From early morning to noon, a full half a day, the holy car finally left Texas completely, the emperor left a large number of personal guards to protect the prince, all the prince's use in Texas is provided by the royal family, even rice grains and vegetables will be transported from the capital, and restrict the entry and exit of all personnel in the palace, for the time being, the royal family and nobles are not allowed to visit the prince in Texas privately, and the imperial doctor must make the prince recover as soon as possible, once he can go on the road, he will return to the capital immediately.

When people woke up, they suddenly found that the crown prince seemed to be under house arrest by the emperor in Texas, and he would sit with Suo Etu and wait for the power of half the dynasty to collapse.

However, no matter how the emperor shook or even destroyed the power of the prince's relatives, he never showed any dissatisfaction with the prince personally, and he also looked at this matter lightly for the ministers.

As soon as he arrived in the capital, the eldest elder brother went to Changchun Palace and told his mother that the prince was seriously ill, saying that he wished that the prince would be so angry, but the eighth elder brother persuaded him not to show a little bit of this emotion, saying that what the emperor Ama wanted, it was a loyal and patriotic courtier, Concubine Hui sighed when she heard it, but sighed: "The eighth child supports you, is it true or not, if you have the intention to play tricks on our mother and son, this time you are impatient, it is enough to make you lose face and lose trust in front of the emperor, he stopped you." ”

The eldest brother said disdainfully: "She was born in a crime, why can't he be in the big position, he is so smart, how can he not understand, if he doesn't rely on me, what is the fight?" ”

Concubine Hui was cautious and warned her son: "You must always be careful when dealing with the eighth child." ”

On the same day, when everyone arrived at home, the stool was not hot, and the emperor suddenly issued a holy decree, asking the twelfth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother to go to Texas to transport the medicinal materials and grains and vegetables needed by the prince, and because of the interruption of the southern tour, the matter of climbing Mount Tai could not be completed, so he asked the twelfth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother to climb Mount Tai for the emperor.

Twelve and thirteen elder brothers are the first time to do an errand alone, although the twelfth elder brother began to walk in the court after marriage, after all, he is not as capable as other brothers, and he is naturally gentle, so he can't help but be timid about it, but thirteen is very calm, after the brothers withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, Yinxiang said to him: "Let's just send something, go to climb the mountain and burn incense, don't interact with local officials, go early and return early." ”

The fourth elder brother personally sent some things to be used on the road to his younger brother, Yonghe Palace was also busy preparing a lot, Yinxiang himself didn't have to do anything, and hurriedly came to Yonghe Palace to say goodbye to Lan Qi, Lan Qi saw that the child was full of energy, knowing that he was steady and down-to-earth, just smiled and said: "Be careful, take care of yourself on the way, and go home early." After the child left, she asked Huanchun worriedly: "Yinyu didn't go out with him, I don't know if he will be unhappy, he doesn't know when he can change his temper, he didn't let him go to the south with him before, and he had trouble with me for several days." ”

But this time, the mother did underestimate her son, although the fourteenth elder brother was proud and impatient, but he was no longer a child, he could think calmly in case of trouble, no matter why Huang Ama had to send the twelve and thirteenth elder brothers to sacrifice to Mount Tai for him this time, the last time he followed the eighth elder brother to Gubeikou, there was nothing to do with the thirteenth brother, even if he let his brother go back, he also felt that he should. And the eighth elder brother was also worried about his younger brother's displeasure, after the twelfth and thirteenth elder brother set off, he specially went to the study to relieve him, but he was surprised by the indifference of the fourteenth brother, and he understood better that this younger brother was not as easy to coax as the old nine and ten.

After the eighth elder brother left the study, because it was still early, he asked for a decree to enter the inner palace, and after asking Concubine Hui to say goodbye, he went to Yanxi Palace, and happened to meet Concubine De Niangniang who was about to go to Chuxiu Palace to see Concubine Tong, Yinxi saluted respectfully, Lan Qi smiled: "It's been hard all the way, why haven't you gone home to rest?" Tomorrow, the emperor should urge your brothers to run errands, and you must be careful yourself. ”

Yinyu thanked Concubine De Niangniang for her concern, stood aside and waited for her to go first, the palace maid and eunuch hugged Concubine De Niangniang and walked to Chuxiu Palace, only to wait for the eighth elder brother to go far before turning around, walking to the door of Yanxi Palace, looking at the cold scene of the courtyard, he suddenly didn't want to walk in again, and the graceful and luxurious appearance of Concubine De Niangniang was imprinted in front of him, and he couldn't disperse.

In the Dezhou Palace, it was two days after learning that the twelfth and thirteenth elder brothers had come to transport medicinal materials, and seeing that the brothers were about to arrive, Suo Etu and the prince had just learned about it, all their actions were restricted, and they couldn't even do the most basic news exchange at the moment, the prince once sneered and asked his uncle: "Is the emperor Ama also waiting for me to die of illness here?" ”

Suo Etu denied: "If the emperor knew that you were life-threatening, he would not have left you, how could he let the world see that the emperor had done something to abandon the crown prince?" ”

The prince smiled bitterly: "But he already wants to abolish me." ”

Suo Etu said helplessly: "This is another matter, at least for now, the emperor will not shake you." Prince, you must know that deposing you can't really solve any fundamental problems, the emperor is in such a good spirit, at least he can still reign for more than ten years, so in the past ten years, will he establish a prince? And who is to be made prince? If he thinks that your prince is a mistake, then he will never make a mistake again, if he wants to go to the step of abolishing the prince, the rest of the matter should be calculated, but at the moment, there is nothing to distinguish between the elder brothers, and I really can't guess what the emperor thinks. ”

The prince sighed disdainfully: "If you set up another prince, most of them will be those from Yonghe Palace, Wu Ya's family has been pretending to be a good person for decades, isn't it seeking a future for her son?" When he said this, Yinren suddenly became a little excited, and asked Suo Etu, "Uncle, why have you kept Concubine De, there have been countless opportunities to end her up for so many years, why don't you clean her up?" ”

Suo Etu sneered: "There was a chance, but Concubine De has a big life, don't you remember?" Again...... Prince, what do you think will happen if Concubine De dies? ”

The prince's eyes were cold, and he said viciously: "The fourth one, they are not so proud." ”

Suo Etu shook his head and counted carefully: "Look, the eldest brother is obviously a reckless man, why can the emperor still give him a good face and value him everywhere?" What is that little bit of military merit, it is not worth mentioning at all, the emperor values his deep affection for his original wife, because the emperor himself is such a person. The emperor's support for you as the crown prince is that his love for the queen is unforgettable, although it is now faded or even gone, it used to really exist. How he treats Concubine De, everyone in the world can see it, and only they understand each other how deep that love is, if Concubine De dies, what kind of thing the emperor will do, no one can estimate. ”

The prince hated: "Since your affection for E-Niang can be weakened, you can naturally be weak for Wu Ya's family." ”

Suo Etu sighed that the prince was confused, and said unceremoniously: "But the emperor can kill you at that moment?" ”

But when it comes to the twelve and thirteen elder brothers who went to Mount Tai for the emperor this time, Suo Etu also has his own opinions, among the princes, there is no need to choose these two people, the twelve elder brothers have grown up in the elder brother since childhood, the biological mother is unknown to the nobles, and the mother and son are not graceful in front of the emperor, and the thirteenth elder brother still has a few elements with the light of his mother's gui, but he is only the adopted son of Yonghe Palace, although the biological mother Concubine Min has mourned after death, but the dead are not counted.

To put it bluntly, these two princes have no possibility of competing for the throne and threatening the East Palace, the emperor specially sent them to Mount Tai instead of himself, must be to warn those ministers who are about to move, or hesitant and restless, at present, it is not yet time to shake the Yuqing Palace, abolish the prince, and the eight characters have not been brushed away.

Suo Etu said to the prince earnestly: "This time I go back, the Suo family is destined to be unable to keep it, but you are the son of the queen's mother, and you are the only prince of the Qing Dynasty. It's just the way back, the prince, you must be careful, in case the emperor's dragon body is not protected, it is your perfect opportunity. But probably even Suo Etu didn't think cautiously that it was this sentence that became the key to his death in the future.

In the blink of an eye, it was more than ten days in a hurry, and the news that the thirteenth elder brother had successfully ascended Mount Tai had returned to the capital, and the brothers had rushed back. On that day, the Queen Mother called Lan Qi to Ningshou Palace, saying that the emperor was going to give the thirteenth and fourteenth Fujin, and she raised a pair of sons, so naturally she had the final say.

Lan Qi's original plan was to let Yinxiang marry the twelve elder brothers together, afraid that the marriage of the two princes of Yonghe Palace would be too dazzling, but when it happened to Xiao Chen'er, the emperor married the daughter of the Fucha family to the twelve elder brothers in advance in order to be happy, so that thirteen and fourteen can only be lined up together, since the emperor means this, she can only accept it happily.

The Queen Mother said: "A few days ago, Concubine Yi came to ask for peace, and said sourly that there are always people in the Qianqing Palace who have sent a portrait of a young woman in, and asked if they are going to choose a new person to enter the palace, I thought that it should be for my son to choose Fujin, but I haven't heard the emperor mention it, so it seems that the emperor has already chosen someone in his heart." ”

Lan Qi joked: "If the emperor has a candidate, why do you still have to work for you?" Concubine Yi may not have guessed wrong. ”

The Queen Mother was disgusted: "You two have been together for decades and don't understand, the emperor has always done things without leakage, and the rules on this face are always indispensable, in short, you went to ask him, which children did you like, and after a while brought them into the palace for us to see, just set the date earlier, thirteen or fourteen is not small." ”

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but think of Wen Xian, and the old queen mother was sad again, and cried: "Wen Xian loves his younger brothers the most, but he can't watch them get married." ”

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