Zhao Xiu turned his head to look at the place where the voice came from, and saw Zhong Yazhi dressed neatly, but his hair was a little messy, and his face was pale, and his eyes were red and swollen arguing with the mother-in-law who was guarding there. The mother-in-law paid no attention to her, but just guarded the door with a straight face, not allowing her to step a step. If she insisted on rushing, several people grabbed her firmly, looking at the strength and movement of the hand, there was no mercy at all. Zhong Yazhi couldn't rush over, so he could only cry there and ask loudly, but no one answered.

Her girl, named Lianzhu, followed her, and from time to time helped the young lady scold the mothers-in-law, and sometimes the words were difficult to hear, but the mother-in-law remained indifferent. Strangely, didn't Mrs. Zhong Da come too? Why is she nowhere to be seen?

This thought flashed through Zhao Xiu's heart, and he only eased down slightly, and continued to walk in with the maid. What does the matter of the Zhong family's mother and daughter have to do with her?

However, Zhong Yazhi's sharp eyes found her, as if he had found a life-saving straw, and shouted desperately: "The sister in front, I am the princess's own niece, I heard that my aunt is sick, I don't know what is happening to her now, please sue me!" ”

Zhao Xiu looked back at her strangely, ignored it, and continued to walk forward. Zhao Wei didn't know Zhong Yazhi, so he lowered his head and asked, "Whose daughter is that?" Zhao Xiu whispered: "It's the eldest lady of the Zhong family." Zhao Wei suddenly realized, glanced back at her with some disdain, and turned his head.

Before the brother and sister reached the main courtyard, they saw the prince Gao Zhen hurrying over, his face was gloomy, and he was so cold that he could almost freeze. Zhao Xiu hurriedly shouted: "Brother Zhen, how is the princess?" Zhao Wei also said: "We brought some medicinal herbs." I don't know if I can help, but if there is anything else you need, you just have to say. I'll help you run errands. ”

Gao Zhen saw that it was them, and his face softened: "I'll talk to you later." Then his face turned pale again, and he walked to the moon cave door on the side of the guest house with a blank face.

When Zhong Yazhi saw him, his face was immediately full of hope: "Cousin, is my aunt okay?" She's relieved, hasn't she? What did the doctor say? After asking, his eyes turned red again, and he choked up: "I'm sorry, I didn't know that my aunt would be angry like this." My mother also regretted it very much, she would never have said such a thing when she knew that her aunt's condition was so serious. ”

Gao Zhen did not answer her question. didn't accept her apology, just said coldly: "You guys go." Then he glanced at the mothers-in-law. The mothers-in-law looked at each other, and they all let go of their grip on Zhong Ya's hand. Lianzhu jumped up for joy, and hurriedly ran back to the guest room to inform Mrs. Zhongda.

Zhong Yazhi's face also showed surprise. immediately ran to Gao Zhen: "Did my aunt let us go?" Auntie is no longer angry with us? What happened to her illness? Cousin. Just let me go and see her. "At this time

Gao Zhen said expressionlessly: "The mother concubine let you go, and you don't have to come again in the future." And you, since you have lost your reputation, you are naturally not worthy of marrying into the clan again, so you don't have to worry about the marriage. He glanced at Zhong Yazhi deeply: "The Zhong family has never been a daughter of the mourning festival, for the sake of the Zhong family's name, you should become a monk." ”

Zhong Yazhi was chilled by him, and heard him say this. I am in doubt. Mrs. Zhong got the news from Lianzhu and rushed over. happened to hear Gao Zhen's words, and hurriedly asked in surprise: "Did the princess agree to help intercede?" Let's be an elegant monk and avoid marriage, is it a few years to become a monk? ”

Gao Zhen glanced at her with a smile: "What does it mean to be a monk, doesn't Mrs. Zhong understand?" He didn't say much, turned around and greeted Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu brothers and sisters, and was about to go back to the inner courtyard.

After a short period of stunned, Mrs. Zhong suddenly jumped up and took a few steps: "Slow! Zhen'er, you make it clear, what does this mean? Could it be that your mother is trying to force us to marry the Marquis of Shanyin elegantly? If she doesn't marry, will she become a monk? ”

Zhao Xiu was tired of the Zhong family's face, and when she saw her entangled, she couldn't help but turn around and say to her: "This aunt, do you have bad ears, or have you never read a book, so you can't understand what people say?" The prince said that your daughter is not worthy of the Marquis of Shanyin, where did you force her to marry? Now she wants to marry, and people don't want her anymore. The princess thinks of blood and family affection, and has repeatedly treated you well, don't go too far, really annoy people, do you think that those who have been rebellious ministers and thieves will definitely be able to escape the punishment of the law? ”

Mrs. Zhong was stunned, and then annoyed: "Which little girl are you?" How dare you be so rude to me?! ”

Zhao Xiu snorted coldly: "I am the granddaughter of the princess of Jiannan County, the sister of the new Jiannan Hou, I told a few words of truth in front of you, why is it rude?" What more dare you have? If you think that you can put up a stand in front of me with the current name of the Zhong family or the face of the Guangping Palace, then you are really embarrassed. In terms of identity, power, and status, I am better than you, and in terms of character and morality, I am a hundred times better than your mother and daughter, and my family also knows etiquette and shame, not as cheeky as you! ”

Where has Mrs. Zhong ever met such a person who almost pointed at her nose and scolded her face? almost angry, willow eyebrows upside down, and about to scold back, I saw Gao Zhen's figure swaying, so he stepped forward, and gently pulled Zhao Xiu behind him, as if to protect her posture.

Mrs. Zhong didn't watch out, she was stunned, and said angrily: "Zhen'er, you just let that little girl scold your uncle's family?!" ”

Gao Zhen was already taller than her, and looked at her condescendingly, with a chill in his eyes: "The mother concubine thinks of the blood sibling affection, so she will gently let you go, and the marriage will also fulfill your wishes." You still have to pester, do you really think I can't do anything about you? Go back and tell my uncle, I have a letter here, which is in my uncle's handwriting, and the content is very meaningful. Also, the family members sold by your family are now in my hands, and my father, king, and mother don't know about it. If you are honest and obedient, these people, whether they believe or believe, will not appear in front of the prince, but if you make me unhappy......"

His voice was actually very soft, except for himself, only Zhao Xiu, who was following closely behind him, and Mrs. Zhong Da, who was standing in front of him, could hear it, and even Zhao Wei, who was a few steps away, couldn't hear it clearly. Zhao Xiu wondered in his heart, what was that letter? I saw that Mrs. Zhong's face instantly turned pale, and looking at Gao Zhen's eyes, it was as if she had seen a ghost: "You...... You ...... "You've been for a long time." I was speechless.

Gao Zhen laughed mockingly, and then sank his face: "Get out!" ”

Mrs. Zhong staggered around and ran to her bewildered daughter. Grab her and leave, without looking back. Lianzhu was startled, and looked at the direction of the guest house at a loss, so she could only follow.

Gao Zhen ordered with a gloomy face: "Throw the people and things they brought out of the mansion together!" From now on, no one from the Zhong family will be allowed to enter the gate of the palace! ”

The people of the palace took orders one after another, and after a while, they took the handkerchiefs, jewelry, and loose clothes left in the guest house. and the maids brought by Mrs. Zhongda, who were tied up, were thrown out of the side door of the palace. Although it was already dark at this time, there were many lanterns hanging in front of the gate of the palace, and it was bright. It was still moonlight today, and there were even a few pedestrians on the street, and they all clearly saw the Zhong family's mother and daughter, the wolf bèi, climbing into the carriage, and a group of bound maidservants being pushed out of the side door. Another woman's hairpin ring and other objects were thrown to the ground.

It was the ruler of the palace who carried the men out. He was only promoted by Gao Zhen in the past few months, and he is not a confidant of the Zhong family, and he has no affection for the Zhong family. He coldly sleeved his hands, looked at the panicked appearance of the Zhong family, and said coldly: "The princess and the prince have an order, and the shameless woman will not want to enter the gate of my palace and take your things away!" Fall in love with where to undress in the future. Take it off wherever you go, Hugh is going to stole the land of my Guangping Palace! ”

With a loud bang, the door of the palace slammed shut. Passers-by all pointed at the Zhong family's carriage because of the speech of the head of the palace, and Mrs. Zhong was trembling with anger, ashamed and angry, but more fearful. She turned back to her daughter and said, "Good boy, don't panic, let's go home first and discuss with your grandmother and father, there must be a way." But Zhong Yazhi's face was already full of despair: "Mother, you let me die!" The Guangping Palace's voice is so loud, telling me how to meet people in the future! ”

In the Guangping Palace, after Gao Zhen ordered the expulsion of the Zhong family's mother and daughter, he had been standing in place, and there was no expression on his face, but looking at the aura exuded by his whole person, he obviously did not feel happy.

Zhao Xiu pulled his sleeve with some concern: "What's wrong with you?" What is the princess's condition? Zhao Wei also walked over worriedly.

Gao Zhen said lightly: "It's not good." After a pause, "But even if it's not good, she still can't let go of these Zhong family members, for fear that I will hurt them in a fit of anger, so she specially asked me to put them back." ”

Zhao Xiu was dumbfounded, the Zhong family cared about the safety of her mother's relatives, in fact, she couldn't say anything wrong, but when she was just so angry with her mother's family that she vomited blood, she still had to say such things, and Gao Zhen, who was worried about her mother, was naturally uncomfortable. Zhao Xiu exchanged a look with his brother and decisively changed the topic: "Can you take us to see the princess?" At home, I heard from Aunt Akiba that she had fainted, and my brother and I were very worried. ”

Gao Zhen took them directly to the backyard. Although the brothers and sisters of the Zhao family are nominally outsiders, in his heart, they are closer than the blood relationship of the Zhong family, and Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu are not very old, and they often come to visit the Zhong family, so he doesn't feel that there is anything to avoid at all.

Zhao Xiu and his brother followed Gao Zhen and entered the main house in the backyard where the princess lived. There was a strong smell of medicine in the room, and the maids were all solemn. In the middle of the room outside, Yanyun knelt there straight for some reason, his head bowed and did not speak. Zhao Xiu was curious, but thinking that this was a family matter, and it was not related to her life, why did she have to talk more? Just shut up.

Turning into the inner room, she saw the princess Zhong. The latter lay on the bed with a pale face, squinting slightly, and at first glance she knew that her condition was much worse than when she saw her in the morning, and if it weren't for the heaving of her chest, she would almost have thought that she was lying dead on the bed.

Zhao Xiu's heart couldn't help but feel sour, and before he saw the courtesy, he said first: "Princess, you were fine when I left, why did you become like this now?" Before he finished speaking, tears fell from his eyes in the blink of an eye.

Zhong slowly rolled his eyes, saw that it was her, smiled slightly, smiled very softly, seemed to have no strength to laugh, and spoke in a low voice: "It's Sister Xiu, why are your brothers and sisters here?" ”

Zhao Wei said: "We heard that you are sick, and we can't rest assured, so we came over to take a look." Don't worry, princess, the doctor in the house is very skilled, you can take care of your illness, and you will definitely get better soon. His voice was a little choked as he spoke.

Zhong tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Good boy, you all have hearts." Then he rolled his eyes to look at his son.

Gao Zhen's face was a little gloomy: "I have already sent people away, but I also told them that they are not allowed to come again in the future." ”

Zhong chuckled, and didn't seem to care: "It's okay if you don't come, if I die, they won't be able to calculate." ”

Zhao Xiu and Zhao Wei brothers and sisters were shocked when they heard this, what did Zhong mean by this? Why does it sound so ominous?

Gao Zhen's face also changed: "Mother concubine Hugh wants to be cranky. The son has already reported to the palace, if it is late today, the palace gate is keyed, and it is inconvenient for the father to leave the palace, and when he asks the emperor grandfather for the will to open the palace door, he will be able to rush back soon. ”

Zhong smiled lightly again: "He won't come back, he's annoying me." There was a hint of self-deprecation in his smile, and he closed his eyes without further ado.

Zhao Xiu subconsciously guessed if the Zhong family had misunderstood something? Because of the Zhong family's affairs, King Guangping annoyed her, so even if he heard that she was seriously ill, he refused to leave the palace? But that's probably not the case now. She bit her lip and deliberately asked Gao Zhen: "How is the emperor's condition?" I've heard people say that the imperial doctors are all gathered in the palace and don't dare to leave lightly. When Fang just came, there were not many pedestrians on the street, as if there were still a few generals with soldiers patrolling around? ”

Gao Zhen understood what she meant, and said in a deep voice: "The news of the big interior can't be passed on, but it's ...... Today's palace ban is indeed a little stricter than before, but I am afraid of ...... Something really big is happening. ”

Zhong Shi opened his eyes suddenly, with hope in his eyes: "Really? That's why your father didn't come back? ”

Before Gao Zhen could answer, he heard a heavy bell from the direction of the palace, and his face suddenly changed, he didn't say anything, turned around and ran out.

Zhao Wei's face was not very good-looking, and he ran out after him, Zhao Xiu ran to the door and looked out, and heard the bell ring one after another, as if it would never stop, and the faces of the people in the palace in the courtyard also showed a little panic.

Mother Cao walked over from the direction of the east wing with a pale face, and she ordered the maids in the courtyard: "Take off the red silk from the top and bottom of the house, remove the red lanterns and red flowers, and change into plain clothes." The maids listened to her words, and quickly recovered from their stupor, and busied themselves as ordered.

Zhao Xiu looked at Cao's mother: "Mom, this is ...... in the palace"

Mother Cao sighed: "The emperor has died." ”

Unlike Cao's mother, their mood was heavy, but Zhao Xiu's heart was relieved. Emperor Chengqing often does foolish things, he died, the crown prince ascended the throne, he is a person with a clear mind, presumably everyone's life can be much easier, right?

Cao's mother went into the house to report to the princess, Zhao Xiu looked at the moonlight outside, sighed softly, and heard Cao's mother exclaim in the inner room, and then cried, she was shocked, and hurriedly ran in.

Zhong was on the bed, his eyes had closed, and he stopped breathing with a calm expression. (To be continued......)