Chapter 332: Conspiracy
It's just that at the invitation of the eldest princess Xiao Wan to go to the western suburbs of the capital for an ordinary snow-walking outing, the crown prince Xiao Ze was weak and contracted the wind chill again.
The lingering sickness for several days made the already vague rumors seem more credible.
The golden furnace, the silver frost charcoal, and the warm warmth in the prince's bedroom in the East Palace made the medicinal gas in the room more and more intense, led by the eldest daughter Xiao Xi, and the little faces of several children who followed their biological mothers to ask their father for peace were more or less cramped and uneasy.
Four-year-old Xiao Han was pushed to the forefront by the crown princess Qin without a trace.
The little guy was wrapped in a royal blue dress embroidered with gold silk python patterns, and a gold crown was buttoned on his head, looking very much like Xiao Ze's dress when he was young. The little face is pink, and the black eyes are bright, but it may be that he was forcibly hugged in the game, and he is still a little confused.
Under the reminder of his mother, he saluted his father, who had a yellow face and a dull expression, and the milky voice couldn't help but make Xiao Ze slightly curl the corners of his mouth.
But when Xiao Ze's palm stroked his son's little head, the villain couldn't help but tilt his head slightly. He didn't like the smell of medicine on his father's body at all.
The handkerchief in Qin's hand instantly twisted into a twist, glaring at his son angrily and fearfully, but soon turned his angry eyes to the eldest daughter in Xiao Ze's wild cough.
"Let the kids go out and play! Go back, too! Xiao Ze's command suddenly became extremely cold again.
In a few moments, the giggling laughter of children could be heard in the courtyard, and they were like birds out of the cage.
Qin secretly glanced at Xiao Ze, who was leaning on the couch again, and found that her husband had his eyes closed, his expression was indifferent like an old monk, and he couldn't see any joy, and he also said goodbye to himself.
Standing under the corridor and calling a pair of children who were being coaxed to play by the palace maids and eunuchs, the Qin family involuntarily grabbed the arms of the eldest daughter Xiao Xi. Pinched hatefully.
The little girl's pair of sheared pupils immediately floated with a layer of mist.
The Qin clan whispered as he walked and instructed the eldest daughter not to grow.
On the one hand, it was because the fault of dropping the chain in front of her husband for the sister-in-law who couldn't beat and scolded was on her sister's head, and on the other hand, it was because Xiao Xi's behavior of playing with her son made her think of the hatefulness of the eldest princess Xiao Wan.
Flowering first and then bearing fruit is a good thing for ordinary people's homes. But having an extra eldest sister in the emperor's family is the most troublesome thing for the royal daughter-in-law.
If the eldest princess just coaxes the prince or the emperor's younger brother to have fun, it doesn't matter, but it is very likely that the emperor in this position will often do some private work for her younger brother to protect the media.
Qin's eyes looked back at the Yulan Hall of the Prince's Bedroom, which was gradually moving away, and tightened the small hand of the eldest son in his hand.
these months. She frequently contacted her mother's Cai Guo Mansion. According to Lao Chenglianda's father's explanation, although Xiao Han's little hand in her palm is immature, compared to the man who can't hold his hand and grow old together, it is her lifelong reliance......
The sky gradually darkened, and the candles in the Yulan Hall were lit, leaving only the most important one.
Lu Shou, who had returned from outside, whispered a few words to the palace maid and eunuch who was waiting, and walked lightly into the door of the prince's bedroom with a candlestick.
"Knowing that the East Palace will assign He Liangdi to attend the family banquet in the Marquis of Jinxiang tomorrow, the Duchess Rongguo informed that she would take her daughter to the Gao family tomorrow. The crown princess also notified the Cai Guogong Mansion. Cai Guogong may let his second son and his relatives come to congratulate him......"
After the former Chen Dynasty Qinglongwei was subdued by Xiao Ze, most of them were still engaged in similar things as before, and one of the main tasks in the near future was to keep an eye on these famous and well-known women in the East Palace.
The banquet scheduled for December 12 by the Marquis of Jinxiang was actually a hint from Gao Wei to take over the Empress Xu, and he wanted to raise the concubine Xue Sujun as the wedding banquet of his wife, and he was prepared to be as low-key as possible in order to hinder the reputation of etiquette.
It's just that when the Xue family met the queen that day, not only did they get the blue eyes of Empress Xu, but He Liangdi in the palace also hit her off at first sight.
According to the information just got, not only the Rongguo Gonghe family, but also the Cai Guogong Mansion, the maiden family of the crown princess Qin, will also come to the door to save face for the Gao family. One ring after another, Gao Wei's honor for raising a concubine as a wife will exceed expectations.
Xiao Ze hummed softly. signaled that he had heard what Lu Shou said.
The little eunuch received a response, and he was stunned like a pillar, and a trace of confusion crept up on his delicate face.
Several women in the backyard of the East Palace are privately connected with each other in a variety of ways, Xiao Ze knows it but resigns himself to his behavior, which is still a little overwhelmed for him, and he can't figure it out.
As if sensing Lu Shou's confusion, a long sigh sounded in the green tent. "There is a certain truth in the world that there is no filial son in front of the bed of a long-term illness. But if you are sick for a long time, you will be able to see the world around you more clearly, and you will be able to leave the world and seek liberation. ”
Lu Shou's lowered gaze fell on the golden pendant corner of the curtain, and there were tears rolling in his eyes.
It was his own initiative to stay with the crown prince Xiao Ze against his grandfather's orders. But judging from Xiao Ze's medical advice in the past few months, the master he chose is not very reliable.
"The Qin clan is putting the treasure on Han'er. He's mind was a little more active...... Little Shou'er, if I have a case, what are you going to do? ”
"Your Highness, that woman has a way to cure you at all!" , Lu Shou stiffened his neck excitedly, his voice suddenly raised a lot, and he said stubbornly: "Anyway, as long as that woman is there, the slave will not return to the Sixth Highness." ”
"Even if Xiao Hong has a share in being the emperor?"
"Impossible! But as long as the woman is there, he has no share! Lu Shou's tone was even more impassioned regardless of dignity. In his eyes, the culprit of today's danger is Zhou Manyun.
"I thought about killing her, but ...... It's hard to ......", Xiao Ze smiled and rolled up half of the curtain, pointing to a round pier in front of the couch and motioning for Lu Shou to sit in front of him and listen to him.
While listening to Xiao Ze's whispered explanation, Lu Shou's face changed uncertainly, as if he was being tossed by the stormy waves, and he couldn't distinguish the direction of the cage in confusion.
"Time is running out!" , Xiao Ze, who had ordered the follow-up arrangements, closed his eyes again, as if he was about to fall asleep again.
The newly-born Xiao royal family is ready to establish a successor first and then a long, but it is a last resort not to establish the inheritance system of the young master, and now it is only recorded in Emperor Jing's living notes. Only a dozen important ministers of the court knew the truth.
But as long as the text is well considered, it will occupy a line in the great edict issued by the world after the first month of next year, and Le Shi Mingding will announce it to the world.
The month of Layue is about to enter the new year, and there is not much time left for the imperial Xiao family, ministers and nobles, and other related people......
Obviously, it is not only the prince Xiao Ze who is sick in the East Palace who is nervous about the time.
December 12 is a good day for a pair of joys. Xue Sujun got his wish and knelt down to accept the dress and flower tin given by the queen.
Accompanied by a few important guests, he drank a few glasses of wine and blushed, and his figure was a little softer than the beauty who was babbling and singing songs on the stage. Stepping on the drums, he turned into a small room on the stage.
When there are many people, the room looks petty and stuffy, but the several noble ladies who have gathered together under the pretext of greeting each other have shiny eyes and a slight light of excitement. The mind is not in the play at all, but in the intimate conversation obscured by the music.
"Wei Guogong personally explained to my lord that the queen mother has a secret will, no matter what the situation is in the future, she must support the emperor's eldest grandson, Xiao Han. Saying this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a little ......", a middle-aged woman with a thin face asked with a slurred mouth, her eyes fixed on He Liangdi, who is said to be the most favored by the prince in the past six months.
He Minglan picked up the handkerchief and covered her lips, and nodded gently, but she didn't say anything that shouldn't have been said.
However, the women who can gather together in private on behalf of the husbands and gentlemen of various families to secretly discuss the affairs of the court are mostly female officials who are inconvenient to go to the court, and they are more or less involved in major events that determine the future direction of the family.
"Cai Guogong is a young friend of His Majesty. After a long time, he won the sacred heart, so he was able to marry his daughter to the prince as a concubine at the end of the year. Now the three sons are all in the court, and the Qin family also has a lot of talents......"
In other words, if it is really the crown prince who has a case, the families who are secretly discussing here support the emperor's eldest grandson Xiao Han according to Empress Xu's orders, they are just doing the icing on the cake for the Qin family.
But if you choose someone else, the result may be very different.
A fat lady present held her waist up a little more reservedly.
As Mrs. Feng of Xing Guogong. The mother-in-law of Xiao Tan, the king of Chu, she has always followed Xiao Rui for her own family no later than the Qin family. But in the end, it was a pity that she only married her daughter to the second son of the Xiao family, but the current situation made her see a glimmer of hope for the future.
It's just that she still looked at He Minglan suspiciously.
If everyone present said that there was a reason to move closer to Xiao Tan, it was very strange for He Minglan, who was the prince's concubine, to appear here.
"The prince loves Sha Lan'er, and once said that if it is...... That, let Lan'er accompany the burial. ”。 Second Mrs. He covered her eyes with tears in her handkerchief, and said with a choked voice: "The concubine has a son and two daughters, and now she is the only one left, how can I give it up!" ”
He Minglan was still sitting upright, as if the person mentioned by her mother was not her. noticed that Xue Sujun, who was accompanying the last seat, peeked at her. He raised his head even higher.
Love so much that you want to go to the earth? Xue Suyun lowered his head, and the gentle smile on his lips was full of irony.
On that day, she followed Gao Wei into Beijing in a panic with Nan Chen's team, she was originally related to Tianxiangyuan, and the Gao family brought a few "loyal servants" of unknown origin, so she was very worried.
But soon, some of the servants of the Gao family found a secret mark in the city that was looking for the people in Tianxiangyuan.
I originally thought that the contact was a small fish and shrimp that escaped in the Tianxiang chaos that day, but I never thought that the last thing I caught was a Xibei with an unyielding identity.
He Minglan, who had been taking Nettingluo, couldn't quit his addiction and couldn't get the medicine, so he supported Qi's mother and her henchmen to leave the contact code of the atlas according to the dead Hui Xin, preparing to seek skin with the tiger.
Elder Kui, who had supported Tianxiangyuan's poison research, also secretly entered the capital, but he hooked He Minglan with medicine in three clicks.
He Minglan's funeral theory is naturally true, but as long as she has heard her personally describe the reality under the effect of medicine, it is not difficult to know what Xiao Zeding's reason for asking her to accompany her to the funeral.
A man has a good face, even if he dies, he must let his death be brighter. The woman who knew the Gu in it was naturally going to die with her.
But when it comes to death, everyone is willing to die for others and live for themselves. (To be continued......)