In the spring of the third year of Jianwu, the new concubine gave birth smoothly and gave birth to a baby boy, weighing seven catties and four taels, giving the name Xuan, ranking fifth among the princes, and was given ten thousand taels of gold, countless treasures to show grace.

A month later, in the Weiyang Palace, which belonged to the queen of the dynasty, two noble ladies lay on the bed opposite each other, chatting with each other while eating very delicate snacks.

"Sister, do you know that a few days ago, the emperor gave all the treasures that the Uzi Kingdom had just offered to the one in the Yongle Palace?" In the end, the noble man with a tear mole in the corner of his eye on the left couldn't help it, her surname is He, her mother's family is a local wealthy family in Jiangzhou, the family not only has thousands of acres of land, thousands of houses, and the people of the same clan cover all aspects of Jiangzhou's politics, business, military, imperial examination, education, etc., and is the local out-and-out soil emperor, and a brother born to one of his children was promoted to the court's etiquette waiter at a young age, and he was the first concubine to marry after the emperor ascended the throne.

And the noble person who is called the sister wears a phoenix crown, the tassels are composed of the most luxurious gemstones, the night pearl in the middle is even more huge, obviously priceless, a red long dress, mopping the floor a zhang long, embroidered on the picture of nine phoenixes traveling to the sky, luxurious, noble, its eyebrows are like willow leaves, eyes like peach blossoms, nearly thirty years old, but it is maintained like a virgin, you can't see a trace of wrinkles, partial temperament is graceful and luxurious, like the moon shining on the people, the mother is the world, it is the queen of Su in the dynasty.

Empress Su's father is the Zhongshu order of the province of the dynasty, a member of the first product, the elders of the two dynasties, at least thirty percent of the civil officials who are qualified to go on the pilgrimage are his disciples and grandchildren, and they are the pillars of the country, when today's son can ascend the dragon throne, the credit of this old man is at least half, so the position of Queen Su in the harem is unshakable, the emperor's favor for it, is still above Concubine Li, his son is not the eldest son, just the second prince, but he was born as the prince, and he followed the grandfather who had resigned on weekdays to learn Wen Tao Wuluo, and he was four years old this year。

Hearing Concubine He Guifei say this, Empress Su's tone suddenly had a hint of reproach: " This is my sister's no, as a concubine, why criticize His Majesty's actions, not to mention that my sister herself knows that this concubine sister is not from a famous family, this whole palace up and down, the rewards for the people on weekdays, but we all rely on our own money, where can the monthly payment in the palace be enough, even if the emperor does not give, sister I have to send some silver taels, after all, it is in this deep palace compound, everyone is a family, if you are sad on this yellow and white thing, will you also lose the royal face. ”

When he heard this, he secretly disdained it, she was born in the Jiangzhou family, and she was dressed in fine clothes and jade food since she was a child, where can she afford to be born in the folk like Concubine Li, and it was completely lucky to break into the palace concubine, and even completely ashamed of her company, this is her pride as a woman of the family, and it is the nobility brought out from the mother's womb, how can she be on an equal footing with a subordinate?

But even if she is disdainful in her heart, no matter how arrogant this He Guifei is on weekdays, she also knows how to give this sister some face, her face is still smiling, and she said with flattery in her tone: "It's my sister who is too talkative, my sister is the master of this harem, and her mother is the world, so she naturally thinks much more than her sister, since Sister Lifei has been in this palace for so long, I haven't visited it alone, it seems that I need to see more to increase the feelings between our sisters." ”

He Guifei cocked her orchid fingers, pinched the hem of her clothes with her hand, picked up the table with the jade spring water of Baiyu Mountain and the big red robe in front of Fengyang Mountain, her lips opened slightly, she took a small sip, and said lightly in a tone that seemed to be unintentional, as if she was chatting at home on weekdays: "I heard it's a boy?"

Queen Su laughed from the bottom of her heart, as if she couldn't understand the hint and provocation in the other party's words, and replied without any scruples: "Yes, listen to the emperor, it's very cute and lively, and I kicked him in the face as soon as I was born, hahahahahaha, such an interesting scene, sister, I want to see you again, my emperor, my body has not been good since he was a child, he likes to be quiet or not, like such a smart child, the more you can get, the better, sister, don't you say?"

She covered her mouth with her long sleeves, her body trembled because of laughter, and He Guiren on the other side pulled the corners of her mouth, and she had to laugh.

Inside and outside the palace, but there are two different atmospheres.

The night family, originally a wealthy family in Youzhou, Liangguo, but many years ago has moved the family to the capital, three generations of politics, the family in the court has a great influence, in the last imperial change did not stand in line, but not suppressed by the current emperor, in the court still has enough influence, so that many people look sideways.

The night family has a huge mansion in the capital of every inch of land, but the servants and attendants in the mansion are few and pitiful, the current night family head has just been promoted, the official worships the official department of Shangshu, the eldest son is in the army, perennial guarding the frontier, the second son is in politics, three years ago was sent by the imperial court, the current Jiangzhou is an ordinary magistrate, to win political achievements, it can be expected that once back to Beijing, under the blessing of his father's shadow, it must be a smooth step, the career is smooth.

It is such a prominent family, but the house is a little desolate because of the scarcity of people, when the cold is deepening in the middle of the night, the master of the night family stays alone in the ancestral shrine of the innermost room, the doors and windows of the whole courtyard are closed, and the house is even covered with black curtains to isolate the external light source.

This place is the only forbidden place for the people of the night family, and those who rush to intruder will end up with a dead word.

The master of the night family, the new official of the imperial court, Shangshu is a thin middle-aged man, with a wisp of flowing long hair, not tall or low, and his face is like a crown.

But at this moment, this powerful and oppositional man, a scholar with a prominent family, and a beautiful man famous in the capital curled up on the ground like a cooked prawn, seemingly very uncomfortable, and his whole body convulsed.

When I got through it like this, I suddenly saw a black wind flashing in the room, but a black-robed man suddenly appeared out of thin air.

"Holy Messenger!"

The night master on the ground bounced up from the ground as if he had been poked hard, and knelt at the feet of the black-robed man in a hurry, saying strange words in his mouth, but it was not the language of Liangguo.

"Huh. The black-robed man lowered his head and looked at the other party, but he only snorted lightly, and seemed to be very disdainful of this great member of the Liang Kingdom Dynasty, and a series of syllables came out of his mouth, which seemed to be in the same language as what the night master had just spoken.

"Minister of the Terran Empire, you are very smart, both sons were sent out by you, are you dissatisfied with the Holy Monarch?"

When the master of the night family heard this, he immediately kowtowed frantically on the ground, ignoring the pain, and quickly explained.

"No, no, no, Holy Envoy, by no means, this is all to better serve the Holy Monarch, the three generations of my Ye family are definitely loyal to the Holy Monarch, how dare you be dissatisfied. ”

"Okay!" The black-robed man flicked his sleeves suddenly, as if he had satisfied the pleasure of tossing the other party, he reached out and threw out a pill-shaped thing, and the night master on the ground hurriedly took it, without hesitation, he took it directly, and the whole person seemed to be a satisfied addict, with an intoxicated expression on his face, which looked extraordinarily weird.

"I know the suffering of this thing, and I also understand the heart of the Ye family, from your grandfather's generation, to the present, we all remember the contribution of the Ye family, when the great cause of the Holy Monarch is successful, the entire Ye family can be promoted to become a member of our clan and share immortality!"

The voice of the black-robed man was very hoarse and ugly, but it seemed to be the most beautiful note in the world in the ears of the night family master, their night family had served the black-robed person and the person behind him for three generations, and naturally they knew a little bit about the other party, so they couldn't afford to resist in the slightest, and were willing to be controlled by the drug, and they had been buried in this cool country as the opponent's pawn for decades.

"It's time to get down to business, I heard that your king has given birth to another son?"

"Yes, Holy Envoy, this lady is a woman brought back from the people by the emperor more than a year ago, and she is very favored. ”

"Very good, very good, I have sent someone to find out, this new concubine of your king is a woman without any background, this is exactly what we need, the Holy Monarch has laid out a full three hundred years, and it is time to start, I want you to do your best to assist this new concubine and her son, I want him to be the king of this country, I want this country to be the first servant of my clan after returning to the earth!hahahahahaha!"

"Yes, yes, Holy Messenger!"

The master of the night family lowered his head and only dared to smile, but his brain was spinning rapidly, processing all kinds of information revealed in the other party's words, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Go ahead and get helped, and someone with the same mark as you will help you!"

The black-robed man, who was called the Holy Envoy by the Night Family Master, raised his hand and pointed at it, and a black lightning bolt fell on the Night Family Master's body, making him tremble like chaff.

Regardless of the other party's miserable appearance, the black-robed man turned around in place, as if it was a cloud of smoke, and disappeared in place in an instant.

After a long time, the master of the night family barely got up from the ground, he was covered with sweat, and he pulled off his sleeves, only to see a black smoke engraved on it, rolling like a living thing, very weird.

He shook his somewhat dizzy head, his heart was extremely restless, and he stood there for a long time before suppressing all his complicated thoughts, and then got up and walked out.

"Squeak!"

The door frame sounded softly, and the master of the night family gently pushed the door out, and the sky was already slightly bright.

"Sir. ”

When the housekeeper of the night house heard the sound, he waited outside all night.

The master of the night family stood with his hands in his hands, looking into the distance, his pupils suddenly darkened and then instantly returned to normal.

"It's the fourth watch, Lao An, prepare the sedan chair, it's time to go to court. ”

The housekeeper just lowered his head with his hands down, but he didn't notice the abnormality of his master, so he quickly agreed, and then turned around and left to prepare.

As the night faded and the sun did not rise, an ordinary carriage slowly drove out of the dark and silent night mansion and headed steadily towards the palace.