Although the emperor disposed of Chen Cairen, he did not question the three princes.

If you send someone to question, you will undoubtedly expose your scars, and the emperor will naturally not do this.

But Yu Baolin, who sued, did not end well, and when she was immersed in the joy of defeating the enemy, she suddenly fell ill inexplicably. The body was covered with a red rash, which later spread to the face.

After the imperial doctor diagnosed and treated her, she was said to be an epidemic, and the emperor ordered her to be moved out of the palace and quarantined.

It didn't take long for Yu Baolin to fall ill and die of an epidemic.

After the incident of Chen Cairen, Concubine Shu went to the Yangxin Palace every day to intercede for the third prince, but on this day, I don't know what she said angered the emperor, and the emperor ordered her to be placed under house arrest in Changxin Palace, and the second princess was also placed under house arrest.

The concubines in the harem felt that the wind direction was obviously about to change because of the changes that had happened one after another in the past few days.

So, Concubine Xian sent someone to tell the five princes about the changes in the harem and urged him to do it as soon as possible.

On this day, a secret report appeared on the emperor's imperial case.

"I have received a secret report that there are a large number of weapons hidden in the third prince's courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing, you should quickly go and verify."

Lu Mian immediately took someone to go.

In the afternoon, Lu Mian came back to report, "Your Majesty, the ministers and the people have found 3,000 armor, 5,000 spears, 4,000 swords, and a lot of shields, saddles and other military items in the courtyard of the three princes. ”

After finishing speaking, Lu Mian obviously felt that the temperature in the hall had become cold, and his back couldn't help but shiver.

The Emperor was silent for a long time before he spoke, "Fill these things into the treasury, dispose of them properly, and retreat." ”

Lu Mian had doubts, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to retreat.

His Majesty only said how to deal with things, but did not say how to deal with the three princes, and said that they should be handled properly, what does this mean?

Should he hide the matter, or should he report it to the Ministry of Books?

Seeing that His Majesty's meaning is a bit secret, then, what should he do?

Lu Mian thought about it for a long time, and finally planned to deal with those weapons first, and observe other things for a few days.

Sure enough, as he had guessed, the emperor did not tell him about it, and everything was as if nothing had happened, but the keen-eyed person felt a sense of the mountain rain coming and the wind filling the building.

For example, Wu Sikong, he felt that something unusual had happened to the emperor, but the emperor did not have a seizure, and his face was calm.

But he knew it was temporary, and soon, a big storm was coming.

Time flies quickly, and the partisan disputes between the three princes and the five princes in the court are still attacking each other, but the harem is calm.

On this day, it is the emperor's birthday festival.

The banquet was organized by Xiao Guifeiquan, and the palace was carefully arranged up and down, striving to satisfy the emperor and sweep away the haze of the previous days.

Now, Concubine Xiao Guifei has the power of the harem, and the eight princes under her knees are deeply favored, and even the emperor's longevity festival is entrusted to her, which shows how much the emperor trusts her.

All of a sudden, Xiao Guifei was in the limelight, faintly having the demeanor of the next queen, although the queen still lives in Kunning Palace, everyone knows in their hearts that the queen is already the same as the queen.

Although Xiao Linhui is a bachelor of Hanlin, he is also among the invitees.

Yang Huijun was awarded the title of Sanpin Lady because of her meritorious service in saving the car five years ago, which is also the third lady of the Xiao Mansion in addition to Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xiao.

At that time, because of this incident, Mrs. Xiao San was jealous for a while.

Today too, because Master Xiao San is only a five-grade official and is not qualified to participate in the palace banquet, she felt sour in her heart, pointing at Master Xiao San and complaining for a long time.

Arriving at the gate of the palace, the carriage of the Xiao Mansion and the carriage of the Chen Mansion met.

"Sister Yang, you're here too." Second Mrs. Chen greeted her warmly.

Yang Huijun was very happy to see her, and took two steps forward to hold her hand, "I didn't expect to meet you here, I'm really happy." ”

Turning around, he shouted into the carriage, "Weiwei, come down quickly." ”

Xiao Ling reluctantly stepped out of the carriage, "It's still a long time since the palace banquet started, why do we have to come so early?"

"I haven't slept enough Aunt Hua yet?"

Seeing Second Mrs. Chen, Xiao Ling bowed slightly, "Aunt Hua Wan'an." ”

Then he ran towards the little girl behind her, "Manman, you're here too." ”

Chen Manman hugged her, "Yes, I knew you were coming, we should have made an appointment to set off together, so that we can talk in the carriage." ”

Second Mrs. Chen smiled, "Look at these two children, they are even closer than sisters." ”

Yang Huijun smiled, "That's not, isn't this like the two of us?" We are also closer than sisters. ”

"Haha, you're right."

Afterwards, the two families greeted each other and entered the palace gate together.

The palace banquet in Xiao Mansion was attended by Mrs. Xiao, Mr. and Mrs. Xiao, Mr. and Mrs. Xiao Linjue, and Xiao Lingwei.

Old Madam Xiao is a first-class lady, and Mrs. Xiao's official residence is a second-grade Shangshu order, and Mrs. Xiao also has a command, and they did not bring their children into the palace.

And the reason why Xiao Lingwei appeared here was because the emperor specified that she wanted to enter the palace, otherwise according to Yang Huijun's intentions, he would not let her enter the palace.

The palace has been a place of right and wrong since ancient times, and it is best to be away from nature.

Under the leadership of the chamberlain, everyone came to the Taiji Palace where the banquet was held.

"Everyone, this is the Taiji Palace, Your Majesty has instructed, there is still some time before the banquet, you can go to the garden for a walk, but don't go far."

Master Xiao said politely: "There is Father-in-law." ”

In the palace, you can't ride a horse or drive, you can only walk, and when you walk here from the palace gate, everyone is already tired, especially the elderly.

Mrs. Xiao helped Mrs. Xiao, "Mother, I'll help you go sit down for a while." ”

"Okay."

So, everyone found a pavilion and sat down, while Master Xiao and a few other big men went to talk to their colleagues and friends.

After Mrs. Xiao sat down, she felt comfortable, looking at the scenery outside the pavilion, she couldn't help relaxing, "The flowers here are really good, fragrant, and refreshing." ”

Mrs. Chen smiled and echoed, "Yes, it's comfortable for old guys like us to sit here and look at the scenery, but these little monkeys are not happy." ”

Chen Manman hurriedly said, "How come? Manman also likes to look at flowers. ”

Xiao Ling nodded slightly, "Yes, I'm here to accompany my grandmother to see the scenery." ”

Although Mrs. Xiao was angry with Xiao Lingwei a few days ago, after Xiao Lingwei made pastries every day and sent them to the Evergreen Academy, she forgave Xiao Lingwei.

At this time, seeing Xiao Lingwei acting like a little daughter, she was happy, so she nodded her nose, "You little monkey, I don't know you yet?"

"At this point, your heart doesn't know where to fly.

"Go, you little girls should go and have fun, and you don't have to accompany us old ladies."

Xiao Ling rubbed her arm slightly, and said with a smile, "Then thank you grandmother, I'll come to accompany grandmother later." ”

After speaking, he and Chen Manman saluted everyone and ran away.

"This kid." Old Madam Xiao shook her head, and said to Mrs. Xiao again, "You don't have to accompany you here, let's go shopping."