After May, and then seven or eight days, there were only three days left before the queen's birthday banquet.

The noon sun was very dazzling, closing the main gate of Suiyuan, Gray Du strode in, and went straight to the vestibule across the courtyard where the prince had recently lived, and saw that Rib was holding a medicine cup out.

The prince was again absent from the morning court this morning, it was the third temporary leave since May, the good doctor came to diagnose the pulse in the last day, and the rib was ordered to come in and apply the needle, she frowned slightly at this time, with a worried look, and suddenly saw a figure jumping over, almost not frightened to lose the tray in his hand.

"How is the prince?" Gray Ferry is also very worried.

"Just took the medicine." Rib said, at a loss: "Although the medical officer still has the same set of statements as before, but I look at it, the prince's body is indeed a little bad, the more sleepy he is, the more he gets up early and can't sleep, there are three times in a month, do you really have to hide this from the princess all the time?" ”

Ash Du raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and sighed a little helplessly: "The prince has an order first, and I will wait and obey." ”

Regarding this matter, his pressure is the greatest, Rib and others don't need to face the princess every day, but his family's Chundui is the princess's "eyes and ears", and Gray Du has to pay attention everywhere and everywhere, for fear that he will expose his flaws and be forced to ask by Chundui to see the clues, revealing the things that the prince strictly ordered to hide.

During this period of time, there were constant turmoil, and seeing that there were difficulties ahead, so that the princess knew that the prince's body was getting weaker and weaker, and it was only in vain that the worries distracted the princess, and Ash Du only hoped that everything was temporary, and the "in case" that the medical officer and Jiang Han said would not appear, and when all the troubles subsided, the prince would not have so many troubles to plan, and the meditation would gradually improve.

When he was asked that there was nothing wrong with entering the house at this time, Ash Du didn't say anything more to Rib Wen, and as soon as he pulled the curtain in, he detailed the matter that he had just handled that really didn't know whether it was important.

Yu Feng immediately asked people to prepare a soft sedan chair, sat through the opposite door, and the access control of the Weiguo Mansion heard that it was the King of Chu, and he didn't ask a word, and let the sedan chair enter the corner door, until the weeping flower door was put down, Yu Feng slowly walked to the Luqing Garden.

Yijing is inspecting the birthday gift prepared for the queen, and the soft bamboo mat on the open side is full of brocade boxes, with coral statues, fat jade Ruyi, and various carved glass tea cups, which are very rich at a glance.

"The princess is really generous." Yu Feng chuckled.

When Yijing saw him, he subconsciously turned his head to look at the leak, and said first: "In the end, it is the queen's Fangchen ceremony, it is not easy to be simple, and besides, maybe it will be the last time to enter the ceremony." These words were "domineering and exposed", which caused Yu Feng to smile again, but he heard the princess say with concern: "Why is it on duty at this hour, can you have lunch?" ”

"I didn't go early in the morning." Yu Feng didn't hide this, and immediately explained: "These days, I have been busy keeping an eye on it, and there is one thing that can be regarded as a harvest, so I simply took a leave of absence because I was busy with this one today." ”

Then he said the harvest of Gray Crossing: "After Qin Xiang's birthday, Kunren Palace Zhao saw Mrs. Guo, and I don't know what to say, Mrs. Guogong didn't move, and then there was Li's family, Mrs. Youcheng, and Li's family didn't move, after Mrs. Youcheng met Qin Ziruo, the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion began to contact a village head of the Jiang family, the mother of the concubine, and in late May, this head of the village suddenly took a household in Yuyang County to the Jiang family's grange and signed a contract to rent farmland. ”

Yu Feng took the tea handed by Yijing, took a sip and continued: "After a secret inspection, I learned that this household originally made a living by trading merchants on the streets and alleys. ”

Yijing frowned: "This family will not be simple. ”

"That's right, it turns out that this family is actually a disaster victim in Longxi, the first emperor went to Yuyang to take refuge in his clan when he was in power, and he was extremely poor at that time, so he had to sell a daughter to Renyazi, so he had the capital to operate, and the daughter later entered the Prime Minister's Mansion as a maid, and it was the queen who married back then, and now, she is already the palace maid of Kunren Palace."

"That fire must not be a natural disaster, but I don't know what Qin Cheng's plan is to let the head of the Jiang family take in the family of the palace maid next to the queen."

Yu Feng sneered: "Two days ago, this Zhuangtou handed over his resignation, saying that the old mother in his hometown was seriously ill and had to return to his hometown, and the Jiang family did not suspect it, but Ash Du detained this Zhuangtou, and when he was forced to ask, he found that he had received two hundred taels of silver from the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the purpose was to let him take in Yuyang's family and stay away from Kyoto after becoming the Jiang family's tenant farmers. ”

Yijing couldn't understand the strangeness of this more and more.

"In my speculation, firstly, it is the retreat prepared by the Qin family, and secondly, it is to kill two birds with one stone, and take this opportunity to blame us first, and after everything is decided, we will be punished, and then it will be revealed that it is the concubine and the Jiang family who are the masterminds behind, and they are innocent." Yu Feng put the teacup on the tea: "The queen's birthday banquet is bound to cause a big incident, most of it is what we expected, this time the prime minister's mansion did not take too many actions, it can be seen that the mastermind and direct executor is the emperor." ”

Yijing was not worried: "I have been prepared, just wait for this time to make a decision, so as not to keep things hanging like this, but they want to involve the concubine, so it is beneficial and harmless to me, killing two birds with one stone is just the Qin family is delusional, I tried my best to let the queen use the strategy of retreat, forced to push the concubine out of desperation, the concubine can be pregnant at this time, it depends on how the Son of Heaven will choose, but as long as the queen does this, the queen mother will regard the Qin family as a cancer." ”

Yu Feng bowed: "For this time the queen held a banquet in the Huiying Garden, the Son of Heaven actually proposed to temporarily go to the other palace to cool off, and most of the concubines of the queen mother of the two palaces moved to the other palace, and the daily administration was also in the Huiying Garden, just for the convenience of the day of the incident, so it is okay, I will definitely be on the scene that day, so as not to fight alone." ”

"The Holy One wants to force you to make a choice and draw a line with me and the Patriotic Mansion, and naturally you will be there that day." Yi Jing raised her eyebrows slightly: "Only today Ci'an Palace suddenly has a will, let me take Qin Ziruo to the Queen's Birthday Banquet to Maoying Garden, what does the prince think?" ”

Yu Feng was slightly surprised.

Yi Jing said again: "It was Sister Zhao who sent the message, and she deliberately reminded that on the day of the queen's birthday banquet, the Empress Dowager ordered all the ladies of the clan to enter the palace to make fun, such as Concubine Shou, Princess Kang, etc., naturally there are grandmothers. ”

Yijing said that there are two grandmothers, the eldest princess and the old princess are invited.

The queen's birthday banquet, did not take a lot of trouble to hold a pilgrimage, although the queen invited people such as Yichen and Yijing, but they are limited to the same generation, as for the elders of the clan, she is not good at issuing an edict to let people "congratulatory gifts", but the queen mother just invited you to the palace on that day to "add glory" to the queen, plus specially emphasized that Yijing brought Qin Ziruo, the intention is extraordinary.

Yu Feng chuckled: "It seems that the Empress Dowager can't bear Qin Ziruo's small actions, but in the eyes of the Empress and Qin Xiang, they may think that the Empress Dowager has been persuaded by her grandmother to raise the matter of the side concubine in public, but I am afraid that she will be complacent." ”

"Although we expected that the saint had laid a trap, intended to make you guilty, not just to harm your life, but still can't be careless, originally I planned to let Ming and Hui enter the palace with you that day to serve you, but at this time, Qin Ziruobai occupied a place." Yu Feng frowned: "Compared with Ah Hui, Ah Ming is more stable and wise, and it is more secure to take her into the palace that day, no matter what, be careful not to let Ah Ming stay away from you." ”

Ming and Hui are the daughters of dumb aunts, who were originally placed by Yu Feng next to An Jin's biological mother Yu, at this time, they were "reaped" by Guan Suiyuan, and became Yijing's personal maids.

The beautiful scenery is no better than an ordinary wife, she is the princess, and the queen's birthday banquet is not Chaohe Zhengyi, she can bring the maids and maids of the private mansion into the palace, but there is also a limit, up to two people.

And the Empress Dowager didn't give any other signal, only let Yijing take Qin Ziruo with her, of course, as a maid.

Because of this change, Ming and Hui could only give up one person.

To say that, the Empress Dowager intends to take this opportunity to completely dispel Qin Ziruo's delusions, and it is indeed a coincidence that she has "coincidence" with the Son of Heaven.

Yijing pondered for a while, and made up his mind: "This matter of the Jiang family, when I enter the palace, I will first remind the Empress Dowager of a wake-up. ”

Yu Feng bowed: "This time, it can be regarded as meeting the Qin family, but we don't know the details of the Son of Heaven's tricks, and the princess has to be careful about everything that day." ”

This matter is always aimed at Yijing, so it is destined to happen in the harem, Yu Feng will not attend the queen's birthday banquet that day, at least in the early stage, Yijing can only fight alone, and although Yu Feng has expected, he does not know many details of the tricks of the Son of Heaven, and he can't do everything thoroughly, and many situations can only rely on Yijing to cross the river by feeling the stones first, so as not to let the other party succeed in convicting him.

Many preparations and step-by-step plans are precisely to pave the way for this Hongmen banquet, and the only thing Yu Feng is sure of is that as long as the spearhead is aimed at the Qin family, the Empress Dowager will not have the idea of abandoning the beautiful scenery.

This pass can be said to be the key to all plans, as long as it is crossed, the captivity of Yijing will be truly over, and the move of the Son of Heaven to break the cauldron and sink the boat will inevitably force the Empress Dowager to make a decision.

Yijing took a deep breath, but her mood was not heavy.

As long as this pass is passed, it will be time to welcome Xiaoxiao, and they are getting closer and closer, her daughter, when she is already babbling, is haunted by dreams, and the simple "Ah Niang" is just imagining that situation, and she can't help the softness and stinging pain in her heart, so that she bursts into tears.

This pass must be crossed, and with the attitude of a victor, the princess is not worry-free, but full of fighting spirit.