In the following days, the people in the Jing'an palace gradually forgot the haze caused by the assassin incident, and one by one they began to pack their things back to Beijing while preparing the Lantern Festival supplies.

After all, this time it was the master's return to Beijing, and they were happier than anyone else, not to mention going to the prosperous imperial capital of the capital.

Cheng Qingyue was unmoved by the enthusiasm of the subordinates, most of them were servants bought by Brother Chen after he arrived in Cangzhou, and he didn't know that the court was sinister, so he was naturally full of expectations for returning to Beijing.

For herself, Cangzhou is the place where she knows Brother Chen, and it carries too many memories for her, so no matter how prosperous the capital is, it can't compare to Cangzhou.

However, some people are happy and some are worried, these days, Xiao Junyan is inexplicably irritable, he runs to Cuihong Mansion every day, but all of them come out with a disappointed face, and he is not even interested in such a lively occasion as the Lantern Festival.

However, Xiao Junyan is not the only one who is worried, in the Yong'an Palace of the Imperial Palace of the capital, Li Wei is asking Chen Guifei for his guilt: "Niangniang atonement, the ghost phantom's plan has failed."

The noble concubine Chen Sirou was richly dressed and made up exquisitely, and she was leisurely cutting flower branches, her face was a little blurred in the lingering incense, and she couldn't see her joy or anger.

Li Wei secretly glanced at her, and his heart became more and more bottomless, the concubine has always been ruthless, this plan failed, and he didn't know how to punish him.

As if she hadn't heard Li Wei speak, Chen Guifei was still concentrating on cutting the flower branches, and for a while, Li Wei only felt that the air seemed to be condensed, and his throat was dry.

He hesitated for a while, but still reported: "Weichen is not doing things well, and I ask my mother to punish him!"

After the pruning was completed, Chen Guifei put down the scissors, and the maid on the side handed a towel in a timely manner, she wiped her hands, sat on the couch, took a sip of tea, and signaled the maid to retreat, only then did she say with a casual look: "Even the ghost ghost can't get rid of him, it seems that the palace looks down on him again." ”

Li Wei hurriedly echoed and said: "Niangniang is wise, the ghost shadow phantom is strong in martial arts, and he has never missed, but he was planted in the hands of this Jiang Yichen, it seems that we all underestimated him before."

Chen Guifei snorted coldly and said: "This Jiang Yichen, when he was a child, was not ordinary, the emperor not only favored the abnormal, but also gave the name "Chen", the heart of the prince is clearly revealed, if it is not for the later illness and incurability, where will the crown prince get him Jiang Yihong." The palace only hated the queen for being incompetent, and instigated her to intercept and kill her halfway, but let them escape, so that now this scourge is left. ”

Li Wei said: "What Niangniang said is very true, the prince's qualifications are mediocre, and he is lustful and extravagant, in terms of wisdom, strategy, and skill, he is far worse than His Royal Highness the King of Anyang, if it wasn't for the prime minister's obstruction, the crown prince's position must be His Royal Highness, but even if Jiang Yichen comes back, how much can that sick seedling make waves?"

At the mention of the emperor, Chen Guifei's face suddenly shrouded in clouds: "Hmph! He is strict and virtuous, relying on the fact that the Zhang family is a prestigious family, and he has no respect, and interferes with His Majesty's decision, causing the emperor to miss the position of the prince, this enemy will be avenged sooner or later! ”

"Who said no, the emperor is merciful, and he remembered that their ancestors of the Zhang family had meritorious service in our Jiang country, so they kept him to this day. This court crisis, the prime minister is incompetent and derelict in his duties, His Majesty is very dissatisfied, I believe that the fall of the Zhang family is a matter of time, this time the emperor recalled the King of Jing'an, I am afraid that there will be some action, I hope that the sick man will not live up to His Majesty's expectations. Li Wei analyzed.

Chen Guifei said: "Sick seedlings? I don't think so."

Li Wei asked suspiciously: "How do you say this?"

Chen Guifei's eyes became sharp: "The fine work I placed in his mansion has always reported that King Jing'an is sick and unscrupulous, and he doesn't do business, he only likes to dance and ink, and linger in the land of fireworks." But this time, did he behave like a sick seedling? ”

Li Wei nodded and agreed: "It's still a wise mother, in this way, it seems that the sick man may have been hiding his strength, or pretending to be sick, and his heart is very insidious and vicious!"

Chen Guifei said: "Well, so this ghost phantom is not a futile, at least we have figured out Jiang Yichen's strength, we must not be careless, it is difficult to ensure that Jiang Yichen is not prepared."

Li Wei gloated and smiled: "But compared to us, the Fuhe Palace is more anxious."

As Li Wei said, in the queen's Fuhe Palace, Prime Minister Zhang Huaiyan discussed countermeasures with his sister Zhang Rongxiu with a solemn face.

"Queen Mother, this court crisis, the emperor blames me for dereliction of duty, I'm afraid that the day Yang Jingye returns to the court is the day when the emperor asks me for the blame." Zhang Huaiyan said worriedly.

Zhang Rongxiu lost her father at a young age, her eldest brother Zhang Huaiyan shouldered the family responsibilities early, and because she was much older, she loved her little sister very much, and when she grew up, her brother invited many masters to teach her virtue and etiquette, and trained her into a real famous lady.

Therefore, her brother was like a brother to her, and she respected him very much, and when she saw that her brother was worried, she comforted him and said, "Brother, don't be discouraged, you have done your best in this matter, no wonder you."

Zhang Cheng Yaoyao said: "No, this matter is not so simple, when the emperor wanted to make King Anyang the crown prince, I united with a group of old ministers in the court to block this matter, and His Majesty has been worried about this matter." A few years ago, the ministers of the DPRK and China were assassinated, and the emperor Ming Ming and I thoroughly investigated the case, but the murderer's martial arts were too high, and his brother has not caught them so far. Coupled with the current affairs of the court, the emperor is already dissatisfied with me, and he must take the opportunity to punish me this time. ”

Empress Zhang saw that her brother, who had always been steady and calm, also panicked at this time, and asked nervously: "Then as my brother said, how should we deal with it?"

Prime Minister Zhang Cheng lamented and said: "As the patriarch of the Zhang clan, I ask myself for my brother, I have always been dedicated to maintaining the glory of our Zhang family, for fear of disgrace to my ancestors." But today's Zhang clan is not as good as before, and the people in the clan rely on my power and do not seek advancement, resulting in this crisis as a brother and no one can recommend him. ”

Zhang Huaiyan saw that his sister was worried, and comforted: "But fortunately, the foundation of my Zhang clan is still there, and Your Majesty will not dare to touch us, and will only punish us slightly." During this time, I will restrain the people in the clan well, and the queen mother will also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be cautious in his words and deeds, and not to make mistakes at this critical juncture. ”

"I wrote down my brother's words." Empress Zhang nodded and said.

Zhang Huaiyan said again: "This time, Your Majesty summoned King Jing'an back to Beijing, I don't know what I want, and my brother is very uneasy."

mentioned Jiang Yichen, Queen Zhang was angry, and the past came to mind one by one.

At that time, he was in the prime of his youth, and was elected as the queen to serve His Majesty in the palace, in the first few years, His Majesty pampered himself, and his belly was angry, and he gave birth to two princes for the emperor one after another, and the emperor's favor for himself was flourishing.

Later, the two emperors died tragically, recalling this, Zhang Huaixiu felt heartache for a while, and took pity on his two emperors, one was only one year old and the other was only three years old.

After losing the two emperors, he fell ill with sadness and was bedridden for a year, and the slut of Concubine Jin took advantage of this loophole to seduce the emperor and give birth to Jiang Yiheng.

Later, fortunately, with the persuasion of his brother, he cheered up again, regained the emperor's favor, and gave birth to Hong'er.

What is hateful is that later Concubine Zhao Xiyin entered the palace, and His Majesty was suddenly fascinated by her, and since then, he has completely lost the emperor's favor, and that fox has been favored for many years, and also gave birth to Jiang Yichen.

Hum! As a son-in-law, the emperor is only Yi Hong, what qualifications does he have for Jiang Yichen to be named Yi Chen?

Thinking of this, she said hatefully: "That sick man, I only blamed him for his big life at the beginning, and I couldn't kill him."

Zhang Huaiyan hurriedly interrupted his sister: "The queen mother should not mention the events of the year at this juncture, you were bewitched by Chen Guifei back then, and intercepted and killed them halfway for your brother, fortunately, those assassins were all killed, so there was no evidence left, otherwise if you are caught by someone with a heart, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Speaking of the slut of the Chen family, Zhang Huaixiu was even more angry: "That slut, scheming, when she saw Concubine Xian being favored, she deliberately flattered her, and after Concubine Xian fell out of favor, she turned against me and sought refuge again, only to blame me for being deceived by her back then, underestimating her, and not being too defensive against her, so that she had the opportunity to accept favor, so that now she is in the position of a concubine, and she is against the palace everywhere!"

Zhang Huaiyan said: "Chen Guifei has been favored for many years, and our two parties have also fought for many years, and it will be difficult to bring them down for a while. There is also that Jiang Yichen, who has already found out for his brother, that the Seventh Prince's recommendation of Yang Jingye this time was instructed by him, and he is definitely not what he seems, it is not simple! ”

Empress Zhang's eyes were fierce and said: "Why don't we do it endlessly, just like we did back then......"

Zhang Huaiyan stopped: "Absolutely not, when they fell out of favor and left Beijing, you still couldn't kill them, and now that he is back in favor and returned to Beijing, it will be even more difficult to kill him."

Empress Zhang said: "What did the brother say?"

Zhang Huaiyan said: "According to the spy report, a few days ago, there were assassins in the Jing'an palace of Cangzhou, but the assassination was not successful, my brother guessed, this matter must have been done by Li Wei, if even his killer can't kill Jiang Yichen, then we can't help him, since this is the case, then we will wait for him to return to Beijing, so as to respond to all changes, under our noses, it is better than in Cangzhou We can't control it!"

"What my brother said is reasonable, Rong Xiu was reckless, and he almost made a big mistake."