It took two days for the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion to know the news that the head queen in the palace had been grounded. Because the queen mother was suddenly grounded, even the people in the queen mother's palace were not allowed to move. The palace attendants who Ning Yuanhou had befriended in the palace saw that the saint was still angry, and he didn't dare to spread the news for a while.

When the saint's anger subsided, the three princes from the queen took their sister and Princess Xi to beg the saint to see the queen mother. The saint looked at the four lovely children, and then waved his hand and asked them to go to Fengxiang Palace to see the queen, which was a slight relaxation of the grounding of the queen.

The queen has been terrified for the past few days. She has been married to Emperor Hongxuan for so long, from the southwest to returning to the capital, becoming the queen of the world, and she has always had someone to take care of her properly, and she has never been disgusted by Emperor Hongxuan so ruthlessly.

The queen may not be very intelligent, but she has one of the greatest advantages, that is, she is obedient, obedient with all her heart. When she was at home, she listened wholeheartedly to the words of her father, Lao Ningyuan, Hou Chu Bozan. At that time, under the arrangement of the old Marquis Ning Yuan, he traveled thousands of miles from the capital to the southwest border city and married the abolished prince as his wife. The southwest is the territory of the old Ning Yuanhou, when the queen was in the southwest, although she was a commoner, but under the care of the old Ning Yuanhou, no one dared to touch her hair.

Later, the abolished prince was successfully reinstated, and she entered Beijing to become the queen, but her father, Lao Ningyuan, Hou Chubozan, who had always been able to cover her, died suddenly. In addition to being frightened, she recalled what her father had said before her death, regarded her sister-in-law Pei Shufan as a think tank, obeyed everything, and successfully passed the difficult period when she had just returned to the palace, but the princess who had just left the palace entered the palace as the imperial concubine.

Originally, if Pei Shufan was still alive, the queen could live a leisurely life like this, without using her own brains or taking responsibility for herself, and pushing everything to her sister-in-law.

It's a pity that the heavens don't obey people's wishes, Pei Shufan couldn't afford to get sick, and he died soon. At that time, the queen was restless again, not knowing what to do in the future, without anyone to help, how would she face the strong opponent of the imperial concubine in the harem.

Fortunately, God still treats her well. Soon she found out that her eldest brother's house-filling Pei Shufen is not only Pei Shufan's sister-in-law, but also a member of the Pei family, and a caring person, and what she said was more popular than the words of her former sister-in-law Pei Shufan. And he is very smart, and he has come up with a lot of unexpected and extremely novel ideas for her, and she has gained a lot of face from the saint.

If it weren't for the Pei family who came forward to let the saint draft, she wouldn't have to face these young concubines every day, let alone these people who could still give birth to the saint's heir!

But no matter what, the queen didn't think about going over to kill the concubines' fetuses one by one. First, she has three sons herself, and the eldest son will choose a concubine, and soon she will have to hold her grandson, so she doesn't need to compete with low-status concubines at all. Second, the royal heirs of the Fan family are scarce, so they have always attached great importance to the imperial heirs, and the punishment for those who dare to murder the imperial heirs is extremely severe.

So for the queen, she didn't dare to deliberately target the stomach of a certain concubine if she had the audacity to her. Even if the current sister-in-law Pei Shufen once told her half-seriously and half-jokingly that it was best not to let the new favorite concubine have a chance to give birth, she was rejected by the queen.

This kind of thing, the queen knows very well that it can't be touched.

But now that Lan Guiren's child is gone, the clues go from pointing directly at the Duchess of Zhenguo to directly pointing at the queen herself, which is really unbelievable to the queen.

What kind of big crime is it to murder the emperor's heir, when the queen first entered the palace, she listened to the people of the Zongren Mansion repeatedly give lectures to the people in the palace. Thinking of this, the queen has lived to be in her thirties now, and she has never been so afraid.

In the past few days in Fengxiang Palace, the queen has spent her days like a year, and she has no intention of grooming and worrying.

When the three princes came to Fengxiang Palace with their sisters, what they saw was such a haggard face and a little messy hair bun, the queen mother who had always paid attention to appearance before, and who had never seen anyone if she had never dressed neatly.

"Queen Mother, why are you like this?!" Princess Hexi was so young that she was greatly taken aback when she saw the queen's appearance.

The third prince held her hand and shook it slightly, and Princess Hexi closed her mouth and didn't speak again.

The eldest prince was also very sad when he saw the queen's appearance, pursed his thin lips, and asked the queen, "Queen Mother, what happened?" The queen looked at the four children standing in front of her, and suddenly felt sad, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and whimpered bitterly for a long time before she choked and said, "The queen mother is not good this time." You guys... You "saw Princess Hexi's frightened expression, and the queen was reluctant to let her hear these bad things, so she said to the second prince and the third prince: "You take Princess Hexi to play, the queen mother has something to say to your eldest brother." "Leave the eldest prince alone.

The second prince and the third prince are not young, and they can be regarded as growing up in the palace, and they are very clever. After listening to the queen's words and knowing that things were a little tricky, the second prince hurriedly pulled Princess Hexi and said, "Sister, the second brother left the palace a few days ago and found a fun mask for you to come back, do you want to go over with the second brother to have a look?" ”

The third prince also followed: "The third brother brought a few kites for my sister, let's go outside to fly kites later?" ”

Princess Hexi is also twelve years old, although she is timid, she is not a person without eyes, and when she heard this, she hurriedly smiled: "Very good." He-hee hasn't flown a kite in a long time. Looking at the second prince again, he smiled sweetly: "First go to the second brother to get the mask, and then go to the third brother to get the kite." After speaking, he curtsied to the queen and said, "Queen Mother, we are out." ”

Seeing Princess Hexi's sweet smiling face, the queen's mood improved, and she nodded when she heard the words, and said, "Go ahead, call a few more people to follow, don't be left alone." The second and third princes assured the queen in unison that they would not leave their sister alone.

The queen smiled and waved her hand and watched them go out.

The eldest prince stood aside with his hands tied, his face calm, and he didn't say a word.

The queen withdrew her eyes from looking outside the palace and looked over at the eldest prince. I saw that he was wearing a dark cloud leopard coat outside, revealing the li-colored python white fox armpit arrow sleeves inside, wearing a silver crown with silk pearl hairpins, and his face resembled that of Emperor Hongxuan, with a good silhouette unique to the Fan royal family.

Seeing the eldest prince, the queen remembered the appearance of Emperor Hongxuan when she got married, and she was sad again, and she couldn't speak. Sister-in-law Pei Shufen's words kept recalling in her ears and really spoke to her heart. She really doesn't understand why she is her husband and not the emperor when she is Emperor Hongxuan, but she pushes Emperor Hongxuan farther and farther.

"Mother, are you alright?" The eldest prince asked with some concern when he saw the queen's appearance.

The queen came back to her senses, dragged her hand to the eldest prince and said, "Come, come to the queen mother." ”

The eldest prince hesitated, but walked over slowly, half-knelt in front of the queen's knees, and looked up at the queen.

The queen stretched out her hand, stroked the eldest prince's nose and hair, and muttered, "The queen mother is in big trouble this time." ”

The eldest prince remained motionless, looked at the queen and said, "Don't be afraid, queen mother. If there is anything, our four brothers and sisters will bear it together with their mother. ”

Seeing that the eldest prince was so sensible, the queen was even more sad, and tears rained down: "It's the queen mother who is not good and has dragged you down." Rest assured, if the grievances of the queen mother cannot be washed away, the queen mother would rather judge herself than let your position be damaged......"

If there is really no way to wash the dirty water on her body, the empress plans to cut herself before Emperor Hongxuan declares the abolition. She is convinced that as long as she dies first, Emperor Hongxuan cannot be abolished. Her position as the queen is irreplaceable. Even if the imperial concubine can ascend to the throne of the queen in the future, she can only be the successor, and her son will always be inferior to her own son!

The eldest prince was in a hurry and hurriedly said, "The queen mother must not!" If there's something, say it, and we'll figure it out together. In any case, the child would rather the queen mother live than those illusory names...?

The queen smiled with tears in her eyes and said, "What a child." How are those false names? You will know later that those things are worth fighting for. ”

When the eldest prince saw the direct persuasion, he couldn't dispel the stupid thoughts of the queen mother, so he had to take a roundabout way. Knowing that the queen mother listened to the words of the eldest aunt the most, she said: "The queen mother waits, the child takes his younger siblings to pay New Year's greetings to his grandmother today." He gestured to the queen: "There must be a way." ”

Only then did the queen perk up a little, no longer bent on seeking death, lowered her head and thought for a while, and said, "The Holy One can let you come over, and you should also be able to let your grandmother and eldest aunt come in to visit." "This is to let the eldest prince pass the word and let Mrs. Ning Yuan and Mrs. Ning Yuan enter the palace to see you.

The eldest prince nodded, stood up from the queen, and said, "The queen mother is a little restless, and the child will go back when she goes." With that, the eldest prince strode away from the queen's bedroom, went to the side hall, looked for the palace maid who was close to the queen, and asked what had happened in the past few days.

After listening to the words of the palace maid, the eldest prince was also a little stupid. He knew that Lan Guiren had slipped a tire, and then he was promoted to Lan Zhaoyi, and he also knew that Zhao Jieyu died suddenly, and her son was raised by Lan Zhaoyi. But he didn't associate these things with his mother...

"How is that possible? This has absolutely nothing to do with the queen mother! "The eldest prince immediately wanted to go to Emperor Hongxuan to make it clear.

The queen's eldest palace maid hurriedly stopped the eldest prince and persuaded: "The saint didn't think that the queen did it. Shengshang was just angry, and the queen mother said at the beginning, it was the Duchess of Zhenguo who did it. It is for this reason that the Holy One "...... The eldest prince was beaten again.

Even the Duchess of Zhenguo can be pulled in, and the queen mother is really ...... It's so imaginative.

Coming out of the queen's palace, the eldest prince suddenly understood his father's intention to grounding the queen mother.

But she was his queen mother after all, and he couldn't watch her emaciate in captivity.

The eldest prince instructed the people around him to prepare the car, and he himself went to Emperor Hongxuan first to ask for a decree, saying that he wanted to take his younger brothers and sisters to Ningyuan Marquis Mansion to pay New Year's greetings to his grandmother.

Emperor Hongxuan knew that the eldest prince must want to go to the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion, so he invited Mrs. Ningyuan Marquis and Mrs. Marquis Ningyuan to persuade the empress, but he didn't stop him.

New Year's greetings are filial piety, and trying to save the mother who did something wrong is also filial piety.

"Go ahead. By the way, I helped me pay a New Year's greeting to Mrs. Tai, and said that a lot of things have happened in the palace recently, and I have never been able to get out, and there is no way to go to her old man's house to pay New Year's greetings in person. Emperor Hongxuan instructed the eldest prince with a pleasant face.

The eldest prince was in good spirits, and understood that he went to the Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion to invite Mrs. Marquis Ningyuan and Mrs. Marquis Ningyuan into the palace, and he had crossed the Ming Road, and his heavy heart felt better again, and he made a big salute to Emperor Hongxuan, and then went out happily.

Looking at the back of his eldest son in the distance, the corners of Emperor Hongxuan's mouth also showed a smile. This son not only looks like him, but also looks like him when he was young. remembered that back then, his mother was not treated by Emperor Longqing, and he often ignored Emperor Longqing's displeasure and spoke for his mother everywhere. It's just that at that time, I was too young, and I didn't expect my father to depose the queen first, and then execute the queen mother, completely ignoring the love of the husband and wife......

The eldest prince sat in the car, took his two younger brothers and sisters, and quietly came to the Marquis Ningyuan's mansion to pay New Year's greetings to the Marquis of Ningyuan.

At this time, in the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion, the people in each room were all having fun in Mrs. Tai's Cining Courtyard. In order to be lively, Ningyuan Hou Chuhua called several of his concubines together, and crowded the entire upper room of Cining Courtyard.

Mrs. Tai was very happy when she saw that the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion was full of people and the family was prosperous, and she spoke to Chu Huajin's concubines with a pleasant face, and gave rewards, and specially instructed Pei Shufen: "These aunts are all people with sons, and they are meritorious servants of our Chu family, you can't be too harsh on them." ”

Pei Shufen was choked so much that she almost vomited blood, but she could only smile and respond "yes".

Chu Qianyi sat beside Mrs. Tai and said with a smile: "Yes, my mother has been married for four years, right?" I don't have children yet, so it's a pity. But it doesn't matter, my father has so many children, and he will honor his mother. Even if the mother has no children for the rest of her life, it will be fine.

Yi'er should be filial to her mother and support her for the rest of her life. ”

Pei Shufen smiled and smiled, and said, "Thank you, Shizi." ”

Chu Qianqian said with a smile on the side: "Mother doesn't need to thank my brother, as long as I give my brother a few less rows to eat in the future." It was as if Pei Shufen deliberately found fault with Chu Qianyi.

Chu Hua sat beside Mrs. Tai with Chu Qianqian in his arms, and said with a smile when he heard this: "Since the children have said so, you will be kind to them in the future." I will lead your affection. ”

Pei Shufen raised his eyes to look at Chu Huajin, his face couldn't hold it anymore, he lowered his head and whispered "Hmm"

After a while, he didn't speak again.

Several aunts glanced at each other knowingly, and they all lowered their heads, and without speaking, they heard the voices of several children, and made fun of them in front of Mrs. Tai.

The laughter in Cining Courtyard was loud, and it was a New Year's atmosphere. When the mother-in-law outside hurriedly came in and replied, "Mrs. Tai, the eldest prince, the second prince, the third prince and Princess Hexi have come to pay New Year's greetings to Mrs. Tai." It also pushed the joyful atmosphere in Cining Courtyard to the climax.

A group of people overjoyed Mrs. Tai to get up and hurriedly went to the second gate.

Ningyuan Hou Chuhua took the first step and went to the outer courtyard to welcome a few nephews in.

Everyone stood on the second gate and saw Hou Ye leading a young man who was almost as tall as Hou Ye walked in. There were two slightly shorter teenagers behind, and between the two walked a girl wearing a light gold cardigan robe, a large cloak embroidered with emerald finch eye patterns on the pale yellow satin face, and a red gold phoenix hairpin with a double-ring bun and a double-rank chicken heart tassel pendant on her head, which was the eldest prince. The second prince, the third prince, and the eldest princess with the title Hexi were all born by the queen.

Mrs. Ningyuan Marquis made a gesture to kneel, but the eldest prince took two steps, helped Mrs. Tai up, and said loudly: "Grandmother can't help it." ”

Mrs. Tai still half-saluted and said, "Royal majesty, it should be." As she spoke, the eldest princess also stepped forward quickly, saluted Mrs. Tai, and said that she had "seen my grandmother" and came up with the eldest prince, one left and one right, and helped Mrs. Tai to the upper room of Cining Courtyard.

The palace maids and secret guards who followed the prince and princess out hurriedly followed, and also went to Cining Courtyard.

Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, several princes and eldest princesses have also come to the Holy Lord a few times before, but they are no strangers.

Pei Shufen walked behind, walking side by side with Chu Huajin, and said softly: "Several princes and princesses are here, do you want the aunts to go back first?" Chu Huajin nodded and said, "Well, it's okay for the family to talk and laugh together." However, when a few princes and princesses came, it was not appropriate for them to come and talk again. As he spoke, he turned to the four aunts who followed him and said, "Go back first, leave the children behind, and go to meet their cousins." ”

Several aunts happily answered and called the children over. If the child is still young, he will explain it to the nurse, take good care of it, and don't lose people in front of several princes and princesses. Everyone agreed, and followed the Hou Ye and his wife into Cining Courtyard.

Several aunts took their subordinates back to their yards to wait for news.

Chu Huajin and Pei Shufen took several children to the upper room of Cining Courtyard and saw that Mrs. Tai was already sitting on the top. There are several positions next to him, on one side is the eldest prince, and on the other side are the second prince, the third prince and the eldest princess.

Next to the eldest princess sat Chu Qianqian, and the two of them were talking. Chu Qianyi was going to be the companion of the three princes after the New Year, so he also whispered to the three princes on the side.

The second prince tilted his head and looked at Mrs. Tai greeting the eldest prince, with a smile on his face.

Chu Huajin entered the room and smiled at the people in the room: "It's really lively today. He said to the eldest prince: "I don't know when I can let your queen mother come back to save your relatives." ”

The eldest prince's expression was gloomy for a moment, and he nodded with a smile: "There is always a chance, don't worry." ”

Chu Hua nodded and called several of his concubines and concubines over to introduce them to the eldest prince, the second prince, the third prince and the eldest princess one by one.

In the past, when several princes and princesses followed Emperor Hongxuan to the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, these concubines and concubines never had the opportunity to show up. Speaking of which, they are cousins of the prince, but in fact, today is the first time they have met.

Several princes and princesses nodded with smiles, which was regarded as a greeting.

At the end, the third prince suddenly said mischievously: "Uncle, why don't you introduce us to your son-in-law and daughter-in-law?"

Speaking of which, we don't know each other very well. Blinking at Chu Qianyi, Chu Qianyi pursed his lips and smiled.

Chu Huajin blushed and said curtly: "The third prince is serious. Uncle forgot about it for a while.

Come, standing next to you is your uncle's sister-in-law Yi'er, and standing next to Princess Hexi is your uncle's daughter-in-law Qianqian. ”

The third prince turned to Chu Qianyi and arched his hand, and said solemnly: "The first time we meet, I will be fortunate to meet!" ”

Chu Qianyi couldn't help but smile, and returned the salute, saying, "It's an honor." ”

Chu Qianqian also curtsied at Princess Hexi, and said with a smile: "Chu Qianqian has seen Her Royal Highness Princess Hexi. ”

Princess Hexi pulled her up with a smile, took off a blue palace silk from her belt, and put it on Chu Qianqian herself, saying, "Lin'an Xiangjun, look up for a long time!" ”

A few children were pretentious, but it also diluted Chu Huajin's embarrassment. It's just that he saw that the three princes and princesses only talked to Mrs. Tai, as well as Chu Qianyi and Chu Qianqian, and didn't pay much attention to his concubines and concubines, and he regretted calling these children over and making them faceless in vain.

Only Pei Shufen felt very happy and walked to Mrs. Tai's side to have fun.

Mrs. Tai took the eldest prince's hand and asked with concern: "Do you believe in the Zongren Mansion about your choice of concubine?" You're seventeen, and now you don't have anyone around to serve you, how can you do it? Your uncle is already a father at your age. ”

The eldest prince looked at Chu Qianyi, who was only more than seven years old, and then looked at Chu Wenta, the oldest concubine of Marquis Ning Yuan, who was a head taller than Chu Qianyi, smiled slightly, and said: "My grandmother is not ignorant, Emperor Taizu has a testament, and the children of the royal family are less than eighteen years old and cannot get married." "As for the people around me, that's another matter, and there's no need to talk about your bed in public.

Mrs. Ningyuan Marquis refused to give up, and said, "Otherwise, my grandmother will send you."

The eldest prince suddenly felt that the queen mother was indeed the daughter of his grandmother, so he hurriedly stopped the topic of Mrs. Tai and said: "Grandmother, a few of us came here today, first, to pay New Year's greetings to grandmother, uncle, and aunt, and second, the queen mother has something to say to grandmother, uncle, and aunt. ”

Mrs. Ning Yuan sighed and said angrily: "You kid, you are really" and glanced at everyone in the room, and said, "You go down first." "I asked the eldest prince again, can you have a meal in the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion today.

The eldest prince said with some embarrassment: "Of course we want to. But we have only a limited amount of time to get out, and after a while, we will be punished again when we go back. "When the prince and princess leave the palace, of course, they don't want to go for as long as they want.

Mrs. Ning Yuan also knew, so she didn't say more.

Chu Huajin got up and said a few words to his eldest son, Chu Wenpei, and then asked him to go out with his younger brothers and sisters.

The eldest prince smiled in the back and said, "I'm tired of the prince and the countryman, and also take my younger brothers and sisters to sit in your house, okay?" "There are actually some words that even the second Yanzi, the third prince, and Princess Hexi can't listen to.

Chu Huajin and Pei Shufen's faces became serious.

Chu Qianyi and Chu Qianqian hurriedly stood up, saluted Mrs. Tai and Chu Hua, and said "offended" to the eldest prince, and then took the second prince, the third prince and Princess Hexi to the house where they lived.

The maids and maids who followed a few people, Hulala followed for more than half of the time, and the room was quiet for a while.

………………………………，………