"The situation is critical, what should we do?" Wan Zhen'er and Tang Jingran were a little anxious, especially Wan Zhen'er, she knew that as long as something happened to Zhu Jianshen, she would also be affected at that time, and she would have nothing at that time.

Hearing her ask herself, Tang shook his head and said, "How do I know? It's just that I think now we should go and see the princess, maybe she can have some way to contact my master and a few uncles and uncles. ”

Wan Zhen'er nodded, so she walked into Jian Huaizhen's Wan'an Palace with Tang Jingran, and when she arrived at the gate of Wan'an Palace, Wan Zhen'er hesitated for a moment and said, "It's better for you to go in first, I'll wait for you outside, if there is anything, we will contact you again, what do you think?" You also know that the eldest princess has always ...... me" When she said this, she was silent.

The implication of her words is that Jian Huaizhen has always had a lot of opinions about her, and if she ventures in at this time, it will be a little bad.

After hearing her say this, Tang nodded and said, "That's okay, you can wait here first." So Tang was shocked and walked in alone.

After walking in, those palace maids saw that it was Concubine Tang Shu, so they didn't report it, and directly led her to see Jian Huaizhen, and soon came to the outside of Jian Huaizhen's bedroom.

Tang was shocked and walked in, she saw Jian Huaizhen lying on the sickbed, the whole person looked a lot haggard, his eyes were blank, and his face was still faintly tinged with some cyan, which was obviously a sign of poisoning.

Suddenly, seeing Tang Jingran coming in, Jian Huaizhen turned his face away, and just about to say something, Tang Jingran had already saluted her.

Jian Huaizhen reluctantly shook his head and said, "That's it, you get up." Shocked, why did you suddenly come to see Hongu? Is something going on? ”

After Wan Zhen'er suddenly came to see her last night, Jian Huaizhen felt that something was wrong, so she specially ordered someone to check, but nothing was found, there was no palace coup in the palace at all, and the emperor was still his emperor, so Jian Huaizhen's heart was relieved.

Suddenly, when she saw Tang coming again, she couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in her heart.

Tang was shocked and hurriedly smiled and said, "Aunt Princess, you are too worried, I miss you, so I came to see you." As she spoke, she looked at Jian Huaizhen with a smile.

Tang Jingran's relationship with Jian Huaizhen has always been very good, and it is not a strange thing for her to come to see Jian Huaizhen, so Jian Huaizhen didn't think much about it, so she asked her about some things in the palace, and she picked up the good ones and told Jian Huaizhen about them, and Jian Huaizhen was relieved.

After talking with her for a while, she glanced at Jian Huaizhen and said to her, "Aunt Princess, then you can rest well, I won't disturb you." If you need a place to be shocked, please feel free to send me over. The poison in your body is not shallow, do you need to be shocked to heal your injuries? ”

Jian Huaizhen shook his head and said, "No need, as long as I am given a few days, I will be able to think of ways to force these poisons out of my body." Fortunately, King Jing has not moved any way now, otherwise, Bengong really doesn't know what to do. ”

"King Jing, he hasn't moved at all now, because the emperor is already suspicious of him, so he is very low-key and doesn't show any clues at all, so Aunt Princess, don't worry." Tang said in shock.

Hearing Tang Jingran say this, Jian Huaizhen was relieved.

So Tang said goodbye to Jian Huaizhen and walked out of Wan'an Palace, Wan Zhen'er hurriedly greeted him and asked, "How is the situation of the eldest princess?" ”

Tang's face was covered with a layer of sadness, and he shook his head and said: "Aunt Princess's situation is not improving, I think even if it needs to get better, it will take more than half a month to recuperate, and I didn't tell her the truth, so as not to make her worry." You also know that it's always bad to worry her at this time, not only will it not help, but it may even affect her. ”

"But the eldest princess's martial arts have always been very high, and she has always been a very capable person, why is it like this now?"

"I don't know, so it can be seen how powerful Zhu Jianchen's poison is. No matter how high the princess is, no matter how high her martial arts are, she is always a human being, and it is inevitable that she will easily fall for his tricks if she is a human being. In short, in this current situation, I think there is no way at all, we can only rely on ourselves. They looked at each other and said.

"Okay, so what should we do?" Wan Zhen'er said anxiously.

Tang was shocked to think about it, and then said to her: "Let's go back first, let's wait until we return to the palace and then discuss quietly." So they went back to the palace together, and then they met again to discuss the matter.

Both of them are very sad now, and they both feel that things have reached a point where there is no way to control them, and they have discussed it for a long time but have not come up with a solution.

And at this time, I heard Gu Lengyi quietly come to report, saying that the emperor said in the court today that he was not feeling well, so he decided to let King Jing Zhu Jianchen come to regent, and he himself stayed in the palace to rest.

After hearing this, everyone was surprised, Tang Jingran didn't know much about the affairs of the court, but she also saw things clearly, she said: "According to my opinion, if I am not mistaken, I think King Jing must want to take action." He clearly wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to be a regent first, and then take advantage of the fact that everyone was not paying attention, and then let the emperor get sick, or let the emperor encounter other things, and then let the emperor pass the throne to him openly. Brother to brother, his thoughts can be said to be obvious. ”

After hearing her say this, Wan Zhen'er nodded and said, "What you said is true, it's just that things have come to this point, what can be done?" I heard that Kowako came to us early this morning, because of the green yarn. Qingsha went to deliver a letter to Luo Kailing, but who knew that he was killed, obviously it was done by Zhu Jianchen, the king of Jing, and Zhu Jianchen's people even dared to kill the Queen Mother's people, obviously to the point of having no scruples. Since Zhu Jianchen has been thinking about it for so many years, his power in the palace is definitely not allowed to be underestimated, but we must not sit still like this. ”

"By the way, I have a way to pass on the news to the brothers who are shaking the red candle shadow, but this method still needs your help. And with Zhu Jianchen's shrewdness, I don't know if he can see through this method, if he does, the situation will be a bit bad. ”

"What's the idea?" Wan Zhen'er hurriedly asked.

Tang sighed and said: "It's to pass fireworks, we have always had a lot of ways to deliver news through candle shadow shaking, one of the ways is to rely on fireworks, as long as it can use fireworks to transmit news, I believe that people who shake red candle shadow will definitely know." And once they know the news, maybe others may know, especially my masters, uncles. Once they know the news, they will definitely find a way to save us, and then things will be much easier. ”

"Yes, your master and uncle are all top masters, as long as they are willing to help, things are indeed much easier. But we don't have fireworks at all, so what should we do? ”

Tang Jingran thought about it, and then said a few words in Wan Zhen'er's ear, after Wan Zhen'er listened, her face showed doubt, and she said to her: "Your method is not bad, but why should I pretend to be with King Jing?" ”

Speaking of this, she looked at Tang Jingran vigilantly, with a look of distrust on her face, obviously afraid that Tang Jingran wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to attack her.

Tang was shocked and said with a cold smile: "Do you think that if I pretend to join him, he will believe it?" You say that if one of the two of us pretends to take refuge in him, he is more likely to believe it? At this, a sneer suddenly appeared on her face.

After hearing her say this, Wan Zhen'er suddenly became angry, pointed at her and said, "You, you, what do you mean by this?" ”

Tang Jingran smiled and said nothing, Wan Zhen'er was so angry for a while, after all, Tang Jingran said this, which made her very angry, but she had to admit that what Tang Jingran said was correct, because if it was between her and Tang Jingran who betrayed the emperor, it was obvious that Zhu Jianchen would believe that she betrayed the emperor, but not that it was Tang Jingran who betrayed the emperor.

Not to mention that Tang Jingran has always been a child of the rivers and lakes, the most important thing is righteousness, and she has always been indifferent, she has no pursuit of fame and fortune, and she will not do speculative things at this time, but Wan Zhen'er is different.

Wan Zhen'er's most pursuit is glory and wealth, fame and fortune, everyone in the harem knows very well, so at this time, it is most appropriate for Wan Zhen'er to do this matter, and this role is also the most suitable for Wan Zhen'er to play, so Wan Zhen'er is angry, and after hearing Tang Zhenran's words, she was still stunned.

Tang Jingran continued to say slowly: "You don't have to do this, if you don't want to do it, no one will coerce you." But now, do you think there's any other way than to do that? ”

After hearing her say this, Wan Zhen'er hesitated for a moment, but then said: "If this matter is known to the emperor in the future, the emperor will definitely not let me go so easily." ”

Tang was shocked and laughed, and said: "What you said is not right, if this matter is known to the emperor in the future, you should be the biggest hero, at an extraordinary moment, there must be an extraordinary way." And you? You helped the emperor get close to Zhu Jianchen and hit Zhu Jianchen's forces, and the emperor knew about it, how could the emperor suspect you? Could it be that the emperor will not distinguish between right and wrong, and suspect that you have two hearts? Besides, even if the emperor really doubts you so much, I will definitely testify for you when the time comes. ”

"Who knows if you'll bite back in the future?" Wan Zhen'er said with some disbelieving.

"Then if you don't believe it, I can't do anything else, then we have to wait for death together." Tang was shocked with a cold look on his face.

Seeing Tang's shocked appearance, and feeling that she didn't look like a liar, Wan Zhen'er hesitated for a long time, and finally said slowly: "Okay, this palace will believe you once, but if the emperor investigates it in the future, you have to testify for this palace no matter what." Wan Zhen'er said.

Tang Jingran nodded and said, "I, Tang Jingran, am a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, and I have always spoken the same thing, so how can I bear you alone?" ”

"But you also knew back then that I was also responsible for Yu Mian's death." Wan Zhen'er finally said the scruples in her heart.

"Jianghu people have always paid attention to the distinction between grievances and grievances, even if you were responsible for Yu Mian's death at the beginning, so what? I won't be angry with you and take revenge on you for this. Besides, in fact, I know that you still like Yu Mian very much in your heart. At this point, she sighed and fell silent.

Wan Zhen'er didn't expect Tang Jingran to say such a thing, and she herself was stunned.

Yes, she really liked Yu Mian very much back then, and was even willing to give up her power and status for Yu Mian, but Yu Mian only had Tang Jingran alone in her heart, and in desperation, she used a lot of strategies to deal with Yu Mian and Tang Jingran, so that Yu Mian died in the end.

In short, this matter has nothing to do with her, but there is no way to deny her feelings for Mian.

Hearing Tang Jingran say this, she was also sad for a while, the two of them glanced at each other, and she said firmly: "Okay, just do what you say, I'll go and surrender to King Jing, and then the next thing will depend on you." ”

Tang nodded in surprise, and after the two finished discussing, they went back separately.

After Wan Zhen'er made up her mind, she hurried to do it, she knew that time was waiting for no one at this time, if she didn't hurry up to do it, no one knew what would happen next, so after she went back, she cleaned up a little, changed into a decent set of clothes, and then went to see King Jing.

King Jing had just come back from the emperor's court, and was celebrating with Xia with joy, when he suddenly heard that Wan Zhen'er asked to see him, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and said: "Wan Zhen'er is here to see this king, what's the matter?" ”

"Lord Wang, she came to ask to see the prince, there must be nothing good, the prince still don't want to see her." Xia Li frowned and said.

Xia Liao knows Wan Zhen'er very well, knows that she is a scheming woman, and knows that she is very ruthless and vicious, after hearing Xia Liao say this, he didn't expect it to arouse Zhu Jianchen's interest.

Zhu Jianchen said: "Yes, this king has also heard that Wan Zhen'er is indeed a very skilled woman. She is so old, and she can still charm the emperor to make her the imperial concubine, so you know how powerful this woman is. Hearing you say this, this king is even more interested in her, and wants to see her. ”

"Lord Wang, seeing her is not good for you, you better not see her. This woman is scheming......" Xia said persuasively.

Who knew that before Xia's voice fell, Zhu Jianchen laughed and said, "What? Now, are you afraid that this king will like her? Don't worry, didn't this king promise you? Once this king ascends the throne, he will immediately crown you as the queen, and you are the only one in the king's heart, so don't worry. Besides, she is already old and decrepit, and this king is not yet interested in such a person. At that, he burst out laughing.

Seeing Zhu Jianchen say this, Xia had no way to stop it, so he nodded and said, "No matter what, the prince must be cautious, this Wan Zhen'er is different from ordinary people." When I invited the emperor away from her palace before, she repeatedly obstructed the emperor and prevented him from leaving, but fortunately, in the end, the emperor was also invited away by me, otherwise, our plan would not have succeeded so far. It's all because of her. ”

"Oh? Is she really such a capable person? So if she wants to talk about her ability, she still can't compare to you, the emperor was still invited away by you in the end, isn't it? ”

Xia sighed and said, "If she is ten years younger, she will not be able to invite the emperor away from her face if she is confident." ”

After hearing Xia say this, Zhu Jianchen laughed and said, "Then the most capable person is you." Well, this king still remembers that you once persuaded her to surrender on behalf of this king, and since this is the case, she should know about our conspiracy, why didn't she tell the emperor? If she had told the Emperor about our conspiracy, wouldn't we have succeeded so easily? ”

"How could she possibly tell this about it for the sake of self-preservation? She has always put her own interests first and put the interests of others last, so she will never tell the emperor about the fact that we once asked her to cooperate. If she had told Zhu Jianshen a long time ago, how could Zhu Jianshen fall for me? Xia said this, with a look of disdain on his face.

"Is what you're saying true?"

"Of course it's true." Xia nodded and said.

"In this case, it is even better, it means that she is a very greedy person who is afraid of life and death, and is obsessed with glory and wealth, for this kind of person, this king thinks it is the easiest to deal with. Now, since she has so many bad roots, what else is there to be afraid of? Anyway, if she takes refuge in the emperor, the emperor can also give her glory and wealth, and if she takes refuge in this king, this king can also let her enjoy glory and wealth. And now that the emperor is gone, in this case, who do you think this kind of person will choose to turn to? At this, he burst out laughing.

"That's not necessarily, there is one thing you have to figure out, the prince, that is, there is still a difference between the emperor and the prince. The emperor is his husband, and now she is the imperial concubine under one person and above ten thousand people in this harem, but what about the prince? The prince is just a prince to her, she is from the prince, what can she do? At that time, there will be no way to sit in the seat of her imperial concubine, so how can she be willing to be used by the prince? ”

King Jing Zhu Jianchen originally wanted to say that since she wanted to be a concubine, then this king would let her be a concubine, give her an empty promise first, and talk about it later, but when he saw Xia's expression, he immediately changed his tone and said: "That's not necessarily, even if she is an empty shell concubine, what if she is an empty shell concubine?" Anyway, now the emperor is gone. Okay, that's it, don't worry, this king is really interested in meeting her, so pass her in to this king. ”

Xia heard Zhu Jianchen say this, and knew that no matter how much he persuaded him, it was useless, so he sent the little eunuch to pass her in.

After Wan Zhen'er came in, she glanced at Xia, then at Zhu Jianchen, and then asked Zhu Jianchen for peace.

Zhu Jianchen smiled slightly and said, "The imperial concubine is here today, I don't know what is going on?" Could it be that this king did something to make the imperial concubine unhappy? ”

"How can such a thing be? Zhen'er didn't dare, Zhen'er came to see the prince today, and she was not afraid to tell the truth, so she got straight to the point. Lord, last time Zhen'er went to the emperor, she found that the emperor's appearance was very different from usual, if Zhen'er didn't guess wrong, the emperor had been controlled by the prince. Speaking of this, she looked up at Zhu Jianchen, as if she wanted to get an answer from King Jing Zhu Jianchen.

Who knew that Zhu Jianchen didn't say a word, neither said that he controlled the emperor, nor did he say that he didn't control the emperor, in short, his expression was very ambiguous, so that Wan Zhen'er couldn't guess clearly.

But fortunately, Wan Zhen'er already knew the truth of the matter, so she continued to say slowly: "I came to see King Jing today, in fact, I hope to cooperate with King Jing." ”

"Working with this king? What to work with this king? Zhu Jianchen said with a slight smile.

"The prince is a smart man, Zhen'er doesn't need to say more, now the emperor is gone, even if Zhen'er is the imperial concubine, but there is no power at all, if the emperor dies one day, then Zhen'er will be nothing. Zhen'er has no power or power in this harem, and she has struggled to this day little by little on her own, and no one will protect Zhen'er at all, except for Zhen'er herself, so Zhen'er came to see the prince today to make a deal with the prince. ”

When Zhu Jianchen heard her say this, he immediately felt very interested, and this was also very consistent with Wan Zhen'er's character, and he didn't doubt it.

Xia looked at her vigilantly, but it was not Xia who could call the shots at this time.

Wan Zhen'er continued to say with a smile: "I want to help the prince, I want to form an alliance with the prince, but the prince always has to give me some benefits." The prince is in the prime of life, and Zhen'er is already old and decrepit, I still know this, so I don't expect the prince to give me the position of concubine again, it's just. After saying this, she glanced at Zhu Jianchen and said to him: "I hope that after the matter is completed, the prince can make me the queen mother." ”

"What? Named you the queen mother? Zhu Jianchen was slightly stunned, as if he didn't expect Wan Zhen'er to put forward such an opinion, he had long known that Wan Zhen'er was not a simple person, but he didn't expect that since Wan Zhen'er made this request, it was really unexpected by him.

Originally, he still had a few doubts about Wan Zhen'er's coming, but after hearing Wan Zhen'er say this, the doubts in his heart suddenly disappeared, and it turned out that Wan Zhen'er had such an idea.

Even Xia Li, who was originally full of suspicion about Wan Zhen'er, doesn't doubt it now, it turns out that Wan Zhen'er wants to be the queen mother, no wonder she would do such a thing.

"But this king is already looking for things for this country, why do you want to make you the queen mother? What's in it for the king? ”

"Of course the prince is beneficial, you think, even if you control the emperor, the emperor named you the emperor, and the emperor died in vain, even if many people believe it, but it will still cause a lot of criticism under the government and the opposition. Zhen'er believes that others will not help you, especially the Empress Dowager Zhou, do you think that the Empress Dowager Zhou will give up her own son to help you? And Tang Shufei will not help the prince, Tang Shufei is a child of the rivers and lakes, and the most important thing is a righteous spirit, she will not help the prince to do this kind of thing no matter what. And when it comes to prestige in the harem, Concubine Tang Shu is far inferior to this palace, so in the end, only this palace can help the prince, I don't know what the prince thinks in his heart? ”

After Zhu Jianchen listened to her word by word, he couldn't help but feel that she was very reasonable, if Zhu Jianshen died inexplicably, I believe that many people would have doubts about this matter, even if he was made the emperor, then his throne would definitely be unstable, but if Wan Zhen'er assisted from it, it would be different.

Wan Zhen'er never mentioned Xia anymore, it can be seen that in her mind, Xia is nothing, although Xia is one of Zhu Jianchen's most powerful helpers, but in this matter, Zhu Jianchen has to admit that Xia has no way to compare with Wan Zhen'er.

Wan Zhen'er has been in the harem for so many years, and she is very clear about the people in the harem, and she also has her own power in the harem.

And Xia is the person next to Zhu Jianchen, if it is really Xia Li's appearance, then things are different, so if Wan Zhen'er is willing to come forward, it is naturally better than anything.

After he heard Wan Zhen'er say this, he immediately nodded and said, "The imperial concubine really thought well, this king didn't think of it before." ”

Wan Zhen'er and Zhu Jianchen hit it off, and she was very anxious in her heart, she always felt that things were not so simple, but since it had reached this point, there was no other way, so she had to let it go.

On the other hand, she saw that Zhu Jianchen believed in Wan Zhen'er very much, and knew that now that Zhu Jianchen had her own plans, no matter what she persuaded her, Zhu Jianchen would not agree, so she had to let Zhu Jianchen go.

After discussing with Wan Zhen'er, Zhu Jianchen said with a smile: "Since the matter has come to this point, the next thing will be Lao Niangniang." ”

"Don't worry, since this palace promised you, it will definitely get things done. Let's just say it, and then I will support you, and on the other hand, the emperor's life and death are also in your hands. At that, she laughed.

Seeing the uncertainty on her face, Zhu Jianchen couldn't help but have some doubts, Zhu Jianchen asked, "Do you mean to say that I shouldn't deal with the emperor?" ”

"Zhen'er doesn't think so, Zhen'er thinks it's useless for the emperor to live, in that case, why keep him? It's just that everything always needs a process, if the prince ascends the throne immediately, I'm afraid it will cause criticism, and the eldest princess will be well sooner or later, what will she think when the time comes? In short, this matter can be described as dangerous, so I have a reluctant request. ”

"Oh? You say come and hear it. Zhu Jianchen looked at Wan Zhen'er, as if he wanted to find out what kind of medicine she was selling in her gourd.

Wan Zhen'er is also very nervous now, she knows what kind of temperament Zhu Jianchen is, if she is a little careless, maybe she will not even have a small life, so she hesitated, and then slowly said to Zhu Jianchen: "I actually think so in my heart, the prince can refer to it, and think that what I said is not reasonable, if it is not reasonable, the prince can naturally treat it as if he has not heard it." Although it is said that it is a brother to a brother, if the prince boldly ascends to the throne, it will definitely attract a lot of criticism. But if the emperor still has a son, the situation is different. ”

"The emperor doesn't have a son at all, and it's useless for you to say that."

"Who said that? I heard that the emperor had a son who was raised in the cold palace, and it is said that he was the child of a little palace maid who was executed by Zhen'er in the past, and he was raised. Of course, I don't know if this matter is true or not, but whether it's true or false, the prince can always use this matter to make a big fuss. ”

"Using this to make a big fuss? What should be done? The suspicion in Zhu Jianchen's eyes became more and more.

"Lord Wang, if you believe Zhen'er's words, just listen to Zhen'er's words. In fact, this matter is very simple, even if the emperor does not have a biological son, so what? The prince can casually go to find a child, saying that it is the emperor's child, and then the prince can wait until the emperor has something long, the prince can naturally support the child to ascend the throne, and when the child ascends the throne, the prince will be the regent at that time. The prince can use the time of the regency to slowly consolidate his power, and he can strengthen his power soon, and when the time comes, what will the prince do, isn't it easy? The prince can find a reason to let the child die inexplicably, and the prince will ascend the throne again, wouldn't it be easy? ”