Hearing the news of Rong Yan's return to the imperial city, Qin Shang felt a little surprised, and said to the messenger behind him: "Rong Yan wants to return to the countryside for Zhao Yunling, give up his identity, and now return to the imperial city, does this mean ......" After thinking for a while, Qin Shang ordered: "Go and inquire about Zhao Yunling's condition, be careful, don't be discovered." ”

The messenger should go down and retire first.

At night, the envoy asked to see Qin Shang and told him that Zhao Yunling was seriously ill and unconscious and might not be able to save his life.

Qin Shang thought for a moment, and then immediately asked to enter the palace to see Rong Yan.

"Report!" The guard knocked on Rong Yan's door.

Rong Yan was reading a medical book at this time, and opened the door when he heard the sound: "What's the matter?" ”

"The envoy of the Western Shu Kingdom asks to see you."

"Qin Shang?" Rong Yan frowned: "You go first, and I'll arrive later." ”

Rong Yan arrived at the council hall and saw Qin Shang and several envoys from the Western Shu Kingdom, standing in the middle of the ground.

Rong Yan looked at Qin Shang and couldn't see anything wrong with Qin Shang's expression, sat down and then said to the maid, "Show a few messengers to sit." ”

Then he said to the messenger, "I wonder what the messengers are doing this time?" ”

Qin Shang was the first to speak, and returned: "I learned that the third princess is seriously ill, there is no one close to you to confide in, we have many beauties in the Xishu Kingdom, and we have brought some of them this time, and now we are specially dedicated to the beauties of the Xishu Kingdom to the three princes." ”

Rong Yan is not an ordinary person, he is the prince of today, of course he knows the cat in the middle, not to mention that he has no intention of looking for other concubines, just that Zhao Yunling has not yet decided what the situation is, Xi Shu came to stuff people around him, what kind of calculation, he knows it clearly.

What's more, he promised Zhao Yunling that she was alone in this life, and if something happened to Zhao Yunling, he would never marry another wife for the rest of his life, so he said to Qin Shang: "Thank you for the kindness of the envoy, but I don't have the idea of looking for her again, and ask the envoy to bring people back." ”

Qin Shang knew Rong Yan's character, he didn't think that he could accept it at one time, and he couldn't say anything more when he saw this, so he exchanged a few words with Rong Yan, got up to say goodbye to Rong Yan, and turned to leave.

Not long after the envoy left, the grand duke beside the emperor came to Rong Yan's residence: "The slave pays a visit to the third prince." ”

"Hmm."

"The third prince, the emperor sent a servant to invite the prince, saying that there is a big matter to discuss, please go with the servant." After listening to the words of the eldest duke, Rong Yan followed him to the study.

When he arrived at the study, the father-in-law closed the door and retreated, the emperor looked at Rong Yan and said: "Yan'er, my father learned that Zhao Yunling's body is abnormal, and it may be an incurable disease, my father has already said that you will not go long, and I just want to persuade you not to do useless work anymore, give up, my father has already selected a few beauties for you as new concubines." ”

Rong Yan was still listening to the emperor's words, and after hearing this, there was anger in his tone: "It's impossible to give up, I will definitely be able to cure her!" I said that I would only marry Zhao Yunling alone, and you would not be able to control my life! If you don't want me to completely disown you, then ask my father to take back his fate. ”

Probably because this matter has been backlogged for too long, the emperor's words became more and more severe: "Rong Yan! Are you trying to fight against me? I said before, I agree with Zhao Yunling to be your concubine, and I will appoint you for the person who will take the concubine, and I can find you a virtuous helper to help you in your career, but you don't agree, follow Zhao Yunling away, I haven't done anything forced to you! But now, you are talking to me like this for such a person who does not know life and death! ”

Even because he was angry, the emperor's tone brought me to him.

Rong Yan held his breath in his chest, and he was very uncomfortable: "I have the final say who my concubine is, this matter is over, I don't want to quarrel with you, my father should rest early." After saying that, he saluted his father angrily, brushed his sleeves and turned to leave.

While the father and son were arguing over the matter, on the other side of the palace, a shocking conspiracy was brewing......

"Concubine Xiao." Qin Shang came out of the palace, did not go out immediately, and turned around with someone to meet the emperor's favorite concubine recently.

Xiao Guifei's means are very good, and she can win the emperor's sole favor in the harem, and every day the emperor has nothing to deal with, she will be inseparable from her, which shows her ability.

When Qin Shang saw Xiao Guifei, he first took out some tribute to her, and then said to Xiao Guifei: "These are the exquisite ores mined by my Western Shu Kingdom, if you find a good craftsman to build them, you will definitely be able to bring out your noble temperament."

After hearing this, Concubine Xiao covered her mouth and smiled: "The envoy is really good at talking, and the noble can't afford it." ”

"You can afford it."

Concubine Xiao Guifei has been in the harem for many years, how could she not know that Qin Shang and the others had something to ask for, and she didn't bother to go around the bend, so she said: "Thank you for the envoy's compliment, the envoy must have asked for something this time, I don't know if I can talk about it?" "Jiuzhou Chinese

Qin Shang glanced at Concubine Xiao, Concubine Xiao also understood, and gave the palace maid next to her a look, and the palace maid understood and sent everyone else around her

Qin Shang said at this time: "I heard a rumor and wanted to verify it with Concubine Xiao. I heard that you and the third prince have always been at odds, and you have a secret hatred for the emperor, I don't know if there is such a thing? ”

"How?" Xiao Guifei didn't answer, but she didn't deny it.

Looking at Concubine Xiao's attitude, Qin Shangming said: "We Mingren don't say secret words, I want to borrow your hand to get rid of the emperor, so that I can blame the third prince, and you can kill two birds with one stone." ”

Xiao Guifei asked rhetorically: "I am now the emperor's favorite concubine, and I have no benefit from doing this." ”

Qin Shang shook his head: "No, in this way, there will be chaos in Dongwen, our Western Shu Kingdom can take advantage of the void, when we take the imperial capital, I can guarantee with my reputation, after the matter is completed, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth, and you don't have to be as restrained as in the palace, everything must be cautious, you can relax and live your life." ”

Xiao Guifei hesitated for a long time, and under Qin Shang's persuasion and temptation many times, Xiao Guifei couldn't resist the temptation and wavered in agreeing to Qin Shang's request.

At night, the emperor came to Xiao Guifei's courtyard and had dinner with her, but he didn't know that death was quietly approaching.

After Qin Shang left, Xiao Guifei quietly smeared the poison into the cup according to the strategy discussed with Qin Shang, and when she saw that the emperor was about to pick up the cup and drink, her heart was also very nervous.

Early the next morning:

The entire palace was boiling, and the sound of "the emperor died" penetrated people's ears again and again.

At this time, a rather prestigious general led people to surround the entire palace, Rong Yan had to stand up and preside over the overall situation, but he didn't expect the general to surround Rong Yan, and then said: "Three princes, I heard that you had a big fight with the emperor yesterday night, but early this morning, the emperor died, and the three princes are suspicious and should be handed over to Dali Temple for thorough investigation." ”

Another minister stood up and refuted the general's words, saying: "The contradiction between the emperor and the three princes has always been a long time, if the three princes really want to murder the emperor, why did they do it, the three princes are what I have seen since I was a child, and I believe in the character of the three princes." ”

"Even so, the third prince is also suspicious, and we should enforce the law impartially!" The general was aggressive.

The minister was not to be outdone: "Not to mention whether you have evidence or not, now that no one in my court can take power, except for the third prince, there is no one more suitable!" ”

The ministers below also talked about it, and after a while, people shouted to believe the words of the three princes, and when the general saw this, he quarreled but this group of ministers, the division was unknown, and he could only withdraw with the army reluctantly.

And just now the minister stood up again and asked the third prince to ascend the throne and seize power, stabilize the government and the people's hearts, Rong Yan agreed first for the sake of the overall situation.

This incident also allowed Rong Yan to see the various forces in the DPRK clearly, and also provided help for the next step of rectification.

On the other side, Zhao Yunling's daughter Rong Huan takes care of the dim sum shop alone, busy every day, and misses her mother in her spare time, Tang He is worried about her, and will come to the store from time to time to help, help take care of the store, and tell her about her mother's condition.

"Don't worry too much, the doctor said that the condition is getting better and better, and I believe that it won't be long before your mother will wake up." Tang He looked at Rong Huan's depression all day, didn't he make her laugh, and now tell her the news of Zhao Yunling as soon as possible.

"Well, thank you." Rong Huan let go of his frowning brows and smiled at Tang He.

Tang He saw Rong Huan smiling, and also smiled: "You don't have to thank me, it's been so long, why are you still so angry with me?" If you do this again, I won't tell you about your mother next time. ”

Listening to Tang He's slightly childish words, Rong Huan comforted him: "I was wrong, I won't be polite to you next time." ”

"It's pretty much the same, but don't worry, no matter what, I'll be the first to tell you Madame's information."

The shop was watched by the Li family, and Rong Huan had also studied with Zhao Yunling for a while, and with Tang He's help, there was no impact on the business.

The days have passed day by day, and a long time has passed in a flash, Rong Huan and Tang He have had more tacit understanding before, and their relationship is growing day by day, and slowly the two of them have a good impression of each other.

One day Tang He was helping in the store, and Rong Huan accidentally knocked over the hot tea and splashed it on Tang He.

"I'm sorry, my hand slipped, take it off and see if it's hot." Saying that, Rong Huan took off his clothes, although Tang He refused, but Rong Huan insisted, so he relied on her.

When Rong Huan was washing clothes, she inadvertently found a letter in Tang He's pocket, although the envelope was blistered, but she could vaguely see Hu Ren's own self printed on the pocket, Rong Huan recognized some Hu people's words, carefully identified, and found that it was written on it with the words "The Three Princes Opened in Person", and the envelope had been opened.