After wearing a sick and weak cannon fodder as a prince

The plum blossoms in the East Palace bloomed and withered again, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Qin Xuechuan looked up at the crescent moon outside, counting the days, it will be August [-]th soon.

Except that Qin Xuechuan participated in a Phoenix God sacrifice when he came here for the first time, due to various reasons in the next few years, the Phoenix sacrifice was kept simple.Qin Xuechuan couldn't get up because of his long illness. Anyway, the Hundred Years Phoenix Festival has passed, and the rest is simple.

At the beginning, I didn't know what kind of bad luck happened to Dachu this year. There was a severe drought in the country of Dachu, and there was not a single drop of rain in the summer.It is extremely cold in winter, and the spring blooms late, and there is little snow in winter. In spring, the crops and seedlings are growing busy. This year, there is a severe drought that is rare in 20 years.

This year's grain harvest is very little, and the people suffering from famine outside have all left their homes, and the corpses of starved people are piled up on the roadside along the way.

There are rumors outside that the emperor did not pay much attention to sacrifices, so he summoned the Phoenix God to bring disasters.All of a sudden, these disaster victims placed the chief culprit on the royal family.

In fact, the gods are nothing. In a country like Chu that neither builds roads nor canals, even the water storage measures are very poor. It is very normal to encounter a drought every few years.

Moreover, the heavens have been very kind to the Chu State. It has been at least ten years since such a major drought has occurred.

It's nothing more than the emperor's belief in the gods, even the victims of the disaster. At critical times, they don't want to solve the famine in front of them, but ask the Phoenix God for help.

If there are really gods in this world, so many people pray to gods and worship Buddha, but in the end they still can't get what they want, but it's all the sustenance of the soul.

There is another thing that is very strange, Qin Yuan's body has always been healthy, I don't know what happened in the past few years, he seems to have aged a lot, and he is often lingering on the sick bed.Qin Yuan fell ill so suddenly that even Qin Xuechuan and the officials in the court did not expect that outside

At this moment, a group of palace people came in from outside. The palace people walking in the front were holding two golden carved palace lanterns, and the people behind were holding many things.

Herring walked to the front and reported: "Your Highness, these are the clothes you wore at the sacrifice."

Qin Xuechuan raised his eyebrows, and he said boredly: "Well, take them down and settle them down."

Qingyu said: "Your servant obeys!"

After speaking, Herring led the people from the palace to retreat.

There are still a few days before the sacrifice to the Phoenix God. This year, there was a severe drought in Chu State. The emperor listened to the opinions of those courtiers and decided to organize a ceremony to sacrifice to the Phoenix God.And Qin Xuechuan's dress was indeed more gorgeous than the previous one, a whole nine-feathered phoenix was embroidered with gold thread on the noble black brocade, and the sacrificial vessel was also a sword inlaid with precious stones.

If these things were used to relieve the victims, the wilderness outside would not be full of bones.

Unfortunately, Qin Xuechuan can only protect himself now.

There are not many opportunities for him to serve the emperor now, but Qin Luochuan has the most opportunities to enter and leave the inner palace.This made Qin Xuechuan more certain that Qin Yuan wanted to make Qin Luochuan the crown prince, but Qin Xuechuan had been on guard all these years, and those who wanted to plot poison did not succeed.

On the contrary, he seized a lot of handles, and finally dealt with those he didn't like.

Now Qin Yuan is seriously ill, but he, the originally sick prince, survived well.Qin Xuechuan had already made up his mind that he would live ahead of Qin Yuan and finally ascend to the throne of emperor.

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In a blink of an eye, August [-]th will arrive, and he has not received a letter from Xiao Yu for a long time.Similarly, he may not have written to Xiao Yu for a long time, and the two of them have been like this for more than half a year.

One reason is that Fengdu is too far away from Yinzhou County, even if the letter is delivered at the fastest, it will take half a month, and the other reason is that if the two of them have a close relationship and are caught by someone, it will be bad.Qin Xuechuan thought about this, and felt that it didn't matter whether there was a letter or not.

Anyway, Xiao Yu is still alive.

In fact, at the beginning, Qin Xuechuan was not used to hearing Xiao Yu nagging in his ear all day long, but after staying alone for a long time, he felt nothing.Anyway, as early as the beginning, he was alone, and Xiao Yu was just an outsider to him.

The big sacrifice on August [-]th was held at night, and before the sacrifice, Qin Xuechuan went to meet the emperor once.

Qin Yuan's complexion looked much better than the previous few days, and Concubine Xiao Xian was by his side.Qin Yuan was very happy these few days because Concubine Xiao Xian was pregnant.

Concubine Xiao Xian has served in the palace for many years, but she has never had any children. Now that she is pregnant, Qin Yuan, who is ill, is naturally overjoyed.

Qin Yuan's suspicion seems to have decreased a lot compared to previous years. After all, now he no longer considers that once Concubine Xiao Xian gives birth to a prince, whether the Prince of Linchuan who is far away at the border will force the palace with illness and embrace the youngest son as emperor.In fact, he had considered this kind of thing a long time ago, but now he doesn't care at all.

Once Xiao Rong brings people to force the palace, then Qin Xuechuan, the prince, will not be able to become the prince. In order to stabilize the hearts of the courtiers and Da Chu, Xiao Rong will definitely support Concubine Xiao Xian's son as emperor.

Qin Xuechuan said that he wasn't worried that it was a lie, but he didn't intend to harm a woman or fetus yet.

Concubine Xiao Xian was as expected, gentle and virtuous, with good looks and talents.

After Qin Xuechuan saw her, he saluted her first: "Congratulations to Concubine Xian yet."

Seeing this, Concubine Xiao Xian quickly got up and said: "The prince is polite."

Qin Yuan frowned slightly after seeing Qin Xuechuan: "Why are you here at this hour, someone will welcome you into the palace at dusk."

Qin Xuechuan saw the emperor's displeasure on his face, so he hurriedly said: "I want to report to my father, I have made all the preparations, and I want to take this opportunity to visit my father when I am free. Congratulations to the concubine Xian by the way."

Concubine Xiao Xian laughed all over after hearing this: "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince is very filial. But His Highness doesn't have to come here for such a trivial matter, I really can't bear it."

"Wanrou, don't say that. No prince has been born in this palace for a long time. It is indeed a blessing from heaven that you are pregnant now."

After hearing this, Concubine Xiao Xian got up and saluted Qin Yuan: "This year, I have experienced a severe drought in Chu, so your majesty really doesn't need to be distracted by my concubine. I also hope that God will bless me in great Chu, and that the drought in Da Chu will be a little bit worse. It is also the wish of the concubine."

Qin Yuan stretched out his hand after hearing this, Concubine Xiao Xian held his hand unhurriedly upon seeing this, and then sat beside him.

Qin Xuechuan froze for a moment after seeing this scene, he really didn't expect to be stuffed with dog food when he entered the palace.

It has long been heard that Qin Yuan loves Concubine Xiao Xian very much, but now that I think about it, this is true.

Qin Xuechuan lowered his head at this moment: "Father... the ministers have already come to see, and the ministers there will leave first and go to prepare for the sacrifice."

Qin Yuan nodded: "You go."

After Qin Xuechuan heard this, he said again: "My son will leave."

After Qin Xuechuan came out, he breathed a sigh of relief. He patted his face and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a woman's voice behind him: "His Royal Highness! Your Royal Highness!"

Qin Xuechuan turned around quickly after hearing this voice, and he saw a court lady in a gray skirt running down quickly: "His Royal Highness, please stay!"

Qin Xuechuan recognized it at a glance, this person was Xiao Xianfei's personal maid.

After Qin Xuechuan saw her, he asked, "I wonder if Empress Xianfei has anything to say to me?"

The maid hurriedly said: "Concubine Xian really has something to say to His Highness the Crown Prince, does His Highness have time to chat with Concubine Xian for a while now?"

Qin Xuechuan frowned slightly after hearing what she said: "Isn't your empress now with the royal father?"

The maid went on to say: "Your Majesty is feeling unwell and has already returned to the palace. My Majesty said that Your Highness must come to Fengyi Hall to talk about it."

Qin Xuechuan pondered for a moment after hearing this, then he nodded and followed the maid.

Qin Yuan really doted on Concubine Xiao Xian very much these years, and Concubine Xiao Xian never competed for favor and had a docile personality, so she was very popular in the harem.

Qin Yuan never had a queen in his life, and now the most powerful person in the palace is Concubine Xiao Xian.Qin Xuechuan has never had any contact with Concubine Xiao Xian, so I don't know why Concubine Xiao Xian called him over this time?

As soon as Qin Xuechuan arrived at Fengyi Hall, the maid said: "Your Highness, please wait a moment, the empress will be here soon."

Qin Xuechuan nodded: "Yes."

After speaking, the court lady withdrew.

Qin Xuechuan waited for a while, and he found that there was a qin in Concubine Xiao Xian's palace, and that gu qin still seemed to exude a faint scent of Xiang.Seeing this, Qin Xuechuan walked up. He was a little surprised when he saw the qin. This qin was made of thousand-year-old sandalwood.

There is also a qin made of sandalwood like this in his palace, but that qin is not as expensive as this one.

Just when Qin Xuechuan wanted to touch the strings, Concubine Xiao Xian walked in suddenly: "This Palace is late, His Royal Highness has been waiting for a long time."

Qin Xuechuan hurriedly looked behind after hearing her voice.Concubine Xiao Xian came in with a smile on her face, she was slightly taken aback when she saw Qin Xuechuan standing in front of the piano.

"Your Highness likes this piano?"

Qin Xuechuan smiled when she heard her question: "I only think this Qin should be an ancient relic."

Concubine Xiao Xian walked up to him at this moment and said with a smile: "Yes, this piano is an ancient relic more than 100 years ago. It was once owned by an emperor of our Chu country. It's just that that country has long been destroyed, and it was still his later. My nephew rebuilt the state of Chu."

Qin Xuechuan was very surprised after hearing Concubine Xiao Xian's explanation: "There are still such rumors."

"It's not a rumor, it's just that Da Chu regards that king as a sinner, and his name has never been written in the history of Chu. According to legend, he said that he fell in love with the emperor of the enemy country, and finally buried his 30 troops in Qin Dynasty. Chuan, he also disappeared later, and some people said he was dead."