On the Wanshou Festival in the second year of Yuanjia, the emperor feasted the ministers, but he did not attend it for a long time.

The emperor disappeared without a trace, even Qin Xiaonian, the chief manager of the Qinzheng Palace, couldn't find the emperor, sweating in a hurry, after turning around several times on the fork in the road, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and entered the Taiji Hall where the ministers were feasted as if he had gone out, and said with a smile: "The saint was just about to leave, and the prince of Wu'an Hou sent an important report in, and this time it has not come out yet, so it will be a step late." ”

The emperor has been on the throne for more than three years, although he has been the prince for seven or eight years before ascending the throne, but now it seems that the foundation is not stable, Qin Xiaonian is serving in front of him, although he does not participate in political affairs, but he is not a simple person, he knows that the border is unstable now, and the clan and family are a little big and big, it is the time of internal and external troubles, and on such a critical day as the Wanshou Festival, the emperor has not appeared for a long time, which really makes people speculate that Qin Xiaonian knows that this matter is important, so he has to dare to tell a lie.

While desperately arranging for people to look everywhere.

The emperor is gone, and naturally Commander Shen is also gone, and at the same time, there is also the prince of Wu'an, who borrowed Qin Xiaonian to tell a lie.

Qin Xiaonian never expected that the emperor at this time would not be in the palace at all.

In an inconspicuous remote courtyard in the backyard of the Hou Mansion of Wu'an, ordinary furnishings, a one- or two-year-old girl with a burning face fell asleep on the black lacquered bed of Luodian, her eyes were closed tightly, and she didn't know whether she was asleep or confused, occasionally struggling, and she seemed very unstable.

And there were three men sitting in front of the bed, and sitting on the stool next to the bed was the emperor who should have appeared on the Wanshou Festival to receive congratulations from the ministers.

And standing on the side is the commander of Shen Rongzhong, who has always been on the side, and Chen Xuyuan, the son of the Marquis of Wu'an.

Chen Xuyuan's face was a little ugly, but Shen Rongzhong was always expressionless, and the emperor reached out and touched the little girl's head: "What did the imperial doctor say?" ”

Chen Xuyuan said: "The imperial doctor said that it was about taking poison by mistake...... Yesterday Qing'er was playing on my desk, I was a little busy, so I didn't care, let her play by herself, once or twice I seemed to see her grabbing the pastries on the table to eat. ”

The emperor nodded: "Even if Qing'er's life experience is known now, no one will do their best to harm her like this, even if someone wants to take advantage of this matter, Qing'er is more useful alive than dead, in the end, no one hates Xiaoyan and even refuses to let go of his daughter, this matter is not for Qing'er, I'm afraid it's for your life." ”

The emperor looked up at Chen Xuyuan, and his tone was calm.

In the presence of these two men, he had no secrets.

Chen Xiqing is not Chen Xuyuan's daughter, everyone present knows it, and naturally knows that this secret can only slowly weaken over time, and revealing it at this time is a difficult thing to solve for the emperor who has an unstable foundation, even if it is not fatal.

In the last years of the first emperor, he was now the crown prince, and the first emperor favored Concubine Zhuang and his nine princes, the prince at that time was worried about internal and external troubles, that year, one of the major events was the backbone of the princelings, the Beiwang Marquis stationed in the northwest was accused of rebellion, intending to help the prince force the palace and was recalled to the imperial capital, and then went to prison.

During that time, the first emperor was very dissatisfied with the prince, ordered him to study in the East Palace, not allowed to go out, and refused to summon, the north looked at this matter, the prince went to the imperial study three times to ask for a meeting, and even several times, the first emperor did not listen to or read, only ordered the three divisions to be tried, less than half a month, he set the crime of rebellion, Beiwang Hou Ling Chi was executed, Zhulian nine clans, and the position of the prince, after this crime was set, was also in danger.

The three of the monarchs and ministers present thought of the various accidents of that year, and they couldn't help but have some palpitations at this time, and when they glanced at each other, they could see the complex emotions in their eyes.

Beiwanghou not only won the attention of the prince, but also had a good relationship with Shen Rongzhong and Chen Xuyuan, Shen Rongzhong's identity was not disclosed at that time, and he was still in the dark, only Chen Xuyuan was a child of the family, with connections, money and face, so he tried his best to meet Beiwanghou, and learned that Beiwanghou had a concubine next to him, who had just become pregnant.

Because this concubine is in the northwest income house, and has not been brought back to the imperial capital to serve tea to the main mother, not many people know that the prince weighed it again and again, and in the case that he could not protect himself, he still made an extremely bold decision, and Chen Xuyuan came forward, and it took a lot of effort to report the concubine to suicide, change the person's face, and take her to his own house to give birth.

Because it's an inconsequential person, it's not too difficult to take a risk.

It's a pity that the only bloodline left by Beiwanghou was born a girl.

When Chen Xiqing was born, he had just succeeded to the throne for a month, and after listening to Chen Xuyuan's report, he was silent for a long time and did not speak.

Later, he said: "It's okay, just stay in your house, raise her, and I will personally choose a good son for her in the future." ”

Although she has such a life experience, Chen Xiqing looks like a very ordinary and inconspicuous concubine in the Chen Mansion, and now she has succeeded to the throne, Beiwanghou's death is because of the seizure of the heir, not a personal grudge, even if someone uses it, it is nothing more than to expose Chen Xiqing's life experience, which can refer to Chen Xuyuan's crime of harboring Qin back then, and of course, it can also allude to the resistance of the saint when he was the prince.

The emperor thought of this in a blink of an eye, and said to Shen Rongzhong: "You send more people to investigate the people of the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion in detail, I am afraid that this matter has nothing to do with the people in the mansion." ”

Shen Rongzhong understands that the family style of the Marquis of Wu'an is very clean, the father is kind and filial to the son, the brother and the brother are respectful, and there is no matter of taking the heir, but I am afraid that this matter is still coming for the position of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme.

The financial power held by Chen Xuyuan is extraordinary for today.

Shen Rongzhong bowed down to receive the order, and Chen Xuyuan also bowed and said: "I understand what the emperor means, even so, the emperor must be careful." ”

"I see."

The emperor touched Chen Xiqing's little face again, and saw that she was sleeping more peacefully, so he stood up and sighed: "Qing'er is older, it will not be good to come to see her in the future, you are so good to raise her, her father died in vain, and the case cannot be overturned for a while, and in the future, I am afraid that all the share of Xiaoyan will be handed over to her." ”

Chen Xuyuan hurriedly responded, and said: "The hour has passed, the emperor must hurry back to the palace." ”

With Shen Rongzhong here, it is not troublesome to enter and exit the palace, but I didn't expect it to become a prophecy, and sure enough, someone stretched out their hand to the Ninety-Five Supreme.

Soon after the Wanshou Festival in the second year of Yuanjia, there was sudden bad news in the palace, and Queen Fang died of a sudden illness, not to mention the shock of the whole country, but also the shock of the emperor.

The queen above the Wanshou Festival is still in good spirits, entertaining all the women who have entered the palace, and she can't see the slightest illness, it's only been two months, why is it suddenly gone?

In the Qinzheng Palace, the emperor and Shen Rongzhong knelt and stood indifferently, and after a long time, Shen Rongzhong said astringently: "The minister deserves death." ”

The emperor smiled abruptly: "When you say this, do you mean that I am ashamed of myself?" ”

Shen Rongzhong kowtowed and said: "The ministers are responsible for the internal guards, but they are not thorough in their protection, and they are not on duty, please ask the emperor to punish them." The Emperor ......"

He was a little difficult and said: "The emperor will no longer go out on patrol in the future......"

The emperor's face was a little pale, he couldn't stand still after standing for a long time, the soles of his feet were weak, he staggered forward, stretched out his hand and pressed Shen Rongzhong's shoulder, before he stabilized, Shen Rongzhong hesitated for a moment, and then got up to help the emperor: "The emperor should sit down, you have just woken up, and the residual poison has not yet been cleared." ”

The emperor stood stubbornly, as if if he was stubborn, his wife would come back: "I knew that someone would do something to me now, and I secretly took Su Hua out...... You must have called me stupid in your heart. ”

"I don't dare."

"Well, you don't dare to scold."

"The Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion reminded me that day, didn't you?"

Shen Rongzhong was silent.

The Emperor burst into tears.

Shen Rongzhong supported him hard, lest he cry softly, last time, Xiao Yan was executed by Ling Chi, as the crown prince, he cried like this, crying about his incompetence, and now he has become the Ninety-Five Supreme, but he is still crying like this.

Blame me for my negligence! I didn't come in time to stop them. Shen Rongzhong thought.

"It's all my fault! It's all my fault! The Emperor wept.

The supreme in the world also has the utmost affection and sexuality.

After a long time, the emperor knelt on Shen Rongzhong's shoulder and said to him, "What did Suhua say in the end?" ”

"Niangniang entrusted Her Royal Highness and the eldest princess to me." Shen Rongzhong has never hidden it in front of the emperor, even if he knows that the emperor is unhappy, he will say it.

"Su Hua is really blaming me!" The emperor cried again.

"Niangniang didn't mean this, Niangniang said, the emperor is still young, there will naturally be a queen in the future, there will be a stepfather if you have a stepmother, even if you look at it now, you can't keep it after a long time, give it to me to look at it for her, Niangniang rest assured."

"Su Hua is talking like this!" The emperor said.

"The minister wants to arrange for the black cavalry guards to take care of the living quarters of the two highnesses."

"Well, let's be a nurse, the grade can be higher." The emperor said listlessly, striking one blow after another, and his wife and brothers felt that he was untrustworthy.

"Yes."

"I won't have another queen, never!" The emperor muttered: "Cheng'er will be the crown prince in the future, I will not treat him like my father, he has his own team, brothers, wife, I will only be happy to see it, I will not leave him an unstable situation, I want him to grow up slowly, I want him to grow up, his setbacks are under my permission, he will take over the country as expected, he will not lose everything...... Lose ...... everything."

"Your Majesty ......" Shen Rongzhong suddenly hugged the noble and bruised man hard: "You still have me......"

"Someday...... You're going to leave me too...... You will be afraid of me, and you will no longer tell me the truth. "The Emperor is now in a state of extreme self-doubt.

He felt that he couldn't grasp anything, he couldn't get anything, he doubted his own ability, and he doubted that everything around him would slowly fade away.

"I won't!" Shen Rongzhong suddenly knelt down and said solemnly as if he had sworn an oath: "Even if the emperor doesn't want to listen to it in the future, I will always tell the truth." ”

"All the time?"

"Yes!"

"Always with me?"

"Yes!"

The emperor was a little comforted, he took two steps, and suddenly said, "It's been a year and a half since your wife died?" ”

"Yes!"

"I heard that your elders chose Miss Zheng for you to continue the string?"

"Yes."

"No, you said you wanted to accompany me, I don't want a queen, and you can't continue the string." The emperor suddenly said very willfully.

“…… Be! ”

"You promised?"

"Yes!"

Shen Rongzhong knew that the emperor at this time was actually on the verge of collapse, he really needed an absurd promise, there was someone like him, no matter what the factors were, it was a kind of life-saving comfort for him.

And this person can only be himself.

Another two months passed, late that night, Shen Rongzhong heard that the emperor had a big temper, so he could only hurry to the Qinzheng Palace, these days, the emperor was moody, and no one had a way.

When he arrived, he saw the emperor sitting behind the imperial case, watching the recital, and seemed to be very calm.

When the emperor saw him coming, he said casually, "It's okay, I've figured it out." ”

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

As soon as the emperor signaled, only the two of them were left in the Qinzheng Palace, and the emperor said, "I guess it may be that Su Hua is unhappy." ”

"What?" Shen Rongzhong was confused.

"It doesn't matter." The emperor said to himself: "Isn't she afraid that I will treat Cheng'er badly after I stand up, isn't she not at ease?" Now that's probably what she meant, Su Hua died for this, and I'm okay. ”

Shen Rongzhong listened in the clouds, for this? Is that the micro-service out of the patrol poisoning incident? Hasn't the emperor already detoxified after two months? The imperial doctors have said that it is okay.

Shen Rongzhong looked at the emperor very suspiciously, although the blow of Niangniang's death was big, it was not so strange.

The emperor took the initiative to solve the puzzle and said: "Today I summoned Xu Meiren and found that I couldn't get up. ”

Yes?

Shen Rongzhong didn't know what to say at all, and the two of them looked at each other with big eyes.

The emperor said slowly, "Why don't you say something to comfort me?" ”

Shen Rongzhong hesitated for a long time, and finally said, "This...... I can't be with you anymore......"

"Bastard!" The Emperor laughed instead, and then turned away.

Let's go.