The sound of gongs, drums, bells and chimes gradually became clearer.

The two teams of eunuchs riding tall horses came unhurriedly, and the two led by them held their heads high, fully demonstrating their arrogance and disregard for everyone under the imperial power in the world.

Since entering Ningrong Street, five steps and one ride, standing neatly.

Then, two groups of forbidden officers and soldiers in golden armor trotted out, driving all the officers and soldiers in the street and anyone else, and opened up an open and straight road.

Han Zhihuan rushed to the street and was about to kneel to greet him, but was driven away with canes by those officers and soldiers who did not recognize people, and he did not dare to make a mistake, so he knelt on the side according to the instructions of the other party.

After a long time, I saw a group of eunuchs and palace maids holding finch screens, canopies and other ritual utensils on the corner of the street, and the number was not too many. After them, a group of six horses and a chariot slowly came.

Except for the attendants, everyone on the scene knelt on the ground and recited holy virtues.

The reins did not stop until the gate of Rongguo Mansion was stopped.

Vocal stops.

The children who were leaning against the health hall on the outer wall of Ning Guofu all stopped crying unconsciously, and looked at the noble and gorgeous carriage with wide eyes one by one, their little faces full of shock and curiosity about unknown things.

Han Zhilian's head was sweating, and he had the heart to come forward to ask for peace, but the big palace maids and the big eunuchs who accompanied him all looked cold, blocking him out. He's not qualified to be at the top.

The scene was quiet and cold.

Han Zhilian's heart became more and more uneasy, until a string of hurried horses' hooves sounded on the street again, and then a young and elegant man appeared, and the sweat on his forehead became thicker.

"Your Highness......"

He stepped forward and took the horse pendant, helped the second prince to dismount, and called in a low voice.

The second prince ignored him, and after dismounting, he galloped to the side of the court, bent down and bowed: "I don't know that the queen mother is here, and the son failed to wait in advance, and I ask the queen mother to forgive me." ”

It was still quiet, and the second prince also bowed quietly, with no eagerness on his face.

After a few breaths, a noble and delicate voice finally sounded in the curtain: "Flatten." ”

"Thank you, Mother."

The second prince finished the salute, but he still bowed slightly, waiting for the orders of the people inside the phoenix curtain.

"Do you know why Hongu is here?"

"The sons are incompetent, and it must be the events here that disturb the peace of the queen mother."

There was a brief silence in the curtain again, and then the queen asked, "I heard that you sent someone to raid the Jia family?" ”

Although the queen's voice was calm, but she had not been out of the palace all the year round, she had quietly arrived in such a place of right and wrong today, how could the second prince not guess her intention?

"The queen mother misunderstood, and the son did not give such an order."

As soon as the second prince said this, Han Zhilian, who was a few steps behind him, suddenly turned pale, and knelt down with a bang and said: "Queen Qiyu, it was Weichen who found out that the Jia family was colluding with the outside of the city, so he brought people here, wanting to purge the rebels in the city for His Royal Highness......"

The second prince hurriedly explained for the queen: "This person is Han Zhilian, the son of Honglu Siqing, who was ordered by his son to investigate the anti-party in the city. ”

The queen was as silent as before, but every time she was silent, a pin drop could be heard quietly all around. As if she were a god in heaven, no one dared to utter any syllables, for fear of missing half of the gods' will.

"This palace is a person in the harem, and I have no intention of paying attention to the affairs of the previous dynasty. But don't you know that the Jia family's Rongguo Mansion is the concubine's mother's house, and it is not His Majesty's will, who dares to despise his duty.

Now you are holding troops and slamming the door, insulting the grandparents and family members of the concubine, ignoring the humility of the law and etiquette, and the face of Your Majesty? ”

Although it was a simple question, Han Zhilian's heart sank to the bottom of his stomach.

Looking at the appearance of the second prince being pure and filial in front of the queen, and obeying his words, if he let the queen make a statement, he is afraid that in the end all the blame can only be resisted by him, because he said loudly: "The queen is angry, it is not that the ministers do not know the system of respect and humility, but now the situation is urgent, there are anti-kings and kings in the past, and now there are rebels besieging the city!"

The minister received the great grace of His Royal Highness, and he wished to help His Highness clear the rebellion as soon as possible.

Niangniang may not know that Jia Baoyu, the second son of the Jia family, had already recognized the anti-king as his father-in-law half a year ago and held a ceremony to recognize his relatives.

Now the anti-king is raising troops to rebel in Tiewang Mountain, but Jia Baoyu is still stationed in Tiewang Mountain, and he will inevitably act as a pawn for the tiger and help the rebels.

Although His Royal Highness is merciful and refuses to embarrass Jiafu because of his old feelings, how can his ministers not risk death to share his worries and solve problems for His Highness? If the people in Jiafu are allowed to rebel, collude with all sides in the city, leak the secrets of the city, and eventually cause disaster, wouldn't it be a crime that deserves death? ”

"What a loyal courtier!"

The queen's voice was angry for the first time, and she asked in a deep voice: "Since you said that the people who are still staying outside the city must be in the same stream as the anti-king, then this palace asks you, the father of the palace and the grandfather of the king of Qi is still living outside the city, is he also bound to be in the same stream as the anti-king?" Is it true that Lord Han is also going to lead troops and raid my Ye family? ”

The second prince bowed down and persuaded: "The queen mother is angry......"

Han Zhilian's face was as pale as paper, and he raised his head and looked at the queen Feng Yuan in front of him blankly.

Why was the queen so angry and raided the Ye family?

How dare he!

It can be said that he will not be too jealous of any family in the city now, but only the Ye family, he is impossible and dare not touch it.

Although the two princes are extremely benevolent, they are also loved by all the princes of the Manchu Dynasty.

However, half of the orthodox identity of the second prince's heir is from the current Queen Ye!

If it weren't for the fact that the second prince inherited Queen Ye when he was naïve, how different would the second prince who had already lost his biological mother be different from the current fourth prince Jingqi?

It can be said that with Queen Ye, the second prince is the only heir to the throne.

Now that the queen is evil to him, how can he be good in the future?

Since he was afraid in his heart, in the face of the queen's questioning, he had to try to explain: "The queen's mother forgives her sins, the minister has no such intention, the master is highly respected, and he will definitely not succumb to the rebel party and do things that endanger the court, so the minister naturally does not dare to be disrespectful to the Ye family......"

"Shut up!"

But it was the second prince who interrupted Han Zhilian's pale explanation, he glanced at Han Zhihuan coldly, made sure he shut up, and then turned around and said respectfully: "Your subordinates are ignorant, and they collided with the queen mother, and they are the sons and daughters who have no way to discipline them."

Today's events have been known to the ministers, and they are all caused by the vain guessing and bold actions of the subordinates. The sons then ordered them to leave and no longer embarrass the Jia family.

It's just that the queen mother was hurt for this matter, but it was really unfilial piety, and she asked the queen mother to forgive her sins. ”

After listening to the words of the second prince, the queen's anger seemed to dissipate a little, and she said: "Now that it is an eventful season, whether it is a hundred civil and military officials in the imperial court, or many famous and nobles, they are all looking up.

Since you have a heavy responsibility, you should use the name of benevolence to win the hearts of the subjects of the world.

Regardless of whether the Jia family really plotted rebellion, before the situation is stable, falsely convicting you of crimes, or even creating murder, will only make people fear you like a tiger, or feel resentful.

Either way, it will cut you off from the hearts of the people, remember. ”

"What the queen mother taught me is that my sons should keep it in mind."

The event was decided, the atmosphere eased, and at this time, the gate of Rongguo Mansion was open, and Mrs. Wang came out of the mansion and knelt to welcome the queen.

The queen only let them flatten down, briefly comforted them with a word or two, and then ordered them to return to the palace.

From beginning to end, the queen never showed up.

The second prince glanced at the people who were all over the street watching the queen leave, and did not stay, but just let King Beijing, who had also arrived at the scene, deal with the matter here, then turned over and personally escorted the queen back to the palace.

……

In the Changle Palace, the queen retreated left and right, looked at the second prince with a handsome face, and asked, "Can you complain about the queen mother interfering with your actions today?" ”

"The sons have no such intentions, the queen mother acts, she has her own considerations, how can the sons not know."

The queen looked at him with blazing eyes, and suddenly sighed lightly: "You have been raised under the knees of this palace since you were six years old. This palace has no heirs, so I have always regarded you as my own.

But this palace is lazy by nature, not good at words, think about it, you have been growing up, this palace has really cared too little about you.

Especially in these years, you have opened a mansion and lived separately, between you and me, mother and son, except for the usual time when you came to the palace to say goodbye, there have been few real conversations between mother and son, so I want to come, but it is a dereliction of duty for the queen mother. ”

The words of self-reproach were not strong, but the second prince instantly felt tears, he knelt down suddenly, and said: "The queen mother is too worried, the queen mother is the best and most conscientious queen mother in the world.

If there was no queen mother's care for her sons since childhood, why would her sons be where they are today?

Although the queen mother did not always teach her sons, she taught by words and deeds, and all the excellent characters of the queen mother had a profound impact on her sons, and made her always admire.

To this day, the sons always remember the deep teachings of the queen mother to the sons every time. ”

The second prince was naturally touched in his heart.

Although Queen Ye does not take care of him like a folk mother, she has arranged excellent arrangements for him from childhood to adulthood, food, clothing, housing and transportation.

If he gets praise from Mr., Queen Ye will reward him, and if he makes a mistake, Queen Ye will criticize him and even punish him.

The most important thing is that he has never noticed a trace of indifference in this unrelated queen mother......

This is different from his father.

In the past, he thought that it was because of his father's strictness, and it was the educational concept of "holding grandchildren but not children" pursued by the Heavenly Family.

It wasn't until later that he discovered that his father was not as strict with him as his father at all, but that the other party did not treat him as a son for a day at all. Even, every time he called his father, his father's heart may be full of disgust and hatred.

In contrast, the queen mother's way of taking care of him without desire is the only spiritual harbor in his heart!

At least, the queen mother really treats him as a son.

So don't say that today's queen mother just wants to protect a Jia family, that is, if he wants to let go of Feng, Chen, and Wei, he will not hesitate.

Of course, the premise is that there are still people in the Feng family.

Empress Ye is not a person who likes sensationalism, but when she saw that the second prince had tears in her eyes because of her casual words, she was also a little touched.

She sighed again and said, "Emperor Tai, where is it now?" It's a ...... Be......? ”

The second prince immediately understood what Empress Ye meant, and he always knew that her queen mother was not really a two-eared woman who didn't ask about things outside the window.

Now that she asked, she must have understood the situation he was in.

But he wasn't ready to hide it, he just shook his head very lonely, and said: "Erchen doesn't know, but in other words, the emperor has ......woken up."

Empress Ye was speechless, and she naturally understood the loneliness and unfinished words on the face of the second prince.

These days, although she has not left the palace, she knows all the major events outside.

She has a bright nature and a clear mind, and she can naturally see that most of everything outside is deliberately created by her son.

"Are you sure you'll win?"

The second prince was moved in his heart.

The queen mother had obviously seen something, but she didn't panic, she just asked him with such concern, are you sure?

He shook his head and didn't answer the question.

At this time, there is no need to worry her.

Queen Ye looked at him quietly, and suddenly said: "Stop, as long as you are willing to stop, this palace and the Ye family will do their best, and they will definitely protect you." ”

The second prince looked at Queen Ye and bowed deeply:

"The queen mother forgives her sins, son, there is no choice."

From the beginning, he had no choice.