The Empire and the Kingdom

When it comes to having a baby, Zhuang Ruoshui almost vomits blood.Who said that it is not suitable to have children before the concubine enters the door?In the past three years, I drank so many contraceptive decoctions, just to leave the position of the eldest son to the future concubine, and now I am blaming myself for not having a child?Zhuang Ruoshui was angry but didn't dare to talk back to the queen, just begged blindly.

"Don't cry, crying makes you look ugly, the prince will be unhappy when he sees it." The queen turned her head and looked at Zhuang Ruoshui with the eyes of a dead person, "After you die, I will praise Ruoyun and let her sit in Yuan'er's seat." Side concubine, as long as Yuan'er succeeds to the throne, your clan's wealth can still be preserved, and the clan will thank you when the time comes."

Zhuang Ruoshui still cried and begged the queen to spare her life, but the queen didn't want to listen anymore.She asked Zhuang Ruoshui to be sent back to the East Palace, and arranged for someone to watch her, not allowing her to escape.

"While waiting for Prince Sanqi, let's go on the road together with that girl from the Xue family."

The empress does not intend to tell the emperor about people being buried with her. In the case of the crown prince, the empress has been completely disappointed with the emperor.She was going to kill him first and play later, and when he died, even if the emperor got angry again, he would not be able to save him.

Zhuang Ruoshui was almost desperate, so she yelled and shouted on the way to the East Palace, and finally she was gagged before she calmed down.After seeing the previous movement, most of them just thought that Zhuang Ruoshui was too sad and lost his mind, and not many people cared.The little maid in the Antai Palace passed by and saw this incident, and when she returned to the palace, she talked about it with Le Xin, the close maid of the concubine De, as a novelty.Le Xin felt that something was a little strange when she heard this, so she immediately reported it to Concubine De.

"Go and call Princess Yunyi!" Concubine De had been in the palace for so many years, and she knew what kind of person the queen was. When she heard that Zhuang Ruoshui was in this state, her face changed.

Feng Jingsu also received the news, but she didn't think too much about it. Zhuang Ruoshui's line was already useless, so it wasn't worth her too much thought.

Hearing that Concubine De let her go, she carefully avoided the guards, eunuchs and maids, and sneaked into Antai Palace quietly.

"Shuang Niang, you called me." Seeing Concubine De's expression turned ugly, she immediately realized that something serious had happened, "What happened?"

Concubine De asked Le Xin to guard the door, she pulled Feng Jingsu and said, "Do you know about the Zhuang family?"

Feng Jingsu nodded, "I just heard about it."

"It was said that Mrs. Zhuang was overwhelmed with grief and became insane. I think this is not an easy matter. Yun Yi, you are capable. Tonight, you'd better go to the East Palace to ask Mrs. Zhuang for verification." Seeing Feng Jingsu got better.

Feng Jingsu frowned, not understanding why Concubine De took this matter so seriously.

"Prince Sanqi will be in two days. Mrs. Zhuang wasn't crazy before, so why did she go crazy in Fengde Palace? Have you ever thought about the reason?"

Feng Jingsu seemed to understand a little bit, "What did the empress say to Mrs. Zhuang?"

Defei nodded.

Concubine De didn't need to remind her of the following words, Feng Jingsu found one end of her train of thought, so she could follow along.What on earth did the queen want Zhuang Ruoshui to be so excited about?Widow?Retreat?Feng Jingsu felt that if Zhuang Ruoshui didn't even have this mental preparation, he would have lost his mind.what would that beFor those related to the prince, there is only... "Buried with him? The queen asked Zhuang to be buried with the prince?"

Concubine De closed her eyes, "Although this court does not advocate burial with living people, it is not the case that none of them exist. The empress has devoted all her efforts to the crown prince, and since the crown prince is gone, she made it easy for the Zhuang family to be buried with him."

This is not what Feng Jingsu was thinking at the moment. Zhuang Ruoshui and the queen were relatives. If the queen could do this cruel thing to Zhuang Ruoshui, what about Xue Ai who had already been accused of marriage?

Seeing Feng Jingsu frowning suddenly, Concubine De knew where she was thinking. "Yun Yi, I know that you are close to Miss Xue Jiasan, so I called you here in such a hurry. Miss Xue Jiasan is a person who has an imperial decree to marry her. To put it bluntly, she belongs to the prince when she is alive, and belongs to the prince when she dies. Ghost. Now that the crown prince is dead, the third miss of the Xue family is a widow, so if the empress insists on her being buried with her, it is not unreasonable."

Feng Jingsu grabbed Concubine De's hand, "Shuang Niang, you have to help me!" She was a little confused now, this matter was completely out of her plan.

Concubine De patted her hand, "Don't make a mess first." She pulled Feng Jingsu to sit down, "If this matter is true, if the Empress is determined to want Mrs. Zhuang and Miss Xue San to be buried with her, you can only save Xue San Miss can't be rescued. This matter has to be worked on by the banker, they are relatives with the empress, if the banker starts a quarrel, the emperor won't ignore it."

Feng Jingsu nodded, "I see. I'll go to the East Palace to confirm the situation first."

"Don't panic, child, panic won't solve the problem." Concubine De reminded.

Feng Jingsu calmed down, sat down and took a sip of tea, "I know, Shuangniang, I really want to thank you this time."

Concubine De showed a kind smile, "You are all well, just thank me."

After calming down, Feng Jingsu sneaked into the East Palace and met Zhuang Ruoshui.Zhuang Ruoshui's mouth was gagged, he was tied to the bed, and his eyes were swollen from crying.Seeing Feng Jingsu come in through the window, she screamed with excitement.

"Hush!" Feng Jingsu made a silent gesture to her, and Zhuang Ruoshui immediately fell silent.

Feng Jingsu came over and said in a low voice: "I'll take off your veil now and let you talk. If you dare to tell me to turn around and leave, then you will have to die here without a sound, do you understand?"

Zhuang Ruoshui nodded desperately.Feng Jingsu took off the veil from her mouth, "What did the queen say to you?"

Zhuang Ruoshui said: "Princess Yunyi, you must save me! The queen wants me and Miss Xue San to be buried with the prince!" She also understood that in Feng Jingsu's heart, Xue Aibi had weight, so the first sentence Just say the most important news.

"When?" When the guess was confirmed, Feng Jingsu was not only worried but also angry.

"The anniversary of the death of Prince Sanqi."

Feng Jingsu nodded, "I want to tell your family about this matter. You'd better write me a letter and take a token that your family recognizes."

At this time, Zhuang Ruoshui was not only obedient, but also very calm. After she was untied, she did not make any noise, and quickly found a pen and ink to write a letter. Feng Jingsu watched from the side. Messy, but still recognizable.After writing the letter, Zhuang Ruoshui took another small Jade Buddha from her neck, "My mother invited this for me when I was one year old. I have carried it with me since I was a child, and my mother recognizes it." She put the Jade Buddha into Feng Jingsu's hands , "Princess, please save me!" He was about to kneel down.

Feng Jingsu helped her up, "It doesn't have to be like this. My ability is limited. Whether I can save you depends on how capable and determined your family is."

In order not to startle the snake, Feng Jingsu tied Zhuang Ruoshui up again and gagged her mouth.She returned to Shenhe Palace, changed a set of clothes, and rushed to the dealer.At the same time, Yushu took Feng Jingsu's letter to Guan's house to ask Guan Xuejing to see her.

Guan Xuejing frowned when she saw Feng Jingsu's letter.Feng Jingsu said in the letter that the queen wanted Xue Ai to be buried with the prince, and asked Guan Xuejing to transfer all the twenty guards in the mountain to the vicinity of the prime minister's mansion, and to save Xue Ai's life no matter what.

Funeral?She thought that this kind of thing would only appear in dramas. Is the queen crazy?

Feng Jingsu rushed to the Zhuang's house and met the Hubu Shangshu Zhuang Yuejiang. She handed over Zhuang Ruoshui's tokens and letters, explaining the situation in the palace. "The side concubine has been tied up in the East Palace, her mouth is covered with a veil, and she is waiting to be buried with the prince on the anniversary of his death on March [-]. Maybe the empress will do it in advance without waiting until March [-]. Master Zhuang, I just don't like this kind of thing. The bad habit of being buried with you, come out to spread a message, it is up to you to decide whether to save people or not. I will leave first." Feng Jingsu returned to the palace immediately without any delay.

From the beginning to the end, Feng Jingsu did not tell Xue Ai about this matter.In this matter, Xue Ai is completely unable to save himself. If Xue Xiang loves his daughter and refuses to do so, with Xue Xiang's power in the court, it is still possible, and the odds of winning are better than the dealer.But Feng Jingsu really didn't dare to bet on Xue Xiang, and this matter couldn't tolerate the slightest mistake.

It was late at night, and Feng Qianzi was ready to go to bed.The window opened suddenly, and a gust of wind blew in. Guan Xuejing was already standing in front of her.

"You came so late, what happened?" Feng Qianzi didn't even bother to express surprise.This guy especially likes to look through the windows recently. Even though she doesn't send maids to guard the door anymore, she still likes to look through the windows.

"The empress wants the crown prince's side concubine Zhuang and Xiaoai to be buried with the crown prince." Telling Feng Qianzi about this matter was also requested by Feng Jingsu in the letter.

Feng Qianzi narrowed her phoenix eyes, "Aren't you joking?"

Guan Xuejing vomited blood, is she such a character in front of Feng Qianzi? "Cousin, how dare I talk nonsense about this kind of thing? Human life is at stake!"

Feng Qianzi sat at the table and thought for a while, "Princess Yun Yi asked you to tell me this?"

"That's right, the princess said cousin, you are smart, and you will definitely find a way to save Xiao Ai." Guan Xuejing came over and sat beside Feng Qianzi.

Feng Qianzi glanced at her, "Only you will believe such words. The princess asked me to tell my father, it seems that there will be a lot of excitement in the hall tomorrow."

The morning of the next day was really lively. First, Shang Shuzhuang of the household department fell across the river and cried to the emperor to save his granddaughter, and told the queen that Zhuang Ruoshui and Xue Ai were to be buried with her.As soon as Xue Xiang heard this, he immediately went out to beg the emperor to break the engagement between Xue Ai and the prince, and not let Xue Ai be buried with an unmarried person.After that, several officials from the Ministry of Rituals said that the burial is an outdated custom and should have been abolished long ago.Mr. Zhongshu Lingfeng took a few princes inside to make mud.

The emperor went down to the court inexplicably, and when he went to Fengde Palace to ask, the queen didn't want to tell the emperor, but when the emperor asked, she didn't dare to lie and admitted it directly.She said that the prince entrusted her with dreams about his side concubine and the third miss of the Xue family, that's why she decided to let these two people be buried with her.

"It's inexplicable!" The emperor felt that the queen was missing the prince too much and she was a little unconscious. How many years ago was the old Huangli buried with her? "Let's let this matter go. If the prince feels lonely, can someone make a few paper figurines and burn them to the prince? Queen, you are still messing around! And you didn't ask me about such a big matter beforehand, yours Isn't it too courageous!"

The queen lowered her eyes, "Your Majesty calm down, the concubine knows that she is wrong."

The queen's attitude of admitting her mistakes was very good, and the emperor's anger finally dissipated.They have been husband and wife for many years, and since the queen just lost her son, he can't care about it.Just let this matter go, the emperor took people away.

In Fengde palace, the queen sneered, death is death, the crown prince can't survive, and these two women can't survive either.

As soon as the emperor returned to the Palace of Qinzheng, someone came to report that the crown prince's concubine Zhuang had hanged herself.The emperor dropped the pen in his hand in shock.He immediately understood, "Send someone to Xue's house to check the situation!"

This time he sent not eunuchs who passed the decree, but Ouchi guards.

Of course the Ouchi guards acted quickly, and they came back to report soon. Xue Ai was still alive, but I heard that he was assassinated in his yard. If the maid beside him knew martial arts, Xue Ai would have died.

The emperor was so angry that his hands were trembling, "It's the opposite! It's the opposite! Who dares to obey my words, who gave her the courage!"

In Fengde Palace, when the queen received the news that Xue Ai had failed in the assassination, she was so angry that she swept away everything on the table. "Trash! You can't even kill a weak woman!" Although she failed to kill Xue Ai, but Zhuang Ruoshui died, and the prince was not alone.

When the emperor came to Fengde Palace again angrily, the empress had already taken off her fine clothes and hairpins, and knelt in the main hall.

"The concubine knows that His Majesty is angry, and the concubine is willing to accept any punishment from His Majesty." The queen knelt and kowtowed.

"Why? Why did you do this?" The emperor really couldn't understand, a queen, didn't she understand the consequences of doing so?Apart from killing one more life and offending the dealer and the Xue family, what good is there to do?

"Your Majesty, the prince was killed. You don't punish the murderer severely, you only talk about national interests. Yes, the prince is the prince of Yunguo. His death can bring the territory of the three towns to Yunguo. The prince died well. Without the prince, you can still A crown prince is established, but that is the child of the concubine! It is the child of the concubine who was conceived in October, and the concubine taught him to walk and speak! Your national interest, the concubine even pursues it Even a murderer can't, have you ever thought about the suffering of the concubine? Your Majesty, Prince Quan felt lonely, he told the concubine, he really told the concubine, how could the concubine ignore it? The concubine, a mother, can't protect her His life, can't avenge him, can't he fulfill his last wish?" The queen has already burst into tears, "Your Majesty, for the sake of the dead, the concubine is willing to pay any price. The concubine knows that doing so is already You made a big mistake, please Your Majesty, please come down."

The emperor was so angry that after seeing the queen say such words, it subsided a lot unknowingly.He thought of the two young couples, raising their eyebrows together; he thought of the warmth and sweetness of a family of three when the prince was born; he thought of the expectations he had in his heart for the eldest son when he ordered Feng Ye to be the prince, and now everything has come to naught.

The empress cares for the prince, and the emperor sees it in his heart.After so many years of husband and wife, now seeing the queen crying hoarsely on the ground, he couldn't help sighing.The sadness of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person is not something that parents can't understand.

"Queen, get up first." The emperor helped the queen with his own hands and told her to sit down, "You have done too much in this matter. I think you just lost your son, so don't pursue this matter. But your current body It's not advisable to work too hard, you should stay in Fengde Palace to cultivate, everything in the harem is complicated, I will let the noble concubine and concubine Shu take care of it, don't worry."

The emperor's words directly took away the queen's power to manage the harem. This was not only to give an explanation to the courtiers, but also to prevent the queen from killing again.

The queen wiped her tears, "The concubine is guilty, it's all up to His Majesty to arrange."

The emperor ordered the maids to take good care of the queen, and he had to deal with the mess left by the queen.

After the emperor left, the queen wiped away her tears, and an imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.Having been married for many years, she knows the emperor too well. The emperor's biggest weakness is soft-heartedness. The emperor will never punish her severely as a new wife.I made this kind of mistake, as long as I move people with affection, the emperor will not punish her harshly, let alone abolish the empress easily.As for the right to manage the harem, it is only temporary. As long as he is still the queen, this right will be his own sooner or later.

When the Zhuang family learned of Zhuang Ruoshui's death, the whole family cried.However, Zhuang Ruoshui reported it in the name of "suicide", so there is no murderer.Although everyone knows that the queen sent someone to do it, but can they question the queen?The emperor wanted to appease the Zhuang family more, not only mentioned Zhuang Ruoshui as the crown prince's concubine to be buried with the prince, but also ordered Zhuang Ruoyun to marry the seventh prince.

Unexpectedly, the banker who had been falling for the queen refused to marry the seventh prince at this time.The emperor also understood this point. After all, Zhuang Ruoshui died at the hands of the queen. Whether he admits it or not, everyone knows it in their hearts, so how could the Zhuang family lose another daughter?But in this way, even if the dealer is completely untied from the queen, it is still unknown which team he will stand in in the future.

In any case, after the emperor gave many rewards and reactivated Zhuang Haisen and Zhuang Shaoxu, the dealer finally calmed down.But the other Xue family is not so easy.

Xue Xiang has always been a smooth person.He has excellent abilities in government affairs and knows how to figure out what he wants, but he will not be too obedient.The great thing about Xue Xiang is that he can grasp the relationship with everyone very well.Even with the emperor, he will not get too close or far away.The emperor understood that Xue Xiang's ability in the government was beyond doubt, but he was a minister, not the emperor's slave. He was always independent and could not be driven and bullied at will.

The author has something to say: Prince: Although I have left, my legend is everywhere.