Ye's slap hit twelve percent of the force, and Cui Xiang was beaten stupid on the spot.

"Bastard thing!" Ye Shi was so angry that he trembled all over, and hissed and scolded, "You did what he said?" Yes? Did you write it? Did you help them trick your second brother back? ”

Cui Xiang covered his face, lowered his head and didn't dare to argue, Ye Shi said bitterly: "God has no eyes, he actually let me give birth to such a beetle as you!" Can't you see that they want your second brother's life? Can't you tell them that you wrote to Yi'er and he doesn't want to come back? You think if you do what they say they say, they'll let you go? The skin does not exist, the hair will be attached, if there are three long and two short, our mother and son can only die together, do you know! ”

Ye's family has been sick and weak for a long time, and he can't afford to eat, but at this time, he is beating and scolding angrily, and he is so angry that he hiccups, so frightened that Cui Xiang and the palace maids are all colorless, and they hurriedly rubbed her heart and patted her back, and Ye Shi woke up again after working for a long time.

Cui Xiang was scared into sweat again, and when he saw that his mother was awake, he knelt down in front of the bed: "My son is not filial, he can't cure his mother's illness, and he makes his mother angry, I am really unfilial!" As he spoke, he raised his hand and slapped himself again.

Ye leaned on the quilt with tears in his eyes and said sadly: "I might as well just die, so that I don't have to send you brothers to the end in the future!" ”

Cui Xiang knelt in front of the bed, also crying silently, and a room of womb girls whimpered, as if they had seen their own death in the near future.

The matter has come to this point, Ye Shi has any complaints, it is in vain to say it, with her understanding of Cui Yi, that listening to the wind is the temperament of the rain, maybe he will ride back as soon as he gets the letter, and Cao Qian or someone else will pack his luggage and have to chase him for a few days to catch up with him.

Her guesses are generally the same, Cui Yi did decide to return to Beijing immediately after seeing the letter, but her impatient and impulsive temper for many years has been grinding and grinding, and she has become more and more calm, and she can still think about the conspiracy behind the communication, if Ye knows this, maybe her anxiety will be weakened a lot.

From Yanzhou to the capital, it will take a month to speed up the horse, not to mention that Zhiying can't ride a horse, and with luggage, let alone walking for forty days, Cui Yi is in a state of anxiety every day, lest before he arrives in the capital, the bad news will reach him.

On the third day of entering Ganzhou, the messenger chased after him with Bailizan's letter, Zhiying looked at it, and explained the arrangements of Yanzhou Mansion after they left, and when it came to Langyue, Bailizan thought that he should let out the words, so he said that Langyue had hanged himself, and he was indeed dead, and he was temporarily imprisoned, and when they came back, they would decide whether to kill or drive out of Yanzhou.

"Mr. said that he asked the people in the palace to go around and say that Langyue committed suicide inexplicably according to the words he made up, but we have to pretend not to know, so that the emperor can be sure that Rongyue has succeeded, and he will no longer be embarrassed for Rongyue's family, killing two birds with one stone."

After Zhiying finished speaking, she looked at Cui Yi who was sitting on the edge of the bed absentmindedly: "Lord Wang? What are you thinking? ”

Cui Yi pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed: "It's nothing, I want to get to the capital early, right and white have a good time." ”

Zhiying understood that he must still be worried that Concubine Duan might also have a part in deceiving him, and repeatedly convinced himself that it would not be like that, repeatedly, making himself very tired, so he comforted: "Right and wrong, you think like that, don't want to be like that, instead of thinking nonsense here, it is better to recharge your energy and deal with the worst situation, the prince must remember that our enemy is the emperor, not the concubine." ”

Cui Yi still had an expression that he couldn't let go, but he was also obedient and nodded: "Sleep, I have to hurry tomorrow." ”

On the seventh day of the first month of March, the carriage of King Wu's Mansion finally entered Gyeonggi, and Cui Yi advocated that since he came back, he should go to the palace to ask for peace, so as not to say anything like Cui Jie's eldest brother, but Zhiying insisted on going directly to the Drunken Butterfly Mountain Palace, the reason was that since the letter did not mention what the emperor wanted and said, they should have "come back secretly" on this trip, and Cui Jie should have "not known".

The two argued for a while on the side of the official road, and finally Cui Yi decided to listen to his wife, and the carriage turned to Drunken Butterfly Mountain at the fork in the road.

Cui Yi did not forget that he was labeled as a rebel here, although there were no red leaves in Drunken Butterfly Mountain in March, and the view was excellent, he still couldn't help but get off the car and ride a horse, for fear that Cui Jie would ambush someone to assassinate them.

The assassins didn't have it, and they won't have it, if King Wu is killed here, Cui Jie's dragon chair won't want to sit, and he will kill his brother who came back to visit for no reason, and the people's spit will definitely flood the palace, so Zhiying is not worried.

The palace was loosely guarded, a group of old pearl women guarded the tables, chairs and benches that were not very valuable, the thieves were too lazy to come, Cao Qian lied that it was the nephew of the Ye family, and bribed the guards to each of them a silver ingot, and easily brought the carriage into the palace, and then sent someone into the palace with Cui Yi's handwritten letter to meet Emperor Qisheng.

The Ye family was taking a nap, Cui Xiang was napping with his head outside, and suddenly a eunuch rushed in ecstatically to report: "Lord Wang! King Wu and Princess are here! Not only Cui Xiang woke up, but even Ye Shi was awakened, and he was about to get up: "What! Is the prince really here? ”

As he spoke, there was a series of footsteps outside the hospital, Cui Xiang immediately stood up from the chair, looked out of the door at a loss, and Ye stretched out his hand: "Help me up!" The palace ladies hurriedly helped her up and stuffed a quilt and pillow behind her back.

Cui Yi jumped up the steps in three steps and two steps, and crossed the threshold: "Huaiyou, how is the concubine?" ”

Before Cui Xiang could answer, Ye Shi screamed sadly in the room: "Yi'er! Cui Yi immediately left his younger brother alone, opened the bead curtain and rushed in.

Zhiying was not as big as him, he was a little behind, and when he came to the door, he asked Cui Xiang to say goodbye, and Cui Xiang was busy returning the salute: "Second sister-in-law." Entering the inner room with her again, Cui Yi was already kneeling in front of the bed, and Ye Shi sobbed silently: "You are so stupid!" How can I come back, how can I come back! In case you have a bad situation, how can I explain to the emperor, how can I explain to Sister Zhong! ”

Cui Yi didn't cry, but her eyes were also red, she held Ye's thin hand tightly, and whispered to comfort her that she would be fine, telling her not to be too sad and to recuperate.

"Zhiying to the concubine Niangniang, "Zhiying took a few steps forward and was blessed, "Niangniang is not well, or it is not appropriate to be overly sad, she must be cured, and the days to come will be long." ”

Ye Shi glanced at her, his face full of guilt: "Holding the profit ......"

Zhiying smiled and said: "We brought a lot of good medicinal materials from Yanzhou this time to replenish qi and blood, and I will ask the imperial doctor later to see what is suitable for use, if you have enough time, you can buy more, but the prince is worried about the mother, urging him to go on the road, so he only brought the ones stored in the house, if it is not enough, I will write a letter back, and ask someone to buy it and send it." ”

Ye nodded gratefully: "I used to treat you like that, but you are so caring, I am really ...... Yi'er can marry such a good girl as you, and Sister Zhong must be very pleased in the spirit of the sky. ”

After the touching reunion, Ye remembered the seriousness of the problem, and immediately pushed Cui Yi: "You guys hurry up, leave now!" Don't let the emperor know you've been here, go quickly! Fast! ”

"Mother, calm down!" Cui Yi pressed her shoulder, "I have already sent someone to see the imperial brother and tell him about my return, don't worry, he is not so easy to attack me, tens of thousands of people in the capital, civil and military officials are watching, he doesn't dare to act rashly, it's okay!" You need to rest now, don't get too excited. ”

Ye Shi regretted: "Why don't you dare, what else is he afraid to do, Shuyao is the best example, and Qingyu, he was forced to commit suicide by taking poison, he is now the emperor, not the prince, what is he not afraid to do?" You really shouldn't come back! It's all my fault, I couldn't stop Xiang'er to let you come back at such a great risk. ”

Cui Xiang is eighteen this year, and the royal boy has a crown salute early, but he is only a half-grown child, seeing his mother crying so sadly, the self-blame and apology in his heart became more and more intense, biting his lip and wiping tears on the side. Seeing this, Zhiying hurriedly handed over the handkerchief: "Seventh brother, don't cry, when you cry, your mother is even more sad, you also have your troubles, don't blame yourself, no one blames you." ”

Cui Yi turned his head and said: "Huaiyou, you go out, don't cry in front of the concubine, you lead him out and ask someone to wash his face." ”

In terms of age, Zhiying is only a few months older than Cui Xiang, but in the end, he is a person who has lived for more than 20 years, and he has become a mother, and he looks like an elder at the moment.

Cui Xiang washed his face with a hot handkerchief, and asked angrily: "Second sister-in-law, are we going to die this time?" ”

"No, how can it be so exaggerated," Zhi Yingwan smiled and sat down in the chair beside him, "Don't think too seriously about the matter, with or without your letter, the prince will come back." ”

Cui Xiang asked suspiciously, "What are you doing when you come back?" ”

Zhiying replied with a smile: "Kowtow and burn incense to your father, the first emperor, when the first emperor died, he was in Ganzhou, and he couldn't come back to keep filial piety, and he has been thinking about this in his heart, and he often talks to me about coming back, so don't take the responsibility on yourself, ah?" ”

Her words made Cui Xiang feel better, Cui Xiang's eyes were red, his nose twitched, Zhiying thought about diverting his attention, and asked about the current situation in the capital by the way, so he asked: "Now you can only take one step at a time, you have to be careful in everything, can you tell your second sister-in-law what has happened in the palace in the capital in the past year or so?" ”

Cui Xiang's expression was a little wooden, most likely because he had cried, and he asked blankly, "What happened?" There's a lot going on, do you have to say it? There are a number of things I don't know about. ”

"No, pick up what you think is important, such as those related to your royal brothers, or who the princesses have married to, and whether the emperor has accepted the daughter of any minister as a concubine, etc."

Cui Xiang showed a thoughtful expression, as if he was hesitating where to start, and Zhiying was not in a hurry, letting him slowly sort out his thoughts.

After waiting for a while, Cui Xiang took a breath and was about to start talking, when Zhiying immediately pricked up his ears.

However, what she never expected was that the first thing Cui Xiang said made her completely stunned.

Cui Xiang said: "Empress Changsun gave birth to a little prince to the imperial brother in November last year. ”