Xin Liu stayed in Yu Shu's mansion for one night, and was taken back by Mrs. Xin the next day, Yu Shu looked at the meaning, Xin Ya pinched her nose and agreed to her marriage with Gu Qi. It just so happened that Pei Jing sent her a letter early in the morning, fortunately, Gu Qi is not a rich second generation who sits on the mountain, he followed his father's caravan to the north and south at the age of ten, the ancient father and the ancient mother are harmonious, the ancient family has a simple population, and Xin Liu will definitely not be wronged when he marries.

After Xin Liu left, someone from the Ministry of Rites came to try on her with a freshly baked wedding dress, the original wedding dress was prepared by the woman's family, but the big mention was to let the Ministry of Rites do it according to the specifications of the clan marriage, so Yu Shu only needs to prepare a decent dowry, and the rest does not have to bother.

Yu Shu and Jing Chen's official marriage documents were not passed through the Guò Kun Ling Bureau, and the princess's mansion was issued after the big mention was directly approved, and Yu Shu didn't see it. The wedding date was set for the sixth day of March, and she had to find a way to delay it for another two months, and she couldn't be reminded that she was deliberately delaying time, which made it difficult for her.

When I was sleeping, someone sent a pillow, and a few days after the full moon wine of the descendants of the Hunan prince, Jing Wangfu came to send a post to Yu Shu, and Princess Jing asked her to go to the suburbs on the day of the Flower Dynasty Festival.

Yu Shu suddenly had an idea, and when he replied to the post, he wrote two pages in a rambling manner, in fact, there was only one meaning - let's ride a horse. Xia Jiangmin quickly sent someone to reply to the letter, and also wrote a bunch of nonsense, and the meaning was very simple - good.

So on the twelfth day of February, the weather was sunny and warm, Yu Shu changed out of her winter clothes, wore a vigorous Hu suit, tied her hair high, and rode out of the door heroically, followed by her two guards with knives, Lu Hong and Xu Qing. There are also dead soldiers sent by the Big Mention to protect her safety.

When he arrived at King Jing's Mansion, Yu Shu didn't enter the door, and asked Lu Hong to report it, and it didn't take long for Xia Jiangmin to lead the two maids out. The palace was equipped with a comfortable carriage, and there was a groom specially for Princess Jing to lead the horses, and a team of guards on horseback and guns, waiting outside the door neatly and solemnly, comparing Yu Shu and them to idlers.

Xia Jiangmin lifted his hat and smiled apologetically at Yu Shu. I saw that she was dazzling in beauty. Yu Shu hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and pulled down her scarf, stretched out an arm to help her into the car, and turned around to let Lu Hong lead her horse away. And he sat with her in the carriage.

"The prince knows I'm going out. That's why they sent these people along. Don't be surprised. She didn't want Yu Shu to think that she was deliberately putting on a show in front of her.

Yu Shu said: "Seeing His Royal Highness King Jing loving you like this, I can also rest assured." Xia Jiangmin smiled faintly with a little sadness, and murmured: "It's a pity that it can't last long." ”

"Huh?" Yu Shu could hear that something was wrong. He took her hand and whispered, "Why are you doing this?" ”

Xia Jiangmin sneered: "Jingwang's Mansion is about to enter the newcomer." Yu Shu frowned: "The emperor is seriously ill, and the king still has the heart to take a concubine?" Xia Jiangmin shook his head again and again: "It's not a concubine, it's a serious side concubine." "The prince and concubine have always been personally appointed by the emperor to marry, but the side concubines can be hired independently. Xia Jiangmin and Liu Tan have been married for just half a year, and a side concubine has entered the door to compete for favor, which is really not a good thing. Liu Tan's identity is destined to make it impossible for him to be a couple with Xia Jiangmin for the rest of his life.

Yu Shuai couldn't help, so he had to comfort her and said: "I think King Jing is not a person who sees things differently, even if there is a newcomer, he can't tell which is more important." ”

Xia Jiangmin smiled bitterly: "Do you know who this side concubine is who is about to pass through the door?" ”

"Who?"

"It's the daughter of Uncle Zhongyong's mansion."

Yu Shu raised her eyebrows in surprise, as far as she knew, there was only one young lady in Uncle Zhongyong's mansion waiting for the word boudoir - "Are you talking about Rui Zizhu?" "This Rui Zizhu was almost engaged to Xue Rui earlier. King Jing really wanted Narui Zizhu to be a side concubine, it must be that the Earl of Zhongyong's Mansion and the Xue family had made an agreement, and Empress Rui turned to support Liu Tan to ascend the throne as the crown prince.

"It's her." Xia Jiangmin bit her lip lightly and asked her, "Although I haven't seen this Miss Rui, I've heard that she is a beauty with flowers and moons, right?" ”

Hearing what she was worried about, Yu Shu smiled, patted her on the shoulder and said, "She is one in a million, then you are one in a million." "In terms of appearance, a year ago, Rui Zizhu was still able to share the same color with Xia Jiangmin, but after Xia Jiangmin got married, just like the blooming begonia flowers, becoming more and more beautiful day by day, I have seen Xia Jiangmin's national color and fragrance, and when I see other women, even if she is very beautiful, she will not feel amazing.

"Really?"

"Really, it's not like I haven't seen her before." Yu Shu sneered: "Narui Zizhu looks soft and weak and easy to bully, but in fact it is not a fuel-efficient lamp, go back and wait for her to enter the Jingwang Mansion, you should be careful." ”

"I know, you mentioned to me in your letter in the past that at the Furong Gentlemen's Banquet last year, she and the county lord of Xiwen and her group framed you, but instead fell into a bad reputation of being too talkative and talkative." Xia Jiangmin pursed the corners of his mouth, his face disdainful.

On June 6 last year, in order to compete for the golden jade hibiscus and obtain the privilege of marital autonomy, talented and beautiful women of marriageable age in the capital were invited to the banquet to show their talents at the banquet, but Rui Zizhu took this opportunity to tell a story to arrange Yu Shu, accusing her of causing the Ji family to ruin and being an ungrateful villain.

Yu Shu waved his hand and said, "It's all in the past, don't mention it." ”

After Xia Jiangmin and Yu Shu complained, they were in a much more cheerful mood. In fact, she only heard a few days ago that Liu Tan wanted to accept a side concubine, at that time she was sad and unbearable, and Liu Tan had a few verbal disputes, and in a frustration, regardless of it, she gave Yu Shu a post to ask her to go outing, and later she was persuaded by the nurse to take the initiative to give Liu Tan a soft face, and the two reconciled as before, Liu Tan in order to make her happy, did not stop her from going out for a walk, but sent more people to protect her

Yu Shu was fine when he went out in the morning, but when he came back in the afternoon, he was lame.

In the suburbs during the day, Yu Shu heard that Xia Jiangmin's horse was a thousand miles of horses given by King Jing, and for a moment he was itchy and proposed to change rides with her, of course Xia Jiangmin did not refuse, how could he think that the thousands of miles of horses ran for a while, suddenly went crazy, and threw Yu Shu down, so she almost fell into the grass, but she fell and injured her leg, and did not kowtow to her head.

Zhao Hui was checking Yu Shu's dowry list in the backyard, and heard the next person report that Yu Shu had been carried back. In a panic, she sent someone to the hospital to find He Fangzhi back, and when she rushed to the North Chamber, when she entered the door, she saw Yu Shu lying on the Arhat couch in the living room, and a beautifully dressed little woman next to her took Yu Shu's hand and whispered, only to see half of the pink side face, so Zhao Hui was stunned, and heard this beauty say angrily:

"Don't worry, I will definitely find out what happened today after I go back and give you an explanation. I dare to drug the treasure horse given to me by the prince, this is someone who wants to harm me! ”

Zhao Hui's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. I guessed the identity of this beauty. hurriedly stepped forward to visit: "The people's woman He Zhao has seen the princess. ”

Yu Shu and Xia Jiangmin turned their heads together, and as soon as Yu Shu shouted "Mother", Xia Jiangmin got up to help Zhao Hui, and said softly: "Madam, hurry up and be polite." ”

Zhao Hui agreed. Take a look. Yu Shu described the wolf as bèi. One leg was stained with some blood, and it was stiffly placed on a soft pillow, and it looked like it had fallen hard. Xia Jiangmin's lips trembled when he saw her. apologized again and again: "It's not good to blame me, Lian Lian Fang fell off the horse, and the imperial doctor will arrive in a while, don't worry." ”

Zhao Hui nodded reluctantly, brushed Yu Shu's hair, and asked her softly, "Where did you fall, why were you so careless?" ”

Yu Shu endured the pain, and smiled at her like no one else: "It's just that my foot is broken, and it's not in the way." ”

Zhao Hui didn't ask too much in front of Xia Jiangmin, and after waiting for a while, He Fangzhi ran back sweating profusely, Yu Xiaoxiu followed closely behind, and when the two arrived at the door, they were stopped by the maids of Jingwang's Mansion and reported to them before letting them in.

Xia Jiangmin avoided behind the screen, He Fangzhi had no time to care, and checked Yu Shu first, the good news is that in addition to her leg injury, she only has a few abrasions on her body, and the bad news is that she has a broken calf bone in her left leg, and she will have to raise it for at least two months before she can walk on the ground.

When Yu Shu heard his diagnosis, she was overjoyed, Zhao Hui was anxious, lest she delay her marriage, she pretended to regret and said: "I'm like this, I won't be able to go out next month, so I can only postpone the wedding." ”

Bad luck is sometimes a good thing. It seems that today, she proposed to change horses with Xia Jiangmin not on a whim, but premeditated, yesterday she asked Abe Aoi to sneak a bag of peppercorn powder from going out, hide it in her sleeve and spread it when she was ready to ride a horse, and when the horse was blinded, she pretended to fall off the horse, so that she hid from the ears and eyes of the big mention, even if the whole thing reached his ears, he only thought that she was innocent and suffered, and would not suspect her of deliberately playing tricks.

Surprisingly, before she could take out the peppercorn powder, the chisato under her crotch suddenly went berserk and ran wildly into the woods, and she was in a hurry, and she fell off the horse's back with her head in her arms, and fell into the nearby grass, and just happened to break her leg.

He Fangzhi went back to the room to get the bruise medicine, Yu Xiaoxiu took the initiative to ask Ying to clean up Yu Shu's wounds, and waited until she changed and washed it, applied the medicine and put on the splint, seeing that it was getting late, at this time, the entourage sent by Xia Jiangmin to Jingwangfu to ask the imperial doctor finally came back, but did not bring the imperial doctor.

"Back to the princess, the slave and maid returned to the house, and I couldn't find Imperial Doctor Zhou everywhere, and after inquiring, I learned that the queen mother in the palace was in poor health, and everyone who had announced the hospital early this morning entered the palace for consultation, and our prince also took Imperial Doctor Zhou into the palace, and he hasn't returned to the house yet."

Hearing this, Xia Jiangmin sank his face, he already had a guess in his heart, he didn't show it, waved his hand to let people out, and then sat behind the screen in a daze. Yu Shu heard these words word for word, thought about it, and found a way to separate Zhao Hui and Yu Xiaoxiu, and let Abe Kui guard at the door, which called Xia Jiangmin to speak.

"Obviously, what is wrong with this today, what do you think in your heart, you might as well tell me about it, don't hold back and fight with King Jing, fall for someone else's plan."

Xia Jiangmin gritted his teeth and said, "Are you really confused, what is there to think about?" If it weren't for you to block the disaster for me, I would have fallen off the horse today, and it would be light to break my hands and feet, and it would be best if I fell to my death, so as they wished! ”

It was said that Rui Zizhu wanted to enter the Jingwang Mansion as a side concubine, and someone secretly poisoned Xia Jiangmin, the princess Jing who was married to the Ming media, and it was on this day that Queen Rui summoned Qitai Hospital for consultation, where in the world is there such a coincidence. Who is going to be unfavorable to Xia Jiangmin, the matter is clear.

Yu Shu frowned, worried about Xia Jiangmin's situation, although the Xia Jiang family is a wealthy family in the south, it is beyond the reach of the whip, no more than the Earl of Zhongyong's Mansion has a solid foundation in the court, and there is a queen in charge. According to the origin of Narui Zizhu, she made it to be a serious princess. Now she wants to be a side concubine, subservient to others, how can the Loyal and Brave Earl's Mansion be willing, their Rui family is afraid that they are counting on another queen mother!

"You calm down, listen to me first," Yu Shu tapped his fingers on his numb knees, and said slowly: "Today's matter, King Jing must not know about it, don't like to listen to what I say, King Jing's city is deep." Even if it is for that position, he is connected with the Rui family. will never let the Rui family step on the top of his head to make a fortune, you are the princess personally chosen by the emperor for him, and with this alone, he will keep you safe no matter what. ”

Xia Jiangying quietly breathed a sigh of relief. His face was a little bloody. Yu Shu's words went to her heart. She is not afraid of anything else, but she is afraid that Liu Tan will acquiesce to others to harm her for the position of the prince.

"So after you go back. There is no need to swallow your anger in front of King Jing, just tell him everything that happened today, and let him make decisions for you. You think, your horse was given by King Jing, and the groom is also a person from your palace, we went out in the morning to the incident, and no outsider approached the horse halfway, but something happened, which means that someone has reached out to your palace, so the taboo, King Jing will not be tolerated, even if he will not turn against the Rui family because of this, he will make a note in his heart. You are smarter, don't be strong in front of the king, only complain about grievances, so that he will feel guilty in his heart, so that he will be more considerate to you. ”

"I know," Xia Jiangmin nodded, came back to her senses and looked at her injured legs and feet, her eyes were shining, as if there were tears, she swallowed her breath and forcibly went back, held Yu Shu's hand and said, "Ah Shu, it's good that you help me, otherwise I really don't know who to discuss with." ”

Yu Shu didn't feel good looking at her pretending to be strong, she had always been righteous, not to mention that Xia Jiangmin was the same as a sister in her heart, only to blame her for being unable to protect herself and not being able to stand up for her.

Xia Jiangmin sat for a while, and then left to go back to the palace

At night, Liu Tan went out of the palace, and as soon as he returned to the palace, he listened to the steward report that the princess was in danger today, not to mention whether he was shocked or angry, and hurried to the backyard, Xia Jiangmin's courtyard was quiet, he thought she was asleep, but after entering the door, he noticed that something was wrong, the room was deserted, the bed was empty, he turned his head, and saw a lonely figure curled up in the moonlight by the window.

"Minmin?"

Xia Jiangmin turned around when he heard the sound and saw Liu Tan, and hurriedly lowered his head to cover his face with his sleeves, but he was still a step too late for him to see the tears in her eyes, so he strode forward and held her chin without saying anything.

"Why are you crying?"

Xia Jiangmin shook his head, stretched out his hand to wrap his waist, buried his face in his chest, and said in a muffled voice: "I didn't cry, you read it wrong, I, I'm just a little scared." ”

Feeling that she was trembling, Liu Tan patted her shoulder with some distress and comforted: "I know everything during the day, don't be afraid, Minmin." ”

Xia Jiangmin cried in a low voice: "Mingyue is a horse you gave me, I am reluctant to ride it, the first time I took it out to play today, something happened before I knew it, Lord Wang, who is trying to harm me?" I'm scared when I think about it, you didn't see what Lianfang fell like, she broke a leg, there was blood everywhere, the imperial doctor didn't arrive for a long time, and I don't know if she would be disabled. I really can't think about it, if it weren't for her, would I have broken my hands and feet today, and would I never see you again, Lord Wang, neither of us will ride horses in the future, okay? ”

Hearing this, Liu Tan's heart was cold and hot, and his arm around her couldn't help but tighten, and he was silent for a moment, and said: "It's me who didn't arrange it well and made you feel wronged." Rest assured, accidents like today's will not happen again in the future. ”

Xia Jiangmin bit her lip and stopped crying, even if she had expected that he would not pursue the matter, she still couldn't help but feel cold for his thin feelings. In order to fight for the crown prince, he will not turn his face with the Zhongyong Uncle's Mansion, he needs the support of the queen, and the Rui family must have eaten this before he dared to make a move on her.

She lied, she was not afraid of breaking her hands and feet, she was not afraid of never seeing him again, she was afraid that today she died in no apparent terms, and another day he would marry another person with a smile. Without her, he would still be the high-ranking king, but without him, she would be nothing.

"It doesn't matter if I'm wronged, you must be well." Xia Jiangmin muttered.

Liu Tan couldn't see her mocking eyes, he only felt that the little woman in his arms was too sensible, which made him feel guilty and pity, bent down and picked her up horizontally and sent her back to the bed, wrapped her cold body in a quilt, and said softly: "Don't think nonsense, just sleep for a while." ”

"I can't sleep, Lianfang is so badly injured, I can't rest assured. Lord, can you let the Imperial Doctor come over and take a look at her tomorrow? ”

"Okay."

"I don't dare to ride a horse in the future, it's a pity that you gave me a thousand miles of horse, it's better to send it to the lotus house for disposal, otherwise I really won't have the face to see her in the future."

"It's up to you, go to sleep."

Xia Jiangmin obediently closed his eyes. Liu Tan waited for her to breathe steadily and fell asleep, and then quietly left, and when she left the courtyard, she lowered her face, summoned a personal guard, and ordered: "Treat the stables and all the slaves to be poisoned and dumb." Twisted hands and feet and threw them into the mass grave in Beishan. ”

What a Rui family. is a good queen mother, he has not yet become the crown prince, they first tried to take the crown princess position, and they didn't take him seriously at all. Disgusting!

He endured this breath first. It's a long time coming.

***

The second day of Yu Shu's fall from his horse. Two imperial doctors came to the house one after another, one was the imperial doctor of Jingwang's mansion, and the other was a rare guest. Da Ti heard that she had an accident, and specially called his son to "visit".

Zhu Qingjue didn't greet her much, and after sitting down, she dismantled the wooden board fixed on her leg and threw it aside, regardless of Yu Shu's objection, insisted that she scrub off the wound medicine He Fangzhi had applied before, took out a box of black ointment he brought with her, and then wrapped it in a thick layer of tulle, and finally told her: "Don't get wet, don't go to the ground, don't eat meat and spicy things, I'll come to change the medicine for you every seven days, and after a maximum of forty-nine days, keep you alive." ”

Yu Shuyuan was expecting to be able to lie in bed for two more days, but he was not necessarily happy to hear him guarantee like this, and said without seriousness: "Thank you so much." ”

Zhu Qingjue's eyelids lifted upwards and said, "I heard that you are about to get married, why don't you have any joy at all." ”

"If you broke your leg before you got married, can you be happy?" Yu Shu had done him a favor before, and there was some friendship between the two, so it was not very polite to talk to him.

Zhu Qingjue shook his head: "I'm afraid it's more than that, Xue Chengbi's whereabouts are unknown so far, do you have the heart to marry?" ”

Yu Shu didn't bother to answer this question, closed his eyes and waved at him: "Where is the long-tongued woman, I have a headache noisily, go quickly." ”

Zhu Qingjue snorted coldly, got up and left, stopped when he reached the door, turned his head to her and said: "Actually, your injury is not serious, my father wants me to do my best to cure you, if I use the secret recipe of the master to break the bone paste for you, I can let you walk on the ground in half a month, but I can see that you are reluctant, this time the right should be to repay your favor." When I go back, I will cover up for you in front of my father, and his Great Insight Technique will never be used on me, so you can do it yourself. ”

Yu Shu's lips moved, and a soft "thank you" was much more sincere than Fang Cai.

So when Zhu Qingjue replied to the big point, Yu Shu and Jingchen's wedding date could only be postponed, and because April was a lunar month, the yang did not exist alone, which hindered the eight characters of the two, so it was changed to the first day of the fifth month, before the Holy Ancestor Sacrifice Day.

***

During Yu Shu's period of leave and recuperation, several major events occurred in the DPRK and China. This first one is the recommendation of the prince by hundreds of officials, and among the several princes, Liu Tan has the highest voice, of course, the eighth prince and the twelfth prince also have a few supporters, but they are not as good as King Ning, who wears a sinful body.

On the day of the Shangsi Festival on the third day of the first month of March, hundreds of literati gathered outside Zong Zhengsi, mixed with a lot of ordinary people who watched the excitement, and a few leaders shouted for King Ning, blocking the entire street from draining, and the crowd was excited, so he almost didn't smash the door of Zong Zhengji. The movement here was too loud, alarming the nearby patrolling Jin Wuwei, and without saying a word, he tied up the people who screamed the loudest and gagged them, and arrested them on the spot, and the rest of the people scattered in a hurry.

Later, after Jin Wuwei's investigation, he knew that these people who took the lead in making trouble were all guests in King Ning's mansion, and Jin Wuwei commanded Zhou Yede to put people into the cell without saying a word, without beating or scolding, and locked up for a few months.

From beginning to end, Yin Xiangye, as King Ning's maternal grandfather, neither came forward to support King Ning as the crown prince, nor did he intend to clear King Ning's crimes, but closed the door and ignored him.

In mid-March, Da Tidian took a full car of music and went to Huazhen Garden to face the saint, accompanied by only the queen's phoenix. A few days later, Da Tidian accompanied Empress Rui back to Beijing, and at the same time brought back an edict from Emperor Zhaoqing - to establish the ninth prince Liu Tan as the prince of the East Palace, his mother Xue Shi Jin Emperor Guifei, and the other left minister Yin Tianhou as the crown prince and concubine, to fulfill the responsibility of supervision.

After the promulgation of this holy decree, it caused a commotion in the court in an instant, not to mention that Liu Tan being the prince is a matter of public expectation, Xue Guifei Jin Emperor Guifei is a rising tide, but why is Yin Xiangye crowned the crown prince and concubine, ranked as the third duke, and supervised the affairs of the East Palace, where does this put Xue Xiang? (To be continued......)