marry queen

This winter seems not to be peaceful. Not long after the turmoil of the Hexi corruption case, something happened to the eldest prince Fu Jue.It was a bright and clear day, the heavy snow had melted for several days, the sun was shining brightly in the sky, and the people were warmed up, being exposed to such a sun in the winter afternoon, people always feel sleepy, Shen Zhiqiu originally wanted to He was taking a nap, but the people in front of the imperial court came to spread the word that Fu Yu wanted to see him in the Chengguang Hall, so Shen Zhiqiu had to dress neatly and take aloes to Chengguang Hall. He thought that Fu Yi had painted some new paintings, Ask him to appreciate it.

Fu Yi has nothing to do these days, suddenly fell in love with painting, last time he drew a picture, mysteriously showed it to Shen Zhiqiu, Shen Zhiqiu unfolded the scroll, it was a picture of a spring sleeping, the man in the painting has red lips and pink face , handsome, with loose hair, lying on the side under a peach tree, sleeping soundly, the breeze passed by, and pink petals fell all over his body. It was Shen Zhiqiu. Shen Zhiqiu looked ashamed and annoyed, and asked Fu Lie: "Where did I copy the thing? How have I ever slept here?"

Fu Yi said, "Why is it copying? This is the scene in my mind. Tang Yin has "Begonia Spring Sleeping Picture", so I call this picture "Autumn Bamboo Spring Sleeping Picture"."

"The more the emperor talks, the more absurd it becomes." Shen Zhiqiu hurriedly went to roll up the scroll, glanced out of the corner of his eye, and saw the inscription, a square red seal with the words "One Leaf Layman" written on it.Shen Zhiqiu suddenly turned his head to look at Fu Yu, seeing the playful face on Fu Yu's face, "How about my nickname?"

Shen Zhiqiu closed the scroll, put it aside, coughed lightly, and said lightly with red ears: "I'm not proficient in paintings, so I can't appreciate them for the emperor. It's better for the emperor to keep them and don't show them to others."

Fu Yi laughed twice, and took him into his arms, playing and making out, but he didn't mention it.

Shen Zhiqiu was thinking about these things while walking, so he didn't pay much attention to the people and things around him. When he walked to the lotus pond in the imperial garden, Chen Xiang let out a soft sigh. .”

Shen Zhiqiu followed her line of sight, and beside the lotus pond in front, it was the eldest prince's wet nurse holding him watching the koi by the pond, and there was no one around to serve him, the eldest prince watched with great interest, stretching out his chubby little hands non-stop The ground is babbling, it is very cute.Shen Zhiqiu also liked it when she saw it, and was about to go up to say hello, when suddenly the wet nurse who was standing by the pool slipped and fell into the lotus pond with the eldest prince in her arms, Chen Xiang exclaimed, and the surrounding palace people heard The movement also rushed this way, Shen Zhiqiu was the closest, without hesitation he rushed up and jumped into the lotus pond to swim towards the Eldest Prince.The wet nurse was so frightened that she couldn't help screaming, her hands naturally loosened her grip. The First Prince was wearing a thick padded jacket. At this time, he was soaking in water and was sinking a little bit. The crying gradually faded away. The water in the pool is icy cold in winter. Biting to the bone, Shen Zhiqiu, a grown man, was so cold that he jumped off the ground, let alone a little baby, he paddled hard, and finally hugged the eldest prince, and with the help of the palace servants who rushed over, he rescued the eldest prince On the shore, the First Prince closed his eyes tightly, and he stopped crying.Shen Zhiqiu's heart sank, he untied the cold and wet clothes on the eldest prince, pulled his cloak from Chen Xiang's arms to wrap it around him, probed his breath, although it was weak, Shen Zhiqiu breathed a sigh of relief.

After hearing the news, the imperial doctor came and took the eldest prince to treat him. Fu Yu and the queen also came one after another. Shen Zhiqiu didn't dare to leave, but stood aside in his soaked clothes. His lips were already turning white from the cold. Knowing the eldest prince's situation, he came over to touch his hand, frowned and said: "You go back and change your clothes first, I and the queen are here."

Shen Zhiqiu nodded, and was supported by Chen Xiang back to Ganquan Palace to change his clothes, but his heart was beating all the time, all this happened in an instant, he didn't even have room to think, so he jumped down to save people, if the eldest prince is safe and sound, it's okay, If there is something wrong with him, Shen Zhiqiu may not be able to tell.

He sighed lightly and stopped thinking about it. After changing into clean clothes, he sat in front of the charcoal basin to keep warm, and sneezed three or four times in a row, presumably because of a cold.

It was evening when Shen Zhiqiu was summoned again, Fengyi Palace was full of people, even Zheng Guifei, who usually didn't like to show her face, also arrived, only the empress was missing.Shen Zhiqiu greeted Fu Yi and Concubine Zheng respectfully according to the etiquette. Fu Yi's face was not very good, so he nodded and let him sit down. Shen Zhiqiu was concerned about the safety of the eldest prince, and asked, "How is the eldest prince?"

Fu Wei replied: "The pool water is too cold, and he choked on water again. Four or five imperial physicians from the imperial hospital consulted together, and he was able to stabilize himself, but he was still in a coma, and the queen couldn't hold it anymore, and passed out."

Shen Zhiqiu saw Fu Yi's painful appearance, and wanted to go up to comfort him, but other concubines were present, so he couldn't be so blatant, Fu Yan asked him, "Yunyu, what's going on today?"

Shen Zhiqiu replied truthfully: "I passed by the imperial garden and saw the wet nurse playing with the eldest prince by the pool, I wanted to go up to say hello, but unexpectedly they fell into the pool suddenly, at that time I was the closest, so I jumped down to save them. "

"It's all right, why did you suddenly fall into the water?" Liu Guiren said with a slender hand stroking the hand stove in his arms, frowning.

Wang Meiren continued from the side: "I think it's slippery after the snow, and the careless nurse accidentally slipped on the ground."

Liu Guiren disagreed with her statement, "The snow has melted for several days, and the imperial garden has long since dried up, so there is no place for slipping and falling."

Shen Zhiqiu was also very puzzled, and couldn't help asking: "Where is the nurse, maybe you can ask her."

Fu Yi said: "I choked on water and drowned." At that time, everyone only had the Eldest Prince in their hearts, and the first priority was to save him first. When the Eldest Prince was rescued and then went to rescue the nurse, she was already dying.

Shen Zhiqiu frowned deeply, why did the nurse take the eldest prince to play by the pool?Why is there no one around?How did it happen that she drowned?There are too many things that I can't figure out, and this matter is very strange no matter how you look at it. Looking at Shen Zhiqiu's expression, Liu Guiren seemed to be very hesitant and said to Fu Wei: "Your Majesty, my concubine feels that it is too difficult for Mr. Yu to save people. Coincidentally..."

Hearing this, Fu Lie gave her a cold look, Liu Guiren trembled in fright, and said cautiously: "The concubine just made a bold and random guess, Your Majesty forgives me."

Lin Xuan listened to it, her heart was in a mess, she originally wanted to confess to the emperor, but she was ill for a few days, and when she recovered, something like this happened again, she didn't want to associate with Liu Guiren anymore, But Liu Guiren's words are not unreasonable. If Shen Zhiqiu really did it, he can pretend to save people to win His Majesty's favor, and he can also get rid of the eldest prince. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone. Shaking His Majesty's trust in him, Lin Xuanshi hated him and wished to make trouble, so he followed Liu Guiren's words and said: "I think your words are not unreasonable."

Fu Yu said coldly: "Yunyu is not such a person, I trust him."

Concubine Zheng Gui, who had been silent beside her, glanced at Shen Zhiqiu, not wanting to hear their intrigue here, stood up and said to Fu Yi: "Your Majesty, this concubine wants to go in and see the empress."

Fu Yi nodded in agreement, and Concubine Zheng got up and walked into the apse. Before leaving, she said to Fu Yi: "Your Majesty, no matter what, please investigate this matter thoroughly. I hope you will not abandon the empress for favor."

After she left, the corner of Liu Guiren's mouth raised a faint smile. She didn't expect Concubine Zheng to open her mouth and stand by her side. She looked sideways at Shen Zhiqiu. Shen Zhiqiu sat calmly, with a calm face and a trace of panic No, Liu Guiren turned to Fu Lie and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine is not against Mr. Yu, it's just that this matter is too strange, and the concubine is just sad for the eldest prince, please investigate thoroughly by your majesty." He picked up the handkerchief and pressed the corners of his eyes, wiping away the tears.

Wang Meiren suddenly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, my concubine does not believe that this matter was done by Mr. Yu. Mr. Yu is a man. Even if he wants to fight for favor, there is no need to attack the prince. This matter will do him no good. Besides, Mr. Yu is usually the most kind person, and he treats the eldest prince with gentleness and kindness. Mr. Yu was the one who found out the reason for the empress's premature birth, please learn from the emperor."

Shen Zhiqiu was slightly surprised when he heard that, he didn't expect that Wang Meiren would defend him, seeing Wang Meiren kneeling on the ground, he became more and more puzzled as to who this Wang Meiren belonged to.Hearing their gossip, Fu Yi felt even more irritable in his heart. He never doubted Shen Zhiqiu, and he only wanted to ask his opinion when he was called here. Who would have thought that these women would think that he did it? Yes, Fu Yi looked around with a sullen face, and finally his eyes fell on Shen Zhiqiu. Shen Zhiqiu was caught in the cold and his complexion was not good. Fu Yi asked with concern: "You also fell into the water today, what's wrong?"

Shen Zhiqiu said with a smile: "The minister is very good, the emperor doesn't need to worry about it."

"Your Majesty..." Waiter Lin Xuan wanted to say more, but Fu Yi shouted: "Shut up! I don't want to pursue what you did before, don't make trouble anymore!"

Attendant Lin Xuan didn't dare to speak, and Liu Guiren was very tactful and didn't mention it again. Zhou Zhaoyi didn't say a word during the whole process, when the eunuch's voice suddenly came from outside the door, saying that the Empress Dowager had arrived.Everyone stood up and knelt down immediately. The Empress Dowager Zhou walked in slowly holding the hand of the border flag, and sat down beside Fu Yu.

The Empress Dowager Zhou looked at the group of people kneeling on the ground, and said coldly: "Someone wants to kill the grandson of the Ai family, should the Ai family just sit idly by?"

Fu Yudao: "I'm ordering people to investigate this matter thoroughly, and there will be results soon, so don't worry about the queen mother."

The Empress Dowager Zhou stared at Shen Zhiqiu, implying: "Young Master Yunyu can always meet such things by chance, which shows his exquisite mind."

Fu Yu hurriedly said: "Today, I told him to come to Chengguang Hall to meet him, so he would pass by there. If he hadn't jumped down to save people at the first time, Jue'er would not know what happened."

The Empress Dowager Zhou was furious, "Emperor, you only dote on him and mourn your family and leave you alone, but you must not harm your own children because of your dote on him! You are so partial to him, have you ever thought about the feelings of the queen and Jue'er? It's really shocking." chilling!"

Fu Yu also put away his smiling face, and replied: "There is no evidence for this matter, please don't jump to conclusions, mother, I will never tolerate anyone who is unfavorable to Jue'er, but I don't want to wrong good people."

When the two were arguing, Chen Xiang hurried in and whispered something to Ginkgo who was kneeling by the door, Ginkgo tugged at Shen Zhiqiu's sleeve, and gave him a look, Bian Qi saw this scene, lowered his head and told After seeing the Empress Dowager Zhou, the Empress Dowager Zhou rushed to Shen Zhiqiu and said, "Young Master Yunyu, what do you want to say?"

Shen Zhiqiu bowed on his knees, and replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Back to the queen mother and the emperor, today I saw the eldest prince fall into the water, and I knew that there might be something wrong at this time, so I asked the people around me to investigate. Traces of castor oil were found on the stone bridge by the lotus pond."

Fu Wei was shocked, stood up and said, "Are you sure it's castor oil?"

Shen Zhiqiu said: "Yes, Chen Xiang notified Eunuch Jin Fu as soon as he found out." Jin Fu happened to come in from outside the hall, knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty, the place where the eldest prince fell into the water was indeed found. Traces of sesame oil."

Fu Li was furious, his face was ashen, and he shouted: "Check! I want to see who is so courageous!"

Jin Fu took the order and hurried away, but the queen mother still refused to let her go, very disbelief: "I hope Mr. Yunyu is not a thief calling for a thief."

Shen Zhiqiu said indifferently: "Oasis Palace has always received meals in the imperial dining room, there has never been something to refine oil, and I have never had such vicious thoughts."

Fu Lie looked at him deeply, the moment Shen Zhiqiu raised his head and met his eyes, the trust in the eyes of the two of them was clear and clear, Shen Zhiqiu secretly gave Fu Lie a look, persuading him not to argue with the queen mother.The hall was quiet for a while, Fu Yu let everyone sit down, everyone sat quietly in their seats and waited for the news, no one dared to leave, after an unknown period of time, Jin Fu finally came back, he led a maid in, and replied: : "Returning to Your Majesty, the servant was ordered to conduct a thorough search of the harem. After searching the palace, clothes with traces of castor oil were found in the room of the court lady Yinger."

Ying'er was so frightened that her face was as paper as paper. After entering, she lay down on the ground and kept begging for mercy, shouting: "Your servant is wronged!"

Lin Xuanshi's eyes widened in shock, because Ying'er was from her palace, her face was full of disbelief, she looked at Ying'er, then at Fu Lie, and for some reason the gunfire suddenly turned on her, He said anxiously: "The concubine was wronged, the concubine never ordered Ying'er to do such a thing, I hope your majesty will see clearly!"

Fu Yi looked coldly at the court lady named Yinger, "Is this dress yours?"

Yinger's face was pale, and she faltered: "Yes...it belongs to my servant...but I don't know why there is castor oil on it! I don't know! This servant is wronged!"

Liu Gui's demeanor changed suddenly, and he covered his face and frowned and said, "Since the clothes belong to you, you didn't accidentally get them on them? Hurry up and invite them for the truth, maybe you can spare your life."

When Lin Xuan heard her words, he immediately reacted, pointed at her and said, "It's you who hurt me, it's you!"

Liu Guiren seemed to have been frightened, and said frightenedly: "Sister, please don't spitting blood at others. This concubine has no grievances or enmity with you. Why did you harm you? If my sister did not instigate this matter, it must be Ying'er alone."

As soon as they finished speaking, Cai Wei, who was serving by Si Xuan's side, suddenly started sobbing. She knelt down, away from Si Xuan Lin, and cried, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, this servant is guilty!"

Fu Wei said in a deep voice, "Say!"

Caiwei sobbed and said: "A few days ago, the master suddenly asked the servant to come into the house, saying that he wanted the servant to do something important. She said that she knew that as long as it was sunny, the wet nurse would carry the eldest prince to the imperial garden to bask in the sun." , asked the servants to apply castor oil on the stone bridge in the lotus pond, she said...she said..." Caiwei dared not continue as she spoke.

"What did she say?" Fu Yi asked coldly.

"Master said...that if the eldest prince fell into the water and blamed on Young Master Yunyu, then His Majesty... His Majesty will despise Young Master Yunyu..." Caiwei continued, "But the servant is afraid, The servant did not dare to disobey the master's wishes, so she pretended to agree, and the master immediately handed the servant a jar of castor oil. ...The master never asked the slave about this...The slave thought that the master had figured it out, but I didn't expect...I didn't expect..."

Lin Xuan almost went crazy on the spot after hearing this, and struggling to pinch Caiwei, scolded: "I usually treat you well, why are you hurting me so much!"

Fu Yi winked, and the eunuchs stepped forward to hold Lin Xuanshi down. Lin Xuanshi struggled desperately and cried, "Your Majesty, my concubine is wronged! My concubine is wronged!"

The Empress Dowager Zhou looked at him coldly, and asked, "Where did the people who served the First Prince go at that time?"

Fu Wei said: "They were not able to take care of them well, and each of them gave fifty big boards, waiting to be dealt with."

Jin Fu hurriedly said: "The slaves went to ask. They said that they were called away by the Caiwei girl next to Lin Xuanshi. They said that Lin Xuanshi had something to say to them, but they just took them to get a few clothes. When they came back There was an accident."

Caiwei kowtowed and said: "At that time, the master suddenly asked the servants to call the people around the eldest prince, saying that he had made some clothes for the eldest prince to give them, so the servants went and called someone to take them away. The servants didn't know This incident will happen, the servant is guilty, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Fu Yi's face was livid, and he threw the teacup on Lin Xuan's head forcefully, and said angrily, "Such a precise thought! Thank you for thinking it out!"

Lin Xuan was poured with hot tea all over his body. Angry and frightened, he knelt and crawled in front of Fu Yi, pulled his clothes and cried, "I really never did this before, Your Majesty is very careful!"

Fu Wei recalled the deer blood wine incident before, it was not because she and the Queen Mother were connected together that ruined Shen Zhiqiu's reputation, this time it happened again, and the purpose of endangering the life of the prince was to put the blame on others, it was outrageous, he Kicked her away: "I didn't even bother to deal with you for all your past behaviors. I didn't expect you to get worse. You don't know how to repent. You are really vicious. If I remember correctly, Caiwei is your dowry maid. Follow me If you haven't had solid evidence for more than ten years, how dare she wrong you?"

Lin Xuan still wanted to pull Fu Yu again, but the Queen Mother of Zhou said coldly behind Fu Yu, "Lin's cruelty to the prince has a vicious heart, what is the emperor going to do?"

Fu Yu said coldly: "Decide my will, deprive Lin's status, and put him in the cold palace. He will never get out for life! If the eldest prince is safe and sound, I will spare your life for the time being. If there is any mistake, I will definitely not forgive you!"

Lin didn't come up in one breath, just passed out, and was carried down by the eunuchs. Caiwei knelt beside her, trembling, Yinger was still crying out for her grievances, and Fu Lu locked her in the Yeting Bureau for careful interrogation.After all this tossing, everyone was exhausted, Liu Guiren sighed: "It's really unexpected that my sister is so overthinking." After speaking, he slightly apologized to Shen Zhiqiu: "Young Master Yu, I offended you so much just now. gone."

Shen Zhiqiu always felt that there was something wrong in his heart. In his eyes, Mrs. Lin was a brainless person, so he definitely didn't expect to be so thoughtful, but Fu Yi was angry at this moment, so he couldn't say anything. Hearing what Liu Guiren said, he replied calmly: "Your Majesty I'm also worried about the eldest prince, it's okay."

Liu Guiren said softly to Fu Yu: "Your Majesty, Caiwei's exposure of Lin's evil deeds can be regarded as a crime and meritorious deed. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Fu Yi sat on the chair wearily, pressed his forehead and said, "Three years of fine, and send it to the Clothes Bureau."

Seeing that the matter was clarified, the Empress Dowager Zhou stood up and said, "Since the matter has been clarified, Ai's family will go back first, please trouble the emperor to take care of Gu Jue'er."

"Yes." Fu Yu led the crowd to kneel down to see her off. After the queen mother left, Fu Yu also ordered the crowd to disperse. He was very tired and sat alone on a chair with his head on one hand. His expression was very ugly. Everyone went out Afterwards, Shen Zhiqiu stepped forward and stood in front of him. Fu Yu took his hand and said wearily: "Why don't they let me feel at ease, why do they have to do something to the child."

The eldest prince hadn't woken up yet, and Shen Zhiqiu was also sad with him, and comforted him: "Your Majesty, go and rest first, and I will stay here, and I will notify you as soon as there is news."

Fu Wei shook his head, "I'll be with you."

It was dark outside, Jin Fu set up dinner in Fengyi Palace, but Fu Yi said it was useless, Shen Zhiqiu sighed softly, ordered people to withdraw, and sat with Fu Yi, guarding in Fengyi Palace, waiting for the big Good news for the prince.