The reborn prince can't be pushed down

Chapter 16
The next day, the news of the auspicious lotus blossoms appearing in the Taiye Pool in the palace spread like wings inside and outside the palace.

Both the government and the public are spreading the word that this is a sign from the heavens, and a good relationship is destined.

The hot future son-in-law Jiang Nian has once again become the focus of public opinion. Zhou Yihu in Tingfeng Tea House temporarily stopped the story he was telling, and replaced it with "The Champion and the Princess" based on Jiang Nian. With Jiang Nian's attention To a certain extent, this story is once again a blockbuster.

Because of this rare auspicious omen in a hundred years, the Queen held a banquet by the Taiye Pool and invited all officials to share the grand sight.

The imperial guards in the palace strengthened the guards around Taiye Pool last night, and sent a team of guards around Bing Tilian to prevent idlers from approaching.

Early this morning, Bitao obeyed the Queen's order and directed the palace people to prepare the noon banquet.For a moment, the canopy beside the Taiye Pool was tilted, blocking the scorching sun.

The officials came to the Taiye Pond after the court. Jiang Nian and his father Jiang Qixi walked together today, and the two went to the palace at a leisurely pace, keeping a long distance from many officials.

From a distance, you can see the Imperial Army guarding the Taiye Pool, and you can see the guards in armor, not to mention Bing Dilian, not even a lotus leaf.

"It seems that His Majesty attaches great importance to the auspicious omen of the flowers blooming together!" Jiang Qixi said with emotion, keeping a calm face and a little pride in his heart.

Jiang Nian bent his lips and smiled, "As a parent, who doesn't want their children to have a happy marriage."

Jiang Qixi didn't speak when he heard the words, but he agreed in his heart.If his son hadn't shown great interest in the princess, he would not have agreed to the marriage.

Because the two walked slowly, when they arrived at Taiye Pool, all the officials had already taken their seats.As an important minister of the two dynasties, Jiang Qixi is also the chief assistant of the cabinet, so his seat is naturally arranged at the lower right of the queen's throne.

Jiang Nian, as the prospective son-in-law, although his current official position is low, but this time the palace banquet is for everyone to appreciate the auspicious omen of the double lotus, and there are also some celebrations for the wedding of the princess and the son-in-law, so in order to show the empress's grace, Jiang Nian Nian's seat is next to Jiang Qixi.

In view of Jiang Nian's status, others did not dare to show dissatisfaction with this arrangement, and many cabinet bachelors also took this opportunity to make a toast with Jiang Nian.

"The emperor is here, the princess is here!"

The empress walked slowly with the support of Ning Yuezhao. Because of her relaxed mood these past few days, the empress's originally pale face became a little more bloody.

"See my emperor, long live, long live, long live! Your Royal Highness is a thousand years old!"

All the officials left the table to salute.

"Everyone is flat." The empress sat down on the throne with a smile on her face, "Let the imperial army withdraw, they are all surrounded, how can you enjoy the flowers?"

The imperial army got the order and dispersed one after another.

All the officials were very curious about the spectacle of the flowers blooming side by side, and each of them poked their heads and stretched their necks to look for the side flowers in the blue.

With the breeze blowing and the blue colors, many lotus flowers have bloomed, but only one lotus flower has already bloomed, and the other one is still a flower bone.

I don't know if it's because the sun is so strong that the Bingdilian looks a little wilted.

Seeing this, the empress couldn't hold back the smile on her face.Even Ning Yuezhao was a little puzzled, although it was early summer, the lotus shouldn't have withered so quickly!
"Why does it feel like I've grown taller than yesterday?" Jiang Nian murmured to himself, "The flowers next to me haven't wilted yet, why is this the only one that's out of the woods?"

Jiang Qixi put the wine cup in his hand back on the table, frowning slightly.

The officials also noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with Bing Dilian, and seeing the empress's already somewhat uneasy face, they did not dare to express their true thoughts.

"Your Majesty, it's rare to see this flower blooming together in a hundred years. This is God's blessing for my happiness!" A cabinet scholar stood up and raised his wine glass, "My minister respects Your Majesty, may my prosperity last forever. "

The queen's complexion softened a little when she heard the words. She was ill and should not drink alcohol, and she used tea instead. However, when she was about to drink up the tea, a scene in the Taiye Pool made people's jaw drop.

I saw that Bing Dilian, who was swaying in the wind, gradually trembled, and even became more and more violent. Before everyone had time to react, that Bing Dilian seemed to have no support suddenly, and disappeared among Cui He.

"What's going on here!" The queen was furious and broke the teacup in her hand.

The fine white porcelain cup shattered all over the floor, and the shards flew.

All the officials hurriedly left the table and knelt down, "Your Majesty, calm down!"

It was a good feast, but it was messed up for no reason, which was equivalent to slapping the empress in the face.In a rage, the queen felt a sharp pain in her temple.

Ning Yuezhao hurriedly said: "Tell the imperial physician!" Then, she stepped forward and held the Queen's hand, "Mother, why don't you go back to the Ascending Dragon Hall to rest first."

"No!" The empress resolutely said, "Let me investigate, what's going on?"

Ning Yuezhao had no choice but to order someone to fetch peppermint oil and massage the queen's temples herself.

Under the refreshing stimulation of peppermint oil, the queen's headache was relieved a little.

This did not mean that Tilian was guarded by the Forbidden Army in the palace. Now that something happened, they were the first to be held accountable.

Therefore, Xiang Hai, the commander of the imperial army, immediately organized a team of people, drove a small boat to push away the lotus leaves, and sailed to the place where the incident occurred.Pulling aside the nearby lotus leaves, a broken Bingdilian floated on the water.

The Imperial Army salvaged the Bing Tilian and presented it to the Queen, while some of the Imperial Army continued to inspect it at the same place.

Seeing the wilted and broken Bingdilian, the Queen became so angry that she was about to explode.

I saw Jiang Nian walking a few steps on his knees, and said loudly: "Your Majesty calm down, it is important to take care of your health!"

Seeing him, the empress relieved her anger, "Get up first and come to me."

Jiang Nian got up when he heard the words, walked to the queen's side, and took the opportunity to observe the broken Bingdilian.

The queen continued: "You have been wronged by this matter, and I will definitely give you an explanation."

Jiang Nian looked at Bing Dilian carefully, and was about to say something.

Suddenly hearing the commotion of the Imperial Army in the Taiye Pool, Xiang Hai rushed ashore and reported to the Queen: "Your Majesty, it's not good, a corpse was found in the Taiye Pool!"

The empress felt a rush of blood, and her headache got worse.When the body of a court lady was salvaged, the empress's eyes were red, her throat was fishy, ​​she vomited a mouthful of blood, and she passed out.

"Empress!"

"His Majesty!"

There was a loud "bang", a thunderstorm on the ground, and a torrential rain fell down like a splash.

Ning Yuezhao anxiously paced back and forth outside the Queen's bedroom, the imperial physician and a group of imperial physicians were treating the Queen inside.

Qingchi tried to persuade her to sit down many times, but she couldn't calm down no matter what.

It was raining heavily outside the palace, and a person came slowly with a paper umbrella. In the vastness, the vermilion figure was particularly eye-catching.

It was Jiang Nian who came, and he handed the paper umbrella to the palace servants under the long corridor, and stepped into the palace with his whole body wet.

Seeing him, Ning Yuezhao couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, "It's because you didn't let me break that broken flower yesterday, if you just fold it up and give it to the empress, it won't be such a big deal!"

This blame was so unreasonable that even Qingchi couldn't help but complain for Jiang Nian.

"Sorry, I didn't expect things to turn out like this." Jiang Nian felt very guilty.

Seeing that he didn't defend herself, Ning Yuezhao also felt that she was going too far, so she could only say bluntly: "I'm sorry, I will give you an explanation for this matter."

Jiang Nian glanced at the inner room with the closed door, his eyes darkened, and his tone was a bit cold, "Your Highness, you don't need to be like this. Even if you don't tell me, I will investigate this matter clearly."

At this time, the closed door finally opened, and the imperial physician headed by Fu Yuan came out of the room.

"Princess Qi, Your Majesty is in a hurry, and I have temporarily protected her heart veins with golden needles. I will take some medicine to calm the liver and relieve the fire later."

After hearing Fu Yuan's words, Ning Yuezhao felt a little relieved, waved his hands and said, "Then there will be Lao Fu the imperial physician."

"His Royal Highness has flattered you, this is the duty of a humble minister."

After finishing speaking, Imperial Physician Fu went down to write the prescription, leaving four other imperial physicians to guard the Dragon Hall.

Ning Yuezhao entered the inner room, followed by Jiang Nian.

But seeing the empress lying on the dragon couch smoothly, her eyes closed tightly, her face still pale, small pieces of ointment were pasted on both temples.

Ning Yuezhao felt uncomfortable seeing it, Jiang Nian supported her shoulder, "Don't worry, Your Majesty is lucky, you will be fine."

Unusual, Ning Yuezhao didn't push him away, but said flatly: "Accompany me to the Forbidden Army Governor's Mansion, I want to see who is playing tricks!"

She doesn't care about the good omens of flowers blooming side by side, and her mother is the only one she can't touch.

Jiang Nian nodded, "It's just right, I also have some discoveries to tell you."

It was raining heavily outside the house, and inside the Forbidden Army Commander's Mansion, Xiang Hai, the commander of the Forbidden Army, walked back and forth restlessly.The empress ordered him to guard Bing Tilian. She thought it was just a flower with a slightly strange appearance. Who would have thought that some people would want to destroy it.

"Princess Changning is here!"

Hearing the report from outside, Xiang Hai felt even more headache, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go out to pick him up, "My minister sees the princess."

"Get up." Ning Yuezhao walked into the hall sullenly, "How's the investigation going?"

It was only then that Xiang Hai noticed that Jiang Nian was with Ning Yuezhao, and Jiang Nian smiled at him, "Commander Xiang."

"Master Jiang." Xiang Hai felt that the matter was getting more difficult.

"The maid who died was named Ah Xiang. She was dispatched to the Clothes Bureau, and all the people in the Clothes Bureau were also arrested. The maid came from a poor family. Because she had not been in the Clothes Bureau for a long time, those old people asked her to help her." Bullying her and pushing all the work to her, that's why she couldn't think about throwing herself into the lake." Xiang Hai reported the results of the investigation to Ning Yuezhao.

Ning Yuezhao sneered when she heard the words, "So Bing Dilian was destroyed because the palace maid harbored resentment and thought she was going to die anyway, so why not just destroy it?"

Xiang Hai's forehead was already covered with fine and dense cold sweat, and he said uncertainly: "This minister thinks, it is very likely to be so."

"Ridiculous!" Ning Yuezhao was in a hurry, and swept everything on the table to the ground, "The high-ranking royal official Houlu raised you forbidden soldiers. Is this how you repay the Queen Mother? No one would believe such an answer!"

"Princess, calm down!" Xiang Hai knelt down with a plop, "I know that His Highness is worried about His Majesty, but according to the investigation results of the Imperial Army, this is indeed the case."

Xiang Hai is humble on the surface, but confident in his heart.Anyway, after this heavy rain, all traces will be washed away, even if the queen wants to pursue it, there is no way.

Ning Yuezhao's hands were tightly gripping the armrest of the chair with such force that her knuckles turned white, and her beautiful face was full of gloom that was about to rain.

(End of this chapter)