The eldest princess and Li [rebirth]

Emperor Chu didn't have many princes, and there were only five young princes in his swaddling baby, but he didn't see the little grandson. King Heng was old, and the backyard looked clean, but he had no heirs. He is a concubine, but at least he is also a little emperor's grandson.

The prince was naturally happy, but what Chu Ran thought of was the concubine. If the situation continues like this, when the prince ascends the throne, he doesn't know whether he will make her the queen.

After the maid who announced the good news stepped back, the two were silent for a while, and they had no other thoughts to fight. After the situation changed, Lu Xiang showed his face.

"Lu Xiang seems unhappy?" Chu Ran noticed that the person beside him was thinking differently, and gave her a strange look.

Lu Shi came back to his senses and said: "It's nothing, Your Highness, don't think too much, go to the East Palace after the toxin is cleared, don't go to Zhang Huatai."

"How does Lu Xiang know that the toxin will be removed, but in the past few days, I really feel refreshed." Chu Ran touched his face suspiciously, "Lu Xiang, the doctor found the antidote?"

"Well, the doctor is a master of apricot forest, so it's not difficult to detoxify." Master Lu Shi pinched her face, making it smooth and delicate, and got up and left in satisfaction.

Chu Ran stared at her, maybe it was her illusion that Lu Shi hadn't bullied her for so many days.

In the blink of an eye, on the day when the little emperor's grandson Xisan, there was a banquet in the East Palace, and Chu Ran couldn't go, so he asked Axiu to prepare a generous gift and send it to the East Palace. At night, Lu Xiang also stayed in the mansion to accompany her.

In early summer, the moon is bright, and the peach trees outside the south window are shady, adding a bit of coolness to the house.

Lu Shi went to the kitchen to cook a few dishes today, but Chu Ran didn't dare to eat chopsticks. After thinking about Lu Shi's "erratic" cooking skills, he looked at her in embarrassment: "Can I eat it?"

There were only two people in the room, Chu Ran rested his chin, and picked his chopsticks from a plate of emerald green vegetables, "Lu Xiang will try it first, I'm afraid I will be killed, the doctor said I should eat lighter."

"Your Highness, just try it and you'll know." Lu Shi personally put chopsticks and vegetables into her bowl.

Chu Ran had to eat, biting the leaves of the green vegetables, taking small mouthfuls, like a rabbit eating grass.Lu Shi smiled and said, "How?"

"I don't know the taste, it's too bland." Chu Ran was picky.

Lu Shi picked out a piece of fish for her. The fish was fresh, steamed and delicious, not too strong.

Chu Ran didn't know what to do, and said instead: "There are fishbone."

Lu Shi had a very good temper tonight, and he didn't get annoyed when he heard the words. He picked the bones off the fish himself, and then put it in her bowl: "Taste it."

Her culinary skills are not new. She is usually busy and doesn't have the time to cook. Over time, she becomes unfamiliar. Chu Ran has never seen her before. She only considers her a novice and uses her as an experiment like Xinyang.

As usual, he took a sip and licked it first, and thought the taste was acceptable, before biting into his mouth, "Lu Xiang is very talented."

"Your Highness praised you." Lu Shi said lightly.

After the two of them had dinner, Lu Shi never went back to the study, and talked with His Highness under the lamp, still talking about the Crown Princess.

"The East Palace has a little emperor's grandson. Anan's status is low and he is not qualified to raise a child. If the prince is stubborn, the princess will be wronged again." Chu Ran looked worried, and he ate a lot for dinner, leaning on the bed The couch was a bit uncomfortable.

Lu Shi asked someone to make a soup for digestion, and said casually: "It's not the first time that the prince has done something stupid. In the harem, the concubine Xian is the leader, and no one will have anything to do. I'm afraid that the queen will provoke it. At that time, the husband and wife will be at odds." Taboo."

"Then after the emperor's grandson is full moon, I will go and talk to the prince, and raise the emperor's grandson under the prince's concubine's knees. After he obtains the status of the first son, he can also consolidate his position as the prince." Chu Ran said, and the bell still needs to be tied. Lingren, it depends on whether Ah Nan is willing.

After talking for a while, when it was almost Haishi, Chu Ran felt sleepy after drinking the medicine, and fell asleep on the couch.

The summer is clean, and when I go out in thin shirts, I feel hot and dry all over. Chu Ran sleeps a bit stuffy, and wants to take a bath when she wakes up.

After she woke up in a daze, a shadow of a person flashed in front of her eyes, it was the servant of the palace, kneeling at her feet obediently, and said in panic: "Your Highness, the crown prince is dead."

The room was quiet for a moment, Chu Ranfang woke up, leaned on the couch, and said strangely: "What are you talking nonsense in the middle of the night, today the emperor and grandson Xisan, the prince is in the East Palace well."

The servant had said the words to the prime minister first, and now he said it again, tongue-tied: "The virtuous concubine asked the slave to pass the message, the crown prince died, just before the slave left the palace."

Chu Ran rubbed her head, it was like a dream but not a dream, she was so disturbed that she had a splitting headache, looking at the servant's mouth opening and closing, she couldn't open her eyes in pain, the anxiety and panic in her heart swelled in an instant.

When she was so painful that she couldn't speak, she crashed into a cloud of fog. She lived in the fog and didn't know the direction.

Ling Shuang Aoxue.

She walked to Lu Shi's side on foot, looking at the indifferent face like frost and snow, she didn't know where her worries were, when she turned to look at the heavy snow, she suddenly realized that she was dreaming again.

Dreams are not many, you can only wake up when you wake up.

Snowflakes fell beside Lu Shi. She was in a trance and didn't know why she was cold. She stood alone for a long time until it was dark before turning back to the study. At that time, her shoulders were covered with snow.

Chu Ran followed her in a daze, thinking that the death of the prince might also have dealt a great blow to her. She had planned for half her life and didn't want to end up in such a situation, as if she had spent half her life in vain.

After the snow cleared, Mrs. Liu, Lu Qianxi, entered the door. The maid was holding many scrolls in her hands. The paintings were all beautiful and young girls, with a frown and a smile on the paper, as beautiful as a goddess.

Mrs. Liu is the eldest sister, and she worries about Prime Minister Lu's life, "Princess Xinping and the prime minister are at odds after all, and now it is good for you to reconcile and leave. Since you like women, I will ask someone to find some of them. Not as honorable as a princess, but she is good-looking and has a good temper, and Lu Xiang will not object to anything she says."

What's the difference between being like a marionette? Chu Ran frowned. This is because Mrs. Liu was uneasy and kind every time she came over. She looked at Lu Shi and couldn't help but said, "How dare you take a second look."

Lu Shi couldn't hear what she said, and when he was in a hurry, Lu Shi said: "Madam is overthinking, I and His Highness have the same temperament."

"Where is the fit? It is clearly using you to pave the way for the crown prince. Now that the crown prince is dead, I will reconcile with you and go to Xinping to be happy. It is said that Princess Xinping has a beautiful woman again. How can I remember you?" Mrs. Liu said earnestly, with a sad face on her face. .

Chu Ran was angry, but helpless.Lu Shi said, "It's getting late, Madam is going back to the house to rest, and next time one person can come in alone, and these portraits will be omitted."

After only three sentences, Madam Liu was driven away.

Chu Ran didn't know where she heard the news. Xinping is located in a remote place. Why is she just looking for fun and finding a beautiful woman? Can she find it?

After Mrs. Liu was kicked out, the flower hall fell into silence. Lu Xiang looked as usual, as if nothing happened just now. Chu Ran couldn't help being distressed. Did Lu Xiang listen to it?

After the weather cleared, Lu Shi was around the imperial court. The only thing that remained unchanged was that he sent letters to Xinping every now and then. The messenger's letters would always be intercepted and sent to the palace. I will send it to Xinping again.

The dream became blurry, and as soon as the screen turned, she saw Chu Ran in her dream sitting upright on the corridor, her back was haggard, and she was holding a cup of tea in her hand, which had been too cold for a long time.

A letter from the staff, and a letter from Liancheng in the Northwest, everything is fine, don't worry, don't ask.He still has a second letter in his hand, from Yingdu.

He looked worried: "I'm afraid Lu Xiang wants to support the third prince, but the mud can't support the wall. Could it be that he is trapped in an unrighteous place? I don't know what Lu Xiang thinks."

"She just wants me to go back. Everyone in the world thinks that Lu Xiang is smart, and he is just an idiot." The people in the corridor smiled lightly, a gleam of light flashed in their gloomy eyes, and the light was fleeting.

Knowing about the two, the aides worriedly said: "You don't want to drag Prime Minister Lu to ask for reconciliation. Why doesn't she understand that the third prince and the fourth prince are both unsupportable adou. Compared with the prosperous King Heng, how can they be rivals?" , it is better to learn to be smart and show favor to King Heng in exchange for a future."

"Lu Xiang is so arrogant and arrogant, how can he bow his head like King Heng. Now she supports the third prince, but she wants me to go back to Yingdu. It's wishful thinking." There was a smile on the plain face of the people in the corridor, looking at Xiao Se in the courtyard shook her head unconsciously, "As long as I live, she will never give up. Looking at an indifferent person, I don't want to be so infatuated. I have misjudged her for so many years. It is just a matter of hitting a stone with a pebble. Moths to a flame, she doesn't understand."

Hearing the last half of the sentence, the people in the void were startled. Didn't the self in the dream commit suicide because he was afraid of implicating the Northwest? Could it be that he didn't want to implicate Lu Shi?

Her heart trembled, and she wished she could go down and ask for clarification, but the dream flickered and turned into a mist again. She suddenly sat up, and a familiar voice came from her ear: "Your Highness is awake, but why do you feel uncomfortable?"

The voice was the same as before, with anxiety, Chu Ran returned to his senses for a long time, not knowing when he was, "Lu Xiang, is the prince still there?"

Without saying a word, the room was silent.

The maid Nuonuo dared not speak, and Lu Shi was also afraid of hurting her heart, so he weighed his words carefully and said: "What happened last night."

I thought His Highness would cry bitterly, but when I opened my eyelids, I saw that she was in a daze, no grief, no sadness, she was worried in her heart, and asked softly: "Can Your Highness go to the East Palace to express condolences?"

Based on what she thought, she did not want His Highness to go down. Her body has not recovered. If she is too sad, it may be bad for her health. She just thought of the identities of the two of them. If she stops her, His Highness will only be saddened even more.

She carefully touched His Highness's shoulder and patted lightly, "Do you want to go?"

Chu Ran was sluggish and silent, his chest felt like a huge stone was pressed, he couldn't breathe, his eyes suddenly turned red, as if congested, it was not unbelievable, but accepted the facts before him.

That dream has been haunting her for a long time, and what she thought would never happen will still happen, just like a joke of fate, when she let down her vigilance, it hit her suddenly, without any turning point.

She didn't understand sadness, let alone sadness, and looked blankly at the void, where nothing existed anymore.

"Your Highness, enter the East Palace to see the little emperor's grandson. The child must be raised under the name of the crown princess. This is your last hope. The first queen will not be disappointed in you."

Chu Ran listened to these words numbly, with buzzing in his ears, and it took him a long time to turn around and look at Lu Shi, "Lu Shi, will you support the third prince?"

If this sentence was asked in the previous life, Lu Shi would definitely reply: yes.

But it is different now, she just said: "The prince's flesh and blood are still there, why choose someone else."

"But that's a milk baby born three or four days old, what do you know?" Chu Ran's voice was hoarse, her expression was dull and empty, she stared at Lu Shi, would they go against each other like in the dream?

How could Lu Shi not understand what it was like to lose a loved one, but Chu Ran's appearance of not crying or fussing made her feel very nervous, and she didn't know how to comfort her.

Chu Ran changed into plain clothes, with a white bead flower on her hair, and took her to the East Palace. Lu Shi was worried, so she sent someone to send a message to the concubine Xian, and let people stare at her. She went back to the office uneasily by herself. .

Over the years, she has been preparing, and she will not appear too sudden, but Hengwang Chu must not let it go.

***

The death of the crown prince was too absurd, yesterday the East Palace held a banquet, and His Majesty Long Yan Dayue also specially went to sit for a while to save face.

It coincides with great joy, and it is unavoidable to give wine.It is an honor for His Majesty to bestow wine, and if it is given to the crown prince, he must drink it on the spot.

As soon as the wine entered his throat, the prince vomited blood and died. He hurriedly called the imperial physician, but the medicine was useless, and he lost his breath.

This time, it seems that His Majesty personally gave the poison and wine to the prince to death, and the courtiers attending the banquet were terrified.Today, His Majesty withdrew the court, and they still hadn't woken up from the panic. They talked together as if they had lost their backbone, and they even rushed forward when they saw Prime Minister Lu.

"Lu Xiang, why didn't you go to the banquet last night, the officials and others were so frightened out of their wits."

Lu Shi said: "Princess Xinping has been ill for many days, and she is taking care of her in the mansion, so I can't get away from her."

It is not a secret that Princess Xinping is sick. There were people discussing this matter last night. I don't want the siblings to see each other for the last time, and I feel quite regretful.

Some people don't care whether the two siblings are deeply in love, but just want to know how to go on the current road, and seeing that King Heng's long illness is not a sign of the heir, the third prince and the fourth prince do not have a strong mother's family, and the little prince who was born Sun didn't understand anything, how should he stand in line.

The East Palace was filled with sadness, the mourning hall had already been set up, and the white sails in the sky were like snow in a dream, swaying in front of my eyes.In order to prevent the corpse from decomposing, ice cubes were placed in the hall, and once Fang stepped into it, he felt gloomy.

Chu Ran's expression was in a trance. After seeing the sad princess, she didn't say anything to comfort her, but said, "Where is the little grandson?"

The princess's eyes were red, and the pear blossoms were raining. She was a little surprised when she heard the words, and replied: "I sent it back to Ah Nan last night, but I didn't bring her here."

It is really as Lu Xiang said.Chu Ran's expression was numb, and he said coldly: "Confused, now he is the only heir of the prince, and he is also your hope in the future. How can the concubine be worthy of the son, why don't you hurry up and hug him? Do you want to go to the imperial mausoleum to accompany the prince?"

The princess was so frightened by her words that she forgot to cry, "But Ah Nan refuses, how can I hug her back..."

"Now the East Palace regards you as the most respected. At present, others have not noticed the emperor and grandson. After a while, it will be too late for you to hug." Chu Ran retreated from the maid in the palace, and lowered his voice to the lowest: "Who knows if the prince is not here?" What he said before his death, you say it is the crown prince's wish, who dares to refute it."

The concubine suddenly realized that she hurriedly got up from the futon and left with her maid.

Chu Ran was the only one in the huge mourning hall. She sat down in front of the coffin and stared at the white candle. Thinking of the scenes in the past, she always felt as if it was yesterday.

Be on guard, if you don't want to, it's still hard to save the situation.

She couldn't cry, and didn't want to force herself, she murmured: "You left a mess, I don't want to clean it up, I want to go to Xinping with Lu Shi, and live a comfortable life like Uncle Ning after worrying about it , stay away from government affairs, live happily every day, but you don’t want to. Aying, Aying, you ruined my hope for the rest of my life..."

No one dared to enter the mourning hall, and when she sat until her limbs went numb, there was a loud noise outside the hall, and she knew who it was without even thinking about it.

Anan rushed into the palace with disheveled hair and bare feet, dozens of palace officials stood at the door, not daring to come in.She took the opportunity to throw herself at Chu Ran's feet, and begged bitterly: "Your Highness, the prince is gone. The child is the only hope for this slave. You should keep him by your side. This is what the prince promised, and you will not give the child to me." Raised by others, now, now the princess has snatched the child, you save the slave..."

The sound of wailing in the silent and cold mourning hall was even more moving than the crying of the Crown Princess just now.Chu Ran acted as if he had never heard it, and pushed her away, "The Lian family army has tens of thousands of people!"

There are more than a hundred people in the prime minister's mansion, how can they be buried with the prince because of you. "

If you want to blame it, blame yourself for being lowly and inferior to the princess.

Ah Nan was pushed away by her, lying on the cold floor tiles, her grief was beyond words, she cried and laughed: "I thought His Highness would care about the Crown Prince's wishes, and didn't want to be just like the Crown Princess..."

Before the words fell to the ground, a figure flashed in front of him, and with a bang, the figure fell in front of the spirit seat, with blood dripping from his forehead, the princess screamed, and then covered her mouth, almost paralyzed on the ground in fright at the hideous scene in front of her.

Chu Ran looked back at her, and said coldly: "If the concubine is handled properly, why would she commit suicide?" Keeping people in the hall directly, there will be no such disrespectful things as blood staining the mourning hall.

Exhausted, she ordered the palace servants to restrain her life, and when the time came, she would ask His Majesty for a generous burial.

The Crown Princess was so frightened that she hardly dared to speak, and was supported by the palace servants to rest in the side hall. The palace servants came to sweep the blood on the ground and wiped away those traces.

Chu Ran stared deeply at the trace, speechless for a long time, her heart seemed to be relieved, and her sin seemed to be aggravated. When she closed her eyes and cried, someone behind her embraced her, "It will be better if you cry."

Lu Shi came from the government office, thinking about the weak nature of the crown princess, the East Palace must be in a mess, Chu Ran might be powerless to deal with it, especially since the crown prince died, she was heartfelt, and it would be a shame to make a bad move inappropriate.

Chu Ran leaned softly in her arms, tears finally slipped from the corners of her eyes, crying silently.