No one expected things to take such a sharp turn.
I thought it was a private rendezvous between the second prince and the fourth prince and concubine, and there was a disagreement. I never thought that it was the second prince who was lucky to have a palace servant on a whim, while the fourth prince was drunk in the palace and was sobered up by his husband. .
Could it be that the palace staff saw the wrong place, after all, the two palaces are not far apart
Seeing the fourth prince standing there looking at this side in a confused manner, everyone thought a lot.
When Duke Zhen Guo got Yan Yan's safe answer, he hurriedly left. After all, this is His Majesty's family business, and it was a last resort to follow him, so it is natural to avoid it at this time.
"Father and mother, but what happened?" Luo Huaiyuan asked again.
He was used to pretending, but in fact, he had been squatting behind the door and watched the big show for a long time, and he came out after feeling the same.
For a while, the surroundings were very quiet, only a little movement could be heard from the door.
Luo Huaiyuan seemed to hear the voice of the second prince inside, and couldn't help pointing to the door in surprise and asked, "This, how is the second prince..."
Emperor Xi frowned and said, "It's okay, your second emperor was drunk and actually dragged a palace servant to mess around here." After speaking, he said to Concubine Xu: "Don't let that beast clean up and get out! "
Concubine Xu reacted quickly, and gave a wink to the palace servant beside her.
Emperor Xi said again: "Since your daughter-in-law is drunk, you will send her back."
Luo Huaiyuan nodded, then turned around and went to work in the palace. After a while, a man wrapped in a cloak was helped out. Seemingly knowing that Emperor Xi did not want him to be here, he hurried away without lingering for a while.
After Emperor Xi spoke, the matter was settled, and no one dared to say more.
It seems that just like what Emperor Xi said, the second prince was drunk and ridiculous, and dragged a palace servant to mess around here. As for whether the second prince could not pour a thousand cups, and whether he was such an unstable person, no one has investigated it.
Of course, this is only a superficial phenomenon. In fact, there are still a small number of people who know that things are not so simple.
Because of the sudden incident and in a place like Jiying Hall, the second prince and the palace servant were quickly moved. Later, Emperor Xi also ordered people to investigate, but nothing suspicious was found at the scene. Because the second prince was in an abnormal state, an imperial doctor was invited for diagnosis and treatment.
The imperial doctor took his pulse and said that the second prince had signs of Chinese medicine, including that little palace man.
What's even more surprising is that when I went to investigate, I found the second prince concubine tightly bound under the bed.
When she was discovered, the second princess was in a coma, and she also showed signs of being attacked, but only slightly. Some people noticed that the second princess was only wearing middle clothes and trousers, and the outer crown clothes were peeled off and scattered on the ground outside.
Some people guessed the clue, but no one dared to say it.
Emperor Xi personally issued a speech and issued a forbidden password, and this matter naturally passed through the water without a trace. After all, there are too many things that are not suitable to be made public, and they can only be left alone.
Did anyone guess that a lot of things were actually related to the Fourth Prince, no one knew. Just like what Luo Huaiyuan had thought before, no matter what position it was based on, the matter could not be found out, it would just let it pass in secret.
Ask why
Unless Emperor Xi intends to lose the face of the royal family, he does not want the son of the second prince.
So the truth only exists in the hearts of a few people.
***
When Yan Yan woke up, she found herself riding on the fat man.
His expression was weird, and so was his state. It's a pity that she didn't have time to think about what happened at this time, so she could only continue dancing with her body.
After the incident, she collapsed into Luo Huaiyuan's arms, her body was sore and sore, she didn't even bother to move her fingers.
At this moment, the previous memory came back to her mind, and Yan Yan could not wait to find a crack in the wall to get in.
Although there are not many such things between husband and wife, but she has never been so daring. She remembered that she was dawdling around him like a water snake, and said some very humiliating words and did some very such actions, and she couldn't help but be ashamed and angry.
However, Yan Yan quickly realized that her state was not right, and stood up straight.
"What's wrong with me? Was someone drugged?"
Luo Huaiyuan smiled bitterly and touched her sweaty jade face, "Daughter-in-law, you have been drugged. If it wasn't for your husband and I went there in time, something big would have happened this time."
Then he briefly recounted what happened next, including what he himself did in it. Yan Yan's face became darker as she listened, and when she heard that Empress Xiao finally sent someone to arrest the rape, her anger burned to the highest point when she caught the second prince who was lucky enough to be a palace servant on a whim.
Luo Huaiyuan hurriedly reassured her: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, I have already reported this hatred to your husband. Although this matter has not been investigated, everyone knows that she is involved in it. Concubine Xu suffered such a big loss, I will never let her go easily, and I guess I am thinking about how to repay the past. Let these two women fight by themselves, we can just watch the show. "
Judging from his appearance, it seemed that he really wanted to find the Queen for something. No matter how impulsive Yan Yan was, she would not do such a stupid thing unless she didn't want to live anymore.
After such a while, Yan Yan also regained her strength and got up from him.
"Going to take a bath? Let's have a play with the mandarin ducks together, don't say Yanyan, you are so enthusiastic today..."
Luo Huaiyuan laughed slyly, Yan Yan couldn't help rolling his eyes and pinching him.
"Ugh... why are you screwing me again, I've worked hard today... 嘤嘤嘤... My waist hurts... "
Yan Yan finally couldn't bear it any longer, and the string in her head snapped with a 'pop'.
"Damn fat man, enough is enough..."
Don't you know that girls are very shy when they encounter this kind of thing, and they have to keep their mouths shut.
***
Empress Xiao was quite sure that she was tricked by someone, and the person who tricked her is unknown for the time being.
It was all arranged, but when she was about to change the object, she made a big ugly face in front of Emperor Xi. Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough and didn't leave any clues, otherwise it would not end well.
She had wondered if the fourth prince had made a fool of himself, but it was a pity that he didn't look like that.
Empress Xiao was suspicious of her confidant's life and went to find the little palace servant named Yingge, and asked what happened at the time, but it was a pity that Yingge's little palace servant was kept by the second prince and could not get online at all.
And Emperor Xi, although he didn't show anything on his face, he went to Chunluan Palace that night and stayed in Xu Guifei's palace for three nights in a row.
For a while, Concubine Xu Gui was the only one in the harem.
After that incident, the second prince remained silent. Whether it was Concubine Xu personally asking him or the third prince, he remained silent.
The specific truth, in fact, several people know in their hearts, but the process is impossible to guess.
Of course, there is an exception, that is Lu Xiuling.
Because of this incident, Emperor Xi issued a seal order. The following servants don't say anything, they cover their mouths tightly when they sleep, for fear that they will miss something in their sleep, and the rest of the palace will naturally not know.
After the second prince was drunk, he was lucky to have a palace servant in Jiying Palace, which was not a big deal in the palace. Surprisingly, the second prince actually took the palace servant as his concubine by his side.
Could it be that the second prince likes this girl very much
The second prince and the second prince concubine have only been newly married for less than three months, and they have long heard that the second prince does not like seeing the second prince concubine very much. You must know that there are many palace servants around the princes, but there is not one who has a name. These are things that need to be discussed after a big wedding.
Generally, in order to give dignity to the prince and concubine, it will be postponed until half a year to a year after the wedding.
People who know the inside story will naturally understand the meaning of the second prince's actions, but these people are in the minority after all.
Therefore, when the second prince and concubine were seen again up and down in the palace, their eyes inevitably showed some strangeness, even the minions of Jin'an Palace showed some clues. On the surface, there is still some scruples, but secretly, there are many servants who run to the concubine named Yingge to be courteous.
As for Yingge, she was originally a small palace servant in the Yingdian Palace, and she was bribed by the queen to work for her. Unexpectedly, the matter was not completed, but there was a relationship with the second prince by yin and yang. Later, the second prince took her to his side, and she could understand the meaning of it, and she immediately forgot who the queen was, and followed the second prince wholeheartedly.
You must know that the palace servants are all the lowest people in the palace, and it is a good thing to see the blue smoke on the ancestral graves to be able to serve the prince at one time.
Naturally, Yingge was not easy, even if she knew how she came here, she didn't show it at all. Because of the rumors outside, the second prince did not often act like he was doting on her, so she made a mistake.
All this fell into Lu Xiuling's eyes, as if digging her heart.
All the grievances accumulated in the heart finally broke out when the second prince proposed to take Yingge to the lantern festival held in the palace on the eve of the Shangyuan Festival.
"What are you pretending to be? When people don't know the filth in your heart? It's useless to pretend to be nothing. People who should know your thoughts will know! No matter how much you hide, you can't hide your coveted brother. daughter-in-law!"
Lu Xiuling's sudden outburst made the palace servants around her couldn't believe her ears, and couldn't help but tremble in her legs and feet.
The second prince's face darkened, he moved his eyes, and the eunuch who was close to him made the move to let the people waiting in the room go down.
These palace servants hurriedly withdrew, still holding the idea of luck in their hearts. As everyone knows, from the time they heard these words, their fate was already doomed.
There are also two maids that Lu Xiuling married off from her parents' house. They didn't know that the master said these words, and they had already pushed them into the bottomless abyss with their own hands.
On that day, in that kind of situation, no one, whether it was the master or the servants, dared to say a word that the second prince coveted his sister-in-law, nor did they know where Lu Xiuling borrowed the courage.
The door was tightly closed, and the second prince stood up and walked towards Lu Xiuling.
He, who has always been gentle and polite, showed a face that was different from his appearance for the first time.
Lu Xiuling couldn't help panicking and took two steps back: "What, what do you want to do?"
The second prince stretched out a palm and held her slender neck.
"Let go, what do you want to do? I am the concubine appointed by His Majesty!"
The second prince approached her, his handsome face was dark and inexplicable, and his eyes narrowed dangerously: "You also know that you are the imperial concubine? You don't know what to say and what not to say? Do you want to use this to pinch me? Know I don't know what happened to those people who went down just now?" He paused, "None of them will survive, but you ruined their lives with your own hands."
Lu Xiuling's face was pale, and her pupils shrank into needles in panic.
"No, it's impossible, you..."
The second prince ignored her and continued: "You dispel your stupid idea as soon as possible. Believe it or not, you ran outside and preached that I was coveting the fourth daughter-in-law. I don't need to do anything, the father will kill you first!"
Lu Xiuling's tears flowed out suddenly, and couldn't stop flowing down, wetting the second prince's hand. He suddenly felt a sense of disgust, and waved the person in his hand to the ground.
"I really don't know how the mother-in-law chose you to be the princess for me. Keep your mouth shut and be honest. Otherwise, I don't mind changing you!"
***
The Shangyuan Festival is an annual event of Daxi, and even Luo Huaiyuan and Yan Yan, who had been huddled in the Xianyun Palace for a few days, had to step out of the palace gate.
From the first day of the first lunar month, the construction of the Aoshan Lighthouse at the palace gate began to be completed until the tenth day of the lunar month. From the day it was set up, it began to burn day and night, dazzling and dazzling. The lantern market next to Aoshan was also set up, and all kinds of lanterns hung long dragons along the street, which was a lively and prosperous scene.
Every year, the wealthy families of various families will invite craftsmen to make lamps and hang them in front of their lamp sheds. If you win the eyes of His Majesty and any concubine in the palace, you will naturally be rewarded. Therefore, the light sheds next to the Royal Stand have picked up the most eye-catching lights in the house and hung them, hoping to come out on top.
Looking at all kinds of lanterns, Yan Yan couldn't help but think of last year's Shangyuan Festival, the rare fireworks rain. Luo Huaiyuan seemed to think of the same scene, and winked at Yan Yan, Yan Yan couldn't help but smile.
Seeing those people involved that day again, Luo Huaiyuan's habit was silent, while Yan Yan's face was full of frost, and at first glance, he was in a very bad mood.
However, those who have been in the palace for a long time do not know what to do with the embarrassment.
Empress Xiao is dressed in a dazzling phoenix robe and a nine-tailed phoenix crown, which is elegant and luxurious. Seeing Yan Yan, I also paid special attention to her. I heard that you are ill, so you should pay more attention in the future. You are still waiting for you to give birth to the fourth son.
Yan Yan really wanted to spit on her face, but fortunately she held back. She couldn't do superficial skills, so she could only listen to the Queen express her concern with a stiff face, and then returned to her seat and sat down.
In the meantime, I saw the second prince and Lu Xiuling in the seats next to them. Yan Yan didn't look at the person who was wrong to her, but looked at Lu Xiuling more, because her complexion was really sluggish. Glancing at the familiar face sitting on an embroidered pier behind her, she understood.
Yan Yan remembered that she was tucked under the bed, listening to her husband hanging out with other women, and finally having to accept that her husband had a new favorite, so she couldn't help giving Luo Huaiyuan a smile.
Sometimes people who are disgusting need this kind of means to deal with. If it wasn't for knowing that these people were not doing well in the past few days, Yan Yan really doubted that she couldn't bear to come and find fault.
Thinking of this, she glanced at the queen sitting above.
Due to the reflection of the lights and the heavy makeup, it was hard to see the haggard state on Empress Xiao's face. But Yan Yan's eyesight is good, and she can still see some clues from her blue eye sockets.
In contrast, Concubine Xu looked amazing, as if the panic that day was just a dream. Her hair was combed in a Japanese bun, with a jasper dragon and phoenix hairpin inserted diagonally, and her eyes were filled with spring water and a sly smile. She was dressed in a rose-red splendid Begonia peony palace dress, covered with a snow-white fox fur.
Yan Yan knew that it was made of high-quality snow fox skin, or it was pieced together from the softest skin under the snow fox's armpit. The cloak made of such leather is soft and smooth, light and thin, and it is not stupid to wear it around, because she also has one.
Yan Yan didn't know too much about these secret agents in the palace. If it wasn't for Luo Huaiyuan's reasoning and proof to tell her that the queen was very bad, very bad, she would never believe it.
Empress Xiao has been really bad these days.
Concubine Xu Gui was the only one in the harem, and Emperor Xi expressed his preference for the second and third princes in the past few days. The prince first made a fool of himself in front of everyone, and the father and emperor also showed disgust for him in the past two days, which really made him panic, and he often came to the queen to make up his mind.
And Empress Xiao was originally worried, but this uneasy child was so uneasy, her father Jing Guogong in the court responded that the hearts of the courtiers were fluctuating, and the prince's prestige was not as good as before. While Empress Xiao had to worry about these things, she had to let Concubine Xu take revenge against her secretly, and she had to appease the prince.
Empress Xiao has been in the palace for dozens of years, and she has always known that this court and this palace all act according to the wind.
Over the years, either the east wind prevailed over the west wind, or the west wind prevailed over the east wind. And the balance that she had managed to maintain for a long time was broken because of her carelessness. Seeing Emperor Xi's attitude, you can imagine that there will be a long time in the future. They have to bow their heads to be human beings, but as long as they stick to the past, it is impossible for Emperor Xi to lift the people on the concubine's side too high. After all, as an emperor, , balance is the most important thing.
Of course, all of these hidden motives are invisible and intangible on the surface, but the tide in the dark has never stopped.
On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Duke Zhen Guo rarely came to the palace to ask to see Emperor Xi.
In fact, as soon as Emperor Xi saw his cautious attitude, he knew what Duke Zhenguo was talking about.
"His Majesty."
"Uncle Maoshan, I am ashamed of you. I didn't expect such a thing to happen. Fortunately, it didn't cause any tragedies." Before Zhen Guo made a public statement, Emperor Xi said so guiltily.
Duke Zhen gave a wry smile and cupped his hands: "Your Majesty, don't say that."
He paused and said: "Your Majesty, you also know that the old minister is just such a granddaughter. He said that it is a granddaughter, but in fact it is no different from his own granddaughter. On the day you gave the girl to the fourth prince, the old minister said nothing, and the old minister knew that the four The prince's child is a person who has no intention of doing anything important, so he just wanted to let their young couple live their own lives in peace. But you can see now... "
In fact, Duke Zhen's statement is still very subtle, because of his existence, it is doomed that the queen and the imperial concubine will fight, and they will inevitably use Yan Yan as a raft. After all, everyone knows the meaning of the word Zhen Guogong. If you can't fight on the bright side, you can only let it be disgusted. The reason why the Empress chose Yan Yan as her partner was because if this happened, Yan Yan would surely die, and the second prince who let Yan Yan die would become the person that the entire Shen family hated extremely.
Humans are emotional animals, and even if Duke Zhen Guo's stance is firm, he can't avoid emotional troubles. At this time, if you hate the line of the second prince, you will inevitably favor the prince.
The queen is really good at abacus, but it's a pity that people's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations.
"What does Uncle Musan think?"
Duke Zhen lifted the hem of his unicorn robe and knelt on the ground.
"The old minister urges His Majesty to let the two children leave the palace. Since they don't want to get involved in these matters, give them freedom. His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince has already opened the palace, so let them stay in his own palace, and when it is time to become a vassal, they will be freed. When you leave Beijing, you will be a vassal.”
Emperor Xi hurriedly stood up and personally helped Duke Zhen Guo up.
"Uncle Mushan, since you said it, I will promise you, why do you do this."
Duke Zhen Guo bowed his hands and bowed his head: "I am ashamed, I have never dared to talk about your Majesty's family affairs, but today, because of my own selfishness, I have embarrassed Your Majesty."
In fact, Emperor Xi allowed Empress Xiao to keep the fourth prince and his wife in the palace, so why didn't he have his own plans. It's just that God knows what Emperor Xi himself knows about these plans, and Duke Zhen has seen a little bit of clues because of his many years of assistance.
"Stop, stop, I'm sure."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Concubine Xu has been gaining more and more limelight in the palace recently, and has gradually overwhelmed Empress Xiao.
In recent years, because the imperial concubine has grown older, although Emperor Xi still loves her, he will inevitably want to taste some tender mouth, so there are many young and beautiful concubines in the palace.
Of course, the number of breaks at Concubine Xu is still the most, but it is not uncommon for other concubines to stay there, but they are all scattered, which makes the concubine more favored. In the past few years, he has not been staying overnight in Chunluan Palace like in the recent days, almost to the point of being unable to move.
In the harem, there are many who secretly scold Concubine Xu for being seductive and bewitching the Lord, and of course, Queen Xiao is indispensable.
Concubine Xu, who was in the limelight and was extremely proud, took advantage of an opportunity to coax Emperor Xi into a smile, and proposed that she wanted to accept another concubine for the second prince.
In fact, this is a common practice. About a year after the prince's big wedding, the emperor and the queen will choose a daughter of a good family, instead of adding a side concubine, to extend the heir. The reason why Concubine Xu Gui speaks in person is naturally because the daughter of this family is not ordinary, she is the daughter of the servant of the Ministry of Human Resources.
Emperor Xi was in a good mood at the time, so he readily agreed.
After the news came out, it caused Queen Xiao to grit her teeth and scolded the imperial concubine countless times in secret.
With the second prince, the prince and the fourth prince are naturally indispensable. Therefore, the prince will have a good lady, and the fourth prince will also add a side concubine. The candidate is not yet determined.
Unexpectedly, when the fourth prince heard the news, he hurried to the Zichen Palace to ask to see Emperor Xi.
After meeting Emperor Xi, he refused to accept the side concubine one by one, saying that the fourth prince concubine was very good, what would he do to accept a side concubine.
Of course, these are the words of the fourth prince, as for others, they can't help but imagine. Could it be that the fourth prince and concubine drank the vinegar, so the fourth prince refused the beauty so terrified
Of course, all this is just speculation by outsiders.
All in all, the will of the fourth prince is very simple, and he made up his mind not to side with the concubine. Even if Emperor Xi was angry, he still held his head and shivered, while muttering not to side the concubine or the side concubine.
Emperor Xi ended with smashing the pen and saying, "Go away, I don't want to see you again useless".
The whole thing developed beyond the expectations of the fourth prince and his wife.
After the incident, Luo Huaiyuan first expressed to Yan Yan that he would not accept a concubine to the death, on the other hand, he also made up his mind that even if he was clinging to life, he would let the cheap father dispel this idea. Who would have thought that the beginning is difficult, the process is thrilling, and the result is a big surprise.
It turns out that there is such a benefit in not taking a concubine to death
The couple was stunned for a while, and then they quickly packed up and left the palace. Originally, it would take at least two days to pack up the luggage and various utensils, but abruptly, the two couples were reduced to half a day.
After the queen received the letter, the matter had already spread in the palace.
Naturally, no one dared to question what Emperor Xi said in person, and Empress Xiao did not doubt whether there was something tricky about it. After all, the behavior of these four princes is very irritating no matter who it is. The so-called gift from the elders did not dare to resign. The fourth prince actually rejected His Majesty's kindness in person because he was afraid of women. It is no wonder that Emperor Xi was so furious.
Because of this, Yan Yan became famous again in Beijing.
This woman was so fierce that a dignified prince refused to give a concubine to her own father, so she did not hesitate to anger your majesty and was expelled from the palace.
Many ministers went home and explained to their wives. This kind of woman looks good, but it is not suitable for marrying home. In the future, you should be careful about marrying our son.
All of this has nothing to do with Luo Huaiyuan and his wife.