The capital in March was still cold, and the news of the emperor's serious illness had spread all over the streets and alleys of the capital. The common people are speculating whether the emperor can survive this hurdle!

The emperor's illness is unsettling, and the prince's diligence and love for the people make the people talk about it. Everyone has already decided that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as the prince, is diligent and thrifty, brave and resourceful.

The higher the crown prince's voice, the hotter the position of the crown princess becomes.

King Beijun seems to have decided that his daughter must be the crown princess, and he is very proud. The news came out of the palace that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had taken a fancy to his daughter at a glance, or in front of the queen's mother.

He was originally a little county king, just a cousin of the first emperor. Although he holds the court's fortune every year, he has no power in his hands, and he wants profit but not profit.

In recent years, the imperial court has been in turmoil, and many prominent and famous families have begun to decline. In the past, when he was walking around the court, he was not taken seriously, but now because of the prince's choice of concubine, his reputation has become famous.

While happily waiting for the imperial court's edict for marriage, he accepted congratulations and gifts from all sides.

Zhou Yan'er saw her father so happy, in addition to joy, she also worried. After all, the edict of marriage has not yet come down, and there are still uncertainties. She thinks it's better to be careful in everything, but who knows, her father has already begun to do a lot of things for her.

Zhou Bo saw that his daughter was unhappy, and shook his head unconsciously: "Look at you, where do you look like a person who is about to become a princess?" ”

Zhou Yan'er just sighed when she heard this: "Father, it's been ten days. There was still no news in the palace, and the daughter was just a little worried. ”

"Worried? What do you have to worry about? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's "like" alone is enough. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yan'er couldn't help blushing slightly.

She has always remembered the scene of that day deeply, and she remembered the prince's every move, every smile and smile.

"Yan'er, you will definitely be the crown princess."

When Zhou Yan heard this, she lowered her head and smiled, her eyes were full of joy.

However, just when the Beijun Wangfu was in full swing, Meng Xizhao's wife Qiao Huiyun had already contacted the Xie family.

As the Lady of Sanpin, everything she said and everything she did could represent the position of the Meng family.

The person Qiao Huiyun came to see was Xie Kaiyu's wife, Shangguan.

The Shangguan clan is naturally respectful to the people of the Meng family.

Qiao Huiyun took her daughter Chu'er to Xie's house as a guest.

Shangguan looked at Qiao Huiyun, thinking that the queen mother had not made any moves, but the rumors outside the palace were lively.

Shangguan wanted to ask, but he didn't want to be too abrupt. She sat on the chair and watched Qiao Huiyun feed her daughter soup, and smiled slowly on her face: "Madame is really blessed, she has such a smart and lovely daughter." ”

Qiao Huiyun smiled when she heard this: "Mrs. Xie, you are the same. Your daughter Zhenzhen, the queen mother is full of praise for her. ”

Shangguan was slightly stunned, and then asked with a smile, "Really?" The queen mother she ......"

She deliberately said halfway through the conversation, and then changed the conversation and said: "Actually, there have been a lot of rumors outside recently, all of which are about the daughter of the king of Beijun. I heard that outside the palace, it was crowded with people who went to congratulate and give gifts every day......

Qiao Huiyun smiled lightly when she heard this, and only said: "How can such a thing as rumors be believed and believed." ”

Shangguan saw her smiling, and his mood suddenly became a little excited.

"So, aren't those rumors true?"

Qiao Huiyun unhurriedly took out a handkerchief and nodded the corners of her daughter's lips, and then instructed the grandmother beside her to take her to the courtyard for a walk.

Chu'er was very obedient and nodded obediently.

Shangguan hurriedly ordered the others to follow and let them take care of it.

Most of the people in the house went out, and Shangguan simply continued to ask: "Mrs. Meng, you also know that we have worked hard to choose a concubine for the crown prince. Zhen'er is now fourteen years old, and her marriage is what we care about the most. The prince is handsome and heroic, if Zhen'er is lucky enough to be his concubine, it will be a great blessing for the Xie family. ”

Qiao Huiyun saw that the more she spoke, the more excited she became, and she just smiled: "Actually, I came to your mansion in the past few days, and this is all the order of the queen's mother." Niangniang's meaning is very clear, and so is the prince's meaning, but some people will be wrong. ”

The expression on Shangguan's face became more and more excited, she clenched her handkerchief, in order to hide her gaffe, she hurriedly lowered her head and took a sip of tea, but she almost choked herself.

Qiao Huiyun was still smiling: "Niangniang asked me to come over, in fact, to give you a reassurance." The candidate for the crown princess has already been decided, you can rest assured. ”

This reassuring sentence made Shangguan almost stand up excitedly.

"Mrs. Meng, say so...... My Jane. ”

Qiao Huiyun smiled silently, just made a boo gesture to her.

"The emperor is now seriously ill in bed, and the prince's marriage should be postponed. However, Niangniang also wants her to worry, the dragons in the court have no leader, if the prince can get married as soon as possible, he will continue the bloodline for the Zhou royal family. This is also a good thing for the imperial court. ”

Shangguan steadied his slightly trembling hands, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"This matter is still being kept secret, and the mother said not to leak the rumors, so as not to make trouble in the city again, and also break the face of the king of Beijun."

Shangguan nodded again and again: "Of course we know the proportions. ”

Qiao Huiyun smiled slightly: "That's the best." ”

In fact, Niangniang didn't care if they would keep it a secret at all, but the candidate for the crown princess would be officially announced soon.

Xie Kaiyu's daughter, Xie Zhenzhen. About to become the biggest lucky one of these.

The next day, Qiao Huiyun carried Chu'er into the palace to meet Meng Xilan.

Due to her physical inconvenience, Meng Xilan did not meet Qiao Huiyun directly through a thin gauze curtain in front of her.

In this way, Qiao Huiyun was naturally very concerned, and hurriedly asked her if she was uncomfortable?

Meng Xilan said lightly: "There is nothing to do in this palace, but I am a little afraid of the wind recently." ”

Qiao Huiyun held Chu'er's hand: "Chu'er, go and say hello to your aunt." ”

Chu'er has always liked Meng Xilan very much, and was about to walk towards her, but she heard her aunt say: "Okay Chu'er, I coughed twice when I got up in the morning, so it's better not to come over." ”

Hearing this, Chu'er immediately stopped sensibly, turned around and returned to her mother, and whispered a word to her.

Qiao Huiyun lowered her head and listened, but smiled: "This kid said, when I go home, I will give you stewed rock sugar pears to eat and moisten your throat." ”

Meng Xilan's heart warmed when she heard this, and she really wanted to hold Chu'er in her arms and be intimate. It's just that her belly is already bulging, and if she doesn't need to be covered by a thin cover, she can be seen through at a glance.

Although Chu'er is a child, she will also notice the abnormality of her body.

Qiao Huiyun was not a sensitive person, but now she had a bad premonition in her heart.

She always felt that Meng Xilan had something to hide from herself.

Qiao Huiyun opened his mouth and said, "This hour should be the time for Chu'er to take a nap. Mother, it's better to ......"

Meng Xilan knew that she had something to say, so she hurriedly instructed Baozhu to take care of it personally.

Without anyone else, Qiao Huiyun boldly stepped forward, she walked outside the gauze curtain, and Meng Xilan's face was faintly visible, but she couldn't see the expression on her face clearly.

Meng Xilan saw her stretch out her hand, her fingertips touched the gauze curtain, as if she wanted to lift the curtain, but in the end she gave up.

Meng Xilan sighed softly: "The body of this palace is just a little sensitive. ”

This secret is not until the last minute, and it must not be known to anyone.

She had to give birth to the child silently, even though it was impossible.

Qiao Huiyun silently retreated to her seat, and then talked about the Xie family.

"They promised to keep it a secret, but I always felt that they would tell it."

Meng Xilan said lightly: "Let them go." ”

When the news of the Xie family is released, I am afraid that the life of King Beijun will not be easy.

Sure enough, it was only two days after the news came out, and the king of Beijun couldn't sit still. He didn't understand how the rumors outside said that they had changed?

He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but Meng Xilan was wholeheartedly resting on the fetus.

In the affairs of the court, the prince is in charge, and the affairs of the harem are covered by her one hand. As for Zhou Youchen, he was resting in the dormitory peacefully, no one would disturb him, and no one would tell him what happened to him?

Gao Welfare stays by the emperor's side for twelve hours a day, no matter how big or small, so that others have no chance to interfere.

Meng Xilan was in the palace, wearing a loose robe, but it was difficult to cover her revealing figure.

However, there are only a few insiders around her.

Chu Ansheng also didn't know, because he hadn't seen the queen for a while.

He has been following Gao Fuli recently, following him to do things in the palace, and learning to be a real "minion".

Chu Ansheng looked at Zhou Youchen, who was ill, and the hatred in his heart became stronger and stronger, and he hated to take his life with a knife with his own hand.

Gao Fuli knew what he wanted to do by looking at him.

The more he was like this, the more Gao Welfare wanted to test him, and he asked him to go over to wipe his face with the emperor.

"Grandpa Gao, why are you doing this?"

Gao Fuli said with a faint look in his eyes: "Because I am not at ease with you." If you can't hold your breath all the time, how can you return to serve the queen? ”

Chu Ansheng held back his anger: "Do you still need a slave like me by Niangniang's side?" Are there still few people in this palace who serve her? ”

Gao Fuli looked at him coldly: "You don't know anything!" ”

Chu Ansheng chuckled: "Is there anything else in this palace that I don't know?" ”

Gao Fuli sighed helplessly: "If you really want to know, then go back to Cining Palace." ”

Chu Ansheng frowned at him, not understanding what he meant.

Gao Fuli looked at him deeply and turned his hands behind his back: "You go back." When you go back, you'll understand. ”

When he learns his mother's secret, will he be happy or depressed? It's really hard to say.

Chu Ansheng was puzzled at first, and then plucked up a lot of energy and turned to leave.

He hurried back to Cining Palace, and at this hour, Meng Xilan was taking a nap.

Baozhu walked away for a while because she wanted to tell the little palace maid to boil medicine and watch the fire, and the little palace maid outside saw Chu Ansheng come back suddenly, and thought that he had something important to report, but she didn't step forward to stop her, silently retreated, and let him in.

Chu Ansheng stood at the door, through the thin curtain, and was about to say something, but he heard the lady in the hall say: "Baozhu, bring the pearl soup." ”