Contract Prince

After hearing this, the queen felt more sigh than shock in her heart, and the previous sullenness had disappeared.

Gu Yunjing was young, but she never expected to bear such a heavy secret of her life experience.The queen was quite sympathetic to her: "This child is actually a hard-working person."

"So the empress doesn't blame the son?" Caiyue was both surprised and delighted.

The queen said: "The Gu family has great favors from the imperial court, and Gu Yunjing has great favors from King An. In the future, she may not be held accountable for concealing her life experience. But what do you ask the princess to do? Xue'er may have been kept in the dark until now. inside."

The queen restrained her majesty, and what she showed at this moment was the worry of a mother.

"Xue'er lost her mother since she was a child, and I treat her like my own daughter. My biggest wish is that she can find a good son-in-law and live a happy and healthy life. Hey, but now... Xueer is really a child who has a lot of troubles in love. .”

The queen could feel that Xiao Muxue's feelings for Gu Yunjing were getting deeper and deeper.If she knew that the son-in-law was a woman, she might be very sad.

When Xiao Muxue eloped with Han Jun back then, after this failed, she locked herself in the bedroom all the time, not eating or drinking, the queen saw it and felt pain in her heart.

It took the princess a long time to get out of her old emotional wounds, and she finally accepted Gu Yunjing, and developed feelings for her son-in-law.But he never expected that this feeling is against the principles of human ethics.

"Fortunately, Your Majesty is in a coma now, otherwise if he finds out, the Gu family will surely be in disaster." The queen said slowly, "Now this secret can't be revealed. First, it will damage the majesty of the royal family. Second, some Some thoughtful people will use this matter to make a big fuss and stir up trouble in the city."

"So this empress will keep a secret." The queen's eyes were slightly complicated, "As for the princess, I don't know what to do for a while, so I can only take a step and watch."

After analyzing the matter, the empress said: "She is so seriously injured, it is not an option not to let the imperial physician treat her. I will arrange a confidant imperial physician to treat the son-in-law. As for the secret of the son-in-law's life experience, I will definitely let you The imperial physician strictly abides by it."

Caiyue comes from Wangyou Valley, she is indifferent by nature, she doesn't like fighting for fame and fortune, and she doesn't like the dignitaries and dignitaries in the court.It's just that following Gu Yunjing to Zhenyuan Hou's mansion now, dealing with the royal family is indispensable.However, because of the rules, you have to show respect.

But at this time, she has sincere admiration and respect for the queen.He kowtowed and said, "My servant thanked the empress for her great kindness."

The queen glanced at Gu Yunjing who was lying unconscious on the bed, and then asked Xiang Caiyue, "Is Mr. Shangguan Lan in the mansion? Why don't you see him come to treat the concubine?"

On the day when the army went out to fight, the queen was in the harem worshiping Buddha, so she didn't know that Shangguan Lan had been sent to the front line.

Caiyue raised her head and replied, "Hou Ye's old illness has relapsed, and the military's medical conditions are poor, so the son sent Mr. Shangguan to the frontier to treat Hou Ye's illness."

The queen sighed again, "This child is really unlucky, you take good care of the son-in-law. I will send another reliable imperial physician over later."

She walked to the bed and lifted the quilt, looked at the injuries on Gu Yunjing's body, and after reading it, she felt anxious.He frowned and said, "The injury is so serious, even if there is an imperial doctor to treat it, it will not recover for a while."

The queen thought that since Caiyue knew the secret of Gu Yunjing's life experience, she must be her closest relative and trustworthy person.Then he should also know the details of Gu Yunjing's investigation.

The queen asked: "Do you know why the son-in-law went to the Wanchun Tower? Why did the Wanchun Tower suddenly explode? Get up and answer."

"Yes." Caiyue stood up slowly, "The one million taels of treasury silver lost by the imperial court is closely related to Wanchunlou. The real murderer who stole the treasury silver is the boss of Wanchunlou, Concubine Qu. Those who went to Wanchun Tower never thought that such a tragedy would happen."

The queen stared and thought for a while: "Could it be that someone deliberately lured them to go?"

"I don't know the details, I have to wait for the prince and the princess to wake up before asking them."

"En." The queen covered Gu Yunjing with the quilt again, "I'm going back to the palace now, if you need anything, feel free to mention it to the imperial hospital."

Caiyue suddenly shouted: "Empress, wait a moment, this servant has something for you."

"Huh?" the Queen asked in confusion.

Caiyue took out a small red kit from her cuff, and handed it to the queen: "Your Majesty, this was given to me by the crown prince. She knows that the investigation process is difficult. The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. This kind of harm. In order to prevent it from happening, she specially wrote all the strategies in the kit."

"I once told my servants that if something happens to her one day, I will hand over this bag to the empress. Everything in the bag is about His Royal Highness King An's ascension to the throne."

The queen is curious.Logically speaking, since this is a matter related to Xiao Zhan, the kit should be handed over to King An.She took the kit from Caiyue, untied the string tied to it, and took out the note to read.

She took a breath, and finally understood why Gu Yunjing didn't just hand over the kit to Xiao Zhan.After putting away the kit, the queen walked out of the room thoughtfully.

"Mother, how is the son-in-law?" Xiao Zhan asked anxiously, "What important things did Caiyue tell you just now, and I want to avoid it?"

The queen said: "There is nothing important, it's just a woman's private matter. The concubine's situation is very bad, but Caiyue has stabilized her condition. The concubine needs to rest now. It's better not to disturb others. Let the imperial doctors It's all gone. Get up and drive back to Tai Hospital."

"Okay." Xiao Zhan is a dutiful son and always listens to the queen.

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The Queen and Xiao Zhan returned to the Imperial Hospital. At this time, Xiao Muxue woke up after taking the medicine.

The last time the princess woke up from a serious injury, the first person she saw was the concubine.How she wished that every time she woke up, the first person who caught her eyes would always be Gu Yunjing, but this time she was disappointed.

Seeing the empress mother and son, Xiao Muxue quickly asked: "Empress mother, Brother An, where is the son-in-law? How is she? Is her life in danger?"

If you don't know Gu Yunjing's real identity, the queen will be very happy to see the princess caring so much about her son-in-law, because this is a sign of deep love between husband and wife.But now that she knew that Gu Yunjing was a woman, she was very worried.

The more the princess cares about the son-in-law, the more she will be hurt when she learns the identity of the son-in-law.

Unknowingly, the Queen's eyes became very complicated and deep.

Seeing this, Xiao Muxue asked: "Mother, is she a son-in-law...?"

Xiao Muxue didn't have the courage to say the last sentence, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

The queen moved a stool, sat by the bed, took out a handkerchief, and slowly wiped away Xiao Muxue's tears.

She comforted in a soft voice: "Xue'er, don't worry, the matter has not reached that point yet. Although the son-in-law was seriously injured, the situation has stabilized."

"Queen, I want to see the son-in-law. Where is she now?" Xiao Muxue tried to sit up, but she just moved her elbow, and her body felt severe pain.

"The injury is not healed yet, what are you doing sitting up? Lie down and rest quickly, or the queen mother will be angry."

Xiao Muxue shook her head: No, Queen Mother.Without seeing the son-in-law, I can't calm down at all, how can I rest well?She has been blown into a bloody person before, I am very worried about her, only seeing her with my own eyes can I feel at ease. "

Xiao Muxue's words revealed a slight weeping sound.

Xiao Zhan couldn't bear to see his sister in such a sad state, he said: "The son-in-law is not in the Imperial Hospital, but in the Hou's Mansion. Caiyue probably disliked the imperial physicians' poor medical skills, so he brought the son-in-law back to the Hou's Mansion, and treated her herself."

Xiao Muxue said quickly: "I'm going back to the Marquis's Mansion right now, so please don't stop me, Queen Mother."

The empress stared fixedly at Xiao Muxue, whose eyes had lost the brilliance of the past, and said: "The queen mother wants to stop you, but can she stop you? Go back and see your son-in-law. The queen mother will let the imperial doctors take turns to go to the Marquis mansion to treat you. Heal."

The queen ordered the attendants in the palace to get ready to teach the sedan chair, and carried the princess back to the Hou's mansion.

The queen stared at the sedan chair that was drifting away, and was stunned for a while.Finally regaining consciousness, he said to Xiao Zhan: "Zhan'er, go to the imperial study. The queen mother has something important to tell you."

The mother and son came to the royal study.

Xiao Zhan said: "If you have anything to say, you can tell me, and my son will definitely follow your teachings."

The queen's expression was slightly condensed: "The son-in-law is your right-hand man, your right-hand man. Now that she is down, your opponents will definitely gloat over her misfortune, and they probably wake up laughing from their dreams."

"The son-in-law has fallen, and now there is no one around you to advise you and give you advice. So you have to be strong yourself. Right now, the government is in chaos, and the princes are doing their own thing. Xiao Cong can't see you going smoothly. If he is at this time When you come to the palace, the queen mother asks you, how should you deal with it? You have not yet ascended to the throne, and your power is limited, and you can only transfer a mere two thousand imperial guards in the royal city."

Xiao Zhan replied solemnly: "The son-in-law has already discussed this matter with me before. She means that I should be enthroned as emperor as soon as possible and remove all obstacles ahead."

The queen nodded: "That's right. It seems that the son-in-law has done an excellent job of preparing for the rainy day. The queen mother has seen it before. Five days later will be an auspicious day, suitable for holding your enthronement ceremony."

Xiao Zhan nodded but shook his head again: "Five days later, isn't it too soon? Both the son-in-law and Xue'er have already become like this, so why do you have any intentions to become the throne?"

"If you don't ascend the throne, you will only die! Don't forget that there is a powerful uncle behind Xiao Cong, Qin She. You are just a prince now, and you can't move him, but if you become the emperor, let alone Qin She , there are only ten Qin She in the area, and you still take care of him properly."

Xiao Zhan said suspiciously: "Mother, but this situation is too urgent. Many ministers in the court may not really obey their sons."

The empress's face was filled with a look of strength that should belong to a man, and she said sharply: "There is an old saying that those who know the current affairs are the best, and those who refuse to submit to you are obviously ignorant of the current affairs. What to do? The names of many officials in the court do not match their real names, and this time it really needs to be bloodletted to attract new talents."

"As far as my mother knows, the son-in-law has already made a list for you, which states which ministers should be reused and which should not be reused. You can follow what she wrote."

Xiao Zhan still has some worries: "My father is still alive, and I, as a son, am eager to ascend the throne. This will definitely attract criticism from many ministers. The son-in-law may not care about the criticism of the ministers, but the emperor's uncle..., he and The royal father has the best relationship."

"The policy implemented by my minister before, the one who hurt the most interests is the emperor's uncle. Now that I am so eager to ascend the throne, I am afraid that the emperor's uncle will be dissatisfied."

The uncle Xiao Zhan mentioned was Yi Wang Xiao Mian. More than 20 years ago, Xiao Guan was the only younger brother who was not killed after he ascended the throne.Xiao Guan was very kind to this younger brother, not only did not embarrass him, but he was even more gracious.He not only rewarded countless fertile fields of jewelry, but also allocated a fief of Yizhou to Xiao Mian, and named him King Yi.

Xiao Zhan was afraid that after he ascended the throne, King Yi would be the first to settle accounts with him.After all, Xiao Mian ruled Yizhou, and he held an army of [-].From the perspective of the past, the imperial court is strong and strong, and it will not be afraid of a mere [-] soldiers.

But today is not what it used to be, and the imperial court sent all the soldiers who could fight to the front line.Now there are only 1 imperial guards and more than [-] imperial guards left. Even though Xiao Zhan can order these people when he becomes emperor, he doesn't want to see the situation where soldiers meet and blood flows like rivers.

He knew that although Xiao Mian loved him dearly, the prince would never back down when he encountered a problem of principle.Maybe King Yi would really draw his sword against him for this matter.

The queen dispelled his worries and doubts: "Zhan'er, don't panic, this matter will be handled by the queen mother. Hurry up and order the six ministries of the three provinces to make intensive arrangements for Luo's ascension to the throne."

After the queen got the strategy in Gu Yunjing's pocket, she already knew how to persuade Xiao Mian.

In addition, Gu Yunjing also instructed in the kit: Once Xiao Zhan ascends the throne, in addition to taking care of Zhaowang Duanwang and his ilk, the only person who needs to take care of is Xiao Mian.

Gu Yunjing even wrote out how to cook.Knowing that Xiao Zhan was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to do anything, she ordered Caiyue to hand over the kit directly to the queen.

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A crimson-green sedan chair entered from the side door of the Hou's mansion, and parked leisurely outside the wedding room of Gu Yunjing and Xiao Muxue. Her Highness the Princess was supported by people, and slowly entered the room.

Caiyue was feeding soup and medicine to Gu Yunjing, when she saw Xiao Muxue, she hurriedly put down the bowl, and walked over to help the princess.

Seeing the bloodless Gu Yunjing lying on the bed, Xiao Muxue felt very sad.Regardless of the pain in her body, she slowly quickened her pace.In fact, for her, every step is very difficult.

However, she still gritted her teeth and persisted, and finally made it to Gu Yunjing's bedside.

The unparalleled handsome son-in-law now has scars all over his neck, face, and earlobes.

Xiao Muxue almost collapsed on the ground, Caiyue helped her up again, and the princess stabilized.He asked in a trembling voice, "Why isn't the scar on the son-in-law's face bandaged?"

Caiyue respectfully said: "Princess, the medicine that this servant gave to the prince is the special secret medicine of Wangyou Valley. This medicine is very effective in treating burns and burns, and it needs to pay attention to its permeability. If it is always wrapped in gauze, the air will be damaged. If it is not circulated, the medicinal properties will decrease instead.”

After Xiao Muxue nodded slightly, she asked again: "I heard from King An that you are sure to cure Yun Jing, right?"

Caiyue told Xiao Muxue honestly that although she knew the answer, the princess would definitely be heartbroken.The girl sighed softly and said, "The princess is telling the truth, and I am not sure of curing her."

"The son is weak and has been carrying it silently. In fact, even if she hadn't experienced this catastrophe, she might have collapsed at any time, because her pulse has already been disordered." Caiyue said helplessly, "I once persuaded her Give up investigating the case and go back to Wangyougu to recuperate, but she still didn't take my suggestion."

"Just dragging on like this, relying on drugs to continue my life. In fact, I have always felt very strange, how can a person like her persist for so long, only to find out later that it is because of her deep love for you."

"She knows that you want King An to be the emperor, so she has been doing her best to help you and King An, even if it means overdrawing her own life." Caiyue continued, "She has suffered from the root cause of her illness since she was a child. Not good, I have been busy and have not been able to get a safe rest, so the situation is even worse."

"Not long ago, I heard the news that Lord Hou's health was deteriorating, and I was extremely depressed. Since then, I have often vomited blood. She is a very weak person, and she will collapse at any time. Do you think she can recover after going through this catastrophe? ?"

Caiyue's words were like a knife, each and every word pierced Xiao Muxue's heart.The princess trembled and asked, "She vomited blood, why didn't I know?"

Caiyue smiled helplessly, she didn't know whether she was mocking Xiao Muxue for not caring enough about Gu Yunjing, or Gu Yunjing for being too stupid.

"Does the princess think that the crown prince will tell you the situation? In front of you, she never reports good news but not bad news."

Two lines of hot tears slowly flowed from Xiao Muxue's eyes, she hurriedly grabbed Caiyue's hand and asked: "Master must have a way to cure Yun Jing, I will go and call him back immediately."

Caiyue shook her head, her eyes were sad: "The son has always missed Master Hou very much. After knowing the situation of Master Hou, he can't eat well and sleep well. Now you go and call Senior Shangguan back. Who will be responsible for Master Hou's illness and injury?" Rule? Master Hou is the mainstay of the army, and he carries half of the country of Xiao on his shoulders. If he falls, the border may also be lost."

At this time, Xiao Muxue was a little out of order, she shook her head suddenly, "I don't care about the country? I just want Yun Jing to be healthy. After she recovers, I will never let her take charge of the government. Let's find a place where there are no people. Live the rest of your life in peace."

While talking, Xiao Muxue broke down in tears.

Caiyue gently held Her Royal Highness's hand, signaling her to relax.

"Princess, if the skin is gone, the hair will not be attached. The current situation has reached this point. The son, you, the queen, and His Highness King An have no way out. Now we must help His Highness King An win the world. You and King An Only the prince can live a stable life. Only all of us can live a stable life."

"Leaving aside these things for the time being, the son has already given the empress a kit, which contains many clever ideas. I believe His Highness King An will be able to rule the world with his help." Caiyue said, "We are only discussing the son's condition now.

"Actually, apart from senior Shangguan, there is another person who should be able to save the son from a dangerous situation.

As for whether she will fully recover, it is difficult to say. "

Xiao Muxue's eyes suddenly became colored, and she asked, "Who?"

"Shangguan Xiruo. Xiruo has an extraordinary talent in the way of medicine since she was a child. Although she is young, her attainments in this area are not inferior to the senior Shangguan."

Xiao Muxue nodded, as if she had caught some hope.He hurriedly said: "Okay, then we will send Yunjing to Wangyou Valley immediately."

When a person is in grief, the brain may lose a certain amount of thinking ability.She won't be as thoughtful as before, such as Xiao Muxue now.

Caiyue shook her head and smiled again: "Princess, it's a long way to go to Wangyou Valley, and you have to go back and forth. Do you think the son's situation can support you to go to Wangyou Valley? You don't have to worry too much, I have sent you to Wangyou Valley immediately The news has passed, I believe that Xiruo will rush to the capital without stopping after seeing it."

Xiao Muxue felt relieved, "That's good, that's good."

Caiyue thought about it for a long time, and felt that there were still some things to clarify to Xiao Muxue.She has stayed in Wangyou Valley for so many years, and grew up with Gu Yunjing and Shangguan Xiruo, so she naturally knows Shangguan Xiruo's thoughts towards Gu Yunjing.

If Shangguan Xi came from Wangyou Valley, if he wanted to stay with Xiao Muxue in this Marquis Mansion, he would definitely feel infinitely embarrassed.

So Caiyue said: "Princess, I don't know if this slave has something to say or not?"

Xiao Muxue is full of gratitude to Caiyue now, and said without thinking: "You just say it's okay."

"The princess has been to Wangyou Valley and met Shangguan Xiruo. You must know her feelings for the son. They grew up together and are childhood sweethearts. She has always had love for the son.

"It's a pity that I was young at that time. Due to various reasons, Xi Ruo never revealed his thoughts to the prince."

"It's a pity that shortly after returning to the capital, His Majesty decreed that your son had no choice but to marry you." Cai Yue's voice became inexplicably sad, "Actually, I can imagine how sad Xi Ruo is."

"She is a sentimental and affectionate person. Presumably her love for the son will not suddenly decrease. Therefore, she will definitely show some special feelings when she comes to the Hou Mansion to see the son. I hope you can forgive me, princess. Don't be too hard on Xiruo, okay?"

Although Caiyue thinks that Xiao Muxue is not a difficult person to get along with, but after all, this involves emotional issues, no matter how generous people are, they will inevitably pursue it.

Xiao Muxue didn't want to see Shangguan Xiruo in the past, even though Gu Yunjing had no special love for her junior sister.But with such a childhood sweetheart interposed between the two of them, the three of them would feel a lot of embarrassment in their hearts.

So she thinks she can avoid it if she can, but she can't do it now, Gu Yunjing is still waiting for Shangguan Xiruo to save her life.

Xiao Muxue felt that if she was still haggling over every detail at this critical moment, she would be too ignorant of the general situation.

"Caiyue, don't worry, I know in my heart, and I will never haggle with sister Xiruo. If she can save the concubine, it's okay to let her marry Yunjing. I don't ask for anything, I just hope that Yunjing is safe."