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The emperor's physical condition was unable to govern, and he ordered the prince to supervise the country.

Miss Yin administered acupuncture for the emperor every day, and the medicine has been taken for two days.

Concubine He Gui stayed by the emperor's side all the time, her round and plump figure gradually became thinner, and her pretty face was haggarded by fear and worry, like a flower that is about to wither after blooming.

The emperor still slept most of the time, or woke up and couldn't remember who she was, took her hand and asked her, "What's your name?"

He Guifei said while shedding tears, "Your Majesty, I am your Mengqing."

He Mengqing is her boudoir name, since she became a noble concubine, no one has called her that.

Doctor Yin said that the emperor's poisoning was too deep to be cured, and now he can only use needles and medicine to remove the residual poison in his body, so that he no longer suffers from daily severe pain, but the toxin has damaged his brain, and there is no cure. The method is restored.

He Mengqing will never say that today's situation is caused by her and the emperor's own son. She only hopes that the emperor can wake up a little bit, so that she can continue to use her charm and let the emperor put her and her son, her The father is properly placed.

Concubine He Gui's means are only in this harem, she can be said to be a well-deserved king in the struggle between women, but it is a pity that no one in the harem except the Queen Mother has a higher status than her.If the emperor gets upset again, who can she use her means against?

That child Zezhang was spoiled, and he was given whatever he wanted since he was a child. The emperor and the imperial concubine could only love him.

In the summer of that year, He Mengqing sent someone to suffocate the newly born third child, but was disturbed by the eldest prince.Xiang Zezhang suspected that the boss's blindness was fake, so he took him to the imperial garden under repair, and deliberately let the boss fall into the deep pit and broke his leg.All the maids present saw it, and the second prince said, "Brother, you go forward, go further, and you can only stop when you touch the tree trunk."

The 13-year-old Xiang Zebei stared blankly at his eyes, which were very similar to those of the queen, and fell straight down.

The eldest son broke his leg. For such a major event, the emperor just sent some medicinal materials to the queen lightly, without scolding Zezhang.

Later, he couldn't understand that the queen mother preferred the third child the most, and begged the emperor to keep the third child away, and the emperor agreed.

How could Xiang Zebei, who grew up like the wind and the rain, understand the emperor's difficulty in balancing the situation in the court.The Shangguan family has a heavy army in their hands, and if they don't take back the military power, how can this beloved young son be stabilized?

The mother and concubine asked him to wait, but Xiang Zezhang couldn't wait anymore, he couldn't bear Xiang Zenan's taking away his halo.If the emperor didn't give it to him, he would use his own method to take it away.

Concubine He Gui wiped her red eyes from crying, waited for the emperor to drink the medicine and lay down, and the servant came to report that the second prince had arrived.

She glanced at the sleeping emperor and said softly, "Let him in."

Xiang Zezhang knew that he had caused a catastrophe, and after a few days of fear, the emperor refused to let him pay his respects, so he knew what had happened.

He came in and closed the door, looked at the emperor lying on the bed, and then at the sad-faced mother and concubine, "How is he?"

"Not very good, but occasionally sober."

Xiang Zezhang was in a hurry, he only now knew that the emperor was his biggest backer.When the emperor is in trouble, he has no right to speak in the political affairs hall. Now that all the courtiers follow Xiang Zenan's lead, how can there be a place for Xiang Zezhang in the court?

Concubine He Gui knew what he was thinking just by looking at him, and thought that all of this was caused by his own initiative, she couldn't help complaining, "I asked you to wait, but you didn't want to wait, now the situation...what should I do?"

Xiang Zezhang looked at the emperor's gray face with deep eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "Kill the third child."

Concubine He Gui saw that he was still like this, and felt annoyed and helpless in her heart, "It's this time, what are you still thinking? If you can kill the third child, how could you end up like this?"

When Xiang Zezhang heard what his mother said, he seemed to be blaming himself for being useless, and said angrily: "It's all my fault now? Then you are happy that I was killed by the third child?"

Concubine He Gui was startled, "How did you talk?"

"Isn't it? Now that my grandfather is also in prison, the group of grass in the court immediately fell to the third one. I go to the court every day, and seeing his high-ranking appearance, it's like digging me My heart is the same!"

Concubine He Gui didn't understand seeing him, the most important thing right now was to get the emperor's promise to guarantee their lives before Xiang Zenan ascended the throne.Her son hadn't come to his senses yet, and he still wanted to fight for the crown prince. She was at a loss, "Then what are you going to do?"

"I..." Xiang Zezhang paused, "I asked Huang Qi to rescue Du Yuwen, wait until..."

"Snapped!"

Xiang Zezhang didn't speak, He Guifei slapped him on the face, "Stupid!"

Xiang Zezhang covered his slapped left face and looked at his concubine mother in disbelief. He had never been beaten before, and Concubine He Guifei's slap stunned him.

"Mother concubine?!"

Concubine He Gui withdrew her hand, "You figure out what you should do now, you have already lost!"

"Defeated?!" Xiang Zezhang raised his voice, "I'm just unlucky! I'm only a little bit close! If the queen mother didn't stop me, the prince would be me now!"

Concubine He Gui calmly said, "Why did your father just draft an imperial edict, and the news spread to the queen mother immediately? Why was Du Yuwen found out by the third person so quickly? Why are you only a little bit behind every time? You Have you ever thought about it? Is it really your bad luck? "

Xiang Zezhang took a step back, "I..."

"Tang Imperial Physician is the most proficient in medicine. You have used the snail fruit for your father for so long, will he not be able to see it?"

Xiang Zezhang opened his eyes wide at first, "Mother concubine already knows?" Then he stepped back again and again, unable to believe, "You mean... this is a trap by the third child?"

Concubine He leaned helplessly on the table, "So I didn't figure it out, I just watched you make such a big mistake... I didn't understand until he invited Dr. Yin from Lianzhou. The praying mantis catches the cicada and the oriole follows behind."

Xiang Zezhang couldn't accept it, and tremblingly said: "Impossible..."

Seeing him like this, Concubine He still feels distressed, so she held his hand, "Zezhang, you listen to my concubine mother, during this period...don't act rashly, concubine mother will beg for you when your father is sober." Prince, choose a good place and be the king of wealth and leisure for the rest of your life!"

Xiang Zezhang fell down on the stool, still murmuring: "Impossible..."

On the first day of Gu Qiao's return to court, his colleagues were much more enthusiastic about him than before. From the young Huangmen to the prime minister, everyone came to express condolences to his illness.He faction officials who used to look down on him also took the initiative to show their favor to him. He was a little uncomfortable, but he still had to put on a mask to deal with it one by one.

Today is a meeting in the Political Affairs Hall.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived on time, glanced around with stern eyes, paused for a while on Gu Qiao, and then casually said, "Everyone has worked hard these days, today we are sitting and talking."

The servants filed in and moved a chair for each official. Those who didn't know why thought it was the prince showing compassion for his subordinates, but those who understood a little bit looked at each other. This was His Highness showing compassion for Gu Shiyi!

On this day, the officials not only got a chair, but also got tremella soup, hibiscus cake, sugar steamed crispy cheese, etc. from the palace.

Xiang Zenan finalized the last topic, "Let's stop here today."

The servant said sharply, "Retire."

The officials stood up and saluted, Xiang Zenan said again: "Gu Shi left it behind."

After everyone else had left, Xiang Zenan took Gu Qiao's hand, "Follow me to Chengxuan Palace for dinner, there are fresh small whitebait today."

Because the emperor was seriously ill, Xiang Zenan did not move to live in the East Palace after becoming the crown prince. All the etiquette was simplified and all expenses remained the same, which won praise from the court.

Gu Qiao was not hungry at all, and said helplessly, "Your Highness, I didn't come to the palace to eat."

Xiang Zenan squeezed his hand: "I can't go out of the palace right now, so you can stay with me for a while."

Chengxuan Hall is on the west side of the inner palace, and it takes less than half an hour to walk there from Zhengshitang. Xiang Zenan prepared a carriage for Gu Qiao.

When he saw the familiar goose-yellow carriage, he remembered the day when he just came back from Lianzhou and entered the palace. The decoration in the carriage was still the same, but the cushions were replaced with thinner ones.

"Did you think I was stupid when you saw me at that time?"

"When?"

"I came back from Lianzhou and went to the palace to meet the emperor."

Xiang Zenan smiled, "I didn't see you, I just saw a civil servant, it was very cold, and he was dressed very thinly and thinly. In order to prevent his illness from affecting the normal operation of our Hao Kingdom court, so I have to lend him the carriage temporarily."

Gu Qiao only felt that he had been getting more and more glib recently, closing his eyes and resting his mind, and ignoring him.

After Chengxuan got off the carriage, he heard a girl's laughter inside, Xiang Zenan paused, and Gu Qiao immediately said: "If your Highness is inconvenient, I will leave first."

"No inconvenience."

Xiang Zenan walked in front, but he didn't hold Gu Qiao's hand any longer.

The Empress Dowager was sitting in the hall, with a young woman in a tulip-yellow dress sitting on her left.

When Gu Qiao saw the queen mother, she hurriedly knelt down to salute, "My humble minister Gu Qiao pays respects to the queen mother."

"Gu Shiyi doesn't need to be polite, let's sit together." After saying that, he turned his head and pointed to the chair next to the young woman, signaling Xiang Zenan to sit there, "Wanqing has been waiting for you for a long time."

Lin Wanqing is the grand-niece of the Empress Dowager, eighteen years old, with bright eyes and white teeth, and a creamy skin, she is a beautiful woman.

Gu Qiao observed her words and realized that the Queen Mother had arranged for Xiang Zenan to come to the Crown Princess. She felt that it was redundant, and it was not easy to say that she would leave right away, so she just sat on the side sullenly.

"Third Brother," Wanqing's voice was soft and as beautiful as her, "Just now the Queen Mother was still saying that when we were young, neither of us knew how to swim, but the boat we were on capsized and we flopped in the water for a long time , only to find that the water was up to my waist when I stood up."

She smiled softly, "Third brother, do you still remember?"