Zhen Guogong sighed.

He understood the meaning of Su Fang, a man from the old palace.

Empress Dowager Zhou took a big risk to protect the newly born Seven Princes. But the Seventh Prince is a descendant of the Middle Palace, and he is the only surviving bloodline of Empress Wu, the granddaughter of the Zhou family, and his identity is not ordinary. As long as the emperor does not intend to kill his mother-in-law, this risk, the Empress Dowager Zhou is willing to take it.

It's just that the Seventh Prince was born weak, and he may die at any time. And once he dies, anything that Empress Dowager Zhou does for him will become meaningless. This risk is greater than the risk brought by Sun Guifei's discovery of the existence of the Seven Princes and the assassin.

So the Empress Dowager Zhou simply blocked the news, giving priority to ensuring that the Seventh Prince could grow up healthy, but she did not plan to disclose the news to her mother's brothers and let them bear the risk. In this way, if the Seventh Prince finally died before he grew up, Cining Palace could bury him quietly, and the Duke of Zhenguo and the Marquis of Cheng'en would not have to suffer from the difficulties of the emperor and the Sun family because of supporting this child who died to compete for the throne.

Su Fang, a member of the old palace, said: "The Queen Mother originally hoped that the emperor would change her mind and alienate the adulterous concubine. As long as the emperor has the intention of repenting, the queen mother can rest assured that she will inform the emperor of the news of the Seventh Highness. Unexpectedly, there were imperial heirs in the palace who died one after another, and all the piles pointed to Sun Guifei, but the emperor's favor for Sun Guifei never decreased by half a point. The Queen Mother was very disappointed by this, and she no longer expected Her Highness the Seventh to get involved. ”

In fact, this is also because the health of the Seven Princes is really bad, and there are constant major and minor illnesses. The Queen Mother was already struggling just to cover up the sudden increase in the number of summoning imperial doctors and the number of medicines used in Cining Palace. Fortunately, as the nursing mother of the Seventh Prince, Xu Gongren taught himself some simple medical skills and the craft of making medicinal food, and was able to deal with some minor illnesses and pains, which made the Queen Mother more relaxed. But with the departure of the old imperial physician trusted by the Queen Mother, and the background of the new imperial physician was not very reliable, the Empress Dowager began to worry about the body of the Seventh Prince again.

The Queen Mother decided to quietly send the Seven Princes out of the palace. The Chengenhou Mansion has not participated in the social interaction of the noble circle in the capital for many years, and outsiders do not know that there are a few juniors added to his family, and there is an inconspicuous child in the backyard of his house, which will not arouse the suspicion of outsiders. And the Seven Princes grew up in the Chengenhou Mansion, whether it was living or studying, they were much more comfortable than in Cining Palace. Even if the news leaked one day, it would be easier for him to escape.

At this time, the Queen Mother no longer planned to disclose the identity of the Seventh Prince, but only hoped that after he left the palace, he would be able to spend his life safely in the name of the son of the Cheng'en Mansion. Without getting involved in the battle for the storage position, the Seven Princes may be able to live a little longer. As for the ownership of the storage position, let the emperor toss it.

The queen mother knew in her heart that the emperor favored Sun Guifei, but Sun Guifei killed his sons one by one, leaving only one "lone seedling" among the six princes, and Sun Ge Lao became more and more disobedient, and the emperor was not angry in his heart. When he can't bear it anymore and is willing to be ruthless to his concubine and favored ministers, the ownership of this storage position will naturally be put in order. Even if the emperor does not have a biological son to succeed to the throne, there is no shortage of children in the clan. No matter who is finally appointed as the prince, Heng and Zhu are not her own flesh and blood, she just needs to be a high queen mother and accept the prince's worship.

For this reason, the Queen Mother sent an envoy to contact her younger brother Chengenhou and let his wife enter the palace, planning to discuss how to quietly send the Seventh Prince out of the palace without arousing anyone's suspicion. In order to be able to fish in troubled waters, Mrs. Chengenhou also sent several maids of different ages to the palace in various names, apparently to relieve the boredom of the queen mother, but in fact, it was just to facilitate the replacement of people out of the palace.

But before they could let the Seventh Prince disguise himself as a little girl and leave the palace with Mrs. Cheng Enhou, the Seventh Prince fell ill first and was very sick. The only person in the hospital who can treat this disease is the emperor's most trusted imperial doctor. But if the imperial doctor is really called, the existence of the Seven Princes can no longer be hidden.

The queen mother knew that the emperor was about to issue an order to appoint the six princes as princes, and at this juncture, Sun Guifei would not allow the appearance of the princes and hinder the future of the six princes. She couldn't alarm the imperial doctor, so she could only ask the people of the Xu Palace to rummage through the medical books, find the right prescription, and grab the medicine first for the Seven Princes to try.

Xu Gongren successfully found the prescription, and also managed to get the medicinal materials, and boiled them into medicine for the Seven Princes to take. The condition of the Seventh Prince improved, and as soon as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, another bad news came: the sixth prince born to Sun Guifei had an accident, and the maid of the Seventh Prince, Pomegranate, disappeared at this time.

Su Fang, a native of the old palace, said to Zhenguo Gong and his wife: "No one knows how Pomegranate Hua came up with this thought, and how she took advantage of the loophole, sneaked out of Cining Palace, approached His Royal Highness the Sixth, and did such a thing." The Queen Mother inquired afterwards, only knowing that Pomegranate Hua was closest to Grandma Wu at that time, and often avoided talking to people in one place. The two of them usually have resentment against Sun Guifei and Sun Ge Lao, and they also look forward to the illness or fall and injury of the Sixth Highness. The Queen Mother thought that Grandma Wu Er's husband and son were widowed, the situation was pitiful, and the pomegranate flower had the merit of the Savior, so she couldn't bear to be harsh, so she simply counted a few times and asked them not to talk nonsense in front of people. Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother was soft-hearted for a while, and she let them break into a catastrophe! ”

Zhenguo Gong had a gloomy face: "Since the pomegranate flower killed the six princes, she left traces and implicated Cining Palace?!" ”

The old palace man shook his head: "After the pomegranate flower was successful, he knew that he couldn't escape, so he ran to the imperial garden by himself, tied a stone to his body, and committed suicide by jumping into the water." She was salvaged a few days later, the body has changed greatly, she can't recognize her original face, and the clothes on her body have been changed in advance, it seems that she is dressed in the palace of Sun Guifei, no one recognizes her from Cining Palace, but some people suspect that Sun Guifei mistreated her palace maids, so she took revenge on the six princes. The emperor quickly blocked the news and forbade anyone to discuss the matter again. It's just that Concubine Sun Guifei counted the palace people in her palace, how could she not know that Pomegranate Flower was not from her palace?

She was about to go crazy at that time, suspecting everyone in the palace, because of the relationship between the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion and sending a few maids to Cining Palace, she suspected the Queen Mother, thinking that even if the Queen Mother didn't kill her son, the second grandmother Wu who was sheltered by the Queen Mother might also command the new maids to take revenge on the six princes because of her grudge against the Sun family. However, when Grandma Wu Er helped pomegranate flowers harm people before, she left some traces, and she didn't do a good job of cleaning up the aftermath, so Sun Guifei found out, and she felt more and more that the evidence was conclusive. She was furious and wanted to break into Cining Palace with a sword to kill someone. The queen mother ordered someone to stop her, and invited the emperor to come and take her away. But the emperor has always favored Sun Guifei, coupled with the traces left by Wu Er's grandmother's careless actions, maybe when, the emperor will be said to be moved......"

Because she was worried that Sun Guifei would break into Cining Palace again, or that the emperor would be affected by the pillow wind, she sent people to search Cining Palace regardless of her face, and found the existence of the Seven Princes, which made it more and more obvious that Cining Palace was related to the murder of the Six Princes.

It's a pity it didn't work out.

Gui has obviously been complaining that she is trapped in the palace and cannot be free, but the Queen Mother is going to send her out of the palace, and she is afraid that the Chengenhou Mansion will not be able to protect herself, and her mother and daughter will be harmed by the Sun family, and they will not leave, so that Sun Guifei, who has been staring at Cining Palace, will find out. The Queen Mother had no choice but to tell her about the Seventh Prince, telling her to know the seriousness of the matter and act honestly and obediently.

However, at this time, the emperor had already sent additional manpower at the palace gate to strictly check the entry and exit of people. The Queen Mother had no way to take a "little palace maid" dressed as a man and a woman out, so she had to send Gui's mother and daughter and Wu Ke away first. As for the Seven Princes, they can only find another opportunity.

Duchess Zhenguo was surprised to hear this: "Gui Yuan doesn't know about the Seventh Highness? But what do I think...... She speaks with confidence on weekdays, and she seems to have a deep friendship with His Royal Highness the Seven?! ”

(End of chapter)