The Queen Mother's eyes flashed, "Third Prince?"
Eunuch Sun said, "That's right, Concubine Mei's third prince, they are already relatives."
The Empress Dowager thought for a moment and said hurriedly, "Go get the four treasures of the study."
"The Queen Mother wants to..."
"Prepare the carrier pigeon. I want to send a letter to Hanshan." The empress dowager was anxious and confused. This was not the time for her to make the decision. When the man left, he left a carrier pigeon and said that if there was any major event in the court in the future, the letter could be sent by carrier pigeon.
Eunuch Sun replied, "Yes!"
Soon after the carrier pigeon was released, everything that Eunuch Sun had described happened.
"The noble concubine is asking for an audience outside the palace."
The Empress Dowager sighed deeply, thinking of the day when the two sisters fell out with each other. Today she had to come and see them. After all, they were sisters, and the son was her own child. As an elder sister, she had to comfort him.
Eunuch Sun said softly, "If I am not mistaken, I am here to ask for permission for Prince Nan Huai to return to the capital."
The Queen Mother shook her head, "No, Lao Ba cannot return to the capital now, otherwise the situation will become even more chaotic." After a pause, the Queen Mother continued, "I'm afraid you are overthinking it. She should also understand that the current peaceful and prosperous times are maintained by A Jie with great effort. She knows Lao Ba's ambition and will not let him come back to destroy A Jie's hard work."
Eunuch Sun was about to say something when he saw the palace maid leading the noble concubine into the palace.
Today, the noble concubine was wearing a black satin skirt embroidered with large auspicious clouds and cranes, with small chrysanthemums on the cuffs. Her face was sad, her eyes were red and swollen, and she had no makeup on. She seemed to have aged a lot in an instant.
After she entered the hall, she burst into tears before she even spoke a word.
The Queen Mother felt sorry for her sister, and hurried forward to gently hold her hand, but she couldn't control her tears, and choked up and said, "Okay, don't cry, I'm here."
The noble concubine raised her eyes and asked, "Sister, aren't you angry that my younger sister offended me the other day?"
"Silly, why would I bother with you? We are sisters. No matter what happens, I won't be angry with you." Seeing that she seemed to admit her mistake, the Queen Mother comforted her.
The noble concubine knelt down and burst into tears, "My sister's life is so miserable. She gave birth to two sons, one died young, and the other lives thousands of miles away from me. From now on, my sister will have no one to take care of her. She is so lonely."
When the Queen Mother saw her crying so sadly, she couldn't help crying too.
The noble concubine suddenly kowtowed and burst into tears, "I beg you to do me a favor. Please let Lao Ba come back to attend his brother's funeral. Lao Ba wrote to me a few years ago, saying that he missed me, his mother, and felt bad living thousands of miles away without any relatives. He wanted to come back to see me and pay his respects to you. Sister, please allow him to do this to show his filial piety!"
The Empress Dowager's heart suddenly turned cold, and her tears stopped. She looked at her as if she were a stranger.
When Eunuch Sun said it just now, she didn't believe it, but now that she heard her plea with her own ears, she had to believe it.
"Sister, the capital is in chaos right now. This is not the right time. Let's wait a little longer." The Empress Dowager reached out to pull her up, but she refused to get up and kept kowtowing.
The noble concubine suddenly raised her head, changing her previous sad expression, and anger filled her eyes, "His brother is gone, it is only natural for him to come back to attend the funeral. He did nothing wrong, why did you beat him to that barbaric land and not allow him to come back? He also called you mother."
The Empress Dowager shook her head. "When the time is right, I will naturally issue an order for him to return."
After hearing this, the noble concubine slowly stood up, reached out to wipe her tears, and stared at her coldly, "You really don't agree?"
The Queen Mother looked at her disappointedly, "You should know what will happen when the Eighth Prince comes back. You gave birth to this son, but I also watched him grow up. I know what kind of person he is as well as you do."
"You are selfish. You are afraid that he will come back and seize your own son's kingdom, right?" The noble concubine sneered. At first, she just chuckled, and then laughed wildly. Her laughter was creepy and sad, and it was filled with unspeakable resentment.
"Are you crazy?" the Queen Mother scolded her when she saw her losing her composure.
"Yes, I am crazy. Since you won't let Lao Ba come back, then it's meaningless for me to live alone. I might as well die."
She said the last two words in a cold and decisive voice, then she lifted her skirt and rushed towards the column in the hall.
The Queen Mother was horrified, "Quick, pull her!"
Eunuch Sun was quick-witted and rushed forward, but he could only grab the clothes of the noble concubine and she still bumped into her.
The Queen Mother looked at the blood oozing from her forehead and her slowly falling body and screamed, "Quick, Imperial Physician, call the Imperial Physician!"
In a courtyard outside Beijing.
Su Qing had just returned from the city and bought some medicinal herbs and food. A nearby guard disguised as a woodcutter also shot a wild rabbit and brought it back to him.
As soon as Su Qing entered the room, she said to Xiao Tuo, "The Empress Dowager has issued an order for Prince Nan Huai to return to the capital."
Xiao Tuo was a little shocked, "Really?"
"The decree has been issued. I heard that the Noble Concubine entered the palace and hit her head against the pillar, so the Empress Dowager had to issue the decree. When the Noble Concubine hit her head against the pillar, many civil and military officials were kneeling outside the palace, saying that they wanted to ask the Empress Dowager to govern. In fact, these officials are all from the Prince's party, forcing the Empress Dowager to let the Prince govern the country." Su Qing said, unloading the things and lowering his voice, "Keep your voice down, so that the prince won't hear."
"He's asleep. Xia Zian is changing the medicine for him." After transporting Murong Jie away, Xiao Tuo had not met Prince An, so naturally he didn't know what Ni Rong said.
Su Qing didn't even know, but the prince had never liked Prince Nan Huai, and would definitely be unhappy if he knew that he had returned to Beijing.
Zi'an was cleaning the pus from the wound and sighed softly in his heart. These two rough guys, if they don't want others to hear them, could they at least control their volume
The Regent was not asleep either, was he? Scraping a wound is very painful, and if he could fall asleep like this, it would be really amazing.
Zi'an had some guesses in his mind, so he felt that Murong Jie would be very uncomfortable after hearing what Su Qing said. He was not dead yet, but the officials were forcing the Empress Dowager like this.
This is really the case where the person is still there, but the tea is already cold.
She secretly glanced at Murong Jie's face. She didn't know when Murong Jie opened his eyes, and his dark eyes contained a murderous aura.
Zi'an was startled and lowered his head suddenly, pretending not to see it.
Murong Jie said calmly: "You are a doctor, just do your duty as a doctor."
"Yes!" Zi'an replied, but he couldn't help feeling sad for him in his heart. Although he could return to the capital and sort out everything after he recovered from his injuries, everyone in the capital now knew that he was dead, but no one felt sad for him. They only wanted to snatch the power from him.
Because of this feeling of pity, she was a little gentler. He felt it, looked at her straight, and smiled suddenly, "You feel sorry for me?"
Zi'an's face turned red, "If it doesn't hurt you to death, I'm being lenient."
The top of Hanshan Mountain.
"There's a carrier pigeon in the palace, take a look." A woman in white handed the letter to the woman sitting in a rocking chair. Her face was covered with a thin layer of white stuff, revealing a pair of sharp eyes.
She took it, read it, and then threw the letter away, saying calmly, "Just write her a reply."
"What?" the woman in white asked in the same indifferent tone.
The woman said calmly, "Tell her to do everything she can to stop Xia Wan'er from marrying the prince. Isn't there a man named Xia Zi'an? Make good use of him. Xia Huaijun should consider his own material."
She peeled off the things on her face, stood up, and stretched. "If it were me, an old lady, I would chop them all off to save myself the trouble. Ah She, make me a few bowls of sour plum soup. It's been hot lately and I'm feeling irritated. I might be in menopause."
"Bah, you've long passed menopause." The woman in white turned and went inside.
(End of this chapter)