There was a crisp sound, the carved bricks splashed with water, a good white porcelain cup shattered bones, and then the loud cries of children resounded in the quiet courtyard in the afternoon.

The weather in February has not yet warmed up, the sun is pale, and the cold wind sweeps through the scattered shadows of the trees.

The panicked maid rushed out, and her face was far away.

When Qin Ziruo entered the main courtyard where Prince Qing lived, he heard and witnessed such a scene.

She frowned slightly, waved her hand to signal the maids to stay in the courtyard, quickened her pace and went inside, avoiding the loud cry, turned to the side, gently lifted the brocade curtain that blocked the wind, and saw Concubine Qin sitting precariously at a glance, full of annoyance, staring at the boy who was rolling and crying on the kang, and there were two people kneeling on the ground, one was a nurse and the other was Xiaoyan.

Ziruo paid special attention to Xiao Yan, and saw her prostrate on the ground, her posture was very humble, and the wind and waves were calm on one side of the slight side, as if she was deaf to the boy's terrible crying.

As soon as she raised her eyes again, Ziruo saw Concubine Qin raising her arms and facing the boy.

"Sister!" Wen Yan stopped Concubine Qin's violence, Ziruo raised her chin slightly, and then she saw a long nail mark on the boy's face.

The eyebrows became more and more frowned, and Ziruo bent his knees to salute, so he instructed the nurse: "What are you doing in a daze, you don't take medicine for Da Lang, it's not light or heavy, you dare to hurt your master!" ”

The nurse cried out in her heart, this is the eldest grandson of the emperor, and she didn't dare to leave a half-nail wound on that noble face with a thousand dares, but she kowtowed again and again: "The slave is guilty of death!" I didn't hold my master steady, so I hurt ......"

"You have to pay attention next time, this time I'll forgive you first, go ahead." Qin Ziruo glanced at Xiao Yan again: "You go down too." ”

Concubine Qin's chest rose and fell, and her withdrawn palm was clenched into a fist.

There were no idlers in the room, and Ziruo sighed: "Sister, how can you be so impulsive, Da Lang is still young, you are so strict...... Be careful to be suspicious. ”

"Slut!" Concubine Qin suppressed her voice, but her two eyebrows stood upright: "You dare to smash my teacup." ”

"Sister Shenyan, that's your son and son, it's the emperor's eldest grandson!" Ziruo hates that iron is not steel: "Since my sister can tolerate Xiaoyan, why not allow Da Lang!" It's an inversion. ”

Concubine Qin closed her eyes, her shoulders trembled slightly, and it took a while to suppress her anger, and her voice softened: "Xiao Yan is a person who understands, and she knows that she is not allowed to be rash in this place...... At first you said that she was stupid and not to be afraid, but now why do you persuade me to keep my son and go to my mother? ”

Qin Ziruo pressed her forehead weakly - this time she really looked away, and thought that Xiao Yan was an arrogant and ignorant, and it didn't hurt to keep it for the time being, but when she saw Concubine Qin for the first time, she knew the rhetoric, which made Concubine Qin smile, and she endured humiliation and humbled again, and after giving birth, she was even more favored by her brother-in-law...... But in the eyes of others, it was Princess Qing who won the heart of the prince.

Concubine Qin had the scenery of raising her eyebrows in front of Deng and Bai Erfei, and then she was interested in currying favor with Xiao Yan, and she also offered a traitorous record, which made Concubine Bai lose her stewardship, and Concubine Qin regarded her as a confidant.

Xiao Yan is stupid, clearly cunning, no wonder she coaxed her brother-in-law to be spoiled.

It may not be a hidden danger in the future.

However, Concubine Qin scoffed at Ziruo's opinion: "Le's background is her death hole, she can't even compete for a position, she is just a maid all her life, and the deed is in my hands, what tricks can she come up with?" As you said, she was outside, in front of a bunch of prostitutes, and she still had the confidence to be strong, and when she entered this palace, it was a lump of mud under my feet, and she was trampled on, and without me to rely on her, anyone could take her life. ”

Qin Ziruo was completely speechless.

Concubine Qin raised her eyebrows again: "You and I feel smooth when I look at her favored?" It's not a bastard of the prince, I like her charming, the means on the bed, with her in my yard, the prince has half a month to stay overnight. When he said this, he had already gritted his teeth: "I also want to keep my son to go to my mother, the prince has already warned, if Xiao Yan has any accidents, he can't spare me, I won't let it, that is what really makes the prince jealous, treat Xiao Yan a little leniently, and the prince doesn't dare to indulge in the provocation of the Deng slut." ”

"I just can't look at that seed! I had to endure it, and I had to wait until I had a son-in-law in the future...... Cleaned up the mother and son again. ”

Qin Ziruo had no choice but to give up, and reminded again: "Sister has to be careful, don't let Xiao Yan contact others." ”

"Don't worry, she is only waiting in front of my eyes, and everyone in this courtyard can be trusted, as long as she is not allowed to have a chance to go out...... She knows this, no matter how conniving the prince is, he also knows that the matter is not trivial, if something goes wrong, she and the evil seed will not escape death. After saying this, Concubine Qin reacted: "Why did you suddenly come here today?" ”

"It's the prince who has been invited, not only me, but also my grandfather and father and a few uncles have come, and I heard that there is also the Chen family...... I'm not going to be able to participate first, so let's take a look at my sister. ”

Sure enough, not long after sitting, the four princes sent someone to invite Qin Ziruo to go to the inner study.

The Chen family has already left first, and only their own family is here, so Ziruo does not need any taboos.

It turned out that after the four princes knew about the dance in the field, they realized that this was an excellent opportunity, and if they were operated well, it was completely possible to pull the prince down from the storage position, so that he would have the opportunity to "live in the reserve with virtue", so he convened his cronies to discuss and discuss the matter of the emperor's dragon health.

"I want to hear the advice of the seventh sister." The fourth prince is very polite and virtuous.

"Since the Holy One is in danger, then we can't sit back and wait." Qin Ziruo opened his mouth with a sentence.

This comforted Qin Huaiyu and Lao Huai, and glanced at the fourth prince who was also very satisfied, and the corners of his lips smiled, things have come to this point, and the Chen family is still afraid, thinking that it is best to sit and collect the fisherman, but it is not as decisive as his granddaughter.

"But...... Since the prince has leaked the matter of the Holy Sacrament to the three highnesses, he should also find out whether the dance is a trap laid by the three highnesses, and he cannot be neglected because of the urgency, and fall into the trap of the three princes and be used as a gunman. Qin Ziruo followed and said.

The fourth prince bowed his head and was very approving: "No wonder Qin Xiang's seventh sister is different from ordinary boudoirs, she is really decisive and smart, Qin Xiang also had doubts before, but I have already found out...... The person who got drunk with Su Ming is the son of the Nanyang Zhang family, from the former Zhongshu Keshe, who was only transferred to the Hanlin Academy in the old years, the Zhang family has some twists and turns with the old eight, but there are old grudges with the Kong family, and Qin Xiang and Yuezhang also know about this. ”

Qin Xiang bowed: "The mother of the eighth prince, An Concubine, has a younger sister, who is married to the Nanyang Zhang family, but it is not the same branch as Zhang Shishu, and can only be called a clan. ”

"That makes sense." Zi Ruowaner: "It should be that the Zhang family has a grudge, maybe An Concubine also has an idea, and has the intention to leak this matter to attack the Kong family or the princelings, first, to provoke the Weiguo Mansion...... Although Su Jihe was hit by Tanhua, in the end he was a concubine, and the saint was always worse than a few sisters-in-law, and it was common sense for him to ignore it when he heard about it, but why didn't Zhang Shishu simply leak the matter to the three brothers of Wei Guogong? ”

"There is no way, I heard that Zhang Shishu handed over a few times the prayer post, Wei Guogong and Su Yi did not answer, Su Ke has always been a careless person, Zhang Shishu should have no way, so he moved his brain on Su Ming." The fourth prince obviously also had doubts, and first went through the inspection: "I have been in contact with Su Ming for a while, and I know him a little, in the end, he was raised outside, he does not have the bearing of a wealthy child, he is obviously narrow-minded, and he pretends to be sanctimonious, he is very cautious, how can he be involved in the storage position just after entering the office." ”

Qin Ziruo said with a smile: "As the prince has seen, I have heard Su Jihe's lectures, and I don't think he has any talent in latitude and warp, that is, he has the reputation of a famous Confucian disciple." He muttered slightly: "That chapter of the servant knows that Jin Se is the prince's person, so the words have become intentional leaks, thinking that if Su Ming's path does not work, the prince will borrow it to deal with the Kong family." ”

"The Zhang family is not very prominent, and An Concubine's family is even more ordinary, even if the eighth child still has some holy relatives, it is not to be afraid, but An Concubine and Liang Zhaoyi have a bad relationship, plus the Zhang family has a grudge against the Kong family, the queen is very concerned about her, if the prince ascends the throne, it will not be beneficial to the eighth prince, although I also thought that there was an idea of An Concubine behind me, but now it is indeed an urgent time." The fourth prince said again.

The eighth prince is only fourteen, although he has been praised by the Son of Heaven because of his studiousness, but he has not yet been involved in politics, and the mother family is not strong, so the fourth prince does not take it to heart.

"The key is whether the dance is real or not." Ruled out the trapping of the three princes, Qin Ziruo, and raised this point.

"I have checked the origins of the two Jinshi who are suspected of dancing, and they are indeed related to the Kong family, as for Zhang Tai's ......" The corners of the four princes' lips slanted: "On the surface, he is looking at the Qin Xiangma, but in fact, he has long been with the Kong family." ”

knew that Zhang Tai had two intentions, but he didn't inform the Qin family...... Ziruo's heart was heavy, and he glanced at his grandfather, but naturally he remained silent, and only said: "For the sake of safety, it is also necessary to detect the prostitutes who leaked out of the words, and who Zhang Tai's son was drinking with that day, and if it is confirmed, this matter will be eighty percent credible." ”

"I'll arrange this matter, but how to launch it, we have to discuss it carefully, the Chen family can't rely on this matter, and we have to rely on Prime Minister Qin." The fourth prince said that in the end, Qin Xiang controlled most of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it was not difficult to find a tattooed green man who was deeply appreciated by the Son of Heaven and was not afraid of the power of the Confucian family to impeach.

"Lu Jian and Lu Yushi are very suitable." Miss Ziruo did not miss the slightest opportunity to show her intelligence, and took the lead in pointing out the candidates who were actually planned for a long time by everyone present.

Lü Jian was used by Zhu Qian, who resisted the revival of the imperial examination, to bully people to participate in Yu Feng's book, and was later assassinated by Zhu Qian's downtown area, intending to blame Yu Feng.

It is up to him to impeach Kong Zhishang, that is, Yu Feng will not help or obstruct secretly, and the saint believes in Lu Jian, which undoubtedly adds a few points to the calculation.

"But even if the evidence is conclusive, the person who dances is Kong Zhishang, how can the prince be involved?" Ziruo asked again.

"If it's not enough to just dance, how about killing people? Just a Kong Zhishang, if there is no signal from behind the prince, dare to have such courage? The fourth prince waved his hand violently: "Qin Xiang has those eyes and ears in his hands, it's time to use them, if you let the queen know that the dance has been revealed...... Can she tolerate Zhang Tai's mouth? ”