The eldest princess and Li [rebirth]

The crown prince's funeral was arranged by the Ministry of Rites, how to wear the mourning and how to stop the coffin, the Ministry of Rites and the court jointly took care of it. After the crown prince carried the little grandson into her palace, no one dared to object.

His Majesty felt ashamed of the Crown Prince, so he was filled with grief and indignation and asked people to search the liquor thoroughly. When he went to check again and again, he found no flaws. It was like a seamless thing. After the investigation was fruitless, he looked as old as ten years old.

He couldn't tell whether he really felt sorry for the prince, or he was afraid that this matter would tarnish his reputation, so he fainted in Zhang Huatai because of his grief.

After His Majesty was ill, King Heng walked out of the mansion and entered Zhanghua Terrace to take care of His Majesty in person. The coffin in the East Palace had not yet come out. Princess Xinping seemed to be waiting for His Majesty's decision. The culprit could not be found, so he left the prince's coffin in the East Palace. .

After the stalemate between the two sides, His Majesty did not take any action to reprimand. On the contrary, King Heng was displeased and reprimanded the Ministry of Rites to arrange a regulation as soon as possible so that the prince's coffin could be sent to the imperial mausoleum as soon as possible.

The political affairs in the court fell into the hands of the prime minister after His Majesty fell ill. King Heng visited the prime minister's mansion at night, trying to win over the prime minister to join his subordinates.His Majesty is so ill that he doesn't care about things, and King Heng is the only adult prince, so all good things are going towards her now.

After Chu Ran heard about King Heng's night visit to the prime minister's mansion, she couldn't help but sneered a few times. The princess was worried, and said, "Sister, what are you laughing at? King Heng already has power in the court. If Lu Xiangruo turns against him, he is very hopeful to be established as the crown prince." .”

The two were in the side hall. Chu Ran was holding a bowl of decoction, and the bitterness of the decoction was spreading in his mouth. After hearing the discouraged words of the princess, he didn't pay much attention, and said instead: "The relationship between Lu Xiang and the Huo family is not as it seems on the surface. Harmony, Huo Qi would be willing to let Lu Xiang get a good position?"

One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, Huo Qi disapproves of Heng Wang wooing Lu Shi, and the relationship between Heng Wang and the Huo family will also be cracked due to this.As for the Queen, as long as Concubine Xian and Concubine Ming can suppress her, she will not be able to stand up and help King Heng.And because of the poisoning incident, the Queen probably hated His Majesty to the bone.

The Huo family seems to be a lake of calm water, as long as a small stone is thrown in, it will cause a big storm.

The princess seemed to understand but didn't understand, she was at a loss to understand the meaning of the words, but there was no way to go now, only by relying on Princess Xinping, the East Palace could be preserved.She is a woman, she doesn't understand love, and she guards the East Palace with a perfect body. If she doesn't have a child under her knees, she doesn't know how to survive.

She didn't want to bring trouble to Sister, so she nodded silently.

The wish of the princess is just the best verification in Chu Ran's heart. If he is too smart, there will be rifts between him and Lu Xiang in the future.The little emperor's grandson is not a prince, so he will not have complete trust in Lu Xiang, nor will he have the sincerity of a prince in her.

The prince's coffin stayed in the East Palace for one month, and the sun became hotter and hotter. When Chu Ran stood still, Emperor Chu came with illness.

Chu Ran was not as fearful as before. After saluting, she turned away the princess and all the palace people in the mourning hall. She wanted to talk to His Majesty.

During the first month, Emperor Chu haggarded a lot and was very weak due to his illness. He needed the help of the palace servants to walk. After he walked in step by step, he stood in front of the coffin for a long time without making a sound.

Chu Ran stood aside and waited quietly. Since she was a child, she had almost never seen him look so dejected. The domineering and arrogance of the emperor disappeared in front of the coffin.

In this world, who can accept that others use him to poison his own son to death, there is no flaw in the perfect plan, and he is not even given a chance to avenge his hatred.

After a long time, Emperor Chu didn't move, and his voice was hoarse: "Xinping, believe it or not, I haven't reached the point of killing the prince yet."

"Your Majesty has not yet arrived. It can be seen that there is something in mind. A Ying's departure is just in line with His Majesty's wishes, but I don't know who you are optimistic about the new crown prince? Brother Heng?" Chu Ran is no longer afraid of him, and is still afraid of him today. It didn't bring her hope, but made herself unhappy, which didn't help.

"King Heng? He is not as good as the prince." Emperor Chu said weakly.

Chu Ran smiled, didn't care about the old things at all, and opened his mouth to expose some things: "Yes, what did King Heng do in Wujiang is not an act of treason? Maybe tomorrow he will join forces with Wujiang to force you to abdicate, is the prince right? Okay, but he will never usurp the throne, King Heng is different, how much money did he get in Wujiang? You know it yourself, but you can’t produce evidence, Lu Huaisi died at home for no reason, do you know?”

Emperor Chu's figure swayed, and the veins on his neck were fully exposed. He turned around and looked at Chu Ran: "What do you want to say?"

"I'm just explaining the facts. You don't understand why he visited the prime minister's house at night? Brother Heng Wang is desperate, and he is just one step away. Who will benefit the most when Chu Ying dies?" Chu Ran smiled Sarcasm, the corner of the mouth raised a slight arc, looking at the furious emperor.

Unexpectedly, the emperor did not get angry, but turned around to look at the prince's spiritual seat, as if acquiescing to her words.

This matter was investigated for a month, and I don't know how many people were killed, but still no clues were found. The Emperor Chu, who had lived all his life, felt depressed like never before, and there was endless fear.

Killing people in the palace is invisible, this time it is the prince, and next time it will be him.

How can he not panic, as an emperor and as a father, he has failed too much.

Emperor Chu didn't say a word, and left the East Palace lonely. Chu Ran couldn't tell what was on his mind, whether it was regret for the prince's death or fear of the unknown, she had no way of knowing.

On the second day after Emperor Chu returned, he ordered the Ministry of Rites to send the prince's coffin to the imperial mausoleum at a selected time, and to bring the little emperor's grandson into Zhang Huatai, so that he would personally raise him.

There was chaos in the Eastern Palace. The Crown Princess was taken away by His Majesty within a month after raising the child. She was terrified and fell ill after forcing the Crown Prince into the Imperial Mausoleum.At the same time, King Heng was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. What does it mean that His Majesty raised him himself?

If His Majesty didn't pay much attention to it, how could he raise him himself? He wanted to be a great-grandson at the first guess, so he had no choice but to go to Zhanghuatai to do his filial piety more diligently.

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After the prince's funeral, Chu Ran moved back to the prime minister's mansion and asked the concubine Xian to take care of the princess. Now that her name has not been determined, she is still the princess.After His Majesty withdrew from the early court, he handed over the political affairs to the prime minister and the six ministries.

The six departments are headed by the prime minister, Heng Wang is so jealous, Lu Shi is unmoved by his flattery and win over, he does not refuse or accept, as if he is waiting for something.

Seeing the success, Huo Qile didn't do anything, and let Lu Shi play with Heng Wang like this.

After Chu Ran returned to the prime minister's mansion, she was a little seriously ill. She didn't know whether the toxins on her body were cleared or because of continuous hard work. She recuperated in the mansion for half a month.

Concubine Xian took care of the affairs of the palace, and didn't care about Ling Yi, and sent her monthly salary as usual, and Ling Yi was very well-behaved these days, and only found out that Ling Yi was not in the palace after busying with the prince's funeral.

"Your Majesty was sick, and the concubine Xian ordered people to search the entire palace, but they couldn't find it. In addition, the prince's whereabouts were unknown, and the concubine Xian was worried that she was in danger, so she asked Lu Xiang to send someone to find him. , but the person who sent the letter couldn't see Lu Xiang at all, so let me try."

Xinyang was saddened, she was afraid that Concubine Ming would be implicated if Lingyi disappeared, and she was so worried that she couldn't eat all day.

Chu Ran didn't know about these things, but the prince died suddenly, and she felt that it had nothing to do with others. After the prince died, all the staff in the East Palace transferred to the prime minister's family. Where is such a coincidence, I always think it was arranged by the prince in advance.

She was puzzled, not wanting Lingyi to disappear again, although she didn't want to pay attention to it, but seeing Concubine Xian opened her mouth, she had no choice but to tell Lu Shi.

After the word spread, Xinyang didn't dare to stay for a long time, and went back to the mansion with his maid, without mentioning the matter of staying for dinner.

After Xinyang left, Chu Ran lay down again in the bamboo building. The heat outside was steaming, and listening to the sound of water subconsciously eased the heat. She hadn't dreamed about those things in recent days, and she didn't know what would happen in the future thing.

In the dream scene, she and Lu Shi will come to the point of reconciliation, and I always feel uneasy in my heart, especially when His Majesty brought the emperor's grandson to Zhanghuatai to raise him. What does a one-month-old child know, and how can he have a relationship with her in a few years? The aunt and nephew's family relationship may not even have feelings for the crown princess.

It is inevitable that the emperor's grandson will be divorced from her, the most important thing is to take the child out of Zhanghua Terrace and put him in the East Palace to raise him.Even though King Heng couldn't wait, she herself was also very anxious.

She fell asleep while thinking wildly, the summer heat was unstoppable, and she woke up from the heat without realizing it, and asked someone to fetch a fan. She turned her head and saw Lu Xiang sitting under the window with his back isolated, It seems to have been sitting for a long time.

"Why don't you talk when you come back, aren't you hot?" Chu Ran called out to her, and the maidservant fanned the cool breeze with a cattail fan.Now that she is ill, the doctor told her not to be greedy for coolness, and all the ice cubes were removed in the bamboo building when it was cool, she herself was extremely hot, Lu Xiang seemed to be in a spring day, and did not know the heat at all.

She called someone over, held Lu Shi's cold hand over her hot face, and asked, "You came back from the office?"

When Chu Ran was young, she was already afraid of heat, and the detoxification medicine in the medicinal materials made her body like a stove. It would be very comfortable to hold her in winter, but she would be unbearably hot in summer.

There was fine sweat on her forehead, and she felt that the maid was getting in the way, so she took the cattail fan and stuffed it to Lu Shi, signaling the maid to step back.Resigned to his fate, Lu Shi fanned her cattail leaf, looked at her flushed face, and smiled faintly.

After recuperating for so long, a little blood finally appeared on her little face, and she reassuredly said: "I have asked someone to find out about Ling Yi, His Highness wanted to ask, as for the result, I don't know yet, but I will keep it a secret for now. His Majesty."

"Aren't King Heng and Queen in a hurry?" Chu Ran approached her, and after feeling the coolness, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

What she asked was the key point, and Lu Shi said: "It seems that there is no hurry, otherwise why hasn't the queen reported her disappearance for so long? Hengwang wants to seize power, so it is impossible not to know that his own sister is missing. Think carefully, like It was done on purpose." The princess of a country disappeared, but the mother and elder brother disappeared, which made people feel strange, and there was some conspiracy.

After receiving the news, they asked people to search along the road to Song State. Ling Yi had been to Song State, so the disappearance must have something to do with Song, and there should be new gains in the search along the way.

"It's just for people to look for it. His Majesty will explain something when he knows about it." After Chu Ran passed on the words, he didn't want to mention it again. After all, it wasn't her who made Ling Yi disappear.

After looking at the serious Lu Xiang, she moved her eyebrows and put her body on her own initiative, "Lu Xiang, are you hot?"

"It's not hot." Lu Shi evaded to one side, Chu Ran's body was like a ball of fire, and she always felt dangerous when approaching, so she couldn't avoid it.

"If it's not hot, it's not hot. What are you hiding from?" Chu Ran stared at her, and she threw herself into her arms, but she refused.