Text Chapter 179 Road meets the eldest princess
Xiao Xuanzi adjusted his smile and was ready to step forward to say hello, after all, now Bai Guifei is in charge of the harem, this Aunt Ning Chu is a first-class celebrity in front of Bai Guifei, naturally she can't slack off, her identity is inconvenient, if Aunt Ning Chu is in a mood, maybe she can tell the queen mother about the situation, and her Royal Highness will be anxious.
"Hey, that's ...... The eldest princess? Xiao Xuanzi was stunned again, if it weren't for the obvious pregnant belly of the eldest princess, Xiao Xuanzi probably really thought that it was an ordinary palace maid, and the cloak she wore covered her body a little, if she had seen it in a hurry, she might not have paid attention, but now Xiao Xuanzi has all her attention at this back door.
Could it be that the one who is following behind, the great emperor's grandson? Oh my God, what's going on.
I saw Aunt Ning Chu carefully supporting the eldest princess and whispering something, the eldest princess nodded, although her face was a little nervous, but there was no worry in her eyes, she took Shangguan Chengyu's hand and followed the other two women dressed as palace maids into a blue-glazed carriage. And this carriage is also really simple, it seems to be a carriage used by the Shang Division Bureau for procurement. What the hell is going on.
Although he didn't know why, looking at it like this, Xiao Xuanzi didn't dare to be careless, and when he saw Ning Chu looking around, he hurriedly hid his body.
After everyone walked away, Xiao Xuanzi quietly walked out of the corner, sorted out his thoughts, and continued to go to the imperial dining room without delay.
The Imperial Dining Room was soon there, and the road was peaceful, and the Imperial Dining Room was busy at the moment. Towards lunchtime, the delicacies emit a unique aroma between fire and water. The aroma of the flowers is also ingeniously made into dishes, and you can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the chefs.
Xiao Xuanzi smelled the aroma and swallowed his saliva unconsciously, this is really gluttonous to walk around the imperial dining room. I hurriedly took the horseshoe cake and hurried back.
As soon as he returned to Xingsheng Palace, he met Imperial Doctor Chu who came to consult. With the emperor's favor, it was this Imperial Doctor Chu who came to diagnose the pulse in the past two days, and His Royal Highness recovered a lot faster.
"Imperial Doctor Chu, you're here." Xiao Xuanzi greeted warmly.
"Little Xuanzi father-in-law." Imperial Physician Chu had a good impression of this little Xuanzi, and responded with a smile.
"Our Highness is in the inner room, Your Highness is in much better spirits today, thanks to Imperial Doctor Chu's superb medical skills." Xiao Xuanzi said with a smile.
I didn't want to say that just after the words fell, Imperial Doctor Chu's expression changed slightly, and he sighed: "Hey, the old man's medical skills are not superb, and there is still room for improvement. ”
The two of them quickly reached the main hall as they spoke.
"Ahem, why did Imperial Doctor Chu say this?" Jinrong heard the conversation between the two and asked loudly.
Imperial Physician Chu pushed the door inside and said, "How does Your Highness feel today?" ”
"It feels so much better." Jinrong replied with a smile.
"Your Highness is in good health, if you change someone else, you may not recover so quickly for a while." Imperial Physician Chu said with relief, because the wound could not be checked often, but the pulse was diagnosed, and the pulse of the Second Highness was stable and powerful, and it seemed that he had recovered well.
"Thank you Imperial Physician Chu, I just heard the conversation between Imperial Physician Chu and Xiao Xuanzi, but what difficulties did you encounter?" Jinrong asked in a low voice.
I saw Imperial Physician Chu sigh slightly and said: "The old man has been in the palace for many years, and although his medical skills are not superb, he is passable, but recently he has become more difficult. ”
"Oh? What is it? Jin Rong asked with a frown.
"Your Highness, can you know that the emperor has been in a dragon body for two days and has not been in court early?" Imperial Physician Chu said in a low voice.
"Father's health is ill? Why doesn't Hongu know at all? Jin Rong frowned.
"It's nothing if you don't know, Your Highness is now recuperating from injuries, and it's okay if you don't know these troubles." Imperial Physician Chu said softly. Sympathy and admiration for this Highness. The calmness and gentleness of these two days made Imperial Physician Chu more convinced of the character of His Second Highness, and he also liked this attitude of neither humility nor arrogance, nor self-pity.
"What the Imperial Doctor said is," Jin Rong smiled lightly, with a bit of lightness. How can you not understand people's hearts after staying in this imperial power center for a long time. Now the person in charge of the harem is Bai Guifei, as the queen's concubine, Bai Guifei will cover the news intentionally or unintentionally, for what purpose it is obvious. But so what, as a prince who is accused of rebellion, his injuries have not healed, and he can't go to his father's side to serve the sick. He didn't care about these false courtesies.
"Your Highness still needs to rest more, don't touch the water in the past three days, pay attention to your diet, there will always be more diseases in the spring." Seeing that Jinrong's attitude had not changed, Imperial Physician Chu was still not surprised, and instructed with a smile.
"Thank you, Imperial Doctor Chu." Jin Rong said with a smile.
Imperial Physician Chu gave another instruction to Xiao Xuanzi and left. After Xiao Xuanzi sent Imperial Physician Chu out of the hall, he returned to the house just to see Jinrong frowning and thinking about something.
"Your Highness, the servant passed by the imperial dining room today and fetched some horseshoe cakes, Your Highness can use some." Xiao Xuanzi asked with a smile.
"Passing by?" The corners of Jin Rong's mouth curved and said: "The road from the Chonghua Palace to the imperial dining room of the third brother is not close, so it was specially taken." ”
Xiao Xuanzi scratched his head and said, "Your Highness is too smart, Your Highness can taste it." ”
Xiao Xuanzi smiled and put the crystal clear horseshoe cake in the white glazed blue and white plate, which was decorated with almonds, and the imperial dining room was also delicately decorated with peach blossom chips on each horseshoe cake, which was very beautiful.
Jin Rong smiled and picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, sweet and delicious, soft and smooth with tenacity, now it is the season of horseshoe harvest, very fresh.
Seeing that Jinrong was eating happily, Xiao Xuanzi's mood also improved a lot, and he thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I encountered something strange on the way to the imperial dining room today. ”
"Oh, let's hear it." Jinrong put down the pastry in his hand and looked at Xiao Xuanzidao.
"That's the ......" Xiao Xuanzi told Jinrong word for word about the scene he saw outside the back gate of Yuqing Palace, and also described the makeup of the eldest princess and the eldest grandson.
"You mean that the eldest sister-in-law deliberately concealed her identity?" Jinrong asked with a frown.
"Really," Xiao Xuanzi hurriedly nodded.
"The eldest emperor's sister-in-law is pregnant, what does this mean by such an act at this time. Did you follow the carriage? Jinrong asked in a low voice.
"At that time, the minion thought it was strange, but he didn't dare to step forward and follow." Xiao Xuanzi said with a guilty face.
"Very good, they must not want others to know about this behavior, how about you go to the third brother's side?" Jin Rong knew that his forces were all in the army, and there was no one available in the palace, and the third brother was different, if he guessed correctly, the third brother was in charge of the Celestial Scar. This may be the father's trade-off, he has the external power, and the third brother has the internal power, so as to achieve a balance, that is, both are the candidates for the prince considered by the father. And now, when he is in danger, the third brother rescues, and he can trust Yunsheng, then he should trust the third brother, and now I am afraid that he needs to unite.
He had a heart for this throne, but if the third brother could help him clear his grievances and keep the Xinguo Mansion and the queen mother out of danger, what if he gave it up.
"Back to His Highness, the slave went to Chonghua Palace, and the guards said that His Royal Highness was not in the palace, and he didn't know where he went, so he couldn't deliver the message." Xiao Xuanzi replied apologetically.
"Well, then wait." Jin Rong said softly.
The time in the palace was always a little long, and the moonlight finally took the place of the sun in the imperial city.
"Meet Your Highness." The father-in-law outside came in with a message, waiting for the master's reply.
Jinrong was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Please"
But in a moment, a Xuanqing gon gold-rimmed prince's robe, Jinqi, who had a cool posture, stepped into the inner room, her hair was tied with a gilded jade crown, and she looked at the gentle-looking Jinrong with a bit of solemnity between her eyebrows and saluted: "I have seen the second emperor brother." ”
"The third brother is polite, because my brother is inconvenient, I won't return the salute, please take a seat." Jin Rong said with a smile.
"Thank you, Brother Huang." Jinqi whispered, and found a stool closest to Jinrong to sit down.
As soon as I sat down, I heard Jin Rong say: "Thank you third brother for saving the palace and returning to the palace." ”
"It was a helpless move to take the imperial brother back to the palace, and the palace came this time to rebel against the imperial brother." Jinqi said in a low voice, "Brother Huang is now in a passive position in the palace, and it will be too late to ......."
Jinqi's words were not finished, but Jinrong didn't know that now that the emperor was in poor health, the ministers had to settle down and take the emperor to get better, and the rebellion would cause heated discussions. And returning to the palace with a rebellious prince is undoubtedly unfavorable to the Second Highness and the Third Highness, and even Princess Yunshang. It is tantamount to telling the ministers that the prince can tolerate breaking the law, and it seems to be safe, but it is actually passive.
"This palace knows that this incident has just returned to Beijing, and it has just sorted out its thoughts in the past two days, and there are three evidences that confirm that this palace is plotting rebellion, one is a letter, and the other is Yunshang...... The imperial sister, the tiger talisman, and the other is Shangguan Jinmo's confession. The letter can be determined to be a forgery, but there is a lack of evidence, as for the confession of the tiger charm and Shangguan Jinmo......" Jinrong frowned and pondered.
It is really difficult to prove that the letter is forged, after all, it used to be compared with the handwriting, and I am afraid that it will not work with my empty white teeth. As for Shangguan Jinmo's confession, since he can propose to provide silver taels, it is inevitable that the account book can also be fabricated, Li Zhaoyi's Jiangnan mother's family has a big business, and it should not be difficult to produce such an account. The two of them insisted on their own words, so naturally Shangguan Jinmo was more convincing. Jin Rong didn't feel that he was in trouble.
"This is exactly what the palace wants to say, near the Japanese palace ordered people to closely observe the ministers of the DPRK and China, and unexpectedly found that there were five editors of the Hanlin Academy who had taken sick leave, and it was nothing to be a seven-rank official, but these five people did not seem to be close to each other, but they often met privately during this time. After investigation, all five of them are quite accomplished in calligraphy. Jinqi said in a low voice.
"What does the third brother mean, suspicious of these five people? Calligraphy? Jin Rong frowned and thought, "Is it related to forged letters?" ”
"This is exactly what this palace intended, but the five of them are all court officials, and they are not allowed to torture in private without a will." Jinqi frowned and said, if one person is good, it is better to do something, but five people, it is not a joke, the father is sick, the prince dares to be so bold, even if he doesn't know that the prince did it, such a thing in the capital will cause chaos.
None of this is allowed by the current situation.
"What the third brother said is extremely true, let Bengong think about it." Jin Rong's eyes were wrinkled, and Jin Qi's worries could also understand that Jin Qi worked so hard for his affairs, but it was the best choice to assist him in ascending the throne.
"The first piece of evidence still needs to be investigated, what about the tiger talisman of the Yunshang Imperial Sister?" Jin Rong asked worriedly, his love for the Yunshang Imperial Sister did not mean that he could let go of it, he couldn't help but worry.
Jinqi said coldly: "Second Emperor Brother, don't worry, Yunshang is fine." ”
Seeing Jinqi's even more cold face, a helpless smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said, "The third brother is by the side of the Yunshang Imperial Sister, it should be fine, just have nothing to do." ”