Huaibi

Recently, the season has changed, and it has been rainy for several days.

Liu Yin, governor of Lichong, returned to Beijing and was promoted to minister of the Ministry of punishment.

Liu Yin's daughter is Yifei, the birth mother of the sixth prince. Since her father returned to the capital after his success, Yifei's backing has become stronger and she is domineering in the harem. Even the empress has to be more tolerant.And as Shang Shuling He Bingrong had expected before, when Liu Yin returned to the court, he was eager to gain power and secretly win over the important ministers of the court, with the aim of seizing power for the six princes.

He Bingrong felt that the rain was about to come.

Concubine Yi in the palace doesn't know what to do. Although her father is in charge of the Ministry of Punishment and holds a lot of power, but after all, without soldiers and horses in hand, it is difficult to achieve great things.Now the generals in the court, the Yuan family occupies Dabijiangshan, if they can win over, and want the sixth prince to replace the crown prince, there will be a little more chance of winning.

However, General Yuan was born with a straight bone, and he refused to favor anyone. His sincerity and loyalty were only shown to Emperor Hongxuan, and no one would persuade him.Concubine Yi knew that she couldn't shake him, so she had to turn her mind to Wu Yanghou, who valued human feelings.

It is said by outsiders that Marquis Wuyang is the most friendly with Prince Chengyuan, and that Prince Chengyuan never wants to have close friendships, Marquis Wuyang is an exception.Concubine Yi remembered that Princess Chengyuan had visited the palace when she gave birth to the sixth prince. With this thought, she found a good excuse and wrote a letter from the writer to make her father come to pay respects to Prince Chengyuan in person.

On the same day, Liu Yin came to the door with a lot of gifts. The entrusted words were one to pay a visit to the prince and the other to thank the princess.

King Chengyuan greeted him with a cup of tea, and slowly tasted the taste from the words. Thinking that the sixth prince and Liu Yin are related by blood, it is not difficult to guess his intentions.

Liu Yin's words were high-sounding enough: "Before I returned to Beijing, I heard from Concubine Yi that my concubine gave birth back then, and the concubine went to visit her in person. Concubine Yi remembered it in her heart, and specially asked her to come and pay her respects. Thank you, concubine, for your concern."

King Chengyuan said it was funny when he heard it, and said that if the woman was really grateful, why did the sixth prince think of thanking her now that she is at such an age.However, his complexion did not reveal any clues, so he changed his mind and accepted the casual favor and said: "Perhaps the princess and the empress are destined, and the empress Yi concubine cares so much, the king should also thank the concubine on behalf of the princess."

"Your Majesty's words are serious," Liu Yin immediately stood up and bowed when he heard something was going on, and there was something in his words, "My Liu family knows how to repay their kindness, and I will never forget my kindness."

Chengyuan Wang waved his hand politely, under the calm appearance, there was a haze in his heart.

As a prince, he was already unattainable, and he didn't need anyone to repay him with gratitude and gratitude.The reason why Liu Yin was accepted by Liu Yin was that what Liu Yin wanted was exactly what he wanted.

He can respond to Liu Yinda's request, and it doesn't make much difference to Emperor Hongxuan who the crown prince will be in the future, but to him, it should definitely not be Ping Huaizhen who makes him hate to the bone.

Ping Huaizhen is innocent, but bears all his shame. If such a bastard proclaims himself emperor, he may not be able to sleep peacefully every night.The bitch in the family was shameless, and gave birth to another child, and slapped him severely in the face one after another.Although he can't be humane, he still values ​​face. When others congratulate him, they can only smile and agree, but he never admits that the so-called Prince Chengyuan's son Pingxiya is not his own.

He couldn't move Pingxi Cliff, let alone hurt Ping Huaizhen, so he just pushed the dagger and handed it to someone else.

Liu Yin received it just right.

Chengyuan Wang was overjoyed and chatted with him for a long time.

A maid quietly retreated outside the corridor and hurried to the princess' dormitory.

Liu Yin drank tea in Chengyuan Palace for about an hour, and left late at dusk.He walked out from the main entrance of the palace and returned home in a carriage, never paying attention to the corner of the street, a middle-aged woman stopped and looked at him for a long time.

"What are you looking at, mother?" The little girl in her arms tilted her head to ask questions, looking at the frame going away in puzzlement.

The woman shook her head, looked closely at her eyebrows and eyes, she turned out to be Li Ruyin, the wife of Shang Shuling's family, after a few years, the temples have been stained with age, but the charm has not diminished.

"It's nothing." Li Ruyin was worried, thought for a while, and took the young girl back home.

When He Jinyi came back from the palace, when he stepped into the front hall, he saw his parents frowning with serious expressions.

He Bingrong saw him and motioned him to come closer.He walked up a few steps with a slightly positive expression, and heard his father ask: "How is the palace recently?"

"It's okay, everything remains the same."

"How is the prince?"

He Jinyi's heart beat inexplicably faster, and he thought about He Bingrong's question carefully, and replied: "It's good for the prince, too, martial arts have become more refined recently."

He Bingrong nodded: "If you see the empress, you can say something to her, just say 'The prince has been weak recently, maybe it's because of the autumn'."

He Jinyi frowned tightly, staring at He Bingrong, vaguely, for some reason, he didn't want to hear anything else from his father.It's a pity that things are not as expected, He Bingrong saw that he didn't answer, and asked again: "Do you remember? You pay attention to the prince's surroundings, don't be as careless as before."

"Boy, please tell your father clearly."

He Jinyi was in a fog, and his father's words made him very uneasy.

As a prince's companion since childhood, it's not that he doesn't know the significance of his position.Helping the crown prince succeed to the throne, promoting the glory of the He family, and keeping his relatives safe are all heavy burdens on his shoulders.The older He Jinyi is, the clearer he is. He has always devoted himself to his studies, and has never been careless in the palace for a moment.

But he was young after all, apart from advancing shoulder to shoulder with the prince, he didn't expect anything else that could endanger the prince.

In terms of background, Ping Huaizhen was raised under the queen's knees since he was a child, and he was the son of the main palace. He was favored by Emperor Hongxuan, and no one in the palace disrespected him; He is worthy of the title of Prince Chu.

Although the court has always been intrigued and deceitful since ancient times, and people's hearts are not ancient, but He Jinyi watched it for nine years, but he did not notice the slightest disturbance around Ping Huaizhen.

He Bingrong sighed helplessly, the child is still ignorant, seems to be smart and mature enough to dominate the world, but in fact he can't pretend to be a little bit of power and conspiracy, after thinking about it, he will not hide it from him, and take him to the study to talk in detail, and tell him everything about Liu Yin listen.

For the first time, the filthy interior of the imperial court and harem was naked in front of his eyes, and He Jinyi tossed and turned, staying up all night...

The next day, news came from the palace that there was no maidservant in the Qiuhua Palace. She was originally from Yifei's courtyard. The wall, with slightly opened eyes still staring at the direction of Fengyi Hall.

Things that had nothing to do with the queen, but because of this gossip, it was brought on her.

The queen sat in front of the mirror and tied her hair, and Ren Yantong inserted the phoenix-shaped golden hairpin firmly into the temple.She shifted her gaze to the aging face in the bronze mirror, deaf to what happened outside the window, and sighed softly: "There are a lot of wrinkles."

"Young lady is young," Yantong comforted, and quietly hid her white hair in her blue hair, "Young lady's ageless face should make all women in the world envy her."

"It's just that you can make me happy," the queen smiled slightly, but she didn't care too much, "The prince is already this old, so I should be old too."

After speaking, Yantong stood up, bowed to support her, and walked out together with her following the inaudible crying.

In Qiuhua Palace, Concubine Yi was weeping to Emperor Hongxuan, she said that the girl was clever and lovable, she was lively and cheerful the day before, but she turned cold after one night.Emperor Hongxuan said a few words of comfort, his face was displeased and he heard singing from the courtyard, it was the empress who had arrived.

The queen walked into the room and bowed to him.

"Empress," Yi Fei stood up tremblingly and begged her, her eyes were red and she asked with restraint, "Empress should know what happened this morning, right?"

"I'm here for this matter. I can't bear to hear such a thing happen in your courtyard."

Concubine Yi raised her head when she heard the words, as if she was a little bit aggrieved: "Since the empress can't bear it, why did yesterday..."

"How was yesterday?" The queen walked to the side of the couch and sat down slowly without changing her expression.

Concubine Yi turned to her, lowered her head and said sadly: "Yesterday I picked a new golden osmanthus. I ordered Luhe to go to Fengyi Palace to serve a cup of cinnamon soup to the empress. How could I have never seen her come back after that... …Empress Empress, did Lu He say the wrong thing to make you angry? That girl has no face, if I usually say a word to her, she will cry all day long..."

"So that's the case, even if something sad happened." The queen expressed regret, "But I did not say a word about her yesterday, the cinnamon soup is light and refreshing, I like it, and I specially rewarded her It's only a carved jade bracelet, she should be happy when she leaves."

Concubine Yi paused inconspicuously, she probably did not expect her to have a backup.

The eunuch behind Emperor Hongxuan leaned over to his ear and echoed: "Your Majesty, the palace maid does indeed wear a carved bracelet on her right wrist."

Emperor Hongxuan closed his eyes, the harem is young and must not kill people, this time it is good, it fell on the empress early in the morning, which made him feel annoyed, so he simply didn't know the truth, so he stopped the conversation between the two: "This time Let the empress find out, and take care of the family members, I only need one explanation."

"Yes, the concubine understands."

"I still have political affairs that I haven't dealt with, so don't worry about Concubine Yi anymore," Emperor Hongxuan stood up, put his palm on Concubine Yi's shoulders to comfort her, and then persuaded her pointedly, "The servants in the courtyard should also be careful." Good discipline, if you do something wrong, even if you say the first half of the sentence, you will cry all day long, is that raising a servant, or raising a princess?"

Concubine Yi was at a loss and lowered her eyes, so she could only answer in panic.

The queen sent Hongxuan away with a salute, and immediately left with Yantong, only leaving behind a faint chuckle, as if she was laughing at her stealing chickens for nothing, even if she didn't say a word, it made Concubine Yi very angry.

After leaving the Qiuhua Hall, the empress walked slowly in the palace. There were clusters of golden chrysanthemums in the imperial garden. She sniffed the fragrant and elegant fragrance and suddenly asked Yantong: "Do you know where Concubine Yi is wrong?"

Yantong was puzzled, but waited for the queen to clarify.

The queen shook her head and smiled, her words were not without loneliness: "What she did today was just to spoil the prestige of the palace, to make the palace lose its appearance in the eyes of the emperor, and then make the prince fall out of favor day by day. But her fault is that she doesn't know the truth. I can't see clearly that the emperor doesn't have this palace in his heart. The reason why the prince can be a prince is because he is the child of that woman..."

The more Yantong listened, the more she understood, she didn't dare to answer the words rashly, and followed behind quietly.

The queen stopped talking, looked at the branches and leaves that were heavily dyed by autumn, and prayed that autumn and winter would go early, and spring would return to warmth.