queen's Mother. His Majesty asked his concubine to send Princess Mingzhu over, this is His Majesty's holy decree, and it cannot be delayed. The concubines didn't have time to say hello to the queen. ”

When I spoke, the expression and tone on my face were full of provocation, and I just didn't want to say hello to you, what do you mean with me. Empress Xue's teeth itched, but she was more concerned about the other meaning of Concubine Xian's words. The emperor asked Concubine Xian to send Princess Mingzhu over? Princess Mingzhu is the princess that Shi Jian sent to kiss this time. Empress Xue now knows that those show girls were not selected by Emperor Shang Jing to enrich the harem, but for those lifters, but for this Pearl Princess, Empress Xue has long known that she will definitely be left in the palace. Empress Xue still remembered that at that time, Emperor Shang Jing still smiled and said that the princess of Shijian was just staying in the palace to appease people's hearts. The woman who came out of the barbarian land of Shijian was not interested in him at all. Empress Xue didn't take Emperor Shang Jing's words to heart, and it was impossible for Emperor Shang Jing to ignore the princess who came from Shijian. Especially after seeing Princess Mingzhu, such a beautiful beauty, completely different from the beauty of Dajin's woman, for men, the attraction must be not small. For Emperor Shang Jing, who is also a man and has three thousand beauties, Empress Xue doesn't think he will be a different person. However, what Empress Xue didn't expect was that Emperor Shang Jing would meet Princess Mingzhu so soon, and what she didn't expect was that Emperor Shang Jing would ask Concubine Xian to take Princess Mingzhu to meet her. Empress Xue's eyes darkened slightly, and Concubine Xian and Princess Mingzhu both walked to the imperial study, indicating that this matter was not an order that Emperor Shang Jing had just given now. And such a big posture must have been prepared a long time ago. In other words, it was not because Empress Xue defended Princess Rou'an that she angered Emperor Shang Jing and distrusted Empress Xue. Instead, long before Empress Xue came to see Emperor Shang Jing, Emperor Shang Jing was already dissatisfied with Empress Xue and wanted to seize her power. Otherwise, how could it be Concubine Xian's turn to do this kind of thing? Perhaps, Emperor Shang Jing has long wanted to do the matter of house arrest, right? The matter of Princess Rou'an is just a fuse, even if there is no matter of Princess Rou'an, Emperor Shang Jing will soon put Empress Xue under house arrest.

Empress Xue laughed at herself in her heart, and she said, why does the emperor feel weird today? helped Rou'an say a few words, but he didn't really say anything excessive, and when he got to him, he turned into a contempt for the king. Sure enough, what is unwarranted, what is the crime of wanting to add, and what is the trouble, Queen Xue finally deeply understands it. But I still can't stop feeling uncomfortable in my heart, after so many years of husband and wife, even if they don't have such a deep love for each other, at least they have feelings, right? Isn't there anything you can just say? Why bother? No matter what he said directly, she couldn't refuse.

was gloomy in his heart, and he was not interested in dealing with Concubine Xian's provocation. Empress Xue looked at Princess Mingzhu, who was following Concubine Xian, dressed boldly, but it also highlighted the beautiful shock brought by her young body. Princess Mingzhu's eyes revealed naked mockery and pride.

"Congratulations to the princess, you have worked hard." Empress Xue's face did not change, she answered softly, and continued to walk forward. It doesn't look like the two of them can be provocative.

Concubine Xian was stunned, this is too strange, although Queen Xue looks gentle, she is the master who never wants to suffer, and now she is so calm, it shouldn't be. Although she got a little information from the emperor and felt that Empress Xue might be left out in the cold, Concubine Xian still didn't dare to be careless, after all, she had also been in this deep palace for so many years. I know very well in my heart that the words of the emperor are the most discredited in many cases. The so-called favor is only based on his temporary preference. If I can lift you up to heaven today, I can send you to the eighteenth layer of hell tomorrow. In the same way, people who have fallen out of favor today. Maybe I'll climb on top of you tomorrow and and pee. Therefore, in the absence of special certainty, you must not offend others lightly.

Therefore, although Concubine Xian saw that Empress Xue's expression was a little abnormal today, she was still not too presumptuous, but raised her voice and said, "Congratulations to the queen mother." ”

Of course, the raised end note naturally clearly revealed the pride and happiness in her heart.

Empress Xue pursed her lips and walked forward step by step, her face becoming more and more ugly.

"Queen Mother, I'm sorry. It's all because I'm too headstrong. If you don't know anything, you can even affect the queen mother...... "Princess Rou'an didn't think of it so much at all, but when she saw Concubine Xian taking Princess Mingzhu to the emperor with great fanfare, she also knew that this matter was for the queen. It's going to be uncomfortable to see it. In addition, Emperor Shang Jing has just announced it again. To grounded Empress Xue for a month. This made Princess Rou'an, although she didn't understand what was going on, she also began to blame herself nervously.

"Silly boy, what are you blaming yourself for? It has nothing to do with you at all. This is all something that the emperor has thought about a long time ago. The corners of Empress Xue's mouth raised a mocking arc, "Even if it weren't for what you did today, His Majesty would have grounded me in the same way." ”

Princess Rou'an looked at Queen Xue's laughter worse than crying, tears swirled in her eyes, her nose was sour, and her voice began to choke. I was afraid that Empress Xue would be even more sad when she heard it, so she bit her lip tightly and didn't dare to speak, for fear that she wouldn't be able to hold it back as soon as she spoke.

"Go back, don't worry about me. Think about your affairs carefully, in fact, I was not optimistic about you and Brother Han before, because he is too dazzling in terms of family background and talent, and it is not necessarily a good thing for you. But after hearing about what he did for you, I changed my mind. Happiness is to be fought for by yourself, since the two of you are destined and happen to love each other, there is no reason to give up lightly. Rou'an, do your best to fight for it, don't leave yourself with regrets. A strange light flashed in Empress Xue's eyes, this was the first time she had supported Princess Rou'an and Mu Wenhan so clearly, "Don't come to me during this time, if you can go out, go to Brother Rui and Qingge to discuss, they have a lot of ideas, there must be a way to help you." ”

Princess Rou'an saw that Empress Xue was sent back to Fengyi Palace, and heard the eunuch announce the emperor's will, and left in a panic. The queen is right, these are extraordinary times, and you can't be weak. Whether it's for Empress Xue or for Mu Wenhan, you can't just be beaten so lightly, you must grit your teeth and persevere, and never give up.

"Princess, you can scare the slave to death." When Xiaofang saw Princess Rou'an, she immediately cried excitedly. God knows what she has been worried about for the past two days, for fear that Princess Rou'an will be reprimanded and even beaten and scolded by Emperor Shang Jing when she comes back.

"I'm fine, Xiaofang, do you have a way to send the news out of the palace?" Princess Rou'an suddenly felt that the news had to be sent out of the palace as soon as possible. The news of Empress Xue's grounding will soon spread throughout the palace, and she will inevitably be affected at that time, and she may be struggling. After all, Princess Rou'an was able to survive well in the palace before, and a large part of the reason came from Queen Xue's special care. Now that Empress Xue has been grounded, those subordinates who do things will still remember Empress Xue's kindness, and will they be good to Princess Rou'an? Princess Rou'an, who is used to holding high and low tricks, is not so optimistic. So, what is needed now is, hurry.

In addition to being so anxious and unexpected when Princess Rou'an heard that Mu Wenhan was injured, Xiao Fang had never seen Princess Rou'an who was so anxious that she lost her temper. I knew in my heart that something big must have happened, and I couldn't help but get nervous: "Princess, what's wrong?" What's going on? Didn't you just come back from outside? What message do you want to send out? ”

Xiao Fang didn't have a clue, so she was naturally anxious, and asked a lot of questions in one mouth. Princess Rou'an was anxious, where did she have the patience to answer one by one, and directly said the most important thing: "To the third prince...... Miss Hemu sent a letter out separately, saying that the queen mother was grounded, and asked them to come into the palace to discuss. ”

"The queen is grounded?" Xiao Fang almost jumped up, saying that no woman in the palace could be pampered. Xiao Fang didn't believe it before, because in her opinion, Queen Xue was favored. Before she entered the palace to be a palace maid, she heard that Empress Xue was very favored. Up to now, for so many years, Empress Xue has always been the most authoritative woman in the harem. Although Emperor Shang Jing did not show his special favor for Empress Xue, no matter what happened, no matter when, Emperor Shang Jing trusted Empress Xue very much. Even, Xiao Fang had never heard of Emperor Shang Jing saying anything bad about Empress Xue, let alone reprimanding or punishing.

Therefore, Xiaofang has always felt that Queen Xue is probably the legend of the harem, and she will break the rumor that no one in the harem can always be favored. But now, even Empress Xue was locked up by the emperor, which completely broke the illusion in Xiaofang's heart, so she reacted very much, and she couldn't believe it in her heart.

"Yes, you go ......"

"Princess, princess......" Before Princess Rou'an's words were finished, the palace maid guarding in front stumbled in, her face full of panic, "Princess, there are a lot of people outside......"

A lot of people came? Princess Rouan sighed, it was really late. She knew that when she came back, Emperor Shang Jing was afraid that she would monitor herself, and she couldn't run if she wanted to. So Princess Rou'an didn't want to run, she just wanted to spread the news, but she didn't expect that she was still a step slower.

"Who dares to come to the princess's palace to spread wild?" Xiao Fang was angry and sad enough to hear Princess Rou'an say that the queen mother was grounded. Now I heard that many people came to the princess's palace, and when I heard it, it seemed like they were deliberately coming to find fault. The suppressed anger in Xiao Fang's heart rose in an instant, and she wanted to go out to see what was going on.

"Come back." Princess Rou'an grabbed Xiaofang and forced herself to calm down. The one who sent someone here must be the emperor, what does the emperor want, how can he allow others to refute it? Xiao Fang ran out so recklessly, I was afraid that she would be torn in half directly, and she didn't have anything to reason with.

"Whoever is the leader of those men, go and call him to me." Princess Rou'an calmed down and said to the palace maid who had just come in to report. You can't hide from what should come, so it's better to take one step at a time and take it seriously.

"The slave is cold, see Her Royal Highness the Princess." Before Princess Rou'an's words fell, she saw a neatly dressed young palace maid walk in. The palace maid looks like she is in her twenties, not the most beautiful, but she belongs to the type that is attractive. The dress is also very calm, and there is no trace of impetuousness. The etiquette to Princess Rou'an is also a regular manner, and I can't find the slightest fault.

For such a woman, Princess Rou'an really couldn't find a reason or excuse to deliberately provoke her.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? In the end, Princess Rou'an could only ask a few dry questions.

"The slave maid is cold, she was originally serving Her Majesty, and Her Majesty said that the princess was not in good health, so let the slave and maid bring someone to serve. Whatever the princess does, she can tell the slave to do it. The slave will definitely do her best to meet the needs of the princess. Qing Leng saw that Princess Rou'an didn't tell her to get up, so she knew that she was unhappy. Kneel on the ground and kneel straight, and answer questions very seriously.

"My need is to stay alone quietly......" Princess Rou'an listened to Qing Leng's words, and understood more in her heart, since it was Emperor Shang Jing who called her, she would definitely be even more unlikely to let herself go, so she thought of another way to get angry, "However, so many of you suddenly broke in, scaring this princess......"

In fact, the people brought by the cold are still in the front yard, Princess Rou'an is now in the backyard, if it weren't for the palace maid who came in to report, she wouldn't have known that so many people came to the front yard, so what to disturb and frighten is just an excuse to deliberately find fault. This is something that a discerning person can see at a glance, and a person who is so cold and clever naturally understands it even more.

"It's the slave who deserves to die, disturbing Her Royal Highness the Princess, please punish Her Royal Highness." Qing Leng continued to kneel, lowered his head, and did not justify, but directly pleaded guilty.

"Since you are also guilty, go and kneel in the courtyard." Princess Rou'an looked cold and said with a little disdain.

Anyway, since Qing Leng came with the emperor's order, she will have to fight with her for a long time, so it is better to kill her sharpness first. (To be continued......) I1292