Liu Xiu looked at her grandmother and said in a deep voice: "Say! ”

Mama whispered: "This time the second prince is sick too suddenly, and it is too weird,...... The maid suspected that someone in the palace might be secretly using witchcraft to murder the second prince. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong's faces changed.

Guo Shengtong subconsciously looked at Liu Xiu, and seeing that the latter's face was gloomy, she said angrily: "Mama Feng, don't talk nonsense in front of Your Majesty!" ”

The grandmother surnamed Feng knelt on the ground with a puff and said in a trembling voice: "The queen mother knows, the second prince has always been healthy, stronger than children of the same age, this time he suddenly became seriously ill, and the maid, the maid feels that there must be something strange in it!" ”

Hearing her say this, Guo Shengtong's face also showed a thoughtful look.

Liu Xiu frowned and said, "The imperial doctor has already said that Fu'er is just suffering from the wind cold, and the wind evil enters the body and causes symptoms, what does it have to do with the witchcraft of witchcraft?" ”

Mama Feng knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The slaves and maids have always taken care of the second prince, how could the second prince suddenly catch the cold?"

Please let Your Majesty be aware of everything! ”

Liu Xiu was about to speak, Guo Shengtong pulled his sleeve, with a suspicious expression, obviously, she was moved by Mama Feng's words, and wondered if someone in the palace was really using witchcraft.

At this time, the imperial doctor happened to finish prescribing the medicine and came over.

Liu Xiu asked, "Imperial Doctor Li." ”

"Wechen is here!"

"Mama Feng suspects that someone in the palace is using witchcraft to murder the second prince, what do you think?"

When Imperial Doctor Li heard this, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly knelt on his knees, and said in a trembling voice: "Weichen...... Weichen doesn't know! ”

There was a witch curse in the previous dynasty, even the wise and martial Emperor Wu made a big mistake in this matter, forced the prince, and then caused the prince to commit suicide, affected by the witch Gu, the concubines in the palace, the ministers of the court, I don't know how many people died unjustly, and the blood flowed like a river.

Now His Majesty asked him if someone had used witchcraft to harm the second prince, how could he not be afraid?

No matter who it is, as long as it is stained with the word witch, it is a death.

"Wechen only ...... I only know medical skills, but I don't know the art of witchcraft, and please let Your Majesty know it! ”

Seeing that Imperial Doctor Li was trembling with fright, Liu Xiu smiled, waved his hand and said, "Imperial Doctor Li, please get up, I just asked casually, Imperial Doctor Li doesn't need to panic." ”

"Thank you...... Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

Imperial Doctor Li stood up tremblingly, bowed down and said, "Weichen...... Weichen went to decoct medicine for the second prince. ”

Hearing Liu Xiu's hum, Imperial Doctor Li exited the inner room step by step.

Liu Xiu looked at Mama Feng and said with a cold face: "If you say such a bewitching word, you are not allowed to say it again in the future." ”

"Your Majesty......" "No matter who you talk about witches, no matter who you are, you will be killed with a rod."

When Liu Xiu's gaze swept over Mama Feng, the latter felt like a knife had been slashed across his face.

She hurriedly bowed forward, her head pressed against the ground, not daring to look up.

"Stand down!"

Waiting for Mama Feng to exit the inner room, Liu Xiu waved his hand to everyone present, and after retreating left and right, he took Guo Shengtong's hand and said, "I see, this Mama Feng is not right. ”

Guo Shengtong was stunned at first, then couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine grew up with Mama Feng, who is she, can the concubine not know?"

It must be that I don't know which palace person chewed the root of Mama Feng's tongue to make Mama Feng so suspicious. ”

Liu Xiu narrowed her eyes and didn't answer.

Liu Xiu is a person who loves to read history books and knows the history of the previous dynasties, and many of his governing policies are based on history.

The death of the former Han Dynasty and the excessive power of his relatives eventually led to Wang Mang's usurpation of the throne.

Since he became emperor, he has attached great importance to the power of his relatives.

Counting Liu Xiu's harem concubines, it is not difficult to find that none of them have a strong family background.

Yin Lihua is from the Yin family of the Nanyang clan, but the Yin family is a famous family at best, with a lot of wealth, but it has nothing to do with power.

Guo Shengtong's background is very prominent, from the Zhending Palace, but the Zhending King has long since died due to rebellion, and the Zhending Mansion has also lost its power, and the successor Zhending King is just a king, and he has no military power in his hands.

As for Xu Xiling's Xu family, not to mention that it has nothing to do with power, it is not even a famous family, and her background will not even be recorded in the history books.

Liu Xiu attaches great importance to the family background of his concubines, and he also attaches great importance to the selection of relatives for his children.

At the beginning, Jia Fu went to Zhending, pacified the five school army, during the battle, Jia Fu was seriously injured, his life was on the line, when Jia Fu's wife was pregnant, Liu Xiu gave Jia Fu a letter, saying that if Mrs. Jia gave birth to a daughter, his son would marry her in the future, and if he gave birth to a son, his daughter would marry him in the future.

Liu Xiu has always been a person who attaches great importance to commitments, but whatever he says, he will basically do what he says, especially to his confidants and ministers.

But only in this matter, Liu Xiu broke his promise.

said that Liu Xiu broke his promise, but after that, Liu Xiu didn't say a word about it.

Jia Fu is also a smart person, His Majesty didn't mention this matter, and he pretended to forget about it, but the two of them had a tacit understanding, and they tacitly didn't talk about it, and the matter of the two children's families was over.

As the Son of Heaven, Liu Xiu had to consider that Jia Fu was loyal to himself, but could he also be loyal to his future generations?

Once Jia Fu becomes a relative of the emperor and controls the power, with Jia Fu's ability to lead troops to fight, who can stop him?

It's not that Liu Xiu doubts Jia Fu's character, but he knows how great the magic of power is and how tempting it is, so in order to prevent this kind of thing from happening, he simply doesn't give him the opportunity to control power.

In this way, it is not only good for the Han family, but also good for Jia Fu.

The witch Gu disaster during the Emperor Wu period, even if Liu Xiu looks at this history now, he feels frightened, and his spine is cold, he will never tolerate the appearance of witchcraft in his palace, nor can he tolerate the rumors of witchcraft spread by others.

While the two of them were talking, a palace maid walked in, blessed herself, and said, "Your Majesty, the queen, Xu Meiren and Miss Xi have come to visit the second prince." ”

Hearing that Xu Xiling was coming, Guo Shengtong's face suddenly showed disgust, and he muttered in a low voice: "If someone is playing witchcraft, it must have something to do with her." ”

Liu Xiu glanced at Guo Shengtong and said with some displeasure: "Don't talk nonsense, Xiling is from Taoism, not crooked." ”

Although Mr. Yichen is quite evil, she is indeed a Taoist and disdains witchcraft and witchcraft.

He waved his hand to the palace maid and said, "Please." ”

The palace maid gave a bow and withdrew from the main hall.

It didn't take long for Xu Xiling and Xi Cheying to walk in from outside.

The two saluted Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong, and the latter glanced at the two of them, waved their sleeves, and said, "Get up!" ”

Xu Xiling said: "I heard that the second prince is sick, and the concubine came to visit. ”

Guo Shengtong snorted coldly in his heart, visiting?

You wish that the son of this palace would die early! With Liu Xiu present, Guo Shengtong didn't dare to show too much, and said expressionlessly: "Xu Meiren has a heart." ”

Xu Xiling owed Guo Shengtong, walked to the small bed, looked at Liu Fu in a coma, she reached out and was about to touch Liu Fu's forehead, Guo Shengtong grabbed her arm and asked nervously, "What is Xu Meiren going to do?" ”

Seeing this, Liu Xiu secretly frowned and said, "Zitong, Xiling is just looking at Fu'er's condition. ”

Guo Shengtong grabbed Xu Xiling's hand and slowly let go, but the person was still standing beside the small bed, staring at Xu Xiling intently, as if she might poison her young son at any time.

Liu Xiu sighed softly and said to Xu Xiling: "Imperial Doctor Li said that Fu'er is suffering from wind and cold, and if he takes a few medicines, he should be fine." ”

Xu Xiling muttered: "How could a good person suffer from the wind and cold? ”

Treat the little prince and the little princess, which palace maid and chamberlain are not careful, the second prince suddenly suffered from the wind and cold this time, which is a little abnormal in Xu Xiling's opinion.

Xi Cheying comforted: "Your Majesty, Empress, the second prince Jiren has his own natural appearance, and minor illnesses and disasters will soon pass." ”

Guo Shengtong glanced at Xi Cheying and did not speak.

Hates the house and Wu, she doesn't like Xu Xiling, and she doesn't like Xu Xiling's senior sister Xi Cheying.

In her opinion, the two of them belong to the same hill, living in the palace without a name or a cheeky person, and what she thinks in her heart is not that one day she will be able to climb the dragon bed and get the holy favor?

She covered the quilt on her young son and said, "Of course, the children of this palace will be fine, but if this palace finds out who is secretly making trouble and wants to harm the children of this palace, this palace will never let her go!" ”

When she spoke, her eyes naturally fell on Xu Xiling, as if these words were said to Xu Xiling.

Xu Xiling showed a look of grief and grievance, and looked at Liu Xiu with a pleading gaze.

Dealing with these trivial matters in the harem and regulating the relationship between the latter's concubines and concubines, Liu Xiu is indeed not very good at it, he cleared his throat and said: "Fu'er is asleep, let's go out to talk!" ”

Liu Xiu walked out of the inner room, and Guo Shengtong, Xu Xiling, and Xi Cheying also followed.

When she got outside, Guo Shengtong called Mama Feng and asked her to take a good look at the little prince.

Xu Xiling asked about Liu Fu's illness, and it sounded like Imperial Doctor Li's diagnosis was correct, and it did seem to be suffering from a cold.

At this time, Imperial Doctor Li had already supervised the palace maid to decoct the medicine and bring it into the main hall.

Guo Shengtong immediately got up and went to watch the imperial doctor feed the child medicine.

Taking this opportunity, Xu Xiling said: "Your Majesty, now that my senior sister lives in the palace, it is really inconvenient. ”

Xi Cheying knelt beside him, lowered his head, and did not speak.

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, and reacted, indeed, Xi Cheying is nameless and pointless, and she lives in the palace, so she will inevitably be talked about.

He thought for a moment and said, "The court order was punished and imprisoned some time ago, how about Che Ying Ren court order?" ”

Before Xi Cheying could speak, Guo Shengtong suddenly walked out of the inner room and said, "Your Majesty, the court order is a matter of the harem. ”

The implication is that who appoints the court order is not the decision of the Son of Heaven, but by her, the mother of the harem.

In the past, Xu Xiling used the court order as a springboard, climbed onto the dragon bed, and became one of the concubines, but now Xu Xiling brazenly wants to repeat the old tricks, is she really a dead person?

Liu Xiu smiled bitterly, the court order is indeed under the control of the Changqiu Palace, and who is appointed as the court order is indeed the queen's responsibility, and it is indeed inconvenient for him to interfere.

He pondered for a moment and asked, "How about Che Ying emulate Feiyan?" ”

What he means is that Jean Xi Cheying, like Hua Feiyan, has the name of beauty, but there is no beauty.

Hearing this, Guo Shengtong's face suddenly changed, and before she could say anything against it, Xi Cheying had already bowed forward and saluted, and said, "Concubine Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" ”

As she spoke, she raised her head, looked at Guo Shengtong again, and said with a smile: "Concubine Xie Empress Longen." ”

Her gratitude and attitude are normal in Liu Xiu's eyes, but in Guo Shengtong's eyes, it is simply sarcasm for herself.

Her face turned blue with anger, and her eyes were about to erupt into flames as she glared at Xi Cheying.

Seeing this, Liu Xiu felt helpless and said: "The queen is worried about Fu'er's condition and is in a bad mood, so it is inevitable that there will be gaffes. ”