When Emperor Chu Yuan, the son of the Great Chu Dynasty, led his concubines and children to return from a southern tour, he immediately ordered the whole country to mourn together. The queen died after giving birth to a little prince on the way to the south. Emperor Yuan was grieved in his heart, and his eyes were still slightly red when the ministers greeted him. I would like to express my deep condolences to the family of the queen mother, the military department Shangshu Qixing, and the family.

Qi Xing wept bitterly and was grateful to Dade. "Please also ask Your Majesty not to be too sad, Niangniang gave birth to a son-in-law for Da Chu, even if it is an immortal, it is glorious."

A sincere heart saw that everyone was moved.

Lord Yushi asked with concern: "I heard that His Majesty was raided by assassins on his way home, and the ministers are worried and frightened, I don't know who did it?"

"It's all dead, don't mention it." Emperor Yuan made a headache with his hand on his forehead, and his eyes glanced at Qi Xing, who was kneeling under the hall. Seeing that he was bowing down and humble, he still didn't dare to fully prove his conjecture.

"Father is tired and sad, please rest first and then deal with the government." Chu Zikai led the petition, and the ministers immediately echoed.

After repeated reckless resignations, Emperor Yuan finally couldn't support it, so he had no choice but to retreat to the dormitory to rest.

After sending everyone in the dormitory, Emperor Yuan sat alone behind the bookcase and pondered. But he was completely grief-stricken, and after a while, the sound of the door was slammed. "Father?"

"Come in."

Chu Zikai got permission and opened the door and entered the hall.

"Today, I will talk to me together, and I will not leave my son-in-law for half a sentence." Emperor Yuan's tone was not happy, and he personally got up to polish the ink. "But he made a humble appearance, and he didn't leak."

Chu Zikai was a little helpless. "I wonder what my father has planned?"

"You can only be your crown prince with peace of mind, since ancient times, I have been a virtuous and not a descendant," the tone changed: "But Qi Xing holds military power and has huge power, and since the queen was diagnosed with happiness, he has talked about the difference between concubines and concubines from time to time." The suspicion is significant. ”

"But there were no clues on those assassins." Chu Zikai sighed and reminded: "The queen mother has just passed away, if you rashly knock on the Qi Xing family, I am afraid that the world will criticize you."

"But we have to guard against it." The palace of the Son of Heaven was solemnly quiet, and no one dared to make a sound to startle His Majesty to sleep, and at this moment, the cry of a child came from the side hall, which was extremely clear.

As the father and son listened, they fell silent. In the end, it was Chu Zikai who spoke first: "I don't know what name my father is going to give to my fifth brother?"

Emperor Yuan didn't answer, and pulled the wolf pen next to him and dipped it in ink - 'Yi'.

"I can still get a child in my old age, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at him. He is the ladder of wealth for some people, and the thorn in the side of others. ”

"But the fifth brother is young, and he must be raised."

Emperor Yuan wrote well but did not lift the pen, and the black ink where the pen fell was smudged into a ball. "At the moment, none of the lamps in the harem are fuel-efficient, but if you don't find a suitable concubine for him, Qi Xing's ambition will become more and more inflated."

Chu Zikai nodded. "Yes, all the ladies in the palace are attached to the family background behind them, if you rashly get a prince, it is inevitable that you will not have the same idea as Qi Xing."

"If your mother was still here, I wouldn't be so distressed." Referring to Chu Zikai's biological mother, Concubine Shu, the sadness in Emperor Yuan's eyes this time was sincere. "Zikai, your mother is a familyless person, she entrusted her life to me, and I still couldn't protect her."

Chu Zikai's biological mother, Concubine Lin Shu, was originally a palace maid who served Emperor Yuan in the study since she was a child, and she became a talented woman. I don't know why, after Emperor Yuan ascended the throne, he officially had a name, and later gave birth to the third son of Emperor Yuan. Unexpectedly, Chu Zikai became more and more adult, and his ability became more and more outstanding above his two elder brothers, and he was hated by the eldest prince Chu Ziyin, and during a martial arts competition, he privately replaced Chu Zikai's opponent's weapon with a real one. Concubine Lin Shufei was anxious to protect her son, and stepped forward to block the robbery for Chu Zikai. Unexpectedly, the dagger entered the heart, and it was difficult to have the power to return to heaven.

After being sad, Emperor Yuan said: "That's it, after the assassination of that person with ulterior motives failed, he didn't dare to make any big moves in the near future." Ziyi should put it next to me first, and then talk about it later. I think you're tired too, so let's go down first. ”

Chu Zikaidao obeyed the order and silently withdrew from the Yuan Emperor's bedroom.

The warm spring is coming, the winter snow is slight, and the remnants of the cold of spring will not retreat from the New Year's flavor of Fengyang County. Today's Lantern Festival, the market is crowded with people, and it is very noisy.

The spring breeze blew into the courtyard, blowing the remaining fallen leaves hanging from the trees onto the book Yu Zhao was holding in his hand. Today is already extremely noisy, and it is easy to see God, and I am interrupted by this leaf, and I am no longer interested. Yu Zhao put down the book and hung the lamp he had bought at the market early under the porch.

"Zhaozhao, the shop you asked me to buy is really good." Yu Lu's legs and feet were inconvenient, and he had difficulty walking, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face. Yu Zhao hurriedly went up to help her sit down, and watched her happily unfold an account book to herself. "That's all for January."

"You don't have a leg problem, so you don't have to collect the bills yourself. I'll just have to go free. ”

Hearing this, Yu Lu waved his hand again and again. "No, no, no, girls can't show their heads at will, and I'll have to hire a teacher for you in a few days."

Sweeping away the haze on his previous face, Yu Lu raised for nearly two months, regaining his radiant appearance. Yu Zhao was happy to see it, and most of the things were up to her.

Since entering the county seat that day and getting a good house in the second courtyard, Yu Lu was surprised at first, and when he asked, Yu Zhao only said that he had saved a nobleman, which was a reward.

With money, Yu Lu didn't let her go to the kitchen, and she was busy in the kitchen with a lime every day, thinking that she would buy her a maid when it was better. Yu Zhao reads books and practices calligraphy every day, thinking about learning business.

Because it was Chu Zikai's instructions, the county order did not dare to be a little lazy. Whether she wants to do business or buy land, she helps openly and secretly. Therefore, one month has passed, and the benefits are considerable.

While enjoying a pure life, I am also vigilant and afraid that this purity will be broken.

Fortunately, after several months, it got better and better, and it was still calm.

Facts have proved that vigilance cannot be relaxed, but if it is not relaxed, it cannot be stopped.

Chu Zikai looked at the somewhat unruly woman in front of him, and remembered the conversation with his father half a month ago. Complex inside.

A month ago, Chu Ziyi's first birthday ceremony. Qi marched to offer strange stones from the sky, and the word "Yi" on the stone was natural. "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is auspicious, which means that the five princes are blessed with heaven, and God approves ......"

Emperor Yuan watched a group of people sing with him coldly, and finally fooled him with a sloppy eye.

The next day, it was found that Chu Ziyi's diet was added less than mercury.

Half a month later, it was found out that Concubine Li had smeared addictive mushroom incense on his clothes in order to seize the custody of Chu Ziyi. Emperor Yuan finally couldn't bear it anymore and called Chu Zikai into the palace to discuss.

"I can't afford it." Emperor Yan raised his forehead and said distressedly: "If this is the case, your fifth brother will be tossed to death sooner or later."

"What does Father think?" Chu Zikai didn't dare to be too arrogant, so he first asked Emperor Yuan's opinion.

"To stop these non-fuel-efficient lamps, we need a more fuel-efficient lamp to consume with them." When Emperor Yuan said this, Chu Zikai's heart froze, and sure enough, he listened to him continue:

"You need to find someone barefoot who is not afraid of anything. in order to protect Ziyi. This person has to have scruples, and these scruples are only within our control. is still a meritorious person, and there is a reason to take her in and accept a high position. ”

"Does this person need a background?" Chu Zikai asked tentatively.

Emperor Yuan replied: "That's right, but it seems to have a background, and there is no heart to attach to the background."

Now it's almost certain. "But her temperament ......," Chu Zikai worried: "I'm afraid she won't be willing with her temperament."

"You personally went to and promised her that you only came to the palace as a pretense, and from then on no one above ten thousand people would dare to despise her and her mother. It's just a name, I won't force her to do anything, and when you ascend the throne the next day, I'll set her free. ”

Emperor Yuan threw down the words, and immediately ordered someone to prepare a carriage and horse for him to Fengyang.

Yu Zhao felt that they were too unreasonable, and tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart and Chu Zikai's theory. "His Royal Highness the Prince, I want to live a good life, but I want to live a good life with peace of mind."

"Let me go to a place where you need to smirk everywhere to survive, you and Your Majesty are afraid that you have found the wrong person."

Expected refusal, but Chu Zikai was prepared with full patience when he came. "You don't have to smirk to welcome people, just be yourself, my father and I will protect you."

Seeing that she still had a posture of resistance, Chu Zikai continued to persuade: "Your mother will then be honored with her destiny and given to the capital of the palace, and from now on she will be respected by all people, and no one will be able to bully her at will."

"I can make her live comfortably myself......"

"No," Chu Zikai interrupted and denied it, giving her a detailed analysis. "If the Yu Mansion gets the news that you are rescued, Yu Cheng will think about taking you back to the Mansion in order to please his father. Although the eldest lady of the house will have some scruples, she will still secretly make a stumbling block for your mother and daughter, and your mother will still be a concubine after all. ”

"I'm not going back with him." Yu Zhao answered categorically.

"I can't help you, you have to know that everything you have now is actually given by your father." Chu Zikai was telling the truth, and every word finally smashed Yu Zhao's heart into a little flustered.

"If you lose the grace of your father, an ant in Yu Shangshu's Mansion can put your mother and daughter to death."

It had just entered autumn, and the scorching heat had not yet subsided, but Yu Zhao felt that his body was cold from the inside out.

"I've never seen a girl as courageous as you, showing what she wants in front of people without reservation, and nothing else."

This is what Chu Zikai wanted to say when he first saw her. At this moment, it became a word of encouragement to lure her ambition to awaken.

"There should be nothing in this world that you don't dare, only what you don't want to do. With capital, you don't have to put the edge away so quickly. ”

"There are some roads that can only move forward after taking a step, and when you are stuck in place and feel satisfied, the capital in your hands is also disappearing, and the opponent will not give you the opportunity to be content."

Looking at Yu Lu, who was watching from a distance and showing worry, for the second time in his life, Yu Zhao was impressed by the persuasion of others.

A month later, Emperor Yuan announced to the world that the third daughter of Yu Cheng, the secretary of the ministry, had a meritorious service in saving the driver, and was given the title of Concubine Chen, the head of all the concubines. Sacrifice to ask the heavens for an auspicious day, and perform a canonization ceremony on the day of the beginning of winter. This move shocked everyone in the world, and everyone said that this sixteen-year-old woman was afraid that she was a god and a god, and she received this grace at a young age.

Yu Cheng, who heard the news in the court, was full of incredulity, and hurriedly wrote a letter when he went to the court, and sent someone to Fengyang quickly. Show your remorse and concern over the years. Secretly revealing the sinister nature of the deep palace, you need to rely on the power of the mother clan to gain a firm foothold. I didn't think that Yu Zhao's reply actually agreed to enter the Yu Mansion first and then enter the palace, only indicating that Yu Lu was already a person who had broken the red dust and could not enter the Yu Mansion as a concubine.

This remark made Yu Cheng a little worried, and then thought about Yu Lu's cowardly temperament back then, and his heart was a little calmer, and he immediately turned his worry into joy, as if he had a concubine daughter for nothing. Immediately arrange for someone to go to Fengyang County to serve and protect.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has arrived, and the courtyard is very lively inside and out, and the residents of the nearby market have been cleaned up. It was full of people sent by the Yu Mansion sent by the palace.

The people were far away, secretly talking about the noble man who flew up the branches.