"Have you heard, the eldest prince has smallpox, and the imperial doctor wants to move the eldest prince out of the palace, but the queen mother will not let her die, you say, isn't this letting us follow the funeral in vain......"

When he was walking in a corridor, Jing Yuan suddenly heard such a complaining voice in his ears.

"Hey, be quiet, we are all hard-working people, our lives are very cheap, dead and alive, it's all up to God, where can the dignitaries and nobles above see our lives in their eyes? It's good that I didn't let you go directly to serve the eldest prince, so you better be quiet! ”

Another slightly more stable voice also came, it seemed that the two palace maids had grievances in their hearts and were discussing in private.

Jing Yuan's heart sank, and he was about to step forward to teach the two palace maids a lesson, but he was stopped by the queen mother on the side.

The Queen Mother shook her head slightly, signaling Jing Yuan not to act rashly, and to hear what else they could say first.

"I've always been quite unconvinced, why is the queen mother born with gold and jade, and she can still be so valued by the emperor, although there are concubines in this palace, only the queen mother can give birth to an heir! You said that we are all women, why is there such a big gap between this person and others? ”

These words can be regarded as a big rebellion, and the palace maid with a somewhat calm voice was even more startled, and covered the woman's mouth: "You don't want to die, you dare to compare yourself with the queen!" ”

After a pause, he said a little sarcastically: "If you want to have the same treatment as the queen mother, you must first see what kind of goods your father is, right?" The queen mother of the family was born in the Dingguo Mansion, and the Dingguo Duke has done her best for our Li Guo and won countless battles! What if you look at your dad again? At most, it's two liters of rice, right? Do you still want to be compared with the queen mother? ”

"Well, don't I just say that? Although this queen mother is a rich life, but her life is not good, the son who was easily born is about to die, I heard that the queen mother personally takes care of the eldest prince, if the eldest prince is killed, how can the queen mother be safe and sound? Tut-tut......"

This schadenfreude words, hearing Jing Yuan's ears, only felt that his whole body was trembling.

Now everyone is praying for the eldest prince, hoping that the eldest prince can survive this catastrophe safely, but these are slandering the eldest prince like this behind their backs, this, how can this not make Jing Yuan's heart cut like a knife?!

"Go and pick up these two cheap maids, beat them to death directly, and let the mourning family hear that someone in the palace dares to spread the gossip of the eldest prince and the queen, this is the end!"

The queen mother's heart was naturally full of anger, and she coldly commanded the people beside her, naturally there was a little eunuch who was about to turn around and go on an errand.

"Wait!"

Jing Yuan bit his lip and hurriedly stopped the little eunuch.

"Queen Mother, what we have to do now is to stabilize people's hearts, if we rashly dispose of these two palace maids today, maybe it will cause more discussion in the palace, and when the time comes, people will be terrible, let's ...... It's a bit tricky! ”

Jing Yuan clenched his fists tightly, his eyes were red, and his face looked unwilling.

"It's because we want to stabilize people's hearts now, so we must come up with some means, so as to deter those traitors!"

The Queen Mother's voice was loud, and she said to Jing Yuan with an unquestionable face: "The way of the emperor, one by one, it is precisely because we are too lenient with them on weekdays, so at this time, they dare to talk nonsense here!" Jing Yuan, the mourning family knows that you are kind-hearted, and they also know that because of these few words, they lost their lives in vain, and it is a little unfair to them, but you must know that only when the harem is stable, your imperial brother's former dynasty can be stable, and if the previous dynasty is stable, the world can be stable! ”

"Now use the lives of these two cheap maids to exchange for peace in the world, this transaction is not a loss!"

After saying this, the Queen Mother turned her head to the little eunuch again, and reprimanded the little eunuch: "Didn't you hear what the mourning family commanded? Is it possible that you still have to mourn the family to do it yourself?! ”

"The slave doesn't dare, the slave will do it!"

The little eunuch felt a stirring in his heart, and he didn't dare to delay much at the moment, so he hurriedly led people to do something.

Jing Yuan took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and then slowly exhaled his breath, calmed down, and then said to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, let's go." ”

The Queen Mother is right, if you can't kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, I don't know what the rumors in this palace will become.

Besides, as far as Fang Cai said, it is true that they are disrespectful to the queen and the eldest prince first, even if they ask for their lives, it is not considered to have wronged them.

Thinking of this, Jing Yuan only felt very depressed in his heart, and wanted to shout a few times, but he could only suppress his emotions desperately, at least at this time, the most important thing is to find out the truth, and then try his best to cure Cheng'er's illness......

While thinking wildly, he came to the door of the imperial study.

Someone had already gone in to pass the ceremony, and after a while, Chu Lingyu personally greeted him: "Erchen greets the queen mother...... The labor mother left this experience, it is all the fault of the sons! ”

Jing Yuan secretly glanced at Chu Lingyu, it was only less than an hour's effort, Jing Yuan inexplicably felt that Chu Lingyu seemed to be a lot haggard.

"The emperor doesn't have to see outside, this eldest prince is also the grandson of the mourning family, and the mourning family naturally takes it to heart!"

The Queen Mother hurriedly waved her hand, and then followed Chu Lingyu into the room, sitting on the chair under the dragon chair, Jing Yuan followed the Queen Mother left and right, lowered her head, but her hands were tightly clasped together, the slender knuckles were slightly red, and if she looked carefully, she seemed to be still trembling slightly, telling the unrest in Jing Yuan's heart.

"Emperor, if something like this happens, don't be too anxious, the mourning family heard that Cheng'er has only just become ill now, this imperial doctor said that the earlier it is discovered, the greater the chance of cure, so you must settle down now, after all, you are the emperor, in addition to the eldest prince, you still have the people of the world to worry about!"

"The queen mother taught ......"

Chu Lingyu bowed down and responded: "Erchen did not dare to delay the government affairs, and it has also been ascertained that there are indeed a few patients who have suffered from smallpox in the capital...... Erchen thought that this matter must have been deliberately done by someone, and Erchen would feel afraid when he thought that there was such a suspicious person in the capital! ”

"Cheng'er is good, he will definitely not be infected with smallpox for no reason, have you thoroughly investigated the people around him? Who is so vicious that he doesn't even let go of a baby doll that is still in swaddling clothes?! ”

The Queen Mother had a calm face, staring at Chu Lingyu deadly, and her voice was full of coldness.

"After returning to his mother, Erchen is investigating this matter, and now he already has eyebrows, just after his mother, Erchen ...... I wanted to ask the queen mother how to deal with this matter. ”

Chu Lingyu showed a look of hesitation on his face, which made Jing Yuan and the Queen Mother very puzzled.

"What does the emperor mean by that? What evidence have you found? Then arrest people directly, behead them all over the house, and connect the nine clans, what else is there to say? ”

The Queen Mother couldn't help but say something sarcastic, but Jing Yuan gently pulled the Queen Mother's clothes behind the Queen Mother, and motioned to the Queen Mother to listen to Chu Lingyu finish her words first.

Chu Lingyu sighed heavily, and whispered to the two: "The people in the Tai Hospital have already found out, the reason why Cheng'er got smallpox is because a cloth tiger he played with was stained with unclean things, and Cheng'er played with it, so he ......."

"Have you found out the source of this thing?! And the people he serves close to him are too careless! How dare you send such a thing of unknown origin to the great prince?! ”

The Queen Mother stood up suddenly, Xu was dizzy because the movement was too big, and she was in a hurry, but fortunately, Jing Yuan helped her beside her, and after a while, she came to her senses.

"The source of this thing has already been found......

Chu Lingyu glanced at the Queen Mother cautiously, and just wanted to continue to speak, but the Queen Mother on the side was already furious: "Emperor, since you have found out, what are you still hesitating about here?!" Dare to murder the emperor's heir, this is the sin of the Nine Clans, even the emperor Laozi, he can't be tolerated! ”

"That's it, Brother Huang!"

Jing Yuan frowned, and looked at Chu Lingyu with a puzzled expression: "This matter is not trivial, now not only Cheng'er, but even the imperial sister-in-law has folded in, this matter must be dealt with seriously, why do you hesitate here?" ”

"It's not that I want to hesitate......"

Chu Lingyu sighed heavily again, and said to the Queen Mother and Jing Yuan: "I am afraid that once this matter is not handled well, it may cause disputes between the two countries again, and when the time comes, the people and money will be lost, and Cheng'er's life may not be able to ......."

"Two countries in dispute?"

Jing Yuan's eyes widened, and something seemed to flash in his mind, and he wanted to grab it, but he pounced.

"This cloth tiger...... Could it be that it was from the hands of a Rakshasa envoy? ”

The Queen Mother frowned tightly, looking at Chu Lingyu with an unquestioning expression, although it was a question sentence, but the words that came out were affirmative.

Jing Yuan's heart trembled, and he suddenly remembered that a few hours ago, Sophia was still chatting with him affectionately in Limo Palace.

Although he hoped very much that Chu Lingyu could shake his head and deny it, it backfired, and under Jing Yuan's nervous gaze, Chu Lingyu still nodded heavily.

"I have already found out that this cloth tiger is the gift that Sophia gave to Cheng'er when she went to visit Cheng'er in Fengyi Palace yesterday! And Sophia also went to Fengyi Palace once today, and even asked the nurse Cheng'er if she liked this cloth tiger......"

Having said this, Chu Lingyu didn't continue, but everyone present understood what Chu Lingyu didn't say meant.