Lord of Fortune

The Zhang family still wanted to die, but Emperor Chongde never gave them such a chance.

"It's already come to this point, do you Zhang family still want to deceive yourself and others? If you refuse to plead guilty and feel that I am deliberately favoring the Queen, I can immediately throw all the evidence I have investigated in front of you!"

Although Emperor Chongde has remained silent these days, he has not done nothing. He has collected quite a lot of evidence of the collusion between the Zhang family and the Queen Mother.If the Zhang family doesn't shed tears when they see the coffin, then they can't blame him!

"In the previous dynasty, whenever the disaster of witch-gu was involved, there was not a river of blood? I just demoted the concubine to a commoner, exiled the mastermind, and dismissed all Zhang family members. I think that the punishment is already very light. If your Zhang family is dissatisfied with this punishment, then follow the old rules."

Emperor Chongde's words were light and light, but Zhang Xianfei's father and brother were shocked into a cold sweat.

In vain they thought their scheme had succeeded, they have been jumping up and down these days, who would have thought that from the very beginning, their actions were under Emperor Chongde's control.If Emperor Chongde was not sure, he would definitely not say such a thing. Concubine Zhang Xian's father, Master Zhang, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, had no choice but to admit it: "I... obey the order..."

More than ten years of planning, just went to waste, and all this happened at the most proud moment of the Zhang family, the gap in the hearts of the Zhang family can be imagined.No one can accept this reality, yet they have to.

Compared with being beheaded all over the house, this kind of punishment is indeed very slight.As long as the person is still there, there is hope for a comeback, which is considered a blessing in misfortune.

Master Zhang closed his eyes dejectedly.

The Zhang family has completely collapsed.

After Queen Ding heard the news in the harem, she finally showed a smile on her face.

Although she knew that Emperor Chongde would not let the Zhang family be proud for a long time, but if the punishment did not come down for a day, she would not feel happy for a day.

Yao Huang was also full of joy: "Recently, those people in the palace have been secretly discussing behind their backs when our Fengyi Palace will fall. This is all right, the imperial decree has been issued, and we can finally feel proud. Don't you know, my lady?" , Numai is going out today, those who have talked about us see this servant, it is like a mouse seeing a cat. According to my humble opinion, the empress should clean up the harem, and get rid of those restless ones! Now that Mrs. Zhang has fallen and Concubine Li Xian has fallen out of favor, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief in the future."

"No, at this time, we must be more cautious in our words and deeds. We must not become frivolous just because there is no human restraint. Otherwise, it will not be good in the eyes of the emperor. Pass on the will of the palace. In the past, we How the people of Fengyi Palace behave, and how they will behave in the future, must be kind to the concubines who are raising princes and daughters, Concubine Li Xian should have what they should have, and you must not neglect her because of her confinement."

Queen Ding has always been a considerate person.

So what if Zhang fell down?So what if Concubine Li Xian fell out of favor?After all, the seventh prince has not been canonized as a prince yet.

Even if the Seventh Prince was canonized as the Crown Prince, Emperor Chongde is now in his prime, and there are still many years before the Seventh Prince ascends to the throne of God. Now it is far from the time for them to relax their vigilance.Empress Ding is not willing to plan for more than ten years and finally fall short.

Yao Huang understood Empress Ding's concerns after thinking for a while, and immediately said: "Madam is more careful. Madam, don't worry, slaves will be good at restraining the people under them, and will never make trouble for Madam at this juncture."

"En." Empress Ding nodded in satisfaction, and changed the topic randomly: "The emperor is showing mercy to the Zhang family. The Zhang family used such a poisonous trick, but it was aimed at Ben Gong, Huang'er, and Qin'er." It's fate. I just let them go so easily, I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart."

Emphasis on affection, this is probably the strength of Emperor Chongde, but also his shortcoming.

If he didn't value love, he wouldn't still give the Queen Mother such honor after she made so many mistakes. If he didn't value love, he wouldn't just agree to restore Concubine Li's status as soon as the Queen Mother begged for mercy.Wu was so annoying during her lifetime, after her death, Emperor Chongde also gave her a certain amount of glory.

From the standpoint of Empress Ding, she naturally disliked Emperor Chongde's actions.After all, the ones that Emperor Chongde forgave and sympathized with were all those who had harmed Empress Ding.

Yao Huang persuaded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, no matter how you say it, it is better for the emperor to be affectionate and soft-hearted than to be cruel and suspicious. If you think this punishment is not enough... we will have a long time to come."

"Don't worry, I just said that casually. I understand that the emperor will choose me. Apart from being optimistic about the emperor's son, I just think that after the emperor's son ascends to the throne, I will treat the emperor's other concubines and children kindly. Now , since the emperor has punished Mrs. Zhang, I will never disobey the emperor's wishes."

Even, if the Zhang family and the Zhang family can live in peace and contentment in the future, Empress Ding doesn't mind letting them go. After all, she has never been a person who likes to settle accounts after autumn.However, if Mrs. Zhang or her princes and princesses are restless in the future, then don't blame her for being cruel!

……

Outside the palace, when Han Mengqin received the news, his tense nerves finally relaxed.

She said that Chu Chen pushed herself too hard, so why not herself?The exhaustion and anxiety of the past few days made her fall ill.

When Han Mengqin regained consciousness again, her mouth was full of bitterness, and the strong smell of medicine spread in her mouth, making her feel a little nauseous.

A big callused hand touched her forehead: "The fever is gone, why hasn't she woke up yet?"

Han Mengqin didn't know if this was her illusion, she seemed to hear Chu Chen's voice.

"It must be because my cousin is too tired these days because of the work of the queen's aunt, so she didn't have a good rest. Cousin husband, when she wakes up, you have to talk to her. It's too scary to suddenly fall down without a sound. !"

This is Ding Wanyan's voice.

It's really too much. It is obvious that Chu Chen was called Marquis of Wu'an before, but now he is talking about his cousin-in-law, and let Chu Chen teach her a lesson?Who is teaching who? o(╯*╰)o.

"I can't bear to talk about Qinqin. It seems that the only way is for the empress to come out in person. Qinqin has always listened to the empress, right?"

The gentle, loving and helpless tone in Chu Chen's words was vividly displayed.

Ding Wanyan finally couldn't take it anymore: "Cousin-in-law, you will spoil my cousin if you act like this."

"I can't help it. When I get along with Qinqin, I've always been the one in charge. Qinqin is always very assertive and sometimes doesn't listen to me."

Playing pitiful in front of others again...

Han Mengqin raised her eyelids, but her eyelids were too heavy, she couldn't open them at all, and she was in a half-dream and half-awake state.They could only listen to the conversation between Ding Wanyan and Chu Chen, but could not participate.

Ding Wanyan expressed sympathy for Chu Chen, and at the same time, became more and more envious of Chu Chen's feelings for Han Mengqin.

It can be said that Chu Chen really loved Han Mengqin to the bottom of his heart.After Han Mengqin got sick, he fell into a coma for more than ten hours. Chu Chen stayed by the bedside and watched Han Mengqin for more than ten hours. He wiped Han Mengqin's sweat and gave him medicine without any help.Everyone can see his intentions for Han Mengqin.

If not, Ding Wanyan would not have gotten closer to Chu Chen in a short period of time, and would have changed his name to call Chu Chen his cousin-in-law.Although Chu Chen didn't spend much time with the Ding family, they had already received approval from the Ding family.

Ding Wanyan saw Han Mengqin's fluttering eyelashes, and smiled and pushed Chu Chen: "It seems that my cousin is about to wake up. My cousin has been asleep for so long, she must be hungry. The small kitchen has prepared porridge with tremella and lotus seeds for her. It's light and suitable for my cousin to eat now, so I'll ask the people below to bring it up, cousin husband, you can feed your cousin later."

Ding Wanyan said that she is a person with winks, so she won't be annoying here.

Han Mengqin, who finally opened his eyelids, was really hungry and thirsty because he hadn't eaten all day, and he had no strength in his body.

Chu Chen carefully supported her against the wall, put a pillow behind her, and then asked, "Qinqin, when did you wake up? Did you hear what I said to my cousin just now? "

"What cousin, we're not married yet, don't shout nonsense." Han Mengqin muttered.

"Isn't it a matter of time? They are all a family. If I call her Miss Ding, it will seem born."

"You are familiar with yourself."

Chu Chen poured a glass of water, tested the temperature, and brought it to Han Mengqin's lips: "Drink some water, you must be thirsty after not drinking water for so long."

Han Mengqin took Chu Chen's hand and drank a glass of water. Only then did he feel that the dryness in his throat was relieved a little, and at the same time, the strong smell of medicine in his mouth was also lessened.She ordered Chu Chen unceremoniously: "Have another drink."

"Okay." Chu Chen worked hard and went to pour another cup for Han Mengqin: "Drink slowly, don't worry. After drinking the water later, you can use some porridge. You will have no strength when you are hungry."

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet. Did you feed me the medicine when I fell asleep?"

After Han Mengqin finished speaking, she found that Chu Chen's eyes were glued to her lips, and it seemed that there was no need to say anything...

"Of course I fed it to you, otherwise who else?" Chu Chen said: "The medicine is very bitter, but I think that this time I can be regarded as 'sharing the joys and sorrows' with Qinqin, so I don't feel bitter again."

Han Mengqin's eyes were a little erratic: "There is only bitterness, where is the sweetness?"

"When I kissed you, my heart was sweet, but the medicine in my mouth was bitter. Didn't I have all the sweets and bitterness?" Chu Chen rubbed his chin: "Well, I forgot, you were still asleep at that time Well, of course I don’t think it’s sweet. How about we do it again?”

As soon as the words fell, Chu Chen's face continued to enlarge in front of Han Mengqin.

"Ahem!" Ding Wanyan, who came in with white fungus and lotus seed porridge, said that she really didn't want to see her cousin and her husband show affection.Hey, she just got divorced, so can't you let her go?

"I brought the porridge, cousin-in-law, don't forget to feed it to your cousin while it's hot, it won't be good if it gets cold later."

After feeding the porridge to Chu Chen, Ding Wanyan left quickly.

The porridge was soft and rotten, and there was a fragrance of lotus seeds. Han Mengqin only took one look, and his appetite came up.She stretched out her hand to Chu Chen: "I'll do it myself, brother Chen."

As soon as the words fell, Chu Chen took a spoonful of porridge with a spoon and brought it to Han Mengqin's lips: "Patients must be self-conscious. You don't have to do anything now, just wait to be taken care of by me."

So, in the whole day to come, Han Mengqin enjoyed the same treatment that Chu Chen had enjoyed back then. She stretched out her hands for clothes and opened her mouth for food. She felt that she was about to be turned into a useless person.If she didn't know that her illness was caused by being too tired, she would have thought she had some serious illness.

However, Han Mengqin was very helpful to Chu Chen's careful care.Since entering Beijing, she seldom had such a leisurely time alone with Chu Chen.

After feeding Han Mengqin the last mouthful of porridge, Chu Chen took out the silk handkerchief that he had prepared earlier, wiped the corners of her mouth, and said: "The emperor has already mentioned the matter of the crown prince in the court." This is the original words of the emperor. After you recover from illness, maybe you will already be the elder sister of the crown prince."

Han Mengqin's eyes lit up when he heard the words.

Although she knew from the day Empress Ding was canonized that Emperor Chongde would probably make the Seventh Prince the crown prince, but she and Empress Ding had really waited too long for this day.

It seems that it was the actions of Wu, Zhang and Li that made Emperor Chongde make up his mind.A Niang is right, their patience is valuable.

Sure enough, after disposing of the members of the Zhang family in the imperial court, Emperor Chongde quickly issued an imperial decree, announcing that the only direct prince was conferred the crown prince.He has already realized that delaying the establishment of a crown prince will only make the princes and concubines who are qualified to compete for the throne in the harem more restless.

This move by Emperor Chongde was not only to appease Empress Ding and the Seventh Prince who had just suffered a great grievance, but also intended to break the minds of other princes.He no longer wants to see his women and sons killing each other in order to win the heir.

"Aniang, my son finally did it." On this day, the Seventh Prince came to ask Queen Ding to be on time, with an uncontrollable excitement on his face: "When my son becomes the crown prince, in the future, you and your sister will be protected by the son." .”

"Well, Madam believes in you." Empress Ding touched the seventh prince's face and smiled lovingly: "Xiao Qi is also working hard."

Today's canonization is the result of the joint efforts of Queen Ding, the Seventh Prince and others.

If it wasn't for Empress Ding who was good at trying to figure out the emperor's heart, Emperor Chongde would not be more and more inclined to Empress Ding's mother and son; if the seventh prince was not good enough and resembled Emperor Chongde when he was young, Emperor Chongde would not He made up his mind to canonize him as the prince, and the "sensibility" of Han Mengqin and the Ding family also increased the impression points of Empress Ding's line on Emperor Chongde's side.

It can be said that the seventh prince can be canonized as the prince is the result of everyone's joint efforts.

Therefore, when the decree that the Seventh Prince was canonized as the crown prince was issued, even Queen Ding and the Seventh Prince could not help but smile.

"Good boy, now that you have become the crown prince, you should do your best to share your father's worries. But, you need to understand that the word "jun" is still in front of the word "father". You can establish yourself in the court. You can express your own opinions, but you have to remember that you have to respect your father in every way, and you must not surpass him in everything."

"You are the crown prince, and the only ones who are really happy for you are those on our side. The other princes and concubines may be waiting to catch our pigtails. You must not become frivolous because of this."

"Mother, don't worry, my son understands."

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