This year is about the year in which Ning Wangfu has received the most holy decrees - or in the first month of this year, it is the year in which the entire Ning Wangfu has received the most holy decrees.

Yan Qingge wanted to know what moths were going to come out of the palace.

This time I was not in a hurry, the servants outside were cleaning up the incense case, Yan Qingge and Yan Xiuyu changed into formal clothes, and when they came out, several children were also cleaned up neatly, standing hand in hand next to tall and short people, one race and one good-looking.

When the family went out together, they were stunned when they saw the person who announced the decree, wasn't that Zhu Liubao.

Yan Qingge was very sure that Zhu Liubao definitely knew Yan Shen's identity, she couldn't help but peek at Zhu Liubao, only to see that Zhu Liubao's face was not deep or shallow, making people unable to see his thoughts, and arched her hand to Yan Xiuyu: "Meet Prince Ning, Princess Ning!" If everyone is ready, we will make a decree. ”

Zhu Liubao was so angry that he didn't even look at Yan Shen, as if he had never seen Yan Shen.

Yan Shen was so frightened that he grabbed his sister Yan Wan'er's hand tightly, and he didn't even dare to breathe.

He knew this eunuch! This eunuch was the one who followed the father in his nightmare before, how could he run from the dream to reality?

For a while, Yan Shen's little face was pale with fright, his face was as pale as paper, and he stared at Zhu Liubao's every move, for fear that he would be taken back into the "nightmare".

Fortunately, after listening to Zhu Liubao's announcement, Yan Qingge immediately discovered that Yan Shen was wrong, and asked the nurse to take the children back, leaving herself and Yan Xiuyu to talk to Zhu Liubao.

This time, the crown prince called Zhu Liubao to announce the holy decree very ordinary, and it was to reward Yan Xiuyu's military exploits some time ago. However, because he disobeyed the order several times before, he also mentioned this in the holy decree, and the final reward was not to reward Yan Xiuyu, but Ning Wangfu had an extra place to choose one of the descendants, and he inherited the position of the four-rank Jiaocai general.

This news is not bad, Yan Qingge took the small box prepared by the next person, put ten neatly placed silver ingots in it, handed it to Yan Zhu Liubao, and said with a smile: "Thank you father-in-law for a trip, a little mood, please smile at my father-in-law, and also touch the joy of our house." ”

Zhu Liubao took the box, took it to his entourage of the little eunuch, and said with a smile: "Thank you Niangniang and the prince for taking care of me, I came to the house this time specifically to be happy, and I specially begged His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to get this errand." ”

Yan Qingge listened to what he said, glanced around slightly, Forsythia understood, and took the lead to lead the maid who was waiting for her to slip out.

The little eunuch who came with Zhu Liubao was very capable, and went out with his head down, and suddenly only Yan Qingge, Yan Xiuyu and Zhu Liubao were left in the room.

Zhu Liubao cleared his throat and looked at Yan Qingge with a smile: "Niangniang, when our family was in the palace, I heard a little yellow door say, it seems that someone is inquiring about His Royal Highness the sixth grandson of the emperor. Hey, when I think of His Royal Highness the Sixth Grandson of the Emperor, it's a pity for our family, what a good child! ”

Yan Qingge sighed in her heart, Yan Shen was tossed like that and sent out of the palace, of course she was angry in her heart, and she confessed her eyeliner in the palace that day, and she checked this matter well, and it was important to find out how Yan Shen was sick.

I didn't expect that there was no reply over there, but Zhu Liubao sent it to the door.

Yan Qingge estimated in his heart whether the prince asked Zhu Liubao to say this, and automatically discounted what Zhu Liubao was going to say next in his heart.

"Niangniang, our family has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, there is one thing, I want to drag Niangniang to do it for our family." Zhu Liubao suddenly changed the topic and talked about something else.

"Father-in-law, please speak." Yan Qingge said.

"Niangniang knows that those of us who are serving in the palace have no offspring, and they will die in the future, and there will be no one who will fall into the pot. Fortunately, I found my brother outside the palace ten years ago, and he was willing to give me a step-son. Who knows before he recognized this son, I don't know who mentioned it more in front of His Highness. At that time, His Majesty asked me if I would like to follow him, or if I would like to follow my cheap son......"

When Zhu Liubao said this, his voice was a little sharper than usual, and he stretched out his sleeves to wipe his tears: "Our family only asks Niangniang and Prince Ning to ask a few people to pull weeds on my son's grave on July 7 every year." ”

Yan Qingge and Yan Xiuyu looked at each other! At first, they thought that the prince just asked Zhu Liubao not to recognize his son, but they didn't expect to kill Zhu Liubao's godson directly.

They couldn't have imagined that there was such a dirty relationship between Zhu Liubao and the crown prince.

Calculate the age, ten years ago, the crown prince was just twenty years old, and he was no longer so willful that he did not allow the eunuchs around him to have other close people. He still has to do this, which can only prove that his desire for control is extremely strong, and he is afraid that Zhu Liubao has a side concern, which is equivalent to having a side weakness, and when the time comes, it will in turn threaten him, the master.

I have to say that the prince is really ruthless.

"It's an easy thing to do." Yan Qingge said: "As long as my father-in-law tells us the place, when there is a New Year and a festival, our house will go to sacrifice." ”

She forgave Zhu Liubao and didn't dare to lie about it, if the grave was still there, if she inquired, she would know that it was buried that year, and it was the child of whose family who died, and this thing can't be faked.

Only then did Zhu Liubao look at Yan Qingge with relief, and said, "The prince and the mother are kind, our family has thanked you here!" The matter that the mother inquired about in the palace, you asked others to ask, didn't you want to be near and far, but our family knows some inside information. His Royal Highness the sixth grandson of the emperor lived in the room without a dragon, the fire wall to keep warm, that day in the palace came to the news that Prince Zhao was gone, noisy, there was a little eunuch hairy, poured two baskets of refined coal to the stove of the fire wall, His Royal Highness the sixth grandson to the heat faint, his children's family, the body is weak, just because of this, infected with the epidemic, people are gone. ”

Yan Qingge listened silently and looked up at Zhu Liubao. Ouyang Shaoming clearly diagnosed that Yan Shen was a mixture of cold and heat, and he got typhoid fever for more than a while and a half, and he was almost about to transform into tuberculosis, how did he get to Zhu Liubao and become only heated?

Zhu Liubao looked at Yan Qingge flatteringly: "This little eunuch and his godfather have already gone underground for the sixth grandson of the emperor to be companions." This little eunuch used to be in Fengzao Palace, he had never seen a nobleman, he was careless, and when he arrived at Chuxiu Palace, he only dared to ask him to do some rough work, and he had to make such a mistake. The prince and the mother mourned the change, and they could only choose another son-in-law for the eldest lady in the house. ”

Yan Qingge didn't listen to Zhu Liubao's lies, she looked at Yan Xiuyu, Yan Xiuyu was also calm, but there was doubt in her eyes, she must have been suspicious of Zhu Liubao's call.

With a smile, Yan Qingge arched his hand to Zhu Liubao and said, "Thank you for the announcement!" It's our Wan'er's life that is miserable, no wonder others. Now my and the prince's hearts are settled. ”

Zhu Liubao doesn't care whether Yan Qingge believes it or not, anyway, it's good to bring his words, the palace is full of ghosts, and these aristocratic families outside are also ghostly, anyway, everyone just needs to get by on the face.

He bowed his head to Yan Qingge and said, "Niangniang doesn't have to thank our family, our family also has a request for Niangniang." Niangniang, my short-lived son, he was buried outside Zhujiazhuang on the outskirts of Beijing, as long as he asked someone to inquire in the village, he would know where the grave was. For so many years, my brother's family was afraid of provoking taboos in the palace, even if he passed by his son's grave every day, he didn't dare to come forward once! As he spoke, he looked like he was about to cry again.

Yan Qingge didn't sympathize with him at all at this time. At the beginning, she thought that Zhu Liubao was quite miserable, and she had to serve in front of her nephew's murderer. But Zhu Liubao only blamed Yan Shuyu just now, but did not mention how Yan Shen was cold, which made Yan Qingge feel that Zhu Liubao was not as innocent as he said.

Maybe he chose to kill his godson to show his loyalty in order to follow the power that the prince could have in the future.

Seeing Zhu Liubao coming out of the courtyard, Yan Qingge took Yan Xiuyu's hand and said, "Brother Yu, I don't believe Zhu Liubao's words. ”

"His words are full of loopholes!" Yan Xiuyu bowed his head and said, "But it doesn't cost much to ask someone to go to the grave." As for the palace, we asked people to continue to inquire and find out the truth. ”

Zhu Liubao staggered back to the palace and entered the study, where the prince was reading the post.

Seeing that there was no one else in the house, Zhu Liubao knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Your Highness, Your Royal Highness Yuan Sheng is in good health." ”

The prince was silent, Zhu Liubao peeked over, and saw that the prince was staring at the table, the expression on his face was very distorted, and he was already in a trance, but he didn't mean to ignore him.

He was stunned for a moment. Obviously, when he left the palace, the prince was fine, just half a day, what's wrong?

For a while, Zhu Liubao didn't dare to say anything, knelt on the ground and waited for the prince to come back to his senses.

The expression on the prince's face seemed to be shocked and angry, sad and joyful, all kinds of ups and downs, and it was the first time in more than ten years that Zhu Liubao had seen such a rich expression on the prince's face.

After several quarters of an hour, the prince raised his head, his black eyes were as if they could suck people in, and said, "How could it be this time!" ”

Zhu Liubao's heart was stunned, and he almost suffocated.

He has served the prince for many years, and he is already familiar with the prince more than he is familiar with himself. As soon as the prince stretched out his hand, he knew whether the prince wanted tea or helped him up. The prince's eyes fell on something, and he knew whether to bring it to him or not.

It can be said that not only does he know the prince better than he knows himself, but he also knows the prince himself better than the prince himself.

Zhu Liubao's lips trembled, as if he heard that the big bell that had been sealed for decades on the highest platform in the palace was about to ring again.

This bell will only be rung when the emperor dies, and the sound resounded throughout the capital.

For the crown prince, the emperor's death really did not come at a good time. Although he has killed the second, fourth, and fifth princes, there is still the eldest prince who has been mediocre! When the barbarians entered Beijing a few years ago, he escaped from the capital with his mother, and he has been hiding in his grandfather's house in Yanzhou and has never returned to Beijing.

For example, if the exiles rebel today, and the smoke is everywhere, after the death of the emperor, if someone makes trouble, it is another trouble to set up a new monarch on the grounds that the crown prince is not enough to shake the world.

The prince's gaze looked into the void, as if through the walls, through time and space, and saw the scene he least wanted to happen.

"Lonely...... There's only one brother left! The prince said slowly, clenching his fists tightly and pressing them on the table.

The crown prince made a decision in his heart, he decided to hide the emperor's death first! <

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(Tianjin)