Bai Muxiao paced slowly in the inner room, feeling restless.
It has been more than two months since Han Lingfu went to Xiye, and there is no news, and I don't know if the peace negotiation with Xiye has been completed... At the beginning, Han Lingfu went to Xijiang to negotiate peace with Xiye to make meritorious deeds, but now the credit has not been affected. However, the court is already about to turn upside down!
Counting the days, Xijiang should have received news from the capital, but even so, I am afraid that the distant water cannot save the near fire now!
How could things become like this!
She had to think hard about the next step.
At this moment, there was a sound of raising the curtain, and Bihen walked in quickly, bent his knees and said: "The side concubine, the Cui family sent someone over just now, saying that they would take the prince to live in the house for a few days, General Cui hasn't seen him for a month My son, I miss my grandson very much... "
The eldest son Han Weijun was recorded under the name of the late concubine Cui Yanyan, which was not out of Bai Muxiao's original intention... Even when he heard the news, Bai Muxiao strongly opposed it, but the emperor directly issued an imperial decree , even if she objected, it was useless, after all, she was just a side concubine of the county king...
Every time he thinks about this matter, Bai Muxiao feels angry and unwilling.
Besides Han Lingfu, the culprit, Bai Muxiao hated Cui Yanyan the most.
If Cui Yanyan hadn't become Han Lingfu's main concubine, she wouldn't have been reduced to a humble concubine bowing her head to her as a concubine.
If it wasn't for Cui Yanyan who poisoned her, that child would not have been born in such a pitiful manner, let alone be abandoned by his father...
All of this was caused by Cui Yanyan!
After all, Han Lingfu was still useless and didn't get things done properly, causing her son to recognize that vicious woman as his mother!
In the future, even if Brother Jun has the opportunity to occupy that position, Cui Yanyan will "mother is more expensive than her son", and she will always be inferior to Cui Yanyan!
Why does this woman, Cui Yanyan, pester and humiliate herself like a tarsal maggot even if she is dead!
Thinking about it, Bai Muxiao clenched her fists together fiercely, and looked at Bihen who came to report with a gloomy expression.
Since the emperor's imperial decree was issued, the Cui family used chicken feathers as arrows to visit Han Weijun from time to time, and even deliberately treated Bai Muxiao as a servant who took care of the prince, and his words were very contemptuous. Naturally, Bai Muxiao didn't want to deal with the Cui family, so after Han Lingfu left the capital, she dismissed the nuns in charge sent by the Cui family several times without letting them see Han Weijun.
But this time, the Cui family came to pick him up directly in the name of the eldest son's ancestral family, obviously threatening. I am afraid that if he dared to refuse, the Cui family would dare to go to the emperor... At this moment, Han Lingfu is not in the capital, and Bai Mu Xiao is not afraid of anything else, but she is afraid that she will give the second concubine Chen an excuse to adopt Han Weijun...
Seeing that Bai Muxiao remained silent for a long time, Bihen asked cautiously: "Side concubine, do you want a slave..."
Bai Muxiao raised her hand to interrupt Bihen, gritted her teeth and said, "Let the son go with them." She didn't believe that the Cui family was so bold that they dared to attack the son of the county king and the blood of the royal family!
"The son is still young, so he can't leave me at night, let the son come back before dark..." Bai Muxiao added lightly.
It's only natural for the child to cry for his mother, the Cui family can't afford to have to detain the child for a few days and not let him come back!
Bihen responded and went down.
The members of the Cui family came in a mighty way, and took the child back to Cui's mansion in a mighty way. As soon as the carriage entered the mansion, someone immediately went to report to Cui Wei and Mrs. Cui that Prince Gong's son had arrived.
After the servants who came to report retreated, a gentle male voice suddenly sounded in the hall: "General Cui, you know what to do!"
The person who spoke was a thin middle-aged man in a brocade gown with stone blue cloud patterns, his facial features were average, and he had a two-inch long beard on his chin, and his temperament was quite refined.
Cui Wei raised his eyes to look at the other party, pursed his lips into a straight line, still hesitating in his heart: now Xiaoshizi is recorded in the name of his daughter Cui Yanyan, once King Gong becomes the Great Treasure in the future, then his family will be the head of the country. Moreover, his fourth daughter is now the side concubine of Prince Gong, and will give birth to a son and a half daughter in the future, so the relationship between the Cui family and the royal family will be unbreakable...
Seemingly seeing Cui Wei's thoughts, the middle-aged man let out a sneer, and his originally peaceful eyes sharpened instantly. He said indifferently: "General Cui, Prince Gong is not a fool, does he really know nothing?"
The middle-aged man spoke meaningfully, and Cui Wei shrank his pupils, as if trying to understand something, he raised his eyes and looked out of the hall.
Not far outside the hall, a woman with a big arm and a thick waist was walking towards this side holding a 18-month-old baby in a red coat. The baby was fair-skinned and handsome, but a little thin and red. A few strands of thin brown hair on the ears and temples were exposed outside the carp hat, which shone almost golden in the sun...
Cui Wei stared at the baby's hair, squinted his eyes slightly, a gleam flashed in his eyes, finally nodded, clasped his fists and said, "Brother Yu, please advise me!"
The middle-aged man smiled slightly and said: "General Cui, what you have to do is very simple, just..."
So, half an hour later, two carriages left Cui's mansion one after another, and one of the black-painted flat-topped carriages sped towards the palace. Cui Wei brought Han Weijun, the son of Prince Gong, into the palace to pay his respects to the emperor.
At this moment, besides the emperor, in the emperor's bedroom, the empress is also waiting on the couch.
Cui Wei came so suddenly that the emperor was a little surprised. If this was normal, the emperor would have dismissed Cui Wei casually, but recently the emperor has been ill for a long time. At this time, he is more fragile physically and mentally than usual, and he also values family affection more than usual.
Thinking that he hadn't seen his grandson Han Weijun for a long time, the emperor summoned Cui Wei and the others.
"The last general brings his son to see the emperor and empress!"
Cui Wei respectfully knelt down to salute the empress, while Han Weijun was not yet one year old and couldn't speak, so he saluted casually with the help of the palace servants.
The emperor ordered the two of them to get up, but Cui Wei didn't get up immediately, and said respectfully: "The general came without announcing and asked the emperor to forgive me, the general is thinking that King Gongjun is not in the capital at the moment, so he cannot be filial in front of the emperor. , the last general specially brought his son here to serve Duke Gong as a filial piety."
Cui Wei's words were high-sounding. Of course, the emperor knew that Cui Wei's words were just anecdotes, but seeing his grandson visiting him in the palace, the emperor was still in a good mood, and forgive him for his innocence.
For a moment, the baby's lovely milking voice brought life to the originally lifeless palace. Even the emperor let out a long-lost laugh, and even rewarded his grandson with a golden collar...
Seeing the emperor's smiling face, the waiter at the side said jokingly, "Your Majesty, empress, the little emperor's grandson is really good-looking, with fair skin, thick hair, and facial features that look like dolls in New Year pictures. "
"That's right." The other servant also echoed with a smile, "The slave looks at the young emperor's grandson who looks a bit like Zhang Concubine..."
Zhang Bin? ! The emperor was stunned, and looked at the little baby who was supported by the palace servants on the ground again, sized him up carefully, stroked his beard and said, "It looks a bit like Concubine Zhang..."
Han Lingfu's biological mother, Zhang Bin, also has some outsider blood. Her hair color is a little lighter than that of ordinary Dayu people, and it tends to be brown. The same is true for this child, and this child's outline and facial features are profound, especially his nose bridge and eye sockets. …
If you look carefully, this child doesn't seem to look like a Dayu man. Concubine Zhang's facial features are bright and vivid, but they are not as profound as this child...
"It doesn't seem quite like..." the emperor murmured again, these few words were so soft that only he could hear them.
"Your Majesty, King Gongjun is young and powerful, and he will surely bring 'good news' to the Emperor soon. The little grandson born in the future will definitely look like the Emperor." One of the servants flattered the Emperor.
The emperor couldn't help laughing, he didn't care if his grandson looked like him, anyway, he didn't have only one grandson, Han Weijun, but this child was Xiaosan's only son.
Speaking of which, Xiaosan is really a difficult child!
It stands to reason that there are quite a few women in Xiaosan's mansion, why after so many years, only Bai Muxiao has given birth to two children, and the others are either stillborn or have not moved...
etc!
The emperor seemed to have thought of something, his expression froze.
Could it be that there is something wrong with the mistress that caused the heirs to be unprosperous
If you are sick, you must be cured.
The emperor thought thoughtfully, his mood faded, and he dismissed Cui Wei and Han Weijun in a few words.
As soon as Cui Wei left, the emperor murmured and ordered: "Come here, call the Imperial Physician Zhang here."
During this period of time, the emperor was sick on the couch, and now the imperial hospital has arranged for the imperial physician to be on standby in the emperor's bedroom at twelve hours a day, so the imperial physician Zhang came quickly.
"Does the imperial hospital have the pulse case of Prince Gong?" The emperor asked straight to the point.
Physician Zhang was still a little nervous at first, but when he saw that the emperor seemed to be in good spirits, he was secretly relieved when he asked about King Gong’s pulse. Ask the imperial physician to diagnose the Ping An pulse."
The emperor raised his eyebrows with surprise on his face. The royal heirs are weak. Although most of the princes are young, according to the rules, the imperial hospital will ask the princes for a pulse every ten days. This has been the case for decades. Why does Xiaosan...
The emperor wanted to say something more, but he heard the empress who was beside him suddenly dismiss Doctor Zhang.
When only the empress was left in the bedroom, the empress looked at the emperor hesitantly, and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say something, it's about Brother Jun..."
The emperor frowned slightly, and suddenly remembered that the empress seemed to have never spoken to the child again except for saying hello to Han Weijun when he greeted him. Could there be something wrong with the child
"Is there anything else the queen and I can't say?" the emperor asked hastily.
The queen seemed to be in a dilemma, sighed faintly, and finally said: "Your Majesty, in fact, there have been some indecent rumors in the capital during this period. The concubines thought it was just rumors, but now they are worried that it is groundless..." It may not be without reason.
The empress paused for a moment before continuing with difficulty: "Those rumors say... that King Gong did not know who he did the scandal of 'being acquainted with Cheng Ren'..." As she spoke, the empress lowered her head, as if she didn't dare to look at the emperor. look.
Become a friend! Hearing this, the emperor's pupils shrank sharply and his face sank like water.
The so-called "friendship between Cheng and Ren" is an evocative anecdote in "Zhou Dong Yeyu". It is said that an official surnamed Cheng and an official surnamed Ren are close friends, but the official surnamed Ren is nearly forty years old. Incense, one day, the official surnamed Cheng sent a concubine to the official surnamed Ren as a gift for his 40th birthday. Eight months later, the concubine gave birth to a child prematurely.
Everyone in the world said that the child born to that concubine was actually named Cheng, not Ren.
The meaning behind the queen's words is clear.
The emperor's complexion became more and more ugly, and the child's face that was too beautiful to look like a Dayu could not help appearing in his mind.
A few rays of sunlight projected from the window made the emperor's face half-bright and half-dark. At this moment, it seemed that even the inside of the hall became a little dark...
The sun outside had begun to slant westward. Although there was still some time before the palace gate was locked, Cui Wei couldn't wait to take Han Weijun out of the palace gate. After that, he didn't take the child to Cui's mansion again, and directly ordered his servants to take the child away. Sent back to Gongjun Palace.
Not long after, Bihen and the wet nurse hugged Han Weijun happily and returned to Xinghuiyuan, "The side concubine, the little prince is back!"
When the little baby saw her mother stretching out her hand, she wanted to go to her, and cried "ah".
Bai Muxiao was flipping through a book of "Dayu Kyushu Chronicles" in the small study, and responded with a flat expression.
She glanced at Han Weijun, then looked away, not caring where the child went today. As far as she is concerned, as long as he comes back safely, she doesn't even know what is going on behind the scenes of the Cui family...
Han Weijun hasn't eaten anything for nearly half a day since he left the county palace. He was already hungry. Seeing his mother ignoring him, he burst into tears. , looking embarrassed.
"Wow wow..."
The baby cried louder and louder, the hysterical cry seemed to blow off the roof, the nurse hurriedly patted his back to coax him.
Seeing the child crying non-stop, Bai Muxiao felt irritated for a while, and ordered the wet nurse a little impatiently: "Hurry up and take the son down to feed him!"
"Yes, side concubine." Naturally, the wet nurse carried Xiaoshizi down as promised.
The child's crying gradually faded away, the surroundings soon became quiet, and Bai Muxiao was left alone in the small study.
Bai Muxiao flipped through "Dayu Kyushu Chronicles" for a while, but her heart couldn't calm down. The restless feeling still lingered in her heart and didn't fade away.
There has been no news from Xijiang, and the unresolved feeling makes her more and more uneasy.
Why!
Bai Muxiao put down the book in her hand, and looked up at the cloudless blue sky outside the window, with resentment and depression in her eyes.
Obviously she has strategy, foresight, and courage, but because she is a daughter, she is trapped in the inner house, unable to do anything, and can only passively wait in the capital...
Xijiang is thousands of miles away, even if she wants to, she can't do it...
At this moment in Xijiang, Han Lingfu finally learned the news from the capital, including the fact that King Shunjun had poisoned the emperor and had a stroke and framed the Fifth Prince, and that the Fifth Prince had exposed his conspiracy with the help of Yong Yang and managed to supervise the country.
One after another, one by one, made him turn pale with shock.
He thought he had got a good job to negotiate a peace, but he didn't expect that Han Lingfan would take the lead for nothing after only leaving the capital for more than two months.
If he was still in the royal capital, he would definitely not let the fifth emperor brother gain power easily. He could even use the excuse that the fifth emperor brother was unintentional but still helped the emperor to abuse his father and made the fifth emperor brother like the second emperor brother forever. There is no turning back!
What a pity, such a great opportunity is probably gone forever!
The more Han Lingfu thought about it, the more annoyed he became. He really had bad luck!
I just came to Xijiang by myself...
Thinking of what happened after he came to Xijiang, Han Lingfu frowned.
Now the situation in Xijiang is completely out of his control, and he can't do anything here. But now that the father is critically ill, and the five emperors who are in charge of the battle are in charge of the country, then what is the peace talks? !
Even if Lord Han Huai resisted the order and continued to fight against the Xiye army, the Fifth Emperor would definitely not punish him...
The more Han Lingfu thought about it, the worse it became. He couldn't stay in Xijiang any longer, so he had to return to the capital to take charge of the overall situation. Once the fifth emperor brother stabilizes the court and calms the hearts of the people, then everything is truly irreversible!
Han Lingfu said decisively: "This king wants to return to the capital immediately!"
His voice was resounding, but when he came to the gate of the garrison mansion with a few soldiers, he was immediately stopped by the Xuanjia army guarding the gate, and he only said:
"In and out!"
Han Lingfu has been under house arrest in this garrison mansion for more than half a month, and every time he wants to leave the mansion, all he gets is these four dry words. Han Lingfu is full of anger in his heart, and he said angrily: "Let Mr. Han Huai come to see you!" My lord! If he doesn't come, even if I splatter blood on the spot today, I will leave here!" He didn't believe that Mr. Han Huai dared to kill his dignified prince!
The soldiers who sent the message left quickly, and it was not until more than half an hour later that Han Huaijun came on horseback.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
Under the golden sun, amidst the flying yellow dust, a young man in armor was sitting astride a black steed. He looked heroic and energetic, but Han Lingfu felt aggrieved in his heart, and the anger that had subsided slightly It's brewing again in the bottom of my heart...
Suppressing his anger, he watched Han Huaijun get off his horse and strode towards him.
Han Lingfu wanted to walk out of the gate of the garrison mansion, but when he heard a "click" sound of metal collisions, two long knives crossed and blocked him immediately.
The two young men stood facing each other across a high threshold.
"What advice does the lord have for the general?" Han Huaijun clasped his fists and said calmly, his indifferent tone seemed as if the two of them were just strangers, not cousins who grew up together.
Han Lingfu restrained his anger and said: "Father is seriously ill and his life is dying. As the son of my father, I must hurry back to the capital to serve my father!"
After a pause, he seemed to be afraid that Mr. Han Huai would not agree, and he said righteously: "Mr. Han Huai, don't forget, without Emperor Father, you would be where you are today!"
Lord Han Huai is just the concubine of King Qi, even his father, King Qi, doesn't take him seriously. If it wasn't for his father, Lord Han Huai would be just an idle clan in the future, letting Princess Qi do his best.
It was the father who valued him, gave him the opportunity to march north and west, and gave him a future!
If Mr. Han Huai doesn't let him go today, then he is disloyal, unrighteous, benevolent and filial! What face does he have to gain a foothold in the army!
A sharp light flashed in Han Lingfu's eyes, and he looked at Han Huaijun for a moment.
Han Huaijun nodded and said, "Okay, let's go."
Han Huaijun's simple four words made Han Lingfu dumbfounded, and almost suspected that he had heard it wrong.
He originally thought that Han Huai Jun would find all kinds of excuses to try to stop him, and he had prepared a lot of words, planning to use both soft and hard tactics, but he didn't expect the other party to agree so readily.
Han Lingfu choked up for a moment, his handsome face was full of astonishment, and he was half-doubtful.
Han Lingfu glanced at Han Huaijun again, no longer thinking about it, turned around, and said to the followers and soldiers beside him: "Hurry up! Prepare your luggage!"
Han Lingfu strode away, looking at him, he really wanted to fly away from here, while Han Huaijun stayed in place and watched his back for a long time, with deep disappointment in his eyes.
This disappointment seems to be aimed at Han Lingfu, but it doesn't seem to be...
Han Huaijun's eyes moved up slowly, and looked towards the sky, which was the direction of the king's capital...
After a while, he withdrew his gaze, then turned around and got on his horse, rode away, and went straight to the west city gate.
At this time, most of the setting sun had already set, casting a golden halo on the city wall.
From a distance, Mr. Han Huai could see Yao Lianghang standing on the high city wall, patrolling the city defense with several soldiers. The corners of Han Huaijun's originally pursed mouth slightly raised, and his expression relaxed a lot.
When Yao Lianghang heard the sound of horseshoes, he also heard the prestige, and then quickly walked down the stone steps.