When Pan'er woke up, it was already bright outside.
She moved a bit, only to realize that the prince hadn't left yet.
Why didn't he get up now, so many things happened yesterday, according to the prince's nature, he must be very busy today, could it be that he stole half a day's leisure from Fusheng
She was thinking wildly in her heart, but she didn't know that the movement just now and the twitching eyeballs under the eyelids had already leaked her bottom, the prince chuckled lightly, patted her and said: "Hurry up, they have already come to ask three times."
Upon hearing this, Pan'er immediately sat up from the bed.
When I sat up, I realized that my clothes were disheveled, my bellyband was not on, and my pajamas were hanging on my body in a mess. A little uninhibited.
Afterwards, I asked my slaves to prepare water, take a bath, change clothes, and do not mention makeup. After asking Aunt Qing, I found out that it was already time, so I simply ordered breakfast and lunch to be eaten together.
The crown prince was about to leave after eating, Pan'er knew that it was good for him to spend the whole morning with her under the pressure of so many things, probably because he lost control of his emotions and scared him last night.
Before leaving, the prince was a little hesitant and looked at the plate several times.
"Your Highness, I'm fine."
The prince seemed a little unbelieving, looked at her, stroked her temple hair, and said: "Don't think too much, I will have dinner with you when I finish my work."
"good."
The prince just left.
On the other side, the princess at Chunyizhai was a little out of her mind all morning.
She said she had a rest last night, but she couldn't fall asleep. She got up just after dawn, thinking that the prince's temperament would definitely come over this morning. After all, Huang Hai and Fu Qiu are the source here. If he wants to investigate something, he must start here first.
Who knows that the first class will not come, the second class will still not come, Fuchun has someone set up breakfast, and she is not in the mood. It was Wan Shu and Zong Duo who came, and she used some with the two children.
As soon as the chopsticks were put down, Hu Liangdi and the others came.
The ones who came to Xiyuan this time were the concubines who had children in the East Palace. Because they were not in the palace, the relative rules were not so strict. Empress Fu didn’t even let the concubines come to pay her respects to her every day in Xiyuan. Naturally, the Crown Princess couldn’t Cross over Empress Fu.
Usually I don't see them being active, but today they are all present, and the Crown Princess naturally knows why they came.
After all, I was in that water pavilion last night, and everyone can clearly remember what happened at that time. It is estimated that she was the only one who did not fall asleep last night.
But the crown princess was worried because she didn't want to implicate herself, and the others were probably thinking about what happened to Su Shi.
It's a pity that they are destined to be disappointed.
The concubine put away these miscellaneous thoughts, held the tea and drank without raising her eyebrows, and said after putting down the cup, "Why are all the younger sisters here today, what's the big deal?"
Hu Liangdi and the others did not expect the Crown Princess to speak so offensively today, they looked at each other, and it was Hu Liangdi who spoke.
"The concubine is fine, but seeing that the weather is fine today, I just wanted to pay my respects to the princess, but I didn't expect to meet other sisters in front of the door. It seems that we all thought of one place."
Hu Liangdi covered her mouth and smiled without any embarrassment, but it's a pity that He Liangyuan and the others were not as powerful as her, so they inevitably gritted their teeth secretly, but they dared not ask the Crown Princess directly if something happened to Su Liangdi.
So the next thing is to laugh and drink tea, say something neither salty nor bland, and keep standing like this until the prince comes.
The prince was also a little surprised when he saw such a person sitting in the hall, and immediately frowned quietly.
After everyone greeted him, the prince raised his hand and said, "You all go down, Gu and the princess have something to say."
The prince obviously didn't want them to know, so Hu Liangdi and the others could only accept their excess curiosity and retreat.
After all the people retreated, the Crown Princess said: "Whether Your Highness believes it or not, this matter has nothing to do with my concubines."
Of course the prince knew that the matter had nothing to do with the princess.
He pondered for a while... and said: "Huang Hai is already dead. In the morning, someone found him falling into the water and dying under the centipede bridge. That maid named Fu Qiu needs to be taken away for questioning."
The concubine had already expected this, so she didn't say much, so she sent someone to bring Fu Qiu to Fu Lu.
The prince seemed very surprised by the attitude of the princess, after all, she always valued the servants around her, especially those who followed her into the East Palace.
Seeing her being so decisive, she didn't think much about it, she just acted as the princess knew the seriousness of the matter.
Now that the things that should be done have been done, the prince is going to leave. He stood up and said to the princess: "I'm still busy, you don't need to send it off. You should beat the slaves below. Xiyuan probably won't be too calm recently, so you should be more cautious." good."
The princess sat on the chair and watched the prince step out of the door.
In fact, she understood the meaning of the prince's words. Apart from telling her to be cautious, she also complained that she would not let others take advantage of her loopholes.
But this is already the best situation, the princess can only think so.
After sitting alone for a long time, she called Fu Chun and Fu Xia, and asked them to lead people to screen all the people below. This time the incident happened to Su Shi, fortunately she was safe and sound, if it happened to her and Duo'er, how lucky would it be
As for why King Chu died and whether something happened to the Su family, the Crown Princess was not curious, nor did she want to ask. After all, in the palace, it is better not to know some things.
Moreover, the Crown Princess also subconsciously resisted and didn't want to think about it carefully. If the Crown Prince really killed the King of Chu because the King of Chu moved the Su family, what would that mean, the Crown Princess shuddered when she thought about it.
Fu Chun and Fu Xia took the order, but they hesitated to speak, but they retreated without saying anything.
"Sister Fuchun, do you think Fuqiu will die?" Fu Xia whispered after walking out of the corridor.
Fu Chun's face froze, and he said in a low voice: "These are not things we should care about. It is serious to do the errands ordered by the princess first. I usually say that you are careless and too careless in doing things. If you still don’t believe me, just look at what’s going on here.”
"The master is the crown princess, and her status is precious. It is not an exaggeration to give ten thousand hearts to her as an errand."
Fu Xia said nothing, but felt timid in her heart.
Originally, she wanted to stay by the master's side to serve her for a few more years. After all, she served by the princess's side. The whole family is honored, and the family has never told her about their marriage. Her mother dragged her to her twenties. Only when I saw her did I mention it.
It's only been a few years, first Nanny Chen is gone, then Fu Dong, and now Fu Qiu, when will it be her turn? She is stupid, and she is not as careful as Fu Chun's sister. If you don't wait until the next time you see your family, let them make arrangements, and then ask for grace in front of the master. As for marrying too badly.
Fu Qiu didn't die, the prince sent Fu Qiu back after he finished his questioning.
On the contrary, it was the crown princess who ordered Fu Qiu to be slapped thirty times. After these thirty blows, Fu Qiu was only breathless. Fu Xia originally thought that maybe Fu Qiu would be sent out of the palace like Fu Dong. Instead of sending her away, he kept her by his side.
Fu Xia thinks that the princess is benevolent after all, but later realizes that Fu Chun has a lot of preoccupations, so she understands the meaning.
In any case, Fuqiu got involved in the royal family's secrets, and it was the crown prince who saw her as a dowry for the crown prince's concubine to save her life. And the crown princess took the initiative to stick Fuqiu thirty, just to show the prince that she has nothing to do with this matter, and secondly, to prevent future troubles.
Only a slave who knows the secrets of the royal family can let her out of the palace
Even if she doesn't know much, maybe only a little, or even insignificant, but Fuqiu is destined to never leave the palace in this life.
I didn't notice that many servants in Xiyuan died recently, especially many who fell into the water. In the past few months, there was not a single one who fell into the water, but now there are several in a row.
Because Fu Chun was too busy screening people, Fu Xia went to see Fu Qiu a few times and knew that Fu Qiu had a problem with one of his legs being beaten. All of this added up to scare her so much that she didn't want to stay in the palace anymore, and secretly arranged for her to leave the palace without mentioning it.
On the other side, Pan'er endured for a few days before going to Empress Fu to pay her respects.
…
After going there, Empress Fu was not too indifferent to her, but she could still clearly feel the difference from before. The smile was still the same, and there was nothing unusual about her words, but Pan'er could feel that Empress Fu treated her coldly.
She pretended not to know, but remained the same, after she left, Nian Qiu hesitated and said: "Mother, Su Liang Di is actually quite innocent, she didn't know that such a thing would happen."
Empress Fu naturally knew that Pan'er was innocent, but the crown prince risked himself for her, knowing that the son of a daughter would not sit down, which was wrong in the eyes of a mother.
Nian Qiu also knew this truth, so he just said this and didn't say any more.
This matter seemed to make Empress Fu very upset. She frowned and thought for a while, then stopped thinking about it, and changed the subject and asked, "How is Concubine Gao?"
Nian Qiu hesitated for a moment and said: "The few people sent by Gao's family have been kept by Concubine Gao's side. The day before yesterday when she invited His Majesty to appreciate the music, she presented two people. His Majesty loved them very much. Last night His Majesty went to Concubine Gao again."
"She finally couldn't hold it anymore." Empress Fu sneered.
Since what happened that day, although Concubine Zhou Xian's words and deeds were insignificant at the time, she has been very obedient since then.
Whether it was a son who died or a son he liked, Emperor Cheng'an could not help comforting Concubine Zhou Xian, who was suffering from the same illness. And Concubine Zhou Xian was following a gentle and graceful route, so it was inevitable to show Xizi's heart-wrenching sadness in front of Emperor Cheng'an, which made Emperor Cheng'an even more sympathetic, and stayed at Concubine Zhou Xian's place for many days.
On the surface, it seems that the situation is calm, but in fact it is not. The Zhonggong family has suffered such a big loss, so naturally they will not let the instigator go.
Concubine Zhou Xian’s line is fine, but with the death of King Chu, Concubine Zhou Xian’s line will be the grasshopper after autumn. The power of Concubine Zhou’s line is mainly concentrated on King Qi. When you are in a hurry, you can suppress as much as you can.
Obviously, it is not useless for the Zhonggong family to do this. Concubine Zhou Xian has a faint attitude towards Concubine Gao, and Concubine Gao is also afraid that Concubine Zhou Xian, a mad dog, will bite people. The beauties that the Gao family collected have been sent to her. It's been a long time, but because of the jealousy of Concubine Gao, she has not been able to come to the holy place.
Now in a hurry, Concubine Gao sent the beauty up, apparently because she was afraid that Concubine Zhou Xian would win the favor of Emperor Cheng'an through the matter of her son's death, so she would turn her head to make things difficult for her.
Chaos, the more chaos the better.
Empress Fu has been suppressed by Gao Zhouzhou for so many years, and now she is relieved of the depression in her heart.
"There is also the Seventh Prince." Speaking of the Seventh Prince, Empress Fu's expression was a little complicated, "The prince asked to take care of the Seventh Prince, you should pay more attention to it, so that no one can deceive him. Speaking of which, this child is also pitiful. …”
After that year, Empress Fu didn't say anything, she seemed to think of something and fell into the memory.
It took a long time before he said: "I used to never believe in retaliation, but now I believe it. If Concubine Zhou Xian knew what she did to Concubine Li, she would be reported back by Concubine Li's 'stupid son' after a few years. I don't know if I will regret it?"
Nian Qiu couldn't answer this question, so he could only listen silently.