Seeing that the crown princess looked solemn, Fang Fujin admitted that he had said that he was to the point, so he didn't need to say more, so he waited for the princess to return to the house before leaving.

To say that since the crown princess entered the palace, Fang Fujin has retired from the position of the number one in Yuqing Palace, and has watched everything coldly over the years, and understands in his heart, don't worry about fighting for the throne for the time being, it is unknown whether the prince will succeed to the throne smoothly in the future.

However, this kind of thing, even the Fujin on the side of Yuqing Palace can faintly detect it, not to mention that there are so many smart people in the court and the world, everyone is holding their breath, but they are not in a hurry to let go, the prince has been doing it for nearly thirty years, and everything that has happened in so many years has made them understand that if the emperor is wrong once, he will never be wrong a second time, and when he is relieved, the new monarch should be decided.

At this moment, the prince's carriage and horses hurriedly drove out of the imperial city, and the hugs were not small, and when they arrived at Suo Etu's house, the men and women of the family had lined up to greet each other, but they did not see Suo Etu. Without waiting for the prince to ask where his uncle and grandfather were, the family had already announced: "The old man is sick and should not walk on the ground, and he is recuperating in the bedroom. He also said that he was sick and should not see the driver, so he asked the prince not to visit. ”

As he spoke, the prince had gone straight to the door, he had only been to his grandfather's house a few times, he was not familiar with it and was not a stranger, he knew where his uncle and grandfather lived, and he walked all the way to the depths of the house, and he heard the chatter of his family, and suddenly came to a courtyard, and saw a few large boxes outside the door, and asked: "What kind of relatives have moved here?" ”

The family's face turned pale, and he said in a low voice: "The prince should still ask the master." ”

The prince frowned deeply and hurried to the inner courtyard, but saw his uncle and grandfather sitting on a rattan chair with a animal skin mattress, drinking tea on the mouth of the pot with a purple clay pot in one hand, and a string of beeswax between his fingers on the other.

But after all, with age, the servant stepped forward to help the old man up, and Suo Etu pretended to come to salute the prince, and the prince said with a false hand: "Uncle and grandfather don't have to be polite, let's sit and talk." ”

Suo Etu waved his hand and motioned for the servants to retreat, and he sat opposite the prince under the sun, and said with a smile: "Long live the family is kind-hearted, and he also sent the prince to visit the old minister." ”

The prince sneered: "If you have anything to say, just say it directly." He unceremoniously asked what the boxes were for.

"The corners of this house are full of valuable things, and there are too many things that have nothing to do with the imperial court." Suo Etu raised his eyes and glanced at the courtyard, carved beams and painted buildings, carved gold and jade, it was really not much worse than in the palace, but he smiled disdainfully, "But the building will fall, and no matter how deep the foundation is, it can't support it." ”

The prince frowned and said solemnly: "It's the first time I've heard my uncle say such things, you have always asked me to dare to fight." ”

Suo Etu smiled: "This time, Long Live Lord must be the old minister, the prince, the old minister is just a life, but this family is the blood of the Hesheri family, and the dignity of the queen mother cannot be blasphemed." As for those boxes, they were full of gold, silver and jade, and they were about to be sent to their ancestral home. ”

The prince shook his head again and again, and sighed: "Is Uncle and Grandpa sick, are you sick and confused?" How many people are staring at us now, and you are still planning to move the gold, silver and jade out of the capital generously. ”

Suo Etu said: "The old minister naturally has a way to take his family and gold and silver together, the fold of the beggar bones has been written, and I will see if the emperor will give me a way out for this old guy, if it is returned, I will present the fold and take my wife and children back to my hometown." ”

"Are you leaving......" The prince's eyes were locked on his uncle and grandfather, but there was still a breath in his bones, and he didn't say the half of the unproductive words, but paused and said, "I will send someone to take care of this house, after all, the emperor's mother is married from here." ”

Suo Etu said with a smile: "Judging from the emperor's current movements, the prince's position will not be shaken, after the old minister retreats, you should face the emperor alone, you must be more cautious than before, there will be my people in the court, but the trees are scattered, and they are not reliable." Gao Shiqi's brute no longer knows where the cat is. ”

After all, the prince couldn't help it, and asked: "In the future, my affairs and the affairs of the Hesheri clan will not matter to my uncle and grandfather." ”

Suo Etu's eyes were full of cunning calculations, and he smiled meaningfully at the prince: "If you stay in the green mountains, why should the prince worry about the future." ”

"The people of the Internal Affairs Office, you sent someone to kill them?"

Suo Etu shook his head: "At this juncture, how can we do something that makes people feel like we are messing around?" Whoever wants us to be on the cusp of the storm the most, it must be who pushes us. ”

"Pearl?"

"He is not the only one in this court?"

The prince couldn't stay in the palace for a long time, and he only talked to Suo Etu for half an hour, and then hurried back to the palace, he naturally told his father that his uncle and grandfather were seriously ill. Xuan Ye did not question him, but wanted to announce the imperial doctor for Suo Etu, the prince said that he would arrange it, presumably Suo Etu did not dare to disturb the emperor, and Xuan Ye agreed.

After handing over these things to the crown prince, the emperor handed him another errand by the way, saying: "The folk worship of Hebo is full of tricks and even harms people's lives, such superstitions are unacceptable, think about what is the way to regulate these things." The floods have been going on for many years, and the people can't complain about praying to the heavens, but they can't let them careless about people's lives, and if there is a way to advance and retreat, they will present it. ”

Hearing these words, the prince was stunned for a moment, and then immediately agreed, but when he walked out of the Qianqing Palace, he saw the mighty and heroic guards striding by not far away, and couldn't help but show a desolate smile on his face without scruples, thinking in his heart, Huang Ama might as well send him to bring hundreds of shamans to dance gods to those people, the dignified prince, even in this kind of matter, these guards look like a man than him.

In this way, the prince was resentful in his heart, and he must not have a good face when he returned to Yuqing Palace, and the princess and the side Fujin were careful to accompany them, as for the prince's order to go down to investigate the matter of the concubine, although he may have forgotten it for a while, the servants below did it with all their hearts. The crown princess also asked who was doing this for the prince, and watched coldly, for fear that some joke would hurt the prince.

However, a few days later, the movement of Yuqing Palace was transmitted to Yonghe Palace, and that day the concubine of Qixiang Palace sent someone to tell Concubine De Niangniang, saying that someone had been sneaking around Qixiang Palace recently, and there was nothing worth exploring in Qixiang Palace, but the secret concubine had a very different existence before and after becoming a nobleman, and it has indeed been a curious place for people in the palace, but after so many years, it should have been light.

Lan Qi didn't want the palace to be complicated for this kind of thing, so she sent someone to secretly investigate who was paying attention to the movements of Qixiang Palace recently, this investigation really startled her, and she didn't expect that it was the prince who should not be close to the concubine.

After thinking about it carefully, he was afraid that asking Manager Liang would alarm Xuan Ye, so he asked Huan Chun to ask someone in the Qianqing Palace in private, and sure enough, the prince passed by the concubine when he entered and exited the Qianqing Palace several times, although the relevant people did a very thoughtful job, but it was inevitable that he would not see one or two eyes, for the prince, the existence of the concubine reminded him of the bad deeds in his life all the time, how could he forget the face of the Wang family, if he really saw the "secret concubine", how could he not find the secret.

But this matter, the top hid it from the queen mother, and the bottom almost from all the people in the palace, without consulting the emperor, Lan Qi only had her own ideas, and talked to Huanchun, Huanchun said: "Even if the secret concubine has nothing to do with all this, the prince can't do this kind of thing to any lady in the palace, if the emperor knows that the prince is investigating his concubines, what should he be angry about?" Those who know know that the prince has doubts to find out, but those who don't know will only think that the prince ......"

Lan Qi hurriedly blocked Huanchun's mouth, and said in a deep voice: "I can't say, the more this kind of thing becomes more sensitive in the future, in what the Empress Dowager ordered me, she said that she must not let such a scandal happen in the emperor's harem, and there can be no rumors." ”

Huan Chun sighed: "What should I do about the things in front of my eyes?" ”

Lan Qi closed her eyes and pondered, and it took a long time before she muttered to herself: "Who else can the prince believe now?" If that happens, who is the most anxious about the prince? ”

Huan Chun frowned and thought, and suddenly a spirit said, "Crown princess? ”

Lan Qi bowed her head, although she was still entangled and hesitant in her heart, she said: "The most convincing thing in the world is the truth and facts, if you want the crown princess to curb the prince from giving birth to this thought, you must let the crown princess know the truth." ”

"Master, is it appropriate?" Huanchun was worried, "Why don't you discuss it with Banzai Ye." ”

Lan Qi smiled bitterly: "Even if the secret of the concubine is known by the whole world, it is not a big deal, but there was such a thing at the beginning, and it has been deceived until now, all in order to protect the reputation of the prince, and I don't want his life to bear the sin of murder, in the final analysis, it is all for him, this kind of thing is known to the crown princess, but it can make her understand the emperor's hard work." ”

Huanchun persuaded again: "The slave thinks it's better for you to discuss with the emperor." ”

Lan Qi hesitated and agreed.

After that, Xuan Ye's anger was completely expected by her, but the emperor's anger was close to numbness, and he was almost accustomed to the prince's disappointment again and again. Although the prince was curious about what kind of existence the concubine had for a reason, what kind of mentality the prince had for the sins he had committed, and he wanted to figure out what to do with these things, Xuan Ye couldn't figure it out.

Obviously, this is something that can be turned over, and he can use this energy to do more meaningful things, so Xuan Ye can only feel that there is only "absurdity" left in the prince's life.

"As you said, let the crown princess think of curbing him from continuing to investigate this matter." After the emperor calmed down that day, he instructed Lan Qi, "I don't want him to do ridiculous things or be exposed to do ridiculous things to shake his position right now, and Yuqing Palace can't make a mistake at the moment." ”

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