Concubine Kong snorted and tried hard to suppress her emotions, "However, he has done more than this ruthless and unrighteous thing!" Do you know that Chen Qian was not the first candidate for the throne favored by the first emperor, and the first emperor liked Chen Chang, the prince of Chen who was detained in the Zhou State, and the only surviving son of the former emperor. ”

I nodded, "I have heard a little about this matter, it is said that the Zhou State was unwilling to release people, and the first emperor had to pass the throne to Chen Qian. Later, Zhou Guo learned of this and wanted to cause civil unrest in Chen, so he let Prince Chen return to China, but who knew that during the boat, Prince Chen unfortunately drowned. Chen Qian was very sad and named him the king of Hengyang. At that time, it was Lord Hou Andu who went to pick up the boat. ”

Kong Guifei sneered: "What sadness, it's too late for him to be happy, what drowning casualties, it's just his conspiracy, used to fool people!" One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, Chen Chang is bound to give way when he returns, how can Chen Qian be willing to give up the throne in his hands. Uncle He was in order to preserve the foundation of Chen Guo and prevent Zhou Guo's conspiracy from succeeding, so he reluctantly trapped Prince Chen in a sack and threw him into the water, making the illusion that the prince was drowning. Uncle he...... It's also for the foundation of Chen Guo! ”

In this way, it was Chen Qian who signaled Hou An to kill Chen Chang. Sure enough, the most ruthless is the royal family, brothers, siblings can kill each other.

"My uncle's life is bright and upright, but this is the only thing that makes me feel very ashamed of the emperor and the queen mother, if I don't tell this matter, I will have no shame to face the emperor under Jiuquan. Although his uncle was reckless, he also knew that His Majesty was jealous of him, and sooner or later His Majesty would not be able to tolerate him. Concubine Kong said as she gently put a piece of silk into my palm, "So my uncle wrote this blood letter before his death in case of future needs." It's just that I didn't expect Your Majesty to attack him so quickly. ”

Thinking about it, what was written in the blood book was the real cause of Chen Chang's death, and I smiled deeply, "What does Sister Guifei want me to do?" ”

Concubine Kong's delicate and slender jade hand covered my hand, and there was a hidden edge under her soft words, "I know that this thing will definitely be able to make the most of it in my sister's hands." Over the years, my sister has been in the palace, and she has been repeatedly plotted, but she can still go to this day. From the time Your Majesty learned that my sister could still have pity for her after she had an abortion, I knew that my sister was not an ordinary person, and my sister would definitely make good use of this thing, and she wouldn't disappoint me, right? ”

I gently put away the silk and smiled, "Of course." ”

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I went to Cixun Palace and showed the silk to the Queen Mother, and after the Queen Mother saw it, she only sighed desolately, "Sure enough." "Come to think of it, she had already guessed it.

"The Queen Mother is wise, and she can guess that there is another secret in the death of the prince back then, but the Queen Mother doesn't want to believe it, or she has to believe that the prince died in an accident. At that time, the Chen State was just established, the foundation was unstable, and someone was needed to come out to preside over the overall situation. In order to keep the country that the first emperor had worked so hard for, the queen mother had to support him. My tone was as sharp as snow, and I was guided step by step, "But now that Chen and Zhou have fought and recovered the territory south of the Yangtze River, the southwest separatist forces are no longer enough to trouble. Now that the external strife has been eliminated and the internal affairs have been stabilized, what else does the Queen Mother have to worry about? Why should you swallow your anger and watch the murderer of your son sit on the throne? ”

"Chang'er, my child!" The Queen Mother let out a low cry of pain, faintly sobbing.

I continued: "Besides, Chen Bozong, the crown prince of Chen State now, has a gentle and cowardly temperament, and can only chant poems and lyrics. How can such a person be able to pick up the foundation of my Chen State in the future? Qingqiang has a way, which can not only avenge the queen mother's murder, but also protect the foundation of Chen Guo, can the queen mother listen? ”

"You girl, it's not simple, the head of the talk is the Tao." The Queen Mother had already regained her senses and recovered from her grief, "Tell me, what is the method?" ”

I said: "Establish a new monarch and support a prince who is more capable and far-sighted to strengthen my Chen country to ascend the throne." ”

"Now there is only one who is not the emperor's own son and is a prince." The Queen Mother groaned slightly, and suddenly realized, "You mean ......?"

I nodded solemnly, "Yes, it's him, Ancheng Wang Chen Ji." ”

The Queen Mother accepted the silk and came out of the Cixun Palace, I hooked my lips and smiled with satisfaction, my purpose has been achieved.

The late spring day is getting a little hotter, the sun is slightly dazzling, I can feel it, like water, the sunlight is flowing through my body, flowing through my fingertips, every trace and every seam. I spread out my palms, trying to catch the light of the sky jumping between my fingers and retain the warmth in my palms.

As soon as my palm warmed, a thick calloused palm came to my hand, and I panicked to take it away, but I was held in time. The man who dares to touch my fingers in this palace is Chen Qian, but I can feel that this person is not Chen Qian, the feel of his fingers is rougher than Chen Qian, and he does not have the strong ambergris fragrance of Chen Qian on his body, and his breath is very familiar.

was thinking wildly, and a cool voice sounded in his ears, "Why, I haven't seen you for nearly a year, don't remember me?" ”

The voice—I was both pleasantly surprised and surprised, "The prince is back!" ”

"Yes, I'm back." Warm spring sound.

Feeling his gaze rolling over me, he hesitated and said, "Your eyes, really can't regain sight?" ”

My mood instantly fell, and I said bitterly: "In this life, that's probably it." ”

"No, it won't!" The strength in his hand tightened, and there was a hint of distress in his eager and inexplicable voice, "I will definitely find the best doctor in the city to treat your eyes, and your eyes will definitely be good." ”

My eyes were a little moist, and I just wanted to say thank you, but my ears keenly caught the footsteps of two people from a distance, I hurriedly opened Chen Ji's hand and called Qinglan to help me.

"Brother Huang." Chen Gong's courteous voice.

"Brother I'm back." Chen Qian couldn't hear the voice of joy and anger, "I didn't even see my brother, but let Qing'er see it first." ”

Chen Ji was not busy clearing up his suspicions, "The younger brother originally wanted to go to the Queen Mother to ask for peace first, and then go to see the imperial brother, who would have thought that Hua Shurong had just come out of the Queen Mother's palace to ask for peace, and happened to see it." ”

"How do you serve your master, your master is inconvenient and you don't go to help, but let the prince help, clumsy will not do things!" Chen Qian was reprimanding Qinglan.

I smiled, "Your Majesty, don't blame her, it's because I want to go around alone, so I don't let her help." Who knew that my eyes couldn't see, my body was not neat, and I was about to fall down just a few steps, but fortunately, the prince was kind enough to help me. ”

I said it so neatly that he was relieved. Chen Qian came over to support me distressedly, and said with concern: "If your eyes are not good, don't walk around alone, you don't hurt yourself." Rest assured, I will find you the best healer in the world to treat your eyes, no matter what costs! ”

I smiled back with gratitude and obediently clinged to him.

When I went to bed at night, my head leaned on Chen Qian's shoulder, thinking that this night would pass quietly like this, but Chen Qian suddenly said: "My younger brother, I seem to care about you very much, I didn't hesitate to trespass into the harem in order to save you, I fought hard and didn't give an inch, I have never seen him do this to anyone." ”

I felt a little uneasy in my heart, and pretended to smile calmly, "I am good friends with the princess, and because of the relationship between the princess, King An Cheng takes good care of me, and more importantly, because of Your Majesty." King An Cheng cares about Qingqiang, but he just hopes that Qingqiang can share his worries and solve problems for His Majesty, and not let His Majesty be bothered by trivial matters. The prince often asks Qingqiang about His Majesty and cares about His Majesty's daily life, not so much that King An Cheng cares about Qingqiang, but that King An Cheng cares about His Majesty. ”

Chen Qian smiled, "Yes, I really can't see that my younger brother cares about me so much." ”

"It's okay for you to have dealings with him, just don't go too far, the harem and the previous dynasty are the most important thing."

It seemed that the words that were unintentionally said made me feel shocked, but I still said with a smile on my face: "Where did Your Majesty go!" ”

Chen Qian didn't speak again, I just lay quietly on his shoulder, not daring to say anything else, and the night passed like this.

On the night of the meeting at Chonglan Pavilion again, I picked up some important things to talk to Chen Ji, the focus of which was to tell him about our plan to cooperate with the Queen Mother.

"Jiang Yu came with the emperor, he was loyal to Chen Qian, it was for the sake of the emperor's face, and the queen mother was the wife of the emperor, which represented the emperor. Although Jiang Yu is loyal to Chen Qian, he is more loyal to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is on our side, and Jiang Yu is naturally our person. In the future, Chen Qian's every move will depend on him to stare at it. The Queen Mother also has some forces in the court, they are all loyal to the former emperor and the Queen Mother, if you want to ascend the throne, you will support you. ”

"Thank you for your hard work, and you have planned so much for me." Chen's hand gently touched my shoulder.

He smiled slightly and moved away quietly, "You and I are allies, so there is no need to say thank you." ”

Immediately afterwards, thinking of Chen Qian's words that night, my face became serious, "Your Majesty seems to be suspicious of the relationship between you and me, you and I should be cautious when we meet in the future, and it is best not to see each other if we can." ”

Seeing that I was so serious and serious, Chen Ji responded.

Since I lost my sight, the imperial doctor in the palace has repeatedly diagnosed and treated me, applied a variety of therapies, and prescribed a variety of medicines, but all the imperial doctors have been helpless, hanging their heads and sighing. Chen Qian also sought a doctor with superb medical skills from the people to treat me, and after many treatments, there was still no improvement. Gradually, I got tired of it, became paralyzed, and had no hope of regaining my sight.

This time, Chen Qian found a doctor from the people to treat my eyes, anyway, I was numb to the treatment, so I was fiddled with by this doctor. He gave me acupuncture every day, supplemented by medicinal stones, both external and internal. After more than half a month, I still can't see anything when I take the gauze apart. Chen Qian was disappointed again, but she also comforted me that she would definitely find a doctor with more exquisite medical skills for me to treat my eyes, and promised me that she would definitely restore my sight.

I thought that after the last time we met, Chen Ji and I should not see each other again for a long time in the future, but who knew that this day Qinglan sent me a message again, saying that Chen Ji wanted to see me.

"Didn't you say that if you can't see it, it's best not to see it, just say what the prince has to say." I came in a hurry, a little impatient.

Chen Ji didn't seem to notice my dissatisfaction at all, and was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "Qingqiang, do you think that we are too much to treat the imperial brother like this." ”

What, for a moment, I suspected that I had misheard, "Why did the prince suddenly say that?" ”

Exegesis:

(1) The title is from Zhu Jing'an's "Long Letter Autumn Words" in the Ming Dynasty, "Long Letter is Deep and Deep, Tianlu Yao"