The prince walked to the front of Qingxi Hall uneasily, and when he heard the voice of the palace people greeting him, he suddenly woke up, and said calmly: "Grandmother Huang, will she have leisure?" ”

The palace people went in and asked, and came out after a while, saying, "The Queen Mother is waiting for you in the side hall!" ”

"Why did the prince remember to come to the mourning family?" When the queen mother saw her eldest grandson coming in, she raised her hand and called out, and asked gently, "The emperor is not very good these days, and the government is entrusted to you, you have to be careful!" ”

"Although the government is busy, you can't ignore the elders." When the prince heard this, his heart sank, in his growth process, Emperor Xianjia was of course the closest and most familiar elder, followed by the Queen Mother - because Emperor Xianjia was eager to cultivate him to become a qualified prince, he had a lot of schoolwork since he was a child, and it was easier to start learning to deal with government affairs in the past two years.

Therefore, the two ancestors and grandchildren have always been close and speak very casually, which will make the queen mother seem gentle and loving, but between words and deeds, there is a subtle estrangement, and when it comes to court politics, there is a faint reproach, how can the prince not perceive it?

He suppressed his panic and said respectfully, "I haven't been able to come to greet the imperial grandmother these days, I really shouldn't be." After dealing with government affairs, I will come to see you immediately! ”

"The prince has a heart!" The Queen Mother smiled slightly when she heard this, but the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes, "Actually, there is only one thing about the mourning family, and there is nothing to worry about." But it is the queen, since the news of Qingzhou came over, she can't eat and sleep well these days, and her whole person has lost a lot of weight...... Alas! ”

"What the imperial grandmother said is that every time Xisu goes back after visiting her mother in the past two days, she is also worried about this matter." Pity is the word of the crown princess - Su Bofeng has an accident, although the prince is not distressed here, and even a little gloating, but there must be something to show on the scene.

Such a simple mistake would not be made in the East Palace, so from the news, whether it was in Cuihua Mountain, or after returning to the palace, the prince and his wife went to comfort Queen Su, especially the crown princess, the mother-in-law did not eat or drink all day long and washed her face with tears, how could she sit idly by as a daughter-in-law? In the past two days, I have to go to Weiyang Palace almost every other day to ask for a return, whether Queen Su can listen to it or not is the queen's business, whether the princess has this heart, that is a big question of whether the East Palace is filial.

Yes, when the Queen Mother mentioned the queen, the prince didn't feel weak-hearted, but after following the Queen Mother's words, he always felt that the Queen Mother was accusing herself of having something to do with the affairs of Qingzhou - at this time, there was no need to test it anymore, the prince didn't know that Gu Shao's speculation was right: the rumors in the imperial capital today were the Queen Mother's doing!

Although he had been reminded by Gu Shao before he came, the prince still felt that his heart was as cold as ice.

- The Empress Dowager and Emperor Xianjia were originally his strongest dependents, but now, the Empress Dowager has become his enemy.

The eldest grandson, who watched him grow up little by little, is not as good as his daughter who was conceived and born in October.

The crown prince himself has children, he is not unable to understand the queen mother's feelings, but he also has his grievances: the reason why the acting princess wants to support King Wei to seize the crown prince is because he is worried that Concubine Cui will retaliate against herself after entering the Mingren Palace.

The problem is fair, most of the responsibility for the grievances between her and Concubine Cui lies with the acting princess.

Elevate the quarrel to the insult of slapping in the face, and then rise to the hatred of life and death - it is not right to place someone next to the princess of the Cui Dynasty, but why is it not forced?

"If the imperial grandmother restrained the imperial aunt early in the morning and did not allow her to develop an arrogant and domineering temperament, how could she treat the mother concubine like that in the first place?" When the prince thought of this, he only felt that the indescribable bitterness came up layer upon layer, making his whole heart cold to numbness, and he staggered out of Mingren Palace, thinking over and over again, "The cause of the incident is obviously that the imperial aunt of the country is wrong, but whether it is the imperial grandmother or the father, when did you blame the imperial aunt?" Now the imperial grandmother is even more for the imperial aunt to deal with me......"

After the prince wandered away, Yuguo walked into the side hall with pastries and tea, and saw the queen mother looking at the floor tiles in a daze, her expression was dull, and her eyes were heavy, she couldn't help but sigh secretly, put the tea on the table carefully, and said in a low voice: "Why don't you talk openly and honestly with the prince?" The prince has always admired you, and if you open your mouth, he will never refuse! ”

The Queen Mother sneered when she heard this, and said lightly: "Of course he won't refuse, after all, the mourning family is still alive, isn't it?" ”

Yuguo heard that the Queen Mother was in a bad mood, so she hurriedly lowered her head and silenced.

"What's more, what's the use of him just agreeing sincerely?" The Queen Mother continued, "It seems that the mourning family has never approved of the matter of seizing the crown on behalf of the country, but she did it herself, can the mourning family still beat her to death?!" As long as the Cui family is alive, how can it be possible not to seek revenge on behalf of the country in the future - by that time, the mourning family and the emperor are gone, this Mingren Palace will be replaced by her to live, she has to die on behalf of the country, do you think the prince can stop it? Or do you think that the prince will do anything with his biological mother for the sake of today's promise to the imperial grandmother of the mourning family?! ”

The Queen Mother sighed, "You have been following the mourning family for some years, have you forgotten the earlier things?" Back then, before the first emperor died, why didn't he earnestly tell the mourning family and the emperor not to be too embarrassed by the children of the Tu family and Zhenyuan? ”

At that time, the first emperor knew that the two favorite concubines would definitely not end well, and only hoped that Emperor Xianjia could spare the lives of his half-brothers and sisters for the sake of flesh and blood.

The result?

Let's talk about the few people under the knees of Concubine Shentu and Mrs. Zhenyuan, and the children who haven't been in the muddy water at all, after Emperor Xianjia ascended the throne, they all went down to accompany the first emperor with their sons and daughters.

There are more than 40 children under the knees of the first emperor, and there are more than 20 princes alone, but now there are only two branches of Emperor Xianjia and King Yi.

The Queen Mother herself has done something to break her promise, how can she believe the prince?

"Of course, the crown prince is also the blood and blood of the mourning family, not to mention the emperor's physical ......" Referring to her son, the queen mother was silent for a while before continuing, "If it is not a last resort, the mourning family does not want to break the emperor's heart!" Can be substituted for the country...... There are only two daughters left in the mourning family, and I really don't want her to end well. This time, the right should be read for the sake of the love of the ancestors and grandchildren, and give the prince a chance! ”

After a pause, he said, "If it is...... Then the emperor has nothing to talk about! ”

Yuguo caught a glimpse out of the corner of her eye, when the Queen Mother said this, her eyes were calm, there was no sadness, no joy, no emotion - she shivered for no reason!

…… The rumors in the imperial capital intensified, and the Jingzhao Mansion, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple all sent officials to suppress and refute the rumors at the gathering place of the crowd, but after doing so, although it is true that there are not so many people who are just to get into a lawsuit for a while, but in private they are more and more suspicious of the East Palace.

"It's useless to refute the rumors now, after all, Zhao Wu's father and son are still on the way to escort." Gu Shao reminded the prince privately, "This matter originally had nothing to do with His Royal Highness, and no matter how much you checked, you couldn't find out about it, but now there is a problem......

The prince frowned and asked, "What?" ”

"Zhao Wu has always wanted to take refuge in His Royal Highness since he detained Su Bofeng and sent him to prison." Gu Shao sighed, "It's just that His Highness hasn't promised him all this - it was just before, and now His Majesty has personally spoken, their father and son will definitely have no way to live, not only the father and son, according to the anger of the Su family, I'm afraid the entire Zhao family will ......."

Of course, Gu Shao said this not to sympathize with the Zhao family, he has been up and down in the sea for many years, and he has seen a lot of things about the destruction of the family, and he said that Zhao Wu's father and son are not innocent at all, even if they are innocent, he may not be in the mood to uphold justice - he said this but he was worried, "Since Zhao Wu connived at his son to do crazy things because of the Su family's refusal to marry, he is narrow-minded to this point, in case because Your Highness refuses his request for help, after arriving in the imperial capital, he talks nonsense and damages your reputation, if you usually pay it back, but now the rumors are boiling, at that time, I'm afraid it's hard to deal with! ”

When the prince heard this, his face suddenly changed and changed: Indeed, judging from Su Bofeng's experience, Zhao Wu's strength is not large! When he expressed his intention to surrender to the East Palace before, Su Bofeng was not yet crippled, and Zhao Wu of that meeting just wanted to get in touch with the prince through this matter and seek a share of the dragon's work.

At that time, the prince ignored him, but it was fine.

After all, although Zhao Wu, the assassin of a state, is a top high-ranking official in the local area, he can compare with the DPRK and the central government, and that's it-even if he secretly hates the prince and looks down on him, what can he do?

But now that Zhao Wu is at the end of his rope, according to the temperament he showed in Su Bofeng's matter, even if he knew that even if he was the prince at this moment, he couldn't do anything to save him, I am afraid that in order to vent his anger, he would simply blame Su Bofeng for his cripplement on the head of the East Palace!

If this is the case, the prince is not really worried.

After all, he is the prince of a country, how can it be so easy to slander him? Although the Su family has a profound background, in the case of Emperor Xianjia's single-minded defense of his eldest son, he wants to frame the East Palace based on Zhao Wu's confession, but he may not be able to!

The problem is that now the Queen Mother also has this intention!

The queen mother doesn't need evidence, she only needs to use Zhao Wu's words to express her disappointment with the crown prince in front of people, which is enough to deal a devastating blow to the East Palace!

- After all, she is the prince's grandmother!

Who would suspect that being a grandmother slanders her own grandson?

Especially the government and the opposition know that the queen mother has always doted on the prince, and her love and connivance for this eldest grandson is still above the grandson King Zhao!

It's just that it's unrealistic to let the prince drag himself into the water to protect him in order to avoid Zhao Wu, not to mention that the prince can't swallow this breath, just to say that he is sincerely reaching out to help - under the current situation where Emperor Xianjia personally spoke and the Queen Mother expressed his position, all of them were standing on the side of the Su family, how could a mere prince protect Zhao Wu's father and son? !

"I want to prevent Zhao Wu from talking nonsense in despair, but I can't give him hope." The crown prince narrowed his eyes and secretly thought, "That can only kill people and kill people-but the imperial grandmother, the Su family, will give Gu this chance?" ”

Even, who knows if this is a trap, and as soon as he makes a move, he will be convicted of his crimes?!