“…… I give it today: Qian Wenting, the daughter of Qian Zhen, the prefect of Jingzhou, and Zuo Yan, the daughter of Zuo Shuochen, the right attendant of the household, are the side concubines of Prince Ning......"

Su Muling sat still, she moved her gaze to Xiao Wenxuan, but she didn't find the slightest expression of surprise, anger and opposition on his face. Obviously, Xiao Wenxuan knew about the emperor's decision in advance.

Su Muling's ears were ringing, and she wondered if she was drunk and hallucinating. During this time, she cared so much about Xiao Wenxuan's changes that she would even hear the wrong words.

Su Muling got up and wanted to go outside to sober up again, but when she got up straight, she heard Mrs. Hou next to her whispering to her:

"Princess? Princess? Is the emperor talking to you? ”

Su Muling raised his head and looked at the dragon chair in a daze.

“…… Prince and Princess Ning, are you satisfied with my arrangements for Prince Ning? ”

Su Muling looked at the emperor's deliberately provocative face, and then stared at Xiao Wenxuan, who bowed his head and was silent, for a moment, and sneered: "As long as Prince Ning is willing, the concubine has no opinion." ”

Xiao Wenxuan seemed to feel Su Muling's burning gaze, he raised his head to face her, and replied in a faint tone: "Minister...... Thank you for your compassion! It was as if the emperor was rewarding him with something.

"Okay, then let's raise a glass and wish Prince Ning to add people to imports and people to prosper!" The emperor excitedly proposed.

Su Muling picked up the cup and drank it in the face of everyone's sincere or gloating blessings.

Xiao Wenxuan, who has always sworn that she will only be alone for the rest of her life, is going to take a concubine, and one is two, or when she announced it in front of the world/the most noble person in the world without any mental preparation, Su Muling's heart was broken when she was too confident before.

She didn't make a fuss like a jealous woman, nor did she throw up her sleeves and leave the scene like a resentful woman, she kept sitting in place with a smile on her face, looking at Xiao Wenxuan, who was proud of the spring breeze opposite, and constantly greeting the people who came forward to bless her. It's as if she is a gentle and virtuous little woman who is willing to add fragrance to her husband's happy life.

Su Muling insisted until the end of the dinner before getting into Xiao Wenxuan's carriage.

In the car, the two were silent for a long time. When he was about to arrive at the door of Su's house, Su Muling opened his mouth and asked coldly: "You have been involved in this matter, right?" ”

Xiao Wenxuan looked at her and nodded: "Yes, my father told me." ”

"Father?" Su Muling sneered: "It seems that too many things have happened in the past half month that I don't know." ”

The carriage stopped at the gate. Su Muling got up to get out of the car.

"Ling'er ......" Xiao Wenxuan grabbed her: "I ......"

"You are the emperor's son, you have your last resort, you have done enough for me, I am not qualified to ask you for more."

Su Muling took a deep look at him, broke his hand, got out of the car and left, without looking back.

Xiao Wenxuan saw her enter the door, and stayed at the door for a long time before leaving.

Su Muling has been closed since she returned home, and no one has been seen, including Xiao Wenxuan.

Another half a month has passed, and the Internal Affairs Office in the palace is in full swing to organize Prince Ning's wedding.

The two families of the Jingzhou prefect, Lord Qian, and the right attendant of the household department, Mr. Zuo, are also preparing to marry their daughters. Just wait for the day when Xiao Wenxuan and Su Muling get married, and send Miss Qian and Miss Zuo to King Ning's Mansion together.

The eighth day of the first lunar month, the third day before the wedding.

At night, the Su house in Baihua Lane was full of fire, and the firewood stacks in the garden turned into fire dragons, which rotated the direction with the wind, and soon connected the already small house into a sea of fire.

The long tongue of fire licked on the eaves of a nearby house, and then began to burn.

It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that the people nearby noticed that the air was filled with choking smoke, and when they looked back, they saw that Su's house had been burned to ruins.

The government rushed to the scene after receiving the report, and Xiao Wenxuan also hurried to the scene in disheveled clothes, and ordered someone to turn the scene upside down, but no body was found.

Xiao Wenxuan's lips were tight, and the rout in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

Shadowless frantically rummaged through the ruins, and he was surprised: people won't just burn down, right?

Xiao Wenxuan turned around and left with a dark face, but suddenly his feet slipped and he stopped. Bending down, Xiao Wenxuan picked up a black and round thing from the ground.

He took out a handkerchief and wrapped it and wiped it a few times, and when he opened it again, the handkerchief was glowing. It was the night pearl that Xiao Wenxuan gave to Su Muling.

Xiao Wenxuan closed his eyes for a long time before opening them, this night pearl Su Muling has never left his body, and now he is here, which has explained everything.

"Lord, there is no one in this house, it seems that everyone has withdrawn when the fire is on fire, so I will send someone to find the princess......"

"No need, let's go." Xiao Wenxuan held the night pearl in his hand and stepped out of the door that had been burned into charcoal.

When I returned to the palace, I got off the bus. The porter greeted him and handed Xiao Wenxuan a package and a letter.

"Lord Wang, someone brought you this, saying that he wanted to hand it over to you personally."

Looking at this familiar package, Xiao Wenxuan grabbed the concierge's shoulder, and his eyes widened: "Who sent it?" What about people? ”

Xiao Wenxuan's fingers were almost embedded in his flesh, and the porter's face twitched in pain, and he hurriedly replied: "The person is gone, it's an old mother in her forties." ”

Xiao Wenxuan was relieved, and he didn't bother to go back to the house, so he opened the letter on the spot.

A few lines of big characters were written on a piece of rice paper: husband and wife, all because of the fate of three lives in the previous life. You and I have known each other for three years, but in the end, we don't get along, and it's hard to get together. Now that I have written this letter of resignation, I will have nothing to do with Xiao Wenxuan again! Signed: Su Muling!

Xiao Wenxuan closed his eyes after seeing it, and after a long time, he silently folded the letter again and put it into the envelope and put it in his arms, and then strode straight to the study.

Three days later, Prince Ning's wedding was canceled. The emperor announced in front of the civil and military officials in the court that Xiao Wenxuan would be the crown prince and stay in the East Palace!

The holy decree was announced, and all the officials were shocked. Xiao Wenxuan is the emperor's illegitimate child, everyone knows it, but the fifth prince and the sixth prince who were born to the emperor and set up an illegitimate son as the crown prince, some people in the hundred officials were dissatisfied, so some people played against it on the spot.

The emperor's loyal supporters/holders also defended it on the spot, so the two groups began to reason, and then they began to scold each other when they couldn't convince each other, and then developed into a mutual fight.

For a while, the court was full of ugliness.

The emperor sat in the hall, looked at the hundred officials fighting with each other, and shouted: "Stop!" ”

Baiguan suddenly stood on the spot.

"Prince Ning is my biological son, no matter what you think of me, but I have made up my mind, and if you oppose it, you can resign."

"The minister is willing to resign and return to his hometown!"

Yanguan Haiqing first knelt on the ground to resign, and then knelt down more than a dozen times one after another and cried: "The emperor has to think twice!" ”

"The emperor can't go against the ancestral teachings and go his own way!"

"The Emperor's ......"

"You guys?"

The emperor pointed angrily at them, and his fingers were shaking.

"That's it, let me go, Da Ming is not bad for you pedantic old men."

……

Just when there was a lot of commotion in the court, there was a burst of baby crying in Hua Xiangjun's house in the backyard of the mighty Houfu.

A midwife walked out with a basin of blood and water and congratulated a grandmother waiting at the door: "Congratulations, congratulations, it's a son." ”

When Mama heard this, she hurried to report the good news to the eldest princess.

In the front hall, the eldest princess and Mrs. Hou were drinking tea and waiting for news, and when they heard that someone said that it was a son, they were immediately overjoyed.

"This Aunt Hua is really capable, we have been waiting for more than 20 years, and it is the first time that a man has been born. Quick, bring the second son, I'll take a look. ”

Mama hurried back again.

Hua Xiangjun was lying on the bed at this time, drenched in sweat. The girl opened some cracks in the window to let the blood in the room go, and changed her clean clothes.

Everything is cleaned up, Hua Xiangjun can't wait to let the girl bring the child, she hasn't seen it yet.

The girl Xiaojuan looked outside in embarrassment and whispered to her: "My aunt has just given birth, and her body is weak, so it's not too late to wait for recovery." ”

"I'm fine, you go and bring the little boy."

Xiaojuan stood still and didn't move, and said hesitantly: "The little prince was carried to the house by the eldest princess, and Mrs. Hou is also there." The aunt should rest first, and when the little boy comes back, the slave will call you again. ”

Taken away? Hua Xiangjun was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "That's right, if the little boy is liked by the eldest princess, he will definitely not be able to suffer in the future." ”

"Auntie is right to think so, auntie will sleep for a while. If you need anything, just ask. ”

Hua Xiangjun nodded and closed his eyes. She was already exhausted and collapsed, and soon fell asleep.

Xiaojuan tucked the quilt for her and walked out.

In the courtyard, a girl in Mrs. Hou's house was about to enter the house with a bunch of rewards, but was stopped by Xiaojuan: "Don't go in yet, my aunt just shouted to see the little boy, so I persuaded her." ”

"See the little boy? This Aunt Hua is too ignorant, what is her identity? Also worthy of a little boy? ”

"Shhhh You get busy first. ”

Mrs. Hou's girl gave the things to Xiaojuan and went back to Mrs. Hou's house to complain.

"Humph! She thought that she had given birth to a son and ascended to the sky in one step. Dream! ”

Mrs. Hou drank delicious tea and glanced at the little boy who was nursing in the arms of the nurse. Ordered: "You go and tell the steward in Aunt Hua's yard, just say that it is my order, Aunt Hua is not allowed to go out during the confinement period." If I disobey, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

"Yes." The girl bowed her head and went out.

Hua Xiangjun woke up in the afternoon. Xiao Juan lifted the curtain and looked in. Seeing Hua Xiangjun open her eyes, she walked in with a food box in her hand.

"Auntie is awake, it's time to eat."

Hua Xiangjun sat up, Xiaojuan helped her down to the ground and sat at the table.

On the table, cordyceps and dendrobium chicken that have been boiled for several hours, white soup with tarpon and cocoon, stewed pig's feet with peanuts, steamed egg custard with sea cucumber and a bowl of sweet potato millet porridge.

Xiaojuan handed a bowl of porridge to her, Hua Xiangjun was also hungry, picked up the spoon and ate it in a big gulp.

From time to time, Xiaojuan put some vegetables on the table and put them in her bowl, Hua Xiangjun is not a picky eater, and eats whatever she wants.

After a bowl of porridge, Hua Xiangjun's originally pale face became a little bloody.

Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Hua Xiangjun ordered: "Bring the little boy." ”

"Auntie......" Xiaojuan did not move.

"Auntie doesn't know the rules in the waiting house. My aunt gave birth to a young lady, and I could stay with my aunt and bring it up by myself. But the aunt gave birth to a son, and according to the rules, the little son should stay with his wife and be raised by his wife. ”