morning thoughts

The general entered the palace and said all kinds of things, but he didn't mention Ling Yu at all. According to Ji Yu's reaction, the mastermind of this matter should be Ling Yu.

The emperor squinted his eyes, and cast his gaze coldly on him, "It is a serious crime to accuse the prince of false accusation, even if I dote on you again, you are not allowed to say such open words!"

Ji Yu nodded and stood below. He raised his head in shock when he heard His Majesty's words, and his eyes met His Majesty's. The surprise in his eyes could not be deceived.

He opened his mouth, pondered and said: "I don't dare to talk nonsense about this matter. Everyone in the Shizi Mansion knows what happened last time. If your Majesty doesn't believe this matter, just ask General Wei. The two military masters under his command personally Send people back to my house."

Did Wei Chengji even get involved?The emperor moved his elbow and leaned back, glanced at Ling Chao, "You speak."

Ling Chao was in Wei Chengji's camp, so he was aware of this, but the matter involving the prince made Ling Chao difficult to speak, and His Majesty asked him to say that it was nothing more than an excuse to ask questions.

"When Er Chen returned to Beijing that day, he happened to meet the second brother who was recruiting the general. Er Chen was worried that something had happened to the second brother, but when he arrived, he was still a step late. After chasing the second brother's mansion, he found the second brother Brother...invited the lady from Annan Wang's family to go over, and as for Sun Zhao, I really didn't see him that day."

Ling Chao's invitation was very good. The emperor sounded like he was covering up for Ling Yu, and Ji Yu knew in his heart that he just didn't want Ji Li's reputation to be damaged. The two looked at each other tacitly, and they understood. .

Besides, Ling Chao was humble and didn't slander Ling Yu at all, but the emperor also heard it clearly in his heart, how can a prince mobilize the troops of a general?After the incident, the general killed his adopted son, Sun Zhao, just to cover up for Ling Yu?

The emperor hated the collusion between the prince and the courtiers the most in his life, and when he thought about the recent situation in the court, he couldn't sit still before Ji Yu and the others said anything more.

"Really?" The emperor stood up and pushed away the eunuch who was supporting him, and asked, "There are no outsiders at the moment, so tell me the truth about what is going on."

Ling Chao and Ji Yu narrated the scene of that day again, after telling the story.

The emperor looked at Ji Yu and snorted, "Would you have no reaction if your own sister was taken away by the second child?"

Ji Yu bowed and said the truth: "Your Majesty is wise, I did discuss with the Second Highness, but Ji Li was not injured at all, and if the Second Highness really pretended to be confused, I couldn't help the Second Highness. "

After Ji Yu said this matter with a long sigh, the unwillingness and resentment in his heart were not pretended at all, and releasing this anger in front of the emperor could soothe the emperor's heart and make him less suspicious.

When the matter came to this point, the emperor naturally had to summon Ling Yu to ask, but if someone really admitted this matter when he came, he would admit all his messy things together.

The emperor paced back and forth in the palace, looked up at the eunuch beside him, and ordered: "Go and summon the Second Highness, don't disturb others, just say that I asked him to enter the palace to discuss matters."

The weather is hot, but the hall is very cool.

Even so, Ji Yu and Ling Chao sat in the hall and waited silently. Since they did not dare to be disrespectful in front of the emperor, they suffered from sitting on the small stool for a long time, and beads of sweat rolled up their noses.

The eunuch who went to His Royal Highness Xuan Er to enter the palace came back, but he was alone.

"Your Majesty, Second Highness... he fell ill."

Ji Yu's face changed slightly, and he glanced at Ling Chao.

Ling Yu's situation was serious. As soon as the emperor got the news, Concubine De outside the palace cried and begged to see her.

The emperor couldn't help it, and sent an imperial physician to make a diagnosis and treatment, but he couldn't feel at ease. After thinking about it, he asked Concubine De to go to Ling Yu's mansion to see the situation in person.

Ling Yu fell ill and couldn't come to the palace, so Ji Yu had to leave the palace first.

Back in Shizi Mansion, leaning on the couch, eating iced fruit, flipping through a book in his hand, but couldn't feel at ease.

"My lord, something serious happened!"

Fu Hai's voice was so sharp that Ji Yu's eyelids twitched in shock.

Fu Hai swallowed his saliva, suppressed the dryness in his mouth and said anxiously: "The news just came out from the palace that the Second Highness has passed away!"

Ji Yu stood up abruptly, "Why so suddenly? Is the news true?"

"Third Highness sent someone to deliver the news, saying that the Concubine De in the palace has fainted several times from crying, His Majesty can't ask someone to forcibly carry the Concubine De to the palace."

The next day, strong winds blew up, and hailstones came crashing down in the rain.

According to the law, Ji Yu should go to the funeral ceremony of the Second Highness after entering the palace, but the rain started to fall last night, and now it will become more and more fierce, and there is no intention of stopping at all.

Ji Yu opened his white knuckle umbrella to go out in the rain, and when he reached the gate of the palace, he saw a few people in white clothes coming out of the palace, and it was only when he got closer that he saw that they were people from the Second Highness's residence.

The hailstones hit the carriage, making a noise, and the horse kicked its hooves on the spot and shook from side to side as if startled.

The rain splashed, and seeing Ji Yu stepping down from the carriage, Fu Hai hurriedly opened his umbrella, and his robe was still wet in the blink of an eye.

Yun An trotted all the way over, took two steady steps when he got close, leaned on the paper umbrella and followed Ji Yu to continue forward, raised his voice and said: "His Royal Highness knows that the son must enter the palace today, so he ordered the servant to lead the way here. "

It was raining heavily, and so was the wind. Yun An spent a lot of effort just to say these few words, his chest heaved and he was panting heavily.

The rain curtain formed a line, and the ground was smoldering with blisters swirling, Ji Yu approached Yun An and asked, "Has the people from the Second Highness's residence entered the palace?"

Yun An touched the water on his face, then shook his head: "Never before, His Majesty was concerned about Concubine Shu's body, and specially authorized the funeral ceremony of His Highness the Second Highness to be held in the palace."

Ji Yu was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't want Ling Yu to receive such a great grace.

"Where is the Third Highness now?"

A gust of wind blew over, Yun An held his breath, raised his finger and pointed to the east corner of the palace, Ji Yu understood.

Arriving at the corridor of the main hall, Yun An put away the umbrella and retreated to the side, Fu Hai followed up and twisted Ji Yu's soaked hem twice, the shoes were already soaked, Fu Hai smacked his lips and let out a sigh of relief.

Ji Yu raised his hand to stop Fu Hai from continuing to move, took out a clean handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the rainwater off his face, then handed the wet handkerchief to Fu Hai, straightened his robe and prepared to face the saint.

"The son stays behind."

Ji Yu turned his head and saw the prince in white clothes coming from the rain.

He raised his eyebrows, stayed where he was, and thought, "It's hard for the prince to see himself in such heavy rain." After waiting for others to go to the corridor, Ji Yu bowed and said: "I have seen His Royal Highness the prince."

The prince's face was as usual, without sorrow or joy, and after looking at Ji Yu for a moment, he sighed.

"I thought that the son's goal was to use Sun Zhao to beat the general, but it seems that Gu Hui made a mistake?"

Beat it down?Ji Yu didn't show his face, but clasped his fingers tightly in his long sleeves, stared at the prince, and said: "Prince, don't joke with me at this time, your majesty just summoned me yesterday..." He raised his eyes Glancing at the door, "Let's go in first, presumably His Majesty is waiting for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The prince raised his hand and pressed Ji Yu's shoulder slightly, but he said with a smile: "What the prince said is that the second younger brother's death is too sad, the prince should not take it to heart."

The prince withdrew his hand and took a step behind him, and heard Ji Yu's voice behind him, "It doesn't matter what the prince and the minister said. Don't make mistakes in front of your majesty."

After tossing and turning for just one night, the emperor was much older, his face hadn't changed, but his spirit was obviously much worse than yesterday.

Incense was burning in the hall, and the smell was so strong that it was a bit pungent, but the emperor didn't notice it at all. He leaned vainly on the dragon chair and his eyes were full of sadness. When he approached, he could clearly see that the emperor's face was blue, his eyes were black, and he looked like A sign of serious illness.

There was still an unfinished decoction beside the table, and the black concoction hung on the wall of the bowl, Ji Yu's mouth felt bitter when he saw it.

The prince and Ji Yu kowtowed and saluted.

Only then did the emperor's eyes fall from nothingness to reality, and when he looked at Ji Yu again, there was an expression of ambiguity in his eyes.

Ji Yu's heart skipped a beat. Ling Yu's death might have caused the emperor to suspect him.

Sure enough, the emperor glanced at the prince and landed on Ji Yu, and asked solemnly: "Ji Yu, I heard that you are very close to Ling Chao these days?"

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When Ji Yu came out of the hall, the rain outside was gradually receding, and the drizzle was light and slow. Ji Yu stretched out his hand, and the raindrops fell on his fingertips, but he didn't feel the coolness.

Yun An and Fu Haihou were here, but they didn't take the initiative to step forward. Fu Hai opened his mouth first and asked, "Will the son go to Yunhua Palace or..."

"Where is the funeral ceremony for His Highness the Second Highness?"

When Ji Yu arrived at Yunhua Hall, Concubine Shu, His Highness Third, and His Highness Fifth were all waiting outside the hall. From a distance, he could hear the sound of chanting sutras in Yunhua Hall. The entire Yunhua Palace was shrouded in an atmosphere of compassion.

"Go and burn incense for Second Brother first." Ling Chao took off his robe and put it on Ji Yu's body without hesitation of everyone's surprise. He rubbed his hands and let out a few breaths, and ordered Yun An who was beside him: "Yun'an, go and see when the prince will come over?"

"Your Highness!" Ji Yu's body froze, and the warm breath made him numb.

Just now in the palace, the emperor questioned that he had a close relationship with Ling Chao. Isn't it true that Ling Chao is acting like this now?In the inner courtyard of the palace, Concubine Shu could hide Ling Chao's actions so as not to make others suspicious.

Taking advantage of the time when no one was paying attention, Ling Chao ticked his palm, took two steps back and stood in front of Concubine Shu, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is weak, and the rainy weather is very cold, so don't suffer from the wind and cold. Mother and Concubine have to worry about it later." of."

Concubine Shu was the first to react. With red eyes, she tied Ji Yu's belt with her own hands, and said: "What Chao'er said is right. There are only a few of you by my side, but I can't make Bengong worry anymore. You are in such a hurry. Hurried over here, have all the arrangements made at Ali's place?"

Ji Yu nodded, and replied: "Hearing about the Second Highness, I didn't dare to delay entering the palace in a hurry and forgot to add more clothes. Instead, I worried my aunt. Everything is fine with A Li, so my aunt doesn't have to worry about it."

The palace people in the Yunhua Palace could understand what the masters said. Just about the matter of the Second Highness, the Empress Concubine De cried and fainted several times in the side hall. It will be a surprise for Concubine Shu to see her relatives now. Do not exhort a few words.

Talking around for a few times, Concubine Shu looked at the people around her, raised her hand to let Ji Yu support her and said, "Since you're here, go offer incense to the Second Highness first, and then accompany Ben Gong to see Concubine De .”