On the first day of the first lunar month, all the princes will bring their families into the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the emperors, queens, concubines and concubines.
The carriage of King Shou's Mansion was parked outside the palace gate, Zhao Heng got off the car first, hugged Zhaozhao and Brother You, and then personally helped Song Jianing. Looking at the tall man standing in front of the carriage, Song Jianing was filled with emotion. The lord doted on her very much, but before she was kidnapped by Guo Xiao to the land of Shu, the lord seldom showed his dote on her in front of outsiders. For example, when he entered the palace, he always asked the maids to help her get on and off the bus, and when he came back from the land of Shu, the lord It's better for her, too good to have no scruples.
"Mother, fourth uncle is here!" Just as Song Jianing moved to the front of the car door, Zhaozhao suddenly pointed to the alley.
"Wait for the Fourth Highness?" Song Jianing discussed with Zhao Heng softly. The last time I saw Sister Mulan was on the Double Ninth Festival.
Knowing that she was close to Li Mulan, Zhao Heng nodded, so Zhao Heng hugged Brother You, who was wrapped with only a pair of big eyes, Song Jianing held Zhao Zhao, and the family of four stood side by side outside the palace gate, waiting to meet Prince Gong and his wife. Enter the palace together. In the distance, the eunuch who followed the car promptly reminded the masters inside. When King Gong heard the words, he immediately leaned out of the car door and waved to the third brother's family with a smile.
"Fourth Uncle, I miss you so much!"
Before the carriage of Prince Gong's mansion stopped, Zhaozhao sweetly acted like a spoiled child to Prince Gong, of course, because Prince Gong was always very kind to her.
"Fourth uncle also wants Zhaozhao!" King Gong jumped out of the carriage, and after calling the third brother and three sisters-in-law, he came over and picked up Zhaozhao. He is a military general, with a burly body, even if he only has one arm, he can still hold it very easily.
Zhaozhao hugged the fourth uncle's head with a smile, and gave the fourth uncle a strong kiss.
Prince Gong suddenly remembered something, put down Zhaozhao and explained hastily: "Fourth uncle will go to help fourth aunt first, and then hold Zhaozhao later."
Zhao Zhao's face was full of confusion, but Song Jianing stared at Li Mulan who showed her figure in shock. Facing Li Mulan's bulging belly, Song Jianing didn't say a word for a long time. How is it possible that Li Mulan's belly was still flat when she met in September, and she never heard of pregnancy. Why does it seem like she's been pregnant for five or six months now
Seeing Song Jianing's stunned expression, Li Mulan's face quickly flashed a trace of embarrassment, and then she quickly turned her anger on Prince Gong, and whispered disgust: "Get out of the way." Since she was pregnant, Prince Gong treated her like a porcelain bottle. Taking care of her, this made Li Mulan, who was a woman and a man, very unbearable.
"When is it time to be brave?" King Gong refused to let her, and insisted on helping her. He only got married half a year later than the third brother. As a result, the third brother has already given birth to two children, and his seeds have just sprouted. nervous
The man was so stubborn, Li Mulan wanted to reprimand, but caught a glimpse of Shou Wang holding Brother You and turning to the side, as if the two of them had hurt their eyes. Li Mulan's face was inexplicably hot, and she gave Prince Gong a stern look, and then reluctantly handed over to Prince Gong, then once he stood firm, he pushed Prince Gong away and went to find Song Jianing.
"Sister how many months?" Song Jianing held her arm and asked softly.
Li Mulan gestured with a hand. She had been pregnant for two months during the Double Ninth Festival, but Li Mulan felt that it was not worth mentioning, so she did not mention it to anyone.
"Don't say it sooner, or I'll go see you more." Song Jianing said angrily.
Li Mulan smiled.
"The fourth aunt also has a younger brother." Zhaozhao looked at his aunt's big belly and said happily.
Song Jianing laughed, Li Mulan rubbed Zhaozhao's head, and said cheerfully, "Maybe it's my sister."
Zhaozhao likes his brother as well as his sister. After thinking about it, he gently pressed his little hand against his aunt's belly and said, "My sister is out, I'll brush her hair."
Li Mulan, who had always thought pregnancy troublesome and troublesome with her cute and cute appearance, suddenly looked forward to giving birth to a baby girl. Prince Gong patted his elder brother on the shoulder and teased in a low voice, "The third sister-in-law will teach the children, otherwise Zhaozhao will not be cute when he grows into the temper of the third brother."
He was hurting Zhao Heng, but Zhao Heng felt very comfortable, and looked at his little princess with implicit pride.
The two people talked all the way, and when they arrived at the Chongzheng Hall, they found that Prince Rui and his wife had already arrived, Prince Rui was talking with Emperor Xuande, and Princess Rui took the children to the Middle Palace. , unless you have royal blood.
Entering the palace in the morning, after the banquet is used up at noon, the princes go back to the palace respectively, and they will enter the palace for the banquet in the evening.
In Shouwangfu, when Zhao Heng got out of the car, he received a wink from the guard Zongze. At that moment, Zhao Heng thought of Guo Xiao. When Guo Xiao's body was not found under the cliff, Zhao Heng ordered the dark guard to stare at the place where Guo Xiao might appear, assuming that Guo Xiao was alive, so as not to give Guo Xiao a chance to commit murder.
However, when Zhao Heng arrived in the study, Zong Ze reported unexpected news to him.
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On the fourteenth day of the first month, Prince Rui’s eldest son, Li Ge’er, was celebrating his first birthday, and the whole house was busy early.
Chen Xiu was not idle either, she got up before dawn and got dressed, painted her makeup, and put on her fancy clothes. Chen Xiu ordered the maids to wait outside, and she sat back in front of the dressing table again. A bright and moving face appeared in the mirror, Chen Xiu touched the mirror obsessively, but in her mind was Princess Rui's ugly face when she was holding Brother Li to show off.
Chen Xiu hated Princess Rui and wanted to kill her, but Chen Xiu knew very well that she had no chance to murder Princess Rui at all. First, she could not get close to Princess Rui's actions without disturbing Princess Rui. eyeliner. The only thing she can deal with is Li Geer. This is blood for blood, Princess Rui killed her hard-working child, and she should take revenge on Princess Rui's son! She wanted to let Princess Rui fully experience the pain of losing her child!
Breathing heavy, Chen Xiu stared at the mirror. After a long while, she closed her eyes. After a while, Chen Xiu took out a small porcelain bottle from her sleeve, poured the medicinal powder in the porcelain bottle into the tea bowl, and stirred slowly. Watching the clear tea water become turbid, the corners of Chen Xiu's mouth curled up. Today, Brother Li catches Zhou, and there are many guests in the palace. Maybe how many people will hug Brother Li. When something happens to Brother Li, it's not just her who is suspicious. , Isn't King Shou's dislike greater than her
Princess Rui might be the first to suspect her, but at that time, all her evidence was destroyed. With her grandfather as prime minister, Prince Rui would believe in her, and Princess Rui would have no choice but to take her and would most likely turn to Suspicion of King Shou. King Shou... Chen Xiu remembered the situation in the Beiyuan paddock again. King Shou saw death and could not save her, and now she is used as a shield, which is also retribution.
All these people deserve it!
Chen Xiu thought grimly, the poisonous water was prepared, Chen Xiu put his right index finger into the tea bowl, submerging two knuckles, then pulled out his finger and patiently waited for the poisonous water on his finger to dry up. Prepare properly, Chen Xiu hides the porcelain vase, if the poisoning fails this time, look for another opportunity next time. The water from the tea bowl was poured into the Gong bucket, and Chen Xiu washed it several times with one hand to completely remove the poisonous water residue.
Just when Chen Xiu poured out the tea for the last time, Prince Rui's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Why are you guarding outside?"
Chen Xiu was horrified, and then quietly flashed out of the clean room. Just after putting the tea bowl, Prince Rui pushed the door and entered.
"Your Highness?" Chen Xiu pretended to have just finished drinking tea and stood up, looking at the man at the door in surprise. Today, the princess was holding a wedding in the main courtyard, and Chen Xiuzhen did not expect that Prince Rui would come to see her.
Prince Rui didn't think about it at first. He rested at the princess' side last night and was about to go to the front yard in the morning to have a look. He suddenly thought of his first son. It was born to Chen Xiusheng. He once held it in his arms excitedly. However, the father and son had little fate. Thinking of his deceased son, Prince Rui was in a heavy heart. He looked at Chen Xiu's yard and suddenly felt pity.
So Prince Rui came and wanted to comfort Chen Xiu secretly before the guests came to the door.
Seeing Chen Xiu's pale face now, Prince Rui became more and more certain of his guess, strode to Chen Xiu's side, put him in his arms, and said, "I know you're uncomfortable, Xiuxiu, don't worry, you're still young, how much I hurt I hurt you, and I'll be pregnant again soon."
Prince Rui was really satisfied with Chen Xiu. Chen Xiu's whistleblower credit for overthrowing the King of Chu, Zhao Pu's willingness to speak well for him in front of his father, must also be because of Chen Xiu, such a beautiful and helpful side concubine, of course Prince Rui Take a little extra effort.
"I thought that the lord had a princess, so he wouldn't care about me." Chen Xiu raised his head and looked at Prince Rui with beautiful eyes. She once hated Prince Rui, but when Prince Rui was able to come here at this time, this affection still warmed Chen Xiu's heart.
"Speaking sour words again." Prince Rui held her little hand and kissed her, biting Chen Xiu's index finger on his lips before he flirted frivolously: "Born foxes are the best at seducing people, this prince forgot who , and I will never forget you."
Prince Rui was born suave and suave. Speaking of sweet words, those eyes could almost take away the soul of any woman. Chen Xiu was fascinated by Prince Rui's amorous appearance, until he reluctantly sent Prince Rui away, until he sat alone in the boudoir silently. After reminiscing about the sweetness just now, Chen Xiu suddenly became cold when she looked at the index finger held by Prince Rui, like falling into an ice cave.
The lord, the lord is holding her poisoned fingers!
The world suddenly turned around, Chen Xiu held on to the bed frame in time, and she didn't faint, her hands and feet were cold, only her heart was beating more and more, she was frightened and scared. The prince took the poison by mistake, what should she do? Remind the lord to persuade the lord to ask the imperial doctor to detoxify as soon as possible? No, no, no, if you say it, it is like throwing yourself into the net. The prince may be able to detoxify, and she will definitely die if she poisons her.
Chen Xiu immediately denied the idea, since he couldn't remind, then...
Chen Xiu's eyes were dull. Lord, will you die? There shouldn't be a lot of poison on her fingers. The prince is strong, maybe he's fine
It will be alright, it will be alright.
Chen Xiu tried hard to comfort herself, but after reciting it many times, Chen Xiu looked at her fingers, rushed to the copper basin and carefully rubbed her hands. At the following banquet, Chen Xiu tried his best to act as natural as possible, but his mind was actually in the front yard. Fortunately, until it was dark, the prince did not hear any bad news.
Chen Xiu was half-hearted, probably because there wasn't much poison on his fingers, right
Uneasy, Chen Xiu hardly slept all night.
Prince Rui slept soundly, but when he woke up the next day, Prince Rui didn't feel very well, his head was dizzy, and his chest was stuffy. However, during the Spring Festival, Prince Rui didn't ask for an imperial doctor, but felt that he drank too much last night. Yes, every hangover is like this. Enduring the discomfort, Prince Rui continued to bring his wife and children to the palace for a banquet, but he didn't expect to reach the Chongzheng Hall. Prince Rui's eyes darkened and he collapsed...