Anger rose from Xiao Ze's heart, for the first time, he hated the emperor, hated his deception, hated his partiality.

It was also the first time that he had grown a monstrous ambition - why, that position must be reserved for the eldest brother! He is also the prince, he is also the son of his father, why can't he be the one who ascended to that position!

From today onwards, he will also fight.

For the sake of the concubine, for himself, and for the sake of the Qing court! He wanted to give her better, and he didn't want to be pinched and burdened in the future.

"Qing Ting." His eyes were full of scorching firelight, he looked at Meng Qingting, and said word by word, "Believe it or not, I will never fail you in the future, and I will definitely give you the greatest honor in this world!" ”

"Shiro......" Meng Qingting's beautiful eyes blinked lightly, and he looked at Xiao Ze in surprise, "What do you mean......"

"I don't want to fail you! I want you to be the most noble woman in the world, and I want all the women of the Yun Dynasty to prostrate at your feet, look up to you, and envy you...... I want to compete for the highest seat in the Qianyuan Palace! ”

When Meng Qingting heard the last sentence, he hurriedly covered Xiao Ze's mouth, looked at him with a wave of eyes, and said with a little panic and worry, "Shilang, the emperor is now at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, how can you say such a rebellious word, if it is heard, it is a big crime to kill your head!" ”

Her anxious appearance flattered Xiao Ze, Xiao Ze smiled lightly, pinched her waist, and said in a low voice, "Aren't you the only one in this study, will you betray me and tell someone?" ”

"Naturally, I won't betray Shiro!" Meng Qingting snuggled in Xiao Ze's arms, looked at his eyes, and said seductively with full red lips.

Xiao Ze was seduced by her like this, his eyes couldn't help but darken, he swallowed his saliva, lowered his head and kissed her lips again.

The temperature in the study rose sharply, and there were some ambiguous swallowing sounds.

On this day, it was not until night that Meng Qingting put on a cloak and left the Four Princes' Mansion.

Xiao Ze had a first taste of his sweetheart, and he couldn't give up, so he personally sent the person to the back door, and watched her board the car and leave, before turning around and going back to the Four Princes' Mansion.

That night, he stayed overnight in the study, wrapped in the residual body fragrance of Meng Qingting, and the corners of his mouth rose all night.

On the second day, the little maid came in to serve him to rinse his mouth, he remembered that he had kissed Meng Qingting last night, and he was reluctant to rinse the fragrant fragrance in his mouth, so he only wiped his face with a handkerchief, and asked people to prepare the car, and he wanted to enter the palace to see Concubine Jing.

Imperial Palace, Chonghua Palace.

Concubine Jing has always had the habit of getting up early, she changed her clothes and washed, and after breakfast, she went to the small courtyard of the apse.

There is a one-zhang square garden in the small courtyard, and the flowers in the garden are all planted by herself after she gave birth to Xiao Ze without pet, and she has been used to taking care of it herself for so many years.

The flowers were watered, fertilized, and pruned...... After doing all this, she beckoned to the palace maid on the side, and the palace maid immediately brought the copper basin over.

Concubine Jing cleaned her hands and smeared the hand balm, she looked at the best pot of morning chrysanthemums, and commanded softly, "Wait a minute, send this pot of flowers to the Qianyuan Hall and present it to the emperor to watch." ”

"Yes, sissy." The palace maid Fu Shen agreed, although their mother was not favored by the saint, but because the mother served the flowers and trees with a hand, every time she sent flowers to the Qianyuan Palace, the emperor would let the Fu Gonggong accept them.

The pot of chrysanthemums was quickly removed.

Concubine Jing took the palace maid back to the main hall, she just sat down on the Arhat bed with her front feet, and a palace person came in to tell her on her back feet, and she cautiously knelt on the ground and said, "Qi Yu Niangniang, the fourth prince is here, and he is waiting outside to see him at the moment." ”

"Ze'er is here, please invite him in!" When Concubine Jing heard that it was her own son coming, she immediately said to the palace people with a smile.

"Yes, sissy." The palace man answered, and quickly got up from the ground and retreated out.

Concubine Jing smiled and instructed her aunt who was close to her, "Ah Huai, go and let people prepare gold and silver mille-feuille cakes and glutinous rice cakes, as well as Wuyi Mountain's new Dahongpao tea this year, these are all things Ze'er likes to eat." ”

Aunt Ahuai agreed with a smile, and while giving the little palace maid a look, she said, "Don't worry, the four princes like to eat a few snacks and tea, the small kitchen has fresh preparations every day, and it will be delivered soon." ”

Concubine Jing nodded.

Not long after, Xiao Ze walked in with the palace people, walked in front of Concubine Jing, he bowed and said, "Erchen has seen the mother concubine, please say hello to the mother concubine!" ”

"I don't have to be polite!" Concubine Jing stood up, personally helped Xiao Ze up, looked at his handsome and elegant appearance, and asked, "Why did Ze'er remember to enter the palace to see the concubine today?" ”

Xiao Ze thought of what Meng Qingting told him yesterday, and said in a deep voice, "If you go back to your mother's concubine, Erchen has some important things to discuss with you. ”

When he said this, he had already sat down beside Concubine Jing, and the mother and son were very close, so as soon as he opened his mouth, Concubine Jing smelled a bad breath.

She frowned slightly, unconsciously picked up the handkerchief, covered it at the end of her nose, and was about to speak, when the little palace maid who had been ordered to get snacks and tea came back.

Aunt Ah Huai put the tea and snacks in the hands of the little palace maid in front of Xiao Ze one by one, and said gently, "Fourth prince, these are the ones you love to eat, the mother specially ordered the small kitchen, let them be prepared every day, you can taste them." ”

When Concubine Jing heard this, she also hurriedly said, "This big red robe from Wuyi Mountain was just sent by someone from the Internal Affairs Office two days ago, you can taste it and see how it compares with the taste of previous years?" ”

Xiao Ze was reluctant to wash away the taste of the Venerable Master in his mouth, he touched his chin, looked at Concubine Jing with a retrospective expression and said, "Mother, my son is not thirsty." ”

Concubine Jing is a little depressed, is this a question of thirst or not?

"Let's try the taste, if it doesn't fit, the concubine can find a better one for you elsewhere." She made persistent efforts and worked hard.

Xiao Ze was persuaded by his own mother, and finally was willing to pick up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and after putting down the teacup, he said, "It's about the same as in previous years, it's close." ”

"That's good." The lingering smell on the end of her nose still didn't dissipate, and Concubine Jing said a little stiffly.

"By the way, you just said that you have something important to say about looking for your mother, I don't know what it is?" After a moment's pause, she suddenly stood up and walked in the direction of her bedroom.

Xiao Ze also followed, side by side with her, and said in a deep voice, "It's a very important matter, and I ask the concubine to step back!" ”

When Concubine Jing heard him say this, she was stunned at first, paused for a moment, and then turned around and instructed Aunt Ah Huai, saying, "You are guarding outside, don't let anyone in!" ”

"Yes, sissy." Aunt Huai agreed, and then stopped outside the dormitory, guarding the door cautiously.

Concubine Jing took Xiao Ze to the low table behind the screen, the two sat down opposite each other, she looked at Xiao Ze with a smile and said, "What is the matter, let's talk about it!" ”

Xiao Ze lowered his voice and quickly told him what Meng Qingting told him last night.

After Concubine Jing listened, her face turned white, and the tips of her fingers resting on the low table trembled slightly, "Is this true?" ”

Xiao Ze hurriedly said, "Mother concubine, think about her father's favor for the national teacher, and then think about the current age of the national teacher...... Isn't all this obvious enough? ”

Concubine Jing fell silent.

Xiao Ze waited quietly.

It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that Concubine Jing sighed and said, "Mother believes in you." ”

"Mother!" Xiao Ze called out in a low voice, "Then what should we do now?" According to the dream of the Qing court, it will only be a matter of one or two months for the national teacher to restore his identity. ”

"He's not going to have that chance." Concubine Jing said coldly, her eyes were a bottomless gloom.

The dark and deep pupils made Xiao Ze look a little frightened.

He unconsciously lowered his voice and said in a dumb voice, "I don't know what the concubine plans to do?" ”

“…… You'll know when the time comes. ”

Concubine Jing glanced at Xiao Ze, but didn't say it explicitly, she knew that her son was too stupid! There are some things that she only believes in herself.

Next, Concubine Jing asked a lot about the future situation, and emptied the little inventory in Xiao Ze's abdomen before letting him go back and wait for news.

Xiao Ze also has a nine-point understanding of his mother's temperament, although his mother's concubine looks weak on the outside, she is actually the most tenacious and strong, and she will never tell anyone before she does something! Naturally, she won't leave any handles behind!

Xiao Ze hurriedly entered the palace and hurried out of the palace.

After he left the palace, he did not return to the Four Princes' Mansion, but went to the Anlebo Mansion.

Here, in Meng Qingting's boudoir, the two of them are talking to each other, Meng Qingting was smoked by Xiao Ze, and he almost vomited out of the overnight meal, but the red clouds flew up on his face, and he looked shy......

On the other side, Yilan Palace.

After listening to the report of the palace maid's painting, Lu Guifei's whole person froze, she clenched the handrail, her eyes were surging, and she was shocked, "What did you say?" ”

Qihua had no choice but to bite the bullet and report the news from Chonghua Palace again, "Ah Huai said that Prince Huaide is not dead, he was taken out of the palace by Master Wuwei back then, and now eighteen years have passed, and it is time for him to reinstate...... And the current identity of the crown prince ...... It's a national teacher! ”

"How is this possible!" Lu Guifei's eyes were red, her eyes were about to crack with hatred, and her lips and teeth trembled, "If he hadn't died, wouldn't my Wen'er and Qi'er have been buried in vain?" ”

Wen'er is the child who buried Prince Huaide at the beginning. Although he was gone after only three months, it was the pain of Lu Guifei's life, she couldn't bear the child, so she buried his bones in the backyard of Yilan Palace, and named him Wen'er, and paid tribute every year.

Qi'er was the first child of Lu Guifei to land, but because she fell into Wen'er, she injured her body, and after giving birth to Qi'er, the child's health has not been good, and she tried everything she could to raise him until he was three years old. Just after his third birthday, the child died.

These two children are Lu Guifei's deep pain in the bone marrow.

Originally, she thought that they were for Prince Huaide's funeral, and she felt better, but now, someone told her that Prince Huaide was not dead.

Isn't this a knife cutting out her heart?!

Lu Guifei's eyes were red, she was holding her heart and breathing desperately, and tears of pain were gushing from her eyes.

Qihua stood aside, watching his master cry like this, and his eyes were red.

She knelt down at her feet and persuaded in a low voice, "Niangniang, don't cry, even if you cry again, the two princes will not come back, what you should do now is to avenge the two princes!" ”

When Lu Guifei heard Qi Hua say this, her originally heartbroken face became gloomy and terrifying, she squinted her eyes vigorously, gritted her teeth and said, "The enmity of the two emperors, this palace naturally wants to revenge!" Huaide's little mongrel, the queen's slut, and the Jiang family, this palace will not let go of any of them! ”

"They calculated to kill the two princes, and the mother should be like this!" Qihua cried and echoed indignantly.

Lu Guifei pondered for a moment when she heard this, "...... Go get a pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and this palace wants to repair a book for Daddy! She commanded.

"Yes, sissy! Slave and maid, go get it! Qihua said, got up and stepped out.

After the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were retrieved, Lu Guifei, with bitter hatred, made the identity of the Wuxian prince clear in the letter, and asked Lu He, the general of the Zhenguo, to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots of the Wuxian prince no matter what method he used.

Qi Hua took the letter, and in a special way of one-line contact with the General's Mansion, he quickly sent the letter to Lu He's study.

The General's Mansion of the Town Country, Study.

The deputy general who was waiting close presented Lu Guifei's letter to Lu He and said, "General, this is a letter from the palace, please take a look!" ”

When Lu He heard this, his eyes sank, he snatched the letter with all his might, frowned and tore it hard, took out the snow-white letter paper in the envelope, unfolded it and looked at it......

The letter was not long, but he read it for a long time, and his face became more and more gloomy.

The adjutant general watched from the side and couldn't help asking, "General, but what happened to the concubine?" ”

Lu He shook his head and threw the letter directly to his confidant lieutenant.

The deputy general took the letter suspiciously, and after reading it, his reaction was even greater than that of Lu He, "General, this is true, Prince Huaide, he really didn't die?!" ”

Lu He sneered, "I have long suspected that he is Prince Huaide!" I didn't expect it to be in him really! ”

"So how do we deal with it now?"

"Naturally, I will do everything I can to kill without mercy!"

The deputy general was stunned, and he was about to agree, but before he spoke, he frowned as if he remembered something, "General, the formation of the Mangosteen Tower behind the Great Ci'en Temple is too exquisite, and ordinary secret guards can't break through at all, no matter how many people we send, I'm afraid it will be in vain in the end!" ”

"Since that's the case, let's find a way to force him out of that Wang Bahu!"

"At that time, whether it is him or Lu Nianjin, I want their lives!"

"Yes, the subordinates understand, and then I'll discuss with Han Shuo how to force the national teacher and the crown princess out." The lieutenant said.

Lu He glanced at him coldly, "As soon as possible!" ”

"Yes, General!" After the lieutenant finished speaking, he retreated outside.

After he left the General's Mansion, he went directly to the Tiger Pavilion Guard.

In the government office, Han Shuo heard that the adjutant general beside the general asked to see him, so he hurriedly got up and said, "Quickly invite Vice General Zhang in!" ”

Vice General Zhang was soon brought into the government office.

After the two met, he asked Han Shuo to retreat, and then said his master's instructions.

After hearing this, Han Shuo thought for a moment and said, "If the Great General has to force people out of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple, I think attacking with fire is a good strategy. ”

"Fire attack?" Vice General Zhang asked rhetorically.

Han Shuo explained to him in detail.

After hearing this, Vice Admiral Zhang immediately clapped his hands and said, "Then fire attack, let's discuss how to arrange the ......."

"Good!" Han Shuo agreed, and then, the two of them began to discuss in a stumbling manner.

In the Mangosteen Building behind the Great Ci'en Temple, Lu Nianjin and Wuxian Gongzi didn't know that someone was beating their idea, the two were still living an ordinary life, Wuxian Gongzi handled business in the study every day, and Lu Nianjin was responsible for his three meals a day.

After this period of practice, her cooking skills have recovered faster and faster, and now she has become a chef in her previous life.

On this day, the sky was dry and the sun was scorching, so she asked Mama Qin to prepare the ingredients, and wanted to make a Beichuan jelly for Wuxian Gongzi, which was cold, sour and spicy and relieved the heat.

When the jelly was halfway through, Bing suddenly broke in, grabbed her arm, and urged with a white face, "Crown Princess, the mountain behind the Great Ci'en Temple is on fire, the fire is too big, it's too late to put out the fire, you come with me!" We need to get down the mountain now! ”

"On fire?" Lu Nianjin was shocked, she took off the apron on her body, and asked, "Why is it suddenly on fire, such a big mountain, is there no one to patrol on weekdays?" ”

Bing walked out while escorting her, and said, "Usually there are monks patrolling, but today, the monk on shift happened to have a bad stomach, and he thought that it would be fine if he didn't patrol for half a day, but he didn't expect that it was this half a day, and there was really a problem." ”

Saying that, the two of them had already arrived outside the bamboo building.

Wuxian Gongzi and Mama Qin were both waiting in the courtyard, and when they saw Lu Nianjin coming out, Mama Qin immediately stepped forward and called out "girl" worriedly.

Lu Nianjin smiled at her soothingly, "Mama Qin, don't be afraid, with the national teacher here, we will definitely be able to return to the city safely." ”

When Wuxian Gongzi heard Lu Nianjin say this, he rarely agreed, and said, "What your master said is that with this seat, you will definitely keep your master and servant safe." ”

After everyone arrived, the group walked down the mountain.

Originally, Lu Nianjin thought that they would encounter a wave of assassinations on the way back to the city, but unexpectedly, they didn't.

Whether it was going down the mountain or back to the city, they had a safe and secure journey.

Wuxian Gongzi first sent Lu Nianjin back to the Prince's Mansion, and left her with ten dead soldiers, including Cai Hun before leaving.

Lu Nianjin saw him leave, watching his back disappear before being welcomed back by the big housekeeper.

Back in Huixin Building, Huanxi, who got the news, immediately greeted her, hugged her arm, and said excitedly, "Girl, you are finally back, the slave and maid miss you, if you don't come back, the slave and maid will go to the Great Ci'en Temple to find you!" ”

"Silly girl, didn't I come back to see you?" Lu Nianjin raised his hand, gently pinched Huanxi's face, paused for a moment, and asked, "How are you doing these days?" Did Chen Fu treat you well? …… If he dares to bully you, I will ask the big butler to send someone to beat him with thirty boards! ”

"No, no!" As soon as Huanxi heard that Lu Nianjin was going to beat someone, he immediately shook his head and said insincerely, "Chen Fu, he didn't bully me, girl, don't beat him!" ”

"Since Chen Fu didn't bully you, what's the matter with that gloomy color in your eyes?" Lu Nianjin asked with concern as he walked towards the Dongnuan Pavilion.

Huanxi didn't expect her master's ability to ask questions so powerful, she no longer concealed it, and pouted slightly, "Chen Fu, he didn't bully me, but there is one thing I can't make sense of him, I'm about to be angry with him, girl, can you help me persuade him?" ”

"What's the matter? You say come and hear it. ”

Huanxi looked at Mama Qin and Yun Jiang awkwardly, "Mama, Sister Yun Jiang, can I say a few words to the girl alone?" ”

When Mama Qin and Yun Jiang heard this, they didn't immediately agree, but looked at Lu Nianjin in unison.

Lu Nianjin nodded slightly, and the two retreated.

"Now let's talk about it!" Lu Nianjin took Huanxi to sit down on the Luohan bed and said gently.

Huanxi grabbed the corner of his clothes, hesitated for a while, and then lowered his head and whispered, "I want to give Chen Fu a son, but he won't let me give birth...... For this reason, I also bought four little maids to stare at me and let me drink child-avoiding medicine every day......"

Lu Nianjin: "......"

She looked at Huanxi's sad appearance, her heart suddenly sank, and the gaze that looked at her became complicated.

Huanxi looked at his master's appearance, and couldn't help but think nonsense, "Why does the girl look at me like this, could it be that Chen Fu has done something sorry for me, he has someone outside, girl, you know, you just hide it from me?" The little maid said, her eyes reddening.

Lu Nianjin shook his head hurriedly when he heard this, "Huanxi, where do you want to go?" Is Chen Fu that kind of person? He won't let you get pregnant, in fact, it's for your own good! ”

"For my good?" Huanxi asked in surprise, with a faint cry in her voice.

"It's for your own good." Lu Nianjin nodded affirmatively, paused for a moment and said, "Do you remember the peacock hairpin?" ”

Of course Huanxi remembered that incident, and she nodded vigorously.

Lu Nianjin followed, "You have been severely poisoned before, and now although the poison has been resolved, your body has not fully recovered." If you want to recover completely, you have to raise it for at least another three years, otherwise, even if you are pregnant with a child, it may not be a good thing. It's the same for the kids and it's the same for you. ”

"I see!" Huanxi listened to Lu Nianjin's explanation, and finally understood, she snorted, and said with a smile, "In this way, I misunderstood him." ”

Lu Nianjin smiled and didn't say anything more.

But then, she called Chen Fu to the pharmacy and handed him a brocade box.

Chen Fu took the brocade box and asked suspiciously, "Crown Princess, what is this?" ”

"Child-avoiding medicine," Lu Nianjin said with a blushing face and a heartbeat, "One pill can guarantee that you won't get pregnant for a year." ”

When Chen Fu heard this, his face turned red, and he squeezed the hot yam in his hand tightly and said, "Thank you for the reward from the princess." ”

Lu Nianjin looked at his face like a red shrimp, turned his face, clenched his fist against his lips and coughed lightly, "...... Also, Huanxi's body is not very good, you two will have to be more restrained in the future. ”

"Thank you for the teachings of the princess." Chen Fu said, his face turned even redder, paused, and added, "Does the crown princess have any other orders?" ”

Lu Nianjin had a straight face, "That's it, no more." ”

"Then the minion will retreat first."