Su Wan sighed leisurely and said with some sadness: "If you become the emperor, there will definitely be seventy-two concubines in three palaces, six courtyards, right?" ”

Throughout the ages, which dynasty and which generation of emperors did not pay attention to having more sons and more blessings? The women of the harem are like flowers in full bloom, changing a group of people in a quarter, going back and forth for flowers, and between intrigues, they are only competing for the favor of the same man.

Such a fate is like a shackle, deeply imprinted on every emperor.

"Why?" Xiao Mochen tilted his head slightly, looked at Su Wan and said, "I only need one of you." ”

Although Xiao Mochen said it sincerely, Su Wan couldn't help but chuckle, raised his eyebrows and said, "You just coax me, you are still just a prince, and you have four wives and concubines at home, and there may be so many concubines that you can't stand in the imperial city at that time." ”

Xiao Mochen also laughed, but his tone was extremely serious, and he said word by word: "That's because I'm not an emperor yet." ”

Hearing Xiao Mochen's words, Su Wan instantly stopped laughing. Yes, the reason why Xiao Mochen married other side rooms is because he is not an emperor yet, not even a prince, and there are countless pairs of eyes coveting the power on him, and in order to stabilize the situation, he has to listen to the old emperor's dictation.

However, once Xiao Mochen really became the emperor, he was the absolute owner of power, and he no longer had to be hindered in any way. At that time, all he has to do is just as he pleases.

The old emperor raised his eyebrows, rubbed his eyebrows lazily and said, "It's just right, since Aiqing has already mentioned this matter, I will immediately announce the edict." ”

The ministers below immediately stopped their voices, they didn't expect that the old emperor had been prepared to such a point, but they played a role in fueling the trouble.

The father-in-law of the steward bowed silently, took out the prepared gilded edict from the confidential secret compartment on the side, and under the guidance of the old emperor's gaze, he slowly opened the scroll and read it aloud.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, since ancient times, the emperor opened the world, will build the crown prince, consolidate the country. The fifth prince, Mo Chen, has outstanding talents, has made great achievements, and I bow down to public opinion, and specially set it up as the East Palace. I would like to tell heaven and earth, the temple, and the community. Chin this. ”

The solemn voice of the steward's father-in-law echoed through the empty hall, and when he had finished speaking, there was a deathly silence all around, as if even a pin had fallen on the ground.

Although Su Wan had already given himself a preventive shot the night before, Xiao Mochen's face was still a little unnatural, and Shi Li knelt down and said, "The son respectfully obeys the will of his father and will definitely live up to the holy will." ”

The crown prince who has been crowned king is the crown prince, which can be said to be the first time under the imperial system! The many courtiers who were still full of exhortations were also unable to say a word at this moment due to great shock.

The prime minister lay on the ground dumbfounded, his cloudy eyes were full of disbelief, and he glanced at Xiao Mochen next to him suspiciously, with a look of fear on his face.

Needless to say, Xiao Mochen's status in the current government and the opposition is enough to set off earth-shattering storms in his hands, and the former princelings led by the prime minister originally thought that Xiao Mochen would be a regent type of minister in the future, but he didn't expect that he would have the power to become the Son of Heaven.

A person who was originally outstanding, now has a legitimate identity, Xiao Mochen's future is bright and infinitely brilliant.

However, the former princelings have been secretly doing a lot of embarrassing things that are detrimental to Xiao Mochen's interests, once he really ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, the first ones who will sanction will inevitably be these villains who blow the wind in the court.

In this way, whether the prime minister can retire successfully and keep the evening will also be a question mark. In his eyes when he looked at Xiao Mochen, there was both cautious temptation and bottomless fear.

"Three days later, it will be an auspicious day, and I will issue an edict announcing the birth of a new crown prince in the world." The old emperor looked at Xiao Mochen with deep eyes and said, "When the time comes, a three-month celebration will be held......

"Your Majesty! Big things are wrong! A little eunuch ran in in a hurry, wiped the tears on his face, and shouted: "Queen Mother! The Queen Mother is gone! ”

Before the old emperor could finish speaking, he got stuck in his throat, and before he had time to think, he suddenly stood up from the throne, and asked with wide eyes, "What did you say?" ”

"The Queen Mother had a heart attack last night and went directly!" The little eunuch was crying so much that he couldn't stop crying, and said tremblingly.

"Why didn't anyone find out in the first place!" The old emperor had turned from initial shock to complete anger, and the bruises on his head burst out, and he roared loudly and asked, "Why is there no maidservant serving by the queen mother's side!" ”

"Mama Li, a confidant next to the Queen Mother, also went with the Queen Mother." The little eunuch trembled with fright, and said breathlessly, not daring to raise his head at all.

"Poof." In the next second, a stream of blood spurted out of the old emperor's mouth, wetting the bright yellow dragon robe on his chest.

"Your Majesty!" The courtiers below let out exclamations, watching together as this peerless hero slowly fell backwards.

Xiao Mochen frowned, rushed forward in a flash, grabbed the old emperor's shoulders, placed him smoothly on the dragon chair, turned his head and said to the stunned father-in-law, "Hurry up and announce the imperial doctor!" ”

In King Chen's mansion, Su Wan was carrying a gilt watering kettle, bowing over the flower bed to water the roses, when he suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves coming from far and near.

Su Wan thought that Xiao Mochen was back, a heartfelt smile appeared on his face, and he quickly put down the kettle and turned around, but who knew that it was Gu Zeyang who came from the door with a panicked face.

"Princess, something big happened in the palace." Gu Zeyang stepped forward and said to Su Wan in a low voice: "After Your Majesty announced in public that you would crown the prince as the crown prince, the news of the Queen Mother's death last night suddenly came from the harem. ”

"How so!" Such a huge amount of information caught Su Wan a little off guard, and she hurriedly raised her head and said to Gu Zeyang: "Take me into the palace quickly!" ”

"Yes!" Gu Zeyang came to invite Su Wan into the palace this time, and many of the imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital were helpless against the old emperor's coma, so they could only pin their hopes on the head of the Tang Tai Hospital.

Su Wan didn't have time to call out to Shangqingyun, so she got into the carriage and took her to the imperial city.

As soon as she got off the carriage, the eunuch and palace maid who were waiting in front of the imperial city quickly helped Su Wan to get on the chariot and brought her to the door of the old emperor's heart palace as quickly as possible.

"Princess Chen, you're here!" The housekeeper happened to walk out with hot water in her hand, and when she saw Su Wan, she immediately cried and said, "Please hurry up and take a look at Your Majesty's situation!" ”

"Hmm." Su Wan nodded and immediately walked into the hall. Dozens of imperial doctors were waiting in the outer hall, and when they saw Su Wan coming, they hurriedly hugged them, ready to tell Su Wan about the old emperor's current situation.

The imperial doctors were gossiping, delaying time and meaningless, Su Wan was a little upset, waved his hand and said, "You choose a representative, and you will talk to me when you enter the back room!" ”

After that, Su Wan went straight into the inner hall without looking back.

Xiao Mochen was kneeling next to the old emperor's bed, looking at him unconscious and worried, when he heard footsteps outside, he turned his head sideways, and when he saw that it was Su Wan, he immediately got up to greet him and said, "Wan'er, come and take a look." ”

Su Wan stepped forward and saw that the old emperor's face was pale, Yin Tang was blue, and there were some faint blood marks on the corners of his mouth, so he was shocked, leaned over to probe the old emperor's pulse, and the expression on his face was more solemn.

Seeing Su Wan's appearance, Xiao Mochen's heart was even more worried, and he tentatively stepped forward and asked, "What is the situation of my father?" ”

Seeing Xiao Mochen's cautious and concerned face, Su Wan was a little unbearable and unwilling to tell him the truth. After all, the old emperor is his biological father, although the feelings of the heavenly family have always been indifferent and estranged, but the father and son are connected by blood after all. At dusk, Su Jin was humming a little song and lying in the pavilion in the back garden of Cining Palace, playing with the goldfish swimming in the pond with the bright green wicker in his hand, when he suddenly heard an angry shout from behind: "Can you explain to me clearly, what the hell is going on?" ”

Su Jin was stunned, and before he could turn around, he was robbed of the wicker in his hand. Due to the strength of the other party, the raw edge of the wicker left a bright blood mark in her delicate palm.

"When is it, how can you still be so good!" The third prince angrily threw the wicker in his hand into the pond, looked at Su Jin with the eyes of a monster and asked.

Seeing that it was the third prince, Su Jin evoked a mocking smile, turned his head back and said, "What kind of outsider are you pretending to be here, you already knew that you were going to die today, but the dead person was changed from me to the queen mother." ”

These cold and provocative words successfully angered the third prince, and the third prince gritted his teeth, tightly clamped Su Jin's shoulders with his hands, pulled her over, and said word by word: "Why did the Queen Mother die?" ”

Because of the pain in her shoulder, Su Jin couldn't help frowning, looked at the third prince with some amusement and said, "I only know that you have always been good at acting, but now that you have no one else, why do you pretend to be very interested in that old woman?" How much does she have true feelings for you, can't you tell the difference yourself? ”

Su Jin's caustic words just hit the pain in the hearts of the third prince, he has not received the attention and attention he expected all along, even if the queen mother is kind and kind, she only treats him as an ordinary prince and does not take special care of him.

"Did you give the Queen Mother the medicine I gave you?" After the third prince lost his mind for a moment, he stared at Su Jin very nervously and asked.

"yes." Su Jin smiled innocently, as if she didn't know what she had done, she turned her head and said, "I can only choose between her life and mine, if it's you, what will you do?" ”

"Oh my God."

The third prince was just guessing before, but now that he heard the confirmation from Su Jin's mouth, he fell back into his chair like a deflated ball, and muttered to himself: "The medicine I gave you actually killed the queen mother......"

Su Jin sneered, paced back and forth a few steps while humming a song, and said lightly: "Thank you really for the medicine, it is as amazing as you said, not only is it colorless and tasteless and not easy to detect, but it can even escape the eyes of the coroner, they also thought that the Queen Mother died of a heart attack, haha." ”

"Where's Mama Li?" The third prince raised his head stiffly, looked at the woman in front of him with a delicate face but a cold smile, and felt as if a thin layer of ice had risen on his body.

"Mama Li?" Su Jin sat idly on the vacant seat next to the third prince as if nothing happened, and said with a smile: "Before I gave the Queen Mother tea mixed with poison, I had already sent her to the West Heaven with a blade." ”

"You!" The third prince stood up in disbelief, pointed at Su Jin in amazement, and said, "How can you be so vicious? ”

"That old woman is so loyal to the Queen Mother, if she sees the Queen Mother dead, she will definitely go with her." Su Jinyun lightly straightened her long hair and said, "I'm just in a good mood, so I'll give her a ride first." ”

"I really saw the wrong person, you actually killed someone!" The third prince subconsciously distanced himself from Su Jin, and said with palpitations.

"The rest of the palace doesn't seem to have any suspicions." Su Jin didn't hide it, looked at the three princes with a smile and said: "They all think that Mama Li found out about the death of the Queen Mother in the middle of the night, so she killed herself in grief and anger!" ”

"Why are you still sitting here...... The third prince's hand couldn't stop trembling, and he pointed to the Cining Palace behind him and said, "Why didn't you go to incense the Queen Mother?" ”

"I would like to go, but my status is too low to be qualified to participate in the incense." Su Jin smiled mockingly, straightened her dress and said, "The queen thought I was in the way, and drove me out of Cining Palace, so that I could stay cool." ”

The third prince took a deep breath, got up and said, "I'm going to tell my father everything." ”

Although the third prince is ruthless about sibling rivalry, he also has his own criteria and principles, and in his opinion, Su Jin must get the punishment he deserves for killing the queen mother.

"Oh, go and tell your father all the scandals that have happened between me and you." Su Jin smiled, reached out and picked his hair bun and said, "Don't forget to tell him where my poison came from, and the reason why I want to kill the Queen Mother." ”

The third prince's pace suddenly stopped, quickly turned his head, glared at Su Jin angrily and said, "You are the most cruel woman I have ever seen, you are simply a demon!" ”

"Did I do anything?" The smile on Su Jin's face gradually disappeared, and he changed to a face as cold as frost, and said, "I'm just treating the other in the other way, is this also my fault?" ”

"You didn't think about dying in the first place, did you?" The third prince stepped forward, looked at Su Jin with cold eyes and said, "You told me in the broken temple that you would bear everything and die by yourself, it's all fake, right?" ”。

"Not really." Su Jin shook his head and said with a flirtatious smile: "If you Xiao clan members weren't so disgusting and didn't make me so disgusted, I might really be cheap for you to die directly." It's a pity that you are all a bunch of hypocrites who want to eat people's hearts and pretend to be saints. ”