CHAPTER XXII
Jing Chen grinned and grabbed Yin Hou and muttered, "No." Then he said, "Queen Mother, there is news." ”
Yin Hou: "The excerpt that was just handed in today is very smooth, your eldest brother may come back first, and the colt may have to wait." ”
Jing Chen nodded. "They're all fine."
Empress Yin seemed to have thought of something, and beckoned to a palace maid behind her: "Biluo, in the future, you will be responsible for the diet and daily life of the princess and the concubine." Jing Chen was puzzled: "Queen Mother, isn't there a sycamore, and Mama Li, and you just sent so many palace maids and eunuchs, we all like to be quiet, don't want so many people." ”
Empress Yin: "Mama Li is also old, and Biluo is the old lady in the palace who came out by herself, so it is convenient for her own people." Jing Chen couldn't refuse, so he left Biluo behind. Biluo also saluted and thanked him.
After Shangguan Jun sent troops to Burma, Jing Chen would keep writing to Shangguan Jun when she had nothing to do, and occasionally received a reply from him, and she felt at ease. After not replying to the letter for a long time, she went back to the palace to inquire about the news. Good news is good news.
Yin Jingchen occasionally met Yin Jingning in the palace, Yin Jingning was mostly sarcastic to her, she didn't give a good face, and Jingchen didn't have the same knowledge as her. On that day, when she heard that Li Yuni had come to the capital, she planned to go and see them. On the way, he met Yin Jingning and Xu Shidie. In the palace, Yin Jingning didn't dare to do anything to Jing Chen, and she had no scruples outside the palace. Jing Chen didn't want to pay attention to her. was about to leave with Wutong, but was stopped by Yin Jingning. Guarding Yu Xianlong to stop Yin Jingning, but was slapped by her. Jing Chen was angry: "Second Emperor Sister, what does this mean?" ”
Yin Jingning sneered: "Now you are more and more proud......"
What do you want to say, the second emperor sister asks you to make amends to Yu Xianlong.
"Yin Jingchen, you stayed in Shangguan Mansion and your head was rusted, why should I make amends to a minion."
Since the second emperor sister said so, she should also know that beating a dog depends on the master, if you beat him, you will beat me, if something comes to me, don't be like a resentful woman who is abandoned and bites everyone when she sees it. ”
Yin Jingning was choked by her words and stretched out her hand to slap Yin Jingchen, but was stopped by Xu Shidie. He glared at Yin Jingchen angrily: "Don't think how clever your methods are, support the Shangguan family, and now how many people the Shangguan clan has stepped on to get on the throne, how many people will seek revenge from you in the future." wants to use the Shangguan family to balance the power of Dong Yulin and my father, Dong Yulin is so easy to manipulate, Shangguan Ying is a victim. I am waiting for the day when the Shangguan family will be ruined. ”
Jing Chen did not show weakness: "The affairs of the court are not involved in you and me, since you can see through it, Dong Yulin will not be unable to see through it, since he is so transparent, why does he still marry Shangguan Ying?" I'm afraid that marrying Shangguan Ying is much more beneficial than marrying you, the county lord. ”
"The status of the Shangguan family today is not based on who is on the throne, they didn't want to do it before, and now they don't want to, because the emperor's in-laws will come with infinite glory even if you don't want to, if you want to say that you are ruined, why is the Shangguan Mansion afraid?"
Yin Jingning didn't expect today's Yin Jingchen to be so sharp-toothed. This is still Princess Jingchen, who once didn't ask about the world. She looked at Jing Chen and suddenly smiled: "Then let's see who can have the last laugh, and don't think that my father is a bully......"
After Xu Shidie and Yin Jingning left, they looked back at Yin Jingchen with a smile, and this smile made Jingchen feel irritable. After the two left, Jing Chen instructed Yu Xianlong to secretly observe the movements of Yin Wangye's faction......
Li Yuni saw that Jing Chen was in a trance, and quietly asked Wutong. Wutong replied silently: "Yin Jingning." Li Yuni understood: "The third child has a letter." Jing Chen retracted his thoughts and nodded. I don't know if it's because of Yin Jingning's words, or because of Xu Shidie, she was restless all day. After sitting at Li Yuni's for a while, he returned to Junchen Palace.
After eating, Jing Chen thought about writing a letter to Shangguan Ying, so he went to the study, but he couldn't write well. She crumpled the paper in frustration. She gave up. I was about to go out for a walk, but the clouds were thick. Shangguan Jun and the imperial brother have been gone for months. Because of the troops sent to quell the rebellion, even Chinese New Year's Eve could not be together. In the blink of an eye, spring has entered. At this time, lightning flashed and thundered, and heavy rain poured down. Jing Chen has been afraid of thunder since she was a child, and at this moment, because of her inexplicable irritability, she can't sleep even more. So he asked Wutong to sleep with her. Wutong, knowing that the princess was most afraid of thunder, took the pillow and lay down beside Jing Chen. Jing Chen hugged the sycamore, smelled the sweet fragrance on her body, and her heart was inexplicably quiet. Slowly fell asleep.
At this moment she seemed to be in a bamboo forest, the melodious flute sounded, she quickened her pace, she was about to see him, her heart was beating suddenly, she saw him, he stood outside the hut, smiled and stretched out his hand to her. She ran over, and with a whoosh, a secret arrow flew straight at him, and he couldn't dodge it, and stabbed him straight in the heart. Her frightened legs weakened, and she called him: "Shangguan Jun, Shangguan Jun ....." and he didn't answer. She was terrified, crying and shouting, "No..... Thou shalt not leave me," but no one answered.....
She was woken up, she opened her eyes, saw Wutong's anxious look, and hurriedly asked, "How is the horse master," Wutong took a handkerchief to wipe her sweat: "The princess has a nightmare?" "Fortunately, it's a dream, Jing Chen is happy. At the moment, he was dripping with cold sweat. Seeing that Wutong's expression was wrong, he forced her to ask her again, and Wutong saw that she was angry, and hurriedly said: "It's not a horse, it's the prince's ......"
Jing Chen was shocked: "What's wrong with my imperial brother?" ”
Wutong: "The slave and maid don't know, it is said that they have encountered an accident, and they can only come back with the hu." Jing Chen's frightened face turned pale, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he tidied up his clothes and came to the queen's palace. As soon as I came in, I saw Empress Yin wiping her tears.
Jingchen Six Gods walked to Empress Yin's side: "Queen Mother, Imperial Brother ....."
Mama Yin held Jing Chen: "I heard that on the way back to the city, I met a mountain bandit, the prince fell off the cliff, and everyone searched for three days and three nights but did not find it..... The prince's retinue came back to report it. "At this moment, the emperor has already sent someone to investigate, and sent out the masters of Ouchi to go out to find it."
Jing Chen's heart jumped suddenly, she was incredulous, and muttered to herself: "The imperial brother will be fine, and the queen mother will be fine." "He is so young, how can it be, the queen mother ....." said and threw herself into Queen Yin's arms, and the mother and daughter cried loudly, how could they care about their identity. This cry is compassionate......
Ten days later, the people sent still did not find the slightest clue about Yin Jingyu's disappearance. According to the searcher, he came back and said: "Under the cliff is the vast sea, and after seven days and seven nights of salvage in the sea, there is nothing upstream and downstream, and I am afraid that the prince's body has sunk in the sea." When Emperor Yin heard the news, his body trembled. The chief eunuch who accompanied him felt that the emperor was old in an instant. In just a few moments, Emperor Yin regained his senses. It must all be a conspiracy. He immediately sent Ouchi's personal guards to investigate.
At the same time, the ministers discussed how to deal with the prince's funeral, but at this time, Emperor Yin's pain of losing a son angered the prince's entourage. Emperor Yin believed that their unfavorable escort caused the death of the crown prince. caused panic in the court. This time he sent troops to quell the rebellion, and the prince appointed 2,000 Jingwei, and only brought more than 100 people on the return trip, and the others returned to the dynasty with Shangguan Jun. And these more than 100 people were plotted before they went to the capital, and they suffered heavy casualties.
The death of the crown prince, under many scrutiny, finally pointed to Prince Yin. The people were in an uproar. all demanded that Yin Wang Ye be severely punished. For a time, King Yin's faction was scattered, and King Yin was hanged. Yin Jingning, under the protection of the guards, fled from the capital in a hurry. After dinner, people all felt sorry for the young life of the prince, and when they mentioned Lord Yin, they hated it. As soon as Yin Wang Ye fell, the court reshuffled the cards. This regime change triggered by the death of the crown prince seems to be calm on the surface, but in fact it is bloody. Emperor Yin once again concentrated power, but this time the trauma was unprecedented.
After Shangguan Jun returned from Nanzhao, he also directly participated in this struggle, and the power of Yin Wangye's faction was already deeply rooted in the court. It is not easy to shake his position, if it were not for the opportunity of the prince's death, I am afraid it would be a few years later to bring him down. The pain of losing his son made Emperor Yin kill him, dozens of his henchmen were beheaded, and all his family members were exiled. Some local officials are also in danger because of this incident, and everyone in the court is in danger, and they dare not speak out.
Jing Chen has always been by Empress Yin's side, and Shangguan Jun also went to see her after he came back. At this time, Jing Chen was haggard, and he felt distressed. She was thin again, and she felt panicked when she hugged her. His hug made the strength she had piled up collapse instantly, she cried loudly, tears wet Shangguan Jun's clothes, he didn't care, just hugged her like that, felt sorry for her, and pitied her.
Shangguan Jun patted her on the back and said softly, "Chen'er, you have to cheer up, after all, there are still fathers and queens who need your care." Yin Jingchen was silent for a long time before he sobbed and said, "Do you know how scared I am? I'm afraid you won't come back..... Like my royal brother..... My eldest brother is such a good person..... In the end, the body was not found....."
"Why, he is obviously our imperial uncle, watching us grow up, and he did not hesitate to kill his own nephew for the sake of power, is power really that important?"
Shangguan Jun was silent, and could only comfort and coax softly. He can't answer this question, the pinnacle of power is to go up with blood, is it cruel, because this is the world of the winner and the loser.
Now, the Shangguan family has also been involved, and he can't get out, I'm afraid he has been involved from the moment he married her. In the future, I am afraid that there will be greater challenges waiting for him, her, the Shangguan family, and every family related to the royal family.
So, he has to be strong now, because he has to protect his family, his lover, and his allies..... They can't be hurt in the slightest because of him.....