When the Xie family was preparing for the banquet in Yanwang's Mansion tomorrow night, Xiao Rui had already sent people to hear more news from several messengers from the capital who lived in the post station.

In fact, people may also know in their hearts, know what is not taboo, can pass by the way, and some of them are even invited by some dignitaries in the capital to come to talk. It's just that everyone is under the nose of Gonggong Gao, and they can't tell what kind of attitude he has, so they are quite restrained and reveal the news to the people in King Yan's mansion in a roundabout way.

The next morning, Xie Mulin received a letter from Xiao Rui in a hurry, knowing more about the latest situation in Beijing.

Some of the information in it is to supplement some of the information that Xiao Rui heard yesterday.

For example, Lin Zhaoyi angered Long Yan and was sent to the cold palace, the reason was that the Lin family was liquidated by the emperor.

The Lin family's cases were concluded one after another. Even if the officials of the Lin family desperately attacked the Cao family and dragged the Cao family into the water in order to curry favor with the emperor and protect themselves, the result still failed to achieve their wishes. Almost all of the Yan branch lost their official positions and went to work, two people were exiled, and one of them was too serious for his crime, so he was directly executed, Lin Zhaoyi originally wanted to fight for him after next autumn but failed. In the end, only the two minor officials of the side branch were safe and sound, and they barely maintained the shelf of the official eunuchs. However, because there were not many people who died, the government and the opposition all said that the emperor was merciful, and even if the Lin family was resentful in their hearts, they couldn't say it, but they had to shout a few times about the emperor's grace.

The second prince didn't know if he was affected by his mother's family, and received the emperor's holy decree to let him go out of the palace to open the mansion, and someone mentioned the matter of several princes in the clan who had no heirs, and the emperor took the conversation, obviously really began to consider the second prince's succession, and he was really scared, and he was no longer as arrogant and proud as before.

It is rumored that the second prince went to many people to help intercede, and the queen mother and the eldest princess of Yongning must go, but these two know that the emperor has his own opinions, and he is not very close to the second prince, so he does not plan to interfere. In addition, there are several old princes of the clan, but some of them think that it is a good thing for the cousins of the heir to have descendants to inherit the incense, and they refuse to interfere; Some were frightened by the rebellion in the last years of the emperor, and resolutely refused to make peace with the prince; Others are friends with the third prince, and they don't plan to help the second prince at all, and even secretly hope that he will lose his life directly.

The second prince was like a blind fly, asking for help everywhere, even the Zhao family, who had offended him a lot, and the Lan family, who had always been unpleasant to the eyes of the future third princess, he personally went to the door to beg. It's a pity that it's useless, the emperor's thoughts are not so easy to change, and it is obvious that he must succeed him.

Lin Zhaoyi cried and begged the emperor several times to no avail, but was reprimanded and ordered to be grounded in his palace. She could only hug her son and cry, and was ridiculed by the palace people sent by Empress Cao, and Concubine Xiao Guifei came to the door to laugh at her under the pretext of visiting the patient. She was furious for a moment, and said many curses to the emperor, empress, and concubine. And the part of cursing the emperor quickly reached the emperor's ears. The emperor was furious because of this, and he sent her to the cold palace. As for whether the person who delivered the message was related to Xiao Guifei in this process, it can only be freely verified by all parties. Anyway, now Lin Zhaoyi is a complete defeat, and even her son is forbidden to see her, waiting for the day when she is expelled from the inheritance clan and can no longer call her mother.

However, Concubine Xiao is still in the mood to laugh at Lin Zhaoyi, her rival for many years, naturally because she is a lot more relaxed now. The three princes finally ended their confinement and were able to leave their residence. After this experience, he was obviously not as favored as before in front of the emperor. The emperor was very cold to him, and he was not enthusiastic about Xiao Guifei. Concubine Xiao Guifei received the news from her sister-in-law who came into the palace, and knew that it seemed that her brother-in-law Xiao Mingde had done something wrong, which made the emperor unhappy, and she didn't dare to act rashly, she only flattered the emperor with her petty intentions, and did not do anything obvious to compete for favor, and any bad things were privately let others do it.

Of course, as long as someone has the heart to pay attention to the affairs in the palace, there are not many real secrets. For example, Xiao Huangmen, who was next to Grandpa Gao, knew what Xiao Guifei had done in private. He revealed the relevant news to the outside world, and whether he was acquiesced by Gao Gonggong was the only one who knew. Anyway, judging from the attitude of these palace eunuchs, Xiao Guifei is probably really out of favor in front of the emperor, but she is still confused, and she doesn't know what happened in fact.

She signaled her son, the third prince, to beg for a lot of performance in front of the emperor, to do what the emperor wanted as much as possible, and not to anger the emperor's father again. The third prince has experienced a long period of grounding, and he has learned a lot. Although he was still trying to provoke the crown prince and the second prince, his methods were more secretive than before, and he returned to his former gentle and humble image, often showing concern for his brothers, and befriending his cousins in the clan, and took the initiative to start preparing for the wedding, and even sent several gifts to the Lan family, looking like a gentle, considerate and affectionate husband.

However, Lan's attitude was a little colder than before. Although the Lan family is still courteous to the three princes, the Lan family has rejected the three princes' invitations to go out three times in succession, and they don't know if they were frightened by the "accident" of the Guiyuan banquet and were jealous. She accepted the gift sent by the third prince, but she didn't reply to any letters.

The third prince didn't know what was going on with her, but when she was still angry about Guiyuan, she behaved more and more gently and affectionately in front of people, and sent more jewelry to please her. She accepted it as usual, and there was no response as usual, but there was a faint rumor from the Lan family, saying that the third prince used to dislike his fiancée's temperament too lively and frivolous, so the Lan family is now seriously learning the rules to make herself more dignified and stable, more like a royal lady. Since she is a dignified and steady lady, of course she will not communicate with a foreign man casually, even if this foreign man is her fiancé.

The third prince was immediately relieved.

The third prince is currently in this situation of currying favor and showing favor everywhere, but the fourth prince has always been low-key, either following the emperor or studying with the prince, very well-behaved and gentle. The third prince wanted to show brotherly harmony with him, and he was also very cooperative. Other than that, there is no special news. Even his biological mother, Qiao Meiren, was sick for a long time because she was unwell after the winter. There are new concubines in the harem who have recently been favored, and it is said that there are two more arranged by the queen. The emperor also accepted it, and went to pamper it once in a while.