Before Lu Qingrong could react, Jiang Xuan had already turned around and left.

Looking at the back of him leaving in a hurry, Lu Qingrong couldn't help but start thinking, his previous estimate was probably not quite right, it seems that the East Palace is now so tightly guarded, maybe it has nothing to do with Lu Manyu......

Lu Qingrong felt an inexplicable apprehension in his heart, he couldn't tell the reason, he was a little distracted for the rest of the day, and he didn't eat much, waiting for Jiang Xuan wholeheartedly.

It wasn't until it was dark and a long time had passed that Jiang Xuan returned to the Yuyuan with a solemn face.

"How?" Lu Qingrong did not hesitate and asked directly.

"This matter has nothing to do with your third sister." Jiang Xuan then sighed again, "It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... I heard that the illness is a little strict. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" As soon as Lu Qingrong heard that this had nothing to do with Lu Manyu, he didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, but he heard that the prince was seriously ill, and he was still very worried, "It took several months to really recover from the cold before, why did you get sick again so quickly?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's physique has always been not very strong, but the wind and cold last time hurt the root again, and his body has become weaker, this time it is said that he has contracted a vicious disease......" Jiang Xuan said more and more quietly.

Lu Qingrong had an ominous premonition that ancient medical skills were already very limited, and many symptoms that were extremely simple in the eyes of modern medicine had become incurable "evil diseases" in ancient times. This time, the prince was infected again when he was recovering from a serious illness and his immunity was at its lowest, and he didn't know if he could be cured in the future......

"Do you know what the disease is?" Lu Qingrong asked in a low voice.

"Not sure yet." Jiang Xuan said truthfully: "At this time, the envoy of the Tai Hospital has been guarding the East Palace and has never come out. It's just that I heard from the imperial doctor who had treated His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before, it seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been coughing non-stop, could it be that he is suffering from cold again? ”

Jiang Xuan didn't know much about this, and he still heard these things from King Jing's Mansion today.

Cold?

Lu Qingrong secretly said in his heart, I hope it's not pneumonia or something.

"The medical skills of the envoys of the Tai Hospital are still very clever. Now that he has passed, if he is okay, he will surely be able to restore the East Palace tomorrow. Jiang Xuan couldn't tell if he was comforting Lu Qingrong. Still convincing yourself.

"Hmm." Lu Qingrong nodded thoughtfully.

The hour had passed, and the two of them went to bed separately inside and outside.

Lu Qingrong was lying in the inner room. There seemed to be a hint of Jiang Xuan's smell on the pillow, but she only noticed it for a moment, and then she began to think of something else.

She was still a little worried about Lu Manyu in her heart.

Lu Qingrong was even thinking that if the disease contracted by the prince was contagious, then Lu Manyu, who had just given birth and was weak, should not be infected......

She also knew that she was definitely cranky, but she couldn't stop thinking, and she tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.

Until the fourth watch has passed. I fell asleep in a daze.

In the morning, when Luzhu came to wake up as usual, it took her a long time to fully wake up.

Walking out of the inner room, seeing that the beds in the outer room had already been cleaned up very neatly, Lu Qingrong asked casually, "Has the prince gone to the study?" ”

At this time of the weekday, Jiang Xuan is basically in the study.

"Madam, the prince will leave the house before dawn!" Luzhu replied.

"What?" Lu Qingrong was very surprised.

As soon as Shen Zheng's time passed, Mo Nan came over in a panic and called out the son of the world. Heard...... It was invited by someone from King Jing's Mansion. Luzhu recalled: "At that time, the prince specially instructed you not to wake you up, saying that you slept late last night. ”

Lu Qingrong only heard her say that she was invited by someone from King Jing's Mansion, and he couldn't help but immediately think of the strange appearance of the East Palace yesterday.

"Do you know what's going on?" Lu Qingrong asked without much hope.

"The person who came didn't elaborate, and Mo Nan didn't know either. It's just to let the prince go over immediately. Luzhu replied truthfully.

Lu Qingrong fell silent for a while. We can only wait for Jiang Xuan to come back to find out.

waited left and right, but waited back to Jiang Xuan in the evening.

"Have you ever eaten?" Lu Qingrong saw that he looked tired, and he didn't ask at the beginning.

"I used it." Jiang Xuan's tone was slightly perfunctory. I don't know if it's true or not.

Only then did Lu Qingrong look at him with an inquiring gaze.

Jiang Xuan didn't hesitate, and directly asked the maid in the house to retreat first.

When only the two of them were left in the room, he said in a deep voice, "The prince has passed away." ”

"What!" Lu Qingrong raised her hand to cover her mouth, for fear that her reaction would be too excited, and she frowned at this time, as if she couldn't believe that the news was true.

"The prince was already dying in the early hours of this morning, and nearly half of the imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital were recruited to the East Palace, and they tossed for a whole day, but they still couldn't return to the sky...... Jiang Xuan's expression was very sad.

Lu Qingrong also had an irrepressible sadness in his heart. Although the crown prince of the dynasty is not only in the eyes of the people, but also according to Jiang Xuan. is a good person who is diligent and loves the people, but she doesn't have much personal feelings about it. Sadness at this time. It's more from concerns about Lu Manyu.

Remembering that Jiang Xuan only whispered to her just now, Lu Qingrong asked: "This matter has not been announced to the world?" ”

"We have to wait for the emperor's decree." Jiang Xuan explained: "Presumably, the emperor is also overly sad, there is no will today, it is estimated that there will be news tomorrow at the latest, and it can't be delayed like this." ”

Lu Qingrong nodded as he began to think of something else.

Her mind is extremely messy at the moment, for her, she is not too concerned about the affairs of the court, but now that the crown prince has died, it makes her a little nervous about the situation, after all, Lu Manyu's future has become extremely worrying.

"Then the people in the East Palace will ...... in the future," she couldn't help but ask.

"It's hard to say." Jiang Xuan's words seemed to have many meanings, "Although the emperor has not yet announced his will to the world, most of the noble officials in the capital have already received news from various channels, and for a long time after that, I am afraid that everyone's eyes will be on the East Palace to see if the crown princess and the emperor's eldest grandson will move elsewhere." ”

The Emperor's eldest grandson...... Lu Qingrong thought of the child who had just lost his father, and the invisible pressure that would be put on him in the future, I don't know how big it will be.

In some of the history books she had read, due to the untimely death of the crown prince, it was not uncommon for the emperor to pass on the throne of the prince to the emperor's grandson.

At this time, the eldest grandson of the emperor, who has the blood of the Wu family, has undoubtedly become a strong contender for the next crown prince.

And what Lu Qingrong is worried about is just Lu Manyu's safety.

She even had some regrets. At the beginning, I still wanted to persuade Lu Manyu to come to Japan, but I didn't expect to be able to see her face, and I didn't even send the letter. She suddenly felt extremely regretful in her heart at this moment, if Lu Manyu's child could be saved, it would be great.

Jiang Xuan also probably saw her thoughts.

"Don't worry too much. There is no burial in this dynasty, and according to the previous precedents, those palace people who served the first emperor, whether they have children or not, have also been properly settled. Jiang Xuan thought for a while, and then said: "Although your third sister can't be compared with the concubines of the first emperor, the truth is almost the same, and it won't be too far behind. ”

"Hmm." Lu Qingrong replied softly.

She had also heard some about the concubines and palace people of the first emperor. After the first emperor Bintian, those people were placed in the courtyard on the west side of the palace, although they had no worries about food and clothing, but it was difficult to see the light of day. As for what the days were like, who can say.

This night, Lu Qingrong had even more difficulty sleeping than last night.

On the second day, the news of the death of the crown prince quickly spread in the capital.

The emperor also issued a special decree, first highly praised the prince's virtue and character, and at the same time said that in order to show the grief of the whole country, the officials and people of the Great Qi Dynasty would prohibit a qiē act of pleasure and marriage within three months.

The people inside and outside the capital really have no complaints about this, after all, the prince was famous before, and now he has passed away suddenly, and everyone has a little bad feeling in their hearts.

And the saddest of them are still the people in the Lu Mansion, especially the Geng family.

Unlike Lu Qingrong, who was simply worried about Lu Manyu, Geng's family seemed to be worried about more things.

I had worked hard to send Lu Manyu to the palace before, hoping that she would one day fly on the branches and become a genuine and unique phoenix, so that she could raise her eyebrows in the Lu family, and at the same time have a place among the ladies of the noble family. If Lu Manyu can give birth to an heir for the crown prince one day, the future will become even more limitless......

Now that she suddenly got bad news, with the untimely death of the crown prince, she felt that all her previous hopes were dashed at this moment. All kinds of beautiful ideas for the future disappeared in an instant.

Therefore, when Geng heard the news, he immediately fainted and did not wake up for a long time. It was even stricter than when he first learned that Lu Manyu had a miscarriage.

On the side of the Marquis of Jingyuan's mansion, Lu Qingrong had been thinking about wanting to enter the palace to visit Lu Manyu.

After discussing Jiang Xuan, the two came to King Jing's Mansion again.

Tang Yue knew her situation very well, and when she saw Lu Qingrong, she didn't ask a word, so she took the initiative to agree to take her into the palace again.

"Now is the time...... Does it make it difficult for you? Lu Qingrong was not confused, although he felt that according to the signs on the surface, the possibility of the eldest grandson becoming the next crown prince seemed to be greater, but the second prince was not hopeless.

"Let's not mention your business, I'm also about to visit the crown princess." Tang Yue said truthfully.

Lu Qingrong stopped pushing and followed Tang Yue directly into the palace.

This time I went to the East Palace, and sure enough, the palace door was not as closed as last time. Although the East Palace was already in a state of silence at this time, the guards and palace maids at the door saw that Princess Jing was coming, so they quickly invited them in.

When they entered the East Palace, they knew that the crown princess and the eldest grandson were not there at this moment. (To be continued) R466