Soon after, news came from the palace that a beauty pageant was going to be picked.

The ministers were stunned. The prince of the country met a foreign enemy in the royal expedition abroad, and there has been no new news so far, and I don't know whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is alive or dead. What's more, the war has caused the front line to be tight, and the soldiers, horses, food, and grass are about to run out.

As a result, at this time, His Majesty decreed that beauty pageants should be selected??? It is almost necessary to force to death the household officials who have been worried about money and food for these days, and the military officials who have to pull off their beards.

And the harem is not peaceful. Originally, it was heard that the queen and Gu Guifei checked and balanced each other, and the situation in the harem was as stable as Mount Tai.

Now that the queen is closed, there is no one to check and balance Gu Guifei, and His Majesty frequently favors young and beautiful low-ranking concubines, which makes Gu Guifei jealous. So Gu Guifei suppressed the concubines in the palace, and the low-ranking concubines were also full of tricks in order to compete for favor, which made the harem miserable.

It may be that these days, His Majesty's cold treatment has made Gu Guifei panic, and she doesn't dare to be coquettish directly to His Majesty like before, asking him not to care about those sluts, she can only beat and punish the concubines who don't like her eyes with the palace rules. Almost every day in the harem, unnamed corpses are lifted out of the corner gates of the harem.

However, even so, His Majesty can always find a beauty that is more in line with his heart, and there are flocks of warblers and swallows in the harem. His Majesty almost never came to Gu Guifei's palace again, and Gu Guifei, who was in a hurry to go to the doctor, actually believed the words of Taoist You Fang in a hurry and offered the elixir to His Majesty.

His Majesty was originally not very interested in this elixir, but in recent days, he has frequently pampered the young and beautiful palace concubines and singers, which made him feel powerless, so he tried the elixir.

This attempt was out of control.

If it was in the past, Empress Wen would have painstakingly persuaded His Majesty not to touch these elixirs, lest it hurt the dragon's body. But since Empress Wen knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was attacked by the Beidi people on his way to the royal journey, and there was still no news from him, Empress Wen couldn't wait for His Majesty to die now.

Now that Gu Guifei has offered the elixir, Queen Wen will naturally not stop it anymore, and even feels that Gu Guifei is pleasing to the eye for the first time. Although Empress Wen signaled Xu Zhaorong to follow suit, Empress Wen has always been generous to her own people, so she also told Xu Zhaorong a few words, lest she be caught on fire.

"You can use the elixir, but don't rush it, Gu Guifei's elixir is only able to take effect quickly, but it is only piled up by the medicine of the tiger and wolf. You have a long stream of water, and you would rather have a worse effect, but only offer some tonics. ”

Xu Zhaorong was a little puzzled when he heard this, "Niangniang, why don't you offer these tonics to Your Majesty yourself?" ”

Queen Wen didn't answer, but turned around again to worship the Buddha. Xiuxin came up to help Xu Zhaorong and said, "Zhaorong Niangniang, our Niangniang is thinking about you and the Ten Princes, you just do it." ”

Xu Zhaorong could only get up and say goodbye, and after leaving the queen's palace, she glanced back at the queen's palace, and thought, "Niangniang, is this completely disheartened by Your Majesty, or does she feel that no matter what she does, she will be suspicious of Her Majesty, so she stayed out of the harem." ”

At this moment, Gu Guifei was in the Changchun Palace.

Concubine Gu Guifei served His Majesty diligently, waiting for His Majesty's face to soften slightly. Gu Guifei said tentatively, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yu is old, and it's time to marry. You are the father of His Royal Highness King Yu, what are your plans for the future Princess Yu?

His Majesty seemed to have anticipated Gu Guifei's problem a long time ago, his expression remained unchanged, he casually picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip lightly, "Rongde County Jun." She is the daughter of the eldest princess of Ruyang, and I have promised her a long time ago that my son will marry her daughter. Cousins are close to each other. ”

When Gu Guifei heard this, she gritted her teeth in anger, "Obviously, the prince of Rongde County went to participate in Queen Wen's plum banquet before, but now my son has become a pick-up of things that the prince doesn't want." ”

Referring to the matter of Yi Chu discussed by the adults in the court, Gu Guifei cautiously looked at His Majesty's face, wanting to see a hint from his expression.

But there is no clue, not a hint. His Majesty didn't seem to take this matter to heart at all, and just said lightly, "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics." There was a knock in his eyes.

Gu Guifei was angry and annoyed, but she had no choice but to curse the mother and daughter of the eldest princess of Ruyang in her heart, disgusted that they had no shame and had to cling to their son.

But today, it is rare to open the door to welcome guests in the palace.

Because, the queen's daughter-in-law-to-be, Fanyang Lu's daughter-in-law, and Qingning County Jun specially handed a sign into the palace today to ask for peace.

This is not an unusual thing. After getting engaged, most of the ladies of the family will often interact with their future husbands, in order to familiarize themselves with the situation of their husband's family and find out the situation for their future marriage.

It's just that the situation here is a little complicated, she has not seen guests for a long time, and she just quietly prays for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in her palace every day, hoping that he can return safely as soon as possible.

And Lu Bingzhen entered the palace today, of course, not just to say goodbye to his future mother-in-law and the current queen. She entered the palace with the news of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at the suggestion of her grandfather Lu Zhi.

I haven't seen her for many days, and Queen Wen is a lot haggard, but her spirit is fine. Empress Wen only stayed in the palace to embroider her heart alone, and retired all the palace maids and eunuchs. These days, the number of palace maids and eunuchs in Queen Wen's palace has also decreased a lot, and those who remain are Queen Wen's own henchmen, and therefore, Queen Wen's palace is now like an iron bucket.

As long as Empress Wen doesn't want to, there will be no news from her palace.

"Ah Rui, it's rare for you to go to the palace, how are you doing at home recently?" When she heard the queen's words, she asked her if she had been ridiculed and embarrassed by the news of His Royal Highness the Prince's disappearance.

Lu Bingzhen raised a smiling little face and replied seriously, "Queen Xie cares, and everything is fine with the courtiers." The wind and rain outside have not been brought to my door, nor have my home been treated with me. A few days ago, my grandfather gave me a large dowry. ”

Lu Bingzhen's smile was too contagious, and Queen Wen looked at her and felt that the haze in her heart had dissipated a lot in recent days.

"Okay, that's good. Here, with some snacks. I heard from Mama Feng that you like snacks made of cow's milk. This is the new style of the palace dining room, you can try it. ”

Lu Bingzhen picked up the dim sum and tasted it, and then asked with some doubts, "Niangniang, don't you use it?" ”

Xiuxin stepped forward in time and said, "The gentleman of Qingning County doesn't know, Niangniang has been a vegetarian in order to pray for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince recently. There is milk in this snack, and the mother will not use it. ”

"Is it ready to be used when the mother's wish is fulfilled?" Lu Bingzhen's serious appearance when she said this made Queen Wen laugh, and she said in a reassuring tone, "Yes, after the palace knows the news that the prince is safe and sound, it will be fine." ”

Unexpectedly, Lu Bingzhen did not give up after hearing this, but sent the dim sum to Queen Wen.

"Niangniang, the courtiers entered the palace today, not only to ask Niangniang for peace, but also to tell you the news of His Royal Highness the Prince, so that you can feel at ease."

Hearing that the queen seemed to have some feelings, staring at Lu Bingzhen, she heard the elegant and vulgar girl in front of her say seriously word by word, "Niangniang, the brother of the courtier's envoy to the barbarian has sent news, and now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a guest in the royal court of King Beidi, and it seems that they are talking very happily. ”

In Queen Wen's incredible eyes, Lu Bingzhen continued, "And King Beidi seems to be impressed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and intends to submit to my Ji Dynasty. The envoy of the elder brother of the courtier is now rushing to the royal court of Beidi non-stop, just to discuss the return of Beidi to our dynasty. ”

"It's serious." Hearing this, the queen cried with joy and suddenly stood up from her seat. She excitedly walked back and forth in the center of the main hall, clasped her hands together, and kept chanting "Amitabha, Amitabha." The Buddha really blessed my son. ”

At this moment, Empress Wen didn't expect that the news of King Beidi's return to obedience could create momentum for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he was simply like every mother in the world, rejoicing in his son's safety.

When Empress Wen calmed down, her eyes became more and more loving when she looked at Lu Bingzhen. Lu Bingzhen looked at Queen Wen with a smile from beginning to end, and at this moment, the two of them were so happy for the safety of the same person.

From Queen Wen's eyes, Lu Bingzhen suddenly found that at this moment, the distance between her and Queen Wen was infinitely pulled in. Before today, she Lu Bingzhen was just a perfect future daughter-in-law in the eyes of the queen, and she may like it a little, but she is attached to the premise that she is about to marry His Royal Highness the Prince.

But today, Queen Wen looked at her with some pure love in her eyes, maybe it was good news, she could really close the distance between the two people, or maybe the queen felt Lu Bingzhen's sincerity to His Royal Highness the Prince. Anyway, Queen Wen really likes this future daughter-in-law a little bit now.

On this day, Queen Wen kept Lu Bingzhen for a long time. It wasn't until it was dark after dinner that Lu Bingzhen arrived at the door of Fan Yanglu's house late with all kinds of jewelry, silk and satin and even all kinds of utensils rewarded by Queen Wen.

Queen Wen was really happy, today's reward was a bit clueless, and she almost stuffed something to Lu Bingzhen when she thought something was good.

After Lu Bingzhen arrived home, he first went to greet his parents according to the rules, and then went with his parents to greet his grandfather.

Lu Zhiyi was that unhurried, and when he heard Lu Bingzhen talk about the queen's reward today, he only said lightly, "The elder gives it, and you can't say it." Since these things were given to you by the queen's mother, then you can keep them. After entering the palace today, the queen should have a better sense of you, and your life in the palace will be smoother in the future. ”

Lu Qi and his wife were silent and silent, although they were not happy with their father's interference in their daughter's marriage, but they also knew that their father had spared no effort to pave the way for the future crown princess since he facilitated his daughter's marriage with His Royal Highness the Prince, you can say that he is for the Fan Yang Lu family, but he can't fake his granddaughter's intentions.