Chapter 26: The Discord Meter
"In a few days, it will be the little prince of the eldest prince's full moon wine, let's go to congratulate." Qiu Heng didn't know that the four princes were arranging him and his mother in their hearts, and continued to support the four princes, "It's a good opportunity for us to separate them." ”
The fourth prince thought for a while and asked, "What if the eldest prince refuses?" ”
"Won't?" Qiu Heng smiled evilly, "The fourth prince forgot what you said back then, didn't the eldest prince obediently do it?" ”
The fourth prince didn't expect Qiu Heng to suddenly mention that incident, and his heart chuckled. Qiu Heng, this kid is young, and he has a lot of scheming, and he can't be unguarded when he uses it, but now that the enemy is now, he can only listen to his arrangement first.
The newlywed King Qiong and Qiu Xun are like glue and are unwilling to separate for a moment.
King Qiong did not return in the early dynasty, Qiu Xun and Xiao Hei were playing in the courtyard, and the spring was warm and Qiu Xun, when the young master came.
Young Master Shi estimated that King Qiong should be over early. The result is still one step earlier.
Looking at the princess who was playing happily with Xiao Hei, Shi Ange couldn't help but sigh in his heart, since ancient times, the princess has mostly assisted the prince in fighting for power and profit. It's rare for King Joan, the princess, to have such a good time with a big black bird every day. Maybe it's the poisoning that hurts the IQ.
Chun Nuan brought tea to the young master Shi, and Qiu Xun, who was the princess, had to sit down with Xiao Hei.
"Does the princess remember when you were poisoned?" Shi Ange wanted to know if Qiu Xun's poisoning hurt his brain that year.
"I don't remember, I just remember waking up with a headache." Qiu Xunxin said, I came after the former heroine was poisoned and died. How would I have known what happened before.
"What about your brain..."
"Ahem", King Qiong coughed twice and walked in. "Is there something wrong with Young Master Shi coming so early today?"
Shi Ange glanced at Qiu Xun.
"Xun'er, you go to the courtyard and play with Xiao Hei for a while," King Qiong said to Qiu Xun. Autumn Xun went out happily.
"Your princess's brain, I suspect that poisoning has left the root of the disease," Shi Ange said as he watched Qiu Xun leave.
"If you don't drink, do you talk drunk?" King Qiong said dissatisfiedly, "Xun'er is very smart. ”
Shi Ange shook his head, "This is really the right eye." ”
"I'll let you find out where the poison in Qiu Xun came from, so that I can track down the person who poisoned it, you are good, and you can find out the princess's brain for this king."
"Only by finding out the root cause of the disease can we find out the source of the drug." Young Master Shi retorted.
"However, I have tried a few times, this ugly poison needs a very rare poison, it is very toxic, every year there will be a Mongolian tribute in the palace to give a little, it is used in the palace to adjust the poison to attack the poison, and people outside the palace can't get it."
"Oh, you mean that this poison was not given by Aunt Shen." King Joan asked in surprise. "Who could that be? How could Xun'er have anything to do with the people in the palace. ”
"I'm afraid that the princess is just a victim." Young Master Shi said thoughtfully.
At this time, Nie Tiancheng came to report that tomorrow the eldest prince would hold a full moon banquet for the little prince and ask King Qiong if he would go. "Go, get me a great gift." King Joan replied.
King Qiong didn't like this kind of occasion before, but now that he wants to fight for what belongs to him, he can't help but deal with them.
The eldest prince ordered people to open the mansion early in the morning to receive guests, and the nurse hugged the little prince and accepted the praise of the guests.
Because the eldest prince was born poor, the eldest prince has never quarreled with the world, and rarely holds such a big banquet. This time, because the eldest princess gave birth to a boy for him, no matter what, this is also the eldest grandson of the royal family, so he naturally has to hold a feast.
The next person reported that the four princes and the young prince of Qiu came to congratulate him, and the eldest prince hurriedly greeted him, "Thank you for coming to my son's full moon banquet." ”
The fourth prince said, "Where is the imperial brother, I came to see my nephew, how can I say thank you." ”
Qiu Heng deliberately looked around and asked, "Didn't the second prince come?" ”
"King Joan won't come." The fourth prince replied, "I heard that King Qiong went to see his father. ”
"Oh," the eldest prince asked, "does he see that his father is in trouble?" ”
"I heard that it was the envoy from Dali," the fourth prince continued, "King Qiong is not the same as before, his old mother-in-law is the queen of Dali, so naturally he wants to accompany his father to meet him." ”
Qiu Heng deliberately took over, "Today is a banquet set up by the eldest brother." ”
"This," the fourth prince glanced at the eldest prince, "I said that the imperial brother, don't be angry, my queen mother is the current queen, and King Qiong doesn't take me seriously." Imperial brother, your mother concubine is just a personal maid of the former queen. If it weren't for King Qiong's queen mother who gave her to the emperor, would there be a royal brother today? ”
The four princes and Qiu Heng sang and harmonized, and the eldest prince said that his face was pale.
Qiu Heng saw that when the time came, he gave the four princes a look and continued to add fierce medicine.
"Father is now planning to set up a crown prince, King Qiong is so smart, can he be idle?" The fourth prince glanced at the eldest prince and continued, "King Qiong is not as good as before, he has a mother-in-law of the queen of Dali as a backer, and he also married a scheming princess, and he doesn't forget to pat his father and queen mother's sycophants when he worships the church. ”
"Fourth prince, don't discourage yourself," Qiu Heng turned on the side drum again, "I don't know who sits on the crown prince's throne." ”
The fourth prince pretended not to care, "Whoever likes to do it, anyway, I already have the power of the army, but you are a little wronged, brother." ”
Qiu Heng and the four princes have already lit the fire of the eldest prince.
In fact, the eldest prince is not indisputable, he has a good relationship with King Qiong on the surface, but secretly hates King Qiong more than the four princes, if his mother was not the maid of the first queen, how could he be so humble as the eldest prince. He blamed all this on the former queen and on King Qiong.
King Qiong got up early in the morning to go to the prince's mansion for a banquet, but before he went out, the father-in-law in the palace came to report, saying that the emperor wanted to see him, and the envoy of Dali was coming, asking him to bring the princess into the palace together.
King Qiong couldn't resist the decree, so he could only take Qiu Xun to the palace, and saw the emperor, and the emperor also asked Qiu Xun for warmth, but he didn't see the envoy of Dali.
The emperor said that there might be something delayed on the road. King Qiong could only accompany the emperor until noon, and in the end he did not see the figure of the envoy of Dali. The emperor said that there might be something on the road and he couldn't come because of the delay.
King Qiong estimated that the banquet of the eldest prince was also dispersed, so he could only return to King Qiong's mansion with the princess.
Nie Tiancheng saw that King Qiong had returned, and asked King Qiong if he had seen the messenger.
"No, not even a shadow." King Qiong asked Chun Nuan to take the princess to rest, "How do you feel that the emperor is so strange today, he seems to know that the ambassador of Dali Kingdom will not be able to come today, and he has to leave me there to wait." ”
"Today, the Fourth Prince and Qiu Heng went to the Great Prince's Mansion," Nie Tiancheng said.
"Oh," King Qiong's brow furrowed, "Could it be that the fourth prince doesn't want me to go?" I deliberately let my father hold me back. ”
"Why doesn't the Fourth Prince want you to go?" Nie Tiancheng asked puzzled.
"Could it be that the fourth prince has something to say to the eldest prince, it will be inconvenient for me to be present." King Qiong said thoughtfully.
Nie Tiancheng went out, Qiu Xun walked to King Qiong's side, she just heard the conversation between King Qiong and General Nie, and saw King Qiong's suspicious expression, and said to King Qiong distressedly, "We can go and explain to the eldest prince that the emperor wants to see us." So if we didn't make it, the eldest prince won't blame us. ”
King Qiong looked at Qiu Xun's innocent expression, and his heart was extremely pitiful. He really couldn't bear to let Qiu Xun get involved in the palace and intrigue about right and wrong, but he couldn't stay out of it. In the past, he had always been dismissive of the dispute in the palace, but he did not escape the harm they inflicted on him, and now that he has his own concubine, he must not wronged himself to wronged her as before.
King Qiong hugged Qiu Xun in his arms, "Xun'er, don't worry, the imperial brother's mother and my mother are like sisters, we grew up together in the palace, he won't blame us." ”
On this day, the eldest prince did not return early, Chun Nuan was cleaning the room, and Qiu Xun was playing with Xiao Hei alone.
The janitor came to report, the eldest princess arrived, Qiu Xun was a little overwhelmed, I didn't have any friendship with her, how did she think I was coming. Chun Nuan comforted her, and it was normal for the princesses in the palace to move around each other.
The eldest princess wore an otter fur cloak and was surrounded by four or five maids into King Qiong's mansion.
"Yo, sister, since you married King Joan, our sisters haven't sat and talked together." As soon as she entered the door, the eldest princess took Qiu Xun's hand affectionately, "Take advantage of today's free time to come and see my sister." ”
Although Qiu Xun is also the daughter of the prime minister, she was driven to the manor with her mother since she was a child, and she was pampered by the Yun family, and she was used to it, and she was not suitable for this politeness at all, she looked confused, and just thought, am I very familiar with you.
Chun Nuan hurriedly let the eldest princess into the house, making tea and pouring water.
"Yo, sister, you are also the princess of the second prince now, why is there only one maid by your side." The eldest princess got up and walked around the room, "This Qiong Palace's mansion is too deserted. ”
Qiu Xun is a little unhappy,, my home, cold and cold to clear your, before Qiu Xun crossed, the most hated woman who likes to talk about other people's gossip when she has nothing to do, and the woman opposite immediately made her bored.
"I don't like a lot of people, it's enough to have a spring warmth," Qiu Xun said lightly. "Besides, I still have Xiao Hei with me."
"Ah," the eldest princess looked at the black thing that Qiu Xun was holding in her arms, raised her hand to touch it, Xiao Hei's bright bean eyes stared at the princess fiercely, and the princess timidly retracted her hand and smiled awkwardly.
"I said sister, the palace is different from the big families outside, there must be a row of noodles, you see which princess and princess in the palace are not seven or eight maids to follow, so let's do it, I will give you one of the maids in my house."
"No, Sister Princess," Qiu Xun didn't know what to call her for a while, "I'm not used to a lot of people following me." ”
"Yo, sister, is this looking down on my sister, a few days ago, my son was full moon and happy wine, King Qiong did not arrive, and others said that King Qiong did not put it in our eyes." The eldest princess took Qiu Xun's hand again and patted it gently, "But sister, the eldest prince and I don't believe it, back then, the first queen treated her mother and concubine like sisters, how could King Qiong and her sister not look at us." ”
Qiu Xun knew that he couldn't refuse, and thought to himself, I can't help King Qiong with anything, and don't make trouble for him, isn't it just to take a maid, and eat with multiple people.