Zhou Shaojin had been in the house and the second watch drum sounded, and Cheng Chi came back.

He came back dressed in black, as if he were hiding his tracks.

Zhou Shaojin was even more worried, and sent the servants in the house, while serving him to change clothes, he asked in a low voice, "Have you seen the second uncle?" ”

"See!" Cheng Chi said in a low voice: "We'll talk about it later." ”

Zhou Shaojin understood, the two of them freshened up, turned off the lights, and hid in the quilt and whispered: "Second uncle is fine." The emperor called him over, indeed because the seventh prince was a little hesitant about the matter, and wanted the second uncle to accompany him to relax. Who knew that something big had happened - Empress Yuan was the niece of the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager somehow remembered that the next day was Empress Yuan's birthday, so she called His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the eldest grandson of the Emperor to enter the palace to discuss the matter of sacrificing to Empress Yuan. In addition to the crown princess, there is only one Liangdi who has served him since he was a child and gave birth to his eldest daughter, but in private, he loves a palace maid surnamed Dai by his side. But because the palace maid surnamed Dai has never given birth, she has never had a name. And because the palace maid surnamed Dai came out of the Queen Mother's palace. So when the prince entered the palace that day, he brought the palace maid surnamed Dai with him.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the eldest grandson of the Emperor went to the side hall to talk to the Queen Mother and Concubine Lin, and the palace maid surnamed Dai was talking to a few palace maids in the tea room.

But the second prince came suddenly.

"Knowing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the eldest grandson of the Emperor were talking to the Queen Mother and Concubine Lin in the side hall, they didn't let the little eunuch report it, saying that they were waiting outside.

"The servants in Cining Palace were also afraid that the Queen Mother would have something to say to His Royal Highness the Prince, so they didn't go to the court.

"It was a bit cold. The second prince walked to the teahouse.

Several palace maids avoided it.

The second prince recognized the palace maid surnamed Dai, and talked to the palace maid surnamed Dai.

The people in Cining Palace didn't care either.

As a result, when the crown prince and the eldest grandson came out of the side hall, they saw the second prince and the palace maid surnamed Dai hugging each other in disheveled clothes.

The crown prince was so angry that his face turned blue and he fainted.

The Queen Mother immediately announced the imperial doctor's past. The second prince and the palace maid surnamed Dai were also tied up and gagged and locked up, guarded by the eunuchs and palace maids who were close to the queen mother.

"But the crown prince has not been sober.

The emperor personally interrogated the second prince, and then he learned that the palace maid surnamed Dai had some ambiguity with the second prince when he was in Cining Palace, and the second prince originally wanted the queen mother to reward him with this palace maid, but before he could speak, the queen mother rewarded the prince with the surname Dai.

"The second prince was on an errand in the military department today, and suddenly a little eunuch sprang out and stuffed a note into his hand. said that the palace maid surnamed Dai was waiting for him in Cining Palace. There is something important to ask for. The second prince thought about it again and again, but he still went. I didn't ask anything clearly, but the two hugged each other with tears in their eyes when they met.

"Originally, I just couldn't help myself. But at this time, the crown prince broke in......"

Zhou Shaojin heard it full of loopholes and said, "How can things be so coincidental? Let's not say that the Queen Mother is a temporary idea. It's the second prince. The palace maid surnamed Dai is not a fairy. Now that he is a member of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how dare he go to Cining Palace with a note, and hug the palace maid surnamed Dai? Cining Palace is also very strange. Don't say that Omiya is forbidden. It's people like us, who are not surrounded by a group of people to serve, and there are people who wear curtains and lanterns in and out. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the prince of the country, and he doesn't drink and shout everywhere he goes, even if the number of rituals is halved at the Queen Mother, it is impossible to leave the side hall without even a movement? ”

Cheng Chi listened, and his eyes became warm and lingering when he looked at her.

He kissed Zhou Shaojin's forehead and said softly: "Shaojin, you are getting better and better!" The royal affairs are all visible. ”

Zhou Shaojin was stunned.

This can also be regarded as the red one who is close to Zhu, and the one who is close to ink is black.

She followed Cheng Chi and listened to Cheng Chi say those "rebellious" words and do those things that "have no emperor", and she lost her awe of the emperor's affairs before, and she also regarded their family as an ordinary big family.

"The reason why the emperor is shocked is because of the reasons you said." Cheng Chi continued to whisper to her, "This involves a royal scandal, and the emperor can't afford to lose this person, so he left the second uncle and Han Ding, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, to help investigate this matter." But everyone had a reason, the two of them were busy for two whole days, and only found half an unburned aphrodisiac in the tea room.

The emperor was anxious and angry, and the prince went that night. can't always lie like this, so I had to ask the second uncle to write an edict and announce the funeral. ”

When such a thing was found in Cining Palace, Zhou Shaojin was dumbfounded, and said after a while: "Could it be the fourth prince?" ”

"If he can have such a strategy, I think I should submit to him sooner." Cheng Chi was very skeptical and said, "This trick has broken the crown prince and the second prince, and the seventh prince has also been angered, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone." I've sent someone to look into the matter. As soon as the emperor covers his eyes, we can start to check from the four princes, Feihong Yinxue, no matter how perfect the strategy is, it is impossible to leave no traces at all. ”

Zhou Shaojin nodded and said, "What did the second uncle tell you to do?" ”

"One is to tell me about this." "Didn't I get very close to the Seven Princes some time ago? The second uncle is afraid that I will come nonsense. The second is to let me have a message with my eldest brother, lest he make a mistake at this critical time and anger the emperor. The third also wants to hear my opinion on this matter, now that the crown prince is gone, the second prince and the seventh prince have been reduced to commoners, the fourth prince, the third prince, and the fifth prince have all reached adulthood, and the prince has left behind a grandson of the emperor who has both civil and military skills. What should we do in the future, we have to come up with a charter as soon as possible. There is also Gu Xu, he can already be on his own, and he is the husband of Sister Zheng, the prince died, where is his future, if we can take the opportunity to pull him to our boat, we will have another arm...... Wait until the national mourning is over. There will be big changes in the DPRK and China, and we must make up our minds before that. ”

So sometimes the higher you stand, the heavier you fall.

Zhou Shaojin said: "Then what do you say?" ”

Cheng Chi didn't answer, but asked rhetorically, "How do you think we should do a good job?" ”

Since you can't retreat, you can only bite the bullet.

But this life is very different from the previous life, and this is related to the lives of dozens of people in the Cheng family, how dare Zhou Shaojin make an idea?

"It's fine." Cheng Chi said, "I'm just talking to you." Want to hear what you have to say. ”

"Didn't you say that you can't let the four princes ascend to the throne?" Zhou Shaojin said, "We think it's best for us to stay neutral. If it really doesn't work. Unless there is a great change in this life. Otherwise, the emperor will definitely crown the emperor's eldest grandson as the grandson, and we can first keep a low profile and watch for a while. If the emperor crowns the imperial grandson, we will naturally follow the imperial grandson, after all, he is orthodox. You can use the imperial grandson except for the four princes. After that, it doesn't matter who is in power. At least the Cheng family doesn't have to follow the old path of the previous life. ”

Cheng Chi laughed when he heard this. "Not bad." That's what I thought, too. So I'm going to make it happen that the Four Princes did it regardless of whether it was done by the Four Princes or not. Even if the emperor doesn't believe it, he has to make the emperor's eldest grandson believe it. ”

Isn't this a false accusation!

Zhou Shaojin's eyes widened.

In a blink of an eye, I thought of the four princes who killed the Cheng family in their previous life. The heart hardened again, and I felt that since everyone met on a narrow road, they could naturally only fight to the death.

The two chattered a lot, and Zhou Shaojin didn't remember when he could sleep, and he was woken up by Cheng Chi early the next morning.

"It's time to get up!" There was regret and self-blame in his voice, "My mother is going to go into the palace with me today to cry and mourn, can you take Brother Yun at home alone?" The sister-in-law and Ah Zheng are also going to enter the palace. Why don't I send someone to deliver a letter to Elm Alley and ask your sister to come and accompany you?" ”

Because of Cheng Jing, Mrs. Guo sealed the decree of Zhengyipin.

How could she forget that Mrs. Guo was going to enter the palace to cry and mourn.

Zhou Shaojin got up suddenly, rubbed his eyes and said busily: "I'll get up and ...... now" But I don't know how sultry my sleepy-eyed and half-faded sleeves are. Cheng Chi's gaze darkened and darkened, and he finally managed to control his feelings and put Zhou Shaojin on the big kang near the window.

The Spring Festival Gala brought the maid to fetch water and washed Zhou Shaojin's face, Zhou Shaojin came to his senses completely and discussed with Cheng Chi: "Everyone has to go into the palace to cry and mourn these days, why don't you take Bao and Ah Ren over and take care of them?" Usually, when we have something, my second sister-in-law is always eager to help me. ”

Cheng Chi was afraid that she wouldn't be able to control a few children, but Shao Jin had this heart, he felt that he could let her try, and if it didn't work, let her only take Brother Yun in the future.

"Then take it, shall we?" Cheng Chi said, "Later, when we go to ask my mother for peace, ask my mother what she means." ”

Of course.

Zhou Shaojin smiled and nodded, and asked Mrs. Guo to say goodbye to Mrs. Guo to go over to have breakfast, and Cheng Chi went to Tingxiang Courtyard after freshening up.

Mrs. Guo was waiting for them to have breakfast.

Brother Yun slept in Mrs. Guo's blue yarn cupboard and didn't wake up yet.

Zhou Shaojin told Mrs. Guo about wanting to pick up Ah Bao and Ah Ren.

"Okay!" Mrs. Guo was both relieved and happy when she heard this, and said, "Brothers should be considerate of each other and take care of each other in this way. Even if you can't take care of it, aren't there still those mothers-in-law and nurses? Just watch and don't let anything happen to them. ”

Zhou Shaojin nodded again and again, sent Mama Shang to Qiu's place, and sent someone to ask Cheng Zheng if she wanted her to help take care of Gu Ning and Gu Zhong.

Qiu originally entrusted Ah Bao and Ah Ren to Cheng Sheng, Cheng Sheng heard that Zhou Shaojin sent someone to pick up Ah Bao and Ah Ren, and thought that Zhou Shaojin was still a little more fun here, so he hugged Brother Rui and came with him.

Cheng Zheng entrusted the child to Cheng Xiao, and Cheng Xiao heard that Cheng Sheng took the child to Zhou Shaojin, and also took Gu Ning and Gu Zhong to Chaoyangmen.

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Dear friends, today's addition.

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The evening update is around ten o'clock in the evening.

PS: Running around in the hospital and at home every day, I don't know the sun and the moon anymore. A friend reminded me that today is the last day of August, and I asked for a guaranteed monthly pass......

※(To be continued......)