Rebirth of the fairy in the painting

As the New Year is approaching, many government affairs need to be dealt with before the end of the year, so Emperor Mingde has been busy these few days, so he has no time to go to the harem to spread rain and dew, and has been staying in the Tide Hall.

I don’t know if it’s because of overwork or what, but he’s been having frequent nightmares lately, and the nights are restless. Every time he wakes up, he feels that the palace is full of ghosts, and it’s eerie. Weakness makes you unable to sleep at night, and you have nightmares again and again. After taking the medicine, it didn't help much. Later, after listening to the words of the eunuch Quan Fu, you went to the queen to rest. Although it got better, it couldn't be cured. Quite a few, her complexion was faintly sallow, and the empress looked very anxious.

It is said that blessings are unparalleled, and misfortunes never come alone. Soon outside the palace, news spread that Emperor Mingde was haunted by ghosts and could not sleep peacefully every night, and some insiders even described the reasons vividly.

It is said that the fifth prince brought back a white-clothed man on the battlefield during his Northern Expedition. His appearance was three points better than Pan An's, and the fifth prince was so dizzy that you wanted to marry him regardless of the eyes of the world. The marriage was granted, but the emperor thought that marriage between a man and a man was not in accordance with the rules, and this unhealthy trend should not be encouraged, and if the marriage would hurt the face of the royal family, he rejected the request of the fifth prince. After that, the emperor looked weak and was disturbed by nightmares every night.

Everyone in the palace is guessing that the white-clothed man is actually a male vixen, who specializes in sucking men's energy for cultivation. First, he entangles the fifth prince, and makes him lose his normal nature.Later, because the emperor rejected his marriage with the fifth prince, he became angry from embarrassment, and used black magic to retaliate against the emperor, so that the emperor was disturbed by ghosts.

This rumor has its nose and eyes, and most people just listen to it. The more royal secrets, the more twists and turns, the more people are willing to listen and spread them.At the beginning, few people were willing to believe it, but the three became tigers, and the more people believed it, the more people believed it. Everyone held a mentality that there must be a reason for the groundless rumors. All of a sudden, the whole capital was saying yes Emperor Mingde fell ill because of Zihua.

An Xining had also heard of such rumors, and when he heard it for the first time, he was furious and ran to the sub-screen to complain, but after Quilt Hua gave him a cold look, he immediately died down, and ran to follow the subordinates in the army in a desperate manner. Discuss how to fight back.

The best way to quell a rumor is not to whitewash it, but to cover it up with another stronger rumor. In this respect, An Xining is a master at it. Since Concubine Xian can come up with this trick, don't blame her. He returned her a more restrained one.

As a result, there was another wave of rumors in the capital.

According to legend, when the second prince went to the Miao country to help quell the chaos, he rescued a Miao woman not far from the camp. A young lady from a rich family, whose father and elder brother were captured by bandits and imprisoned on a cliff behind the Miasma Forest, begged the second prince to rescue her father and elder brother.

The second prince originally wanted to eradicate those gangsters. He was very happy and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to return to the court and become king after making military exploits. Now he was fascinated by the beauty and forced himself to go to the miasma forest regardless of General Li's obstruction. He never thought that the beautiful woman was a gangster. The police sent him to secretly change the medicine against miasma, and he came back with a whole body of illness, not to mention being crowned king, he lost all face and face.

This rumor is well-founded, and it also involves such a big matter as being crowned king, which immediately covered up the rumors of Zihua, and became a new topic among the people after dinner.

In the Palace of Zhengchun, the Second Prince swept the paper and inkstones on the desk to the ground, and shouted at the eunuchs and maids kneeling on the ground with red eyes: "Get out, leave it all to Your Highness, get out!"

"Yes, yes." A group of servants were trembling, not daring to show their anger, for fear of offending the second prince and making them the scapegoat, they fled out the door with their heads bowed.

"What are you going to do in such a panic?" A beautiful voice came, and several court ladies and eunuchs looked up, and saw a lady in a palace costume and two court ladies rushing towards this side.

"The slave has seen side concubine Xu."

"Get up, Your Highness is in the study?"

"My concubine, Your Highness is in the study, but, but..."

"Say something quickly, don't hesitate."

The little eunuch who had just answered swallowed his saliva, and boldly said: "Your Highness is in a bad mood because of the rumors outside the palace. It's better for the side concubine not to go in."

"Rumours?" Concubine Xu guessed what it was after thinking about it. She smiled confidently and waved a group of court ladies and eunuchs to retreat. She was worried that she would not have a chance to please the second prince and let him straighten herself up. She didn't expect this The opportunity was presented to him.

He walked lightly to the front of the study and pushed the door open. As he expected, there was a burst of shouting: "Go away, Your Highness tells you to go away! Can't you understand human language?"

"Why is Your Highness so angry?"

A voice of grievance came, calming the second prince's anger slightly: "My concubine, why are you here?"

Concubine Xu walked up to the second prince, helped him to sit down on the chair, and kneaded his shoulders with a pair of bare hands: "I have prepared some snacks for His Highness today, and I brought them specially for you, but I heard some maids say Your Highness, you are angry in the study, and came to see you in a hurry, and I don't know why His Highness is bothering you, can you tell my concubine, so as to share His worries."

The second prince hugged Concubine Xu and sat on his lap: "It's enough for my concubine to have this kind of heart. If you want to talk about this, isn't it just the rumors outside the palace?"

Concubine Xu covered her lips and smiled: "I have heard about those rumors myself, why did Your Highness get so angry because of some ignorant and unreasonable words."

The second prince snorted coldly: "My Highness has been bullied to the top of my head, how can I be happy."

"The concubine knew that the last time His Highness missed the opportunity to become king, I was angry, but I believed that it was only a matter of time before His highness became king. What His highness has to do now is to show up more in front of the emperor and do more meritorious deeds, instead of spending time on these rumors. .”

"Much meritorious deeds? It's not easy to say, it's just a woman's opinion. Besides, if this rumor is heard by the emperor, wouldn't it mean that my future will be cut off."

Concubine Xu climbed onto the back of the second prince's neck with her snowy arms: "Have you ever thought about who this rumor came from, Your Highness?"

"Do you even need to think about it?" The second prince raised his eyebrows, "My concubine mother spread a rumor about An Xining some time ago, and now I'm afraid it's his revenge."

"Since Your Highness knows that the Fifth Prince did it, why don't you tell the Emperor?"

"There is no proof, no evidence, how do you ask my Highness to tell the father, I am afraid that if you can't catch the fox, you will make a fuss."

"It depends on what you say, Your Highness," Xu side concubine chuckled, and whispered a few times in the second prince's ear.

"Miao, my concubine, your idea is really wonderful."

"Does His Highness have a reward?"

"Yes! Your Highness will reward you now." As he said that, the second prince slid his hand down, hugged Concubine Xu's limp body, and buried his head between the two peaks.

Early the next morning, the second prince went to the imperial study room under the pretense of visiting Emperor Mingde. After the book case, Emperor Mingde's complexion was a little dark yellow, and his spirit was obviously low. When he saw An Xizhe, he only asked a few simple questions, and asked him to Sit aside.

An Xizhe took out the gift prepared early in the morning and put it on the desk. Emperor Ming De raised his eyes and asked, An Xizhe said: "Father, I heard that you have been in a bad mood recently and you can't sleep at night. I got a thousand-year-old ginseng, which is said to be very effective, and I am here to present it to my father, hoping that my father's dragon body will recover soon."

A gleam of relief flashed in Emperor Mingde's eyes: "Zhe'er, you have a heart, I'm fine, don't worry too much."

"How can I not worry about my father's body? If you are healthy and healthy, this is my greatest wish. If anyone dares to use some nasty means to hurt my father, I will fight him even if I am not talented. Last fight."

Emperor Mingde knew it in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face: "Zhe'er, why do you say that?"

"Father," the second prince said with embarrassment, "I don't know if I should say something or not."

"Speak quickly if you have something to say."

"Father, my son went out of the palace yesterday and heard a rumor," the second prince paused for a while, took a peek at Emperor Mingde, and then continued, "It is said that the man in white that the fifth emperor brought back is a monster, and that your The disease was caused by him."

Emperor Mingde had heard the rumors for a long time, and he didn't believe that Zihua was a monster, but the rumor that An Xining begged him for a marriage had actually happened, which meant that there were people around him or There are people around the queen who are not strict with their mouths.

He remained calm, picked up the teacup and held it in his hand, letting the steaming heat blur his expression: "These nonsense can't be trusted."

The second prince hated in his heart, and at this moment, Emperor Ming De still spoke to An Xining.Unwilling to draw back his long eyelashes, the second prince said: "I don't believe it either, but I'm afraid that someone with a heart will make a fuss about it."

"Oh?"

"Father," the second prince said with a look of embarrassment, "You also know that there is little contact between my minister and the fifth emperor, but it was rumored by some people with ulterior motives that my two brothers were at odds. Some people speculated that it was Erchen who did it, but Erchen was sincerely wronged. Even if there was any misunderstanding between Erchen and the fifth younger brother, he would not dare to make a fuss about the face of the royal family, let alone make fun of your dragon body .”

What the second prince said was half-truth and half-false, people couldn't find out the loopholes, Emperor Ming De was not sure whether it was true or not for a while, so he said: "At this time, I have my own decision, you don't have to worry about it."

The second prince should be, and then continued: "Father, my son has one more matter."

"Go ahead."

"My son thinks that the atmosphere in the capital should be properly restrained."

"how do I say this?"

"Since the rumors of the fifth emperor's younger brother came out, rumors about the defeat of the Miao Kingdom by the sons and ministers have also come out. Although the people's customs are open, it is a good thing, but talking about royal affairs like this is still detrimental to the dignity of the royal family. What do you think, father?" ?”

"You even have rumors about you? It seems that you need to rectify it."

Emperor Mingde's expression was gloomy, and there was a hint of dissatisfaction. The second prince peeked at it, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and said, "Father, Huang Shengming."