Jinluan Palace.

In the middle of the twelfth lunar month last year, the prince passed away. Emperor Jingwen was extremely grieved. On the first day of the first lunar month, all civil and military officials were exempted from entering the palace to pay their respects. Everyone had not seen the emperor for several days. Today is the end of the annual holiday. The first day of the morning court, everyone is thinking Somewhat uneasy.

When they saw Emperor Jingwen, they saw that he was in a good mental state and seemed to have slowly come out of his sadness. All the civil and military officials were relieved.

After the court meeting, all civil and military officials left the Jinluan Hall one after another.

Mr. Yu, the Minister of Punishment, walked up to Gu Jingxi and said with a vague feeling of surviving a disaster: "Sir Gu, you don't know how many ministers the emperor left behind just now. How afraid I am that we will also be left behind. Fortunately, the emperor didn't point it out. Our names.”

Gu Jingxi turned to look at Mr. Yu. Mr. Yu has reached the age of knowing his destiny this year. Logically speaking, at this age, he should be calmer than him, but Mr. Yu seems to be more coward than him. It seems that he failed to find out the behind-the-scenes because of his ineffectiveness. The chief envoy was severely scolded by the emperor and already had psychological shadow.

He comforted him: "Isn't there a subordinate accompanying Mr. Yu? Mr. Yu need not be overly nervous. Otherwise, during the court meeting that happens every five days, wouldn't Mr. Yu be nervous every five days?"

Lord Yu replied: "If another person was assassinated and the mastermind behind it was not found out, I wouldn't be so nervous, but His Highness the Crown Prince is different. He is the most valued son of the Emperor." He said, sighing softly. , "It has only been less than ten days, and the emperor has more gray hair on his temples."

In fact, Emperor Jingwen was less than forty years old this year. Before His Highness the Crown Prince's accident, he had no white hair. But after the Crown Prince's accident, he had gray hair. After the Crown Prince passed away, the number of gray hair increased again.

It is said that there is no father or son in the Tian family, but it depends on who that person is. His Highness the Crown Prince is the eldest son of the Emperor and his beloved wife. The Emperor loves His Highness the Crown Prince very much, and at the same time he trusts him very much. He is not stingy in delegating power. Since the Crown Prince After getting married, some government affairs were assigned to the prince to handle.

Gu Jingxi said: "Master Yu, relax."

Master Yu sighed again, how can this relax your mind? He was a suspicious candidate, but the other party was a prince, how could he check it? They secretly investigated but couldn't find anything, and they didn't dare to tell the emperor without substantive evidence. When faced with the emperor's inquiry, they could only say that they were incompetent and that there was no progress in the case.

A few days later, when the civil and military officials saw that Emperor Jingwen seemed to have really recovered from the pain of losing his son, and his mood was very stable, some ministers wrote a memorial to ask Emperor Jingwen to establish a new crown prince.

Emperor Jingwen put aside these memorials and did not approve them.

Therefore, the civil and military officials could not figure out what Emperor Jingwen was thinking. Now the people who have the best chance to be crown princes are the sixth prince and the second prince. The sixth prince is only seven years old, but he has taken over the status of legitimate son, which belongs to Emperor Jingwen and the empress. The youngest son, the second prince has great power behind him, and the second prince is also quite smart.

In addition to the two of them, there is another person who may be established as the prince, and that is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's son. Although he is only two years old now, according to Emperor Jingwen's love for the prince, he may also bypass his son and directly establish his own grandson. The only child of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess becomes the Crown Prince.

At the court meeting a few days later, Emperor Jingwen issued two imperial edicts.

The first imperial edict posthumously conferred the title of Prince Huizhao on the deceased Crown Prince, and the Crown Princess was named Crown Princess Huizhao.

The second imperial edict, all civil and military officials thought it was to appoint a new crown prince, but it was not. It was an imperial edict to ennoble the crown prince's only child as the king of Jin.

As for the matter of canonizing the new crown prince, Emperor Jingwen didn't mention it even a word. He didn't mention it, and the civil and military officials didn't mention it again for the time being.

Qi Yunwen and Gu Jingxi whispered softly: "Some people had speculated before that the emperor would surpass the prince and grant the title of grandson of the emperor. Unexpectedly, he would only grant the title of Prince Jin."

Gu Jingxi replied: "It's good to be granted the title of King of Jin, as it can ensure peace."

Qi Yunwen looked stunned and understood what he meant. The prince was killed and the emperor probably had doubts about the candidate. If he established a grandson, whether he could grow up safely was still a question. There are also examples of the emperor's grandson successfully ascending the throne, but because of his uncle's huge power, it is not uncommon for his uncle to seize the throne.

Qi Yunwen asked in a low voice: "Yao Ling, who do you think has the best chance, the sixth prince or the second prince?"

Gu Jingxi shook his head slightly: "It's hard to say. It's too early to say anything until the last moment."

Qi Yunwen nodded: "That's true."

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In early February, the temperature in Beijing has risen.

Meng Jinyao's belly was getting bigger and bigger, her body became heavier, and she couldn't sleep well at night. Sometimes she would wake up from hunger in the middle of the night when she fell asleep. She also had backache and fatigue. She felt tired and anxious, inexplicably irritable, and easily Losing his temper.

Gu Jingxi knew that it was hard for her to be pregnant, so he was considerate of her and tried every means to make her happy, divert her attention, and ease her mood.

Suddenly one day, after Meng Jinyao woke up from hunger, she didn't call Gu Jingxi, but sat next to him and stared at him. Seeing him sleeping so soundly, she suddenly felt envious of him, and then she shed tears of envy, and the tears were like broken beads. It seemed to fall down and hit him in the face, knocking him awake.

Gu Jingxi was sleeping well at first, and thought he dreamed of raining. But when he suddenly opened his eyes, he saw his little daughter-in-law with tears in her eyes, staring at him with aggrieved eyes. He lost all sleep in an instant and asked hurriedly: "Ayao, what's wrong?" ?”

Meng Jinyao was just crying silently at first, but as soon as he asked, she started crying at the top of her lungs. While crying, she complained: "The child is hungry again, and I finally fell asleep."

Gu Jingxi knew that she was wronged and that she was uncomfortable. Seeing her crying with red eyes and feeling heartbroken, he hurriedly sat up and wiped her tears while coaxing: "Ayao, if you don't cry, what do you want to eat? We'll let the kitchen cook it right away. .”

Meng Jinyao replied: "Chicken shreds porridge."

Gu Jingxi immediately stood up and went to tell the maid to do it.

When Meng Jinyao was eating porridge, she said that Gu Jingxi must have been restless when she was in her mother's womb, so her child is also restless now.

Gu Jingxi could only follow her wishes and coax her softly.

After finishing a bowl of shredded chicken porridge, Meng Jinyao had calmed down. She pulled Gu Jingxi's sleeve and said softly: "Husband, I woke you up again tonight."

Gu Jingxi touched her head and said softly: "It doesn't matter, but you can't cry next time. If you cry too much, your eyes will be hurt. If anything happens, just call me up."

Meng Jinyao lowered her head: "Husband, do you think I am being unreasonable?"

Gu Jingxi said disapprovingly: "Why are you making trouble unreasonably? Every time you lose your temper, there is a reason. It's not your intention. It's your physical discomfort that affects your mood."

Meng Jinyao murmured: "I will try to control myself from now on."

Gu Jingxi held her face and said in a solemn tone: "There is no need to control it, there is no need to suppress it in your heart, just vent out whatever you are unhappy about." He laughed out loud as he spoke, "Actually, A Yao is not throwing a tantrum, at most It’s just a thought.”

Meng Jinyao glared at him: "Originally, you were not good when you were a child, so the child also imitated you and was not good when he was in the womb."

Gu Jingxi followed her words and said, "It's because of my husband that A Yao suffered."

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