After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

Time passed slowly while the prince was busy teaching his son.

At the end of July, when the summer heat was gradually dissipating, the Ministry of Rites finally handed over the brochure, saying that the regulations for Li Taisun had been drawn up, and the sage was invited to have a look.

It has been three or four months since the sage issued the decree and the Ministry of Rites issued the regulations.The sage was getting a little impatient with the wait, and the strange awkwardness in his heart had long been worn away in the waiting.

Therefore, after the book from the Ministry of Rites came up, the sage read it and felt that it was quite satisfactory and there was nothing wrong with it, so he gave a reply with a red pen.

Minister of Rites was relieved, but also regretful.

——Originally, the Ministry of Rites also drew up two spare regulations, and this one is the least brilliant.He was thinking, pass this up first, and when the saint reads it and feels dissatisfied, he will change it to a better one.

If so again and again, the final delineation of the sage will be the most proud work of the Ministry of Rites.

These are all routines, on the one hand, it looks like a courtier is dedicated, and on the other hand, it also looks like a saint.

But who would have thought that this time, the sage didn't play cards according to common sense, and the plan that the Ministry of Rites was most proud of just fell into his hands.

Zuo Shilang advised him: "It's better than three copies being completely refuted by the saint."

The Minister of Rites was angry, "This is the painstaking effort of our entire Ministry of Rites. It has been added and deleted eight times, how could it all be refuted?"

Well, stepping on thunder.

The left servant shrank his neck and withdrew.

The right servant stood on the top, "My lord, maybe the saint doesn't want to make it grand at all."

"Oh?" The Minister of Rites suddenly remembered what the Ninth Prince said that day, and nodded, "You are right. The two spare copies can be taken and burned. Just pretend that there has never been a backup."

"Yes."

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The ceremony of setting up a grandson is arranged after the Mid-Autumn Festival and before the Double Ninth Festival.The three grand ceremonies were crowded together, not only the people in the Ministry of Rites were busy, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs also felt that it was too much.

After the Lichu Hall, many people had the same thought as the right servant of the Ministry of Rites: Maybe the saint didn't want to make this ceremony grand at all?

The third prince and the ninth prince were secretly delighted and ready to move; the sixth prince was apprehensive and secretly worried; the only prince sneered again and again, and occasionally looked at the ninth prince in the court hall as cold as a knife.

Not long after, Concubine Zhen Gui suddenly angered the saint, was demoted two ranks in a row, and became a concubine.If it wasn't for the fact that she had two princes, the sage would have wanted to beat her to the end.

The Ninth Prince was terrified, and secretly guessed, was it because the sage doted on some concubine recently, and his mother became jealous?

He never imagined that his mother was so bold that she dared to poison the saint with a secret medicine.

Actually, even Zhen Guifei... no, now it is Zhen Concubine.

Even Concubine Zhen didn't expect that she would poison a saint.

But it doesn't matter whether she did it or not.The important thing is that the saint has already determined that she did it, and has not given her any chance to defend herself.

Concubine Zhen didn't know why she was suddenly demoted.

As for the rumors in the palace that angered the saint, she didn't believe it.Because when the saint came to her palace that day, he just drank a cup of tea, without even saying a word to her, he suddenly got up and walked away.

Then, the decree to demote her as a concubine was delivered by Dai Quan himself.

The Ninth Prince didn't know what to do, so he hurried into the palace to ask to see Concubine Zhen.After endured anxiety and invited Ann, Concubine Zhen stepped back, and the Ninth Prince asked, "Mother Concubine, what's going on?"

"What's going on? I want to know what's going on too."

The Ninth Prince panicked, and Concubine Zhen panicked more than him.She had already vaguely guessed that maybe it was because she continued to take charge of the palace affairs that the sage knew about secretly administering chronic poison to the prince.

It has to be said that Concubine Zhen can be a favorite concubine and will last forever, and her own IQ is still very strong.

It's just that she only guessed the surface, but couldn't guess the meat.

Therefore, she is destined to be unable to turn over.

The Ninth Prince asked anxiously: "How could the concubine anger the saint? Don't you usually guess the mind of the saint?"

"I didn't offend the saint." Concubine Zhen was extremely irritable, "it must be something we did in the past, the saint knew about it, and the saint took the opportunity to explode."

old days?

They did so many things in the past that for a while, the Ninth Prince couldn't figure out which one or which ones it was.

"Then what shall we do now?"

Concubine Zhen took a deep breath and told the Ninth Prince, "From today on, you must be low-key and obedient, and don't go against the prince anymore."

The Ninth Prince was not reconciled, "Although the sage appointed a grandson, the ceremony is so simple..."

"You don't understand saints." Concubine Zhen shook her head and interrupted him.

She understands saints.

Although all the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital are guessing, the grand grandson's grand ceremony is so unglamorous, is it because the saint is not satisfied with the grandson?

But Concubine Zhen knew that the sage had always loved this eldest grandson very much.

Moreover, since the sage has decreed to appoint a grandson, even if the prince falls, the grandson will not fall.

In other words, unless the grandson died suddenly.Otherwise, they would not have a chance.

"Yes, concubine mother." The Ninth Prince reluctantly agreed.

Knowing a child is like a mother.How could Concubine Zhen fail to see that he deserved it?But the son has grown up, and although he respects his mother, it is impossible for him to obey what he said when he was a child.

At this moment, Concubine Zhen could suddenly understand Concubine Duan who didn't care about worldly affairs.

No matter how powerful the third prince is, Concubine Duan Gui has never been insolent.She thought it was Concubine Duan Gui who had deep thoughts and did not show her emotions.

Thinking about it now, perhaps Concubine Duan Gui didn't want the third prince to be valued by a saint like that.

She just can't control her son.

Nothing more...

"Old Jiu, you go back first."

The Ninth Prince couldn't get any clues from Concubine Zhen, and didn't want to stay any longer, so he took his leave.Walking to the gate of the palace, I happened to meet the twelve princes who came to visit Concubine Zhen.

The Twelfth Prince held a box in his arms, the two brothers greeted each other, the Ninth Prince asked a few words, and left in a hurry.

The Twelfth Prince frowned and watched Brother Nine leave, bowed his head in thought for a moment, then raised his smile and said loudly: "Concubine Mother, my son is here to see you."

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The fact that Concubine Zhen was demoted attracted most of the attention from the first department of the East Palace.Everyone turned to guess: The sage is about to start paving the way for the prince.

That's right, all honorable officials including Shi Nai did not think that Concubine Zhen's relegation was because she offended the saint.They are more inclined to be saints who want to suppress the Ninth Prince.

The prince and his family rejoiced.

And something even more exciting for them will come soon.

——The sage took Taisun to Qianqing Palace and taught him himself.

As for the crown prince, he is recuperating in the East Palace and rarely sees people.

The prince was really ill. When Shi Nai and Jia Jing went to visit him together, the prince's face was sallow and he was faintly dying.Shi Nai was terrified when he saw it.

——This is obviously different from the previous life.

In her previous life, until the crown prince died, it was not reported that there was any problem with her body.

Perhaps because his expression was too obvious, the crown prince smiled at him and asked, "Did Shi Qing think that Gu was being recuperated?"

Before meeting the prince, Shi Nai really thought so.

It can be seen that after seeing the prince, Shi Nai understood why the sage suddenly wanted to establish a grandson.

After all, the prince is the saint's most valued son. When the prince can threaten him, he is naturally afraid of guarding against this son.

But when the sage knew that this son might be ahead of him, all the previous estrangement towards the prince disappeared.

He will recall the warmth between the two, and even feel guilty.

However, Shi Nai couldn't understand why the prince's body suddenly collapsed?

"Your Highness, please take care of yourself, your grandson is still young."

Jia Jing also said: "Yes, Your Highness should take good care of it."

But the prince smiled heartily: "Small? It's better if he's young. If he grows up, Gu won't be at ease."

——Because of his young age, the sage will not guard against jealousy, and will teach carefully.In order to prevent his grandson from being able to bear Guo Zuo when he died.

The reason why the prince's body became like this was all caused by him.

When he gave the saint medicine, in order to avoid the saint's suspicion, he took half a month's dose at a time.

His body had already been eroded by the properties of this medicine, but after taking so much, it detonated all the properties that were too late to release.

Although Imperial Doctor Huang was able to pull out the properties of the medicine for him, it prevented him from losing his temper from time to time.But the damage to the body cannot be repaired.

In this regard, Huang Yuyi naturally reported the truth to the saint.

Therefore, the sage hated Concubine Zhen to the bone.It was only because of the Ninth Prince and the Twelfth Prince that they were not severely punished.

Shi Nai and Jia Jing lowered their heads, pretending not to hear what the prince said.

The prince didn't care too much, he just said sternly: "If Gu is unlucky... I also hope that the two sons who assist Gu will help Gu."

The two bowed and said solemnly: "I will definitely live up to your Highness's trust."

The prince showed a comfortable smile, "I know that both of you are believers. With the words of the two of you, I feel at ease."

Before the twelfth lunar month, the prince died.A full year and seven months earlier than in the previous life.

But compared to the tragedy of the previous life, the mourning after death this time seems to have far exceeded the lifespan of more than a year.

The sage lost his son in old age, and he was so sad that he seemed to have aged ten years overnight.

But this time, because there was a young grandson who needed to be taught and supported, the sage presided over the funeral of the prince, ordering all the princes and noble officials above the fourth rank to guard the prince's spirit.

During the period of the prince's death, the nine princes were often blamed, and the title was lowered again and again, and soon became a bald prince.

Although the third prince was a little better than the ninth prince and was not confiscated, he also clearly felt that the sage didn't like him very much.

In fact, as soon as the crown prince died, the third prince gave up the idea of ​​competing for the throne.

His original intention to oppose the prince was because the saint was too partial, and he was dissatisfied.

Now that the prince is gone, he feels a little disappointed.Moreover, he is quite noble in his bones, but he has no face to compete with his nephew for the crown prince.