Zhou Guiren stood up and pounced on Zhu Jianshen's body, pulled Zhu Jianshen's clothes, and said to Jian Huaizhen: "You dare... You dare to kill me, I am the biological mother of the noble prince, if you execute me, how can you explain to the world. ”

Zhu Jianshen glanced at his mother, who was a little crazy with a look of emotion, and couldn't help but feel a trace of pity in his heart, although what Zhou Guiren did also made him hateful, but Zhou Guiren was always his biological mother, he knelt down and said to Jian Huaizhen: "The eldest princess, my mother did something wrong today, she did something rebellious, and her grandson didn't dare to ask the eldest princess to forgive her mother, but she asked the eldest princess to forgive her mother's life." ”

Jian Huaizhen saw that Zhu Jianshen looked sincere, but Zhou Guiren seemed to have no fear, so he was silent.

Zhu Jianshen continued to kowtow and said, "Imperial aunt and grandmother, my grandson begs, please... Please... Let's spare my mother's life! If the imperial aunt does not agree, the grandson will often kneel here. ”

"Alas" Jian Huaizhen sighed, she knew Zhou Guiren's character, if he could escape today, he would definitely make waves in the harem one day, and Queen Qian's life would probably not be so easy, but Zhu Jianshen was also right, Zhou Guiren was always his biological mother, if Zhou Guiren was to be executed, Zhu Jianshen would not be able to be convinced in his heart, Jian Huaizhen didn't want to hurt Zhu Jianshen's feelings, so he sighed: "Things have come to this point today, although Zhou Guiren can be exempted from capital crimes, but living crimes cannot be escaped, from today on, Zhou Guiren went to the cold palace to face the wall and think about it. In addition, Zhou Guiren's elder brother Zhou Fu, dared to do such a rebellious thing, so the crown prince would deal with it. ”

Jian Huaizhen refused to deal with Zhou Fu's affairs, one is that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics; The second is that Jian Huaizhen didn't want to make the crown prince sad because of the matter of the crown prince's uncle, so she gave Zhu Jianshen a chance to deal with this matter by himself.

Zhu Jianshen said solemnly: "Yes, Sun Er must deal with it impartially, come here, pass on the order, immediately arrest Zhou Fu, put him in prison, and wait for the emperor to wake up and send it down in person." ”

"Yes". At that moment, a eunuch agreed to go out to arrest Zhou Fu.

Jian Huaizhen saw that Zhu Jianshen was very neat and neat, and he was very fair, and he was very happy in his heart, and said: "Okay, it's been tossing for a long time, and the matter should be over." Let's all go back to each other. ”

"Wang Daoling, you intend to murder the emperor, you should be executed, someone will take Wang Daoling down and send him to the noon gate to be beheaded." Jian Huaizhen's words were categorical.

"Yes". The eunuch agreed and pushed Wang Daoling out. There was a shout from behind Wang Daoling, and after a while, he couldn't hear it.

Several palace maids came forward to follow Jian Huaizhen's instructions to remove all the hairpin rings on Zhou Guiren's body and take Zhou Guiren to the cold palace.

Jian Huaizhen returned to Wan'an Palace. Empress Qian, Zhu Jianshen and others went to visit the emperor's sick body.

After Zhu Qizhen was poisoned, his body became weaker and weaker. Although he was treated with a golden needle by Jian Huaizhen, it was still difficult to heal, and although he had woken up, his lower body was completely paralyzed, lying on the bed, unable to get up.

Queen Qian sat next to Zhu Qizhen's bed and told Zhu Qizhen what had happened. Zhu Qizhen listened for a while before saying: "That's it, that's it, let's send Zhou Fufa to the frontier!" ”

"Yes", Zhu Jianshen agreed on the side, he knew that the reason why Zhu Qizhen did not execute Zhou Fu was because Zhou Fu was his maternal uncle.

Zhu Qizhen's condition has been going on for a long time, but it still hasn't improved.

On the one hand, Zhu Jianshen is very worried about the emperor's condition, and the emperor's illness may not be able to survive this year; On the other hand, he was very worried about his mother, he didn't expect his mother Zhou Guiren to do such a rebellious thing.

He also knew that Zhou Guiren was a very competitive person, but now he was imprisoned in the cold palace, facing the four walls every day, and the loss in his heart could be imagined. He was a little worried that Zhou Guiren would not be able to see it, so he sent people to visit from time to time, and the people who came back said that Zhou Guiren was in good spirits, and his heart was put down.

On the other hand, Zhu Jianshen missed Tang very much. Since a few months ago, Tang Jingran saved Zhu Jianshen under the city gate, Zhu Jianshen's heart has long been tied to Tang Jingran, but unfortunately the time is not enough, he has been suppressed in his heart.

Now when he sees Tang Jingran, Tang Jingran is still so beautiful, so elegant, like a fairy in a painting, there is a temperament that floats out of the dust, which is very different from the ordinary women in the palace, so he can't help but be moved, because there are too many worries in his heart, and unconsciously Zhu Jianshen has an illness, after Jian Huaizhen's careful treatment, and the conditioning of the tonic medicine prescribed by the imperial doctors, Zhu Jianshen's condition is slightly better.

On this day, he decided to go to the cold palace to visit his mother Zhou Guiren. Since Zhou Guiren was imprisoned in the cold palace, he has become ill again and has not been there for a while.

Zhu Jianshen is a dignified prince, he has never been to the cold palace before, and he can't imagine what the cold palace looks like, and now under the leadership of the eunuch, he came to the cold palace, the cold palace is located in the southwesternmost corner of the Forbidden City, very remote, and some green grass has grown on the Zhu wall, which can be seen to be barren for a long time.

Zhu Jianshen walked into the cold palace, the cold palace was very desolate, and he couldn't even see a figure, and after walking a few steps, a mouse suddenly jumped over, so frightened that Zhu Jianshen involuntarily took two steps back.

The little eunuch hurriedly supported Zhu Jianshen and said, "Prince, please don't be afraid, there will be these things in this kind of place." ”

When Zhu Jianshen heard this, tears involuntarily remained. "It's so difficult in the cold palace, and my biological mother is trapped in this cold palace, how can my heart not be desolate!"

The little eunuch heard Zhu Jianshen say this, but he didn't know how to persuade him, and he was afraid that he would accidentally say the wrong thing, which would make Zhu Jianshen dissatisfied, so he had to stop and accompany Zhu Jianshen to the cold palace.

Because Zhou Guiren is Zhu Jianshen's biological mother, the place where he is locked up is a little different from the other concubines who were sent to the cold palace.

Zhou Guiren was locked in a room alone, Zhu Jianshen walked to the window, it happened that the window was open, he looked through the window, and saw Zhou Guiren dressed in white coarse cloth, sitting in the corner and looking at the corner in a daze.

She doesn't have any hairpin rings on her head, she doesn't apply powder on her face, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes become very deep, which is completely different from Zhou Guiren, who usually dresses up as a servant, Zhu Jianshen can't help but feel a little uncomfortable when he sees this scene.

Seeing this, the little eunuch hurriedly opened the door and let Zhu Jianshen walk in.

"Mother." When Zhu Jianshen saw Zhou Guiren, he hurriedly called.

After Zhou Guiren was imprisoned in the cold palace, he hoped that Zhu Jianshen could save her, but he never saw Zhu Jianshen come to see her in person, and now he also had mixed feelings in his heart, and two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks.

"Son, you're finally willing to come and see me."

"Alas," Zhu Jian sighed deeply, and said involuntarily: "Mother, why are you so confused, I am already the crown prince, and it is a matter of time before I ascend the throne, why do you want to poison my father and the emperor?" That's my father, he is so kind to me, mother, how can you do this to my father. ”

Zhou Guiren burst into tears, and said continuously: "Son, my mother has regretted it very much, I didn't know at the time, why did I do such a thing, maybe I was angry with Queen Qian, I didn't think so much, in fact, I have been married to your father and emperor for many years, how can I bear to poison your father!" Now, whenever I think of this, I regret that I can't sleep, I am in this cold palace, day and night for your father to chant Buddhist scriptures, I hope that your father's body can get better as soon as possible. ”

Zhu Jianshen saw Zhou Guiren say this, all the anger in his heart suddenly turned into smoke in an instant, he supported Zhou Guiren, helped her sit on the chair and asked, "Mother, are you in this cold palace, are you doing well?" ”

Zhou Guiren sighed and said very sadly: "The days in the cold palace are long, and I don't know how long I stay in this kind of ghost place, and how can life be better." Son, do you know that I am used to the rich days in the harem, and now that I am locked up here, do you think my life will be easy? ”

Zhu Jianshen heard Zhou Guiren say this, and felt as if his heart was about to be torn apart.

"Alas!" He walked up and down on the ground, but he never knew what to say.

At this time, a palace maid was knocking on the door of Zhou Guiren's room, and Zhou Guiren said, "Come in." ”

Then I saw Wan Zhen'er walking in with a food box, it turned out that since Zhou Guiren was locked up in this cold palace, all the palace maids left her, and only Wan Zhen'er was willing to live with her.

Zhou Guiren's trust in Wan Zhen'er couldn't help but increase a little more, after all, she wanted Wan Zhen'er to be her scapegoat, and Wan Zhen'er also knew about it, not only did she blame her, but also took care of her so carefully, which made her very grateful to Wan Zhen'er.

"Niangniang, it's time to eat," Wan Zhen'er said as she walked in. As soon as she looked up and saw the crown prince Zhu Jianshen, she was startled, her body trembled involuntarily, and the food box in her hand fell to the ground.

Zhu Jianshen glanced at the food box, and the whole person was stunned for a moment, it turned out that in the food box, it was just the most ordinary brown rice and a few vegetable leaves.

"Mother, is this what you eat in the cold palace?" Zhu Jianshen said very distressedly.

Zhou Guiren turned around and didn't speak.

Wan Zhen'er stepped forward and said to Zhu Jianshen: "Prince, you don't know, these things that the noble lady eats in the palace are already good, and others can't even eat this brown rice and vegetable leaves, just because Zhou Guiren is the biological mother of the prince, so others are naturally better to Zhou Guiren than other concubines who are locked up in the cold palace." ”

Zhu Jianshen glanced at the brown rice and vegetable leaves on the ground, and said continuously: "This... Is this what people eat? How can you be like this, don't treat the people in the cold palace as people. As soon as Zhu Jianshen's words fell, he heard a wailing voice from the next room, the voice was like anger and resentment, like crying and complaining. In broad daylight, it sounds like a ghost crying wolf, which makes people shudder when they hear it.

"What's that sound?" Zhu Jianshen was greatly panicked.

Wan Zhen'er's expression was very calm, and she helped Zhu Jianshen to sit down and said: "Prince, you don't know, the concubines who were locked up in the cold palace, due to their long-term isolation from the outside world, they have become very eccentric, there are many people who have gone crazy, and the one who was locked up next door to us is Sun Guiren of the previous dynasty, she was less than twenty years old when she was imprisoned, and now it has been decades, she has become old and crazy, but she still fantasizes that she is still the favored nobleman at the beginning. ”

Every night, she would run out of the room, shouting around that she was the favorite nobleman of the former emperor, and ordered the people in the cold palace to do this and that for her, but once it was daytime, her spirit would recover, and she knew that she was just an abandoned concubine who was beaten into the cold palace, and she couldn't stand the blow, and made such a terrible sound in the room every day. We were more scared when we first came here, but now that time has passed, we don't feel scared anymore. ”

Only then did Zhu Jianshen understand that the life in the cold palace was not only accompanied by loneliness and poverty, but also the most unbearable thing was mental torture.

Wan Zhen'er said unhurriedly on the side: "Crown prince, in fact, the noble lady wants to tell you very much, let you go to the eldest princess and let the noble lady go out, but the noble lady knows that you are the prince, and these words are inconvenient for you to say, so she has been refusing to talk to you, do you just watch your biological mother trapped in this cold palace and suffer?"

When Zhu Jianshen heard Wan Zhen'er's words, he subconsciously said in his heart: "No! No! ”。

Wan Zhen'er knelt down and kowtowed: "Wan Zhen'er is willing to beg the prince, ask the eldest princess and the emperor to let the noble lady out of the cold palace, the noble lady Niangniang already knew that it was wrong last time." ”

Zhou Guiren slowly turned his head and said to Zhu Jianshen: "Son, what happened last time, I really realized that what I did was very wrong and wrong, and my mother will never do such a wrong thing in the future." ”

Zhu Jianshen sat on the chair and thought for a long time before saying to Zhou Guiren: "Mother, it's not that my son doesn't want to save you, but you also know about this harem, and it has never been the son who is in charge." The son is afraid that his father and the eldest princess will not let you out, how can this be good? ”

Every word Zhu Jianshen said was heartfelt, and now when he saw his biological mother suffering, his heart was like a knife.

Wan Zhen'er stood aside and didn't speak, and Zhou Guiren didn't speak. Suddenly, Zhu Jianshen glanced at Wan Zhen'er and said to Wan Zhen'er: "Zhen'er, you have always had the most ideas, you should think about it quickly, is there any way to make the eldest princess and her father let go of her mother?" ”

Wan Zhen'er seemed to be confident, she calmly asked Zhu Jianshen and said, "Prince, who do you say is the eldest princess and the emperor's favorite person?" ”

Zhu Jianshen was slightly stunned, and asked rhetorically, "Who is it?" ”

Wan Zhen'er couldn't help but sneered and said, "The eldest princess and the emperor's favorite person are naturally you, the crown prince."

Only then did Zhu Jianshen understand, and he also smiled: "You're right, then what should I do?" ”

Wan Zhen'er's eyes rolled a few times, and she smiled and said, "Zhen'er has a way, I don't know if the crown prince is willing to do it?" ”

"Yes, of course! In order to save my mother from the cold palace, I will do whatever you ask me to do, even if it is my life. Zhu Jianshen said.

"Since that's the case, it's easy to do", Wan Zhen'er said: "I heard that the prince has been sick recently, but there is such a thing? ”

"How do you know that there is such a thing?" Zhu Jianshen asked.

Wan Zhen'er pointed to Zhou Guiren and said: "It was the noble lady who asked Zhen'er to inquire with the same person, although the noble lady was locked up in this cold palace, she still cared about your every move very much. When the noble lady heard that you were sick, she couldn't eat or sleep because she was worried, and she didn't expect to be able to visit you immediately. ”

Zhu Jianshen heard Wan Zhen'er say this, and the guilt in his heart couldn't help but increase a little more, he enjoyed glory and wealth in the palace on weekdays, but his biological mother was locked up in the cold palace and suffered, which was really undeserved.

Wan Zhen'er continued: "Prince, as long as you are willing to plead with the emperor and the eldest princess, saying that you are seriously ill now and need someone to take care of you, and the person you want to take care of most is your biological mother, I believe that the emperor and the eldest princess will definitely agree." ”

Zhu Jianshen heard Wan Zhen'er say this, and clapped his hands and said, "Yes, you are right, I will do it." With that, he strode out.

After taking two steps, he turned around, and said firmly to Zhou Guiren: "Mother, you will stay in this cold palace for two more days, and my son will definitely rescue you," After speaking, Zhu Jianshen left the cold palace and walked out.

After he went back, he specially sent the imperial doctor to ask the imperial doctor to prescribe a few more doses of medicine and increase the amount of medicine.

Jian Huaizhen has always been very concerned about Zhu Jianshen's condition, she heard the imperial doctor say that Zhu Jianshen had increased the amount of medicine, thinking that his illness was a little more serious, and she couldn't help but be very worried, so she said to Zero: "Zeroluo heard from the eunuch that the crown prince's condition is a little worse, you go and bring the crown prince over, and the palace will personally diagnose the crown prince." ”

Zero Luo stood up and saluted and said, "Yes, princess of the emperor," after speaking, she was about to walk out, she had just walked a few steps, and almost collided with the crown prince Zhu Jianshen, who had just walked in.

"Hey, why are you here, crown prince, didn't you say that your condition is getting worse? The eldest princess just ordered me to send you to come, she wants to treat you personally, but it just so happens that you are here," Ling Luo smiled as he helped the crown prince to walk forward.

Zhu Jianshen followed Zero into the main hall of Wan'an Palace, and saw Jian Huaizhen and said: "Grandson knocks on the eldest princess, the eldest princess is a thousand years old. ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled and said: "It's all my own family, why be formal, hurry up." ”

Zero Luo hurriedly stepped forward and helped Zhu Jianshen up.

Jian Huaizhen asked with a smile: "Shen'er, I heard that your condition is a little more serious, but there is such a thing, what is going on, how about letting this palace take your pulse?" ”

Zhu Jianshen hurriedly said: "The eldest princess's medical skills are famous all over the world, and it is good to be willing to grasp the nature for her grandson, but the grandson's illness is not only a physical disease, but a grandson's heart disease."