sick princess

How did things get to this point?Concubine Hui was puzzled.

She could only watch in a daze as the people sent by Emperor Zhaode aggressively killed her in the direction of Zhongcui Palace. She could almost predict how those people would arbitrarily push open the door of her palace and take her The palace is turned upside down...

This time, Emperor Zhaode and his party waited longer, and the people with the highest status, including Emperor Zhaode, Empress Dowager, Empress Xu, Princess Longqing and Princess Changtai, all looked dignified.

If what happened before He Xiang's suicide can still be regarded as an ordinary palace dispute, then the nature of the matter became even worse once the "sealed throat at sight of blood" came out.

Among them, the Empress Dowager's face was the most ugly.It was a good birthday, but it was messed up like this, no one could feel at ease.Bad luck, too bad luck!

The royal family members and ministers' wives are also in a dilemma. It's not right to leave or stay.If this was just an ordinary banquet, they would have to take the initiative to avoid such private matters involving the royal family.But today is the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet after all, and the Empress Dowager has never spoken, if they resign directly, it seems that they will not give the Empress Dowager any face.

Emperor Zhaode noticed this scene, and his mood became worse.At this point, no one is in the mood to pay attention to the Queen Mother's birthday banquet.But if the Queen Mother's birthday banquet is directly canceled because of such things, and if word spreads, what will the people outside think?The royal family is incompetent, and even the queen mother's birthday banquet has been disturbed so much that it cannot go on, or is the emperor unfilial and unwilling to devote himself to his aunt?

Emperor Zhaode had never been so embarrassed before, in front of the clan and all civil and military officials, he just felt ashamed.If he had known that the matter would develop to this point, when he first found out that the glass bottle was broken, he shouldn't have allowed Princess Changtai to yell about it.

If it is solved quietly in private, wouldn't there be nothing wrong?

Now, all the ministers below know about this matter, and Emperor Zhaode's image in the hearts of the ministers is bound to be affected.What Emperor Zhaode can do is to block the news from the outside world, so as not to let more people know.

The prince has been paying attention to Emperor Zhaode, so he can clearly see the annoyance on Emperor Zhaode's face.

His royal father has always been selfish and only cares about his own face and safety.Forget it, he should have known about this kind of thing long ago.

The prince was completely disappointed with Emperor Zhaode in his heart, but on his face he still looked like a good son who shared his worries with Emperor Zhaode: "Father, the more villains try to disturb the birthday banquet of the emperor's grandmother, the more we can't let it go." Those villains are happy. The emperor's grandmother's birthday will continue to be held, but we can invite the emperor's grandmother and all the wives to go to the side hall to rest for a while and talk for a while. After the matter is resolved, the emperor's grandmother's birthday A birthday star please come out. The imperial grandmother has worked hard for half her life, and now is the time to enjoy the blessings, so I don't have to let these things stain the ears of the imperial grandmother."

The prince's neither arrogant nor impetuous, calm and calm attitude has aroused the favor of many officials around him. This is the demeanor that a prince of a country should have.

People around praised: "His Royal Highness is truly a pure and filial person."

Even Emperor Zhaode rarely praised the prince with a pleasant face: "The prince is very right, so let's do this. Now that the prince has grown up, he can share my worries. I am very relieved."

I don't know if it was because Emperor Zhaode wrongly blamed Empress Xu just now, and he felt ashamed.After praising the crown prince, he praised Empress Xu again: "Whether it is the crown prince or Baoluo, they are all in line with my wishes, all thanks to the queen's good teaching."

Empress Xu smiled lightly: "This is the job of a concubine."

Now that things have happened, she no longer feels grateful or fearful just because of Emperor Zhaode's words.She knew the emperor's ruthless side better than anyone.

In this palace, the only ones she can trust are herself and her two children.Just listen to Emperor Zhaode's words, it's not true.

"The empress took Baoluo to accompany the mother to talk for a while, and the prince also entertained the clan and ministers on my behalf. I will handle this matter."

Because everyone was dismissed by Emperor Zhaode, Baoluo didn't know what happened afterwards.

However, she guessed that the people sent by Emperor Zhaode must have found something in Concubine Hui's Zhongcui Palace, otherwise, Emperor Zhaode would not lose his composure to directly kick Concubine Hui's heart.

During the break, Baoluo also met the fifth prince who was rarely seen on weekdays.The fifth prince, Baoluo, was two years old and was about the same age as the fourth prince. He was very good-looking, and his conversation was extraordinary at such a young age. If he was older, he would try to compete with the prince.

The other princes and princesses were all attending classes in the study, but the fifth prince was raised by his master alone.I heard that the wives that the Empress Dowager invited for the Fifth Prince were all well-known Confucian scholars. It was no wonder that the Fifth Prince was able to cultivate such a magnanimity at such a young age.

Baoluo found out that the queen mother really dotes on the fifth prince.Just now she still looked angry, but as soon as the fifth prince appeared in front of her, she immediately hugged him into her arms lovingly.

Princess Changtai even pretended to be appreciative: "With Chenger here, the queen mother can no longer see other people in her eyes. It is rare for the son to come into the palace to talk to the queen, and the mother ignores the son."

The queen mother smiled faintly: "Your nephew is a hard-fated man. Since he landed, he has lost his mother and has been raised by Ai's family. Naturally, Ai's family loves him a little bit. As an aunt, you are ashamed to talk to your own family." Nephew fighting for favor?"

"I don't care, the empress dowager must be the one who loves me the most, otherwise, the empress will not follow me." Princess Changtai acted coquettishly in front of the queen mother.

"You girl, you are already a mother, and you still act like a child. If your daughter sees it, she will laugh at you."

"Even if this son-in-law becomes an old lady in his seventies and eighties, he will always be the daughter of his mother. What's wrong with a daughter acting like a spoiled child to her mother? Anyone who wants to make a joke can make a joke!" Princess Changtai snorted softly.

"Auntie, don't be angry." The fifth prince said to Princess Changtai: "The emperor's grandmother loves you the most. You are not in the palace, and the emperor's grandmother always talks about you. What good things have you got? The first I want to send it to your house."

Princess Changtai was not really angry. Seeing how well-behaved the fifth prince was, she couldn't help but patted the fifth prince's head: "Auntie is not angry. Cheng'er is so caring, no wonder the queen mother loves you so much."

"Yes, over the years, Cheng'er has been well-behaved and sensible, her homework is top notch, and her filial piety to Ai's family is unique among her grandchildren. Seeing that Ai's family is unhappy, she immediately came to make Ai's family happy, The Ai family naturally loves him. It's not like you..." The queen mother gave Princess Changtai a glance: "I know that I will make the Ai family angry."

"Mother, if you praise Cheng'er, you can praise Cheng'er. Why are you hurting Erchen? If you do this again, Erchen will be unhappy."

"You are not happy, Aijia is not happy either!"

The Empress Dowager, Princess Changtai, and the Fifth Prince seem to form a small circle of their own, and it is difficult for people outside the circle to get involved.

Even the empress Xu and Princess Longqing who are so respected in status can only make a few gags occasionally, and the rest of the wives can't get in the way.

Empress Xu smiled and watched the empress dowager and Princess Changtai quarrel, and sighed: "The relationship between the queen mother and the imperial sister of Changtai is really good."

"No, it's just different between the real one and the non-natural one." Princess Longqing sighed casually, causing the empress dowager and princess Changtai's expressions to change slightly.

"You child, you blame Ai's family for neglecting you? Although Ai's family loves Changtai, you and Changtai are the same in Ai's family's heart."

"Yes, if there are any good things here from the mother, they will be sent to Longqing Huangjie first. After Longqing Huangjie finishes picking, it will be my turn. Longqing Huangjie, don't think that the mother doesn't love you." Changtai eldest princess smiled. Roubu smiled authentically.

The relationship between the step-wife and the original concubine's daughter is the most difficult. Naturally, the Empress Dowager loves her own daughter the most, but she treats Princess Longqing no worse than her own daughter in the face. As for what is going on in private, no one can see anyway. .

Princess Longqing gave the Fifth Prince a meaningful look, and under the watchful eyes of the Empress Dowager and Princess Changtai, she slowly said: "My son is just sighing casually, the queen mother and the imperial sister Changtai think too much."

Baoluo glanced at Princess Longqing thoughtfully.She always felt that Princess Longqing seemed to have something in her words.The phrase "one's own and not one's own" does not seem to refer to Princess Changtai and Princess Longqing themselves.

It seems that Princess Longqing may know some unknown things.

After a while, Emperor Zhaode came in: "I have found out that Concubine Hui was the one who made the decision from the beginning to the end. I have demoted Concubine Hui to Concubine Hui, deprived her of the right to assist the Six Palaces, and ordered her to be grounded. For Xiao Liu's sake, I don't want to abolish her easily, but after thinking about it, I will move Xiao Liu out of her palace when Xiao Liu grows up. I don't worry about my prince following such a A concubine with a very bad heart."

"Well, the emperor can handle this matter as he sees it." The queen mother said lightly: "Aijia is thinking about it. In the future, he should be more cautious in the selection of the assistant to the sixth house, otherwise, find someone with eyelids like Concubine Hui." Ziqian, I'm afraid we won't be able to live a peaceful life for a few days."

"What the empress mother said is true. First the Zhuang family and then the concubine Hui are disappointing. I thought, there is no need to look for the new assistant to the sixth palace. It is enough to have the concubine De to assist the empress. Today It's my mother's birthday, let's not talk about it, my mother will go out with me to have fun with the royal family and civil and military ministers."

The queen mother nodded.

The surrounding clansmen and wives gathered around the queen mother and said pleasant words as if they had just woken up from a big dream.

Concubine Hui's incident was like a discordant episode, so it was ignored.

Everything seemed like nothing happened.

Seeing this scene, Baoluo somehow thought of a word, whitewashing the peace.