The emperor's death was really sudden, and suddenly Concubine Ru was still quietly contacting the people of the Ma family, and even thought about robbing the four princes out, but she didn't expect that the night would pass and the emperor would be gone.

Inside and outside the Heart Nourishing Palace, white flags were hung full, crying, Concubine Ru knelt on the ground in a snow-white dress, everyone was stunned, how could it be ...... Dead?

Concubine Chen knelt behind her, looking like she was crying, but her eyes were clear, and she even took the initiative to persuade: "Sister Ru, you are weak, go to the next compartment to rest first, the emperor has always favored you the most, and he will not blame." ”

Concubine Ru's brain is buzzing, she is actually not very smart, she is favored when she enters the palace, and it is smooth sailing.

Because they thought that the four princes would definitely be able to become a great treasure in the future, some of the concubines in the palace naturally thought the same way, so that there was no one to fight with her, and they rushed to slap her up, hoping to get some benefits in the future.

So when Concubine Chen said this, she also nodded stunned, didn't think much about it at all, and only fell into her own emotions.

Even when she arrived at the cubicle, Concubine Chen sent all the palace people down, and she didn't stop her.

"Sister, why did you say that the emperor went suddenly?" Concubine Ru grabbed Concubine Chen's hand. Ask.

Concubine Chen's hand pouring tea trembled slightly, turned her head to look at her, and saw that there was still only doubt in her eyes, so she said softly: "I don't know either." ”

Concubine Ru snorted coldly as if she had thought of something: "I think it must be because of that little prince, he died as soon as he returned to the palace, he is in such a hurry, isn't he afraid that the world will poke his backbone!" ”

Concubine Chen didn't speak, but quietly handed the tea to her.

Concubine Ru also felt thirsty, so she took two sips of tea. and continued the conspiracy theory Helian Zifeng.

Concubine Chen listened quietly for a while, and when she saw her put down the teacup, she got up: "Sister, rest for a while, I'll go outside and have a look." ”

"Hmm."

Concubine Ru was not suspicious, and wondered in her heart how to use this incident to buckle the king's hat to Helian Zifeng and the five princes, so that there would be hope for the four princes to ascend the throne......

"Uh......"

Concubine Ru gushed out of her throat, and a mouthful of blood overflowed.

I don't know if it was because of fright, Concubine Ru's first reaction was not to feel pain, but to look at Concubine Chen, who was about to go out with a teacup: "It's you......"

"Concubine Ru's sister has a very close relationship with the emperor, and now that the emperor is gone, my sister wants to follow, which is really moving."

Concubine Chen's eyes still didn't make any waves, looking at Concubine Ru as if she was looking at a dead thing that had lost its life.

In an instant, Concubine Ru understood that Concubine Chen was no longer in the same boat as herself.

Concubine Ru excitedly wanted to stand up and rush to Concubine Chen, but as soon as she stood up, she fell to the ground, staring and not breathing.

"Concubine Ru was martyred for the emperor."

Concubine Chen said lightly, turned around and walked out.

Concubine Ru died. The Ma family is completely hopeless, let alone the four princes who are still in the prison at the moment.

The emperor's funeral will be held for 7749 days, during which Helian Zifeng returned as a little prince, and controlled the government before everyone could react.

No one has checked how the emperor died.

The five princes panicked.

During the national mourning, the capital was quiet, all the liquor shops and gambling shops were closed, except for the livelihood shops that sold rice and oil, there were almost no doors on the bustling streets, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians.

"Fortunately, there is still enough food and charcoal fire in the house."

Lan Zhi came in from outside, followed by a mother-in-law who had come to add charcoal to the fire.

Wei Qingqing sat on the warm couch wrapped in fox fur, and when she saw these charcoal fires, she felt at ease, she was now more and more afraid of the cold.

"Mother's side should leave more charcoal." Wei Qingqing commanded.

"Got it." Lan Zhi smiled lightly, picked out with her big eyes, and said: "The second room still wants to take care of our charcoal today, don't ask you to make it with your wife, I heard that the old lady's old cold leg has attacked again, and the charcoal fire in the house can't be broken, so our house will burn two pots, and she wants four pots in the house, and she is not afraid of smoking." ”

"There are also those subordinates, who don't know whether they are alive or dead, and they still want to ask for silver silk charcoal to make it, you are soft-hearted, and it is good to have charcoal for them, but you are not satisfied."

Lan Zhi said, the mother-in-law who came to add charcoal to the fire trembled, this was said to her, the mother-in-law who was in charge of the charcoal fire.

In the past few days, the second room is willing to give up the silver, and she, a subordinate, naturally opened this convenient door, she thought that the young lady was generous and would not care about these little things......

"Next time, let the slaves know, I will take the charcoal fire and put it on their heads, and see if they are still cold!"

Lan Zhi said this very hard, secretly hiding a bit of ruthlessness.

The mother-in-law's hand shook, and she quickly knelt down, and told all the things about the second room in the past few days.

Wei Qingqing held the tea, looked at the mother-in-law through the steaming heat, and only then did she speak: "It's not that the house is reluctant to let these charcoal fires, but I don't know, it's not me who holds the middle feed in this house, it's silver." ”

"The young lady forgives her sins, and the slave knows that she is wrong!"

The mother-in-law thought that it was just enough to admit her mistake, and Wei Qingqing rarely beat and scolded her subordinates, and if she committed a first offense, she usually reprimanded her verbally, but now that she listens, she actually wants to do it!

The mother-in-law begged for mercy again and again, but Wei Qingqing seemed to be ruthless this time, put the teacup on the coffee table, and said angrily: "Why, I see that the second master has not returned, is it to bully me, an orphan and widow?" In this case, let you know the rules and know them, so that you may save one or two. Dare to come up and practice! ”

Saying that, regardless of the frightened faces of the people in the room, Wei Qingqing directly instructed Lan Zhi: "Go, carefully check which ones are ignorant, and all of them take the deed of sale and drive out of the house." For trivial things, give two taels of silver as a settling-in allowance, if you deceive the upper and lower to fill your pockets, you will be thrown out directly, and you are not allowed to come back! ”

The mother-in-law was startled and hurriedly begged for mercy and confessed, but Wei Qingqing was resolute and swept the person out with a raised hand.

On that day, everyone in the mansion knew that the young lady was grumpy and sent a large number of people out of the mansion, and the Duchess of Guo still connived at these and didn't ask at all.

When the old lady in the second room found Wei Qingqing's courtyard, a huge quarrel broke out, and between the words, it seemed that Wei Qingqing was dissatisfied with the second room, and deliberately sent these subordinates away, so that the old lady's cold legs hurt even more.

At night, Wei Qingqing was so angry that he swept away a group of people.

At this point, the subordinates of the Guogong Mansion were driven away by two-thirds in one day!

This matter quietly spread in the capital, and everyone only said that the young lady of the Guogong Mansion was pampered and arrogant, relying on being pregnant with a son-in-law, and lawless.

The fifth prince also thought so.

"It's really a little woman's heart, I thought she was a good person, but it turned out to be a spoof." The five princes were a pity.

"And that's not all. Weichen's daughter was also instigated by her to go up the mountain and become a sister-in-law. ”

Rong Minghuo sat down and was still depressed when he mentioned Rong Fangfang's matter!

Seeing him like this, the fifth prince sent a letter to Wei Qingqing this time, in order to slap the second room in the face.

"Isn't there any news from Rong Che yet? It has been half a month since my father's decree to recall him, and he came from the southwest, and it should have arrived. The fifth prince was a little suspicious, he was very clear about Rong Che's ability, and he also clearly knew that Rong Che had no intention of supporting the other princes, or even disliking them.

Therefore, the fifth prince dared to use Rong Minghuo.

Rong Minghuo didn't seem to have thought of the seriousness of the matter: "No, hmph, that kid is smart, he probably knows that the fifth master can need him, so he deliberately took Qiao, waiting for the fifth master to come to him." ”

The fifth prince looked at Rong Minghuo's beard and glaring, and knew that this person was useless.

But it doesn't matter, the fifth prince looked at Rong Minghuo, as long as he could still have the last bit of use, it would be enough.

"The next thing is hard to Rong Adult."

The fifth prince explained the task to him, and because of the importance of the matter, the fifth prince even stood up directly and patted Rong Minghuo on the shoulder.

Rong Minghuo saw that the fifth prince attached so much importance to himself, so he naturally didn't dare to delay: "Your Highness, rest assured, Weichen will go out of the city and will definitely finish this matter!" ”

said. He left directly.

The fifth prince watched his back leave, and the corners of his mouth were cold.

"Are you sure, Suiguo Gong has already arrived outside the city?" The fifth prince asked.

"It's true, Suiguo Gong's whereabouts are very hidden, if it weren't for the fact that he happened to rescue a pair of mother and daughter who were bullied outside the city, he wouldn't have suddenly appeared. The small one also followed closely for a long time before he dared to be sure. The black-clothed dark guard on the side said.

The five princes slowly paced back and forth, as if they were thinking about the decision, but after thinking about it, it seemed that there was no better way to make Rong Che desperate and desperately come to help him!

"In that case, let's do it and do it cleanly." China Library

The fifth prince smiled: "After you finish it, leak the news to the eldest princess." ”

The secret guard was puzzled: "Eldest princess? "Your Highness, don't you wish that this eldest sister would die sooner?

"You heard it right, it's the eldest princess. How much she hates Wei Qingqing, she will use this matter to torture Wei Qingqing as viciously, only when the wicked are vicious enough, the charcoal fire sent in the snow is hot enough. Do you understand? The five princes looked at him.

Send charcoal in the snow, this charcoal, how can he send it to Rong Che.

When the night was about to fall, the eldest princess, who had been released from the palace to lose a lot of weight, thought she had heard the news wrong: "This ...... It's true? ”

"It's true. Sui Guogong has been tracking down the little prince everywhere for so many years, and it is natural that the little prince hates him to the bone, but now the corpse is ......"

"Buried ......"

As soon as the eldest princess said it, she gritted her teeth: "Let people use a high-quality coffin to store it well, and don't bury it first." Go and tell someone to prepare a carriage, I'm going to go to the Guogong Mansion!" ”

Wei Qingqing deceived herself, and the Duchess betrayed herself and drove herself out of the country's mansion, she will never let it go easily!

When the Duchess heard that the eldest princess asked to see her, she did not intend to meet until the eldest princess broke in by herself.

"Isn't my mother worried about my father's safety?"

The eldest princess didn't even look at the subordinates who blocked her, and strode forward, in fact, no one dared to really stop her.

The Duchess was ready to fall asleep at this time, wearing only a thin middle coat and a cloak, and a few silver strands of black hair hanging down behind her.

When the eldest princess came in, she brought in a cold wind, and Rao is the duchess of the country, who has been practicing martial arts all year round, also shivered with cold.

But for some reason, a wave of panic and sadness surged up in her heart inexplicably.

It's as if something important is leaving you and you can't do anything about it.

"Your Highness came late at night, I don't know what the important thing is?" The Duchess asked.

"There's bad news to tell my mother." The eldest princess couldn't bear it in her heart, but when she thought that she was deceived out of the country's mansion, she couldn't bear it, and she was overwhelmed by her unwillingness.

Wei Qingqing slept at night. I rested early tonight, so the eldest princess came suddenly, and Lan Sheng Lan Zhi didn't tell her.

And Lan Zhi didn't dare to listen to the corner of the Duchess of Guo, she just kept staring at the movement over there, thinking that she would wait for the eldest princess to leave, and then inquire about it.

Who knew that the eldest princess didn't leave this time, and went back to the courtyard directly, and the people around the Duchess were also silent, and when they saw her coming, they took a detour from afar.

Lan Zhi was puzzled. And I was worried about what was going on, so I was preoccupied all day the next day.

This naturally did not hide Wei Qingqing's eyes.

"Everything in the house has been arranged."

Wei Qingqing asked while flipping through the recent account books.

"Hmm." Lan Zhi said while pouring tea, and Lan Sheng saw that Lan Zhi was pouring out the tea and still pouring it, so he sighed helplessly: "Lan Zhi, let's talk about it." ”

Lan Zhi suddenly came back to her senses, and hurriedly looked at Wei Qingqing, seeing that she was still calmly looking at the account book, so she settled down and told her what happened last night.

Wei Qingqing frowned.

"The second master didn't come back last night."

Wei Qingqing was worried that something had happened to Rong Che. Let people get the handle.

Ke Lansheng shook his head: "The slave maid thinks that it is not the second master, the person who calculates outside and the master of the second room are afraid of the second master, so they have not made any moves, if something happens to the second master, those people are afraid that they will pounce on them a long time ago." ”

'Those people' naturally refers to those princes, and the eldest princess doesn't know whose pawns she has become.

Wei Qingqing was sure that what Lan Sheng said was right, as soon as Rong Che had an accident, whether it was Helian Zifeng or the Fifth Prince, he would not leave his hand on the Guogong Mansion again.

That's not Rong Che, who else can be their handle in the Guogong Mansion?

It must not be someone related to herself, otherwise the eldest princess will come to find herself by herself, then......

"Let Leng Yin immediately pass the news to the second master. Lan Sheng, you go and keep an eye on the movement in the second room, and Lan Zhi will follow me to see my mother. Saying that, Wei Qingqing was about to go out, but as soon as she went out, she saw the eldest princess coming from the door.

The coolness in the eldest princess's eyes was undisguised, and even the purpose, she did not hide it.

"You still have to choose, I'll give you a day, either you die, or Grandpa Guo dies, I'll let you choose for yourself." The eldest princess stood in front of Wei Qingqing, and all the people were driven out of the courtyard, and even Lan Zhi couldn't hear what the eldest princess said.

Wei Qingqing's palms clenched: "Why does Your Highness have such a big grudge against me?" Your Highness can know that whether I die or my father dies, His Highness's fate with the Guogong Mansion is over. ”

The eldest princess's heart trembled slightly, and then she sneered: "Rong Hai is dead, what if I want this fate?" Even if I die, you won't let me be buried with him. ”

Wei Qingqing saw that her heart was so strong, and she didn't do much persuasion: "Your Highness just said that my father was detained by the little prince, Your Highness can rest assured, in this matter, I will go to find the little prince, even if I want to die, I will not die under the coercion of His Highness." ”

The eldest princess was stunned: "Do you know him?" ”

Wei Qingqing looked at her with pity, she was used as a gun. I thought I was a good gun.

"The little prince and I have a little relationship, and he will never help His Royal Highness Sixth to ascend the throne, so the eldest princess said that you can control your father's life and death, which is really nonsense. Moreover, Your Highness might as well go and find out who revealed this news to you, I believe it will never be the little prince. ”

After Wei Qingqing finished speaking, she felt that there was no need to delay with the eldest princess, so she was about to go out.

But I heard a hoarse voice behind me: "It's too late, it's dead." ”

"What!"

Wei Qingqing turned around suddenly, and the eldest princess didn't reply: "When I knew the news, Suiguo Gong was already a corpse, which was killed by Helian Zifeng, and the people I sent found that the long sword that pierced Suiguo Gong had the mark of Helian Zifeng's entourage. ”

Wei Qingqing didn't dare to stay for half a minute longer, so she quickly ran towards the courtyard of the Duchess of Guo with her skirt.

When I came, I really saw Mama Cao, whose eyes were red,

And the Duchess of Guo was dressed in a gorgeous dress and sat in front of the mirror to comb her makeup: "There are a few more strands of white hair, come and pull it out for me." I saved the old immortal from coming back and seeing it, and he wanted to talk about me again. ”

"Yes."

Mama Cao responded, as if nothing had happened.

Wei Qingqing's steps froze, and when the Duchess saw her, she smiled softly: "You are here." ”

"Mother's ......"

"I knew you wouldn't be deceived easily, but it didn't matter if you were deceived or not, the nobles in the capital had to rip off a piece of meat from the Guogong Mansion, we couldn't stay in the capital, tonight, let's go." Duchess said.

Wei Qingqing frowned: "Mother, it's not the end yet, I haven't seen the ...... yet" If you don't see the corpse, then everything is possible!"

"Whether you see it or not, it's time to go." How could the Duchess of Guo not understand this truth, but she knew more clearly that Sui Guogong was indeed outside the city gate yesterday, and now the news came so coincidentally, so it is only possible that his whereabouts were discovered.

Since the person behind him came up with such words to threaten, then he is destined to die.

That being the case, then she can't catch up with a Qingqing with Che'er blood!

Wei Qingqing was uneasy, but Rong Che had no news coming, so she had to detain the eldest princess first and ask the Guogong Mansion not to make any noise for the time being, so as not to startle the snake.

The good show that the five princes had been looking forward to in the snow seemed to come to an abrupt end.

The fifth prince felt strange: "Could it be that the people from the Chengguo Mansion have already found out?" ”

"I don't know, a group of women, what can they find?" The secret guard on the side said: "And there is also a Rong Ming Huo Doudi, even if the eldest princess fails, she is not afraid." ”

As he was talking, news came from outside, saying that the Queen Mother wanted to see several princes.

When the fifth prince saw that it was Fan Li who came to deliver the message, the hand hanging down from the chair secretly clenched and loosened.

"I'll change my clothes."

"The Queen Mother is in a hurry to summon her, Your Highness will go with the old slave." Fan Li opened his mouth, but he didn't let the five princes out of his sight.

The five princes glanced at the secret guards beside them, and the secret guards understood, and quietly retreated to the side, and the five princes straightened their clothes and strode towards the palace.

At this time, in the Empress Dowager's palace, Helian Zifeng had already drunk two cups of tea.