Lord Prime Minister

On the second day, Dali Temple sent someone to summon Su Ye, and two days later, the evidence of Li Ji and He Yi's crimes was confirmed. Ask to cut.

On the second day after the verdict, another batch of rewards from the palace came to the prince's mansion. The two merits added up. The gold and silver boxes filled the courtyard of the prince's mansion, and the cloth filled three rooms. Treasures were brought in continuously, and they were not moved until late at night.

Another day later, the old eunuch who had been with the queen left the palace and sent a message to the prince, saying that the queen hadn't seen the prince for a few days, and he was really missing him, and asked him to find some time to go to the palace in the next few days.

Mu Zihuai has been busy teaching Long Lei how to lead the army these days, he doesn't know about this, he only knows that mother and child love each other deeply, when he saw Ren Danfeng coming out of the study, he just said hello and went to the training ground to find Long Lei.

That night, the prince, dressed in casual clothes, came to the gate of the palace in a small sedan chair, and entered the Kunning Palace under the leadership of his father-in-law.

When the prince entered the house, the father-in-law closed the door and guarded the door, preventing anyone from entering.

At this time, it was dusk at Xushi, and there was only one other person in Kunning Palace besides the queen.

"Second brother." The prince saluted, and was helped up by Huangfu Renhao, who looked intimate.

"Your brother is too polite. There are only three of us, mother and son, so these etiquettes are unnecessary."

The prince nodded happily, and after calling his mother again, he was dragged by Huangfu Renhao to sit down on the chair.

The queen smiled and looked at their brothers and sisters, and couldn't help but feel relieved, and the eyes she looked at Huangfu Yunhua became much gentler.

"I called you here today, but I actually have something important to discuss."

Huangfu Yunhua pretended not to understand, tilted his head and said: "If the mother has anything to say, just say it, and the son will obey."

The queen smiled in satisfaction, first poured a cup of tea and handed it to Huangfu Yunhua, and then spoke slowly.

"Today the imperial physician has taken the pulse of the pregnant Zhaoyi, and said that she will give birth in five days, and another child will be born in the palace." The Queen's voice was low, as if there was an indelible worry .

Huangfu Yunhua could see it. "Having a child in the palace is a good thing, why is the queen mother so worried?"

The queen raised her eyes and looked at him, thinking that he was really stupid. When she becomes a prince, she only knows how to be happy and carefree, and doesn't ask about the affairs of the palace.I put my whole heart on those male favorites, I really hate iron but steel.But thinking about it on the other hand is fine, the two brothers in the province will have a quarrel in the future, fighting to the death.

"Your father is over sixty now, and two years from now will be a rare year, but the position of the East Palace has been vacant, and the hearts of everyone in the harem have been vacant along with it. Now the emperor treats the pregnant Zhaoyi likes her so much that she doesn't even go to the Huaqing Palace where Concubine Lan lives."

The queen sighed and shook her head, full of sorrow that couldn't be relieved. "Now that the emperor is old and has a son, he has been visiting Chuxiu Palace every day these few days, and has given away all the jewelry and cloth. The rewards you have received in this year may be more than twice what you received a few days ago. If things go on like this, many people are starting to worry that if this child is born, the mother is more expensive than the child, and Zhaoyi will definitely become another power in the harem in one fell swoop."

Huangfu Yuanhua also lost his smile, and frowned slightly, as if he knew what the empress meant. "What does the empress think?"

The queen finally showed some smiles again, glanced at the second prince, Huangfu Renhao, and said: "Your second brother and the first prince born to Concubine Lan are about the same age, and there is only a day's difference between them. Let him first. Even so, as a queen, I have my own ideas, and I was never afraid of him. But if the son of Zhaoyi grows up, there will be another person in the harem who is watching. The current situation in the harem has begun to change , Many concubines have gone to see the powerful Zhaoyi, and they may switch to her."

In this way, the situation where the empress and concubine Lan are fighting against each other will be broken. It is not a good thing for anyone to have one more competitor, and this opponent is now gaining momentum.

And the empress's intention was to beat down this little bird who wanted to get ahead, and it would be best if she could bring along Concubine Lan and the eldest prince on the other side.

"The queen mother...is she going to kill the child in the womb?" Huangfu Yunhua seemed to be startled by what he said, his voice became quieter, and he looked around in horror. Brother and mother felt relieved again.

Instead, the queen shook her head slightly. "It would be best if this is the case, but there have been no heirs born in the palace for more than ten years. I am afraid that the emperor also felt the danger. Since he found out that the womb is a prince, he has sent people to protect him every day. Even the maids and eunuchs who serve are new. Yes, everyone who goes to visit needs to be inspected, and the things sent are also extremely careful. They can't get close at all."

"Then what should I do?" Huangfu Yunhua frowned and asked again.

The queen and the second prince looked at each other. "If you can't get rid of this son, then let the emperor have no intention of joy, no intention of reward."

"It's so complicated, what should I do? Could it be that the queen mother and elder brother have a plan?"

Huangfu Renhao laughed, "Someone will take care of this matter. Fifth brother only needs to know that you and our flesh and blood are inseparable."

Huangfu Yunhua nodded, couldn't help raising his voice, and said as a matter of course: "Of course, the closest thing to Yunhua in this world is the queen mother and elder brother."

"Of course it is." The Queen smiled and said, "Your elder brother has been smart since he was a child, and now he has begun to learn how to govern the country. In the future, you can also be your happy prince for the rest of your life."

Huangfu Yunhua thought for a while, and nodded seriously, he seemed very happy.

The second prince said again: "The emperor sent you five thousand elite soldiers during your disaster relief, why didn't they return with you?"

Speaking of this matter, Huangfu Yunhua sighed, and said with a bitter face: "Where are the elite soldiers, they are not as good as me, and they can't suffer when they go there. Nine out of ten ran away, and less than one person remained. Qian, they are also old, weak, sick and disabled, and everything needs to be taken care of. Now they are stationed five miles away from the capital, and I don’t know what to do.”

The second prince glanced at the queen, seemed a little disappointed, and immediately lost interest, but he also cheered up to comfort Huangfu Yunhua. "Brother, don't be sad, don't worry about it in the future."

Huangfu Yunhua nodded, feeling a little depressed.Although the queen was also a little disappointed, she still hurriedly smoothed things over.

"Don't you like Mr. Mu in that mansion? I have already talked to Prime Minister Zuo today to give him an errand so that I can talk to him in the future."

Hearing this, Huangfu Yunhua's eyes lit up, and he said joyfully, "The queen mother is serious?"

"Can I still lie to you?"

Huangfu Yunhua started laughing, and said some trivial things to the two of them, and then left after late at night.

After four days, in the evening came the news that Chuxiu Palace Zhaoyi was about to give birth to a dragon son.The emperor put aside his government affairs and waited outside the door in person. When the queen arrived, there were already many people standing in the yard. Except for the maids and eunuchs who were on call at any time, almost all the concubines from the harem came, and the princes and daughters who had not yet moved out of the palace also rushed away. come over.

The queen stepped forward and stood side by side with Concubine Lan behind the emperor. The two looked at each other, and then moved away without any disturbance, waiting quietly.

The cries of pain in the room continued until night fell. The emperor was so anxious that he waved his hands and asked people to remove the imperial meal, just waiting for the prince to be born.

The emperor didn't eat, and none of the people dared to eat, so they had to accompany him.

In the dark night, a cry sounded through the sky, followed by a loud cry of a baby.With obvious joy on his face, the emperor left the eunuch holding his hand and took a step forward.

Immediately afterwards, the door of the room creaked, and a nun came out holding a baby, her face full of joy.

The newborn baby was wrapped in a yellow swaddle, and was crying all the way when it was carried out, with a loud and powerful voice, which made people happy.

Nanny hugged the newly born Ninth Prince and walked towards the emperor, saying, "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, you are a little prince."

The emperor took a look at the baby, and saw that this child was not wrinkled like ordinary children, and his complexion was ruddy just after birth, with thick black hair on his head, round face and red lips, he looked blessed.

In this way, the emperor was overjoyed, and stretched out his hand to hold the old son in his arms to have a good look.

The mother stretched out her hand and carefully sent the little prince to the hands of the emperor, then turned around and went back to the room to wait on Zhaoyi after giving birth.

The emperor looked at the fetus in his arms, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.The fetus was also extremely spiritual, it stopped crying at this moment, and even laughed while nestling in the emperor's arms.

Now that the baby was successfully born, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor held the fetus and waited for the inside to be tidied up before going in to visit.But at this moment, a young eunuch stumbled in.

Opening his mouth and crying loudly while running, he came all the way to the emperor, knelt down on the ground and cried without saying a word.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The Sixth Prince fell into the pond, and by the time he picked it up, he was already dead!"

The little eunuch's voice was loud and crying, and everyone present heard it for a while.A luxuriously dressed concubine squeezed out from the crowd, and collapsed to the ground as soon as she reached the little eunuch.

This person is the mother of the sixth prince - Concubine Shu.There were tears in her eyes, her face was full of horror, and her voice was shrill. "What did you say?"

The little eunuch trembled, cried and said it again. "Just now, the villain went to the imperial garden to take care of the lotus. When the boat reached the middle of the water, he saw a piece of clothing floating on the water. He thought it was the clothes of some prince who fell there. When he looked closer, it turned out to be the sixth prince! It's blue, and it's lifeless when it's picked up."

While speaking, Concubine Shu had already cried so much that she lay on the ground unable to get up.I couldn't find him in the afternoon, I thought I went somewhere to play around again, but I didn't expect...

When the emperor suddenly heard that the six sons were dead, his hands trembled, and the baby's swaddling clothes slipped from his hands and were about to fall to the ground.

The little eunuch was lying on the ground crying and scared at the same time, the emperor was a little terrified without saying a word, looked up but saw the swaddling baby falling down, and hurriedly reached out to catch it.

The child was frightened and burst into tears again.

The queen who was standing next to the emperor hurried over to greet him at this moment, gave the little eunuch a hard look, and then carried the fetus over to coax her.

Hearing the crying, the emperor glanced at the infant child as if he had woken up, but there was no joy in his eyes.When the mother who didn't know the situation came out and said that she had taken care of it and could visit Zhaoyi, the emperor ignored her and turned away instead.

Before leaving, pointing at the little eunuch with his right hand, he said coldly: "Call everyone to the Jiaotai Hall, I will thoroughly investigate this matter."

After the emperor left, most of the people dispersed, only a few people who had good friends with Concubine Shu stayed to comfort her.

The queen handed the baby who had stopped crying to the nanny, turned around and left without even looking at Zhaoyi in the room.Concubine Lan followed closely behind, and the bustling Chuxiu Palace became desolate and desolate for a while, only the crying of Concubine Shu was heard.

A quarter of an hour ago, Zhaoyi, who was loved by thousands of people, was lying on the bed, enduring the pain in her lower body, with a smile on her face, waiting to receive the emperor's reward. In her mind, she had already begun to picture the scene of being loved by thousands of people in the future. .

Little did she know, but she could never wait for the emperor to come in.