In November of the ninth year of Yuanqing, after the crown prince was poisoned and died, the two princes who were named princes were severely poisoned in the palace of Prince Qing at the same time.

At the scene of the incident, King Qing, who was the first to discover the drastic change, immediately reported the matter to Princess Qing and Chen Changshi, and Chen Changshi immediately arranged for the palace doctor to rescue the two princes, and rushed to the palace non-stop to report the matter.

The Son of Heaven, who had just experienced a sudden fainting, could not get up, and after hearing the bad news, he almost caused asthma again, and immediately ordered the medical officers of the Tai Hospital to rush to King Qing's mansion, and asked the sect to make King Kang take charge of investigating the case.

More than ten imperial doctors led by Jiang Qinggu failed to save King Fu's life after some first aid, and on November 27, at two o'clock in the morning, King Fu died.

It was only at this time that King Kang, who was in charge of the overall situation, made a decision and sent the news to King Fu's Mansion and Weiguo Mansion respectively.

Yu Feng and Yi Jing learned of the upheaval, but they were actually still ranked behind the Huang family, so when the princess rushed to the Qing Palace, and was taken by the palace steward to the temporary small courtyard used to house the body of King Fu, the Huang family had already taken the first step in the house to persuade Yi Chen to "mourn and change".

Yu Feng wanted to follow Yijing to settle the aftermath of King Fu, but was stopped by a eunuch halfway, saying that King Kang had asked him to help ask about the case, and the other head of Qingwang's Mansion who led the way said that his prince's life and death were uncertain, and he was still rescuing, and the Qingwangfu was a mess, which seemed to mean that he complained that the prince of Chu and his wife only cared about King Fu, who was no longer saved, and did not care about the other poisoned King Qing.

Yi Jing coldly glanced at the head of the yin and yang weirdness, but still didn't let Yu Feng follow: "Brother-in-law was poisoned in Qingwang's Mansion inexplicably, what is the fact, should I check the black and white, the prince should assist King Kang first, His Royal Highness King Qingwang is still undergoing diagnosis and treatment, presumably Concubine Qin and others have nothing to do at this time, so I won't bother, brother-in-law can't stay in Qingwang's Mansion all the time...... My sister is pregnant, and her body is also important, so I should take care of it first. ”

Different from the study in the Qingwang Mansion where people come and go at this time, the cross-courtyard where the Fu King is placed seems very quiet, there are more than ten frightened servants waiting for the messenger under the corridor, and the beautiful scenery swept a glance hastily, and found that a few people with good faces should have followed Yichen from the Fu Wang's Mansion, at this time they were all mournful and eager to wipe their tears, but they did not let out a loud sorrow, walking outside, only to see a row of three houses in front of the Xuanye and Zishu standing on the left and right, both of them were red and swollen eyes, and when they came forward to greet the salute, they were speechless, First of all, tears were like bursting embankments.

Yijing heard a faint choking sound in the room, mixed with indistinct words, very familiar, but not Yichen's voice.

She didn't rush to ask, waved her hand to stop Xuanye Zishu from following, slightly lifted the moon-white long skirt that fell on her feet and stepped into the threshold, and saw that in front of the door on the left, outside the curtain, Mama Lan stood with a solemn face.

Lifting the curtain, Yijing saw Huang, who was dressed in plain clothes, with his back to this side, hugging and kneeling in front of the kang with his feet on the foot, holding a bloodstained white silk handkerchief in his hand, and crying in a suppressed voice.

The stepmother's words of persuasion were low and clear in the room.

"My poor boy, how should this be born, so decent, and if you say no, it will be gone...... Poor Brother Shun is still so young, and there is a child in your womb, you can't even see the prince...... Chen'er, how should this be, my hard-working daughter...... Don't suffocate your body, just say it when you feel uncomfortable, it's me, a mother, thinking of your future, all my internal organs are twisted together...... I don't know how to be born......"

The beautiful scenery was furious, this is persuasion? This is a knife in the heart, squeezed his fist fiercely, and called "Madam" lightly.

Huang's back was visibly stiff, and he slowly turned around.

Only then did Yijing see the eldest sister who showed her face from behind Huang, her face was pale, but there were no tears, her eyes were red, but there was no wetness, and Yichen took advantage of Huang's turn of face to look at her stepmother's gaze, which was very cold.

The princess was slightly stunned, and then dismissed the plan to expose the Huang family's sinister intentions on the spot, but stepped forward to help her stepmother up, and only said: "Madame, don't be too sad." ”

The arrival of Yijing obviously made Huang a little nervous, and the drama of "loving mother and compassion" could not be performed anymore, so he only wiped his tears with a handkerchief as if he was disguised, and said in a choked voice: "Jing'er is here." It was as if to explain to Yichen: "I heard about this, and sent someone to inform the Chu Wangfu, your father also rushed over from the Yamen, and should be with King Kang at this time, as well as your grandmother, although she has no big problems, but she has some coughing and wheezing two days ago, and I don't dare to tell her about it for the time being......"

Yichen turned indifferently in Huang's gushing words, her eyes only gently stayed on the man lying on the big kang near the window, the quiet face that seemed to be sleeping, and the silk handkerchief in her hand wiped the corner of the man's lips again.

"Chen'er......" Huang couldn't suppress her sadness, but she only opened her mouth, but was interrupted by Yichen: "Madam." ”

Madame, no longer a mother.

Huang's whole person froze in the dim sky light shining through the white mulberry paper.

Yichen didn't look at the Huang family, and said to himself: "I want to take the prince home, and Mrs. Lao will arrange it, and ask King Kang if it is convenient." ”

King Kang was ordered to judge the case, and if he wanted to "invite" King Fu back to his private residence, of course, he had to approve it.

After Huang Shi turned around and walked out of this room with a complicated expression, Yichen seemed to relax slightly, she held the palm of King Fu's hand that had gradually cooled, and seemed to be extremely distressed to put it to her lips and gently breathe, pressing her cheeks. Yijing clearly saw that the corners of her sister's eyes suddenly turned red, but there were still no tears.

At that moment, Yijing only felt a pain in his heart, tightly covered his uncontrollable choke, and after a little hesitation, he still didn't stay in this room, and turned outside.

She thought that she should leave time for her sister to say goodbye to her brother-in-law, alone, without others disturbing.

The house has been quiet and quiet.

On the contrary, Yijing couldn't stand such silence, and there was a dull pain in his throat, which made his chest cold.

How could she have expected that life and death would be so hasty, but she was also glad that she had changed her sister's life, in this life, when there was a good ending.

Yijing stepped out of the house a little dazed, stood in front of the steps, and finally pressed her grief, and instructed Zishu to let people prepare to carry the spirit, only then did she hear Xuanye intermittently talk about today's sudden change: "The slave maid entered the house early today, and it happened that the prince was preparing for the early dynasty, and also instructed the princess to sleep not very well last night, so that the slave and maid should not disturb, let the princess rest for a while......" She suddenly thought of the sentence that King Fu turned back and ordered before leaving, and hesitated for a while, but still didn't tell the princess, only continued:" The princess woke up just in the middle of the morning, and soon after breakfast, she heard the bad news...... The slave and maid accompanied the princess to come, only to learn that the prince had died...... The princess didn't even catch up with the last one. ”

In just one month, even the prince including the three princes were poisoned, not to mention Dalong, that is, the former Ming Dynasty and the Eastern Ming Dynasty have not happened such a terrifying thing, before the facts, the royal family will naturally not make a big fuss in the streets, King Kang almost followed a group of imperial doctors to the Qingwang Mansion, and also witnessed the critical situation of the two princes, he had to deal with many things, and did not care about notifying the family for a while, and without the permission of the Zongren Order, the servants of the palace did not dare to enter and leave at will, and the news was blocked until King Fu died, Only then did King Kang inform Yichen and his in-laws of the Weiguo Mansion.

Yijing felt even more sad after hearing this, but she held back her tears.

She could see that her sister had not collapsed after this evil thing, but had shown extraordinary strength, and even had insight into her stepmother's ill-intentioned "consolation", as for why Yichen had such a change, she couldn't figure it out for the time being, but she knew that at this time, she must stand firmly beside her sister and accompany her through this catastrophe, instead of expressing her grief and holding her head and crying.

Huang soon returned, brought King Kang permission to carry the spirit of the words, Wei Guogong also followed here at this time, the white curtain bed frame to carry the spirit was also prepared in a hurry, according to the customs of Dalong, the spirit bearer can not be the deceased's relatives, so Wei Guogong sent people to invite the Ministry of Industry a few Shangshu, waiters, Fu Wang was in charge of the Ministry of Industry before his death, the Ministry of Industry officials are also considered subordinates, plus the subordinate officials of the Fu Wangfu, the mighty group of people finally took Fu Wang "back" to the palace.

Along the way, Yichen never cried.

The Huang family, who was stunned by the call of "madam", did not stay in the Fuwang Mansion as she wished to continue her intention to "destroy" Yichen's will, and it was surprising that the eldest princess arrived soon, accompanied by Princess Kang.

"You are your mother-in-law, you can't interfere in the funeral according to the ceremony, Erlang called me my aunt and grandmother, and it is also a ceremony for me to sit in charge of his posthumous affairs, you go back." The eldest princess simply sent the Huang family away, and then said to Princess Kang: "Chen Yatou is pregnant, and she can't work on many things, her concubines either can't get out, or they haven't gone through this kind of thing, they can't count on it, and you have to work to help you in this paragraph, and Erlang's aftermath will be entrusted to you." ”

Busy and busy and the next day, the officials who presided over the funeral arranged by Taichang Temple have also arrived, and Princess Kang arranged to start arranging the mourning hall, but what made the officials of the Ministry of Rites embarrassed was Yichen who insisted on doing the funeral for King Fu with his own hands, and they couldn't do it, so they had to ask the eldest princess.

The eldest princess saw that Yichen was not grief-stricken, but still strong and self-restrained, sighed lightly, took her granddaughter's hand and said: "It should be like this, she is worthy of being a clan woman surnamed Yu, and the daughter of my Weiguo Mansion, go, send Erlang on his last journey, and let him go without worry." ”

But after the eldest princess was helped by Yijing to a guest house for a temporary rest, she couldn't help coughing and wheezing for a while, her expression was very sad, Yijing was busy stroking the eldest princess's back, choked up and said: "Grandmother, you are not in good health, it doesn't mean that I will hide it from you for the time being...... How to ......"

"Let's hide it from our Duchess of the Kingdom, she told your second aunt so that you must not leak the wind, it's okay not to have this sentence, with this sentence, how can your second aunt still hold it, but I forced her to ask." The eldest princess's eyes were cold, and she couldn't hold back her grief: "I'm just an old problem, I can't do anything, I'm worried about Chen girl, she has such a temperament, I'm afraid that she won't be able to stand the blow...... Although it looked okay just now, but she is Erlang's wife, no matter how hard she endures, how can she not grieve in her heart, Jing girl, you have to accompany Chen'er well, untie her, go, go with Chen'er, don't take care of me, grandmother is fine, this matter will not pass like this, I can't say that there will be turmoil next, grandmother still has to keep this body and bones as your reliance, not so soon to fall. ”

When Yijing changed into mourning clothes and said goodbye to Yichen, she saw tears on her sister's face, tears in her eyes, and the sourness in her heart couldn't help it anymore, and hugged Yichen's shoulder: "Sister, cry if you want to cry, it's uncomfortable to hold back." ”

"I don't want to cry, but I can't help it...... Fifth sister, your brother-in-law was still comforting me last night, he said that if he is sad to be a mother, the fetus in his womb will also be sad, and the child is so small, he is reluctant...... Fifth sister, I don't want to be so useless anymore, everything has to be borne by the prince, I am his wife, I am the mother of Brother Shun, I must protect our children to grow up safely, healthily, and healthily, so as to live up to the prince's affection for me all these years, the prince was murdered, and I can't let him go so wrongfully...... Fifth sister, your brother-in-law hasn't gone far yet, I know he's still looking at me, if I'm still so cowardly, how can he rest assured. ”

"So fifth sister, I can't cry, you cry for me, I feel better when I listen to you cry."

Yichen was dressed in mourning clothes, his face was like paper, only his eyes were like a layer of red mist on the cloth, his fingers subconsciously pinched Yijing's arm, when he heard his sister cry loudly, tears soaked her shoulders, and his palms slowly relaxed, two lines of clear tears finally fell, and the red mist in his eyes dissipated, revealing unspeakable grief and faint strength under the grief.

"Fifth sister, I really hate myself, I have been confused for so many years, and I didn't sober up until today, it's too late, I didn't help the prince at all, but I don't want him to worry anymore, he is in Bliss, and he should have nothing to worry about." As if muttering to himself, Yichen shook his head lightly: "Fifth sister, stepmother, she is suspicious, I never thought about her words before, I just thought she was for my good, but after listening to the prince's words yesterday, and then listening to her so-called persuasion today, I really woke up." ”