East Palace.

On the second day after the marriage, the crown prince should take the crown princess into the palace to meet his father and mother.

Bai Qianruo had no sleep all night, so he changed his clothes early and waited for Li Changlong.

The golden sun sprinkled down, looking warm, but her heart was cold, and she was alone in the empty room on the wedding night, so how would the people of the East Palace see themselves in the future?

As soon as they got married, they fell out of favor.

How can this crown princess sit firmly?

"Miss will enter the palace later, you must complain to Your Majesty and the Queen, it is really too deceitful over there. ”

"Shut up!" Bai Qianruo scolded, "How can the father and the queen like people with many tongues? If such a thing has to be sued, how can they believe that I will be able to rule the six palaces in the future? Don't tell me about it, and don't let my father know, lest he worry." ”

"Yes!"

After a while, I saw Li Changlong and Zheng Peilan coming to this hall hand in hand.

A look of apology appeared between Li Changlong's eyes, and he stepped forward to hold Bai Qianruo's hands and said: "Liangdi was unwell last night, and this palace accompanied her last night, so she couldn't help but snub the princess, and Concubine Xiang can understand." Her body is inconvenient now, so let's come to Japan. ”

Zheng Peilan stepped forward and said with a smile: "I'm sorry sister, because it is the first child, I don't have much experience, and I will be extremely nervous if there are some problems." Because this is also His Royal Highness's first child, he can't help but take it seriously, and let his sister be wronged last night, and his sister feels very sorry, and hopes that his sister can forgive. ”

"Since you are not feeling well, you are worried and afraid, it will be more reassuring to have your husband by your side, you and I are both women, I can understand. Bai Qianruo said softly.

Li Changlong held the hands of the two and said with a smile: "You two virtuous concubines, this palace is very happy in my heart." ”

"Your Royal Highness wants to bring your sister into the palace to thank you, so don't delay any longer, lest your father and mother wait for a long time. Zheng Peilan laughed softly.

"This palace will take the crown princess into the palace. ”

Zheng Peilan watched Li Changlong and Bai Qianruo leave, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, and she called her confidant palace over and asked, "How did you find out?"

"Last night, only Gu Sangongzi and Miss Jiang left early. The palace man replied, "But someone saw that Gu Sangongzi went to Yangliuyuan to drink flower wine, and the person who rescued Su Cheng'an should be Jiang Huawei." ”

"Jiang Huawei?" Zheng Peilan sneered, "You grew up in the army, your martial arts are extraordinary, and you have always thought highly of yourself. His father was the second prince before, and later because of her father's death, he had a dislike for the East Palace, and he has always disdained us, and she has a close relationship with Su Cheng'an, so it is possible to say that she rescued people. But now she has neither military power nor support, she is just an orphan girl, and she dares to oppose me, it seems that she is impatient!"

"One more thing. The palace people thought for a while and said, "Jiang Huawei has been running for the resettlement of the survivors in her army before, and His Royal Highness is in charge of this matter. It is said that before this incident, His Highness had met Su Tang'an. ”

"Oh?" Zheng Peilan's eyes narrowed slightly, "Is he for Su Cheng'an?" You go down first, and send a few people to keep an eye on Su Tang'an. ”

"Yes!"

Su Tang'an disappeared from the East Palace, Su Hongguang was just anxious, suspecting that the queen wanted to be unfavorable to her, so he hurriedly entered the palace to meet Emperor Zhou, while asking Su Zixuan to take someone to find someone, and sent someone to Ziwei Palace for questioning.

At that time, the palace ban had already passed, and he did not follow the order, so it was worth asking the palace people to report it. It's just that Emperor Zhou has already rested, and no one dares to disturb him.

He stood outside the palace gate for most of the night, and because Emperor Zhou was sleepless, he got up early, only to be told that Lord Su asked to see him, and immediately announced that he had entered the palace to see him.

"I heard that you stood outside the palace for most of the night, what made you so anxious. Emperor Zhou asked.

"Tachibana is gone, and there is no one in the East Palace. Su Hongguang knelt down and said in a deep voice, "She is a heavenly maiden and has a great stake, so the minister came to ask to see Your Majesty." ”

"Still haven't found it?" the emperor's face also changed slightly, and he asked.

"No news has come yet. Su Hongguang said, "After Your Majesty leaves first, the queen is still in the East Palace." ”

Emperor Zhou stiffened his action of playing with the jade pendant, he raised his eyes and glanced at Su Hongguang, and asked a little coldly: "What do you mean? Do you suspect that the queen wants to be unfavorable to Tang An?"

"The minister is indeed worried. Su Hongguang said, "After all, Tang An is not seen in the East Palace. ”

"There is no evidence, do you suspect that the queen is plotting to kill the Heavenly Maiden, do you know what the crime is?" Emperor Zhou shouted.

"The minister knows that it is just the grievances and grievances of the year, right and wrong, Your Majesty knows better than the minister, the child of Tangerine is somewhat similar to the concubine, in case the queen meets her and remembers the unpleasant things of the year, it is not impossible to poison her. Su Hongguang lowered his head and said.

Emperor Zhou sighed: "Are you still complaining about what happened back then?"

"I don't dare. ”

"In the past ten years, you have been very estranged from Zhen, you are resentful that I took her away from you back then, but did not protect her well, so that she was poisoned at a young age, and the mother and daughter died!" Emperor Zhou said coldly, "Do you think I don't hate? But I am the Son of Heaven, and I have my helplessness!"

"I know. Su Hongguang said, "It's just that Tangerine is the beloved daughter of the minister, and she is the heavenly daughter of Ziwei Palace, I hope Your Majesty can rescue her!"

"If you have a little evidence, I can summon the queen to ask for an explanation, but now you have no evidence, just guessing, how can you convince the public? If the queen denies it, will you let me arrest the queen and torture her?" Emperor Zhou stood up and said coldly, "I also like the child very much, but I can't ignore the rules!"

"Your Majesty also drove her out of the palace for the sake of rules, which made her encounter an accident. Su Hongguang smiled faintly, "The minister shouldn't have come here." ”

"Presumptuous!" Emperor Zhou shouted angrily.

"There are some things that Your Majesty has forgotten, and the ministers dare not forget. Su Hongguang said fearlessly.

"I haven't forgotten!" Emperor Zhou squatted beside Su Hongguang and said in his ear, "I'm just waiting for an opportunity!"

"I am willing to help Your Majesty and never give up!" Su Hongguang kowtowed.

Emperor Zhou got up, walked a few steps back and forth, and called his shadow guard in to secretly investigate the disappearance of the Heavenly Maiden.

Su Hongguang bowed his head again, got up and said goodbye, and just after leaving the palace gate, news came from the house, the fifth lady went back safely, he breathed a sigh of relief, it's okay.

There is a faint smell of sandalwood in the Buddhist room, and there is a lot of green smoke on the incense table. The statue of the Bodhisattva in gold looks at the struggling men and women in the world with a compassionate and indifferent expression.

The old lady knelt in front of the Bodhisattva and recited Buddhist scriptures, but her mood could not be calmed down no matter what, and from the moment she returned to the capital, her mood has not been completely calm.

She was attached to the most glorious moment of the Qihou Mansion, when the Qihou Mansion was deeply favored by the emperor and was extremely prominent.

But because of a woman, the Qihou Mansion was involved in an unprecedented disaster, and she tried her best to mediate in the capital to keep the Qihou Mansion, but half of the family wealth was scattered, and the Qihou Mansion could no longer be compared with the heyday.

She felt sorry for her late husband, and she was bent on restoring the Qihou Mansion to its most beautiful time.

But the accident of the Liu family gave her a heavy blow, so that she had to and could only put all the bets on Su Changle, the granddaughter she loved the most and had the most high hopes since she was a child.

Su Liu's family harmed Orange Le, but for the sake of Changle's reputation and Changle's perfection, she couldn't have a mother who was virtuous and lacking, so she could only act as if that thing hadn't happened.

She maintained the face of the Qihou Mansion, just like half of the glorious past.

There are still two capable characters in the grandchildren, one is Su Cheng'an and the other is Su Zixuan, but these two people make her unhappy and really don't like it.

Su Tang'an's mother almost let Hongguang's concubine kill his wife because she had a face similar to that woman, if she hadn't made a quick decision back then, I was afraid that the Qihou Mansion would be even more unbearable now. And that woman had an accident later, and the Qihou Mansion was almost involved, and her vitality was greatly damaged.

She hated the woman who made the harem uneasy and the Qihou Mansion uneasy like a disaster.

Su Tang'an's demeanor was so similar to that woman, and her hatred grew day by day.

What she knows more in her heart is that if Su Tang'an is not allowed to be the queen, the Qihou Mansion will also be involved in irreparable right and wrong because of her, and she must make a decision, now that the prince's position is stable and the general trend has been decided, then it is the safest way to give Su Tang'an to please the queen.

It's not that she is ruthless, compared to the glory of the Qihou Mansion, personal life and death are insignificant.

It's just that right now, Su Tangerine is in the heart of Hongguang, and Ziwei Palace is protecting her, if you want to get rid of her, you must have to put some effort into it, so that you can be unaware.

Su Zixuan was embarrassed earlier, and it was difficult to take on a big responsibility, and her biological mother was a lowly maidservant, so she naturally didn't like it. Although he has seen some things to do recently, he has a grudge against Su Liu's family, and he is afraid that it will be unfavorable to Zilin in the future, the higher he climbs, the more he will threaten Zilin's status and safety, and he may give birth to a brother in the future. Moreover, the poisoning of his biological mother was his own secret acquiescence, and with his nature, if he knew the truth in the future, he was afraid that he would inevitably not hold a grudge against himself.

The old lady's beads were spinning faster and faster, and suddenly, the beads broke, and the beads rolled to the ground.

The maid waiting next to her hurriedly stepped forward and picked up the Buddhist beads.

"This is a bad omen. The old lady pressed her temples with a headache, "I don't know what kind of calamity the Qihou Mansion will experience." ”

"The old lady is too worried. The maid comforted, "Now that the eldest lady is engaged to the king of Chu, she will be the princess of great honor in the future, and now the lord is valued by His Majesty, and the official fortune is prosperous, and the old lady will enjoy the blessings in the future!"

The old lady stretched out her hand, and the maid helped her up, and she sighed: "Everything seems to be calm, but who knows what whirlpools are hidden under this calm water! It was like this more than ten years ago, everything was as calm as before, but I never dreamed that a thunderbolt had already been buried, just waiting to catch you off guard!"

As he was talking, the maid outside reported: "Old lady, the Hou Ye has come to greet you." ”

"Please come in. ”

After a while, I saw Su Hongguang enter, and after inviting An, he said: "In recent days, the weather has gradually become cold, and Zhuangzi has offered a few pieces of fine fur, and I have ordered someone to sew a certain cloak for my mother to keep out the cold." ”

"Master Hou has a heart. The old lady smiled, "Approaching the end of the year, it is the busiest time for official business, you can't wait to stay in the yamen every day, and today you have come to greet me, I am afraid that there are other things to say." I guess, but it's because of Changle's marriage?"