royal girl

Chapter 387 What did I hear 1
Thinking of this, the emperor's thoughts slowly spread out. His sons, after so many years, can be said to have their own strengths.In his private heart, he always preferred the second child to inherit the position from the beginning. Since childhood, the second child has a gentle temperament and is kind to others. Compared with him, the eldest child is slightly narrow-minded and not gentle enough.Needless to say, the third child, the whole dandy, what kind of good boy can Min Gui teach.The fourth child... is too cold-tempered and cold-hearted, and his methods of doing things are very hot and aggressive, but it is precisely because of this temperament that many difficult things fall into his hands, but he can walk out of a different path. Absolutely unexpected.The fifth child is somewhat scheming, but he is not as good at winning people's hearts as the second child, and he is not more resourceful than the fourth child in his actions.As for Lao Liu and Lao Qi, these two brothers are somewhat alike, a parent-child in front of a noble concubine, and a concubine in front of an empress, both in terms of status, and in their work, the sixth brother cares less about state affairs than the concubine. Similarly, being a noble concubine is really satisfying, and I never want to go any further.The seventh child grew up with the fourth child in both size and size, comparing both horizontally and vertically, and finally became the arm of the fourth child.

After such a measurement, the emperor has only realized in recent years that the heir to the throne in the future, after thinking about it, will only have to choose between the second child and the fourth child.He was more inclined to the second child in his heart, but the power behind the second child was not weak, but it was not controlled by him, but a slight tendency to be controlled by others, which made the emperor very dissatisfied.As an emperor, one must not only have a compassionate heart, but more importantly, one must be able to control one's heart.In comparison, the fourth child did a great job.Among the brothers, his support is the weakest. He has personally witnessed how he can regain his strength under his deliberate embarrassment, and gradually become stronger by adding bricks and tiles.Dingguo, who was so careless back then, Zhaoguo, who never offended anyone, and the attachment and trust of the courtiers who worked with him in the court.Especially what surprised him the most was that even if he had resigned from the land where the fourth child had been in charge, the officials in this land, even if they were not attached to him, would seldom stand under others. Or against him.From this point, it can be seen that even though the fourth child is indifferent, it cannot be denied that in terms of buying people's hearts, although he looks inferior to the second child, the actual results are almost the same.

Year after year, the fourth brother's wings gradually grew. Even though he intended to test it at the beginning, the result he handed in surprised him.It has to be said that even he is a little hesitant now, who is better to sit in this position?
While he was still hesitating, Dong Huiyu's incident seemed to be the result of jealousy among the women in the ordinary mansion, but judging from the behavior of Marquis Bei'an and Duke Ding, it was clear that someone in the harem made the move.

Who will it be this time?
The emperor really didn't want to have anything to do with Concubine De. If that was the case, even if he looked at the face of the second child to save her face, he was afraid that the fourth child would have new and old grudges in his heart and would do more. Things are going too far.

Last time he deliberately took sides and did not hurt Concubine De's punishment, this time... If it is really her, how will he explain this?

The movement in the front hall could be hidden from others, but not from the empress. The emperor tossed and turned all night, and the empress couldn't rest on her pillow all night.Early the next morning, after the emperor's morning court, Wan Chang'an came to Fengqi Palace in person, saluted her respectfully, and then conveyed the emperor's will, and it turned out that something happened to Huiyu again!

The queen knew that there was some movement in the emperor's front hall, but her hands were not long enough to know what was going on. As soon as Wan Chang'an finished speaking, her face changed!First of all, he asked about Huiyu's safety, and he was relieved to know that it was discovered early and did not cause major harm.She only felt that if something happened to Huiyu, she was afraid that after Ji Qiyu returned to Beijing, no one would want to live in peace.It's not that Ji Qiyu is afraid of making a big fuss, it's that Da Jin, who is about to disturb Da Jin, will change color if this child secretly takes action.Fortunately, Huiyu was fine, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"What does your majesty mean is that this matter should be investigated by me?" The empress was really surprised by the emperor's decision, and she even couldn't believe it. what.After all, it was done by the rewarded people in the palace. At the root of it, it must be backed by the people in the palace to have such courage.Since this person is from the harem, no matter which one is found out, the emperor and her will lose face.If it's insignificant and punished heavily, it's fine, if it's... difficult to deal with?
For example, the emperor has always wanted to make Prince Ning the crown prince. If this matter has something to do with Concubine De, the emperor will not guarantee that he will hold it up high and let it fall gently like last time.This kind of dumb loss, the fourth child can eat it once, but he will definitely not swallow it the second time. If it can't be dealt with fairly, how can the fourth child's anger be appeased?

The following things, one by one, very quickly slipped through the Queen's mind.With a look of distress on his face, he sighed softly and said, "Princess Jing is really not easy. I never expected to encounter such a disaster. Thanks to God's blessing, I was able to escape this. Father-in-law, I naturally dare not refuse to accept the errand assigned by the emperor, but..." He sighed again at this point, "You also know the difficulties in this palace, does the emperor have anything else to say?"

Wan Chang'an had known for a long time that the empress was not that kind of layman, so he didn't dare to hide it, so he immediately said: "If you want to return to your empress, the emperor specially left a word for your empress to investigate."

Let go and check?

The queen's heart trembled, and she couldn't figure out whether the emperor wanted to clean up the people who were dragging King Ning's legs, or whether the emperor was impatient with King Ning and didn't intend to continue to endure.It's hard to guess what the emperor was thinking, but the empress felt that this was a great opportunity. If it was used properly, maybe the incident back then would be able to see the light of day again.Thinking of this, he immediately said: "Of course, my palace is following the emperor's will, but after all, this incident happened in Prince Jing's mansion. The current situation of Princess Jing is definitely not allowed to enter the palace to tell the details. How should I do this trip?" Bad, but also a bit difficult."

Wan Changan was really amazed in his heart, the empress had expected everything, her expression became more respectful, she lowered her head and said: "The emperor has ordered that Prince Jing will leave the capital, and the concubine is frightened and disaster-stricken, and the empress is allowed to go out of the palace to visit .”

It is only called a visit, but not an investigation. After all, the royal face is more important, and this fig leaf must be covered.

There was a smile on the Queen's face, and she put her hand on the arm of the chair and lightly brushed the brocade embroidered phoenix skirt, and said softly: "The Emperor is merciful, and my palace will not disappoint the Emperor."

Wan Chang'an also understood when he heard this, he left with a smile, and bluntly said that he would go back and return to his life.The queen asked the people around her to send it out in person, and only after they had gone out did she lower her face, "Nurse Chu."

Nanny Chu immediately came over and bowed, "Ma'am."

"Since the emperor has explained it, I should go and investigate it, and remember to explain the meaning of the superior." The queen snorted coldly, some people really think that this harem is her own territory, and they can do whatever they want?No matter what the emperor had in mind, anyway, even if King Ning became the crown prince in the future, he would definitely not be comfortable with Concubine De. Taking this opportunity, if he really had something to do with Concubine De, it would be an excellent opportunity to pave the way for him.What's more, although the fourth child was not raised in front of him, he has always been filial and respectful to him, and this child hurts from the bottom of his heart.She also likes Concubine Jing, she is smart and kind, she does things well and can endure grievances, she is very much like her young self.It's just that she was luckier than herself. She met such a heartless person as the emperor, but she met the fourth child.

Hearing what the queen said, Nanny Chu really felt a turmoil in her heart, the empress is going to make a big deal of it!
Hesitating in his heart, he said: "My lady, what if I startle the snake?" Concubine De is so cunning, it's probably not good to make such a big show.

"What I want is to startle the snake!" The queen stood up, turned around and entered the inner hall, and asked the palace servants to change her clothes and leave the palace to visit Huiyu, but she still explained to Nanny Chu who followed in, "Concubine De is too wise to be a concubine." Be a little more cautious, if she investigates secretly, maybe she can really think that we didn't have any real evidence, so we got away with it. If Concubine De knows that the emperor wants to investigate again, she will panic, and people will panic. It’s easy to make mistakes, just keep an eye on it.”

Mother Chu understood the meaning, and immediately leaned back to salute, "I understand, thank you, Madam, for your guidance."

The queen waved Nanny Chu to go on errand, but she ordered someone to prepare a reward for visiting Huiyu.Shocking medicinal materials, decent rewards of gold, silver, jade and silk, and two imperial doctors to check the pulse. Guards of honor, all the way out of the palace mightily from the harem.

Such a big posture will make people really believe in the emperor's determination to investigate. Otherwise, Dong Huiyu almost died in the palace last time, and the queen was not able to visit in person. I didn't appreciate this face, but this time I went all the way with such fanfare. , It has already been spread in the harem.

Concubine Han was a little surprised when she got the news. Before she could recover, her palace servants came back to report to Concubine Concubine Han!

Hastily got up to greet the noble concubine, and only when she reached the door, the noble concubine had already arrived, she immediately bowed her knees and saluted, and hurriedly said: "My concubine is far away from welcoming you, your empress forgive me."

"Look at what my sister said, it's the sudden arrival of the palace, which disturbs your tranquility. Get up quickly." The concubine smiled and took Concubine Han's hand to help her up, and walked in with her side by side, saying as she walked : "I was so bored, I turned up my cage for nothing, only to find that there was a set of white jade pony playthings that the emperor gave me back then, just for Xiaoan to play with. It just so happens that there is nothing to do today, Let's take a look at our Xiao'an, I've been thinking strangely since I haven't seen you for two days."

Speaking of which, Concubine Han was able to get to where she is today in the harem, thanks to the support of Concubine Gui.At the beginning, when he was favored, the imperial concubine secretly helped him. Later, he had several ups and downs in the palace. Although the imperial concubine was lukewarm on the face, she made people talk to him in secret several times.Now that Xiaoan is added, the imperial concubine and the queen both like her quite a lot, but they are getting closer.

(End of this chapter)