Three years later –

It has been three years since the queen died, and today is the day of filial piety, the days in the palace flow fast, three years seem to pass in a flash, and the first queen is also nothing, so even if she dies, the palace seems to have no effect, as usual, the moon has fallen, but to say that there is no change at all, that is not, the biggest change is the emperor.

In the past three years, his temper has become more and more eccentric, his shadow is uncertain, and his heart is ruthless, and the courtiers and the people who serve in front of the emperor are afraid that if they are not careful, their heads will be moved.

The worst thing is that the emperor is more and more unintentional, often staying in the Qiande Palace for a day, either sitting under the eaves and looking at the sun in a daze, or holding a wine glass to the shadow to drink alone, every time at this time, the people in front of the emperor know that the emperor began to miss the first queen again.

As for the harem, the emperor has never set foot in it again, at most he goes to the queen mother to ask for peace, in addition, all the concubines and concubines in the palace are regarded as decorations, and they have not been ignored for three years.

And the Kunjin Palace, where the former empress once lived, was also locked up by the emperor and announced that it would never be reopened.

I think it's because there are people he once loved miserably, and he can't accept anyone who lives in it.

And Rong Taifu since the death of the first queen, also disappeared for a year, some people say that he went back to the valley of life to heal alone, and some people say that he is fighting the sword world, just to forget the first queen, in short, a year later he returned to the palace, the emperor did not stop, nor did he care, he decided by himself.

Rong Taifu went to the prince's side, and still taught His Royal Highness the prince as the prince's wife, one day the prince asked Rong Taifu, he was a person in the rivers and lakes, why not take this opportunity to completely get rid of this square city, to pursue a broader world.

Mrs. Rong has always been taciturn, and when he heard what the prince said, he just replied with a flat face, "Entrusted by people, loyal to people." ”

And the person who can entrust Mrs. Rong, there is only one person in the palace, that is, the former queen who has collapsed, even if she is indifferent, after all, there are people and things that she can't let go, so she entrusted Mrs. Rong to take care of His Royal Highness the Prince for herself, and it can be regarded as finding a sustenance for Mrs. Rong, in case he can't think about it for a while.

Because the emperor gradually began to ignore the government, but the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, and someone always has to approve it.

The prince lost his mother, and was calculated by the emperor like this, it has not been easy in the past three years, but fortunately, only by being busy like this can he not be so sad all the time.

He has no complaints, but every time in the dead of night, it is inevitable that he will not remember his old people, but the most is just sitting and stunned, without any expression or tears.

In the past three years, what he has heard most often is Yan Hehuan sighing in his ear and saying, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is becoming more and more like a king." ”

When the prince heard this, he just said, "Don't speak in vain." The rest of the people didn't show any emotion.

As a monarch, all the sadness under the deep majesty is hidden in the bottom of my heart, and I will not see the light of day for a hundred years.

But in addition to this, what worries him the most is Nuan Jin, three years ago that night, she vomited blood in pain and passed out, after waking up, it was like a different person, the once fearless and deviant little girl was never seen again, she became a dignified princess, no different from those princesses who were one by one.

Because the former queen could not hold any ceremonies and celebrations during the mourning period, her marriage with Jin Xiangxiang was also delayed, and there was a name for marriage hanging there, which made people feel embarrassed.

Later, the little prince also returned to Nanling, a foreign prince, if he got married and stayed in Tianci City, it would be good to say, there was no name, and it was not like to stay here all the time, and the old prince of Nanling said goodbye to the emperor and the prince and princess, and then went back to Nanling.

The huge palace was deserted all of a sudden, everyone's face was full of sadness, the magic of the first queen was too great, she took away all the anger of the entire palace as soon as she left, and it was silent when she was alive, but it collapsed with such great power.

"Master, let's pick this white flower, the filial piety period of the first queen mother is full today, according to the rules, the clothes of the filial piety period must be accepted."

Tao Tao stood behind Nuan Jin, looking at the bronze mirror and was embarrassed, at that time Nuan Jin was closing his eyes to recuperate, and when he heard the words, he just opened his eyes, looked at the white magnolia velvet flowers on his sideburns, and nodded: "Pick it." ”

Tao Tao answered yes and took off the white flower.

"Find a brocade box and put it away."

"Yes."

"Master, shall we go and greet the emperor now?"

"Let's go, it's almost the hour."

"Yes."

The Qiande Palace was quiet, the emperor didn't like to be noisy, it was even more gloomy here, when the warm brocade came, Bingwen and Cen Run were guarding outside the hall, and when they saw the warm brocade coming, the two hurriedly stepped forward to say goodbye.

"The slave greets the princess."

Nuan Jin replied lightly: "Father is inside?" ”

She looked at Bingwen when she spoke, completely ignoring Cen Run on the side, Cen Run was a little helpless, since the death of the queen's mother, Nuan Jin has ignored herself in the past three years, and her attitude is simply a world of difference.

Remembering that there was a year of Chinese New Year's Eve, she drank too much wine, and the emperor sent herself to deliver sobering soup for her, and when she saw herself, she smiled and said, "Don't think that the palace doesn't know, the queen must have been killed by you, right?" ”

He was startled, but fortunately there was no one around him, otherwise he would not have survived the next morning if such a word had been spread.

He only thought that Nuan Jin was drunk nonsense, and he really didn't remember anything after he sobered up the next day, but he never mentioned this matter to Lin Xiao, for fear that Lin Xiao would think that Nuan Jin had already known what they were doing, and it would be bad for her.

But her attitude changed rapidly, did she already know a thing or two about the death of the queen?

Bingwen also knows a little about the subtle changes between Nuan Jin and his master, and Nuan Jin is so obviously blind to Cen Run, which makes him very embarrassed.

He glanced at Cen Run, and still said respectfully: "Princess Huiyan, the emperor is inside, and the slave will go to pass it on to you." ”

"Okay." Nuan Jin nodded.

Bingwen walked into the front hall with a smoke, leaving only Nuan Jincen Run outside the hall.

When there were only the two of them left, the atmosphere was so embarrassing that it almost froze, but fortunately, Nuan Jin didn't care, standing on the steps and looking into the distance and didn't know what to look at again.

Cen Run stood behind her, and finally couldn't help but say, "Princess Chang has been fine lately." ”

Nuan Jin didn't seem to expect Cen Run to speak, and subconsciously glanced at him sideways, they haven't changed much in the past three years, but there is an invisible barrier between the two, especially when the first queen just died three years ago, Nuan Jin accidentally heard the conversation between Mrs. Rong and the prince, and accidentally knew what happened.

It is said that the night of the queen's death was because of the suddenness of the incident, and Mrs. Rong was too sad so he didn't care about anything else, but in retrospect, it seemed that he smelled a herb that night, the smell came from the human body, this herb can be used in normal people to strengthen the body, but it happens that this medicine and the queen's illness is compatible, if the queen mother smells it for a long time, it will cause the disease to aggravate, if it is deliberate, then the viciousness of this person's mind can be imagined, in order to poison the queen has been lurking for so long.

And there were not many people who stayed by the queen's side that night, the emperor, the prince, the princess and herself, and a few minions, if you check it, it will be simple.

These words were said by the prince and Mrs. Rong behind their backs, but they were accidentally listened to by themselves, what was the state of mind at that time? It can't be described, she always thought that her mother's health was not good, and after years of precipitation, in the end, the medicine stone was reckless, so she collapsed, and now, the death of the concubine may have been victimized?

Who could this person be? Who has the audacity? The queen is **, poisoning the queen is a felony to be beheaded by the whole house, even if the general concubines are jealous of the queen, they don't dare to do it, not to mention that the emperor has not been pampering the queen for a year or two, and the concubines in the harem have long been used to it, and it is too late to think of harming them at this time.

What's more, if the East Window incident happens, it will be connected to the nine clans, there is no need to take such a big risk, and even if the queen mother dies, it is not necessarily that the emperor will favor which concubine, in the harem, no one can stand side by side with the queen mother.

Back then, Concubine Jia was favored by the emperor for more than a month because of her mother's brother's ability to manage water, but what happened later? Because on the night of the queen's death, she made a disrespectful remark and cursed the queen's mother, and was beheaded by the emperor, and even her brother was still on the embankment to control the flood, and the emperor didn't care about it, and directly sent a supervisor to pull Concubine Jia's brother aside to behead him.

And the eighth prince and the fourth princess under Concubine Jia's knee were also reduced to concubines because of her, and they were reduced to concubines, and they were succeeded to Prince Rong as adopted sons.

This punishment can be regarded as the severity of the heaven and earth, and later some people said that the emperor had red eyes and the queen died, and he couldn't wait to let the people in the palace be buried together, only the family of Concubine Jia died, which was already extraordinarily gracious.

And Concubine Ying back then, she was wronged by Concubine Jia in a daze to covet the position of successor, although it was just Concubine Jia's nonsense, but it also angered the emperor, he did not allow anyone to get involved in everything related to the queen, so Concubine Ying was also punished and demoted to a noble person, which was really wronged.

Therefore, everyone can expect the ending of poisoning the queen's mother, and they will not make such a decision until they have to.

If it's not the concubines, what can it be? Who else hates the queen the most? Or is the queen just a burden, but a victim?

Even if Nuan Jin refused to believe it in his heart, he couldn't help but suspect Cen Run, the death that came late before was inseparable from him, although he didn't admit it directly, but he didn't explain it, plus Lin Xiao's relationship with him, as well as the things of Chaohua back then, all kinds of signs pointed out Cen Run.

She couldn't believe it and didn't want to believe it, but she also knew that if it was really Cen Run's doing, then she would not let him go if she was poor and fell into Huangquan!

Nuan Jin smiled, that smile was three points false and seven points indifferent, and it was so cold that people could see that they were in the cracks of their bones: "Naturally, it is excellent." ”