Gu Changjin and his party had dinner at Zhuting and then returned to the capital.

Xiao Huaian was sitting in the carriage, with his eyes lowered and silent. He was still holding the rabbit that Rong Shu Jin had given him in his hand, and his thin, white and round fingers were touching the rabbit fur on it.

Gu Changjin was still thinking about the girl's slightly wide-eyed look under the old plum tree today, and the corners of her lips were raised unconsciously. At that moment, her red lips clearly moved, probably to ask him what he wanted to do to make her angry.

But she didn't expect Luo Yan to come looking for her, so the girl had to swallow her words.

Xiao Huaian, who was sitting across from him, raised his eyes and looked at him. His eyes were so straightforward that Gu Changjin couldn't ignore them even if he wanted to.

"I've heard people in the palace talk about Sister Rong before." Xiao Huaian suddenly said.

Gu Changjin raised his eyebrows and said, "What did you say?"

Xiao Huaian thought of those bad words and didn't want to say them. He just frowned slightly and said, "They are all bad words."

Gu Changjin guessed it as soon as he heard it. What words.

They just talked about her birthday, and the other thing was the reconciliation between the two of them.

Everyone thought that the two of them broke up because he was tired of her.

Because of this incident, he even used his personal power to "invite" several gossiping noble ladies to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for questioning, causing those families to lose face.

Now that he has entered the East Palace, the rumors that were once suppressed have become rampant again.

There are always people in this world who speculate about others with malicious intent. Gu Changjin could even foresee how much dirty water would be poured on her once the incident between the Rong family and the Shen family was spread.

Or it could be said that she had a bad fate, and because of her unlucky nature, both the Shen family and the Rong family suffered a great disaster. Or she offended the prince and provoked him to seek revenge, which brought disaster to the Shen and Rong families.

He already had a plan to deal with these things.

"Since the prince brother has reconciled with her, why do you still come to look for her today?" Xiao Huaian said, "If someone else sees her, there will be gossip."

Gu Changjin looked at Xiao Huaian leisurely.

The young boy is usually taciturn, but now he doesn't feel tired of talking anymore. He talks a lot at once and tries to test him by hiding things behind his words.

Gu Changjin leaned back, closed his eyes slightly, and said: "I will marry her, and I will ask the person who went to Beijing to chew the back of her tongue to pick up everything she said in the past, word by word, and I will make this world no longer possible. No one dares to despise her."

He would ask to marry her in front of all Rong's family members, letting those who despised her know how wrong they had been to her in the past.

Even if they use the Rong family's actions to restore peace, he will make them anxious and restless in the days to come.

She was forced to leave Beijing at the age of four and lived alone in Yangzhou Mansion for nine years. Her so-called close relatives ignored her and never treated her well after she came back to Beijing.

As long as they had treated her better in the past and allowed her to have a little attachment and reluctance to this family and her surname, as the crown princess or even the future queen's family, the Rong family would recover one day even if they hit rock bottom. .

The murderer is heartbroken.

They will soon learn what they have lost when they have nothing left.

Every word the man said was ringing, Xiao Huaian looked at him, and his heart was slightly shaken.

In his impression, this brother who appeared out of nowhere always looked strategizing and calm, and it was rare to see the ups and downs of emotions on his face.

Xiao Huaian caught the flash of murderous intent in the depths of his eyes just now.

He is more sensitive and intelligent than his peers. At this time, he knows that his worries are unnecessary. He even vaguely felt that his concern for the Rong sister would make this brother treat him better.

Xiao Huaian then said: "There is also a plum grove in the palace. I think the sister of the Rong family will also like it."

Then he said: "At that time, I will ask Chao'an to carve small ice beasts for her and fill the whole plum grove."

The plum grove in Minglu Yuan is a natural gift . The natural old plum grove is different from the artificially planted plum grove in the palace.

Gu Changjin knew very well that the girl liked the plum grove in Minglu Mountain, but not the plum grove in the palace. Therefore, he will say that she will be angry if he does something in the future.

Xiao Huaian lives in the East Sixth Palace. It is already late and the key has already been lost in the palace. Gu Changjin arranged for him to rest one night in the East Palace, and before dawn the next day, he was sent to the study to study classics and history.

After school at noon, Wang Dehai invited him to the Yangxin Hall.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not return all night yesterday, and the Emperor was worried."

They left the palace yesterday and were followed by Jinwu Guards, and Gu Changjin was also there. Emperor Jiayou was not really worried, but just wanted to know why they went to the outskirts of the city. Minglu Mountain.

Naturally, Xiao Huaian couldn't hide these things, so he told everything about yesterday's events.

"Sister Rong's family is very polite and treats her nephew very well." Xiao Huaian took out a lying rabbit from his arms and said seriously: "I was afraid that my nephew's ears would freeze, so I gave my nephew a lying rabbit yesterday. "Er."

Emperor Jiayou glanced at the lying rabbit in Xiao Huaian's hand and was slightly surprised.

Xiao Huai'an was very defensive and only got close to those who truly treated him well. It was rare to see him speak like this for someone he had only met once.

The eldest daughter of the Rong family, the eldest daughter of Rong Xun, Marquis of Cheng'an, was the girl whom the prince had previously requested for marriage in Kunning Palace.

When Emperor Jiayou launched an uprising in Taiyuan Mansion, the Rong family was the first military household to join him.

Old Master Rong and Rong Jun were both brave and resourceful people. Emperor Jiayou certainly remembered them, but he was not impressed by the current Marquis of Chengan Rong Xun.

As for Rong Xun's eldest daughter, if the prince hadn't mentioned it that day, Emperor Jiayou wouldn't even have the slightest impression of her.

Recently, this woman's righteous deeds in Yangzhou Prefecture have been widely circulated.

Knowing that she was the granddaughter of Shen Huai, the former richest man in Yangzhou, Emperor Jiayou was not surprised by what she did in Yangzhou. The Shen family had always had a good family tradition.

When the subordinates secretly hid it from him, they wanted to use the Shen family to kill chickens and scare monkeys to establish their authority. When Emperor Jiayou learned about this, Shen Huai had already sent most of the family wealth to Emperor Jiayou through the hands of Old Master Rong.

Seeing Emperor Jiayou's appreciation for Shen Huai, Mr. Rong immediately decided to marry the Shen family.

The Shen family spread their wealth for the country and the people, which attracted other wealthy families to follow suit.

This allowed Dayin, whose treasury was empty at that time, to survive the most difficult period. Emperor Jiayou

smiled and said, "I have to thank others for their hospitality. One day I will ask the queen to announce that the girl from the Rong family will enter the palace. You can go and say thank you in person."

That day, the prince asked for a marriage, and Emperor Jiayou Since I agreed, I won’t regret it.

By declaring her into the palace, the queen would rest her mind on wanting the prince to marry the daughter of the Qi family.

"Step back, you played for a long time yesterday, don't be too playful today." Emperor Jiayou looked at Xiao Huaian lovingly, "In the future, you will help your brother to protect Dayin well, and you must learn your skills now."

Xiao Huaian said crisply . He responded: "Don't worry, Uncle Emperor, Huai'an learned riding and archery from General Mu. In the future, Huai'an will go to the border to protect the people of Dayin and expel foreign enemies."

Emperor Jiayou smiled with a sick face.

Wang Dehai brought a bowl of medicine inside. Xiao Huaian knew that Emperor Jiayou was going to take a nap after taking the medicine, so he hurriedly excused himself.

As soon as he left, Emperor Jiayou took the medicine and drank it in one gulp. Not long after he drank the medicine, he coughed twice, and the bright yellow veil was stained with a few traces of bright red blood.

Wang Dehai's face suddenly wrinkled like a chrysanthemum, "Slave, are you going to ask Envoy Sun to give your Majesty acupuncture soon?"

Emperor Jiayou was a disease brought by his mother in the womb. As he grew older, the chronic diseases became more and more serious. It's serious, even Sun Yuanshi can't do anything. Taking medicine and acupuncture will only make him live a few more days.

He was like a mirror in his heart, everyone is bound to die, and Emperor Jiayou had already seen clearly about life and death.

What he has never let go of is the ancestral property of the Xiao family and the people of Dayin.

Fortunately, God was kind to him and sent the child Chang Jin to him. The child was extremely capable and was more suitable to be emperor than him. By handing Dayin into his hands, Emperor Jiayou could rest in peace knowing that he was about to die.

Looking at Wang Dehai's worried face, he sighed and said, "If you want to go and invite me, please do it. Don't let this matter spread, especially don't let the queen know about it."

Wang Dehai knew what Emperor Jiayou was talking about. When he coughed up blood, he fully agreed and went to personally invite envoy Sun Yuan.

Sun Bailong came over with a medicine box and gave Emperor Jiayou acupuncture conscientiously. An hour later, after Emperor Jiayou fell asleep peacefully, he walked out of the Yangxin Hall tiredly.

Unexpectedly, just after returning to Taiyuan Hospital, and before taking a sip of tea, another person came from the other side of Kunning Palace.

As soon as he asked, he found out that Queen Qi, who was about to return to Kunning Palace, asked him to come over and detoxify.

Sun Bailong thought the person who was poisoned was Empress Qi, how could he dare to delay?

So he quickly picked up the medicine box and headed to Kunning Palace.

At this time, the maids in Kunning Palace were very busy.

Aunt Gui and Aunt Zhu personally cleaned up a side hall and directed several chamberlains to carry the unconscious Wen Xi inside.

When Sun Bailong arrived, he found out that the person who was poisoned was not the queen, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he didn't know who the girl lying on the couch was, seeing Queen Qi's solemn expression, he knew that this girl was very important to the Queen.

Without delay, he took out the porcelain pulse pillow and took Wenxi's pulse. The more he checked, the more surprised he became, and his two snow-white eyebrows were raised high.

"What this girl has is the long-lost poison Wu Kuizi from the Western Regions. This poison is very difficult to control. It will take at least a year and a half to completely remove the poison, and a lot of natural materials and treasures will be spent."

Qi Seeing that Sun Bailong seemed to be familiar with this poison, the queen relaxed her shoulders and said, "Envoy Sun will just save her, and I will prepare the necessary medicinal materials."

Upon hearing this, Sun Bailong became more and more sure that Queen Qi valued this girl, so she hurriedly solemnly Yes.

Queen Qi looked at the dying girl on the couch and suddenly retreated, leaving only Sun Bailong.

"There is one more thing I need to trouble the Imperial Envoy Sun." Empress Qi looked at Sun Bailong calmly and said, "I would like the Imperial Envoy Sun to stop by and test whether this child's blood can be blended with the blood of the emperor and this palace.

" The meaning of the words...

Sun Bailong's eyes twitched heavily.

He is a well-heard person in this palace and knows many secrets. Now he naturally understands the deep meaning of Queen Qi's words.

No wonder the Queen thinks so highly of this girl.

"Your Majesty, I obey." Sun Bailong said respectfully, "It's the Emperor's side..."

"I will go and speak to the Emperor in person." When Empress Qi said this, she paused slightly and then said, "Don't worry, the Emperor will not do this. Blame it on you."

After that, she went back to the main hall, changed into regular clothes, and went to the Yangxin Hall.

Emperor Jiayou had just finished hearing Wang Dehai's report when he heard another report: Queen Dao had arrived.

As if he had guessed the purpose of Queen Qi's visit, he looked deeply and said: "Please come quickly." After Queen Qi entered, he stepped back, not even Wang Dehai, and said: "Everyone, go out." Qi Zhen held it in her hands

.

Holding tightly a bracelet with jade Buddha beads.

Emperor Jiayou recognized that it was the bracelet left to her by her mother. Whenever she felt uneasy, she would wear this bracelet in her hand.

Emperor Jiayou personally poured a cup of tea for her and said warmly: "Queen, sit down and talk."

Qi Zhen did not sit down, but took a deep breath before kneeling down to salute.

Suddenly a pair of hands held her arm tightly.

"The queen doesn't have to be like this." Emperor Jiayou looked gentle, "Has the child who was replaced that year been found?"

Queen Qi breathed tightly, but she had already guessed that Emperor Jiayou had already seen through everything -

Xiao Changjin He was not the real second prince, but the son of Prince Qiyuan, and the child who was really replaced should be a princess.

"Changjin is the son of Prince Qiyuan. I have known this for a long time, and I think the queen has guessed it. If I don't mention it, I won't hold the queen accountable for her fault." Emperor Jiayou said: "My and the queen's child is yours today. The girl she brought back to the palace? Wang Dehai said that the queen invited Sun Yuan to Kunning Palace, but the child was sick? "

Empress Qi's eyes turned red, "She was poisoned by Xiao Fu. Fu kept her by his side and poisoned her for many years. If the poison is not detoxified, her life will be in danger and she will probably not survive for more than half a year. " What did Sun Yuan

say?"

The poison comes from the Western Region and is very difficult to deal with. It will take a lot of effort to detoxify it. "

" Sun Yuanzhi is always 100% sure when he says it. Since he said so, he must have detoxified it. Method." Emperor Jiayou patted Queen Qi's hand and said comfortingly: "Is it possible that the Queen still doesn't know the character of Sun Yuanshi?"

The two emperors and empresses do understand Sun Bailong's character.

Empress Qi smiled slowly, thought for a moment, and then said, "I want Envoy Sun to test the blood of Your Majesty and the child."

If the child is really their child, according to the Xiao family's secret technique, the blood will definitely be able to test the blood of your majesty and the child. Their blending.

Emperor Jiayou glanced at Empress Qi for a long time and said with a smile: "I don't need to test my end. If the Queen is not at ease, then I will test the Queen and hers."

Queen Qi is not uneasy, it is just that she has gone through the process of stealing dragons and turning into phoenixes. Afterwards, the trust between her and Emperor Jiayou was already in jeopardy.

No matter how small a thing is, you must not hide it.

Emperor Jiayou just said that to reassure her, he trusted her.

The tone that was stuck in Queen Qi's heart finally found its way out.

"When Chang Jin lived in Wutong Lane, there were rumors that the child and Chang Jin were in love, but this was just groundless rumors." Empress Qi explained with a smile: "The child and Chang Jin grew up together. The relationship is like that of brother and sister. She has always regarded Chang Jin as her elder brother."

Emperor Jiayou nodded when he heard this and said: "The prince has a sweetheart in his heart, and he just asked me to grant them a marriage a few days ago. This is the prince's recognition. The first thing my ancestor asked me to do after he returned to the clan was that I couldn't bear to let him down, so I agreed."

Queen Qi was slightly startled and asked subconsciously: "Which family is she from?"

"She is the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Cheng'an family. "Female." Emperor Jiayou said slowly: "The two of them have also formed an alliance. The prince has never let go of the girl. He came to me and wanted to renew his relationship with her. "

It was actually that girl...

No wonder!

People from the Metropolitan Procuratorate once found some letters from the Rong family and the Shen family from Xiao Yu's residence. It is said that the Rong family and the Shen family should be jailed for questioning.

Did the emperor choose to turn a blind eye because of that girl?

It seems that the prince is really determined to marry that girl from the Rong family.

Qi Zhen lowered her eyes, "I heard that the girl from the Rong family saved many people in Yangzhou Mansion, and also saved the prince's life again and again. The two of them shared weal and woe. It's no wonder that the prince never forgets her."

Emperor Jiayou He said: "The queen can introduce the girl to the palace in a few days. First, explore her preferences and prepare for the future wedding ceremony."

After the conversation between Emperor Jiayou and Queen Qi in the Yangxin Hall, Gu Changjin didn't know.

Knowing that Queen Qi had brought a girl back, he frowned and had a vague guess about who that person was.

"Do you know what the girl's name is?"

The servant who sent the message replied: "I didn't ask for the girl's name. I only know that the girl seems to have been poisoned. The Empress personally invited the Sun Hospital Envoy to treat her. . "

Poisoned? "

Gu Changjin narrowed his eyes, becoming more and more sure of his guess.

Did Xiao Fu take action?