Qianqing Palace.

In the bedroom, on the dragon couch, the emperor is lying flat, and on the side, there are Concubine Li Niangniang and Princess Qingtian.

In front of them, kneeling was the Book of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu knelt on his stomach, looking trembling, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.

The emperor beckoned to Princess Qingtian and Concubine Li: "Qingtian, love concubine, help me up." ”

"Father, slow down."

"Your Majesty, be careful."

Princess Qingtian and Concubine Li said, helped the emperor up and sat down, leaning his back against the head of the bed.

The emperor was pale, his eyes were blank, and he was lazily leaning back against the head of the bed, weak, and completely sickly.

The "violent death" of the queen mother gave him a great blow to his body and mind, and he couldn't afford to get sick.

Originally, he himself looked at this matter very indifferently, because the queen mother was not very favored by him, and he also said that as soon as the queen mother was buried, he would make Concubine Li the queen.

He also once taught Princess Qingtian's three sisters and brothers not to be sad about this matter, and asked them to relax, but who would think, his own heart can't be relaxed.

It is said that he thinks about it every day and dreams at night, and he doesn't think much about the queen's mother, but for a few days, he goes to bed every night, and he always dreams of her, or a nightmare, and dreams of her "violent death", which makes him frightened.

After continuous tossing, he became so sick......

He stared at the Ministry of Rites: "Raise your head, and then say, what's wrong with the prince?" ”

Princess Qingtian and Concubine Liniang both had gloomy faces, and they didn't dare to breathe, but just listened quietly.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu raised his head, looked at the emperor, and said in a trembling voice: "Prince...... He...... He's missing. ”

The emperor gritted his teeth, his face was full of anger, he endured it, did not have a seizure, and asked slowly: "Explain it, go on." ”

"Yes." The Ministry of Rites Shangshu nodded, and said seriously, "The prince led the harem concubines and ministers to escort the queen's coffin to the willow forest garden for burial, I don't want to travel on the way, Concubine Jing suddenly said that she had abdominal pain, and the prince took a few guards to return to the palace with her, but who knows, it is gone, to the burial place, they have not come, the minister will personally return to the palace to ask, but the guards of the nine gates of the palace said that the prince and Concubine Jing have not come back at all, the minister panicked, seeing that the auspicious time is approaching, Then he rushed to Liulin Garden to preside over the funeral of the queen's mother, and dealt with everything, and then the minister came to report to the emperor. ”

What's going on?

The emperor, Concubine Li, and Princess Qingtian couldn't help but think:

Where did the prince and Concubine Jing go?

Things were strange, restless and uneasy looming, the emperor pondered for a while, and finally spoke: "The queen 'died violently', things are weird, and now the prince has disappeared inexplicably, what is the name of this?" ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu replied to the question, and the conversation changed: "By the way, the emperor, the third princess and the mother took care of you, and you couldn't go, but the eldest princess, the eldest princess didn't go to the queen's funeral." ”

The emperor replied, "The eldest princess is in the Su Palace, and she has sent someone to tell me, and she said that she ......."

"Your Majesty...... The emperor ...... "Before the emperor finished speaking, the chief eunuch Xiao Quanzi rushed in with a shout.

"What's the matter?" The emperor's gaze was fixed on the piece of paper that Xiao Quanzi was holding in his hand.

The paper is not white, there are words on the paper.

Xiao Quanzi respectfully handed the paper to the emperor.

The emperor took it, and Princess Qingtian and Concubine Li looked at each other.

I saw that the paper was written like this:

Father, when you saw this letter, Erchen had already taken Concubine Jing away and flew away, in fact, Erchen has always liked her very much, but, back then, when she had not yet become the concubine of her father, Erchen did not open her mouth to tell you, Erchen liked her, and later, you opened your mouth and said that you wanted to accept her as a concubine, and Erchen could only admit it, although so, but we still want to be together, but our identity is not allowed to be together, therefore, Erchen decided to take advantage of the opportunity to bury the queen mother and leave with her, Go to live our own life, please forgive your sons for being unfilial, goodbye, father, eldest sister, third sister, I hope to take care of yourself, don't read it. ”

Princess Qingtian was thinking with a sad face:

It turned out that the second brother liked Concubine Jing, no wonder, when the queen mother forced him to choose the crown princess, he would be reluctant in every way, and came to me for help, and said that he had someone he liked in his heart, but he couldn't say it, the truth was like this.

Concubine Li sneered and thought:

Unexpectedly, the prince still has such a relationship, now it's okay, the queen mother has been solved, the prince has gone away again, the eldest princess loves Liang Yuanjin stupidly, now, Kyoto has 100,000 soldiers and horses in hand, and the rest, as long as the emperor and the third princess are cleaned up, you can change the dynasty.

The emperor was furious and shook the paper with all his might: "This beast! See for yourself! ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu picked up the paper with trembling hands and looked at it, and then suddenly realized.

The emperor looked very impatient, and he waved his hand again and again: "Go out, go out, give me out!" I want to be alone and quiet! ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu hurriedly got up and bowed down with Xiao Quanzi and retreated.

Concubine Li didn't comfort the emperor, and she also retreated: "Then the emperor has a good rest, and the concubines also retired first." ”

The Emperor nodded: "Yes." ”

Concubine Li walked out of the room and saw the back of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu gradually moving away......

"Lord Shangshu, please stay!" She rushed forward with a loud cry.

Hearing this, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu turned around: "What do you have to say?" ”

Concubine Li said in a deep voice: "Lord Shangshu is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, please arrange some manpower, put on a show, and go to the Tianfo Temple to take Princess Yurou, the daughter of the palace, back to the dormitory of the palace!" ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was surprised: "Niangniang is going to take Princess Yurou back to the palace to live?" ”

"Yes." Concubine Li nodded, "In the past, she was weak and boneless, and she was always worried that she would not be able to survive, but this one was sent to the Heavenly Buddha Temple, and with the blessing of the Buddha and Bodhisattva, it has been fifteen years, fifteen years old, and when she grows up, her body and bones should be strong, and she should come back for a long time." ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu respectfully received the order: "The minister understands, the minister will take Princess Yurou back to the palace as soon as possible!" ”

Concubine Li smiled slightly, smiling a little weirdly.

...... in the bedroom

Princess Qingtian was helping the emperor to lie down.

The emperor said with a sad face: "Qingtian, now, your mother is gone, your eldest sister is for love, your father and mother don't care, your second brother is even worse, for love, your father and mother don't want it, I am a dignified son of heaven, and I ended up with a wife who was separated, it's really ...... Alas! ”

Princess Qingtian hurriedly comforted: "Father Hugh is sad and sad, you still have Qingtian, your favorite and favorite Qingtian, will always accompany you!" ”

The emperor was melancholy: "My body ...... Alas! ”

Princess Qingtian was a little strange: "How could my father be sick?" Is it because of the death of the queen mother? Didn't you yourself teach us not to grieve and not to grieve? How do you ...... yourself?"

The emperor took over the words: "Father and emperor somehow, in the past few days of your mother's death, my father and emperor will always dream of your mother's 'violent death' every night as long as he closes his eyes and sleeps, but your father and I are exhausted and nervous, which is really miserable!" ”

Princess Qingtian didn't care: "Didn't my father let the people from the Tai Hospital take a look?" ”

"Alas! And voila. The emperor sighed in a deep voice, "Master Zheng also prescribed medicine, but it didn't work, after all, this is a heart disease, alas! If this continues, I don't know if my father can ......."

"Father!" Princess Qingtian screamed sadly and threw herself on the emperor's chest, "No, don't think about it, father, the emperor will get better, it's just a little illness, don't scare yourself......"

"Say no more." The emperor stretched out his hand to stop Princess Qingtian, "My body, I understand myself, I am worried, your second brother is gone, the country will be gone, and in this palace, I am afraid that there will be great changes in the future." ”

Princess Qingtian said very arrogantly and domineeringly: "Father, and me, with Qingtian, the Murong family's rivers and mountains must be there!" ”

The emperor smiled happily, with his daughter Princess Qingtian, it seems that the future can be determined!