Jing Yuncong nodded, and sighed: "Count it up, since the recovery of the two capitals, I have not met His Highness for three years. ”

The crown prince knew that he still had scruples about Xie and Lai, but today he had to be present to receive the effect, and it was inconvenient to tell Jing Yun Congming, so he asked bluntly: "My father has taken the stage to pay respects to the general, I don't know what you think of this expedition to Tokyo?" ”

Jing Yuncong got up and saluted and said: "The prince asked this, and the emperor also asked when he summoned Weichen the day before yesterday, but the question was different. ”

The prince's heart moved and asked, "What's the difference?" ”

Jing Yuncong stood and replied: "What Your Majesty asked is: 50,000 soldiers and horses are handed over to King Ying, can he support an undefeated month?" ”

Xie Liangchen didn't wait for the prince to speak again, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Royal Highness and Grandpa are talking about military affairs, and it is inconvenient for the servants to be here, please allow us to retire for the time being and wait outside the door." ”

The prince bowed his head and said, "You know the rules." Don't you have something to go back to? Let's talk about it first. ”

Xie Liangchen said: "In three days it will be the Shangyuan Festival, and the slave wants to ask the master to show me whether all the matters of the Shangyuan Night Banquet have been prepared according to the practice of previous years?" ”

The prince said suddenly: "Thanks to your reminder, the palace almost forgot." Has the palace set a charter? ”

"If you go back to the master, the slave has sent someone to inquire and understand, the princes are still entering the palace to ask the emperor for peace and give a banquet, but the teaching workshop does not prepare songs and dances, and the first master can leave the palace."

The prince intended to take the school entrance examination Xie Liangchen, looked at Jing Yuncong and asked: "Grandpa is also the crown prince, you can tell your grandfather what is going on with the Shangyuan Night Banquet, and ask Grandpa to come up with an idea for the palace." ”

Xie Liangchen bowed to Jingyun Cong and said: "As far as the servants know, the Shangyuan Night Banquet is a rule set by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince since His Majesty returned to Luan. This year is the fourth year, but the servants have not heard of His Highness inviting ministers with palace titles and banquets. ”

Jing Yuncong smiled at the prince and said: "Your Highness doesn't invite the minister to a night banquet, is it to avoid the suspicion of forming a party?" I'm afraid I'm not qualified to participate. ”

The crown prince sighed and said, "The Shangyuan Night Banquet was originally the idea of the Yang family. According to her, before leaving the boudoir, her family would refuse to accept foreign guests on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and feast the servants as a reward for their hard work for a year.

The palace felt that this move was very good, so it set the rules of the night banquet in the East Palace, which was used to comfort the subordinates of the East Palace. Although the ministers were given the honorary title of palace protector by the emperor, they had nothing to do with the daily affairs of the East Palace, so they were not included in the night banquet, but they did not think about avoiding any suspicion.

This year's situation is different from previous years, whether to hold a night banquet according to the custom, the palace is really a little hesitant, my grandfather and I have a son-in-law, and it is an old friend, so I bother with this matter, I hope that the grandfather is not abrupt, and does not hesitate to point. ”

Jing Yuncong tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said slowly: "Since His Royal Highness said so, the minister took the liberty to say one or two.

Now that Tokyo has fallen, the East Palace has been inspected again, whether it is in the country or at home, it is the time when the people in the palace are panicking.

At this time, if the night banquet is canceled for no reason, it can certainly save His Royal Highness from the suspicion of the outside world, but it is not beneficial to calm the hearts of the people in the palace and stabilize the situation in the palace. ”

The prince pondered for a moment, and then instructed Xie Liangchen: "Just do what the grandfather says, everything is as usual." ”

Xie Liangchen agreed, turned around and was about to retreat, only to hear Jing Yuncong say again: "Furong Si is now resident in the East Palace, give her the next post, Your Highness won't mind." ”

The prince thought for a while and instructed Lai Xing'er: "You go and tell Liu Niangniang to ask her to invite Furong to the banquet in person." ”

After the two of them obeyed the order and withdrew, the prince personally served tea for Jing Yuncong, and said with a little shame: "Trivial family matters, and I have to bother my grandfather, so that my grandfather will laugh." ”

Jing Yuncong sighed twice and said: "His Royal Highness wants the minister to make a show for others to see, but the minister has to make it difficult." ”

The prince stood up solemnly, took a deep look, and said: "The situation is forced, and the matter is helpless, please Jinggong Haihan." ”

Jing Yuncong heard that the prince had changed his name, and hurriedly helped the prince with both hands, and asked, "How can the minister not know about the prince's situation?" Could it be that the little one is also ......? ”

The prince nodded, and said a little helplessly: "Gong Jing has been leading troops outside in recent years, and the situation in Yujing may not be very good.

The prince took out a small bag from his arms and handed it to Jing Yuncong, Jing Yuncong took it and opened it, and saw that there was only a little green powder in it, so he asked the prince puzzled: "Your Highness, what is this?" ”

The prince did not answer him directly, and continued: "At the luncheon of the Lin De Palace on the first day of the first lunar month, someone threw arsenic in the diet of the queen and me, causing a maid in the queen's palace to die on the spot, and Jing Gong was also at the scene at the time, this is the so-called palace rebellion case.

Less than an hour after the incident, the first suspect, Zhao Muyi of the Shangshan Bureau, was arrested, and within four hours, Wang Shi, a talented person in the East Palace, was arrested as the main culprit, what does Jing Gong think about this? ”

"The minister later heard that Wang's madness and confessed that the former princess entrusted her with a dream and forced her to commit murder, but the minister was quite unimpressed, but he couldn't think of why Wang's behavior was so rebellious, please make it clear."

The prince said gloomily: "They thought that after the strength of the medicine passed, the Wang family would not be able to endure the punishment, and would confess to the Yang family in a sober state, but they did not expect the medicine to fall more violently, and the Wang family was aware of it in advance, so there were crazy words about the Yang family's dream, and Wang's sudden suicide by biting his tongue was even more unexpected to them."

At that time, I was also quite puzzled by Wang's actions, but I vaguely sensed that someone might be against me, so I immediately folded and asked to be deposed in order to protect myself. ”

Jing Yuncong thought to himself: Half a year ago, you summoned me back to Beijing with a military order and forced me to hand over my military power in order to protect myself, and this time I asked to be deposed again in order to protect myself. This prince is really a wretch!

"The queen did not get evidence from Wang's mouth that I knew about this matter, so naturally she would not agree to my request, so in the name of inspecting the East Palace, she intended to open a net to catch fish, even if she couldn't catch fish, she wanted to trap me to death with this net."

It seems that the prince is quite sober-minded, and inspecting the East Palace is indeed extremely unfavorable to the prince, but it is not evidence that the queen designed to frame him. Thinking of this, Jing Yuncong looked down at the green powder in the bag again.

"Jing Xuan had a miscarriage, thanks to an old lady who is skilled in medical skills, she was able to keep her mother and daughter safe, and Jing Gong has also heard about it, right?"

Jing Yuncong nodded and said: "The minister also heard that this grandmother is the former crown princess Wu Xian's side of the Xia Mama, known as the name of the miracle doctor, and the little girl is also blessed to meet her." ”

"Even Gong Jing already knows Mama Xia's identity, is it any wonder that things have developed to today's situation?"

"What does Your Highness mean? The minister didn't quite understand. ”

"Jing Gong, don't worry, I have made things clear in order, and you can go back and reply to the order."

Jing Yuncong's heart froze, but he was noncommittal on the surface, took a sip of tea, and waited for the prince to continue.

Since the Yang family was expelled from the East Palace three years ago, to a year ago, King Jianning repeatedly said that the queen interfered in politics, but was criticized, the queen regarded me as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and she would like to pull it out quickly.

In order to avoid the Jinggong family from being involved in this dispute, I used the right to send troops to Jinggong, intending to make the queen no longer press step by step, and it happened that King Zhao died.

Soon after, the queen personally went to the Jinggong Mansion to relieve her grievances, thinking that she would not kill me again without her biological son, until the poisoning case in the palace started, I realized that in the past six months, she has carefully sent the layout in order to wipe out the so-called prince's party. ”

"Is the poisoning case in the palace also the queen's bureau?" Jing Yuncong was experienced in a hundred battles and strategized, and he also felt unbelievable about the prince's words.