48. The old man comes back
Bai Cha lowered his head slightly, and a pair of firm eyes were shrouded in the mist emanating from the tea cup: "His Royal Highness the Queen of Heaven only called the six princes to speak, presumably the later matters will also be handed over to the Sixth Highness to deal with, and most of them still trust a few highnesses." ”
Empress Wu concealed her whereabouts and returned to Chang'an suddenly, on the one hand, to deal with the sudden changes in the Eastern Capital, and on the other hand, she also wanted to take the opportunity to find out whether her children and nephews had placed henchmen and inquired about the news by her side.
If Li Dan hadn't jumped into the water in time, what Queen Wu would have seen would have been Wu Sansi borrowing wine to go crazy and insult the palace maid, but Li Xian was trying his best to win over Pei Shizhen, who could rebuild the Xuanji Linglong Tower, and it was self-evident who was planning in secret and had other plans.
"Your Highness," Bai Cha said softly, "Now the entire chess game has been reshuffled, in fact, Your Highness ...... If Your Highness is interested in making a contribution, I will definitely help you with all my might. Soon after she was born, she was not in the court with her mother, and she had a very miserable childhood, until she had Li Dan's secret support, she had the opportunity to reverse her fate, and even entered the Inner Hongwen Hall to study scriptures and history.
Li Dan clasped the seal in the palm of his hand: "You are a famous family, and it is really overkill to let you endure and lie dormant for so many years, and only do some small things such as finding out the news." Even if you don't mention it, Lone has already decided to let you 'open the blade', you can use all your means to rise step by the side of the queen mother, but if one day, the contradiction between the queen mother and the sixth brother has become irreversible, Lone hopes that you can do your best to help the sixth brother. ”
A look of disappointment flashed in Bai Cha's eyes, she didn't mean that, but Li Dan picked the words away like this, and she had no choice but to go down. After several years of friendship, she has never really seen through Li Dan in front of her, he is strategic, but he has always hidden behind several famous brothers, and it seems that he is planning for his siblings step by step. But she doesn't believe that there are people in this world who only think about others, and she doesn't believe that there will be people who have the opportunity to win the supreme position, but they are unmoved.
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That night, the "big event" that happened in the eastern capital had already been spread to the palace, and the prince Li Hong suddenly fell ill and died in the eastern capital of the palace. When Li Hong was born, Empress Wu had just returned to the palace from Ganye Temple, and Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu were still there, and under exhaustion, this eldest son was born with some congenital deficiencies, and his body has always been very weak.
But in recent years, the emperor deliberately handed over state affairs to the crown prince, and he was very important to him, and no one could have imagined that the prince would suddenly die at this time.
You'an is in the East Palace, which is the quietest eye in the center of this storm, and the entire East Palace is shrouded in a silence that can suffocate people.
No one dares to talk about it openly, but everyone has such a speculation written on their faces, the prince is benevolent by nature, and since he was ordered to supervise the country, he has disagreed with the queen of heaven many times.
Just two days after Empress Wu returned to Chang'an, the prince's coffin also returned to Chang'an, to stop in the palace and accept worship. The crown princess Pei Siyue was dressed plainly, and her face became more and more bloodless, and the whole person looked in a trance and crumbling, but she still insisted on staying in front of the spirit and refused to leave.
The crown princess refused to rest, and the little palace maids below were even more qualified to complain, so they could only support it. The palace maids also have their own lazy methods, and when there are many guests during the day, everyone has to arrive. At night, you can take turns to take a nap, and leave a watchful eye, in case the noble person suddenly has any orders, just do it.
When the night passed, it was Lu Chuchu's turn to keep an eye on it. When You'an heard her get up quietly, she didn't know how to move, and she followed lightly, hiding in a dim corner and watching secretly. She asked Li Dan why she wanted to get rid of Sun Wanying, and Li Dan once told her clearly and clearly that the secret son who really obeyed Wu Sansi's orders was passing on news and items through Sun Wanying's hand. She didn't think about it deeply at the time, and it wasn't until Fang Cai that she suddenly realized that Sun Wanying had stirred up trouble several times, and it was Lu Chuchu who fanned the flames.
Lu Chuchu added fire oil to the lantern in front of the spirit, and then sat bored. After a while, another person walked in, and the bright lights shone on that straight face, which was Liu Nushi.
Liu Nushi spoke to Lu Chuchu, obviously familiar and polite: "You go to the dining room and ask for some Jiang Ren, the crown princess vomited a lot tonight, I'm afraid I won't have the energy to deal with it tomorrow." ”
Lu Chuchu answered "yes" and left, You'an was in the corner, thinking about the sentence "vomiting a lot" repeatedly, and suddenly remembered what Wei Xiuer had said, and a strange thought suddenly surged in her heart, could the crown princess be pregnant? Someone in the East Palace went to ask for glutinous rice in the middle of the night, most likely because the crown princess had an empty stomach and couldn't sleep.
But this thing is weird, no matter when, it should be a happy event for the crown princess to be pregnant, and the crown prince Li Hong has no side concubines, so there is no need to worry about someone who will be unfavorable to the unborn child, not to mention that at the moment, this child is likely to be the last bit of blood of the prince in the world, and there is no reason to hide it like this.
You'an returned to her couch lightly, and before coming to the East Palace, Li Dan once said that she wanted her to pay attention to the princess's every move. She wasn't sure if she wanted to send a message to Li Dan, Li Dan was very concerned about the prince's funeral, and was afraid that the princess would not be able to support it alone, so she often stayed in the East Palace these days to help usher in the send-off.
In You'an's opinion, this is completely an unforgettable performance of the princess's old love, and before it is confirmed, he hurriedly sent such a disappointing news to the past, how h2