Mrs. Li brought Zhang Yunjin back to Pingyuanhou's Mansion in a panic, entered the gate, and immediately asked her pale-faced daughter to go back to have a good rest. The servants said that the young master was still waiting for his wife to come back and didn't want to go to sleep. Mrs. Li hurried to the courtyard of her youngest son.
Li's youngest son is ten years younger than the eldest son, and is only five years old this year. He looks thin and pitiful. When Mrs. Li saw her youngest son, she put aside all the affairs in the palace, went over to pick up her youngest son Zhang Yunzhao with a forced smile.
It was getting late, and it was time to go to bed. Zhang Yunzhao had a sleepy look on his face, and said in a tearful voice, "Mother, where have you been?"
Mrs. Li hurriedly comforted: "I didn't go anywhere, aren't you coming back now? Son, sleep well." Coaxed the younger son to the bed, sat beside him and held his hand, and when he saw him fall asleep, he quietly got up and left .
Back in her bedroom, Mrs. Li changed her clothes and passed on the meal. She didn't eat anything at first, but when the food came, she lost her appetite when she sat at the table. At this time Ping Yuanhou entered the door.
Pingyuanhou is less than forty years old. Compared with Zhenbeihou's weather-beaten face, Pingyuanhou's face has been nourished over the years with delicate skin, no wrinkles, smooth and smooth. The two lying silkworm eyebrows are still thick black, and the eyes are extremely bright.
He twirled a pair of jade balls in one hand all the year round, left and right, without stopping for a moment.
Seeing him, Mrs. Li hurriedly got up and said, "Master Hou, please sit down."
Marquis Pingyuan smiled and sat beside Mrs. Li: "After so many years, Madam is still so polite."
Mrs. Li smiled: "Master Hou, I'm used to it."
Marquis Ping Yuan had already heard what happened in the palace from others before he came in, and asked: "Madam was frightened?"
Mrs. Li sighed, and said in a low voice: "I was terrified at the time, husband, what does the empress mean? How could you poison the youngest daughter of Marquis of Zhenbei in front of so many people?"
Marquis Pingyuan snorted coldly: "The queen thought she was poisoned, so Marquis Shen didn't dare to do anything!"
Mrs. Li sighed again: "That young girl of the Marquis of Zhenbei is indeed outspoken, and her words make the empress lose face."
Marquis Ping Yuan snorted and asked, "What did she say?" The servants only reported the process and results of the incident, without any detailed dialogue.
Mrs. Li whispered what Shen Wen and the queen had said. Marquis Pingyuan started laughing, but after laughing, his complexion sank again, his brows were fixed in thought, and the jade ball in his hand rattled.
Mrs. Li asked: "Husband, what does it matter?"
Of course, from Pingyuanhou's point of view, the young girl seemed to know that the queen was going to attack her, and her words were too unruly, leading the queen to act in public, so that everyone could see clearly. Just like this, didn't he lose his life? Ping Yuanhou was very puzzled. He didn't think about things clearly, and he didn't want to talk to anyone, so he said to Mrs. Li: "We'll see tomorrow, and we'll know it's dawn. Madam, don't think about it. Didn't the palace eat well? Eat more."
Mrs. Li smiled and said to Pingyuanhou: "Thank you, Lord Hou, I just lost my appetite after seeing these. I only wanted to eat after talking to Lord Hou."
Marquis Pingyuan smiled and said, "Madam, is it your appetizer for your husband? Hehe, madam, let's eat first?"
Li's face blushed: "Master Hou is really... Please accompany me to eat some..."
The two had supper together, and then...
The next day, news came out from Zhenbeihou's Mansion that, just as the imperial doctor in the palace said, the second lady was indeed terrified and was rescued by Shi Helin and her apprentice Duan Zeng. But after the person came back to life, he was frightened into a fool, and it would be good if he could speak, and he would never say anything like "able to write" in the future.
After hearing this, Marquis Ping Yuan thought silently for a while, then shook his head and said, "Is this girl so fateful?"
After hearing this, the people in the capital commented that the Zhenbeihou Mansion took care of the overall situation, and if the people were saved, they would no longer hold on to the queen, and they would use the prince's words to give the queen a step down. Zhenbeihou's mansion didn't even hold their young daughter accountable for being so blatantly poisoned and mutilated by the empress. They obviously put the emperor first, and they were really loyal ministers. But the queen who did this seems too...
Someone also brought up the matter of the eldest prince's attack on the young girl in Zhenbeihou's mansion before, saying that the queen's bold poisoning of the girl this time was obviously for the prince's revenge. A pair of mother and son, both have trouble with an eight-year-old child, how cruel it is...
For a time, public opinion was completely biased towards the Zhenbeihou Mansion.
A courtier made a statement, saying that the harem's poor cooking would hinder the stability of the court. Although he didn't directly point out that the queen was poisoned, he also pointed out the badness of the harem.
The queen in the palace was so angry that she smashed all the porcelain in the room, as she said yesterday, Shen Wen is fine at all! She is just pretending! He should have ordered someone to chop her up on the spot, to see if she dared to lie on the ground!
Seeing that the queen was so angry, the palace servants didn't dare to tell her that she had lost a lot of hair. They only thought about how they could change jobs as soon as possible before the queen found out.
The emperor was very displeased with the queen's mistake, and promoted Yao Cairen, who had been favored by the original, to three levels in a row, without going through the queen at all, and directly issued an order. Then he also mentioned a concubine to assist the queen in managing the harem. It stands to reason that these matters should be decided by the empress. If the emperor did this, it would be like slapping the empress openly, which would embarrass the empress very much.
The prince felt something was wrong!
How could Shen Wen talk nonsense like this? Who dared to anger the queen so much? People who do this, if they do it intentionally, are either extremely stupid or extremely bold!
Although her logic does make sense for an eight-year-old girl, if she did it on purpose, then this girl's scheming is too deep! But thinking of Shen Wen's appearance, the prince couldn't accept the scheming and courage of that girl whose face was painted red and disgusted him! At this time, we can see how important the first impression Shen Wen made on him is—he despises her from the bottom of his heart!
The crown prince believed that if Shen Wen was not stupid enough to run around with tongue all over his mouth, not knowing what he was talking about, it was Shen Wen who was ordered by others!
The prince conducted a series of investigations.
The people from the Hou Mansion said that it was the girl they sent who made Shen Wen wear the silver jewelry, not Shen Wen's own choice. Shen Wen was frightened and confused afterwards, his mind was a little unclear, and he thought the queen was a monster.
The eyeliner in Zhenbeihou's mansion also sent news: the old lady did not tell Yang about this matter, nor did she tell Zhenbeihou. It can be seen that what Shen Wen said was not the attitude of Zhenbeihou's mansion. Those people in Zhenbeihou's mansion have been thoroughly checked, and no one seems to be able to instruct Shen Wen to say those words, and there is no sign that they know what Shen Wen will say in advance. As for the others, the masters of the Zhenbeihou's Mansion each had a few people staring at them, and the whole mansion was thoroughly searched, and there was no invisible person to be found.
If no one in Zhenbeihou's mansion can teach Shen Wen to say those words, Shen Wen must make his own decisions. Could it be that the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion has been loyal and good for generations, but there is an outlier who disrespects the royal family? ! But if Shen Wen is his own idea, then what does Shen Wen want to do? ! If the old lady or the Yang family played such a trick, let alone the prince, the emperor would be alert. But how much can an eight-year-old girl know? After she deliberately offended the queen, what did she get? die! Even if he didn't die at the time, he wouldn't end well in the future!
The prince doubted: Was Shen Wen really dead at that time
He asked the imperial doctor carefully, and the imperial doctor said that the girl had no pulse at that time! The queen's tea is also really poisonous. The imperial doctor's conclusion was that the girl was very sensitive to the medicine, and she could feel it just by a little bit. Knowing that the queen had been poisoned, she frightened herself to death.
The prince was still not at ease, and sent the imperial doctor to ask Shi Helin carefully about the rescue process in the Hou's mansion under the pretext of asking for advice. Shi Helin also said that he had no pulse at that time, and it was his apprentice Duan Zeng Shima who treated him as a living horse doctor and pricked an acupuncture point on the heart vein to save him. He even explained those acupoints well, and the imperial doctor said that it does have the effect of activating the heart.
The prince deeply felt that the imperial physicians in the palace were useless, why didn't he think of this? Naturally, he didn't know that even if the imperial doctor gave the injection at that time, Shen Wen didn't want to wake up, and he still wouldn't "live".
Could it be that Shen Wen used fake death medicine? But where is the fake death medicine so easy to find? ! This kind of thing will definitely not be sold in drugstores marked as "Fake Death Drug". There are no more secrets in the Hou's mansion, and Shen Wen doesn't even leave the mansion, so where can he find medicine? …
After going around and around, the final conclusion is that Shen Wen really died at that time.
Did Shen Wen seek death on purpose? Could it be that she wanted the queen to kill herself in public? ! She is only eight years old, which eight-year-old child is so joking with his life? This also conflicts with many speculations about her scheming - what really smart person would kill himself
After much deliberation, the prince felt that if Shen Wen thought he was smart and was brought up to the table by the queen, he would forget his identity, become hot-headed, say what he thought, and lose the rules. How much makes sense...
This matter was so bad that it was either planned by Shen Wen, or the queen was careless. The prince is more inclined to believe that the queen, who has been proud of the spring breeze recently, has been careless. The queen chose the wrong environment, she shouldn't have chosen to admonish that girl in front of so many people, any mistake would embarrass the queen in public. If you choose a place where no one is watching, wouldn't there be no such incidents at all
He didn't know that even if the queen chooses a place where there is no one, Shen Wen will still "die", and the queen will still be charged with poisoning people to death.
The prince was very angry: that girl is stupid and clumsy, reckless and rascal, why can't she always be pinned down? never mind! Even if this girl said it unintentionally, those words such as "the prince is the biggest", "the queen's grandmother" and alluding to the queen's poisoning are too sinister. Such a person, even an eight-year-old child, cannot be kept, he must find a chance to get rid of her!
As soon as he decided to kill Shen Wen, all the prince's doubts were easily resolved: no matter whether you are intentional or unintentional, stupid or smart, you are dead! No trick is worth showing in the face of death.
The prince asked Shen Wen to monitor Shen Wen carefully to see who she had had close contact with, and to report all her whereabouts one by one.
Shen Wen naturally knew that he had made a big fuss this time, and attacked the prince and queen again and again. According to the prince's narrow mind, he should get rid of himself. She has nothing to fear at this time - as long as Zhenbeihou still holds the military power, the emperor will not be able to destroy the family. The prince wanted to do something, but he didn't dare to do it clearly. It must be in private or through some other means. Shen Wen has a thousand years of wandering and consciousness, so he can't see what the prince wants.
The two confrontations she had with the prince and the queen were really not for pretending to be stupid, but to achieve her goal: to separate the prince and the emperor, and to make the queen miss in front of everyone. She needs to pave the way for the public opinion of Zhenbeihou's mansion, because one day, people will face a choice - whether to believe in Zhenbeihou, or the prince, or even the emperor!
As for whether the prince would suspect that she was extremely talented or something, Shen Wen was not worried. Because just as the eight-year-old Shen Wen couldn't convince his family that he was far-sighted and able to control destiny, the prince would not believe that an eight-year-old child could have any foresight.
She was hit with one blow, and immediately died down. After waking up, she has been playing dumb in the yard. Usually during the day, the cat stays in the house, reads a book, and meditates for a long time in the tent. Only at night did I go out of the yard for a walk back and forth, and by the way, see who would come to visit the Marquis Mansion. She was stalling for time, letting the other party calm down, forgetting that she had shown her sharpness, so that she could despise herself again.
She was so honest that she made the prince consciously make a fuss at first, but then he really let down his vigilance slowly. Because if a person is smart, it is inevitable to point fingers and show some nature in daily life. But Shen Wen was doing nothing day after day, playing piano, chess, poetry, calligraphy and painting without any flashes, and he really couldn't see any intelligence. How did he know that Shen Wen was a quiet person in his previous life, and he had endured a thousand years of loneliness, so it was really easy for her to hide her strength and bide her time. Moreover, the prince has already decided to kill her, so he doesn't waste his time thinking about her temperament, and just finds opportunities to act in the future. Now he is starting to worry about other things.
Since the death of his mother, the third prince has been depressed. He practiced boxing and swords all day in the palace, and he didn't like to talk to anyone. Hearing that the queen had poisoned the young daughter of Marquis of Zhenbei in public, thinking that the queen was most likely the one who killed his mother, he was naturally furious.
He recently heard rumors that the emperor angered Chen Guifei and withdrew Eunuch Gu because of his contacts with the Zhenbeihou Mansion. Knowing that the emperor didn't like his contact with the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, the third prince could not cause trouble for others. At this sensitive moment, he only sent a post to Shen Yi to express his condolences.
What surprised him was that in the receipt, Shen Yi not only thanked him for his greetings, but also invited him to ride a horse out of the city. As usual, he didn't mean to avoid him at all.
The third prince deeply felt that Shen Yi was righteous. Although he knew that what he did would make his father unhappy, he was holding back a fire in his heart. He had to go against the emperor to let it go, so he made an appointment with Shen Yi and went out of the city to ride a horse together.
This started, and every now and then, the Third Prince and the Shen brothers and sisters would always go out together. Shen Xiang is the youngest and always lags behind when riding a horse. The third prince would sometimes turn his head unconsciously to see if the red figure could keep up.
It was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, among the green trees and green bushes, a group of young men and women were urging their horses to gallop to their heart's content. While galloping profusely in sweat, the third prince felt that he was slowly freed from the gloom after his mother's death.
The prince knew that the third prince was so blatantly hanging out with the children of Zhenbeihou, and that he was closer than before, so he couldn't bear the anger in his heart. The princes of the Marquis of Zhenbei will become generals in charge of the army in a few years, and Shen Yi will surely become the new generation of Marquis of Zhenbei leading the 200,000 Shen family army in the future! What does it mean that the third prince has a close relationship with these people? ! Even Chen Guifei's death did not teach the third prince a lesson, it seems that there must be more powerful means.
Shen Wen knew that Shen Yi did it on purpose. The queen poisoned herself in public, angering Shen Yi. The old lady stopped her from telling Zhenbeihou, Zhenbeihou didn't know the details, so naturally he didn't give instructions, which caused Shen Yi to make his own claim and get closer with the third prince.
Although Shen Wen knew that Shen Yi's youthful nature was actually putting the Zhenbeihou Mansion in a more dangerous situation, but with her in this life, things would be different. She even appreciated Shen Yi's resistance, which showed that Shen Yi could not accept the queen's poisoning of his sister in public, unlike the old lady and father who would blindly bear with it. Only with this dissatisfaction can one understand her thoughts. Shen Wen decided that Shen Yi would be the first relative she would tell the future.
After the fourth prince heard what happened in the palace, he secretly laughed for a long time at night.
He was absolutely sure it was a move, too. This chess was played with falsehoods and truths, and it was certain that the queen wanted to insult Shen Wen in public, and took the opportunity to make Shen Wen "die" on the spot. This is not a simple dispute of words at all, but to fully reveal the queen's vicious intentions and unscrupulous behavior to everyone. He even guessed that whether there was poison in that cup of tea, Shen Wen would fall to the ground. He didn't know that Shen Wen could hold his breath, but he guessed that Shen Wen might have taken the medicine himself in advance. He thinks that the chess player in Zhenbeihou's mansion is omnipotent, so naturally there is no misunderstanding caused by the prince's contempt for the opponent.
Under the eyes of everyone, the emperor or the prince, in order to prevent Shen Wen from really dying in the palace, must send Shen Wen out of the palace immediately, and Shen Wen retreated without any harm. After leaving the palace, he was naturally "rescued" by the "miracle doctor". Then he borrowed the judgment of the imperial physician in the palace and escaped the crime of deceiving the emperor by feigning death. But the queen couldn't argue with her words, and she was suspected of poisoning the young daughter of the pillar of the country...
For the queen, the fourth prince doesn't have any affection at all. He saw that this move was to make the queen look good, and he felt happy in his heart.
Unlike the prince, he was keenly aware of the chess player's purpose - he was still weakening the prince's wings! On the surface, this move is aimed at the queen, but in reality, it is alluding to the prince. If something happens to the queen, the prince will lose the support of the palace.
After thinking about it, he felt that Su Wanniang had a very close relationship with this chess player, otherwise he would not be able to manipulate the eight-year-old Shen Wen. He also didn't believe that Shen Wen could come up with such a trick with his own wisdom. He really wanted to ask Su Wanniang who her master was. Of course, this might be just an excuse for him to see her. After all, lying alone all night, there was always someone in his heart.
This incident made the empress feel ashamed, and she had no time to take care of the fourth prince's affairs. A month later, the fourth prince suddenly said that he didn't want to take Qin Quan's medicine anymore. No matter what Qin Quan gave, the fourth prince would never touch it! Apart from needing Qin Quan's help to carry him out to bask in the sun every day, the fourth prince didn't even see Qin Quan anymore.
Just like that, the fourth prince's health gradually improved! The imperial doctor prescribed medicine again, but the fourth prince refused to take it. It is said that it is uncomfortable to eat, and if you don’t take the medicine, you will die if you die.
In May, the fourth prince can already get out of bed. No diarrhea, regained vitality, sunbathing every day, and his face is no longer so haggard.
He didn't want to just sit in Qin Quan's clinic, so he asked Ding Neishi to hire a car every day to drive him to Guanyi Pavilion. Originally, the fourth prince was most afraid of people watching him walk, but now he limped in the public, and limped into the Guanqi Pavilion with the help of Ding's waiter to watch people play chess.
The fourth prince naturally wouldn't tell others about his identity. When he first went there, he was coaxed and played a few games of chess by Bao Guanren. Later, many chess players played chess with the fourth prince.
Shen Zhuo, the third son of the Zhenbeihou Mansion, and Zhang Yunming, the eldest son of the Yuanhou Mansion, have become frequent visitors to the Guanyi Pavilion since watching Ji Wenzhao solve the game in the Guanyi Pavilion. The two often meet in the Guanyi Pavilion, and when they meet, they refuse to accept the other, and it's just a game.
Going up to Shanduo, they finally met a tiger, and the two finally met the fourth prince.
That day, Shen Zhuo came in and saw the fourth prince sitting in a corner watching others play chess, so he naturally pretended not to know him. After he accompanied the third prince to Su Wan's mother's house and met the fourth prince, he had no formal contact with him, although he also helped to throw the fourth prince's jade pendant at the corner of the street. The fourth prince's eyes flicked, and he didn't look any further. Not long after, Zhang Yunming came in shaking his fan.
Zhang Yunming is sixteen years old this year, and he already considers himself a mature youth. Not to mention being arty, he often recites poems and odes with his head shaking his head. Although he is regarded as an imitation by those serious literati, he himself feels that he is very superior.
He saw Shen Zhuo, smiled and saluted, "Master Shen, how are you doing recently?"
Shen Zhuo raised his head halfway proudly: "Hello Mr. Zhang, I've been doing well recently, especially last time I beat you by a son and a half, and I feel even happier."
Zhang Yunming sighed slightly: "Young people are easy to be satisfied. They don't take pleasure in things and don't feel sad for themselves. The third son still needs time!"
Shen Zhuo smirked: "I really don't feel sorry for myself, I just feel sorry for Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang has been swaggering around recently, and his chess skills have obviously declined!"
Zhang Yunming unfolded his fan, put one hand behind his back, fanned, and put on a posture that he thought he was free and easy, and said: "Last time I wanted to make the third son happy for a while, but the third son ignored my good intentions! "
Shen Zhuo gritted his teeth, his eyes flickered: "Don't you believe that your chess skills have declined? Don't talk about me, just choose someone around my age who can defeat you."
Zhang Yunming laughed, looked around, and naturally saw the fourth prince.
Although the fourth prince was only a thirteen-year-old boy who was about the same age as Shen Zhuo, perhaps after a serious illness, he broke through the turmoil in the world, and sat there with a calm face, clear eyes, and a gentle and generous demeanor.
Zhang Yunming liked it immediately when he saw it, he approached him and saluted, "What's your surname, young master? Would you like to play next game?"
The fourth prince returned the gift with some young people's embarrassment: "My surname is Jiang, and if I can get advice from the young master, I should take it as my companion."
Zhang Yunming sat in front of the fourth prince's chess table, and the two started playing chess. Although Zhang Yunming is older, the fourth prince has more time to study chess records when he is alone in the deep palace. During this time, he has nothing to do but replay Ji Wenzhao's chess game over and over again in his head. . After one game, he actually won the five sons of Zhang Yunming.
Zhang Yunming looked at the fourth prince in disbelief, and said salutingly: "Although this young master is young, his chess skills are superb, which impresses me. Can you leave your address and allow me to come and visit you?"
The fourth prince smiled shyly and said, "I... it's inconvenient at home..."
Zhang Yunming only thought that the other party might not like people coming to the door, so he didn't ask much, and said: "We will meet again in the future, and we will definitely talk again." After finishing speaking, he closed the fan in his hand and said with a smile: "This is what I drew. The fishing picture, if you don’t abandon it, you can keep it as a souvenir.”
The fourth prince accepted it with a smile, and said thank you: "There is nothing around me, only when I see you next time, please return the gift."
Zhang Yunming hurriedly said: "No need, as long as the young master likes it."
Shen Zhuo, who was at the side, sneered: "You know that the fans you painted are given away everywhere, and the paintings are not so good. In the future, people will definitely return better gifts than you give, thanks to you, you are not shy at all."
Zhang Yunming was not angry either, and said with a smile: "Literati make friends through literature, and I meet this young master through chess. The third young master still needs to study hard."
After saying goodbye and leaving, he never found that the person sitting behind the fourth prince with his head bowed was an eunuch. The fourth prince didn't get up, so naturally he didn't realize that the fourth prince was crippled.
After Shen Zhuo successfully diverted the trouble to the east, he left with a smile.
That night the prince got the news: the fourth prince played a game of chess with the eldest son of Marquis Pingyuan in Guanyi Pavilion. Mr. Zhang didn't seem to realize that it was the fourth prince. The third son of the Marquis of Zhenbei was also there at that time, but he didn't strike up a conversation with the fourth prince.
The prince frowned and thought about it, but he couldn't figure out why the eldest son Zhang, who was everywhere with civil officials, wanted to befriend the fourth prince, or why the fourth prince wanted to befriend the eldest son Zhang. Is it really just for playing chess? To be on the safe side, let the fourth prince return to the palace as soon as possible.
The next day, the imperial doctors brought the eunuchs in the palace to Qin Quan's clinic to pick up the fourth prince back to the palace.
When all kinds of vehicles arrived in front of the hospital, Qin Quan was so excited that his face was sweating, but the fourth prince looked at him as if he were an enemy, and only gave him a few supercilious glances, and Ding Neishi didn't take a good look at him.
After sending the fourth prince away, Qin Quan told others that he cured the fourth prince, but Shi Helin lost no time in laughing at him, saying that the fourth prince survived because of his death, otherwise the fourth prince would have died in his hands.
Qin Quan was very aggrieved, and told everyone how difficult it was for him when he saw him, but everyone saw that he had won so many good things, and few people spoke well of him. If he said that he cured the fourth prince, naturally no one would respond.
On the way back to the palace, the fourth prince remembered the worries he had about those people when he was planning at Su Wan's mother's house. All involved are now safely evacuated. Perhaps the prince would ask people to track down Shi Helin's movements when he was knocked down, but no one would have thought that it was Duan Zeng, who was younger than himself, who took the bone. The symptoms after bone setting coincided with the sickness and frailty, so he was deceived by the imperial doctor. The most dangerous of these people is Qin Quan, who has provided him with shelter for more than three months, but will not be held accountable by the queen because he has "murdered" him as a quack doctor. As for the others, they didn't even show their faces, and it was impossible to find out.
The fourth prince once again sighed in his heart for the ingenuity of the person who arranged this series of actions. He found that the biggest characteristic of the other party is that he has a strong sense of protection. Those involved in the game are protected, and he is obviously a kind-hearted person. Since the other party has reconnected his leg, and he has to repay the favor of others, even if he has entered the game, he will never stay out of it again. The other party hides in Zhenbeihou's mansion, and must be planning to support the third prince's ascension. Brother Sanhuang is sincere and pure-hearted, much better than the prince, so it is his duty to help him.
There was no fear in his heart, but a feeling of eagerness to try. There is a new fork in life, which seems to be full of dangers, but it is more lively than the road arranged by my mother before.
After entering the palace, the fourth prince was immediately summoned to meet the queen. The fourth prince supported Ding Neishi's arm and walked in front of the queen, seeing that he was limping even worse than before. The illness of more than three months had made the fourth prince emaciated, and he was out of breath after a few words and leaned against Ding Neishi.
The queen looked at the cripple with disgust, said a few words about taking more rest, and let him go down. The emperor heard that the fourth prince had been ill outside for so long, and now that he had recovered, he wanted to see him, so the fourth prince had to go to see the emperor again.
Maybe it's because of the long illness, the bumpy journey back to the palace, and the fact that he just went to see the empress, and when he saw the emperor, the fourth prince looked like he was trying to force himself, but he looked very depressed.
With the support of Ding Neishi, he precariously bowed to the long-lost father, the emperor asked indifferently: "Is the emperor feeling good?"
The fourth prince said weakly: "Thank you, father, for asking. This time, the child was seriously ill, and he escaped death. I want to ask father for grace."
The emperor asked calmly: "What reward does the emperor want?"
The fourth prince shook his head and said: "When the child was seriously ill and unconscious, he dreamed of his mother several times, and deeply felt that it was the mother who saved the child's life. I hope that the father will allow the child to go to the imperial mausoleum to guard the spirit of the mother for ten years, in order to repay the mother's birth and rebirth. kindness."
The emperor had already heard that Qin Quan, who treated the fourth prince, was a quack doctor. If the fourth prince hadn't stopped taking the medicine, he probably wouldn't survive. Hearing what he said now, he didn't mention the doctor's name at all, which shows that he also thinks that person didn't cure him.
Hearing the fourth prince's request to guard the mausoleum, the emperor couldn't help but sneered: Wearing filial piety or keeping filial piety for the concubine's mother depends on how much the emperor loves that concubine, let alone go to the imperial mausoleum to guard the mausoleum for that concubine . The prince can only guard the mausoleum for the late emperor. Is the fourth prince expressing his dissatisfaction by saying this? Let him be sick for a few months outside, but he didn't take him back for proper treatment, so he said in a fit of anger that he wanted to leave the palace.
The emperor was relieved: it is a normal reaction to feel resentment in this way. If An An came back quietly, it would make people suspect that he stayed outside because of his own will.
Slowing down his tone, the emperor tried to speak as kindly as possible: "The emperor is still too young, he has hurt his body this time, so he should rest in the palace." After speaking, he signaled the fourth prince to step back, and the fourth prince looked helpless. Thank you, was helped up by Ding Neishi, and walked out with a limp.
Watching him walk out of the palace gate, the emperor said to Eunuch Sun who was beside him: "Although the fourth prince is useless, it is still a peace of mind. Tell the prince in the future and let the fourth prince guard the imperial mausoleum." Are you not Are you going to guard your mother? I will let you keep it forever.
Eunuch Sun complied, knowing that the emperor didn't like the fourth prince's words about guarding the imperial mausoleum when the emperor was still alive. Isn't there only one way out of guarding the imperial mausoleum
The prince also laughed when he heard this, and completely crossed out the fourth prince from his heart: He was originally a cripple, and now the father said to let him guard the imperial tomb, is there any other way out? The fourth prince played chess with the eldest son of Marquis Ping Yuan, so it was insignificant. Now only the third and fifth princes are left. The fifth prince is still young and can wait for a few more years, the third prince is the top priority.