Chapter 113: Step by step
The rain outside the window is continuous, and the drizzle is like a curtain floating down from the white jade hall, as if it is about to wash away the lead in this world, and the summer heat has been eliminated.
Mu Ningxuan looked out the window quietly, and the matter of the fifth sister Mu Ningyin reminded her again that it was also a warning to her, the soldiers would block the water and cover the earth, it was no longer possible, and the grass must be eradicated!
Whether it is the Guo family of the Zhengxun Earl's Mansion or the three princes, since they are still planning and designing, then she wants them to have no day to turn over!
Mu Ningxuan asked Aunt Su to send a message to Gonggong Song in the palace again, asking him to check the matter of Concubine Zhuang and see if there was any handle in his hand.
As for the Guo family in the Zhengxun Earl's Mansion, Mu Ningxuan has to rely on the strength of others.
Mu Ningyin's matter, the Guo family doesn't know yet.
Chunling was beaten half to death by Princess Gaorou, and Mu Ningxuan asked Yutang to send her some medicine.
"Sister Yutang, the slave maid went to the Zhengxun Earl's Mansion to deliver the news and hurt the county lord, why did the county lord treat the slave and maid so well that his sister personally sent the medicine over?" Chunling is not stupid, she naturally knows the truth of reactive power, so she asked Yutang.
"It's not your fault to go to Earl Zhengxun's Mansion to deliver the news, you are the slave of the five girls, and it is right to help the master do things."
Yutang first comforted Chun Ling, and then continued: "However, now that you are no longer the person of the fifth girl, our county lord will ask you to come over." ”
Chun Ling couldn't hold back the joy in her heart, and said with an incredible smile on her face: "The county master has a slave? The slave is now the slave of Liu Jutang? ”
Yutang nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, but the county wants you to come over, do you know why?" ”
Chunling hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: Could it be that the county lord wants the slave maid to continue to send news to the Zhengxun Earl's Mansion? ”
"You guessed right." Yutang approvingly, "Chunling, are you willing to do it?" ”
"I do!" Chunling blurted out that it is definitely better to follow Miss Yan than to follow Miss Shu, not to mention that Mu Ningxuan has always been generous, and the maids in Liu Jutang get more rewards a month than everyone else in the mansion in a year.
So, after Chunling got better, she continued to travel between the Marquis of Pyeongchang Mansion and the Earl Zhengxun's Mansion under the name of Mu Ningyin.
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Funing Temple.
"The matter of establishing the crown prince, Your Majesty means to wait a little longer." The queen sighed slightly.
"It really should have waited." Princess Gao Rou took a sip of tea and said slowly.
The queen was puzzled: "Why, didn't we design to let Your Majesty find out about Zhou Xiang's youngest son in order to bring down the third prince Zhuang Guifei and them, so that the official family had to make the fifth prince the crown prince?" ”
"But Chong'er (the crown prince)'s death was not done by the third prince." Princess Gao Rou said with some disappointment.
"He didn't do it?" The Queen's eyes widened.
Princess Gao Rou nodded.
From the bottom of her heart, Princess Gao Rou, like the queen, also hopes that the third prince is the murderer of the crown prince.
This time, she married the Marquis of Pingchang, aside from the reason for helping the queen, she also had some admiration for the young Muhou Ye, but after she really got in touch, she found out, hehe...
"I don't believe it!" The queen said through gritted teeth.
Princess Gao Rou said calmly: "The affairs of the third prince in the past few years have been investigated clearly, although the third prince has secretly asked people to send beautiful women to Chong'er (the prince), but Chong'er (the prince)'s death really has nothing to do with him. ”
The death of the prince was too strange, he was found dead in the carriage by the guards when he returned to the prince's mansion in the carriage, and the cause of death was a very thin long needle at the back of the neck.
But according to the groom and the guards beside him, the prince did not get out of the carriage or contact others during the carriage.
In this way, there are only two explanations, the first is that the prince committed suicide, and the second is that the prince was shot into the carriage by people in the rivers and lakes with extremely high martial arts, right in the back of the prince's neck.
The first explanation is obviously impossible!
"If it weren't for the Third Prince, who else would it be? It is impossible for me Chong'er to offend the people in the rivers and lakes. The queen said firmly.
Princess Gao Rou analyzed it seriously: "Chong'er is burdened by the identity of the crown prince, except for the third prince, don't others have the heart to compete for the throne?" The prince of the official family is not the only one with the third prince, is it true that the five princes and the sixth prince really have no idea about the position of the crown prince?
Especially the fifth prince, since Chong'er (the crown prince) went, you began to support him, contend with the three princes in the court, and help him ascend to the crown prince's position. ”
"What does the princess mean is that the murderer of the crown prince is the fifth prince?" Thinking of the cowardly appearance of the five princes, the queen felt that it was impossible from the bottom of her heart.
Princess Gao Rou said lightly: "It's just a guess, after all, there is no evidence yet, the fifth prince and the sixth prince are all possible."
The day before yesterday, as soon as the news of the six princes quelling the banditry in Zizhou was reported back to Beijing, two ministers in the court yesterday took advantage of the meritorious service of the six princes to suggest that the official family appoint the six princes as the crown princes. ”
"I know about this, those two ministers were originally neutral, and now it is strange that they suddenly stand in line to help the six princes fight for the position of crown prince." The queen continued: "The palace has already asked the uncle to lobby these two ministers. ”
Princess Gao Rou didn't answer, she only promised to help the queen find out two things, who was responsible for the death of the first prince, and the second found the rumored secret book on Mu Ningxuan's body.
"Princess, is there any whereabouts about the secret book?" The queen is also very curious about this secret letter, if the official family really wrote the edict of succession in advance, then he directly said that it was set up, why cause disputes in the court.
The strangest thing is that rumors about this secret book have been around for many years.
It's just that at that time, the official family directly appointed Chong'er as the crown prince, and the queen didn't take it to heart, just regarded it as a gimmick.
"Mu Ningxuan, this child is worthy of growing up next to the Queen Mother, she is very thoughtful, and with Aunt Su beside the Queen Mother, Liu Jutang is like an iron wall, and she can't ask any news at all." Princess Gao Rou said truthfully.
To deal with Mu Ningxuan, the character of Princess Gao Rou is not soft enough, and it is not suitable to be hard.
It was because of this that she would let the little prince get close to Mu Ningxuan. However, Princess Gao Rou did not tell the queen about the little prince's involvement.
"The princess has to think of a way, the matter of the secret book is by no means groundless, the third prince and Concubine Zhuang attach so much importance to it, they must know something." The queen said to Princess Gao Rou.
Princess Gao Rou smiled: "What is the queen worried about, no matter who is the crown prince in the secret book, you are the justifiable queen mother, even if it is the third prince, he will not dare to do anything unreasonable." ”
"Even if the third prince is not the murderer of Chong'er, he must not let the third prince be the crown prince!" The queen said hatefully.
Princess Gao Rou knew that the queen hated Concubine Zhuang because she didn't want to worry about it, so she simply didn't stay long.