Four years ago, on an afternoon when the rain was like silk and the plums were green, the long willows in the cold palace and deserted garden were quietly sprinkled with catkins, flying all over the sky, like winter snow. In the garden, someone plucked the guqin casually, the sound of the strings was thin, like whispering softly, and the heart seemed to be shrouded in a heavy silk net, entangled with thousands of difficult knots.

Emperor Zhaoren's heart was somehow touched.

He ordered the palace people to open the lock of the door of the cold palace, and quietly stepped into it, and saw the waste queen who had been imprisoned in the cold palace for many years......

This line of work is only known to Yang De'an, his personal attendant, and no one else knows.

Emperor Zhaoren quickly forgot about this matter. Unexpectedly, four years later, the little princess was sick and had to appear in front of others, so that everyone knew that Emperor Zhaoren had an unexpected bondage, which made the queen pregnant and quietly gave birth to a princess.

And the little princess in this mysterious and infinitely treacherous Da'an Palace, she was quietly raised until she was four years old before being discovered, if she hadn't suddenly become ill, she would probably have to continue to hide it after the abolition......

Song Ying was still surprised: "Cousin, why did you say the emperor did this?" There are also many princesses in the palace, and there are more than a dozen of them who have grown up around him since he was a child, why did he only see the sixteenth princess once, so he was so concerned? I've visited the patient many times in person! Could it be that she was born after the abolition and had a peculiar background, which made the emperor very interested? Or? Is it that the emperor still has feelings for the abolition queen? ”

"Back then, the emperor knew that she had poisoned the first queen, and he did not hesitate to send her into the cold palace, and also took the opportunity to severely suppress the Liu family, so that the Liu family was full of ashes, showing that the emperor had no pity and scruples for her at all, after many years, what feelings would he have?"

Qing Ruxu is not sure what kind of mentality the emperor has to treat this sixteenth princess, if you want to say that the bloody storm of the Liu family back then, it is also thrilling to talk about it now, and the queen should hate the emperor very much, right? Could it be that four years ago, the emperor was rejected on a whim, so he used force on the abolished queen, and now he takes the little princess from the abolished queen to declare that he is still her man??

Qing Ruxu pounded her head when she thought of this, she must have read too much of the script!

"yes...... If the emperor had feelings for the abolition queen, he wouldn't have wiped out the Liu family back then, right? Song Ying's eyes were full of gossip and speculation: "I heard that the appearance of the abolished queen is not as good as that of today's Queen Chen, but her demeanor is fluttering and her charm is excellent." Maybe the emperor will see it by chance, and maybe he will be angry about the old days for a while? Once there was a second time, who knows if the emperor went to the cold palace again? ”

Royal secrets have always been the topic of most interest to others, even Qing Ruxu is no exception. She guessed: "What do you mean is that the emperor instructed that no one should know about the existence of the sixteenth princess, in an attempt to conceal his ...... with the deposed queen Private opinion? ”

"How can it be considered a private opinion? Even if she is beaten into the cold palace, she is still the emperor's woman! Song Ying retorted, her eyes lit up with excitement, and said, "It's just that Queen Chen's teeth must be very itchy......

Emperor Zhaoren had three empresses.

The first queen, is Zhaoren Emperor Qiandi was with his side of the palace, after entering the palace for Jieyu, not too high, in the respect of the imperial concubine died was set up as the queen, because of the pain when about to give birth, and later died of blood collapse during childbirth, one corpse and two lives.

The second queen, who is now the abolished queen Liu Zhaoyi, is the daughter of the great Sima Liu Boling, who entered the palace as the queen after the emperor ascended the throne, but she was only the queen for half a year, and was found to be related to the death of the first queen and was sent to the cold palace. Emperor Zhaoren took this opportunity to deprive the Liu family of its real power, and successively transferred the relatives of the Liu family to the border to garrison, and reduced part of their military power, so that his cronies could hold the corresponding positions and take the military power into his own hands. As he gradually stripped the Liu family of power, the Liu family became alert and panicked. Knowing that their evil deeds had accumulated and that they would not be able to return, they decided to take a risk, in a vain attempt to stage a coup d'état to depose Emperor Zhaoren and establish themselves. But at this time, Emperor Zhaoren's wings were already full, and he wiped out the children of the Liu family and the rest of the party who intended to rebel, and crushed their rebellion in one fell swoop. At that time, Empress Liu was in the cold palace, and she was blessed by misfortune and avoided the fate of dying with her family.

The third queen is now Queen Chen, at that time, the Lin family and the Liu family were very suppressed, and everyone in the family of the capital was in danger, and they did not dare to make a big move to send their daughter to the palace to invite pets. The Chen family is considered a rising star, and they made contributions when they subdued the Liu family's chaotic party, so Emperor Zhaoren canonized Chen Shufei as the queen at that time.

Empress Chen successively left two daughters and one son for Emperor Zhaoren, and now she sits firmly in the middle palace and cannot be easily shaken.

Qing Ruxu calculated the involvement between the three queens and found that it was a mess. If you have to sort out one, two, three, four, then there are only four words that can be summed up, that is-there is enmity against each other.

"Even if it's a fight, it's a dispute between the two queens in the palace, and others are just standing by and watching the excitement."

"The battle of the queens?" Song Ying was surprised: "Cousin said this, do you think that Queen Liu still has the heart to turn over?" ”

Qing Ruxu thought for a while and said, "Who knows...... The coincidences in the palace, I don't know how many are true and how many are false. "First of all, the emperor is too busy to do things, what is it to go to the cold palace if you have nothing to do? Secondly, if a child is born in the cold palace, could it be that the palace people are all deaf and can't hear? Still hiding for four years? It's not the emperor's meaning, it's that he has the ability to abolish it. In short, it's certainly not simple.

Song Ying nodded: "That's what I said, what we know, maybe it's just the scraps of the truth!" She suddenly raised her hand and stroked her arm: "Thinking of the old palace maid I saw in front of the Yunji Hall last time, I got goosebumps all over my body!" She said that she was a person from the cold palace, wouldn't she be the one who served by the side of the abolished? Such a terrifying person, won't the emperor be scared when he goes up? ”

Qing Ruxu said with a smile: "The emperor has a body of ten thousand gold, how can he be afraid of an old palace maid." Moreover, the old palace maid can enter and leave the cold palace at will, it should be just a palace person who guards the door or delivers food, and it is not impossible to get along for many years, and she is willing to find birds or something for the abolition queen. ”

When she said this, she remembered the beautiful eyes that flashed at the banquet, and she couldn't help but shudder, and her complexion changed......

Was she really wrong? Or is the cloaked man really in the palace?

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In the winter and October, Emperor Zhaoren appointed Xuanping Hou as the general of Zuotunwei and the general of Shuofangdao, together with Chen Ji, the general of Jinwuwei, who was familiar with the Turkic terrain, and Song Yu, the newly sealed hussar captain, from Huizhou to embark on a journey to conquer the Turks.

Because Xuanping Hou and Song Yu were on the battlefield, the Xue family and the Song family were nervous, and Qing Ruxu frequently went to the Song Mansion to visit his uncle and aunt, and often accompanied Song Ying to the Xuanping Marquis Mansion to visit the anxious Yongping County Lord at Xue Yun's invitation.

The three families have become more and more intimate, and Xue Yun doesn't know when he has stopped mentioning Song Yu, and he and Qing Ruxu have become handkerchiefs who talk about everything.

Due to the war, this autumn's hunt has been postponed a lot.

As a close minister relied on by the emperor, of course Qing Hong has to accompany him, Qing Ruxu has never been far away in his two lives, and he will definitely not miss a rare opportunity.

The hunt is a royal event, which is included in the military rite of one of the five rites, and the Son of Heaven led the princes and their families to the enclosure with the initial intention of practicing martial arts and training and strengthening the body, and later it was also to prevent the children from coveting comfort and abandoning riding and shooting, and at the same time to strengthen the relationship between the monarch and the minister.

In order to avoid harassing the people during the agricultural season, hunting is generally after the autumn harvest, and another reason is that at that time, wild animals are stocking up on things for the winter, and they are more infested and fatter.

Although the hunt was a few days late, the weather was not too cold. The Taixing Mountain, where the paddock is located, has a palace for the Son of Heaven to rest, surrounded by crests and valleys, the scenery is excellent, and Qing Ruxu and others who came to the paddock for the first time are very excited.

According to the custom, on the first day, Emperor Zhaoren did not personally end the game, but the younger generation below took the lead in participating in the hunting competition, which consisted of three rounds, and the most prey hunted within the specified time could win the reward of Emperor Zhaoren.

Of course, there are also many female dependents who are not good at riding and shooting, and they gather around to watch the excitement, such as the ladies and daughters of the family who came with them, all of whom are laughing around Queen Chen at this time.

Qing Ruxu just learned to ride a horse and clamored to join in the fun, of course Qing Hong was in every way to stop him, but Jiang Rin, Song Ying and others were all present, and there was a cold doctor with him, everyone said that he finally took his daughter away from his sight, and he also told him that the arrow has no eyes, don't run too far......

The horse that Qing Ruxu rode was still the one that Jiang Rin gave her Dilidar, and when she turned over and got on the horse, she inadvertently saw a familiar figure over there, she was slightly stunned, and her face couldn't help but sink.

Pray Ayaxue, why is she here?

This ordinary county lord who does not go out of the second door actually ran to the paddock as soon as he went out! Of course, she is also a child of a high-ranking family, if she wants to come, as long as she thinks a little bit about it, there will always be a chance to come here with her, but she didn't participate in previous years, and now she suddenly appears here, and she knows that she must have a plan without thinking about it.

Qing Ruxu couldn't help but glance at Jiang Rin, Jiang Rin received this look, was surprised, looked around, and saw Qi Ayaxue who had just boarded the horse in the distance.

This girl who has been helpless since she was a child, with subtle restraint between her actions, her eyebrows are like cheeks, her eyes are like water, and the corners of her mouth are smiling.

Jiang Rin only glanced at him, but Qi Ayaxue still caught his gaze, saluted him from afar, and smiled.

Qing Ruxu was on the side, of course she also saw it, and was about to give Jiang Rin a cold "hum", when she heard him say on the side: "This woman is very scheming. ”

"Huh?" Qing Ruxu was stunned by what he said, "How do you know?" ”