The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

Upon hearing Qin Yi's question, Chu Jinyao also became serious. She straightened up and pondered for a while, seeming to be hesitating, and finally said, "Is it the queen?"

Qin Yi was surprised, and then asked with interest: "Why do you think so?"

"I guessed it casually." Chu Jinyao said.

"Of course I know." Qin Yi didn't care very much. He still wanted to hear Chu Jinyao's reasons. "Although they may not really be able to touch me, let alone this, King Su is older and has a good reputation in the court. King Lu was a protagonist, and was also the object of support of some veteran officials. In the harem, he said that the queen, concubine Shu, and concubine all have motives. Why do you think they are the queen?

"Because that day when I was in Nishi, the dancer took the limelight as soon as she appeared. With the character of a queen, she would never show such a good face to such a woman. But then she took the initiative to take us outside to watch the dancer dance. , I felt wrong at the time, but something happened later."

Qin Yi was obviously startled when he heard this reason: "Because of this?"

"That's right." Chu Jinyao said frankly, "most women are jealous, and the queen is especially unbearable. How can she do things that make others prestigious? There must be demons in the abnormal. Moreover, the eunuchs in Xi Nei no matter how bold they are. How dare you offer a beauty to the emperor through your anger with the empress. So in my opinion, the queen must have known what would happen next, so she took everyone out to watch."

The angle was so tricky that Qin Yi couldn't speak. Chu Jinyao looked at Qin Yi's face and said in surprise: "Am I right?"

"It's not easy to say now, but eight or nine are not separated from ten. There are not many people who can push such a big energy in front of the harem at the same time." Qin Yi glanced at Chu Jinyao and said, "But I don't observe that like you. Be careful, because women are jealous.” Qin Yi is from a political perspective, combined with the trends in the previous few quarters, and then analyzed the forces behind the people who have come out to speak, and this is how the queen is considered. . Chu Jinyao's angle is obviously very strange, and even more strange is that she is still wrong.

Chu Jinyao chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, although the back house is not comparable to the turbulence of the previous one, you can see it, but since you are a human, you must have your own selfishness. Mixed with women, you can also make a lot of scrutiny. "

Qin Yi had nothing to say, so it seemed that he still neglected the power of the back house woman. Although Chu Jinyao relied on instinct to lock the queen, unlike Qin Yi, she only had a vague outline of the whole thing, and she still didn't understand the specific details.

Chu Jinyao pestered Qin Yi to talk. Qin Yi intentionally declined, and then said: "The emperor went to Xi Nei to have a banquet, and the queen must have known it a long time ago. As you said, the slave of Xi Nei I wanted to make things happen, but I didn’t dare to go over the queen completely. When the queen got the news, she decided to use her plan to put the dancer in a turquoise dress, and let her pretend to be on fire in front of everyone, so that she would have the handle to pull everything to the East Palace. Come up. As for the former courtiers, the younger ones were fainted by the Four Books and Five Classics, and they used the saints to restrain me at every turn. They wanted to be saints by themselves. What do I want to do to care about them? This group of stunned people. After being unexcited, as long as someone in the court starts, they really feel that it is the Donggong’s failure of virtue, and this will cause a strange fire, and even if the old fox feels something wrong, it will not rush to speak out. That’s it, as long as someone incites One or two, since someone said what they wanted to say."

Chu Jinyao frowned as she heard it: "Aren't they afraid when they say you like this?"

"What are you afraid of?" Qin Yi smiled, "Impeaching the prince has made this called for the people and the country, but if this is not called the fear of power, I can still blame them for not succeeding? That will actually fulfill their upright reputation."

The impeachment system of this dynasty is extremely extreme, and Chu Jinyao can only sigh after hearing this. She originally wanted to comfort Qin Yiqing’s self-cleansing, but suddenly realized that something was wrong: "His Royal Highness, you said that the day I fell into the water, pity was just a way. As early as that time, when the subsequent impeachment hadn’t come, you guessed everything behind. Up?"

"Yes." Qin Yi said casually. Chu Jinyao looked at him, and couldn't speak for a long time. She was worried that Qin Yi was depressed because of being impeached these days. In fact, he guessed that the queen would use this to make a fuss, including now being impeached. And resignation, maybe he guessed it too.

"Since you know, why..."

"Why not stop it, do you?" Qin Yi smiled, "Jin Yao, in my position, sometimes I'm not afraid of sharp swords and dark arrows, but fear that they will not move. There is no seamless plan in the world, as long as they do it. , You can take advantage of it."

While Xiao Qi and Lu Wang wanted to wait for an opportunity to bite a piece of meat from Qin Yi, Qin Yi was also watching them. The master moves, if you can't kill with one hit, you've already lost.

It turned out that he had expected everything, and Chu Jinyao had to admit that she was worried for a few days in vain. She sighed: "It is true that you always disliked me before. It is because I am not worthy of being an opponent of your Highness. Your Highness Xie is merciful."

Qin Yi smiled and flicked Chu Jinyao's forehead: "It's not necessarily. The crown prince can infer the real murderer with a word from the queen, quickly and accurately. With this keenness, you can all enter the East Palace as an assistant."

Chu Jinyao knew that Qin Yi would catch the phrase she said, "Most women are jealous", and sure enough, he mentioned it over and over again, and he didn't know what it meant to just accept it. Chu Jinyao gave him an angry glance, and said, "Since the fire was caused by the queen deliberately, what about pity, why did she fall into the water?"

"It's hard to tell." Qin Yi said indifferently. "Ask her who has offended her. I'm afraid there are many people in the harem who want her to be aborted."

Also, the queen carefully arranged a trap. Taking advantage of the panic and chaos at the time, she looked at the right time to pity her, and there was really no cost. On the contrary, the queen has important things to do, and she certainly does not want extra branches. No wonder Qin Yi dared to say that the pity was implicated. At that time, Concubine Shu, Concubine Li, Concubine Hui, or any concubine could do it, but it would not be the queen. At that time, the pity man dragged her into the water together. The queen was furious, but she had nothing to do. She could only add the part of falling into the water to the harem rumors.

Chu Jinyao wanted to understand the cause and effect, and then the most critical question was left: "His Royal Highness, we also watched with our own eyes that day, the dancer danced well, why did the skirt suddenly catch fire?"

Qin Yi sighed: "I'm thinking about this issue too. It's not difficult to break the situation now. It's a shame that you can't hit them severely just by bypassing this key point."

"You clearly said that you are going to teach me to play chess today, but you are thinking about the fire." Chu Jinyao snorted and gave him a smile, "I don't believe what you said anymore."

Qin Yi squeezed Chu Jinyao's face amusedly.

Chu Jinyao avoided Qin Yi's hand and asked while letting her son go: "His Royal Highness, what do you want the queen to do in such a big battle?"

Want to bring down Qin Yi by relying on this indispensable skyfire? It's a bit naive. Qin Yi has not made a big mistake over the years. The only thing that has been criticized is his bad temper, but his bad temper and his inability to unite courtiers were not a mistake for the emperor. So, what does Xiaoqi post?

Chu Jinyao waited for a while and didn't wait for Qin Yi to reply. Chu Jinyao looked up questioningly, and saw the old **** Qin Yi saying: "Don't you let me think about things outside."

Chu Jinyao was immediately blocked and couldn't speak for a long time. After a while, she faintly said: "His Royal Highness, you really hold grudges again, and you must compare yourself."

Qin Yi snorted coldly without answering. Chu Jinyao was cheeky and stared at him with curious eyes. Qin Yi was really out of touch, so he vaguely mentioned: "There are some folks who originally wanted to invade an acre of land, but he was afraid that the other party would not If he agrees, he offered to take ten acres for nothing. The other party would naturally not agree to it. When the matter was upset or even alarmed the government, he then proposed that if ten acres were not enough, then he would give him one acre. Most of the others would agree. Up."

Chu Jinyao seemed to understand, Qin Yi smiled without saying a word, lightly nodded Chu Jinyao's forehead, and said, "Let's wait." Then he stood up and went out.

Chu Jinyao rubbed her forehead, faintly touching some doorway, but it was fleeting.

Chu Jinyao spent the whole day thinking about this because Qin Yi was so mysterious and refused to explain it. In the afternoon, a court lady brought a bowl of ointment from outside, and Chu Jinyao looked at it for a moment: "What is this?"

"Back to the princess, this year's new medicinal materials are here, and the imperial kitchen has boiled Liangyi ointment to send all empresses and princesses to nourish their bodies.

Chu Jinyao asked the maid to put the things down. She stirred it slowly with a spoon. The contents of the bowl were creamy, and there was a cool medicinal smell in the nose, not pungent, but rather moisturizing. The old **** who came to deliver the goods saw it and quickly said: "Prince princess, these two ointments are the most famous tonic in the court. They are boiled with ginseng, rehmannia, etc., but they don’t get angry like ginseng directly. Taking food as medicine, it is gentle and long, nourishes the yin and nourish the beauty, it is most suitable for women's physique. If taken daily on time, not only can it nourish yin and detox, but also the complexion of the noble will get better and better. However, there are not many people who cook medicated food in the royal kitchen It’s just a few bowls every day to hurry up and slow down. Many empresses have nowhere to ask for money. This is the first batch of ginseng newly arrived this year. It works best when used as medicine. Many empresses come to the imperial dining room to say hello. Minions were worried about the difference between superiority and inferiority, so they didn't dare to say anything after they had finished their work, so they sent it to the princess first."

"Where is the empress?"

"The Queen Empress has two bowls, which have already been delivered."

"I don't even know there is such a thing." Chu Jinyao smiled, took a sip with a spoon, and said, "It tastes really good. If you are interested, go out and receive the reward."

Seeing that Chu Jinyao did have a satisfied look on his face, the old **** who delivered the goods gave a happy response and went out to receive the reward. As soon as they left, Chu Jinyao's smile disappeared, Linglong brought the basin over, and Chu Jinyao waved her hand and said, "No. No one dared to do anything with the things they sent." In fact, The real reason Chu Jinyao was embarrassed to say that she didn't plan to eat, but she accidentally swallowed it just now.

Therefore, I can only bite the bullet and continue.

Linglong thought about it, and put down the things in her hands. Chu Jinyao leaned on the armrest and slowly sighed: "I didn't think there was anything, but the **** said that after such a long conversation, he praised this ointment so that there is nothing in the sky and nothing on the ground. This is deliberate."

Linglong became more and more worried when she heard it: "Prince Princess, you just tasted a bite, do you need to call an imperial doctor?"

"It doesn't need to be." Chu Jinyao laughed. "I guess this medicine is indeed a tonic, otherwise the queen would not dare to send it over. The eunuch's words just now implied that eating this can improve your face, just want to. Encourage me to eat more, preferably one case a day. I think the problem is here. This kind of ointment is indeed nourishing, but if I eat too much, I’m afraid it’s not appropriate. I just tasted it just now and nothing will happen."

Linglong was still uneasy, and planned to call the imperial physician in the name of Pinglong pulse to give Chu Jinyao pulse. It doesn't hurt to be cautious, and Chu Jinyao agreed.

While talking, Mother Hong came in. She saw the things on the table, her expression stunned, and then she looked at Chu Jinyao's face. Chu Jinyao saw clearly, and said directly: "Just say what Mother wants to say, don't look at my face."

Grandma Hong smiled awkwardly and asked, "Prince Princess, this is the anointing of Liangyi?"

Madam Hong saw that Chu Jinyao did not deny, she understood in her heart: "Prince princess, Liangyi ointment is indeed a court tonic, but it is a bit taboo to eat."

"Oh?"

Seeing that Chu Jinyao hadn’t stopped, Mother Hong used a spoon to dig a small piece, put it on the tip of her nose and smelled it, nodded and said, “Indeed, this recipe is a cold recipe. It is reasonable to eat these recipes for fighting fire in spring. That's right, it's just that the prince is born with a cold body, and she fell into the water a few days ago. If she eats this often, it might be a hindrance to her offspring."

Grandma Hong said that the children of women are so important that if they eat this often, they will cause infertility, and the thoughts behind this are too vicious. Linglong's face was angry, Chu Jinyao stirred a few spoonfuls with a spoon and pushed it far away.

What she is most afraid of is that Empress Xiao Qi is doing tricks in this respect. She is the crown prince. If the East Palace has not had a prostitute for a long time, this is obviously extremely disadvantageous. Although it is not possible to prove that it was the Queen's hands and feet this time, the harem did not want her to become pregnant with too many people. The Queen, Shu Fei, King Su, and King Lu were all possible. This time, the black hand behind the scenes is really intentional, and even attracts her with the pretence of beauty. If a woman does not love beauty, if she is not prepared, she is really nourishing every day, wouldn't she have been killed for a lifetime. Chu Jinyao hadn't planned to rely on medicine to help her pregnancy. After today's trick, she didn't even want to drink the monthly safety medicine. It is a medicine that is three-point poison, and if you move more, it works better than any panacea.

Chu Jinyao asked Linglong to pour the things, and then instructed the remaining cronies: "If the Imperial Dining Room sends Liangyi Ointment in the future, don't say anything, leave it first, and then quietly pour it. In addition, From now on, everything that comes out, no matter what it is, must be carefully checked, understand?"

No matter who doesn't want her to become pregnant, it is not suitable to be shocked at this stage. Chu Jinyao accepted the things for the time being, which could both paralyze the opponent, and also gave herself a chance to collect evidence, which was better than shouting out without evidence now.

Several big maids all responded with bated breath. Chu Jinyao looked at Grandma Hong and said, "Grandma has merits today and deserves to be rewarded again. I wonder what grandma wants?"

Madam Hong hurriedly bowed her head and said, "I dare not ask for the crown prince's reward. The old slave has no other skills, so he spent a few more years in the palace and knew something about the drugs in the harem. Thanks to the crown prince not to give up, It's already the good fortune of the old slave."

Chu Jinyao smiled faintly, and Mother Hong showed her usefulness, and then secretly reminded Chu Jinyao of her original promise. Chu Jinyao understood Mother Hong's thoughts, so she said, "Don't worry, Mother, it's only two years. As long as you can live safely, then freedom is yours."

This is not so much a wooing as a threat. Although Mother Hong was smiling, her heart was tense. It would be okay if the prince concubine was kind and talkative, but she was both kind and pretentious. On the contrary, she made Grandma Hong unable to figure out Chu Jinyao's thoughts, and she became awed unknowingly.

After Grandma Hong went out, Linglong packed up her things and said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, we found it early, otherwise it would be broken."

Chu Jinyao thought of her monthly letter that came on time, and her heart was also faintly anxious. She and Qin Yi have been married for almost five months, but there is still no movement in her stomach. Although she and Qin Yi are not too old, and Qin Yi has never rushed about their children, they are in special positions. Qin Yi needs a prostitute, and Chu Jinyao also needs them.

So Chu Jinyao really wants to get pregnant.

Not only Chu Jinyao, but others have been staring at her belly. More and more people were mentioning this concealedly, and some people gave her a prescription to ask for a child. Chu Jinyao was anxious, but never planned to get pregnant by taking medicine or remedies.

She was trapped in the palace every day, and she was delicate enough to stretch out her hands for food and open her mouth. If she took medicine from time to time and relied on medicine for recuperation, she would be suffocated if she was not sick. Chu Jinyao still thinks that more activities can keep her body healthy, but this idea is undoubtedly a bit crude in the fragile aristocratic circle. When Chu Jinyao thought of this, she didn't vomit: "Grandma asked me to take medicine all day long to maintain my body. I think this is a disease of wealth and wealth. I used to run all over the mountains and the women around me did everything, but never saw it. I was sick. When I was five years old, I was chased down the hill because I was teasing people..."

Chu Jinyao stopped suddenly, Linglong was terrified when she heard that, the princess actually rolled down the hillside? The reason is still to tease others and be chased by others? Linglong didn't know what to slander, but seeing Chu Jinyao stopped, she was very surprised: "Prince Concubine, what's the matter with you?"

On the fifth day after the impeachment, the East Palace still made no statement, which made the justices in the court even more angry. The originally well-intentioned impeachment system is becoming more and more extreme, and literati are proud of death advice, but their "death advice" has become more and more a means to threaten favoritism, rather than a real petition for the country. For example, the prince who has always been clear in government affairs just didn't act according to the ideas of the ministers, and they were surprisingly angry.

The trouble is getting bigger and bigger. On the one hand, it is the eldest son who is not inquiring about it, and on the other hand, it is the civil servant group filled with righteous indignation. It is also difficult for the emperor to handle it. In fact, if Qin Yi now comes out and admits his mistake, admitting that he has been negligent in introspection recently, his words and deeds have not met the requirements of the saint, and then he can be humble. However, the crux of the problem happened here. Back then, Qin Yi dared to shoot an arrow in front of the emperor to kill the maidservant. When the emperor was angry, he was unwilling to subdue him, let alone a group of naive and arrogant courtiers. Let Qin Yi take the initiative to admit his mistakes, it is better to expect the emperor to be diligent one day.

Fan Shoufu, who knew the prince’s nature well, felt distressed. Because the prince was passively resisting, Fan Shoufu was also angered, and the impeachment of Shoufu was thrown out. At this time, some people took advantage of the chaos to fish and suggested that they might be able to follow the example of the Lizong dynasty and inherit the throne, except for the prince, leaving another prince in Beijing. The East Palace is still the East Palace, but if something goes wrong with the prince, the other prince will be able to use it.

Such remarks are definitely people from other forces stirring the muddy waters. Since the prince has been established, wouldn't leaving another prince shake the legitimacy of the prince? If this kind of thinking is usually the subject, the courtiers must be scolded, but now there is a quarrel in the court, and Qin Yi's attitude of reluctance to admit mistakes has made some civil servants dissatisfied, this kind of statement has been answered by some people.

The emperor also gradually realized that the matter was big, he really didn't understand, but how did a small matter develop to the point it is today? In the past few days, he didn't even have any interest in listening to the music, and he seldom went to the harem Zhu'ai concubine.

This is the reason why the Queen of Qi is so popular. The most important thing is that Israel can serve the people for a few days and cater to the inner needs of the emperor. Because the emperor was only willing to talk to the Empress Xiaoqi in his heart, Empress Xiaoqi could have such a big influence in the front harem.

Empress Xiao Qi smiled sincerely, pretending to listen carefully to what the emperor said about this period of time. Her smile today is really from the heart. If Xiao Qi has been assisted recently, Donggong has repeatedly planted her head under her calculations, and things are going well. Empress Xiao Qi was ecstatic, and she had prepared a lot of follow-up moves, but she didn't expect that none of them would be useful. Empress Xiao Qi secretly disdainful, wasting her to prepare so much to calculate Qin Yi, now it seems that it is nothing more than that.

There was no counterattack in the East Palace. Although Empress Xiao Qi felt strange, she also thought that her strategy was too powerful, so that the East Palace did not even have the power to fight back, so she didn't take it seriously. After the emperor finished speaking, Xiao Qi pretended to sigh, and frowned in distress: "The concubine is in the harem, and I don't know how many days of work, so many things have happened outside. The prince has worked together to govern the world over the years. The elders in the cabinet also support the prince, and even the concubines have heard of the prince’s virtuous and capable name. How can anyone be dissatisfied with the prince?"

This sounded uncomfortable. The emperor frowned and ignored it. Instead, he continued to say: "I can't figure out how a sesame-sized thing originally developed into what it is now."

The emperor was really immersed in sorrow, and did not find that Xiao Qi was staring at his side face, with a gentle smile on his face, but this smile made people tremble: "The emperor, you just said that someone proposed to follow suit. Rezong, leave one more prince in Beijing?"

"Someone said it."

"What do you think?" Empress Xiao Qi's voice was a bit eager. Although the emperor's ears were soft, his expression was firm when he shook his head: "I can't. Li Zong left the prince in Beijing because the prince was young and feared that the prince would live. However, only one more was left. Now that Qin Yi is old and even married, there is really no reason to leave another prince. Moreover, if this is true, the people below will inevitably think that I treat Qin Yi. I am dissatisfied and have the intention to establish another prince. He is my son after all. I know that although he is arrogant and domineering, with eyes above the top, he is talented. I can rest assured that I will let him come to pick up this piece of ancestral heritage in the future."

The light in Xiao Qi's eyes gradually dimmed, and finally turned into jealousy and resentment. She rolled her eyes, and suddenly had a plan. She smiled and said: "The emperor’s paternal heart is really moving. Unfortunately, the prince has never been close to us and can’t understand the emperor’s painstaking efforts. The emperor, look at this palace. Accidents occurred frequently for a while, and the fire on that day was also strange. First, the prince fell into the water, and then the prince was impeached. The East Palace seemed to have a bad luck. Or, we invited people into the palace to do a good ritual and give The crown prince and the crown concubine get rid of their bad luck?"