Zhang Shaoguang, who was always graceful and calm, rarely lost his composure. She touched her daughter's shoulder with a trembling hand and whispered: "What did you say?! Wei Changjuan... She... How could you be so confused! Do you really think Ruiyu Tangji After being weak for so many years, will you let others bully you to the point where you still have to endure it when your legitimate daughter is raped? "
Liu Ruoye sneered and said: "Do they dare to spread it? Do you want to lose the dignity of the Wei family in Fengzhou? Wei Zhenghong has not served as an official, can Ruiyutang bear the consequences of deposing the crown prince? They will definitely make Wei Changjuan violent Silence him!"
"Just because the Wei family concealed the matter doesn't mean they didn't know it was you!" Zhang Shaoguang's fingers tightly grasped Liu Ruoye's shoulders. Because of the excessive force, Liu Ruoye felt a tight pain in his shoulders, but now Both mother and daughter were very excited and had no time to care. Zhang Shaoguang said almost incoherently, "Six clans in the sea, even if Ruiyu Hall is temporarily weak, we can't underestimate it! Have you forgotten that Zhiben Hall was not in its peak before? ? You know that no matter how powerful our clan is, we are still under the control of our clan! You are creating a deadly feud with Ruiyu clan! Even though our Liu family is not weaker than the Wei family, the Wei family only comes after you. It’s impossible to protect you here!”
Liu Ruoye gritted his teeth and said: "Then what can I do? I don't need Wei Changjuan to replace me, and then take the opportunity to break through and scare the prince. Do I have to suffer the insult of the prince myself?! That bitch Liu Ruoyu, now They tried their best to push me towards the prince! Mother, you can still ask your father to come and go with you, but what about your daughter? Liu Ruoyu is sick every three days and has a banquet, so she has to send someone to take me to the East Palace every time... I... If Wei Changjuan hadn't happened to be a mother, and I took the opportunity to invite her, I would be the one whose innocence has been tainted by the prince!"
Speaking of this, even as scheming as she was, she couldn't help but burst into tears! Awai cried, "Why did we have to choose her to be the Crown Princess in the first place? Our family has no intention of deposing the Crown Prince. Today she is the Crown Princess, so she can harm me like this. Tomorrow she will become the Queen, then I will What should I do? Such a vicious bitch should not have been allowed to leave the palace alive!"
Zhang Shaoguang also felt extremely annoyed about this matter. He sighed and stroked his daughter's back, and whispered: "There is nothing we can do about it. At that time, there were only three girls in the clan who were suitable to be crown princesses. Naturally, I couldn't bear to part with you." , your aunt can’t let go of your cousin, who else could she be if she wasn’t that bitch like Liu Ruoyu? Besides, she has always been cowardly. I thought that someone like her would have no future as a queen, not to mention that she had accepted You Laihe before. She won’t live for a few more years. I originally wanted to let her be the princess for a few years to reassure Queen Gu. If she doesn’t behave well, she will probably marry another girl when she grows up... But who knows... "
Who knew that this first wife's legitimate daughter suddenly seemed to have an enlightenment, and now she was completely out of the hands of their mother and daughter, not to mention that even her father Liu Hai could not do anything to her? Now they are dealing with the mother and daughter in turn. Due to their status, Zhang Shaoguang and Liu Ruoye are well aware of their intentions, but they can't help but secretly say that they can't bear it.
"The queen is not interested in her, but our Liu family. Can't she..." Liu Ruoye turned her beautiful eyes with a ruthless expression and raised her hand to make a gesture on the side of her neck.
"But the prince is shameless, and now he is salivating over our mother and daughter!" Zhang Shaoguang said in a deep voice, "What if something happens to that little bitch Liu Ruoyu, wouldn't it be that the prince has played into the hands of the prince and took the opportunity to ask to marry you as his successor? Where is the Crown Princess? Now that the Shen family is powerful and the Wei family is reviving, the Holy Emperor is very unhappy and is trying to stabilize the position of the Crown Prince to avoid being judged by the clan and endangering the Shen family. At this time, the Crown Prince will make a request, and the Holy Emperor will definitely grant it. of!"
Liu Ruoye was startled and murmured: "But mother, have you ever thought about it? The prince has not yet succeeded to the throne, and he dares to attack Wei Changjuan. If he ascends the throne, the queen can suppress him. Isn't it right for us? Start? Even if the queen can suppress it, why will she continue to protect us? "
Zhang Shaoguang was stunned and said subconsciously: "You mean...?"
"There are many princes, princes, and grandsons of the saints, aren't they?"
... In the East Palace, Crown Princess Liu Ruoyu held an obviously overweight tabby cat, leaning on the couch with a lazy expression. She watched Ju Zhong walk in and asked leisurely: "What's wrong?"
"The slave had just walked to the palace gate when he was suddenly stopped by someone. He said that he had a letter to give to the empress." Ju Zhong saluted and said with a strange expression, "The man gave the letter to the slave. , and said one thing, "This letter will be exchanged for a thousand taels of silver!"
Liu Ruoyu was startled, then laughed and said, "Is there such a thing? Put the letter down, go out and ask Mo Nu to come in."
Ju Zhong went out as instructed and brought in a young chamberlain who was twelve or thirteen years old.
This young chamberlain is a bit silly, and in fact he is indeed not smart. The palace does not prohibit chamberlains from reading, and sometimes there are even old chamberlains who teach some palace slaves how to read and write. It's just that Mo Nu is stupid. It is said that he was sold into the palace as a slave when he was seven or eight years old, and now he doesn't even recognize his own name.
However, Liu Ruoyu sent him to serve in his yard just because of this lack of intelligence.
Seeing him coming now, Liu Ruoyu raised her chin at the letter on the case: "Open it and take a look."
Mo Nu responded dully, without asking why, just walked over and picked up the letter, and tore it open awkwardly. During this time, Liu Ruoyu and the attendants around her were watching intently. After a while, they saw the person holding the letter. Mo Nu was still safe, so Liu Ruoyu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Put the letter down and go out."
Then he told the palace maid, "Give him five taels of silver!"
Liu Ruoyu stood up and walked to the case by herself. She had suffered a lot at the hands of her stepmother and became more and more cautious after entering the palace. Although she had just asked Mo Nu to test the letter and there was no trick in it, she still refused to touch it with her own hands at this moment. She took off the silver hairpin from her temples and drew out the letter - the letter was not long, but it only contained a few sentences, but Liu Ruoyu's face suddenly changed!
Her originally pale face turned pale in an instant, and she was so shocked that she subconsciously raised her hands to cover her mouth to cover up a scream!
After thinking quickly for a moment, Liu Ruoyu didn't care if there were any more hidden tricks on the letter. She directly picked up the envelope and letterhead that were torn open by Mo Nu, stuffed it into her sleeves, and said in a deep voice: "Prepare the sedan, I will I need to go see my mother immediately!”
In the Weiyang Palace, Queen Gu was very surprised when she heard that the Crown Princess had come in a hurry and said that she had urgent matters to see her. The so-called Zhi Zi Mo Ruo Mu, the Queen suddenly thought of the worried Prince, and her heart sank: "Is it possible that she is looking for her?" What big trouble has your unworthy son caused?" He quickly called for the princess to come in.
Sure enough, Liu Ruoyu arrived in front of Queen Gu, bowed, and immediately said that she had something to talk to the Queen alone.
Empress Gu dispatched the palace attendants according to her request, and Liu Ruoyu immediately threw herself into her lap with a pale face: "My wife, I beg my mother to save the prince!"
"What did you say?" Queen Gu's guess came true, and she felt awe-struck, but she still held on to the idea that the Crown Princess Xu had taken the lead and deliberately exaggerated. She said a little unhappy, "The Crown Prince is the crown prince of the country, what can I do? Do you need me to save him? Please tell me clearly!"
Liu Ruoyu burst into tears and said: "Mother, it's not that the minister and daughter-in-law are being alarmist. In fact, Wei Changjuan is the daughter of the Wei family in Fengzhou. She is a direct descendant of an eunuch. It would be fine if she was brought into the East Palace as a side concubine, but she is not at all The prince took her without even entering the door... Now she committed suicide. It is said that she left a letter before she committed suicide. This... how can this be good!"
Queen Gu almost fainted after hearing this!
"You mean... you mean Xun'er... he actually killed the seventh lady of the Wei family?!" Empress Gu simply couldn't believe that the prince was so bold and reckless!
If this is an ordinary daughter of an official family, even if she is engaged, she can just let someone break off the engagement privately and give her a status. Anyway, there is still a concubine, several lovers, and children in the East Palace. But Wei Changjuan is the legitimate daughter of Rui Yutang's generation. Even though her father Wei Shengyi is a commoner, she is Mrs. Duanmu's biological daughter!
In terms of birth and status, she is no worse than Crown Princess Liu Ruoyu!
At this moment, Queen Gu's first thought was: Would the Wei family be willing to give Wei Changjuan to the crown prince as a concubine
The second thought is: Wei Changjuan committed suicide and left a letter? !
As if a basin of ice water was poured from head to toe in the cold weather, Empress Gu was trembling all over at this moment - she knew that Ruiyu Hall had been weak for a long time, and if she could, she would not be willing to provoke the deposed crown prince at this time, but even Crown Princess Liu Ruoyu already knows about this matter. If word spreads...
For the sake of the Wei family's face, the Wei family must ask the prince to give an explanation to Wei Changjuan!
Could it be that the position of a concubine or an apology can cover up the explanation that a prominent family has wanted for hundreds of years? Unless the Wei clan disappears, the prince will definitely be deposed as a commoner!
A family that has experienced three dynasties and flourished for hundreds of years has a profound heritage that ordinary people can hardly imagine!
What's more, the prince is not a perfect person. Not only is he not a perfect person, but he is also a master who has a lot of excuses and is privately recognized by the world as a fool! If you want to destroy him, you don't even need to make excuses.
Queen Gu only has such a son! The future glory and wealth of her and Princess Qingxin all depend on Shen Xun... Not to mention that the queen and Concubine Deng have a deep hatred. If the concubine gets caught because of this matter, the queen simply cannot imagine her future fate!
Even though Queen Gu had been standing in the palace for decades and had extraordinary skills, she was now shocked by the prince's stupidity and was at her wits' end!
It took a long time before she heard the cry of the Crown Princess who was still lying on her knees: "... I am willing to give up the throne, but I am afraid that the Wei family will not be able to swallow this breath and must go to my father to beg for Wei Changjuan." Justice! Queen, your Royal Highness is your own flesh and blood, you must save him!"
Queen Gu took a deep breath, reached out and raked her hair, and asked in a deep voice, "Where did you get this news? Is it accurate?"
"Mother, please read this letter!" Liu Ruoyu wiped her face carelessly, took out the letter from her sleeve and handed it over, explaining its origin, "When Ju Zhong returned to the palace this morning, someone asked him to bring it to my wife."
"How can a mere piece of paper be used as a letter? Who is this person?" The letter was very short, without a word of nonsense. Empress Gu only scanned it and read it. In black and white, "Miss Wei Qi is suspected of being pregnant and is very scared. The day before yesterday He committed suicide by the Chuncao Lake, but was fortunately saved by Mrs. Min of the Song family." Empress Gu almost wanted to vomit blood! But the queen still asked calmly after all.
Liu Ruoyu choked up and said: "Mother, you don't know who sent this letter. My daughter-in-law doesn't know yet, but this person asked for a thousand taels of silver. My daughter-in-law thought that the other person came here to ask for money... But this The thing must be true! Because that day... That day, Chen's wife was led by Xu Ruzi to the back door of a quiet courtyard outside the palace, and she saw Wei Changjuan and His Royal Highness together... Originally, Chen's wife wanted to help His Highness hide it. In the past, but now..."
"Why are you so confused!" Queen Gu wanted to give her a slap in the face! If the Crown Princess hadn't come to look for her with tears streaming down her face first, and because the Crown Prince collapsed, as a Crown Princess, she wouldn't have had a good end. Empress Gu would really have suspected that she did it on purpose, "Why didn't you do it in time for such a big thing? Tell me!"
With tears in her eyes, Liu Ruoyu lowered her head, rubbed the corner of her clothes, and whispered: "Because I saw the figure upstairs from a distance outside the wall. Although my wife recognized Wei Changjuan, she couldn't see her expression clearly. , I don’t know that she doesn’t want to. Your Highness is handsome, and I think... I am afraid that Your Highness will misunderstand and be jealous.”
Empress Gu knew the virtue of Prince Shen Xun best. When this stupid son was in love and passionate, he would dare to contradict his mother, let alone the crown prince? Even if Liu Ruoyu was good for him, Shen Xun would not think so - the queen had also heard about the reason why the princess fell ill every three days and was beaten by the prince in private. Although she had beaten Shen Xun and asked him not to do anything to her. The Crown Princess is too harsh, but if Shen Xun is a son who is willing to listen to advice, she, as a mother, should not worry so much...
Besides, now that things have come to this point, it will be useless to scold the Crown Princess. Empress Gu bit her lip and said: "Xu Ruzi...how did she know about this?!"
Liu Ruoyu panicked and said: "My wife doesn't know either! But after I saw this letter just now, I felt that... I have sent people to her and her maids... Mother, my wife is really scared! Please help my mother, please save me." Prince!"
When Queen Gu heard that Xu Ruzi had been silenced, she looked at her deeply, but the Queen couldn't tell now. Was Liu Ruoyu silenced for her own words at the moment, or for the prince
After a moment of pause, the queen closed her eyes and said: "Tell the prince and Wei Changjuan... in detail! Don't tell me that after you concealed the matter for the prince that day, you even sent someone to check what happened. Not even curious!” (To be continued)