The atmosphere in the hall was obviously undercurrent. Purple Pavilion ziyouge

King Li didn't speak, and King Xiang stared at King Li.

"Fourth, you say." The emperor broke the silence, and his eyes fell on the body of the king, with coercion.

"There are two rumors in the market that have been spreading the most recently, the first is about Princess Xiangrui, saying that she has a problem with her body and is a person who can't give birth." King Liwang smiled and said, "Now it seems that it is not that the princess cannot give birth, she has not broken her body at all, and there is no problem of giving birth and raising." ”

"As for the second one, it has something to do with the second brother." Liwang smiled playfully as he spoke, and his expression was a little strange.

"It is rumored from the outside world that the second brother has broken sleeves, and the relationship with several ministers who are relatively close is very unusual, for example, Princess Xiangrui's ex-husband, Zhou Mu, and Lord Zhou." Leave the king again.

"Fourth, you're spewing blood." King Xiang stood up and scolded angrily.

As a prince, this kind of rumor was rumored, and it also reached the ears of the emperor

The face of the king is innocent. Said: "Second brother, this is what my father asked my brother to say, and my brother is just acting on orders." ”

King Xiang glared at the king fiercely, but he didn't dwell too much, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said to the emperor at the top: "This matter is purely groundless, it is all a rumor deliberately released by someone with a heart, and the son is wronged, and I ask my father to investigate." ”

The emperor at the top had a cold look in his eyes.

Whether it's true or not, as a prince, this kind of rumor spreads, how can he take on a big role in the future?

Yun Xiangrong on the side knelt and didn't say anything, just now she dug a hole for King Xiang, and the king immediately filled it in, this time King Xiang must be unhappy.

"Alright, get up, and we'll talk about that later. The theft of the queen's hairpin was dealt with first. The emperor said lightly, turned to the queen and said, "Since Xiangrui doesn't have your hairpin on his body, then, call out a few palace maids and grandmothers who are close to you." ”

Just now, the emperor promised Yun Xiangrong that if she couldn't find the hairpin, he would search the body of the people around the emperor, and he didn't forget.

The queen's face became extremely bad, and she reluctantly said: "This matter is a misunderstanding by the concubine, Xu is the people under him put away the hairpin, and the concubine doesn't know it." ”

"Are the people under the queen's mother so rude, and they put away their things without telling them? It's not putting it away, it's greedy for ink. Yun Xiangrong opened his mouth lightly, with a light smile on his face.

The queen hated Yun Xiangrong very much, but she couldn't find the words to refute it, so she could only ask the emperor to take away a few close palace maids around her and search her body.

After a while, the female officer who had just taken the lead came in with a hairpin in her hand.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, found this hairpin on the body of the palace maid Mi'er, I don't know if it is the one lost by the Queen Mother." The female officer knelt on the ground and said.

Seeing that the emperor and the queen mother were looking at her, the queen had no choice but to say: "It's this hairpin." ”

"Since the hairpin has been recovered, let's kill the palace maid with unclean hands and feet, so as not to be followed by the palace maid next to me." The Queen Mother said lightly.

"Yes." The female officer replied.

"The queen mother helps, the slave and the maid are wronged, and the slave and the maid don't know how this hairpin got to the slave and maid, and the queen mother spares her life." When Mi'er heard the Queen Mother's order to kill her, she suddenly didn't care about the courtesy, screamed and shouted for mercy, and wanted to pounce forward.

The queen looked slightly hesitant.

After all, this Mi'er is her confidant, and she is worry-free to do many things, so she moved her lips and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this Mi'er has followed her concubine for many years, otherwise she will be heavily punished and leave her alive." ”

The emperor looked at the queen and his heart moved slightly. He is not stupid, although he usually does not participate in the twists and turns of the harem, but it doesn't mean that he can't see it.

His face suddenly turned cold.

"If everyone who makes a mistake and thinks about the past, then what is the use of these laws and rules? The queen is the master of the harem, and she still understands this truth, doesn't she? The emperor said coldly.

Seeing that the emperor was angry, the queen didn't dare to say anything, pursed her lips, and watched the palace maid escort Mi'er down.

Mi'er's screams continued, and she kept begging for mercy, but soon there was no sound, and she was obviously dragged down and disposed of.

The Queen Mother said to the queen: "The queen should be careful in the future, don't come out with such unclean hands and feet." ”

This is blaming the queen for not being strict.

"Yes, the queen mother, the concubine knows." The queen said in a low voice.

"If you have nothing to do, you will all disperse, and your mourning family will be lacking." The Queen Mother spoke flatly.

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly got up and left.

Out of the palace, King Li was about to talk to Yun Xiangrong, but King Xiang on the side greeted him with a cold face.

"Fourth, hello, it's so good." King Xiang grabbed the collar of the king and said coldly.

The light in his eyes was eager to tear the king apart.

The folding fan in the king's hand slapped on King Xiang's hand, broke away from his hand, and said lightly: "The second brother can't complain about me, if it weren't for my father's question, I wouldn't have said it, and the second brother would complain about the person who said that sentence at that time, but it has nothing to do with me, and I have no choice but to do it." ”

"Heh, I'm afraid you would have liked this opportunity a long time ago." King Xiang sneered.

Liwang smiled and said, "How could the second brother think so? The second brother just had an accident, and it didn't do me any good. ”

"Heh, let's see, I'm not happy, and I won't let you feel better." King Xiang said coldly and turned to leave.

Today he has planted such a big heel, and now he should think about how to save his image in the emperor's heart and minimize the impact of this matter, so naturally he has no time to spend time with the king here.

Liwang watched him leave, smiled faintly, and looked at Yun Xiangrong, "I really didn't expect that Xiangrui would actually say what Liwang wanted to say, but in the end he didn't say it completely, but they all understood the meaning of the words.

"There must be a lot of things to be busy with before His Royal Highness the King, so there is no need to delay time with me, so let's leave it at that." Yun Xiangrong said lightly.

King Xiang has planted a heel, and now it is a good opportunity to fall into the well, how can he let the king go?

Liwang nodded, said goodbye, and left quickly.

Yun Xiangrong also followed closely and got into the carriage and left.

She knows that the rumor that she can't give birth is broken, and the rumor that King Xiang is a broken sleeve is afraid that it will intensify.

She didn't care about these things, she would catch King Xiang today, but she just took advantage of the situation, after all, King Xiang was also Huo Chen's enemy. If you can clean it up, you can clean it up.

Back in the mansion, all the hustle and bustle of the outside world seemed to be cut off, and Yun Xiangrong didn't mean to listen to the gossip outside.

Until a few days later, Xiao Qi came to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"It's not that I was grounded by the emperor, why did I come here." Yun Xiangrong asked people to prepare Xiao Qi's favorite melon and fruit snacks, and then he smiled and spoke.

"The ban was lifted on my birthday, and I held it for a few days, and today they couldn't take care of me, so they came out to find my sister." Xiao Qi replied with a smile.

Yun Xiangrong smiled and nodded, but didn't say anything.

Xiao Qidao: "Does my sister know anything about the second brother?" ”

"I haven't heard of it." Yun Xiangrong said calmly.

Although she hadn't heard anything about King Xiang, she wanted to come. Today's King Xiang must be not happy.

"The second brother was sent to the fief by his father because of the events of that day, and today is the day he leaves Beijing." Xiao Qi said.

The smile on his face retracted, and he didn't look very emotional.

He has never been very close to King Xiang, so naturally he will not be sad because King Xiang was sent to the fiefdom.

But King Xiang was suddenly sent to the fiefdom, which inevitably made him feel sad that the rabbit died and the fox died.

The royal family has no family affection, as a prince, even if he is unwilling, he will definitely be involved in this battle for succession, although he now looks like the prince who is the most unsuitable to be the prince, but he will inevitably be beaten.

In the future, when he became an adult, he became a king. It is also possible to be sent to a fiefdom at any time.

King Xiang's fiefdom is in the west, and the area is barren, although it is not close to the border, but it is indeed a bitter cold place.

This time, King Xiang was completely excluded from the powerful.

After all, according to Xiao Qi's words, the emperor ordered that he should not return to Beijing without being summoned.

After King Xiang left, the storm rose again in the court. After all, it was originally the three-legged situation of the prince, the king of Xiang, and the king of Li, but now it is the prince and the king of Liwang competing for hegemony, and now the saint is in the prime of life, and he will not give way for a while, but the battle between these two is already in deep trouble.

King Xiang's sudden departure made his followers in the court suddenly become ownerless, and his status was extremely embarrassing.

These people, the crown prince and the king of Li, are naturally trying their best to win them over. Of course, some of the former diehards of King Xiang were left to dry.

And Zhou Mu is also one of the diehards.

In desperation, Zhou Mu took leave.

It stands to reason that Jiang Qing is the prince's cousin, and it is natural for him to join the prince's command, after all, he is close to the king and Huo Chen, and he and Huo Chen are almost rivals.

But. Zhou Mu didn't want to.

Since the prince returned to Beijing, Jiang Qing has always talked about the prince, how the prince's cousin is, let Zhou Mu follow the prince well, he will definitely not treat him badly in the future, and he will be promoted to become rich and have endless glory and wealth.

Supposedly, this is a good thing.

But the arrogant look on Jiang Qing's face made Zhou Mu dislike, and even if he took it, he didn't want to join Prince Cheng.

On this day, Zhou Mu drank wine alone in the house, full of dejected breath.

Jiang Qing walked in from the door, looking at Zhou Mu's down-and-out appearance, his heart suddenly became angry.

Suddenly stepped forward and snatched the wine jar in Zhou Mu's hand and slammed it to the ground.

The jar smashed to the ground, and it was torn apart, and a strong aroma of wine flowed freely in the room.

"What are you crazy about?" Zhou Mu didn't drink much, but he was still very sober, and scolded angrily.

"Drink and drink, you know to drink and drink all day long, why don't you drink to death. Zhou Mu, why did I fall in love with you in the first place? Look at your current depraved appearance, how much better than those beggars on the street? Jiang Qing pointed to his nose and scolded.

Now that the prince is in the limelight, but King Xiang, who Zhou Mu followed before, has fallen, Jiang Qing is worried about Zhou Mu in his heart, and said more than once that Zhou Mu took the initiative to surrender, but Zhou Mu didn't go, and finally got annoyed and simply took leave to drink at home, which made her feel annoyed.

"Think I'm down? Then get out of here, what are you doing in my house? Get lost. Zhou Mutang, a man, was scolded by his own woman like this, and he also felt very shameless, and reprimanded.

Jiang Qing's eyes were red with anger, but looking at Zhou Mu like this, he was also distressed.

In the end, the man who cares about it, he was making trouble in the past, so difficult has come over, how could she give up Zhou Mu at this time?

Fortunately, after marriage, Jiang Qing's temper was also a lot more restrained, eased up, stepped forward and took Zhou Mu's hand and said: "Husband, I know that King Xiang was sent to the fiefdom and you were affected, you are angry, but it doesn't matter." Didn't I tell you? We still have the prince's brother. The prince's brother is the prince, and now he is powerful, and he will not be the opponent of the prince's brother, why don't you take the initiative to surrender? Brother Crown Prince will definitely treat you well, he"

Jiang Qing actually began to persuade Zhou Mu bitterly.

However, Zhou Mu was angry, Brother Prince, Brother Prince, can't you say something else?

He shook Jiang Qing's hand suddenly, Jiang Qing staggered, and finally held on to the table to stabilize his body without falling.

I heard Zhou Mu say: "Your prince brother is so good, you are looking for him, what are you doing guarding me here?" You don't have to worry about what I do, you go. ”

Zhou Mu had scarlet eyes and a fierce look, Jiang Qing had never seen such a Zhou Mu.

But a good heart was ruined like this, and Jiang Qing was extremely uncomfortable in his heart.

She slapped Zhou Mu's face violently, and with a crisp sound of "pop", Zhou Mu's face was crooked to the side.

"Zhou Mu, do you still have a man from time to time? Who are you going to live and die like this? If it's a man, he will go to the court to fight for fame. What's the point of staying at home and drinking all day? Jiang Qing pointed at Zhou Mu's nose and scolded angrily.

seemed to be unwilling, and rushed up to beat Zhou Mu with red eyes, while scolding: "I knew that you were such a ghost, this county lord said that he would not marry you at the beginning, so let you and Yun Xiangrong live well with that slut, I have to worry about it."

Jiang Qing's words seemed to ignite the thoughts hidden in the darkest corner of Zhou Mu's heart.

If it weren't for Jiang Qing, he wouldn't be reconciled with Yun Xiangrong, if it weren't for Jiang Qing, he would be as beautiful as a flower in the back house, if it wasn't for Jiang Qing

Everything was caused by Jiang Qing.

The resentment in his heart seemed to have found an outlet, and Zhou Mu suddenly shook his hand and slapped Jiang Qing.

Jiang Qing was stunned and fell to the ground.

However, Zhou Mu didn't even give her a chance to speak. stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Qing's hand, and dragged her directly to the door.

"Yes, I'm useless, so what are you staying here for? Don't get out of here! Zhou Mu pushed Jiang Qing out of the door with a hideous face, and was about to close the door with his backhand.

Jiang Qing finally recovered from the shock and rushed towards Zhou Mu.

"Zhou Mu, you dare to hit me, you" Jiang Qing leaned against the door and didn't let Zhou Mu close the door.

Zhou Mu suddenly let go of his hand, Jiang Qing was unstable, and pounced inward, but Zhou Mu stretched out his hand and pushed again, Jiang Qing staggered back a few steps, stood unsteadily, and rolled down the stairs in front of the door, his head hit the sharp edge of the steps, his eyes rolled, and he fainted.

Bright red blood came out of Jiang Qing's forehead.

Zhou Mu was stunned for a moment, and the madness and drunkenness in his mind suddenly became agitated, and he woke up.

Hurriedly pounced on Jiang Qing and picked him up, and went directly towards Jiang Qing's courtyard, and told Xiao Si to ask for a doctor.

The doctor came to prescribe medicine, treated the wound, and then left.

Zhou Mu looked at Jiang Qing lying on the bed with a pale face, and his heart was in a mess.

Now that my career is not going well, my back house is restless, and I am really annoyed.

I don't know how long it took, Jiang Qing woke up slowly, holding his head and shouting pain.

"Qing'er, are you okay?" Zhou Mu looked at Jiang Qing and asked in a low voice.

Jiang Qing's eyes were a little dazed, and fell on Zhou Mu's face, as if he was thinking about what had happened before.

After a while, Jiang Qingcai's face changed, and he said fiercely: "Zhou Mu, you wolf-hearted thing." How dare you hurt me. ”

Jiang Qing screamed, his voice was a little weak, but he didn't hide his hatred.

"I didn't mean to, I just missed." Zhou Mu dodged Jiang Qing's hand that grabbed him and argued.

"Zhou Mu, it's not uncommon for you to miss the old lady these days, I'll go into the palace to give Aunt Ming, let her make the decision for me, and the old lady won't serve." Jiang Qing said as he got up and was about to walk out.

After all, he hit his head, and his head was still a little dizzy, Jiang Qing stood by the bed. It took a while to come back to my senses.

"I'm just in a bad mood, and I hurt you by mistake, why do you have to go to the palace. Can't we talk about something at home? Zhou Mu suddenly had a bitter face, and persuaded bitterly.

However, Jiang Qing seemed to be iron-hearted, and he had to enter the palace.

Last time, she was locked up by Zhou Mu, and later she was coaxed by Zhou Mu with a good voice, but she didn't do it, but this time she had to go.

Jiang Qing let the maid he brought from the Guogong Mansion stop Zhou Mu, and he should go outside the gate of the Zhou Mansion first.

Jiang Qing asked people to prepare a car, jumped into the car directly after going out, and instructed the coachman to drive towards the palace.

Zhou Mu got rid of a few servants, and rushed out only to see the dust raised by Jiang Qing's frame.

He hurried into the carriage beside him. He commanded: "Quick, catch up." ”

The two carriages galloped down the road, one behind the other, and pedestrians screamed in fright.

"Qing'er, you stop, let's go home and talk about something if you have something." Zhou Mu was dizzy from the excessive speed, grabbed the edge of the carriage and shouted towards Jiang Qing's frame.

Now that Jiang Qing is in this appearance, he doesn't dare to let Jiang Qing enter the palace, otherwise he will have to shed his skin even if he doesn't die.

Jiang Qing in the carriage was angry, how could he listen to what he said, but he thought he was noisy, lifted the curtain and scolded the coachman: "Hurry up." ”

The coachman suddenly made a bitter face, this is already so fast, no matter how fast it is, it will fly, and said: "County Lord, you can't be faster, no matter how fast you are, you will die." ”

He couldn't control his speed now, and the pedestrians screamed and avoided everywhere he passed, like locusts crossing the country, and the whole street was in shambles.

The coachman had scruples, but Jiang Qing had no scruples.

Immediately scolded: "Useless things, get out." ”

She snatched the reins from the coachman's hand and whipped the horse's ass even harder.

The horse was in pain, ran more happily, and directly left Zhou Mu's frame behind.

Jiang Qing glanced back at Zhou Mu, his eyes were horrified, and his heart was happy.

However, looking at the panic on Zhou Mu's face, she felt that something was wrong, and when she turned her head, she found an oncoming carriage, and she was about to hit someone else's carriage.

Jiang Qing screamed, pulling the reins hard to ask the horse to lower the speed, but in vain.

In the end, Jiang Qing could only watch his carriage crash into the opposite carriage.

At the moment of collision, I saw that the coachman raised his hand and slapped Jiang Qing's horse on the head, and the horse let out a sharp roar. He then rushed forward several meters and fell to the ground with a wail.

Jiang Qing's carriage fell to the ground, and she herself rolled out of the carriage, hitting a pillar on the side before stopping.

But the carriage that was hit shook and nothing happened after all.

At this time, Zhou Mu had already arrived and hurriedly helped Jiang Qing up.

"What are you crazy about, haven't you made enough trouble? Now that I've had enough of it, hurry back with me. Zhou Mu took Jiang Qing's hand and was about to pull it into his carriage.

However, Jiang Qing didn't let it, and screamed: "I don't want to go back with you, I want to enter the palace, you get out, don't stop me." ”

The people in the carriage that had been hit finally got out of the car.

I heard a warm and calm voice: "Who is my Tao so formless, hurting people on the street, it turns out to be the county lord of Qingyang and Lord Zhou." ”

Hearing this voice, Zhou Mu stiffened, and when he turned around, he saw Yun Xiangrong and Wang and Xiao Qi standing not far away.

He suddenly felt like he had no face.

"His Royal Highness the King, His Royal Highness the Seventh, Princess Xiangrui, I'm really sorry, Neizi's horse went crazy for some reason, so he collided with a few people, Zhou Mu is here to compensate you." Zhou Mu hurriedly gestured towards a few people, feeling very embarrassed.

Now that the crown prince has been established, but now that the king is in the limelight, no one can be sure that the prince will be able to sit on the throne, and now Zhou Mu can only be a man with his tail between his legs.

"Is it as simple as just ramming me and waiting? Look at the mess on the streets, how much money has the people lost? Even the county lord of Qingyang should not gallop on the street like this, if he hurts someone, what should he do? The king rebuked.

"Yes, the lower official knows his mistake, and he will be compensated according to the price, and the lower official will take Neizi back to discipline him well." Zhou Mu hurriedly said.

Now that the situation is out of control, he can only bend and reconcile.

"Zhou Mu, you spineless thing. What are you doing groveling towards him? There is the queen's aunt and the prince's brother in this county, what are you afraid of them doing? Jiang Qing, who was helped up on the side, was dizzy, and when he saw Zhou Mu like this, he suddenly felt faceless and screamed.

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence all around.

According to the position, Jiang Qing and Zhou Mu are not as good as leaving Wang and Yun to tolerate them, it stands to reason that Jiang Qing's frame collided with others on the street, no matter how you look at Jiang Qing, she is not qualified to speak.

But she relied on the queen behind her. There is a prince, who is unscrupulous, which makes King Li's face suddenly cold.

And the people next to them also knew the identities of several people, and immediately discussed.

"You'll die if you don't say a word? This matter is obviously your fault, do you really want to make trouble in court and be embarrassed! Zhou Mu walked quickly to Jiang Qing's side, grabbed Jiang Qing's hand and reprimanded.

Jiang Qing didn't have any fear, shook Zhou Mu's hand, walked up to Yun Xiangrong, pointed at Yun Xiangrong and said angrily: "Yun Xiangrong, you just deliberately drove into me, didn't you, you can't see if I'm good, go." It just so happens that I'm going to enter the palace, let's go into the palace and make this matter clear. ”

She reached out and was about to grab Yun Xiangrong.

Yun Xiangrong looked at Jiang Qing, only feeling that she was inexplicable, who was at fault in the matter of Fang Cai, the people and themselves all knew it, how could Jiang Qing have a face reversed black and white?