Embroidered color and fragrance

Chapter 226 Attitude
"Do you know what happened?" The caravan stopped on the way, Concubine Chen Shu saw the gap and invited Eunuch Du over, and asked through the curtain, "Why did Your Majesty suddenly return to Beijing?"

There is no need to hide this kind of thing, because Concubine Chen Shu knows everything after returning to Beijing, what's more, he only read a sentence, Eunuch Du thought about it, and said in a low voice, "... ...The Holy Majesty was furious after reading it, so he was going back to Beijing."

Concubine Chen Shu was overjoyed when she heard it, but she didn't show it on her face, she nodded and said: "I know it well, and I will pay a little attention when I talk to the Holy Majesty. Thank you, Eunuch Du, for reminding me."

"Don't dare to thank you, ma'am, you rest, this servant is going to serve you in front of the saint." Eunuch Du saluted, then turned and left.

Concubine Chen Shu leaned on the cushion in the car, her eyes were half closed, the motorcade only stopped for a quarter of an hour and then set off again, she opened her eyes.

Zhao Jun wanted to tell about Hu Qiongyue and Zhao Zhiting early in the morning, but she felt that the time had not come, so she kept stopping her.

Whether brothers fight among themselves or uncles and nephews fight, in short, Zhao Zhiang would not want to see it. Even if Zhao Zhiting fell in the end, Zhao Zhiang would not like Zhao Jun more because of it.

The only way to find a better opportunity is to expose this incident in a non-obtrusive manner.

"It seems that my son has picked a good time." Concubine Chen Shu smiled, "Indeed, now that the external troubles are plaguing the Holy Majesty, and the government is in turmoil and everyone is irritated. If all Hu Qiongyue's dirty deeds are announced to the world, it will definitely cause trouble. Make a big fuss, when the time comes, even if there are empress dowagers and empresses, they will not be able to protect them."

Concubine Chen Shu was very happy, and couldn't help humming a new tune. She hadn't been this happy for many years, and the prospect was very good if she didn't see the queen...

"Your Majesty." Memo, the attendant, reminded in a low voice: "If you let the Holy Majesty know that you are in a good mood, I'm afraid you will be unhappy."

Concubine Chen Shu sneered as she served tea and drank it, and said calmly: "The worst case scenario is that the country will be divided into two, just like before. The world has been fighting for so many years, so there is nothing to worry about."

"Today it belongs to the Zhao family, and tomorrow it belongs to the Su family. If we can't keep it together, we will fight another Li family in a few days." Concubine Chen Shu said: "As long as we maintain our strength and fight slowly, the people all over the world will complain. Su Shiyuan and Shen Zhan are No matter how capable they are, they must be disintegrated."

"The sage said that the world belongs to the people, and the king sits on the throne, and the people also depend on it." Concubine Chen Shu put the teacup down and lay down in a comfortable position, with a smile on her lips, and her mood became more and more cheerful.

First determine the position of the prince, and then fight Su Shiyuan and Shen Zhan well.

She will not let her son work hard to conquer the world for Wu's grandson, "Her face is as big as a washbasin! A troublemaker, she really thinks that she is a phoenix when she becomes a queen, and she doesn't take a mirror to look at herself Virtue."

The nanny covered her face and smiled, and said in a low voice: "The empress has been as old as a bark in the past two years, so she has no virtue."

"That's right." Concubine Chen Shu smiled lightly: "Let my son make wedding dresses for others. If that's the case, then the Zhao family should break up. I would rather die than live under his Wu family."

The enmity between her and the Wu family is far greater than the hostility towards the Later Song Dynasty.

The convoy did not leave quickly. When I arrived in Yanjing on the sixth day, Concubine Chen Shu quietly found her son as soon as she returned to the palace. After closing the palace door, she couldn't wait to ask: "What's going on? How did you do it? Speak carefully."

Zhao Jun replied: "Mother Concubine, I didn't do it. Although I planned to do it in a few days, it happened before I could do it."

"It's not you?" Concubine Chen Shu's face changed slightly, and then she thought of something, "Could it be... the Su family of the Later Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Jun nodded, "Nine times out of ten." He told Concubine Chen Shu the whole story, "The Holy Admiral handed over the court affairs to Zhiting. After he left, Zhiting came to the palace to take care of things in the first few days. After reviewing the memorials, I was afraid I felt bored later, so I brought Hu Shi here every day."

"This woman Hu really doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth, and she actually helped Zhiting to correct it together in the imperial study. At first, it was nothing, but later the memorial was taken down. When the adults saw that the handwriting of the review was not written by one person at all, they asked in the morning. Zhiting faltered and refused to speak."

"It's not a small matter, but the sage was not there, and Lord Zheng and Lord Ge just reminded a few words and it passed. But by coincidence, Mrs. Wu approved a memorial from the military commander, saying that Nan In Huaishu Hutong, a family’s yard was expanded four feet, forcing only two people to walk through the alley that could have been used for carriages. The people who lived in the yard were not dared to move, but after the memorial went up, After seeing it, Mrs. Wu asked Bingmasi to demolish the courtyard."

"How could such a trivial matter be handed over to the imperial study?" Concubine Chen Shu had a strange expression on her face.This kind of matter is handled by the government office, and the soldiers and horses are also handled in private. How could they write a note on purpose, please play the emperor.

If all the big things about Douding were reported to the top, wouldn't the Holy Majesty be exhausted to death?

Zhao Jun shook his head, "I don't know, it's probably caught in a pile, and the Sheren took it in without seeing it." He said again: "The soldiers and horses have the confidence, and the people who lead them will tear it down without saying a word. The courtyard wall, who knows after the demolition, the person living in that courtyard turned out to be an old woman who came out from the Prince's Mansion."

"The old lady in the prince's mansion?" Concubine Chen Shu heard the important point of the matter, "How old is this old lady? I remember that when the prince had an accident, the old man in the mansion killed him."

Zhao Jun replied: "This old lady is over 60 this year. She broke her leg five or six years ago, so she bought a house in Nanhuaishu Hutong and invited two women to take care of her. It is said that the money to buy the house is still taken by the crown prince."

"This nun recognized a godson last year. This year, the godson wants to marry a wife. She thinks the yard is too small, and the whole family doesn't report to the court, so she moves the yard out. Bing Masi didn't dare to move even after inquiring, and persuaded him several times. After it’s useless, play it.”

"As soon as the courtyard was demolished, the old mother went to the Prince's Mansion crying and making trouble. When she saw the Crown Princess, she begged the Crown Princess to uphold justice." Zhao Jun said: "It was okay at first, and the Crown Princess gave a few words of comfort. The old lady Qian left, but she didn't expect that after two days, the old lady would suddenly go to the Prince's Mansion again, demanding justice from Mrs. Hu, or she would pay to buy her a new house with three entrances. Otherwise, she will reveal the Hu family's scandal, and everyone will die at once."

Concubine Chen Shu was stunned, "I'm afraid someone will look for him in the past two days."

"Mr. Hu was so arrogant that she immediately had the old lady kicked out. Halfway through the conversation, the old lady was arguing that Mrs. Hu had poisoned the prince's medicine. Back then, the prince's medicine was boiled in a small pharmacy. And it just so happened that the grandson was also beaten and took medicine to recuperate his injuries in those few days. When Mrs. Hu made the medicine herself, she put Aconitum aconiti in the soup."

"Old lady, although I am not on duty in the mansion, the people in the mansion back then, who were not trained by me, would come and talk to me if they had something to do, and even asked me to make up my mind if there was any embarrassment." General Zhao Jun Mammy repeated what she had said, and said again: "Mr. Hu's face changed at that time, and he ordered the old mammy to be killed with a cane."

"The Crown Princess has come out?" Concubine Chen Shu said: "She and the Crown Prince are young couples, although they are not loving each other, they have a deep relationship. It is impossible to ignore this kind of thing."

The Crown Princess is honest, if the Empress would not mention this matter again, her husband is gone, so naturally she has to protect her grandson.

"Yes," Zhao Jun said, "Not only the Crown Princess, but also Lord Ge and Lord Fang who were passing by heard it."

Concubine Chen Shu hid her face and giggled, and said: "Retribution. Since she has done something, she should know that one day she will not be able to hide it, and still dream of a queen. Go and dream of Spring and Autumn."

"Mother and concubine." Zhao Jun said: "How do you think the father will deal with it?"

Concubine Chen Shu thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "It's hard to say, this is not a trivial matter, and Hu's identity is also very special, so it's hard to say."

"Then Hu's identity, should we reveal it now?" Zhao Jun asked.

Concubine Chen Shu smiled, "They must be seeing His Majesty now, let's see how His Majesty handles it. Then we will add more firewood and send them a ride."

At this moment, in the imperial study room, Zhao Zhiang looked at the two of them, and Hu Qiongyue held the handkerchief and cried, "...Your Majesty, you personally inquired about what happened back then, and none of the servants stood up and pointed at the concubine. Now that Mother Cui jumped out suddenly, saying that I poisoned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, clearly doing so intentionally."

"The concubine was just a newcomer back then, and was not familiar with the place where she lived, so how could she have the guts to harm the prince." Hu Qiongyue cried, "What's more, due to the situation and reason, it is impossible for the concubine to harm the prince."

What this said actually makes sense. According to criminal interrogation, the Hu family had no motive for killing. Zhao Zhiang turned his heart and asked, "But what the old woman said is precise. When the prince was brewing medicine, Zhiting was indeed injured. It was you who personally It has been two or three years since the details of boiling medicine, but she still remembers it clearly, how do you explain this?"

"Grandfather." Zhao Zhiting argued: "She wants to harm people, of course she has to find out what happened before and after and think it through before she speaks. Otherwise, how can she do the harm and make others believe it."

Even though Zhao Zhiang didn't want to believe that it was Hu who did it, he still felt that Mrs. Cui's words were somewhat believable, because if she hadn't been forced to do it for a reason, otherwise, she probably wouldn't have said it until she died.

"Old Du." Zhao Zhi'ang stared at Hu Qiongyue, and told Eunuch Du, "Tell the prison officer to interrogate Mrs. Cui carefully. Whether it's true or not, report it to me."

Eunuch Du should be, took a look at Zhao Zhiting and went out.

The criminal inspector investigated for two days. Although Madam Cui did not use torture, but she was too old to be interrogated for days, she was a little confused, and the words did not make sense. When Master Liu mentioned this matter, Zhao Zhiang hesitated.

"Your Majesty." The queen sent the bird's nest, and said in a low voice: "Now that the foreign aggression is not over, you can leave this kind of matter to Zhiting. This old woman Cui suddenly jumped out like a mad dog, and someone must have instructed Zhiting behind her." Check it out carefully, and find out who is the one who dares to harm the grandson."

Zhao Zhiang asked: "Do you also think that the prince's death was not done by the Hu family?"

"What's the reason for Mrs. Hu?" The queen's eyes turned red when she thought of her son, "My son is honest and has never been harsh to an outsider like her. Why would she harm him? Besides, there is a prince in the prince's mansion, the prince's mansion. It's the Prince's Mansion. She is a side concubine, and she doesn't rely on the Prince's Mansion, she is not stupid, how could she do such a thing."

Zhao Zhiang leaned on the chair and said in a deep voice, "Don't forget, Mrs. Hu is Xiao Shan's daughter!"

"This..." The queen choked, and stammered, "Mr. Hu didn't know that at the time, and she only found out later."

Zhao Zhiang waved his hand, "There is a strange thing, the prince's death, I was suspicious back then, I killed so many people and got nothing, and finally let it go." After a pause, he said: "If the Hu family did it, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. This is possible."

The queen's face darkened. This Hu family is really harmful, and everything is related to her.

If she hadn't seduced Zhiting back then, and the two of them had cooked rice and had a child, Zhiting's reputation would not have deteriorated, and he would not have lost the hearts of so many people in the court. The crown prince has gone, so what she values ​​most now is naturally her grandson.

Her grandson will never be allowed to be implicated by the Hu family again.

"Then kill it." The queen said in a deep voice: "As long as she is her, she will be tied up and sent to Fenzhou, and Xiao Shan will trade her life for it."

Zhao Zhiang didn't speak, he waved his hand and said, "I'll think about it again. You should go back first."

The queen should leave accordingly, so Zhao Zhiang called for Eunuch Du, "I remember a time when a woman went to the government to sue Mrs. Hu for pretending to be Xiaoshan's daughter-in-law. Is there such a thing?"

"Yes!" Duke Du said, "But that woman was hit by a carriage and died that day."

Zhao Zhiang said: "You go and tell Si Sanbao to ask him to find out where this woman came from."

"Yes." Eunuch Du should go.

On the second day, Si Sanbao came in with the dossier, presented it to Zhao Zhiang, and said, "Your Majesty, this woman is from Zuojia Village, Dengzhou, Shandong..." He recounted the history, "The woman took that young The servant is 50 taels of silver, the son of her family can testify. The servant who gave the woman the silver is the clerk of the Qingfeng Grocery Store, and this Qingfeng Grocery Store is the property of the Hu family."

After going all the way, it means that the woman was found by Hu Qiongyue.

"What a cunning woman." Zhao Zhiang said: "Find someone to sue her. Then let the world know that she is not Xiao Shan's daughter, so that I won't take her as a hostage?!"

Si Sanbao didn't say anything, he had already found out the news, and today he just took it out of the cabinet.

He is a servant girl, he will do what the master orders him to do, and if he does not order him, he will not be troublesome.

"Let Zhiting come." Zhao Zhiang said.

Mr. Du should be.

Hu Qiongyue walked quickly to the outer courtyard with her skirt in hand. Zhao Zhiting was about to go out when she shouted, "Your Highness, are you going to the palace?"

"Yes." Zhao Zhiting stopped to wait for her, and said, "You don't have to be afraid. Grandfather sent someone to investigate the events of the year, and he will definitely return your innocence."

Hu Qiongyue was worried, because Mrs. Cui's matter was too strange, she would not be afraid if it was Zhao Jun who did it, but if it was Su Wanru, she would have to be on guard, "Go early and come back early, don't talk back to the Holy One."

"Don't worry." Zhao Zhiting said with a smile, "I know how to talk to my grandfather."

Hu Qiongyue sent Zhao Zhiting out, but her eyelids kept twitching. She waited until evening and Zhao Zhiting did not come back. She sent someone to look for her, and the person who came back reported: "Your Highness came out of the palace in the afternoon, but went to Zuichun Tower alone. Here, drink in there."

"Zuichun Tower?" Hu Qiongyue frowned, "You go to find me, just tell me I have something to do, please come back quickly, Your Highness."

This is very good for Zhao Zhiting, he seldom goes to Huajie and Liuxiang, and he is not lustful towards women, how could he go to Zuichunlou so well today.

The servant went away in response, Hu Qiongyue coaxed her son to sleep, and Zhao Zhiting came back drunk, humming a tune, and smiled when he saw her, and said: "...Yue'er, what are you doing?" Don't sleep yet, I'm tired today, so I'll sleep in the study."

"Your Highness." Hu Qiongyue supported him, and asked someone to boil hot water to make hangover soup. After waiting for Zhao Zhiting to lie down, she opened her eyes and looked at her in a daze. The eyes were different from usual. Hu Qiongyue was shocked , asked: "Why did Your Highness suddenly go to Zuichun Tower, did something happen in the palace?"

"It's nothing, you go to sleep, I'm tired." Zhao Zhiting turned his back to her, "Go."

Hu Qiongyue was sullen, pulled his arm, and said, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you, is there anything we can't talk about?"

Zhao Zhiting ignored her.

"Your Highness." Hu Qiongyue's tone was not very good, and she asked: "You speak clearly, why come back, the nose is not the nose, and the eyes are not the eyes. Is there something I did wrong that made you unhappy."

"Your Highness." Hu Qiongyue shouted.

Zhao Zhiting turned over and sat up, pushed her suddenly, and said angrily: "I'm sleepy and I can't even sleep, get out!"

Hu Qiongyue was half-sitting on the edge of the bed, but when he pushed her, she immediately sat on the ground with an unsteady thump, and she stared at Zhao Zhiting dumbfounded.

"I..." Zhao Zhiting didn't move his hands, his heart jumped, he endured it and lay down again, "In a few days, the Holy One will let me go out with you to relax."

Hu Qiongyue hadn't recovered from the shock of Zhao Zhiting's action, and was stunned by the incident again, "Go... relax, why should you relax?"

"You don't have to worry about what the Holy One arranged." Zhao Zhiting said.

Hu Qiongyue rolled her eyes and stood up, "You are gone, who will handle the court affairs? Uncle Wu?"

"Otherwise." Zhao Zhiting said: "It's all because of you. If it weren't for you, why would I be scolded by my grandfather, and now I have given Uncle Wu the job."

He was drunk, and if he was sober, he probably wouldn't say it.

"You blame me?" Hu Qiongyue was incredulous, "This is what you said in your heart, but you have always blamed me in your heart?"

Zhao Zhiting turned over and sat up again, and said angrily: "Shouldn't I blame you? How many things have happened since you and I returned to Beijing. Now the situation has become like this...you..." He said, thumping the bed, Said: "Okay, let me calm down, do you want to go out to relax, I have to talk to my grandfather."

"Is Sanxin going to take me to Fenzhou?" Hu Qiongyue said, "Use me as a hostage to threaten Xiaoshan?"

Zhao Zhiting didn't answer her, but said: "I will go to lobby my grandfather again."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Hu Qiongyue wanted to throw up her sleeves and leave, but she knew she couldn't. In the current situation, she couldn't turn against Zhao Zhiting, so she said softly: "Your Highness is in a bad mood, and I will accompany you to say Let's talk, if you have any dissatisfaction, let's talk about it, okay?"

Zhao Zhiting looked at her, sighed, and nodded.

The two talked in the middle of the night, and only took a rest when it was almost dawn, but Hu Qiongyue stayed up all the time, staring at the top of the tent, her heart was spinning fast...

It was dawn, she simply got up and went back to the room, Zhao Yufeng was still sleeping, her little face was flushed and she was really cute.

She invited six gentlemen to enlighten him this year, and she is bound to teach him a smart and quick-witted son... Therefore, she must be fine.

Su Wanru!
Hu Qiongyue said coldly: "You did it right, you never see me live well!"

"Niang Niang." The girl shouted softly outside, Hu Qiongyue responded, took the girl back to the banquet room, and asked: "It's early in the morning, what's the matter?"

The girl replied: "Your Majesty, the Later Song Dynasty issued a crusade document."

"Hmm." Hu Qiongyue was not surprised, this kind of deeds came back and forth, saying the same things, "Is this worth your fuss?"

The girl replied: "It's not... The Holy One sent Mr. Si to come, please come into the palace."

Snapped!
The teacup in Hu Qiongyue's hand fell to the ground, and she stood up abruptly, "Si Sanbao invited me?"

"Yes, the person is in the outer courtyard, I ask you to go quickly." The girl replied.

Hu Qiongyue trembled all over.Later Song issued the deed, and then Zhao Zhiting asked Si Sanbao to invite her... There must be something she didn't know about it.

Su Wanru, Su Wanru, are you going to force me to death?

"Where is Your Highness?" Hu Qiongyue asked, "Where did Your Highness go?"

The girl replied: "Your Highness is up, waiting for you in the outer courtyard."

"Feng'er." Hu Qiongyue said: "Pick up the young master, I will take the young master into the palace together."

　There's one more at seven o'clock in the evening.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)