The assassin was going for the crown prince," without waiting for them to ask, Cui Yi lowered his voice and said, "The crown princess is frightened, and the child is less than two months old, and there is no ......."

Zhiying's heart suddenly lifted: "What? Ling Fang is pregnant? ”

It's impossible! How could Cui Jie make her pregnant, once the crown princess has an heir, it will be difficult to shake her status in the East Palace, since Cui Jie has the heart to uproot the eldest grandson's family from the beginning, it is impossible to let Ling Fang get pregnant!

Bailizan asked: "Is it false that Madam suspects that the crown princess is pregnant?" ”

Before Zhiying could answer, Cui Yi frowned and said: "It's true, even the prince and the queen were surprised, it seems that they didn't know before this, and the imperial doctor also said that the crown princess didn't let people ask for peace recently, because no one knew that she was pregnant." ”

"It seems that the crown princess wants to hide it from the prince and the queen." Baili praised.

"Impossible!" Zhiying immediately retorted, "It's impossible for the prince to get Lingfang pregnant, it's impossible!" ”

Cui Yi and Bailizan both looked at her inexplicably, and Cui Yi asked indifferently: "Why is it impossible?" ”

Zhiying's head was in a mess, and the answer was about to come out.

"Let's assume that Madame's words are right," Bailizan saw that she was silent, so he paved a staircase first, "It is impossible for the prince to make the princess pregnant, and the prince already has children, it is not that he cannot have children, that is to say, the prince deliberately does not let the princess give birth to an heir - the prince is guarding against the eldest grandson?" ”

Cui Yi said in a deep voice: "Where did the child in the princess's womb come from?" ”

Bailizan smacked his lips and stopped talking. In front of the crown princess's own sister, how could he answer this question? Say "the crown princess stole fish", or "the crown princess did not hesitate to destroy her innocence in order to give birth to the dragon species"? Either way, it's a shame to slap someone's face with the sole of your shoe.

Cui Yi turned his head to look at Zhiying again: "What's the matter, what do you know?" ”

Zhiying didn't know how to answer, frowning willow eyebrows, with a puzzled face.

Cui Yi looked at her silently for a moment, and then said, "It's not too early, you go back and rest first." ”

Zhiying was not surprised, Cui Yi's tone was tantamount to avoiding suspicion, did he suspect that this incident had something to do with him? couldn't help but say: "I really don't know about this, it's just that I talked to Ling Fang about her never being able to get pregnant, and I have some doubts in my heart." ”

Cui Yi didn't have any change in expression, only nodded: "Got it." ”

If he asks loudly like thunder, Zhiying can still defend a few words, but Cui Yi simply knows three words, so she can't argue, I feel that since being reversed by Shan Jian, although Cui Yi still spoils herself as before, she has always been separated by a layer, and no longer trusts her unreservedly.

"Then I'll go see Xian'er." Zhiying smiled reluctantly and left the hall.

After Zhiying left, Bailizan suddenly felt that the temperature in the hall dropped sharply, and Cui Yi's face was not good-looking, so he hurriedly asked: "Could it be that there is another hidden reason for today's assassination?" The prince asked his wife to avoid ...... Is the assassin related to the eldest grandson's family? ”

Cui Yi looked at him gloomily for a while before saying, "The queen suspects that this king has bribed the assassin to kill the crown prince." ”

Bailizan couldn't help laughing: "I'm afraid that it's a thief who shouts to catch a thief, if you want to kill the prince, you won't choose another time, you have to choose the emperor to travel, a large group of concubines followed, only one of the more than 1,000 people killed the prince, it is obvious to blame, and this method is too unsophisticated, you should call a minister to detain this basin." ”

As soon as his voice fell, Cui Yi said unhurriedly: "It is pointed out that the person who bought the murder of the prince by this king is the eldest grandson Tai." ”

Bailizan was dumb suddenly, he didn't expect that he would guess correctly, and he didn't know what to say for a while, Cui Yi said again: "The eldest grandson Tai opened his mouth, the queen helped, and the third and fourth were they...... Everyone is vying to clear the suspicion ......"

Bailizan sighed heavily: "It is inevitable that the wall will fall down and everyone will push it, as long as it is not done by the prince, they can't come up with evidence, and they can't force the hat on the prince's head." ”

"Hmm." Cui Yi sat on the general's couch, his brows furrowed, looking worried, and he didn't relax because of his comfort.

That night, Cui Yi rested in the main compartment, and Zhiying sat in the room of Wutong Courtyard with her daughter in her arms for a night.

Before dawn the next day, Cui Yi went out, Bailizan came to Wutong Courtyard, saw that Zhiying was still the same clothes as yesterday, and her eyes were dark and green, so she knew that she hadn't slept all night last night, and couldn't help sighing: "Madame is dedicated to being the prince, but she is always calculated by others." ”

Zhiying smiled tiredly and said, "Sir believes me, aren't you afraid that I really have another plan to cooperate with the prince to calculate the prince?" ”

Bailizan shook his head slowly: "No, although I don't know why Mrs. knows many things about the prince and the third prince, but Mrs. Guan's words and deeds are more like having a grudge against the prince. ”

Zhiying didn't say a word, gently stroking her daughter's little head, Xiao Cui Xian was sleeping peacefully, and she couldn't detect her mother's worries at all.

Bailizan relayed what Cui Yi said to him last night to Zhiying, and after listening to it, Zhiying said in a hoarse voice: "It's a blame...... Poor Lingfang, my father can even be so ruthless. ”

"I don't think the eldest grandson may know about the child," Bailizan touched his chin abruptly, "giving birth to the eldest son as soon as possible is much more important than suppressing the prince, since the eldest grandson wants to hold the prince tree, he won't joke about the dragon seed that the princess is so easy to conceive." ”

Zhiying took a deep breath, called the nurse to take the child away, and sat down on the Luohan bed with her hands, covering her face with her hands, and didn't say a word for a long time.

The current situation is full of doubts, and the first thing is whether the child in the belly of the eldest grandson Lingfang is real or fake, Cui Jie, the queen and the eldest grandson Tai don't know.

Hypothesis one, the child is fake, just a virtual chess piece that exaggerates the atmosphere in the assassination of the prince, with this chess, it is easier to impress the heart of Emperor Jianyuan, and it is easier to blame Cui Yi.

Suppose the second is true, but the three of them don't know, which means that the eldest grandson Lingfang deliberately hid it from them, why?

Hypothetical three, the child is real, but the eldest grandson Tai doesn't know Cui Jie, but he knows, is it because of the pressure from Cui Yi that he has to please the eldest grandson's family, or is it an accident and he takes the opportunity to blame Cui Yi to get rid of it together?

Zhiying is willing to believe that it is the first kind, but Cui Yi came back last night and said conclusively, the child is real, unless the East Palace and the queen and the imperial doctor play a big drama together, it is impossible to fool Emperor Jianyuan.

If it is the third type, Zhiying also feels that she can understand that Cui Jie treated herself like this back then, and now she uses the same means to deal with Ling Fang, it is not surprising at all, but the poor sister finally had a child, but she has to bear the pain of miscarriage, which is really distressing.

How can the second case be explained?

"Madame," Bailizan interrupted her thoughts suddenly, "I have thought about this matter many times last night since I returned to my lodgings, and I have a question that I want to ask Madame, but I don't know whether to ask it or not. ”

Zhiying said weakly: "Ask." ”

"Before the crown princess leaves the cabinet, is there anyone she likes?"

Lingfang's favorite person? Zhiying suddenly sat up straight, looking at Bailizan with a stiff expression, Bailizan was puzzled and blinked innocently.

That's right, this is it.

If the child is real, but Ling Fang hides it from everyone, and even the parents don't know, the only explanation is that the child is not Cui Jie's!

Who would that be?

Maybe her expression changed too much, Bailizan thought that her words had stimulated her, and hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, madam, I just asked casually, and I want to think about it as much as possible......"

Zhiying bent down in pain and hugged her head.

Before she was reborn, she was the crown princess, and her sister Lingfang was just the youngest daughter of the Taifu, if it weren't for Cui Jie's crossing the river and demolishing the bridge and destroying the full house, she would have married her father's proud protégé, a young man named Zhong Wei.

Now that the world has changed, Ling Fang married into the East Palace before she was fourteen, and whether she had an old relationship with Zhong Wei, she didn't know at all, if so, would the child in Ling Fang's belly be his? If so, does the father and mother not know, or is she anxious to give birth to the emperor's heir, and turn a blind eye? Since Cui Jie didn't plan to get her pregnant, he must have carefully observed her physical condition, and what would he think if he found out that she was pregnant? Could it be that this assassination incident will kill two birds with one stone, not only to blame Cui Yi, but also to punish Ling Fang?

Zhiying was shocked by his own series of conjectures and broke out in a cold sweat, although this assassination was an attempt, there were so many hidden possibilities behind it, no matter which one was true, it was terrifying.

Or maybe it's not the truth, it's just that the schemer wants them to think in these directions, and then they rush to reveal their flaws.

Did Cui Jie come up with it? No...... Such a complex and vicious, multi-bird strategy with one stone is more like the style of Shanjian.

"He really deserves to be a drug strategist, even if he doesn't let go of a child who hasn't been born yet." Holding Ying muttered to herself.

In the afternoon of the same day, before Cui Yi came back, the holy decree in the palace arrived, and Zhiying led the people out to receive the decree, and was splashed with a basin of ice water on the spot.

The holy decree mentions that the assassins who were captured yesterday could not stand the torture, and had confessed that they were bribed by King Wu to assassinate the crown prince and the emperor, and Dali Temple sent people to find their hiding place according to their confessions, and found a large number of leather armor and knives and arrows, and the guards also admitted that they were ordered by King Wu to buy and guard the ordnance under the sticks.

“…… It has been verified and verified, but remembering that King Wu has been fighting all year round and has made meritorious contributions to Jiangshan Sheji, so he is exempted from capital crimes, does not withdraw the king, confiscates his family property from now on, dismisses slaves and maids, and transfers them to Ganzhou to garrison, and is not allowed to return to the capital without an edict. Chin this! ”

Zhiying knelt on the ground and replied almost numbly: "Thank you for your order, long live my emperor." ”

Jiang Huaisheng, the chief eunuch of Wansheng Palace, rolled up the holy decree and put it in her hand, laughed a few times without yin or yang, and said: "Don't just thank the emperor, you have to thank His Royal Highness the Prince, if it weren't for the prince's years of brotherhood, kneeling in front of Wansheng Palace and begging bitterly, the emperor originally planned to behead this martial palace, you guys, do it yourself!" ”

The masters and servants in the courtyard were all dissatisfied and angry, and they wanted to beat the eunuch's face into a pig's head, but they had to endure it, and Ren Jiang Huaisheng laughed and walked away.

"Madame!" Xiaoqiu screamed, and was able to hold on to Zhiying, who almost tripped and fell to the ground.

Lang Yue also asked anxiously: "How did it happen like this, the prince hasn't come back yet, what should we do?" ”

Zhiying stood up with Xiaoqiu's arm, endured the dizziness in front of her, and said, "Pack up your things, there is no one here, there is a place to keep people." ”