Because the fetal image of the Crown Princess was unstable, the atmosphere in the Eastern Palace was extremely depressing.
After Empress Fu found out about this, she specially sent someone to visit the Crown Princess to let her raise her baby well, and rewarded her with a lot of medicinal herbs.
The imperial doctor came in and out of Jide Hall, passing through the gate of Jide Hall, you can smell the strong smell of mugwort leaves from a distance. In the past, when walking in the corridors of the East Palace, you could see little eunuchs and maids talking and frolicking from time to time, but now everyone you see is walking in a hurry.
The small courtyard is also very quiet. In the past, Pan'er would ask people to play Shuanglu from time to time, but now Shuanglu doesn't play, and just reads with a book in his arms every day.
The crown prince has not been here for many days, and Pan'er couldn't help thinking about him.
Thinking of what he said that day, if he wanted to be lonely and sent people to Yuqing Palace to spread the word, he would come and see him. This idea was turning around in her mind, turning around, and she just thought about it.
Usually when Pan'er was on the couch, she always fell asleep very quickly, but now when she was alone in the dead of night, she couldn't sleep all night.
Pan'er knew that Qingdai was careful, and was afraid that Aunt Qing would find out that she could not sleep well at night, so she put Cattail on duty for the past few days. Cattails can fall asleep when they lie down, and Pan'er is envious when he hears the small purring sound through the screen.
It was not until the third watch that Pan'er closed his eyes.
She didn't sleep well, she could still hear movement outside even though she was asleep, she heard the cattails getting up, she went to use the toilet and then came back to sleep, she heard the faint footsteps of someone getting up in the morning. Just so confused, when Pan'er woke up again, he was startled awake by a scream.
It was already dawn outside, Pan'er sat up, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether it was a dream or not.
When Aunt Qing heard the movement and walked in, her face was a little solemn.
Pan'er asked her what was wrong, and then realized that the scream just now was not a dream.
problem occurs.
A court lady was hanged in the small courtyard next door.
Every day before dawn, there will be eunuchs pouring Yexiang to collect the barrels.
It was the same today, but the eunuch who collected the barrels found that the door of a small courtyard that had been sealed was wide open. Out of curiosity, he went in and took a look. Unexpectedly, he saw an old man hanging from a tree with his tongue sticking out. long dead.
That scream came from the eunuch collecting the bucket.
It is worth mentioning that these eight small courtyards are in a state of facing each other in pairs, and they are divided into east and west.
There are a total of four small courtyards in the west, lined up, namely Hu Liangdi's courtyard, Xu Liangyuan's courtyard, and the small courtyard where Pan'er and Zhao Xiyue live. There is also a small courtyard that is empty, and the gate has been locked from the outside.
There are only two courtyards living in Dongxiang, namely He Liangyuan, and Liu Chenghui and Ma Chenghui who live in the same courtyard.
Now, in the small courtyard that was originally empty, someone hanged himself in it. It has to be said that it is a frightening thing.
Who the hell was she, why did she hang herself in this yard, and why did she hang herself
Thinking of being separated from the small courtyard next to it by a wall, Pan'er felt shuddering.
But this matter was not over yet, Cattail and Xiao Dezi went to pick up lunch at noon, and brought back a lot of news from outside.
It is said that this hanged maid once served Qi Fengyi. Qi Fengyi lived in the small courtyard next door. Qi Fengyi was eight months pregnant and gave birth prematurely. The child was not born and died of suffocation in her stomach.
At that time, this incident caused a lot of trouble in the East Palace. It is said that Qi Fengyi died in July, which is the ghost month, and the gate of ghosts is wide open. At the beginning, there were rumors that Qi Fengyi had a collision with something, so that he would give birth suddenly and prematurely. In the end, it ended up with a dead body and two lives.
For this reason, the prince also issued a ban order, ordering everyone in the East Palace not to mention this matter again, and sealed the small courtyard.
Now that it has just entered July, the court lady who served Qi Fengyi in the past unexpectedly appeared in the sealed courtyard and even hanged herself to death
Could it be that the gate of hell is wide open in July, and Qi Fengyi came back to claim his life
For a while, the East Palace was full of ghosts, and people were panicked.
The Crown Princess doesn’t care about raising a baby now, the matter is taken care of by Madam Chen. After Madam Chen ordered someone to investigate, she revealed that the maid had quarreled with the maid in the same room, so she couldn’t think about it for a while and hanged herself the result.
This answer is obviously not convincing to everyone, but the above has said so, so everyone can only listen. But since then, when it got dark, few people in the East Palace dared to walk outside, especially the backyard.
In private, all kinds of rumors were not curbed by Nanny Chen's intervention, on the contrary, they became more and more outrageous. At least Pan'er heard many versions from Xiao Dezi.
One day, when Pan'er was planning to have dinner, the crown prince came.
He frowned, full of condensation, and took Pan'er's hand after entering, and looked at her.
"Why don't you have a good meal? I'm so relieved."
Pan'er was stunned and smiled, moved closer to him, and said: "I haven't eaten well, and I haven't lost weight, but I have gained a little weight by myself."
As she spoke, she subconsciously looked at her chest. She has indeed eaten less these days, but the places that should be thin have become thinner, and the places that should be big have grown bigger. This is all thanks to Aunt Qing, who often applied ointment and massaged her. After such a period of time, she is much plumper than before.
The prince saw that she was not looking where she should be looking, so he took a look along the way, then his eyes darkened, he squeezed her hand, and said in a low voice: "You really never forget to seduce Gu."
seduce
This word is too serious, besides, how can she have it.
Although Pan'er didn't say anything in his mouth, he could see the meaning in his eyes.
The prince looked at the servants who were setting meals outside, and said, "Since you are here, I will accompany you to have a meal."
"Isn't your Highness still available?" She looked out the window, it was already dark outside.
"not yet."
Naturally, the crown prince would not tell Pan'er that he came here after returning from the palace.
After that incident, Eunuch Wang asked Eunuch Jia to keep an eye on Su Fengyi. Usually, as long as it is not too strict, any fresh and delicious food will be delivered here. They are all extremely satisfied.
In the past, eunuch Wang never paid attention to other people's menus except for the menus of the prince and princess, but now he asked eunuch Jia to prepare a plate, and he would have a look at it the next day.
There are a lot of things going on in the East Palace these days, and people are panicking, and the servants below are not at ease when they are doing business. Eunuch Wang didn’t look at it for a few days, and it was Eunuch Jia who took the initiative to report. Su Fengyi’s meals are getting less and less. In the past, every meal had to be ordered. I don't order my two favorite dishes anymore, and I don't send menus in advance. They eat whatever the dining room arranges.
He secretly inquired with Xiao Dezi, and it was said that Su Fengyi had a poor appetite recently. Combined with the recent incident, Su Fengyi lives next door to the small courtyard where the accident occurred. Could it be that she was frightened
These speculations were not made by Eunuch Jia, but by Eunuch Wang himself. Combined with the concubine's bed rest, the prince, who hadn't been to Jide Hall for a long time, would go there every day recently. On the contrary, he didn't go to the backyard. Eunuch Wang almost came to a conclusion.
But he didn't dare to say this, but he felt a little inappropriate if he didn't report it.
A slave's work is not to move when the master pokes you, but to be considerate and proper in everything, and to do everything first, so that he can stand forever. Especially when he just messed up something before, who dares to say that the crown princess's tire gas this time has nothing to do with what happened to the dining room last time? Eunuch Wang wanted to make amends, hesitated for several days, and reported the matter today.
He didn't say anything else, just said that Su Fengyi in the small courtyard had lost his appetite for many days.
The prince originally planned to come at noon, but he had to wait until the evening because he had something to do.
The two went to the table and sat down together, because the prince came, and Fu Lu temporarily added a few more dishes. This old chicken thief chooses what Pan'er likes to eat.
The prince actually knew how to put food on the plate this time, probably because she saw that she was not happy when she moved her chopsticks. She is not like this usually, probably because she didn't eat anything good outside the palace and thought the food in the palace was delicious (Prince, you What are you thinking?), watching her eat can make people appetite.
The prince didn't know that Pan'er had been starved for two lifetimes. Although she had changed her habit and no longer cared about her harshly, Aunt Qing usually still watched her.
Although Aunt Qing rarely said clearly that she was in charge of Pan'er and would not let her eat this or that, but she watched from the side, and Pan'er was under a lot of pressure. When the crown prince came, Aunt Qing was usually not around to serve, and the two of them ate together, so the plate inevitably ate more than usual.
Pan'er ate the food on the plate, but his eyes kept rolling around the prince.
The prince remained calm and remained silent, but squeezed her hand underneath. Seeming to be anxious by her too, he whispered in her ear: "Eat quickly, if you want to, you have to wait a while."
Pan'er couldn't help coughing twice, Bai Shu hurriedly stepped forward to pat her on the back and fetch water, finally calmed down, she gave him a shy and coquettish look.
Is she as... lewd as he thinks
After eating, they should do whatever they want. After eating for a while, the two of them washed up and went to bed.
The crown prince fulfilled his promise, and made Pan'er's voice almost hoarse, as if he was very greedy after not seeing each other for a long time, and both of them were greedy. After that, the two of them returned to the couch after taking a bath, and Pan'er nestled in the prince's arms.
"What a clingy little thing." The prince sighed.
Where is she clingy
"I don't have one."
"Who can't stick to it?"
Pan'er hid her face in his arms, and whispered: "That's not me, besides, His Highness hasn't come for so long, and I didn't ask anyone to invite you to Yuqing Palace."
The prince smoothed her satin-like long hair, and whispered: "I want to be lonely, but I endured it?"
She hummed a little.
The prince's heart was full of complexities, and thousands of words turned into rubbing her waist again.
"Gu has been a little busy recently, busy with affairs outside the palace."
He didn't mention the princess, so Pan Er didn't ask ignorantly. I understand things, so why say it to make people unhappy, but the prince is not lying, he is indeed very busy these days, and he is also busy with affairs outside the palace.
He is twenty-five years old this year, but he has never entered the court. A "Cheng'an Dadian" has made him practice for nearly five years. Now what should be precipitated should be precipitated, and what should be accumulated should also be accumulated. Just when there was a rumor from the Qianqing Palace that Emperor Cheng'an was planning to go to Mount Tai to worship the heavens, a minister asked to start the prince's supervisory system.
This is an ancient ritual of the Han people. If the emperor is away from Beijing, he must have someone to supervise the country. Even if the cabinet is fully capable of running the entire government, there must be someone watching.
Because of this matter, Emperor Cheng'an had long planned to go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen, but he dragged it off.
It is really rare that Emperor Cheng'an, who has always been very happy with his achievements, can bear this state. In the early years, due to the internal and external troubles of the court, Emperor Cheng'an had no chance to go. Now that the world is peaceful, it stands to reason that he should go, but at this time the prince is too old.
To put it bluntly, Emperor Cheng'an was guarding against the prince.
What is worth mentioning here is the system of supervising the country. Whether the prince has the right to supervise the country is two completely different concepts for the prince himself.
The prince has the power to oversee the country. In order to ensure that the court can operate normally when the emperor is away, he must start to get involved in the government. At the same time, during the period of supervising the country, any appointment of court officials can be made. Of course, if there is a relatively large change, in order not to arouse suspicion, it must go through the emperor.
But once he has the power to oversee the country, the prince is different from the Japanese in the eyes of the courtiers, and it is also the best time to support and cultivate cronies in large quantities.
Therefore, the crown prince must take over the power of supervising the country, even if he cannot act rashly during this period.
Now the prince has persuaded many courtiers to speak for him through his cronies, as well as the Fu and Chen families, and whether it will be successful is near. Of course, there are actually many arrangements, so I won't list them one by one, so the prince is really busy recently.
But Pan'er doesn't care about these things, even if I tell her, she doesn't understand. What she is concerned about now is that the prince said that he has not come to see her recently because he is busy with government affairs, and that is enough.
He was explaining to her that he would only do this in his previous life, that is, in the next few years. In other words, she is starting to treat him differently now
This progress made Pan'er very happy.
"Even if you want to be lonely, you should eat well. Next time I find you don't eat well, I will punish you for writing a hundred articles."