Thinking that there was only the Hu family in Hou's mansion, Qin Wan did not stay in Prince Rui's mansion, and when she returned to Hou's mansion, Qin Shu, father and son had not returned yet.
The Hu family was on the verge of collapse, and when they heard that Qin Wan had returned, they hurriedly called someone to invite Qin Wan.
When Qin Wan arrived at Nuan Pavilion, Hu grabbed Qin Wan's hand and said, "Guan'er, how are you doing?"
Qin Wan pulled Mrs. Hu to sit down. Seeing Mrs. Hu's pale complexion, she couldn't bear it. After a moment of pondering, Qin Wan still said, "This is a serious matter. I'll tell my aunt, but please stay calm." After speaking, Qin Wan glanced at the maidservants guarding the door.
Hu's heart skipped a beat when she heard that the situation was serious, and then she saw Qin Wan's wink, and she knew what Qin Wan meant.
So Mrs. Hu immediately said, "You guys step back first..."
Seeing this, Mother Yu waved the crowd away, closed the door, and guarded the door by herself.
Qin Wan settled down and said, "Last night...the Kunning Palace and the East Palace caught fire one after another..."
Hu's eyelids twitched, "What?! How is Yu'er?!"
Qin Wan smiled wryly, "Auntie, the fire is not the point, the point is... After the fire, the Queen, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Eighth Sister all disappeared."
Hu's eyes widened, "Missing?"
Qin Wan nodded, "Yes, that means they left the palace."
Hu's eyes widened. She obviously didn't expect things to turn out like this. After all, she came from an aristocratic family. Soon, she understood why Qin Shusan and his son were brought into the palace, and why the whole city was under martial law. Hu Shi's back was straight, and she didn't speak for a long time. At a certain moment, she suddenly rolled her eyelids and fell backwards.
Qin Wan's complexion changed, and he hurried to help Mrs. Hu, and then quickly pinched her, "Auntie?!"
Hu's body trembled and she gasped for breath, and slowly opened her eyes, with tears and fear in her eyes, "The empress... and the prince... why did you leave the palace?"
The corners of Qin Wan's lips were tightly pursed, and he didn't mention everyone's tacit guess for a while. Seeing her like this, the last hope in Hu's eyes was wiped out, and then he closed his eyes in pain, "My Yu'er... my Yu'er... …”
Hu murmured while hanging her heart, looking extremely sad, Qin Wan sighed in her heart and said, "Auntie, not many people know about this matter, it will be fine if uncle didn't participate, you have to stand up It's better to live."
Hu Shi only felt that the last bit of strength had been sucked away.
The empress and the prince meant to rebel. Qin Chaoyu and the prince left together, so it is impossible for the Hou family not to be involved.
It is only a matter of the emperor's mood when to send them to the Marquis Mansion, and if Qin Chaoyu, the empress and others are caught by the emperor, the consequences can be imagined.
Mrs. Hu couldn't help sobbing, the queen and the crown prince took this step to the limit, no matter what, there would be no good end.
"Empress, where are they now?"
Hu asked tremblingly, Qin Wan shook his head, "No one knows now."
Hu raised his hand and wiped the corner of his eyes, "This... how can this be done? Why did the queen and the prince come to this point... Although there are rumors in the court that the prince will be abolished, the emperor has not expressed his position yet, and everything can be redeemed Why does the queen have to do this?!"
Anyone with a discerning eye can understand that this matter must be the queen's idea, the prince does not have that courage.
Hu didn't know whether to be afraid or to complain, "Even if the crown prince is really going to be deposed, so what? That's better than getting to this point and just escaping from the palace privately. If the queen really wants... then what else is there?" The margin of redemption…”
Without that secret, the queen probably wouldn't have come to this point, but Qin Wan couldn't explain it to Hu Shi, so she could only accompany her with Qianyan to comfort her.
As night fell, there was still no news of Qin Shu and his son. Madam Yu passed on the dinner, but Hu had no appetite. Qin Wan accompanied her to take a quick bite, and stayed in the Nuan Pavilion for another half an hour. Seeing that it was getting late , Qin Wan was planning to go back to Songfengyuan, but suddenly news came from the concierge!
"Ma'am! Master Hou and the others are back..."
Hu's face was overjoyed, and he quickly pulled Qin Wan out the door, and soon Qin Shu walked over with Qin Yan and Qin Ye from the outside.
Seeing Qin Shu, Hu couldn't help but her eyes turned red, "Master Hou..."
After being brought into the palace for two days and one night, Qin Shu seemed to be ten years older all of a sudden. He looked tired and vicissitudes. When he saw Mrs. Hu, he just shook his head and didn't speak. Behind him, Qin Ye and Qin Yan were both Her eyes were black and blue, Hu had been terrified for so long, at least she saw the three living people coming back, and quickly ordered Yu Yuma to prepare hot water for the three to wash, and ordered someone to prepare meals, Qin Shu didn't say much, full of tears The bloodshot eyes looked extremely depressed, and when he was sitting on the table to eat, Qin Shu still didn't speak. Seeing Qin Shu like this, Hu's tears rolled in his eyes.
Qin Yan and Qin Ye were not as obvious as Qin Shu's performance, but the two of them were speechless, and the three of them ate a few mouthfuls of food, and Qin Shu sighed long after the servants cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks and served tea. Taking a deep breath, Hu couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Master Hou, the queen and the prince..."
Qin Shu closed his eyes, "This time, we, the Marquis Mansion, may be doomed."
Hu's body swayed, Qin Yan hurriedly supported Hu, and glanced at Qin Wan who had been standing by, Qin Yan looked grateful, "Thank you Jiumei for the past two days."
In fact, Qin Wan didn't help much. No one can do anything in the current situation.
Hu looked at Qin Shu with tears in his eyes, "Master Hou, what should we do now?"
Qin Shu sighed, "From now on, the Hou's residence will be closed to thank guests."
Mrs. Hu moved her lips, wanting to ask Qin Chaoyu what to do, but obviously, this is not the right time to ask such questions, and even if she asked, Mrs. Hu could guess Qin Shu's answer herself, so Mrs. Hu could only nod her head. He glanced at Qin Wan again and said, "Guan'er's marriage is coming soon, these days, prepare well for Guan'er's marriage."
Hu Shi didn't have any other mood at the moment, but Qin Shu ordered him so, Hu Shi had no choice but to obey first.
Qin Shu didn't want to say much, so he immediately ordered several people to go back and rest.
Qin Shu and Hu went back to the upper room of the main courtyard, while Qin Wan and Qin Yan walked out.
Qin Yan's complexion was heavy, and he didn't say anything, but Qin Ye who was walking behind was much more calm. Qin Wan looked at Qin Ye, but Qin Ye smiled at Qin Wan, "Ninth sister is getting married, and you can rest assured to prepare for the big wedding these few days Bar."
Qin Wan felt a little indescribable, because Qin Ye was really calm.
After returning to Songfengyuan, Qin Wan was thinking about the way out for the Hou Mansion, and Yan Chi said that he would wait for the big wedding, but there are still more than ten days before the big wedding, can they wait smoothly
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After Qin Wan administered the needles to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother relaxed a little bit. Just after noon the next day, Madam Chen walked in from outside with a serious expression, "Madam Queen Mother, there is something that the palace servants have just reported to us. , I feel that I have to tell you to know."
The Empress Dowager looked at Nanny Chen suspiciously, and Nanny Chen said, "The palace people said that something happened to the imperial concubine. This morning, King Cheng went to the Qin Tianjian and asked the Taoist priests from the Qin Tianjian to go to the court. Xin Gong practiced things, saying that... the imperial concubine seems to have been stained with something unclean."
When the Queen Mother heard this, she frowned immediately, "Is it stained by something unclean?"
Now is the troubled time, the queen mother did not expect Feng Lingsu to make such a mess at this juncture.
Nanny Chen nodded and said, "Yes, it is said that the imperial concubine has behaved abnormally these days, and she always speaks inconsequentially. She can't sleep at night, and she has nightmares when she falls asleep. In short, she is very evil. Now the Taoist priests of Qin Tianjian have We’ve gone to Changxin Palace.”
"There are Taoist priests from Qin Tianjian shaking in the palace all the year round, how could there be unclean things?"
Many people died in the palace, but what the Empress Dowager dislikes the most is to hear people talking about these ghosts and gods, who saw which old master today, who will be possessed by something tomorrow, where is haunted, where The old master of the palace is haunted, but whoever hears these words will be killed in the palace!
Nanny Chen sighed, "This servant doesn't know, it's just that the palace servants have reported here, so it's not good for this servant to make decisions on her own."
The queen mother frowned, she is not in good health, and now she is worrying about more important things, how can she have time to pay attention to Feng Lingsu? !
Immediately, he said, "You send someone to watch it, it's good not to make a big mess, I don't have time to take care of her now."
Nanny Chen nodded quickly, "Don't worry, I don't want you to worry..."
The queen mother sighed, and suddenly asked, "What is the emperor doing?"
Nanny Chen's complexion changed slightly, she took a step forward and her voice became three points lower, "The emperor is ordering Commander Lin to search and arrest the whole city."
The Empress Dowager's eyes dimmed again, she stared blankly at the snow outside the window for a while, and then said suddenly, "What kind of person do you think Shuhua is?"
Nanny Chen looked outside and sighed when she saw someone guarding the door. She moved a chair and sat next to the queen mother, and said while beating her legs, "Although the empress is the one chosen by the former concubine Zhao, the servant girl is honest. Yes, she is somewhat similar to you. You and the queen empress are really the most suitable people in the world. There are too few concubines in this palace who have both talents and virtues, and are really tough and broad-minded. , Some people may be outstanding outside, but when they enter the palace, their temperament will change. They will either fight for favor or hide from the world, and if they are not careful, they will do wrong things. You and the empress are both very powerful people, maybe because they are both from military generals For home's sake."
Ordinary people in high positions don't like others to compare themselves with others, but when Madam Chen said this, the empress dowager didn't feel the slightest difference. She actually agreed with it very much in her heart. The empress dowager admired Zhao Shuhua, and she even felt that they There are many similarities between the two, but she didn't expect Zhao Shuhua to come to this point.
"If the first emperor had chosen Yan Lin or Yan Xiang instead of the emperor, what do you think would happen to me?"
What the queen is facing now is the possibility that the prince may be deposed. The queen mother put herself in this predicament and thought about it before she asked this question.
Chen Momo heard the words and said, "My servant guesses that if the Empress Dowager encounters such a situation, she will probably use some means, either to catch other people's faults, or to cooperate with the forces in the court to control the emperor's mind, but this servant feels that the Queen Mother Empress can't do this step of escaping from the palace privately."
The queen mother nodded, "Yes, whether it is Huai'er or Han'er, even if they don't become emperor, they will still have a fief, and the person the late emperor wants to choose will not be much worse than the two of them, even if there is no fight in the end. , as long as I try my best, I will not regret it, but I will not go to Shuhua's step. She will put the crown prince in a place where there will be no redemption, and the whole Zhao family will follow the footsteps of the former Fu family. Followed."
Although the two generals of the Zhao family are in the background, there are still many members of the Zhao family in the capital. The Zhao family group is no small matter today, and the honor and disgrace of the entire Zhao family is not the power of the family of the General Fuguo. In the lineage, there are those who are officials in the dynasty, and there are those who have great careers from merchants. All of them support the facade of Fuguo General's Mansion, so that the entire Zhao family can be passed down from generation to generation and honored from generation to generation.
But now the queen's move has completely cut off the honor of the Zhao family.
The queen mother continued to shake her head, "I can't figure it out, Ah Chen, do you think she has some difficulties?"
Chen Momo smiled wryly, "Although the empress has been a bit indifferent these years, she still cares about His Royal Highness, and she has been planning it early in the morning. The maidservant can't see what she has in mind... But... the empress doesn't seem to be doing it for the sake of it." A person whose own ambition has no regard for the overall situation."
The Empress Dowager frowned slightly. The Empress was indeed ambitious, and she could even be regarded as a politician who was proficient in government and opposition politics, but she had the heart of mothering the world. Although she controlled Yan Che a lot, she had hired too many tutors for Yan Che over the years. She is a master of Confucianism, and she pays great attention to the word "benevolence". If her heart is full of fame and fortune, she won't see the prince losing his edge day by day, and the more the queen mother thinks about it, the more puzzled she becomes.
"Unfortunately, I can't meet her. If I can, I really want to ask her."
Nanny Chen sighed, "The empress is still in the capital..."
If the queen was caught, the queen mother would ask if she wanted to, but the queen mother said, "I don't want her to be caught, but if she is really determined to break with the emperor, then I will blame her. It has been going on for more than a hundred years, and now there are powerful enemies around, but they can't stand the flames of civil war."
The Beifu army is the queen's reliance, and the queen mother is also from a family of generals, so she can naturally think of the queen's next move, but she doesn't want the queen to go to that step at all.
What happened twenty years ago is still vivid in my memory, the Queen Mother does not want to repeat the same mistakes, twenty years ago it was brother fighting, this time it is father and son fighting.
How could the queen? ! How did you come up with such an idea? !
Chen Momo said again, "Your Majesty, the Crown Princess also left this time..."
The queen mother narrowed her eyes when she heard the words, "Chao Yu... is sincere to Che'er. The reason why the queen took a fancy to Chao Yu early in the morning was because of this."
Nanny Chen was a little surprised, "How did you find out?"
The queen mother smiled bitterly, "I also had those thoughts when I was young, how could I not see it? Back then, why I was willing to let Concubine Zhao choose Shuhua, in fact, I also saw how sincere Shuhua was to Huai'er. They are all selfish, knowing that a woman who enters the harem will suffer if her thoughts are too sincere, but she still hopes that there will be more people who truly care for her children, I choose Shuhua like this, and Shuhua chooses Chaoyu like this."
Speaking of this, an inexplicable strange feeling faintly flashed in the Queen Mother's heart.
That's right, she remembered, back then Zhao Shuhua admired Prince Luo Yanhuai very much, but why didn't the emperor even go to Kunning Palace afterwards? And Zhao Shuhua also treated the emperor coldly? Up to now, the situation has reached an unmanageable point.
The queen mother's heart beat wildly, she felt that Zhao Shuhua might have some unknown reason for being so so.
And that predicament that doesn't necessarily exist has already caused her great uneasiness.