Chapter 188: Background
The leaves are flying, everything in the palace is calm, and the emperor who thinks about the people has since fallen, half a lifetime of hard work, and a few strokes end in the history books that no one reads.
Xiao Yuanqing knelt in front of the window, looking at the moonlight outside the window, the moon was full, and he was wearing a dragon robe, planning a unique plan.
Ye Feng surrounded the palace, the news could not be transmitted, Xiao Ye and Gao Qing didn't know what was going on in the palace, they listened to their father's words, and led people to control the prince's mansion in advance, creating the illusion that the prince was rebelling.
There was no signal in the palace for a long time, and I only saw someone leading troops into the palace, and they did not dare to do anything outside in ambush.
The prince's mansion was in chaos, the crown princess Gao Ling was in control of the overall situation, seeing that the side concubine was bleeding profusely, and a basin of hot water stained with red blood was sent out, giving people a nervous feeling, Xiao Yu'an held the princess's hand nervously, although he didn't understand, but he also knew that the atmosphere was solemn, standing quietly aside with a wrinkled face, and comforting his mother.
Gao Ling knew that there were people outside who coveted the Prince's Mansion, and she also knew that this was her mother's family, but it was ridiculous that as her mother's family, she was calculating him all her life, and she was trying to calculate her son.
She listened to the cry of despair inside, and two tears crossed her, "What did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say?" β
Before the next person arrived, a long bell rang from the direction of the palace, Gao Ling staggered, looking at the direction of the palace in a daze, and everyone also looked in that direction, and they all knelt down, only Gao Ling and Xiao Yu'an were still standing.
"It's out, it's out! The side concubine is born!"
At the same time, a fire appeared in the sky, and Xiao Ye saw the signal and took the lead in leading people to surround the prince's mansion.
There was silence in the room, there was no sound of newborn babies crying, only whimpering cries, Gao Ling led Xiao Yu'an to the door, looking at the lifeless baby in the arms of the midwife, and finally did not stand firmly.
"How so?"
The royal heirs of the past dynasties are thin, and only the queen Gao can feast, so Concubine De, the child, has been carefully taken care of since she was conceived, and her three meals a day are personally watched by her, but she still hasn't kept it.
The soothing incense she ordered was refined by the masters, and the fetus was suffocated in the womb, Gao Ling watched all this helplessly, crying silently, why is this still the case?
In order to control the court and prevent the prince from distracting his power, the hundred officials murdered His Majesty's heirs, and the heirs of the emperors of all dynasties were strangled by the hundred officials with various accidents before they were born, only the Gao family has one line, in order to stabilize the position, all the time, the prince is from the Gao family, which is the tacit contract of the Xiao and Gao families.
In order to protect this child, Gao Ling, Concubine De spent almost all her efforts, but now she still hasn't kept it.
Xiao Ye has already surrounded the courtyard with people, in order to save a face for Gaoling, they did not lead the troops to break through, the bell rang from the palace, Emperor Xiaoxuan died, if King Rui succeeded, they would not release the signal, it can only mean that their plan failed, Xiao Ye planned to hold the prince's mansion hostage and Xiao Yuanqing to negotiate conditions, as long as they take Xiao Yuanqing in the first step, it is only a matter of time before he is overthrown.
Xiao Ye and Gao Qing understood this in their hearts, Xiao Yuanqing also understood, Gao Ling understood, and Concubine De also understood.
Concubine De was born extremely beautiful, is a famous beauty in Kyoto, cold temperament, once married into the prince's mansion, became the canary in the prince's mansion, but the heart is ambitious, I hope that all women in the world are equal, can enter the subject examination, can also participate in politics and enter the office, is a strange woman in the mouth.
Gao Ling is just a competent crown princess, she doesn't love Xiao Yuanqing, but she knows that she has to help him succeed, she has been taught by her aunt since she was a child, and she knows what her family is doing, she looked at the woman lying in the room, and felt a sense of guilt and powerlessness, he didn't know how to face her.
"Crown Princess, please come in, Chang'er has something to say to you."
A weak voice came from within, and Gao Ling stepped in with heavy steps.
She stood at the head of her bed, looking at this beautiful fragile woman, and wept silently.
Li Chang's eyes were blank, his eyes stared straight at the roof, and he said coldly: "If Niangniang feels ashamed, please remember my appearance."
She turned her head and smiled weakly, "The prince and the prince's mansion are still waiting for you." β
Gao Ling didn't know how she had the courage to come out, she held a sword in her hand, and led people to stand in front of the courtyard to confront Xiao Ye, "Let my people go out, let her go out to grab medicine." β
"Crown princess, why are you stubborn, that child is destined to not live, why do you have to be against your father? Don't forget, you are also a member of the Gao family. β
Gao Ling turned a deaf ear to his words, but stepped forward and took a step closer, "I repeat, let my people out, if that child can't be born today, I dare to guarantee that the Xiao family will not have another queen." β
The queen controls the harem, the Gao family has been the queen for generations, and the Gao family women have long had their own system in the palace, she said that the Gao family no longer has a queen, and there are methods, Gao Qing didn't dare to make another time, so he had to let his people out.
He didn't dare to offend Gao Ling, the Gao family was the queen based on capital, and if there was no queen, they would be nothing.
After Gao Ling's personal guard went out, he threw off the people behind him and went straight to the palace, he had the token in the palace, when Xiao Yuanqing saw the token, his fingers suddenly clenched, and the token became a waste order in his hand.
At this time, it had just been announced that the emperor had died, King Rui was controlled, the hundred officials knelt outside the hall, Ye Feng's people were guarding outside, Xiao Yuanqing walked to his father's corpse, "Lord Ye, I remember that your wife's birth day is also coming?" β
"It's August."
"August." The word tossed around Xiao Yuanqing's teeth, and he sneered twice.
Gao Ling had been holding the sword for half an hour, and his hands were already so sore that he couldn't speak, but he still insisted, Gao Leng's face was pale in the cold wind, and her eyes were coldly staring ahead, and nothing could be moved by her.
At that time, Xiao Ye and Gao Qing were still immature, and they didn't dare to offend the high-ranking queen mother, so she waited outside the courtyard while guarding them, not daring to get close to half a step.
There was no news in the palace for a long time, and they estimated the hour, and the sky had begun to turn white, and they glanced at each other, and their hands gradually grasped the hilt of the knife in their hands.
Gao Ling's sword was horizontal and placed on his neck, "I see which of you dares!"
"If I die, the Gao family will have the next generation of crown princesses, queens, but if I die, the person who controls the harem will no longer be the Gao family."
Empress Xiaoxuan has handed over the power in the palace to her on the prince's wedding night, and when she stays in Fengqi Palace, she will take over, if she dies, the power of the harem will be uncontrolled, and even if there is another queen of the Gao family, it will not help, it is just a showcase.
The two hesitated, and just as they hesitated, the sound of swords colliding sounded outside, and the two immediately made a decision and chose to do it.
At the same time, Xiao Yuanqing succeeded to the throne under the gaze of hundreds of officials, and his father was afraid that he would be vacated by hundreds of officials during the period of filial piety, so he left a legacy for him to go west, and Xiao Yuanqing immediately inherited the throne and held the enthronement hall.
The posthumous announcement was issued by Ye Feng personally, he held at least 100,000 troops in his hands, and the hundred officials did not dare to resist, so he watched Xiao Yuanqing succeed to the throne, but he was thinking about whether their descendants controlled the prince's mansion, you must know that there is the emperor's eldest son in the prince's mansion, which will be their biggest bargaining chip.
Xiao Yuanqing knew what they were thinking, he climbed the steps step by step, his father had not yet entered the ground, but he had already been dressed in a yellow robe, step by step to the top of power, but he was worried about a certain place in his heart.
"Your Majesty's secret order, the queen's mother takes the order."
The high-pitched voice pierced through the mist of dawn and fell into Gao Ling's ears, and she instantly breathed a sigh of relief, and the hand holding the sword fell straight down.
Gao Qing and Xiao Ye also reacted and ordered a retreat, but the people on the opposite side fought with them, as if they were deliberately trapped here.
Gao Ling watched from afar as someone came beating a horse, dressed in a red power suit, his spirit was flying, and with a wave of the long whip in his hand, a group of people fell around him.
She hurried to her side, "The wife of the courtier Ye Feng, Yang Ruoxi, see the queen mother." β
When I walked into Gaoling, I found that her stomach was bulging, and her skirt was stained with blood, and she was immediately surprised, "You ......"
Yang Ruoxi lost his strength for a while, and helped Gao Ling against the wall, "The Xiao family army obeyed the order and guarded this courtyard at all costs, and no one was allowed to enter." β
After that, she dragged Gao Ling into the courtyard, and as soon as she entered the courtyard, she was paralyzed and half-knelt on the ground, dressed in a weak qi.
Gao Ling saw that it seemed to be a fetal gas, and hurriedly called people, midwives, and maids rushed up, Yang Ruoxi stretched out his hand to block it, "No need, let the military doctor come." β
"What are you fooling around, what are you doing giving birth to a child, what do you want a military doctor to do?"
Yang Ruoxi struggled to get up, Gao Ling didn't help her, so she walked forward by herself and walked to the room next to Li Chang, "I took the birth pill." β
Gao Ling was stunned by one sentence, and she stepped forward to stop her, "What do you mean?" β
"It means that the side concubine Niangniang gave birth to not a stillborn child, the child born to the courtier is His Majesty's prince, and the eldest son of the emperor died unexpectedly in chaos, and my child will be the crown prince of Dayan."
Word by word, Yang Ruoxi gritted his teeth when he spoke, and Gao Ling listened with a deep chill, "Do you know, what are you doing?" β
"In my belly is my own flesh and blood, and my courtiers know better than anyone else."
Gao Ling took two steps back and shook her head helplessly, she didn't know what to do, Yang Ruoxi made a decision for her and called a military doctor.
Gao Ling still wanted to stop it, but Yang Ruoxi said, "There is no time, Your Majesty is still waiting in the palace, the prince must be born tonight." β
Gao Ling was silent for a moment, and when she heard a low cough from the next room, she looked awkward, "Okay." β
There was no midwife, no maid, not even a basin of hot water, and they cut her belly in the most brutal way.
She was pregnant for eight months, less than a month.
It wasn't until he stood at the mouth of the alley and saw that the people coming and going were wrapped in white cloths around their waists, wearing white hats, and women wearing white flowers on their heads, that he reacted that he wanted to go out in disguise to choose a wedding gift for Seventeen and Yi.
"This Mrs. Xia is a fierce daughter, and Princess Zhiwei is also a fierce son."
"That's not it, General Xia is such a heroic person, he has no regrets in this life if he has this wife and daughter."
"It's a pity for Mrs. Xia."
Xiao Yu'an slammed it, feeling that his head was pierced into the water, he wanted to struggle, but he felt that his whole body couldn't exert his strength, from head to toe, the whole person was numb.
It wasn't until the sound of suona sounded in the same place that he came back to his senses, turned around and ran into the alley, the blue robe outlined his figure upright, he looked like a dying person, desperately running forward.
"Why, why didn't you tell me? Why are you hiding everything from me?"
The gate was pushed open suddenly, and Yiren and Seventeen were discussing in the main hall of Beggars Lane how to prevent Xiao Yu'an from finding out of the city gate, they wanted those beggars and children to take cover, and just as they were talking about this, they saw Xiao Yu'an pushing the door and coming.
The broken door swayed back and forth a few times, but finally it couldn't withstand it, and it fell to the side crookedly.
Xiao Yu'an broke in panting, and saw them frowning and leaning together to discuss something, obviously embarrassed, and the Yiren did not wear any jewelry today, and their clothes were also white plain.
Because of Seventeen's dislike, she rarely wears white clothes, Xiao Yu'an saw this, her heart was clear, and tears were flashing in her eyes.
He seemed to be desperate, the bruises on his neck flared up, he gritted his teeth, and asked word by word, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Before the two could answer, they looked at each other, probably understanding what was going on, and Yiren wanted to step forward to support him, but he waved him away, and Yiren was suddenly pushed to the ground, and was a little stunned for a while.
Seventeen looked at Xiao Yu'an coldly and did not step forward.
Xiao Yu'an didn't react, but asked her, "Why didn't you tell me?"
He pointed to his chest, "Why didn't you tell me anything?"
His appearance was really terrifying, and Yiren sat down on the ground, and when he saw that his eyes were scarlet, he was speechless for a while.
What she was most worried about was coming, he was finally stimulated, she wanted to calm him down, but Xiao Yu'an didn't listen at all, just squatted on the ground with his head alone, and asked over and over again, why didn't he tell him?
He looked sad, the kind of sadness that was so sad to the core, that sadness was accompanied by helplessness and loneliness.
Yiren struggled, trying to struggle to help him up, who would have thought, he was like a hedgehog covered in thorns, when Yiren touched him, he seemed to be frightened, and pushed her to the ground with a wave of his hind arm This time it was not like just now, Xiao Yu'an's hind arm hit her shoulder, and he just fell on the stone spit out of the dust.
It wasn't until Yuzhu led everyone back that she took a long breath, her entire back relaxed, her hands were propped up on her face, and she dragged her cheeks, "I'm going to get married today, it's good for you to dress up for me." β
Chunyu couldn't react, what kind of marriage did she get here, Xia Zhishu still looked naΓ―ve, seeing that she hesitated a little, puffed out her cheeks and took her hand coquettishly, "Is it good?" Aren't you going to come and dress me up when I'm married?"
It's one thing, it's just a dignified princess, how can she be so childish, Chunyu is a little helpless, so she has to respond.
"Draw what?"
"Hmm......" Xia Zhishu looked at himself in the bronze mirror, looking left and right, "You used to say that the red plum blossom is open for your sweetheart, I thought about it, it's not good, it's not appropriate?"
Chunyu turned her head to look at her, and saw her categorically, "I want to paint myself." β
"Narcissus."
Chunyu was stunned, picked out the blue paint, and a stroke fell on the center of his eyebrows, "Why blue?"