Qinse is in the imperial court, forgetting both favor and disgrace

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials returned from his illness and became the top priority of the early court today.

The emperor leaned forward on the dragon throne, and took good care of him: "Shangshu Xie is worried about state affairs, and he sacrifices himself and forgets himself. I am deeply moved. It's just that Shangshu Xie is recovering from illness. It's better not to work too hard, but to cultivate yourself to be kind."

Xie Lian knelt down on the ground, his voice trembling slightly: "I thank you for your majesty's concern. I am old and frail, sick and sick. I am afraid that I will not have much time to serve your majesty."

"Where is the old Shangshu?" The emperor sat upright again, and laughed loudly, "You are not yet an octogenarian, and your voice is like a bell, and you are vigorous and vigorous. I am afraid that I will not be able to."

"I'm terrified!" Xie Lian's back stiffened suddenly, and then there was a big shock, followed by a series of loud coughs that shocked the court.

The emperor hurriedly got up and told his left and right: "Hurry up! Tell the imperial doctor! Help the old minister to rest at court!"

"Minister... I am useless...cough..." Xie Lian staggered up with the help of the guards, and quickly glanced upwards. The emperor stood in front of the throne, his expression was startled and concerned, and he saw nothing wrong. At this point, he couldn't help coughing violently again, his head drooped deeply, and his waist was arched.

The officials in the hall saw that the old Shangshu seemed to be dying of illness. However, the troubles of the state affairs forced him to come to the court with his old and sick body, and they all offered words of comfort. With worries, it looks like a Mingjun who respects the old and respects the virtuous.

After Xie Lian left, the morning court also dispersed.

Ming lord important minister, a good show.

As soon as Li Lang arrived at Tiangan Palace after he left the court, a servant came to tell him, and the old lady asked him to drive.

The Empress Dowager was weak by nature, and after moving to Tai'an Palace, she devoted herself to practicing Buddhism and keeping in good health. No matter whether it was the front hall or the back palace, she didn't care about matters big or small, she turned a blind eye and turned a deaf ear.

Eastern Chu also paid attention to filial piety, but the current emperors and empresses are not models of filial piety, especially Emperor Li Lang, who is clearly a character who can be ruthless even his own father, and the throne is not justified. , Up and down the hall, who would be boring themselves?

There are really officials who are determined to persuade the emperor to ask the emperor to invite the emperor to set an example of fatherly kindness and filial piety to the world. However, although the emperor does not punish him, he pretends to be deaf and dumb, and laughs it off. too emperor.

In this way, the Empress Dowager in the Tai'an Palace was even more neglected, no matter how powerful the stalkers could be, they would never think of currying favor with the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager seemed to be happy to live in isolation, and had hardly used the Empress Dowager Seal for several years.

This time, Li Lang had to go after the decree was issued. Although he had guesses, he also had his own plans, but when he saw the Empress Dowager and Empress Xie at the same time in Tai'an Palace, he couldn't help but slightly raised his mouth and saluted the Empress Dowager. The words were ironic: "Why does the mother want to see her son, why does she still have to issue an order? If the queen has something important, she can just send the message to me."

Empress Xie didn't answer, and hid half of her body in the shadow of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager sighed and said to Li Lang, "Something really happened. Emperor, please sit down, Empress, speak slowly."

Although the identities of the mother and child have changed, the mutual address has not changed.

Empress Xie has always been an emperor and has little affection for her biological mother, and has little respect for this royal mother-in-law who was born as a disgraced concubine.

When the old nanny advised her and turned her idea on the Queen Mother, Queen Xie felt that it was a foolish move, but she couldn't come up with a better way.

Zhao Rang's death is a good thing, the emperor never thought about it, even if there is a thunderbolt, she cannot be implicated in death without proof; but now her whereabouts are unknown, and her whereabouts are a mystery. Empress Xie is not worried that the emperor will chase after her harem. She knew that no matter how many mistakes she made, her father would never allow the emperor to abolish the emperor and set up another one.

It's just that the eerie atmosphere in the palace is gradually rising, and all kinds of sensational rumors are ready to move. After hearing about it once or twice, Empress Xie is already terrified. Her life is in jeopardy, what should she do if she hurts the young prince?

The prince is her only hope in this life, but Queen Xie knows that the emperor doesn't like her child.She took strict precautions and controlled the harem harshly, in order to eliminate the first signs of disaster.

However, there is still a concubine Liu who is more than half pregnant, and due to various reasons, it is inconvenient for her to start.The emperor is young, God knows how many heirs he will have in the future, before the prince can protect himself, Empress Xie must not let anyone hurt the prince.

After thinking about it, she didn't know what to do, and the old nanny offered a plan, begging the queen mother to keep the prince by her side.Firstly, the queen mother doesn't care about world affairs, she is a high-ranking man, and Zhao Rang can't find Tai'an Palace even if she seeks revenge; secondly, there are rumors in the palace that the head of Tai'an Palace is blessed by Buddha, and even if there are any monsters and monsters, the boundless Dharma can calm the evil and sycophants. Can keep the prince safe.

Early in the morning, Empress Xie rushed to Tai'an Palace on the pretext of meeting the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager came out with the help of the female nun Huihai. But okay?"

Empress Xie agreed and was about to get up when the old nanny kneeling beside her secretly grabbed her. The empress froze, knelt down on the ground, and cried out to the empress dowager: "I beg the empress dowager to save the prince's life!"

As soon as these words came out, the Empress Dowager's face changed in horror, she got up suddenly, her face was full of panic, her old eyes were filled with tears, and she asked anxiously: "What's wrong? What's wrong with the crown prince? Is he sick again? Have you passed on a doctor?"

Empress Xie didn't speak, instead she sobbed mournfully, the Empress Dowager's legs went limp, she collapsed on the seat, and also wept.

Nun Huihai bent over and said to the Empress Dowager: "Old lady, if the crown prince is unwell, why would the empress come to Tai'an Palace first? Isn't she?"

The queen mother woke up like a dream, quickly wiped away her tears, gasped and choked up to the queen: "Don't scare me, what happened to the prince?"

The queen was still sobbing, and the old nanny reminded her again by gently tugging her wide sleeves. She hurriedly shut up, and told the queen mother what she had already thought up. I don't want to mention the strange power and chaos, but even if I mention it secretly, it makes the Queen Mother frequently recite the Buddha's name.

After the queen finished speaking, the queen mother sighed sadly: "It is unusual for a man to enter the forbidden palace, let alone a concubine? Something happened! It's also strange. The prince fell in love with the man when he saw him, and hugged and hugged him. What is the entanglement in the previous life?"

When the words fell, the Empress Dowager looked at Hui Hai with her eyes, Hui Hai smiled lightly, clasped her hands together, proclaimed the Buddha's name, and said: "This life is determined by the past life, and the poor nun only knows that your Majesty and the noble concubine are indeed in debt in the previous life."

As soon as her ambiguous words came out, the Empress Dowager and the Empress looked at each other. This matter must not avoid the Emperor, and how the Emperor would react, both of them were worried.

Hui Hai laughed again and said: "The noble concubine disappeared for no reason. It is always a major matter in the harem. It is inconvenient for poor nuns to attend. Please allow the poor nun to avoid it."

The request was reasonable, and the Queen Mother could only agree. After she left, the two most noble women in the palace were relatively silent for a while.

After the old nanny coughed several times in succession, Empress Xie cleared her throat and said, "Mother, why don't you make an edict..."

The Empress Dowager looked at the Empress suspiciously, and Empress Xie had no choice but to explain in detail to the Empress Dowager who had never used the Jinbao Seal before, and had no choice but to draft it for the Empress Dowager to print.

The Empress Dowager asked to drive, the Emperor had no choice but to come, the Empress Dowager of Tai'an Palace was the master, but the old lady ordered the Empress to speak, but the Empress could not do so, so she had to explain the matter again, in front of the Emperor, keep it simple and vague.

The queen mother did not wait for the emperor to say anything, and said first: "My lord, this matter is very serious. It is no wonder that the queen is worried about the safety of the prince. Adding a man to the harem cannot be said to follow the rules of etiquette. It is inevitable that the gods will blame you. You If you really like his appearance, doesn't he still have a younger sister..."

"Mother," Li Lang said impatiently, "I don't have any opinion on whether the prince should be raised by the empress or under your knees. It's just that the empress is in charge of the sixth palace. Inexplicably, there is a concubine missing in my harem, and the empress has nothing to say." I?"

His tone was blunt, the empress had a guilty conscience, and when she heard this reprimand, she felt annoyed again, and said emphatically: "Your Majesty accepting a male concubine, as the empress mother said, violated the law of etiquette, so what's the point of Zhao being punished by heaven on behalf of him?" Why is it strange? How can Your Majesty turn the truth upside down and blame the concubine herself!"

The old nanny tried her best to move around the queen, but she still couldn't stop the queen from finishing what she said in one go.

The emperor raised his eyebrows and smiled, the queen mother looked around and interjected: "Queen, how about sending the prince to Tai'an Palace today?"

"Okay," the emperor replied, "Empress, you and I will bring the crown prince to the empress together."

While speaking, he had already stood up, saluted and bid farewell to the Empress Dowager, Xie Empress was helpless, even if she was unwilling, he had to leave together with the emperor and return to Dikun Palace.

The emperor went to the bedroom without looking back, and the empress followed step by step. She looked at the old nanny who followed her everywhere from time to time.

Before entering, the emperor suddenly stopped, turned to the old nanny, and said indifferently: "I have important matters to discuss with the empress, you don't need to follow."

The old nanny could only stop and wink at Queen Xie.

Empress Xie felt uneasy, although she was not afraid of the emperor, she knew she was wrong, especially after the last time, no matter how dull she was, she could still hear the warning in the emperor's words.She used to think otherwise, as long as the Xie family was not hurt, she would be able to sit firmly on the phoenix seat, but since she came to Zhao Rang, everything seemed to be different.

A general who had the audacity to kill the second son of the Xie family was not convicted of a crime, but was awarded the title of concubine. Xie Lian's painstaking efforts were in vain, and Queen Xie tried many times but failed to fulfill her father's wish.

After driving away all the servants, the emperor looked at Empress Xie blankly, and said suddenly, "How did your confidant servant die?"

Empress Xie was startled, her eyes widened, and she said for a moment: "There is a record in the Inner Palace that he died of dysentery. He became ill early in the morning, and died that night..."

"It happened to be the day when Zhao Rang came to Dikun Palace?" The emperor smiled slightly, slipped out the pearl flower from his sleeve, put it in his palm, and forced it in front of Empress Xie, "Is this yours?"

He made a test with a very positive tone, but seeing Empress Xie's complexion suddenly changed, she was staring like cracks, and after a while, he forced a smile: "This is... I don't know..."

The emperor suddenly clasped the left shoulder of Empress Xie firmly with one hand, and held the pearl flower with the other hand, hanging it above Empress Xie's eyes. His voice was as calm as a mirror: "Why did your pearl flower end up in Zhao Rang's hands?"

Empress Xie still wanted to be stubborn, she only said "I am a concubine", but she could no longer form a sentence. She screamed hoarsely, tears burst out, and her two big eyes were more white than black.

"Do you really think that I dare not abolish the Empress?" The emperor let go with a light smile, and Empress Xie collapsed to the ground.

He knelt down and shook the bead flower in front of Empress Xie again, before he could ask any questions, the weeping Empress Xie did not know where she got her courage, angrily pulled out the gold hairpin from her head, and stabbed at the emperor indiscriminately.

The emperor refused to evade, but Empress Xie was weak, and stabbed him in the chest, only penetrated a few points into the flesh, and couldn't go any further.She was in a trance, and when the blood oozed from it, it was shocking, Empress Xie screamed again and again, and fell heavily to the ground, but the golden hairpin was still tightly clutched in her hand, and she didn't know how to let go.

The old nanny had already led the prince to guard outside the palace, at this time she heard two changes in a row, no matter how hard she was to hold back, she took the prince into her arms and rushed in, risking the death penalty, who would have expected to see such a scene, suddenly Dumbfounded, the six gods have no master.

The nearly four-year-old prince saw his father kneeling half-kneeling, his face black and blue, and seeing his mother sitting on the ground, looking at his father in horror, he burst into tears, broke free from the old nanny, went straight to Queen Xie, and wailed To the Emperor: "Father, Father, don't be angry—"

The old nanny was startled, as if she had just woken up from a dream, she also hurried forward to Empress Xie, reached out and grabbed the gold hairpin and threw it away, then pulled off all her headdresses, pushed the disheveled queen with one hand, and grabbed the weeping prince with the other. , The three of them knelt down to the emperor and kowtowed heavily.

The emperor bent down and picked up the prince without saying a word. The prince twisted away and tried to pull up Empress Xie, but was pulled by his father. He smiled and said: "Lan'er, within two days, you can hand over the queen's golden seal. Even if you are a husband and wife, I don't want to send you away. You can just move out of Dikun Palace, and other palaces are up to you. You stay In the palace, there is still a chance to meet the prince."

After all, the emperor picked up the prince without any explanation, and strode away.

How Zhuhua fell into Zhao Rang's hands seems to be no longer important now, Li Lang firmly believes that with Zhao Rang as a person, it is absolutely impossible to get along with the Xie family, and the most urgent thing is to find that person.

But he didn't know that Zhao Rang at this time was also embracing his beloved son, with mixed feelings and a dilemma.