In the dark night, the earth was already asleep, the insects did not sing, the frogs did not call, there was not a trace of wind in the air, even the stars in the sky took a nap, and secretly hid in the clouds, no longer twinkling and shining.

The light in the imperial study was still on, but the light was too lazy to even jump, silently burning.

Although it was late at night; But the weather was unbearably hot.

The queen and the mother and son of King Jing knelt quietly in the imperial study, staring at each other speechlessly, and did not move, even so, the two of them were still soaked in sweat.

Only the sweat was also very well-behaved, and it leached out of their bodies, and then stayed on the placket of their clothes, and quietly soaked their plackets, but not a drop dropped, and made the slightest sound.

After Emperor Ji Wu left, these two people never said a word, like two kneeling realistic statues.

It was so quiet here that Gonggong Li's unhurried small steps and the sound came out were a little abrupt in this silent night.

Gonggong Li covered his mouth and yawned loudly, slowed down his spirits, and then said in a quiet voice: "According to the emperor's command, the queen Su has no way to make a decision, which caused the palace maids in her palace to make a big mistake, and punished the queen Su family to be grounded in Jinhua Palace for three months. ”

The queen thought to herself, the emperor only punished herself for three months, it seems that he really didn't know about his brother's plan, and Juan'er really didn't betray them.

The queen's hanging heart was completely relaxed.

Those who achieve great things are informal, as long as my brother's plan is not revealed, what is a mere three-month grounding?

The queen had her thoughts in her heart, but her mouth was full of gratitude, duplicity, and she kowtowed heavily on the ground, "Concubine, I know it's wrong, thank the emperor for his grace." ”

The queen looked like this, respectful, Gonggong Li looked very good, he let out a light "um" with satisfaction, and then turned to look at King Jing.

"His Royal Highness King Jing, it is a big crime to draw a knife in front of the emperor, the emperor reads that you are a first offender, and you are a mother, and there will be a hunting competition tomorrow, so the emperor will not punish you first, and ask you to go all out to meet tomorrow's hunting competition."

Speaking of which, Gonggong Li paused, he bent down and put his mouth close to King Jing's ear, "King Jing, you really have to go all out this year, you are the eldest son, and the eldest son's grades are mediocre every year, doesn't seem right?" ”

The meaning of Gonggong Li's words couldn't be more obvious, he was hinting to King Jing that he had to take the first place in tomorrow's hunting competition, otherwise he would not be able to explain.

King Jing's mind was full of thoughts.

Over the years, he has been conscientious and conscientious in his work for his father, and has also achieved good results, and he can feel that his father is obviously much better to him than in previous years.

King Kang's increasing arrogance over the years has caused many courtiers to complain and be dissatisfied.

King Kang was arrogant and paranoid, and last year a minister complained to him in private, and he heard it, and that night, he sent someone to the minister's house and set a fire to the minister's house, burning the backyard of the minister's house.

In another year, the little princess of a vassal country came to Ji with the envoys, and Emperor Ji Wu was the east, inviting the little princess and the envoys to visit the lake.

Emperor Ji Wu arranged Ran Huaying and the little princess in the same boat, thinking that Ran Huaying would accompany the little princess well.

Unexpectedly, that little princess was rude, not to mention that Ran Huaying's status was low, and she was not worthy of riding in the same boat as the princess of her country.

After King Kang found out, he found an opportunity to find fault with the little princess, and ruthlessly whipped the little princess half to death, so that until now, the relationship between the small affiliated country and the Ji country has become much stranger.

……

The arrogant things that King Kang has done over the years are too numerous to mention.

In the court, there are more and more voices that propose that King Kang is embarrassed.

Therefore, in the past two years, my father began to reuse himself and often sent some important tasks to himself.

Occasionally, in the court, when he encountered political disagreements and-for-tat confrontations with King Kang, he did not see his father blindly favoring and defending King Kang as before.

There were even times when the father would say a few words for himself fairly in front of King Kang.

It can be seen that the father is paying more and more attention to himself.

In previous years' hunting competitions, King Kang won the first place, and this time, Gonggong Li hinted to himself that he wanted to fight for the first place.

King Jing pondered, what does Father Huang mean by this?

Drawing a sword in front of the emperor, this is a big crime, looking at the attitude of the father, it seems that he also wants to forgive himself, is the father ......?

King Jing boldly speculated, could it be that his father moved the mind of choosing a new heir?

Thinking of this, King Jing's eyes lit up, and he immediately kowtowed three times to Gonggong Li, who came to announce the decree on behalf of Emperor Ji Wu, "Erchen thank your father Longen, please rest assured, Erchen Ding should do his best!" ”

Three rings, three "dong dong" sounds, that is the voice of King Jing from the bottom of his heart.

"Get up, all of you, and go back to rest."

After announcing the decree, Gonggong Li lifted the Buddha dust in his hand and left the imperial study.

King Jing has practiced martial arts since he was a child, he has internal strength to protect his body, and although his knees hurt after kneeling for so long, he can still walk.

And what about the Queen? At the moment, he can't even stretch his feet straight.

"Queen Mother, what's wrong with you?" King Jing asked with concern.

"Ziang, Bengong's feet are numb and painful, and I can't get up." The queen sat down on the ground in pain.

"Queen Mother, I'll take you back." After that, King Jing picked up the queen and walked outside the imperial study.

Fortunately, the queen had a sedan chair for travel, which was parked outside the imperial study at the moment, and King Jing hugged the queen on the sedan chair and escorted the queen back to Jinhua Palace all the way.

After carrying the queen into the dormitory of Jinhua Palace, King Jing couldn't wait to close the door of the dormitory.

"Queen Mother, I said it all, that Xianchen girl brought down Le Yun, offended Concubine Yun, and was at odds with the Ran family, she must not be from King Kang's side, she also offered to repair Zhiruo's appearance, which shows that she also intends to show favor to us, why do you still want to move her?"

King Jing frowned, and there was obvious confusion and complaint in his voice.

The candles in the hall were brilliant, and the candlelight was flickering, but they could not illuminate the queen's gloomy face and dark heart.

"The heart of defense is indispensable, after all, she is Ran Yune's daughter, you must know that Ran Yune is King Kang's right-hand man."

"Queen Mother, didn't you also send someone to check the relationship between Xianchen and the Ran family in the Ran Mansion? You also know that Xianchen and Ran Yune are not all the way, after the melon feast that day, didn't the queen mother also let her sons get close to the girl Xianchen, have these queens forgotten? ”

The queen's knee hurts to death, and her son, who has closed the door until now, not only does he not care for her as a mother, but for the sake of the woman named Ran Xianchen, he keeps asking her about being a mother.

The anger that the queen suppressed in her heart erupted uncontrollably, and she raised her hand violently and flipped the tea set on the table to the ground.

"That was that time, not now, now, she saved Gu Ziyi's life, she deserves to die!"

The porcelain fell to the ground with a crackling sound, drowned out by the Queen's hysterical roar.

King Jing was stunned, he didn't know, why did his queen mother get so angry?

Immediately, it occurred to him that he and his queen mother had always been at odds.

Her queen mother has a strange temper, except for being accompanied by Xiao Qi, he and his queen mother can still say a few words calmly, and other times, when he is alone with his queen mother, nine times out of ten they are unhappy.

Xiao Qi is the queen's own niece, the daughter of the general of Zhennan, General Su Kuilan, and the person the queen really likes.

Thinking of this, King Jing got up and bowed to the queen, "Queen Mother, it's not early, so the sons won't disturb the Queen Mother to rest." With that, he walked out of the dormitory.

"Do you like Ran Xianchen?" The queen asked suddenly.

King Jing paused in his steps, did not answer, and then heard the queen sneer: "It's a pity that your movements are slow, and Gu Ziyi took the lead." ”

Huh-huh......

The queen laughed gloatingly, with bad intentions.

Immediately, King Jing's hands subconsciously clenched into fists, his face was expressionless, and the silver teeth in his mouth were about to be crushed.

The candle flame flickered, reflecting the man's back, King Jing's back was unusually tall and burly, only the flickering firelight made him extremely lonely.

He was like a giant who had been robbed of the most precious thing, burying his head in grief, so sour that his eyes were glazed.

Then he heard the queen say, "Therefore she must die." ”

The word "death", the queen gritted her teeth, as if she had a deep hatred with Xianchen that could not be dissolved.

King Jing didn't understand, why after Gu Ziyi returned from Jiaozhou triumphantly this time, the queen mother wanted to get rid of him quickly?

Even, all the people who have a good relationship with King Rui, the queen mother can't get used to it and doesn't like it anymore.

In the past, the queen mother also asked him to try to win over King Rui; But this time, the queen mother asked him to join King Kang to get rid of King Rui.

The hundred boards that Gu Ziyi received this time were the result of his cooperation with King Kang, but Gu Ziyi was too lucky and was rescued by Xianchen.

Like Xianchen, there are few women in the world who are wise and resourceful, and who also understand medical skills, and she also has a peerless face that is not stained by the world.

Such a woman is hard to find, such a woman, who is she happy about? And who has she been in a relationship with?

He didn't care.

He only cares, who will Xianchen end up with? Who can really own her as a person? Who will be able to spend her whole life with?

These are all secrets that he can't tell his mother, and he doesn't speculate for more than half a sentence.

King Jing left a sentence, "Queen Mother, Xiao Qi is still waiting for her sons at the gate of the palace, and your sons will leave first." He left Jinhua Palace without looking back.

"What a grievance, what a grievance! Why did I give birth to such an unfilial son? The queen was so angry that she clenched her fist with one hand and slammed it on the table.

The table slammed into ...... There was a muffled sound.

Tonight, King Jing never cared about the queen's knees, if he was not the queen's only son, he was so unfilial, the queen really wanted to abolish him first.

There was a heart-piercing pain in the knee, Mama Zhang called hot water and compressed the queen's knee, but the knee hurt more and more, and the blood stasis not only did not disperse, but it was a little heavier.

The pain in her feet was unbearable, her heart was irritable, and the queen was furious in Jinhua Palace.

Tonight, Jinhua Palace is destined to be sleepless.

On the contrary, tonight, in the Rong'an Palace, Duke Zhou asked Xianchen to leave again.

Xianchen and Gu Ziyi slept in separate beds, and soon both of them fell asleep, and Xianchen, who was sleeping on the bed, dreamed of her master in her dreams.

The fine dust in the dream is still the same as when she first learned to stand on the plum blossom pile.

She practiced "Golden Rooster Independence" on the plum blossom pile, and accidentally fell off the plum blossom pile, not only fell and gnawed the mud, but also wore out her arm and dislocated her knee.

Her master picked her up and quickly reset her knee, and a heart-wrenching pain struck, and the young Xianchen couldn't stand the pain, and instantly cried out.

Xianchen's cry woke up Gu Ziyi, who was sleeping on the couch, and Gu Ziyi stiffened up with a carp and got up from the couch.

With a small night light in his hand, he walked to Slim Dust's bed.