More than two years later, the rebellion in the north continues, and the intrusion in the southwest is intensifying......

Qingming, the drizzle in Chang'an City fell before dawn, until the end of the day, the huge capital was still shrouded in a hazy smoke.

On a high hill on the edge of the water in the east of the city, three horses, one green, two red, gathered together affectionately, nibbling on the tender green grass seedlings on the ground, and from time to time they let out one or two low neighs happily.

In front of a tomb more than ten zhang away from them, Jing Xuan looked at the incense pillar that was about to burn out in the incense burner, and asked Lai Xing'er behind him: "Is the news of the prince's return to Beijing accurate?" ”

"Last night, when my master and uncle were drinking together, they said that in the past two days, we should set aside a stable and prepare more eggs and carrots, so as not to be too late to go to Zhang Luo again.

Uncle Shi also said that although Tongzhou is not far from the capital, the water quality there is very poor, and when the horse comes back, he will go to Xuanduguan to ask for some good spring water to drink the horse.

When the little one heard this, he thought, only the dozen or so sweaty horses in the stable of our East Palace in the whole capital need to be fed eggs and carrots, and Tongzhou is the place where the prince is stationed, and now the horses that the prince brought to Tongzhou are coming back, so won't the prince also have to return to Beijing? Mother, do you say that you don't care what you think? ”

Lai Xing'er said, winking at Jinping beside him.

"It's just some whimsical thinking." Jinping didn't wait for Jing Xuan to answer, and said disdainfully, "Two years ago, I really should have asked you to go to the military camp in Tongzhou for a long time, so that you don't have to worry about these unrelated things." ”

"Don't say it, I really want to be a sergeant, so that I can actually practice the battle formation art and technical skills taught by Niangniang in the past two years, but it's a pity that the prince is not allowed to accompany the eunuchs in the same state to avoid trouble this time." Lai Xing'er looked at the looming mountains in the north and said with a little melancholy.

"Alright, you two will quarrel when you meet. If Xing'er goes to Tongzhou, the first one who cares about him is you! ”

Jing Xuan smiled and blamed Jinping Dao, and then sighed softly, "What he thinks also makes some sense, Xue Qing pesters me all day long to ask my father what he looks like, if the prince doesn't come back, I ...... too."

"Niangniang, you don't know the prince's situation. If the queen does not die for a day, it will be difficult for the prince to turn over, and now the Zhang family is in control of the court, and the arrogance is flourishing, and the prince will come back, and he will not be able to ......"

Jinping saw that Jing Xuan was said to be active by Lai Xing'er, and he was quite unconvinced, and bluntly persuaded him.

"Little Nizi, Hugh is talking nonsense." Jing Xuan listened to Jinping's unobtrusive mouth and hurriedly interrupted her, "Have you forgotten how Mama Xia died?" ”

When she mentioned Mama Xia, she reminded Lai Xing'er of a confusion that had existed in her heart for a long time. "Niangniang, I never understand, why did Mama Xia choose to commit suicide?"

Jing Xuan looked at the tomb in front of her and said slowly: "She has too many things hidden in her heart, whether she says it or not, she will die. ”

"I'm even more confused by what you said."

Lai Xing'er said puzzled.

"At that time, the prince ordered me to go to Lord Li Jinzhong's mansion to ask for the emperor's gold medal, and to ask Mr. Liu Yi to go out of the mountain with the license, isn't it just to prove the identity of Mama Xia to the emperor and the queen, and to clear her and the prince's suspicions?

As soon as Mr. Liu arrived, she was out of trouble by herself, and the prince could turn the danger into safety, why did she commit suicide at this time? ”

"It's not as simple as you think."

Jing Xuan fell into the memories of the past.

"I was weak after giving birth, so I was farther away from the whirlpool of events, but I saw the whole thing more clearly.

The queen set up a situation to frame the prince, and the first person to enter their trap was Mama Xia, who had already discovered that someone was plotting against Wang before Wang's poisoning and assassination, but instead of stopping Wang, she secretly increased the amount of drugs in Wang's diet, so that Wang committed suicide after being caught. ”

"What do you say? How is this possible? Lai Xing'er and Jinping exclaimed in unison.

"There is nothing surprising, I have been pondering the cause of Mama Xia's death for two years, and it turns out that only this unique circumstance can give a reasonable explanation for the real reason for Mama Xia's suicide.

Of course, if the two of you think that Mama Xia committed suicide in fear of sin, and you look down on her old man, we won't come here every year to pay tribute.

After the New Year's Day Palace incident, the prince made a fatal mistake as soon as he returned to the East Palace, and it was this mistake that sent an infallible piece of evidence to the Qingning Palace, which also made it difficult for the prince to defend himself in front of the emperor, triggering a series of events that followed. Jing Xuan's tone became low.

"Are you saying that the prince instructed Shang Jing to find someone to come out and confess the crime?"

"Yes. What Mama Xia didn't expect was that her identity and whereabouts had been discovered by Liu Cairen as early as the eighth day of the lunar month, and reported to Qingning Palace, and Furong was ordered by the queen to personally bring people into the East Palace to inspect, the purpose of which was to use her, the accompanying grandmother beside the crown princess, as a lead, to outline a clear clue that the prince was involved in the rebellion, so as to force the emperor to kill the prince.

The prince rashly found someone to blame, and then connected Mama Xia to Ning Xiangxuan, how could Furong stop there, she must continue to follow Mama Xia's line. Fortunately, Mama Xia realized the danger in time, and in front of Li Jinzhong, she revealed the truth that someone drugged Wang and induced Wang to poison, which made Furong jealous and did not dare to forcibly detain her for interrogation. ”

"Mother, how do you know everything?" Lai Xing'er listened to Jing Xuan's eloquent conversation, as if she had seen everything that happened in the East Palace two years ago, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Jing Xuan smiled helplessly: "Since I married into the East Palace, how could I not care about this earth-shattering event that happened in the palace back then?" In the past two years, I have asked almost all the people on duty in the East Palace, etc., to understand the truth behind the incident, to find out how the prince fell into the situation set up by the queen and could not save himself. ”

"Mother, what are you doing with all this effort for no reason? Didn't you think about helping the prince defeat the queen and return to the East Palace? Jinping seemed to have discovered some secret, and his eyes lit up excitedly.

"Xing'er, look at it, what kind of spoiled Jinping I am, I can say whatever I think, and I never think about it. Now the East Palace is still a little more deserted than the Cold Palace, and it has no longer anything to do with the situation of the court, I just have nothing to do, and I just use it to relieve my boredom. ”

"But Niangniang, the emperor has not abolished the title of the crown prince, and the prince is still the identity of the prince." Although Lai Xing'er has always loved to fight with Jinping, she saw that Jinping was falling and excused her.