After Empress Wei returned to the palace, while changing her dress, she ordered someone to invite Emperor Duanhua - the emperor was worried about this matter, and hurriedly rushed to Weiyang Palace when he heard the news: "How is it?" ”

"Brother and Sister Song have always understood righteousness, so they naturally agreed." Empress Wei chuckled and poured him a cup of tea, "It's just that her younger brother and sister are quite worried that the three half-brothers and sisters have no biological mother to protect them, and they are young, so they may be neglected by the people below, so they proposed to take them to live in the Yanguo Mansion for a long time, and I persuaded her to talk about it - in order to appease her emotions at the moment, I promised that in the future, if Uncle Hengshan Wang continued, I would mediate this matter for her." ”

"She didn't ask for anything else?" Emperor Duanhua said unexpectedly, "For example, canonize his half-brother as the son? ”

In fact, Emperor Duanhua didn't care who did it by the prince of Hengshan, but according to King Liang's proposal, he had to make a fuss about it, so that King Hengshan could also compromise - then, the position of the prince could not be compensated for Lu Guanyun.

But Wei Mengying has been seeking the position of the son of the world for her biological son before her death, and anyone with a discerning eye knows it. Now that Wei Mengying is dead and nothing has come to pass, whether Song Yixiao is planning for the future of his younger brothers and sisters, or in order to fulfill his biological mother's last wishes, it is very likely that he will make this request, so Emperor Duanhua is worried.

At this moment, seeing Empress Wei's head, she said that Song Yixiao had nothing to ask for, and she was a little embarrassed in her surprise, "Brother and sister Song...... is also wronged! It's just that in the past two days, I have sent the Marquis of Boling to investigate, and it is indeed the Pang family who concealed the Lu family's mother and son, and it is all the fault of the old woman! ”

Empress Wei echoed him and secretly wondered: "Your Majesty is really protected too well by the first emperor, and I actually think that Brother and Sister Song are not greedy if they don't propose to let Lu Guanyun be the prince of Hengshan!" ”

The queen naturally didn't know that Song Yixiao had never been very in favor of her younger brother being the son of the same mother, she thought that the reason why Song Yixiao didn't mention this request was purely because she could see it clearly - Lu Guanyun is only seven years old this year, even if King Hengshan does not continue the string after that, except for Lu Guanlun, who has passed out, how can the three half-brothers who are still in the Hengshan Palace's mansion get along well?

What's more, his three brothers are several years older than him, they are all married, and their brothers and sisters-in-law go into battle together, even if King Hengshan has always favored him, it is inevitable that there will be a mistake?

In this case, asking Lu Guanyun for the position of the son of the world is tantamount to deliberately pitting this younger brother!

And in order to ensure the safe growth of Lu Guanyun's three siblings, Song Yixiao even wanted to get all of them to live in the Yanguo Mansion for a long time, how could he make such a request?

However, although the queen thought so, she didn't want to explain to Emperor Duanhua, first, she and Song Yixiao only had friendship and no grudges, and she couldn't ruin the reputation of this cousin's daughter-in-law in front of her husband; Second, Emperor Duanhua didn't see the intentions, but she saw it, didn't she clearly tell the emperor that she was more thoughtful than him?

Although it is said that Emperor Duanhua has a generous temperament - but his days as an emperor are still short, and it will be a long time in the future, and in retrospect, his queen always thinks more than himself, how he will think and do it, but it is difficult to say!

It was Empress Yi who only smiled faintly when she heard this: "Who said it wasn't?" Otherwise, how could Ponzi hit the road first? It's nothing more than fear of sin. This old woman went crazy for a while, but she made all the descendants miserable! ”

"It's just that this old woman is dead, but it's cheaper for her." Emperor Duanhua muttered, "Although Brother and Sister Song didn't make other requests, this Princess Wei's mother and son are really wronged, so let's do it, the position of the prince of Hengshan cannot be given to Lu Guanyun, but the two stepdaughters of Uncle Hengshan can be crowned. ”

Empress Wei reminded: "In the end, these two girls are just from the stepfamily, and the four county lords who are missing in front of the Hengshan Palace, but they are the biological flesh and blood of our little aunt, and they are serious about their original daughters!" Although it is no longer there, if you want to seal the daughter of the stepfamily, will the original concubine also follow suit? ”

- After all, the reason for supporting Lu Guanqun as the prince is that Princess Cui's bones and blood should be touched by the light of Emperor Hua's cousin!

In this case, how can Lu Kou'er, her cousin, forget?

Emperor Duanhua has nothing to do: "It's still a pity for you, you think thoughtfully!" ”

…… Under the mediation of the emperor and queen, the matter was settled: the responsibility for the murder of Wei Mengying was borne by the late Mrs. Pang, and in view of the fact that Mrs. Pang was dead, she could only be deprived of her title during her lifetime, and the dowry was confiscated as compensation for the Hengshan Palace; And the mother and son of the Lu family kowtowed in front of Wei Mengyingling on behalf of Mrs. Pang to make amends, and sent 100,000 taels of silver to apologize, and they were not subject to any accountability.

Then the royal family named Lu Zhuoer as the county lord of Xinling, Lu Cuier as the county lord of Anyang, and posthumously named the sisters-in-law Lu Kouer Xinxiang county lord.

Because Lu Guanyun is a male heir, he only received some financial rewards and encouragement from a holy decree.

In fact, although Emperor Duanhua didn't plan to make him a prince, he didn't mind giving him a title no more than an earl.

The problem is that King Hengshan is a hereditary title, and Lu Guanyun's brother-in-law Lu Guanlun inherited the title of his heir, Marquis Zhaode-King Hengshan, who has two titles in his lineage, and his nephew Yuan Xuepei is also a hereditary Marquis of Boling.

Even if the title of Marquis of Zhaode is not hereditary, but descended, but Lu Guanlun is still young and very motivated, even if he is not motivated, the earl can still be passed on for two generations!

If Lu Guanyun is knighted again, the power of King Hengshan's faction is too huge!

How can this be assured that Emperor Duanhua?

Therefore, the bloodline, which was originally Wei Mengying's most important, received the least benefits from the compensation for the death of her biological mother.

However, whether it is Song Yixiao or Lu Guanyun himself, he actually has no heart to care about these, and even the news of Ji Guogong's death a few days later, Song Yixiao has never paid attention to it - all the thoughts of the two sisters and brothers at this moment are placed on Sister Lu Zhuo'er!

Since the two sisters witnessed the assassination of Wei Mengying, they have been ill and have a high fever.

The imperial doctor tried his best, and finally invited Aunt Yun to come out and use worry to bring the crane to their high fever - but although the two sisters have subsided the fever, they have not been well, the panic is constant, the expression is in a trance, and they are poured with tranquilizing soup all day long, and the king of Hengshan personally accompanies the couch to comfort and comfort, Rao is everyone did their best, at the end of February, the three-year-old Lu Cui'er, the three-year-old county lord of Anyang, still couldn't support it and died young!

When the bad news came out, Song Yixiao sat alone in the garden for a night.

After Jane Xubai coaxed her daughter to sleep, she also stood with her all night in the shadow behind the tree - it was the night moon was bleak, the frost in the garden was like crying, and the night wind passed through, and the trees were not falling Xiao Xiao.

"If I had known ...... today" Jian looked at his silent wife under the moon in secret, she didn't cry, but a silhouette in the meditation pavilion, even if she couldn't see her expression clearly, she could feel that deep sorrow and sadness.

He suddenly felt very regretful, he acquiesced to Yuan Xuepei to kill Wei Mengying, he thought that he was avenging his wife and for his wife's good.

After all, a mother who uses her own daughter's life as a bargaining chip for her own glory and wealth is really terrifying.

Keep her, who knows what else she will do to Song Yixiao in the future?

So Jian Xubai felt that such a mother-in-law was still worry-free when she died.

If she doesn't die, her wife will be suppressed by filial piety, and it will be difficult to guarantee that she will be calculated!

But the difficult mother-in-law finally died, but the wife was not at all good.

Even for the sake of the untimely death of his sister-in-law, he deliberately tossed his body like this - Song Yixiao is not an irrational person, obviously he has not recovered from the pain of losing his mother, but he still does not sleep all night despite the wind and dew, and sits alone in the pavilion, he is really sad to the extreme, almost out of control, so he will use such a method to calm down.

Lu Cui'er was born after Song Yixiao left the pavilion after all, and the two sisters have never gotten along much, even if they are related, their feelings are limited. If it weren't for the death of her biological mother and the untimely death of this sister, Song Yixiao would not have been so sad.

It's just that the more remorseful Jane was, the more guilty he felt, but the more he didn't dare to confess to his wife.

After all, without his acquiescence, Yuan Xuepei would not have planned this matter, then Song Yuan and Wei Mengying might be fine now-even if he didn't do it, even after Song Yuan's death, he had already warned Yuan Xuepei not to continue, but the fact is that Song Yixiao's biological parents are dead!

Such a grudge, as well as Song Yixiao's current situation, made Jian Xubai completely unsure, and his wife would forgive herself for the sake of her love and daughter.

"I just hope that Shanyao will not know about this for the rest of his life!" Jian Xubai had been at war with heaven and man for a long time in his heart, but finally chose to conceal it, "Go back and scrutinize with Xue Pei again, be sure not to leave any traces!" ”

- This time Wei Mengying's death, since Yuan Xuepei instructed the Lu family, threw out Mrs. Pang as a scapegoat, and successfully retreated after the successful assassination of Wei Mengying, and put his mother and son in a sympathetic position.

Before Yuan Xuepei did this, Jian Xubai had stopped because of Song Yuan's death, but Yuan Xuepei, who had always paid attention to not going against his will, suddenly violated Yang Fengyin.

His explanation to Jian Xubai was that the Lu family followed Song Yuan to the valley, saw the whole story, and was rescued by his people to him, in order to ensure that the matter was not leaked, he could only help the Lu family to take revenge and stabilize her.

After that, Lu's heart changed drastically, and he was completely out of his control - he had no choice but to cooperate.

Of course, Jian Xubai didn't believe such an explanation, not to mention that his henchman Lu Qinghong, who brought back from Wuhuan, found the evidence very easily: the Song family's property totaling 300,000 taels of silver in Jiangnan and other places was being transferred to the names of people who had various relationships with the Marquis of Boling Mansion in various hidden ways!

If he were a different person, Jian Xubai would definitely not let him go.

But Yuan Xuepei has been with him since childhood, and he has shared hardships in Wuhuan back then-in a sense, his disability is also related to Jian Xubai!

In this case, he deceived Jian Xubai because of greed for money, and Jian Xubai was really ruthless: after all, Yuan Xuepei, who could not be a leader in this life, turned his mind to accumulating money, which is understandable.

So he just euphemistically expressed his dissatisfaction, because he couldn't muster up the courage to confess to his wife, in the final analysis, he still had to help Yuan Xuepei deal with the aftermath.

February of this year passed in such a hurry, Wei Mengying was assassinated, Ji Guogong died of illness, and the county lord of Anyang died, and three funerals in succession seemed to cast a shadow on the entire month of the imperial capital.

Fortunately, March is just around the corner.

The season when the grass grows and the warbler flies brightens the world and people's moods.

Especially on the day of March 11, seven days before the Thousand Autumn Festival, Concubine Nuan gave birth to the posthumous son of the first emperor in the partial hall of Huiyi Palace, and the mother and child were safe, which added a bit of joy to the palace - even the Empress Dowager personally rushed to see this little imperial grandson, and gave a very rich reward.

Emperor Duanhua and his wife were extremely merciful to this belated imperial brother, and on the same day, they ordered the Ministry of Rites to draft a decree to register their kings, and the king was called Qing.

King Qing passed on the beauty of his biological mother Concubine Nuan, and within a few days of landing, his eyebrows and eyes were relaxed, and he could already get a glimpse of the future elegance, even if it was not to set an example of friendship and brotherhood in front of the world, Emperor Duanhua and his wife also loved him very much.

Therefore, in addition to the day of landing, the emperor and queen rewarded this infant prince from time to time, and the treatment was comparable to that of the prince.

For a time, the government and the opposition called the emperor and queen - no one noticed that the Hengshan palace held a funeral again: the second young grandmother Cao Lianxiu, after the death of Princess Wei, was already in better condition, and even moved back to the palace to recuperate, and there was a great tendency to recover, but overnight, her condition took a sharp turn for the worse, and she died early!