Rose

"Get ready, I'm going to see my concubine." Ye Liuyuan made a decisive decision.

He doesn't have much influence in the court, but he and his concubine mother seem to outsiders to be the prince's party, no matter how you look at it, he can't just sit idly by.

If the crown prince really fell, the first to be implicated would be Empress Zhao, Concubine Shu and herself, and the Jianling Zhao family would also be implicated.A hundred-year-old clan may suffer heavy losses if it loses power for a while, but it will not be completely destroyed. But for Queen Zhao and Concubine Shu in the harem, losing power means a dead end.

Ye Liuyuan hurried to see Concubine Shu.

"Mother and concubine, about the eldest brother... Do I need to go to Bingming Father, and say that it was I who rescued the elder brother from going into the jungle..."

When Concubine Shu heard this, she was a little surprised in her misty eyes. She took a deep look at Ye Liuyuan and said, "Mother Concubine's Liu'er has grown up. Since you have the heart, you will do it. Anyway... ...You do it, it will be beneficial but not harmful..."

...The concubine was surprised because she never thought that Ye Liuyuan could see the meaning behind Ye Di's actions.

Knowing a son is like a mother, Concubine Shu is too aware of her son's temperament, and after suffering from a dark illness in her leg, she is even more desperate and extreme.This time I can see the meaning behind Ye Di, I am afraid that he really cares about his elder brother.

Concubine Shu's eyes fell on the sachet she carried with her, and yes, the grace of saving his life might be able to open his heart.

"Yes." Ye Liuyuan didn't care what Concubine Shu was thinking, since she said it was beneficial but not harmful, he went to see Emperor Ye.

He was still in a wheelchair and was pushed by Luo Chen. Seeing him, Emperor Ye asked with concern: "I heard that you startled the horse and chased the stream, what did the imperial doctor say? How is the injury?"

"Returning to Father, the imperial doctor said that I was just frightened and there was nothing serious about it. But the cold water in the late autumn is not good for my leg injury. I'm afraid I will have to take good care of it for a while."

Speaking of this, Ye Liuyuan said: "This time, I really thank you for chasing me into the forest in time. The assassin saw that I was led into the forest by a frightened horse, and even sent some people to chase me. The minister flew over, if the elder brother hadn't led someone to catch up and kill the assassin, the son might not have been able to come back to see the emperor."

"It's a pity that the elder brother's time was delayed in order to save the son, so the elder brother and the personal guards failed to catch the living."

Hearing this, Emperor Ye smiled and said, "You, you, you are here to plead for the crown prince."

"That's the truth. Father knows that this son-in-law didn't want to beg for mercy, but just told the truth about what happened at that time." Ye Liuyuan said: "The assassin first attacked father, and when he saw son entered the forest, he turned to pursue him. Killed the minister, and then fought against the eldest brother and his personal guards, and committed suicide when things failed."

"From my son's point of view, they are clearly targeting the royal family." Ye Liuyuan said: "Whether it is the father or the prince, they all want to kill."

Hearing this, Emperor Ye showed some thought, and said, "Xiaoqi's words are a bit biased."

"Okay, my father has asked Qiu Ying to investigate this matter, and I will ask your eldest brother to also send someone to investigate later." Ye Di snorted coldly and said: "I want to see who is so bold , was able to enter Beichuan, and even attempted to assassinate me and my heirs."

"Yes."

Ye Liuyuan knew clearly that Emperor Ye was suspicious when he said so.The assassin's preferred assassination target was Emperor Ye. Seeing the opportunity to assassinate Ye Liuyuan and the prince, he changed his target to him. Emperor Ye became suspicious, thinking that the assassin's target was the throne.

After all, if the assassin succeeds, Emperor Ye dies, Ye Liuyuan dies, and the crown prince who follows the jungle dies, then those who benefit must be other people who covet the throne.

Emperor Ye became more and more suspicious. From his suspicion of the prince, he could tell that he would let the prince also send someone to investigate, that means he also suspected Qiu Ying and Prime Minister Zuo.After all, if Emperor Ye, the crown prince, and Ye Liuyuan were to die, Zhao Youxiang's faction would lose power, and the Zuoxiang faction would benefit the most.

But even so, Emperor Ye did not release the prince's restraint, but ordered the prince to send someone to assist in the investigation, which proved that he still had doubts about the prince.

Ye Liuyuan knew that this was the limit of what he could do, so he could only resign.

There was an undercurrent in the hall, but it had nothing to do with Ye Liuyuan.After recuperating in the palace for a period of time, Ye Liuyuan left the palace and moved to Prince An's Mansion.Both Luo Fu and Luo Chen went out of the palace with him, and Ye Liuyuan, the long history of the palace and the key point, also thought it was good after seeing it.

Life outside the palace is always much more comfortable, away from the court and harem, and away from the center of the whirlpool.All kinds of things that happened in the court and the harem were also reported to Ye Liuyuan through the long history and the servants.

At this time, Ye Liuyuan acted like a bystander, calmly analyzing the information she received.

After he left the palace, a lot of things did happen. First, Qiu Ying broke into the household servant's house under the guise of investigating an assassin and searched extensively, and unexpectedly found evidence of his corruption and forming a party.

Emperor Ye was furious, and the house of the servant of the household department was ransacked, and he fled thousands of miles to Zhangzhou in the southwest.

Qiu Ying himself was a cruel official, and he was tortured severely during the interrogation of the servant. An old scholar like the servant of the household department was tortured again, and traveled thousands of miles to the southwest border, where he died of illness on the way.

Once Qiu Ying succeeded, his arrogance became more and more arrogant, and he broke into the homes of several officials one after another to search regardless of the obstruction, but he was able to find evidence every time, so that others could not attack.Moreover, Qiu Ying was very smart, the officials he searched for were basically Ye Di himself hated, and the courtiers who came and went also saw that Qiu Ying dared to act so boldly, and Ye Di supported him to some extent.

The former dynasty was disturbed by Qiu Ying, and the harem was not peaceful. A pregnant beauty and a talented man had miscarriages one after another. This matter was checked left and right and found on Concubine Su De, who called for grievances.Ye Liuyuan didn't know how the harem did the investigation, and finally found out that it was Concubine Yan.

Anyway, this time no matter whether Concubine Yan Gui was wronged or not, the hat of mutilating the heirs is firmly on her body.Concubine Yan was deposed by Emperor Ye and relegated to the cold palace.In order to appease the slandered Concubine Su De, Ye Di promoted Concubine Su De again, and now she is Concubine Su Gui.

In short, Ye Liuyuan is at ease since Queen Zhao and Concubine Shu are not involved in the harem matter.But the bad thing is, the two concubines who had miscarriages made Emperor Ye realize that his harem was not clean. Recently, his physical condition has been declining, and he has become more suspicious. He appointed an eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate the harem.

Of course the high-ranking concubines and eunuchs didn't dare to investigate deeply, it was just to save face, but among the beauties who were newly brought into the palace by Emperor Ye, they found a lot of invigorating drugs and birth prescriptions. For the sake of favor.

Ye Di showed the imperial doctor, these prescriptions are of course not harmful to the body when used alone, but many people are using them in order to compete for favor. The medicines have conflicting properties, and it is inevitable to damage Ye Di's body.

This made Ye Di, who felt more and more weak and feeble, be furious, and executed many beauties, and blood flowed into the harem for a while.

Undercurrents surged in the former dynasty and the harem, but they did not affect Ye Liuyuan.After moving out of the cold and gloomy Tai Chi Palace, Ye Liuyuan's leg disease improved a bit, but she still needed acupuncture from the imperial physician from time to time.

On this day, Luo Chen came to report to him that the prince was visiting.

"Brother?" Ye Liuyuan had just sent away the imperial doctor who gave him needles to revitalize his meridians, and said in surprise, "Brother, wait a moment, I'll go change clothes first."

But as soon as Ye Liuyuan finished speaking, the prince came in through the door frame.

Ye Liuyuan's legs were still bare, and when she saw someone, she stood up reflexively and took two steps towards her.

"Hey, why are you stepping on the ground with bare feet." The prince leaned over and pushed him back on the couch, naturally picked up his two feet and stuffed them into the blanket on the couch.

Ye Liuyuan calmly pulled the blanket to cover her legs, feeling quite embarrassed, said: "Brother came today..."

"Thank you for pleading for brother in front of the father." The prince said with a brisk smile on his face, "If it wasn't for you, I might be the one who was sent to death today."

The prince said it easily, but Ye Liuyuan could feel the blood behind him.

Hubu Shilang is a member of Zhao Youxiang's faction and a supporter of the Prince's faction.Qiu Ying took him for surgery, obviously to show some people.

"Brother, you are serious, and I didn't do anything." Ye Liuyuan lowered her head and said.

"It's enough." The prince said: "I came to you today to ask if you want to go to Linlang Pavilion to drink. Linchun Tower will unseal the spirits under the ginkgo tree last winter at the end of autumn, and you will leave the palace to build the mansion. I'm afraid I haven't been to Linlang Pavilion before."

"Spirited wine to warm up, since Eldest Brother invited me, I will go of course." Ye Liuyuan responded, "But please wait a moment, Eldest Brother, I'll go change."

Ye Liuyuan changed into her regular clothes, and went out with the prince to Linlang Pavilion.Linlang Pavilion is not a very serious place, after all, apart from the famous spirits, Linlang Pavilion is also a beauty.

Rows of ginkgo trees were planted on both sides of the street in front of Linlang Pavilion. In autumn, the golden ginkgo leaves fell all over the ground, shining brightly and carrying Xia Jing's unique sense of luxury.The smiles of beauties and the strong aroma of strong wine wafted from Linlang Pavilion. This is not a restaurant where aristocrats, gentlemen and literati entertain guests, but a gentle place for dudes and prodigal sons.

"I didn't expect that someone like elder brother would come to Linlang Pavilion." Ye Liuyuan and the crown prince said with a joke when they sat in the private room and watched the veiled beauty serve spirits.

"What kind of person does Xiaoqi think I am? A gentleman who is respectful and virtuous?" The prince raised his head and drank the wine in his glass, looked at Ye Liuyuan with a smile and said: "Then you are wrong, big brother! Not a gentleman, just a layman who does what he wants."

"However, today I brought you here not only to drink spirits and see beauties, but mainly to let you watch a play." The prince put down his wine glass and opened the window of the private room a little.

The Linlang Pavilion is thoughtful, the window is designed as a bay window, people in the room can see the outside when the window is opened, but the people in the room cannot be seen from the outside because of the angle.

Ye Liuyuan followed the prince's movements and looked out, and saw that the third prince was drunk and was pulling a luxuriously dressed lady to play. Then, a person came out of Linlang Pavilion, and Ye Liuyuan took a closer look, and it turned out to be Qiu Ying.

Immediately afterwards, Qiu Ying and the third prince quarreled loudly, Ye Liuyuan listened for a long time, and heard the words "Princess Jingping", and then he realized that the noble girl who was held back by the third prince was actually traveling in a private server Princess Jingping?

Ye Liuyuan was shocked. Qiu Ying was the younger brother of Princess Jingping's son-in-law. He caught the third prince harassing Princess Jingping outside Linlang Pavilion. Thinking of the deposed Concubine Yan, Ye Liuyuan was startled and looked at the prince.

The crown prince held the pot and filled the cup in front of Ye Liuyuan, and then filled his own cup, and said with a smile: "Ms. Shu said that you have been wronged, and I want to get it back for you, and my elder brother also thinks it should be the same. My brother went to the army to practice before, but Xiao Qi was wronged."

"Anyway, the eldest brother is back, and I will give you all the anger I should have."

"It should belong to big brother, no one can take it away."

Ye Liuyuan looked at the prince's smiling face, lowered her eyes and looked at the wine glass in front of her, and calmly picked up the wine glass and drank it, covering up the shock at that moment.

For the first time, the gentle and jade-like prince showed his ambition and sharpness in front of him. It seemed that he had the shadow and majesty of Queen Zhao on him.

Ye Liuyuan suppressed the shock in her heart and looked out the window at Qiu Ying who was already wrestling with the third prince, the situation became more and more chaotic, and she didn't know how the prince could sort out this mess.