"His... Your Highness, there is news from Jizhou that... the Second Prince is in Changlong!"

When Qi Jing heard this, his mind suddenly went blank, and he couldn't even comprehend the meaning of this sentence immediately.

At this time, there was a sound next to him, like the sound of a cup falling to the ground, which woke him up.

The seventh prince stepped forward in three steps at a time, grabbed the arm of the person on the ground, and asked excitedly: "How is the emperor now? When did the news come?"

It has been so many days since the second prince was besieged by demons in Shaohai. Because someone witnessed his death, everyone believed that the second prince really couldn't come back.

Qi Jing, who had experienced this incident before, felt double the pain. Although he still doesn't want to believe it, he is already subconsciously planning for the future of the emperor's wife and the little prince.

The situation of Prince Heng has been bad, and there is no one in Prince Heng's mansion, and His Majesty is seriously ill due to the blow, and cannot make a decision. In addition, when the second prince died, no body was left behind, so the second prince's funeral was prepared late some.

At this time, such shocking news suddenly came, not to mention these palace people, even Qi Jing herself was at a loss for a while.

The palace man was almost dragged from the ground by the Seventh Prince. He didn't dare to complain, so he could only reply: "The news just came that the Second Highness seems to be seriously injured and can't move for the time being. Jizhou can't send the Second Highness back now. A letter has been sent, let us send someone to pick it up as soon as possible.”

He was flustered all the way before he came in, but now he calmed down and finally got his words right.

There are not many royal families in Jizhou who can move around now, and they didn't even respond to the Merman's plea for help before, let alone now.

Qi Heng is the prince of Qingzhou, and it is not the responsibility of Jizhou. Naturally, the Jizhou court will not work hard for him.

Even so, Qi Jing was already very grateful to Jizhou, and he wanted to set off immediately to fetch Brother Huang back in person.

——Brother Huang is not dead, Brother Huang is still alive... This is really great!

Thinking of this, Qi Jing suddenly wanted to share her inner excitement and joy with others.

But he knew that he was not in his Seventh Prince's Mansion now, and there was no Shaoxuan and the others to share happiness with, so he couldn't help but look up at Yu Zhaoyi.

Although their mother and son get along in a normal way, even with estrangement, there is at least one similarity, that is, they are as close as Qi Heng.

Yu Zhaoyi has always treated the second emperor brother better than his own son. At this moment, Qi Jing wanted to share the joy in his heart with her, and felt that the feeling should not be too bad.

Yu Zhaoyi was obviously also shocked by the news, and even her favorite cup was broken, but she was obviously not as calm as Qi Jing, the surprise in her eyes had not faded away, and she looked a little confused.

Seeing this, Qi Jing thought that she was the same as him just now, so she smiled and said: "Mother, Brother Huang is still alive, we will bring him back soon... Brother Huang is still alive!"

When Qi Jing emphasized it again, Yu Zhaoyi cast her eyes on his face when she heard the sound. She unconsciously followed him and said a few words "still alive" and "still alive", and her eyes began to gather.

But when she regained consciousness, she didn't seem to see Qi Jing, and she turned directly to the palace man and continued to ask: "Why did the second prince go to Jizhou? Is there anyone alive around him? Did you say anything?"

"This... I don't know about this slave, it was reported by the Queen Mother."

Seeing that the palace man really couldn't say anything else, Yu Zhaoyi got up and decided to go to Zichen Palace in person.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager must still be with His Highness in Zichen Hall,

Only then did she remember that Lao Qi was still in the palace, and because of her gaffe just now, she felt a little uncomfortable, so she could only talk about him: "Lao Qi is going to the Queen Mother too?"

Qi Jing is often ignored by her, and he is already used to it, not to mention that today's situation is special, he is so happy to know that the emperor's brother is still alive, so he doesn't care much about Yu Zhaoyi's gaffe.

It is rare for the mother and son to walk together in the palace, but they have nothing to say all the way, sitting in a soft sedan chair, rushing to the Zichen Palace.

Qi Jing just came from there and didn't spend much time in Wensi Hall, so it can be seen that the news was indeed just sent to Qingzhou.

But as he thought about it, he noticed something strange.

If he remembers correctly, Changlong should own one of the largest ports in Jizhou. It was originally the fief of the emperor of Jizhou before he succeeded to the throne, and the area where the three counties of Liyang belonged.

More than half of the merchant ships going from Jingzhou and Qingzhou to Jizhou will stop here, and then carry their goods ashore. When the second prince fled from the sea to Jizhou, he settled in Changlong, which is not worth doubting.

What really puzzled Qi Jing was: Shaohai was surrounded by the east coast of Jizhou, the Tutai Wilderness and the Laiyi Peninsula. Since the emperor was injured and could go to Changlong in Jizhou, why didn't he just go back to the Laiyi Peninsula?

Laiyiwei is a place where their grandfather An Guo is present, so it should be safer for the second brother, why did the second brother make such an unnecessary move.

——Unless, he felt that it would be dangerous for him to return to Laiyiwei with his injuries, why not go to a foreign country?

……

With such doubts, when he came to Zichen Palace, Qi Jing found that not only he and Yu Zhaoyi had come, but also the masters of all the palaces had reunited, with joy on their faces, but they didn't know what they were thinking.

The noble concubine is the head of the four wives, and the concubine Shu entered the mansion the earliest and was older. Originally, the palace was empty, and most of the concubines were attached to them.

Earlier, the two of them had always been in harmony, and they didn't see any faction or faction, but after the death of the second prince, the situation in the palace changed quickly.

After the rumors, the gates of the Fifth Prince's Mansion were closed, and Concubine Shu's Xuanwei Palace was also like this on the surface.

However, it is not surprising that the fifth prince can't help looking at the best, and others are rushing to saddle up Concubine Shu.

It's just that no one thought that such a surprising thing could happen in this world - people who have died can come back to life? !

Now, those who expressed their opinions early in order to seize the opportunity are of course silently regretting in their hearts, regretting that they could not hold back and took the team. It may not be so easy to separate the relationship in the future.

——If the news came back earlier, the imperial concubine and concubine Shu would still be as affectionate as before, I don't know how good it would be.

There are tens of millions of medicines in this world, but there is no medicine for regret. Now that things have happened, I can only continue to follow the path I chose.

Because regardless of whether the second prince is dead or not, Concubine Yao Gui with her adopted son and Concubine Shu with her fifth prince will have to face each other sooner or later. Now that they want to take action, there must be someone who will serve and obey.

Except for the seventh prince who stayed in the palace because of the Queen Mother's order, the other princes have just left the palace, and it will take some time before they get the news and come back.

So right now the elders are talking around the Seventh Prince.

In the past two years, Qi Jing didn't even have any close contact with her biological mother, Yu Zhaoyi, let alone with these so-called concubines in front of her.

He answered without saying a word, but he was impatient to talk to them.

Concubine Shu glanced at Concubine Yao who looked concerned, and couldn't help sneering in her heart: This news made many people unhappy, but the one who is most unhappy now is probably this one.

Even if something is really wrong with His Majesty, now that the second prince, whose background and abilities are evenly matched with the fifth prince's, is still alive, the advantage of the fifth prince will not be so obvious.

As long as the target of the second child is there, Concubine Yao will never be able to let go of them, and instead find a way to continue to form an alliance.

Even though they both know that everything will not go back to the way it was before, on the surface they still have to maintain the best relationship.

Thinking of this, Concubine Shu took Concubine Yao's hand as usual, and said happily: "This is really great news... I hope His Majesty will know when he wakes up."

Probably because she was not so close to the other party for some time, Concubine Yao was obviously stunned for a moment, then immediately adjusted her mood, and then said: "When we meet the Queen Mother, everything will be clear."

But what they didn't expect was that the queen mother only asked people to come out and spread the word "I have sent people to Jizhou", and she was about to send them back.

It was the nanny next to the queen mother who sent the message, and Qi Jing was very familiar with it, so she didn't have any scruples, and asked directly: "Mommy, did the emperor's grandmother say that any emperor brother should go to Jizhou to pick up the second emperor brother?"

Momo shook her head, but immediately continued: "Don't worry, Your Highness Seventh, the Empress Dowager will make arrangements."

Not to mention that Qi Jing and Yu Zhaoyi were not satisfied with such an answer, even the other concubines did not want to give up when they heard such obviously perfunctory words.

It's just that His Majesty hasn't fully woken up yet, and they didn't dare to break into the emperor's bedroom without a call, so they could only obey orders and retreat.

The queen mother's attitude had a different impact on everyone's hearts, and it also made Qi Jing have more guesses.

In his opinion, the emperor's grandmother loves them all, and it is impossible to really let the second emperor's brother get injured.There are several reasons why she has made some trivial arrangements so lightly at the moment.

Or, it was the emperor's grandmother who doubted the accuracy of the news and wanted to inquire further about the details before making further plans.

Or, the royal mother felt that it was not the time to bring the second prince back from Jizhou.

But why not?

Is it because the father has not woken up and no one has made a decision, or is it because Qingzhou is in danger and may be unfavorable to the second brother, that's why the emperor's grandmother arranged this way...

Reminiscing that Brother Huang went to Changlong instead of Laiyiwei, some thoughts flashed in Qi Jing's mind, which made people feel cold.

……

Qi Jing, who failed to see the queen mother, returned to his prince's mansion.

He was surrounded by two emotions of joy and doubt, and soon attracted the attention of Xiao Shishi and Xiao Akabane.

The little guy sat on Qi Jing's lap, observed carefully, then patted his cheek and said, "Brother laughs."

Qi Jing thought about how long he had been worried during this period, and he might have scared Xiao Shiyi and the others for a long time, so he squeezed his little hand lightly: "Okay, brother smiles for you." Showed a smile.

The child doesn't know what it means to force a smile, but he just thinks that his brother's smile is a bit ugly.

But he is a good boy, and he won't easily expose his brother, so he nodded in satisfaction and asked, "When will the second brother come back?"

Qi Jing didn't expect Xiao Shishi to still think about this matter, so he explained: "After a while, everything is ready, and the emperor will naturally come back."

——The most urgent thing now is to find a way to find out why the second emperor brother went to Changlong instead of Laiyiwei.

But before the Seventh Prince started to investigate immediately, he was secretly summoned into the palace by the emperor's grandmother.

The queen mother who returned to Ci'an Palace looked at Qi Jing solemnly, and said after a while: "Lao Qi, it may not be an accident that your brother was in danger in Shaohai."

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