When Concubine Jin heard the queen's call, she hurriedly changed her clothes and followed the palace maid to Kunning Palace. The queen personally waited at the gate of Kunning Palace. When Concubine Jin saw that the sky was about to fall, a hint of sarcasm flashed in her eyes: How did such a talentless, unattractive and scheming woman ascend to the queen's throne?

"Concubines, see the queen's mother!" Concubine Jin bowed down, and the queen helped her up: "Sister, don't be polite, I have something important to discuss with you!" ”

The queen took her hand into the Dongnuan Pavilion of the daily banquet, told her about her brother Cheng Enbo's imprisonment, and then asked her: "Sister, what should be done in this palace now?" ”

Concubine Jin hurriedly comforted the queen and said: "Don't panic, Uncle Cheng'en, Uncle Ji has his own natural appearance, and he will definitely be fine." ”

Queen's Road; "Bengong is now in turmoil, and I don't know what to do. From my sister's point of view, should the palace immediately go to see the emperor to intercede with his brother, but the emperor is upright, and repeatedly emphasizes that harem women are not allowed to interfere in politics...... "In the past, the queen mother controlled the harem, and the queen has always been smooth sailing.

Concubine Jin thought for a while and said, "Niangniang, according to the concubine's foolish opinion, you must ask for this love!" ”

"But...... "The queen herself knows very well what her brother is, and she has heard about what he has done outside, so in order to let her brother settle down and not cause trouble to the prince, she doesn't know how many times she has persuaded her brother. But my brother didn't listen at all. As soon as she heard that her brother had an accident, she felt a little weak in her heart, and when she heard the news that the little eunuch had come back from the news, the emperor was angry, so she didn't dare to go. But she couldn't watch her brother being disposed of by the emperor like this. What a dilemma!

Concubine Jin said: "Niangniang, you think, my uncle didn't kill people and set fires, and second, he didn't do anything big to hurt the heavens and harm, but he was greedy for a few taels of silver, repairing a yard, and a few of those officials in the court were not greedy for money, and there was a way to 'three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver!'" 'If the emperor kills every money-greedy official, then who else in the court can run errands for the emperor?

"But the palace has already asked someone to ask Meng Chong, and my brother has now been thrown into prison by the emperor."

"The emperor is just angry, and he can't get over this hurdle for a while, and when this anger is gone, you go over to plead for mercy, and the emperor will acquit the uncle! The crown prince's court was already isolated, if even his only uncle was deposed from the title by the emperor, how could it be good? ”

The latter sentence hit the queen's weakness, "Okay, sister is reasonable, the palace will go to the Qianqing Palace to meet the emperor when the time comes." ”

At this time, the prince was sitting in Tongzhou, Tongzhou is the end point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and all the grain and rice transported from Jiangsu and Zhejiang are changed here and loaded to the northwest front. The emperor ordered the crown prince to set up Tongzhou and command and dispatch military rations, supplies, distribution, and transportation on the spot.

The emperor did not ask him to participate in military affairs, but he asked him to do such an important task, and the prince also knew in his heart that his father still trusted him. Once this foreign war is won, he will be able to earn enough political capital and stabilize the position of the prince by virtue of his contribution to coordinating logistics.

Therefore, the prince happily accepted the appointment, took Ye Minchun to Tongzhou Xingyuan, and in the first few days, he was also enthusiastic to follow the heads of several departments such as the household department and the Ministry of Industry to plan the logistics allocation, but after a few days, he felt bored.

The conditions in Tongzhou naturally can't be compared with the Jingshi, and there is a lot of traffic here every day, and the prince gradually gets bored, and if there is anything, he will always push it to Ye Minchun or the officials of the Ministry of Household and Industry, and he will be the shopkeeper. Every day, he only hides from the bush and drinks and has fun.

Ye Minchun persuaded him a few times, but the prince said: "Anyway, with you, nothing can go wrong!" Ye Minchun shook his head secretly, his sister Yinyue was about to marry Shu Han, and he still followed the prince to take this errand together, because he was a hardcore princeling, since he was sensible, he followed the prince to run errands, and the prince complained to him on weekdays that the emperor didn't trust him and refused to give him the opportunity to run an errand and take power, but now the emperor called him such an important thing, but he was too troublesome and trivial, and the prince was really a man who couldn't support the wall...... Can he help him realize his lofty ambition of expelling Hu Lu and unifying the Central Plains?

On this day, a little eunuch galloped on horseback, and after a while, the prince called Ye Minchun in. In the prince's study, the little eunuch knelt on the ground, the prince's face was pale, and Ye Minchun knew that something was wrong with the road as soon as he saw this situation. After the ceremony, the prince did not hide it from him, and told Ye Minchun about his uncle Cheng Enbo's impeachment and imprisonment. Then he gritted his teeth and said: "When Gao Shi, this puppet, dared to ignore Lone in his eyes like this, he will make him pay the price every day!" ”

Ye Minchun actually disagreed with the prince's point of view very much in his heart. He had seen this person when he was high, upright and upright, although the official was humble and low, but there was a lot of fame and influence in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Qingliu. He deserved to be impeached. How could the prince hold a grudge because of this?

Ye Minchun didn't answer this conversation. The prince didn't notice Ye Minchun's strange appearance, but said: "You stay here, take care of this stall, don't make a mistake, you have to go back to Beijing for a trip, and beg your father to let your uncle go!" ”

Ye Minchun hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, don't do it!" The emperor personally ordered you to guard Tongzhou, and you must not leave without permission if you have no important matter, but it is very inappropriate to go back like this! "Your uncle might as well just give it up, so as not to cause trouble for you in the future!

Who knew that the prince's attitude was extremely resolute: "You said that these orphans are clear, but Cheng'en Bo is a lonely uncle, and now his uncle is in trouble, if he can't even save his uncle, what face does loneliness have to stand on the court, and who will be willing to serve orphans in the future?" There is another meaning Ye Minshu didn't say, Cheng Enbo embezzled and bribed the silver, most of which was handed over to Ye Minshu to squander, and he also helped Ye Minshu purchase many beauties from all over the world, and there were many unsightly things, if these things made the father know the truth, I don't know how angry the emperor would be.

Therefore, knowing that he would be angry if he left his father on duty without permission, but the lesser of two evils, he still chose to go back to Beijing first to rescue his uncle. What's more, he, the crown prince, is just a name, and the real officials are all subordinate officials, so he is not like that.

The prince refused to listen to persuasion, and Ye Minchun had no choice, so he told Ye Minchun to be optimistic about the Tongzhou trip, and the prince rushed back to Beijing. I didn't have time to go back to the house to change clothes, so I rushed into the palace. First go to Kunning Palace to see the queen, the queen is also anxious to find the emperor to intercede, but the emperor is now taking his confidants and ministers to study the northwest military situation, the queen sent N wave of eunuchs to investigate, but the door of Wenhua Palace has been tightly closed, and the queen does not dare to go in to disturb.

The imperial meeting in the Qianqing Palace lasted for more than two hours, and it was not dispersed until the unitary hour. The emperor sat in a meeting for a day, his back hurt, and he just returned to the Qianqing Palace, and before he finished drinking a cup of hot tea, a little eunuch came in and said: "Your Majesty, the prince and the queen ask to see you outside the palace!" ”

When the orthodox heard that the prince had rushed back from Tongzhou, he was already very dissatisfied: "Call them in!" ”

The queen and the crown prince entered the main hall of the Qianqing Palace with trepidation, and saw the emperor sitting on the dragon chair like water. The two knelt down together to salute: "The concubine/son of the minister see the emperor!" ”

The emperor didn't scream, only put the tea cup on the table and asked coldly; "Prince, who told you to leave Tongzhou and leave the guard without permission?"

As soon as the prince saw this situation, he knew that the road was not good, and hurriedly shouted: "Father, son, ......."

The emperor didn't give him a chance, and cut off: "Do you know that Lu Dao, the thief chief Zuo Yan has already launched an offensive in the direction of Xuanda in two ways, and Lin Hao, the general of Datong, has died on the battlefield!" "There was disappointment in my eyes!

Ye Minshu raised his head, his face was full of shock, and he knew in an instant that he had really come back wrong this time. "Father, the son didn't know that the battle situation on the front line was so critical, the son just heard that the father and the emperor had sent his uncle to prison......"

The prince was only halfway through his words, when a teacup was already shattered beside him, and the remnants of tea splashed him: "Son! I handed over such an important matter as supervising the transportation of grain and grass to you, but for the sake of a fatherless and monarchless rebel, you left my big event and rushed back to intercede in the starry night. ”

This is too heavy, the prince kowtowed again and again, and said again and again: "The father is angry, the sons are not sensible, and the father is angry." The queen also said to the side: "The emperor is angry! This matter has nothing to do with the prince, they are all concubines who are confused, and the emperor wants to punish the concubines! ”

The emperor looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, an old wife and an eldest son, now the enemy soldiers are coming to the city, the front line is in crisis, but none of them can help themselves a little, only know that Lu Dao excused their brother who was not angry, thinking of Gao Shi's compromise to expose Chen Xun, the emperor was angry. During the national funeral, he not only accepted a concubine, but also lingered many times in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion to sleep in flowers and willows.

You must know that in order to keep filial piety for the queen mother, the emperor has been a vegetarian for nearly a month.

The emperor roared in a low voice: "If you still want to be this prince, go back to Tongzhou for me immediately!" ”

The prince was already so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe, "Erchen obeys!" He kowtowed again, and then crawled out of the Qianqing Palace.

The queen has followed the emperor for many years, and she has never seen the emperor lose her temper so much, and at this time she has long forgotten that she is here to intercede for her brother, and she is at a loss when she kneels. The emperor sighed and said, "You can go back too, I am also tired!" ”

The prince and the queen went to the Qianqing Palace to intercede, but without saying a word, they were scolded by the emperor, and the matter reached Concubine Xiao's ears. In the Chengqian Palace, Emperor Xiao Guifei let out a hearty laugh, and said to the palace maid Lilac beside her: "The queen and the prince, these two fools, don't need us to induce, every step is a faint move, there is really no eye at all, I send it to the emperor to scold, to the emperor to hate, it will not take a few times, the prince will lose his sacred heart!" The time for my son to ascend to the throne is not far off! ”

Ding Xiang also said: "If it weren't for the protection of the Queen Mother, how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be free today?" ”

Concubine Xiao didn't know what was going on, at this moment, there was another pair of eyes in the palace, watching everything that happened in the Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace, and Chengqian Palace. Praying mantis catches cicadas, queen of yellow finch! Anything is possible before the ending is revealed!