Seeing that his face was gradually sinking, Yao Shun didn't persuade anymore, but he was still faintly worried: "But the queen mother has no real power, what can she do to help you......"

Xu Shuhuai hooked his lips and smiled, with a cold smile: "The queen does not have real power, but this is only because she has not found her right path for the time being." ”

"Childe...... What do you mean by that? Yao Shun was puzzled.

"The queen wanted a child, but she didn't know that the emperor had already added a musk to the incense in her palace. The emperor was cautious by nature, and he didn't plan to give birth to a boy and a girl with her. Xu Shuhuai said.

Yao Shun has followed Xu Shuhuai for many years and is proficient in pharmacology, so he naturally smelled the musk smell a long time ago, but he didn't think about it.

After all, the queen is a descendant of the former courtiers, and it is reasonable that the emperor does not plan to let her conceive a dragon heir, but why did the prince say this? What does it mean to not find the right path for yourself? Could it be that the queen has no choice but to live in the palace and be a puppet of the world?

"She can't give birth to a child herself, so she naturally has to cling to other forces, otherwise in this harem, sooner or later she will be eaten to the point that there are no bones left." Xu Shuhuai explained.

Yao Shun listened to it and didn't understand it: "Childe, you mean ......?"

Xu Shuhuai picked up a cup of tea on the table and took a sip, the tea was already so cold that there was no trace of heat left, just like his cold voice, people heard a burst of anxiety in their hearts: "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor does not intend to make Lin Hongyi the crown prince, and the candidate for the prince in his mind is Lin Xiuyuan." ”

Yao Shun nodded, this is a fact.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this fact that Prince Hong has never planned to compete for the crown.

"That being the case, after the queen found that it was impossible for her to gain a foothold in her life, she would definitely not cling to Lin Hongyi, but would only go to Lin Xiuyuan." Xu Shuhuai continued.

"So...... Are you not planning to take refuge with the Empress, but with the Great Prince? Yao Shun finally came to his senses.

But why didn't the prince directly take refuge in the eldest prince, but to make such a big detour?

Yao Shun thought about it for a while, and then he understood that the eldest prince was not a good friend, and if the prince went straight to the door, he would definitely turn the prince away.

After all, Gongzi and His Royal Highness Prince Hong have been friends of life and death for more than ten years, and this matter is known to the whole world, how can the eldest prince not know?

Whoever the eldest prince trusts, it is impossible to trust the prince.

But with the queen mother paving the way in it, it is completely different.

The queen is eighteen years old, after all, she is too young, although she is scheming, but she is not smart, and the prince can take advantage of it.

As long as he can become the most trusted person of the queen, in the future, the queen will form an alliance with the eldest prince, and the prince will definitely be able to occupy a place among them.

"The son is very smart, but the slave is stupid." Yao Shun said.

"Smart?" Xu Shuhuai sneered, "You don't know what I'm going to do, but you keep praising me for being smart? ”

"This ......" Yao Shun didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to bow his head.

Childe's words have a deep meaning.

Could it be that the prince befriended the queen, not just to pave the way for the prince to take refuge in the eldest prince?

But if that's not the case, why did Childe make such a move?

Yao Shun thought about it and never came up with a reason, he only felt that Gongzi was scheming, and he really couldn't guess the meaning of his words......

Xu Shuhuai didn't explain, and drank the bowl of cold tea in his hand.

He put down the teacup, and there was a very gloomy smile in his eyes - isn't she just a little queen, just a maiden family with a small foundation, she wants to sit firmly in this deep palace? Oh, I think I am extremely honored, but I don't know that I have already become a fish that can be eaten wantonly in the eyes of others......

After the queen asked the envoy of the Imperial Hospital to check the ointments sent by Xu Shuhuai, she looked at Xu Shuhuai more and more differently.

The ointment is naturally non-toxic, and even the court envoy said that this is a miracle medicine for beauty and appearance, and the person who made this medicine is really a genius in the world.

Such a genius, the queen didn't want others to know about it, especially not for the other concubines in the harem, so she specially concealed the fact that the ointment was from Xu Shuhuai's hand.

Such a capable chess piece, of course, should be pinched in the palm of your hand......

"Niangniang, Gongzi Xu ordered the palace maid of Qingyin Hall to send something again." Mama presented the things in her hand as if offering a treasure.

"What is this?" The queen looked at the small porcelain jar in her hand suspiciously.

Mama opened the jar and filled it with light yellow powder: "Xu Gongzi said that this is a very useful medicinal powder for Niangniang." ”

"Oh? Can it make people exud a strange fragrance, or can it make people's skin whiter than snow? The queen asked.

Mama shook her head and said meaningfully: "Xu Gongzi said that this medicine powder may be able to help Niangniang conceive a dragon." ”

The queen was taken aback: "Drugs are forbidden in the palace, don't you know as a grandmother?" ”

Once the emperor knows about it, it will be a head!

As a queen, she naturally does not sin to death, but the death penalty can avoid the living crime, in case the emperor is angry and beats her into the cold palace, what should she do?

This Xu Shuhuai is really bold, he dares to send such things......

"Niangniang is angry, this is not a drug, but a medicine powder that can blindly help Niangniang block the 'dark arrow'." Mama hurriedly explained.

"Dark Arrow?" The queen couldn't hear it.

"Yes," Mama nodded, "Xu Gongzi said, this medicine is called citron, if it encounters musk, it will turn vermilion, and Niangniang will stay by her side, maybe it will come in handy in the future." ”

Will musk turn vermilion?

The queen immediately understood.

Musk can not only cause miscarriage, but also treat various incurable diseases, so there has always been a stock in the hospital.

In the previous dynasty, the harem often made trouble about the concubines poisoning the emperor's heirs, and nine times out of ten they used this medicine.

Xu Shuhuai did this with good intentions......

She picked up the small porcelain jar and looked at it closely.

The powder in the jar doesn't look special, and I don't know if musk can really turn red.

"Go to the Tai Hospital and get musk to take a look." She said.

Anyway, no one in the harem is pregnant, so it doesn't hurt to give it a try.

The musk was quickly fetched, and when I tried the medicinal powder, it changed color.

"Tell Xu Gongzi to prepare more citron powder, and in the future, you will all use this medicine to carefully examine the daily entrance of the palace." She commanded.

"Yes." Mama took the order.

"Not only the things that are entered, but also the rouge gouache used in the palace, and the jewelry and jade worn must also be carefully inspected."

It is always good to be cautious and cautious.

Mama nodded, and was about to put away the citron powder on the table, when her eyes suddenly flashed: "Niangniang, this is ...... This citron powder ......"

"What's wrong? Fuss ......" The queen frowned and looked at her line of sight, and her face changed in fright.

The most superficial layer of citron powder has quietly turned red at some point.

The strange red color made the queen stunned: "This ...... What's going on here? ”

Doesn't it say that it only changes color when it encounters musk, how can it be put in a jar so decently, but it also changes?

"Okay," she looked coldly at a few palace maids and eunuchs beside her, "This citron powder is only handled by a few of you, and said, which of you wants to harm this palace?" ”

The eunuch and the palace maid immediately knelt on the ground tremblingly.

The conscience of heaven and earth, this is really worse than Dou E, even if they are given 10,000 guts, they don't dare......

"Niangniang, if these minions really want to harm you, how dare they be so blatant?" Mama thought things were a little strange.

"If it's not them, who would it be?" The queen asked coldly.

Something so big happened, she just didn't put all these dog minions in the Punishment Division.

But this citron powder has such an outstanding medicinal effect, and she doesn't want people to find out so early, once the emperor or other concubines know about it, isn't she missing a unique hole card?

"They did come into contact with the medicinal powder just now, but they didn't reach out and touch it directly, so why did the layer on their faces suddenly change color?" Mama pointed out the oddities.

The queen thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt reasonable, but she was still puzzled.

"Niangniang, in fact, there is a simplest method, as long as all the large and small objects in this hall are tried with citron powder, you can know where the error is." Mama proposed.

The queen nodded, and immediately ordered her subordinates to check it.

I don't know if I don't check this, I was shocked when I checked it, and the large and small tables in the hall were covered with a layer of hazy red after being sprinkled with citron powder, which made her heart tremble.

Either the effect of the citron powder failed, or the place where she lived was sprinkled with musk...... Who did this, what a bold man!

Soon, Mama found out that the problem was not on the table, but in the incense burner.

When the powder is put into the incense burner, it is extremely red and dazzling like blood.

No wonder there are musks everywhere, it turns out that the musk has already filled the entire Changchun Palace with the smoke in the incense burner......

"Who prepared this incense?" The queen was furious, and she only wanted to beat the daring minion to death.

Palace maids and eunuchs, look at me, I look at you, none of them dare to speak.

"Say! If you don't explain it truthfully, see that this palace doesn't pick your skin! The queen gritted her teeth, and her delicately made face was so angry that it was deformed.

"Back to the mother's words, this incense ...... It was sent by the prince of the Palace of Cultivating Hearts. A little eunuch replied curtly.

The prince of the Palace of Nourishing Hearts?

When the queen heard this, she was stunned for a long time.

"Bold, who told you to talk too much!" Mama scolded the little eunuch.

Who doesn't know that the prince is the person next to the emperor, so is it possible that the emperor wants to kill the mother?

This thought flashed through Mama's mind, and she swallowed a mouthful of saliva, only to feel that her heart was beating suddenly, and she didn't dare to think about it at all.

The emperor does not come to Changchun Palace often, even if he stays in Changchun Palace, he will never choose the days when Niangniang is the most fertile to conceive, is it ......

Mama turned her eyes to look at the queen, and saw that the queen didn't say a word, her face turned pale, and hurriedly helped her steady, for fear that she would faint on the spot with anger: "Niangniang is angry......

"Come on, drag this little eunuch down and beat him to death!" The queen commanded hatefully.

"Niangniang, Niangniang spare your life......" The eunuch was quickly dragged down.

"How many of you, do you remember what just happened?" The queen glanced coldly at the rest of the people.

Several eunuchs and palace maids shook their heads one after another, and their hearts were as clear as mirrors.

"Do you know why the mother scolded him with a rod?" Mama asked.

A little palace maid rolled her eyes and raised her head: "That little Fuzi broke Niangniang's favorite vase, and Niangniang was angry, so she scolded him." ”

Mama nodded with satisfaction, turned her eyes to the queen, and asked, "Niangniang, ...... this matter?"

"No one is allowed to leak the news, otherwise this palace will never spare it!" The queen clenched her silver teeth.

After the subordinates retreated, Mama couldn't help but ask: "Niangniang, ...... the incense?"

"It's extinguished, and it can't be ordered again in the future." Queen's Road.

"But ......"

"But what?"

"But this incense was sent by the emperor."

The queen sneered: "Bengong is not deaf, the words of the little Fuzi, Bengong heard it." ”

"Then if the emperor is held accountable...... Mama hesitated.

"What is the emperor's accountability, and why did the palace extinguish the incense burner mixed with musk?" The queen's tone was not sarcastic.

Mama plucked up the courage to remind: "That's not what the old slave meant...... Niangniang, if the emperor is so determined to do this, whether he lights the incense burner or not, the result will be the same. According to the old slave, it is better for the mother to find a way out for herself as soon as possible, otherwise she ......"

How else?

Can't get a foothold in the harem anymore?

The queen naturally knew what Mama meant, the emperor didn't want her to be pregnant with the dragon seed, even if she tried her best to get pregnant, the emperor had a hundred ways to make her stillborn......

And finding a way out is nothing more than the intention of getting closer to other princes.

Only in this way can her position be secured.

This is not a trivial matter, and it must be considered in the long run, otherwise it will not only cause no harm but no benefit, but will also leave endless disasters......

Her eyes gradually sank: "Tomorrow, I want to arrange for my father to enter the palace." ”

Mama nodded: "Yes, the old slave will do it......"

At the same time, in Prince Hong's Mansion, Xu Qingqing has been practicing for several days in a row, and he has practiced the needle method well.

It's one thing to look like it, it's another thing to really come in handy.

The assassin last time, as expected, should be some civil rebels who have a grudge against Xu Yuyu, not her real enemies, otherwise her martial arts would never be so clumsy, and the stabbing knife was dodged by her at once.

If it was a master sent by the Yuan clan or the emperor, her life would have been lost long ago.

And those real masters, how can she be able to beat them with just a few moves?

Thinking about it like this, I can't help but feel a little depressed.

When Lin Hongyi came to the garden, what she saw was her sitting at the table with her hands on her forehead, bored and pinching a few silver needles.

"Which maid annoyed you again?" He asked.

Xu Qingqing came back to her senses, saw Lin Hongyi, and couldn't help but glance at him.

Zilu on the side has long been accustomed to Xu Qingqing's white eyes, and is not like before, for fear that Xu Qingqing will accidentally annoy Lin Hongyi and be punished by this iceberg.

Seeing that His Royal Highness was given a blank look but his expression was as usual, Zilu secretly thought: The maids naturally didn't dare to provoke the princess Niangniang, since they heard that the princess Niangniang was practicing martial arts, they avoided them one by one, for fear of being caught in the courtyard to be a live target. Nowadays, only Your Highness yourself will run to the other garden from time to time to cause bad luck......

Lin Hongyi, who often comes to provoke bad luck, feels that he is really a shameless prince.

I thought I was marrying a soft and well-behaved little angry bag, but I didn't know that I had turned into a tanuki with teeth and claws, and I put on a face to show him from time to time.

"I heard that the eighth brother came to the mansion again yesterday?" He asked.

"The eighth prince drank a cup of tea with his mother, saying that His Royal Highness spoke a lot of weight in the court, and said that he would strictly interrogate the Yuan family, so he immediately sent someone to take the Yuan family into custody, which was really vigorous...... "Zilu took the opportunity to flatter.

On the surface, he is flattering Lin Hongyi, but in fact, he is also saying good things for his master Lin Huai'an.

Everyone knows that His Royal Highness has now become a vinegar jar, if the Eighth Prince continues to run to Prince Hong's Mansion regardless of it, sooner or later he will annoy His Highness, and she should blow more wind in His Highness's ears......

"When did the king ask you?" Lin Hongyi was displeased.

Zilu immediately lowered her eyes: "The slave is talkative......"

"Only a cup of tea?" Lin Hongyi asked again.

"Yes," Zilu nodded repeatedly, "It's true......"

Xu Qingqing coughed angrily and cleared her throat: "Your Highness came today to ask this?" ”

"Of course not. In a few days, one of the generals under the command of my father will return to Beijing to resume my life, and my father plans to hold a banquet in the palace, do you want to go to the banquet with this king? Lin Hongyi made it clear what he meant.

Zilu was stunned when she heard it - the conscience of heaven and earth, what did she hear, Her Royal Highness was actually asking the princess if she wanted to go?

When this kind of thing happened before, how could Niangniang have a choice?

"Go, why not?" Xu Qingqing happened to be a little tired of staying in the house.

Although it is a palace banquet for the general, there are also many wives and daughters of dignitaries and dignitaries who will enter the palace, and it just so happens that she does not know much about the pattern of the DPRK and China, so she can take this opportunity to listen to it.

"What's the general's name?" She asked.

Since you are going, you can't know anything about this banquet, otherwise you will make a joke.

"The surname is Yan, called Yan Chengque, and he is a young general who succeeded General Hong as the general." Lin Hongyi replied.

Yan Chengque?

Xu Qingqing seems to have heard this name somewhere, and after a little recollection, many princes and nobles mentioned this person when they went to the banquet last time, and I heard that he was a general who was highly valued by the new emperor.

After she asked Zilu to step down, Zhengse asked Lin Hongyi: "What does Your Highness think of this person?" ”

"He is not greedy for money, he does not love beauty, he has an upright temperament, and he is one of the few people who is truly appreciated by his father."

Lin Hongyi's evaluation is no different from what Xu Qingqing has heard in the ears of others.

"The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty want to win over this person, I don't know what His Highness plans to do?" She asked again.

If it was another woman, Lin Hongyi would definitely not discuss such a major matter with her, but it was not someone else in front of her, it was Xu Qingqing.

"After my father ascended the throne, the military power was divided into three. There are also three tiger talismans, one in the hands of the father, one in the hands of the king, and one in the hands of Yan Chengque. Yan Chengque is loyal to his father and will never take refuge in any force, even if the king has a plan, it will be in vain. He said truthfully.

In other words, this is a dead move that will not work?

Hearing Lin Hongyi say this, Xu Qingqing didn't ask again.

"Why are you asking about this?" Lin Hongyi was puzzled.

"Naturally, it's for you to share your worries," Xu Qingqing said bluntly, "but don't get me wrong, in the final analysis, I just want to protect myself." ”

Once the eldest prince Lin Xiuyuan becomes the crown prince, Lin Hongyi's power is bound to be greatly weakened.

At that time, her life as a princess of the previous dynasty will not be so easy.

Besides, it was the new emperor who promised not to kill her, not Lin Xiuyuan.

Xu Yuanyu killed Lin Xiuyuan's five siblings at the beginning, if Lin Xiuyuan didn't plan to take his life, then he would really be a bad seed.

Now everyone in the world thinks that she is Xu Yuanyu, if you rashly say no, no one will believe it.

Only Lin Hongyi knows her identity, and only Lin Hongyi attaches great importance to her life.

As for others, she can't trust any of them......

Therefore, Xu Qingqing has selfish intentions.

She hoped that it would be Lin Hongyi who would sit on the throne of the crown prince, not Lin Xiuyuan.

In this way, not only will her life be saved, but the truth of the matter will one day be revealed to the world.

"If you really want to protect yourself, you should have less contact with the eighth brother, he is not as simple as you think." Lin Hongyi reminded.

Lin Huai'an?

Xu Qingqing thought for a moment: "You don't seem to have told me what kind of person your eighth brother is." ”

"He is a person who can sit on one side of the power even if he is far away from the capital and does not fight for the throne." Lin Hongyi did not say it thoroughly.

There are some things that it is not appropriate for Xu Qingqing to know, he doesn't want her to be involved too deeply.

I don't know if he was aware of Lin Hongyi's hostility, Lin Huaian didn't come to Prince Hong's mansion for a few days.

Soon, General Yan Chengque Yan returned to Beijing.

I heard that he was a native of the capital, his parents died when he was a teenager, and he went into exile to the border alone into the military camp.

The banquet was set up in the Heart Cultivation Palace, which was enough to see how much the emperor valued him.

"When you pick up the wind and wash the dust for General Hong, you will set up a banquet at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, and if you pick up the wind and wash the dust for General Yan, you will set up a banquet in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the emperor is too partial......" Zilu couldn't help but feel unjust for General Hong.

"Once a son of heaven and a courtier, it is not easy for General Hong to protect himself, and he will not take such a small matter as a banquet to heart." Xu Qingqing is very open-minded.

Even if you can't look at it, it's useless, it will only add to your heart.

She doesn't have that kind of ability, so that General Hong will not be wronged, just as General Hong doesn't have that ability, she can really shelter her for the rest of her life.

Xu Qingqing felt that she was weak, if it weren't for Lin Hongyi sending people everywhere to protect her, she would probably have been poisoned by others.

"Niangniang, you have to be happy if you want to go to the banquet today, don't be bitter." Zilu persuaded.

As he spoke, he dressed up for Xu Qingqing.

After staying in Prince Hong's mansion for such a period of time, Xu Qingqing's figure is not so thin in the end, and her slightly pale face is a little more bloody.

She is wearing a pale pink brocade dress today, covered with a white silver thread trimmed silk dress, revealing a slender and white neck and clearly visible collarbones, the pleats of the skirt are like a glorious flow, more than three feet long, three thousand green silk is inserted with a glass phoenix hairpin, a strand of black hair hangs down on the chest, and the face is thinly powdered, beautiful and dusty.

Because Xu Yuanyu has done a lot of immoral things since she grew up, the first emperor has always hidden her in the deep palace, so there are very few people who have seen Xu Yuanyu, and Xu Qingqing has been told about the cold palace since she was a child, and there are only a handful of people who know her.

Xu Qingqing never thought that she would meet an acquaintance at this banquet.