The world is heavy and late

Chapter 226 Collapse
Eunuch Ding is the head servant next to the prince, and after Aunt Qiu was borrowed to Weiyang Palace to "go and never return", the entire East Palace was regarded as Eunuch Ding.

Hearing Xia Qing's question, Xu He lowered his eyes with a confused expression, and Xu Li didn't realize it: "Master follows the prince, and Eunuch Ding also follows the prince. Is there any problem?"

According to Xu Li's simple logic, there was no conflict. His master was free so he went to serve the prince, and Eunuch Ding followed the prince. He didn't even think about whether there would be any problems in the process.

Xia Qing raised her eyebrows high, a little speechless, a little shocked, and of course a little helpless.Having been in the palace for so many years, it's really rare that this junior brother's political sense is still so dull. Forget it, if you are wise and stupid, maybe they will end up worse than him in the future.

"I want to ask, why did the master follow the prince recently?"

Xu Li said very naturally: "Your Majesty asked the master to watch the prince more before leaving Beijing?"

There's nothing wrong with it, it's not against the harmony at all, but Xia Qing is stuck in his heart, and the other two are smiling.

Xia Qing gave up the idea of ​​asking Xu Li for information, and felt that he might as well ask the master himself when the time comes.

Xu He thought for a while but suddenly interrupted: "I'm afraid His Royal Highness is not around well."

Hearing this, it was no surprise that Xu He was the only one in the room full of surprises.
Xia Qing narrowed his eyes: "You guessed what news you received?"

Xu He shook his head, looking very respectful: "I haven't received any news, and no one in the harem around the prince dares to inquire about it. It's just that I have seen Director Xu's expression not very relaxed twice in the past few days."

Xia Qing praised Xu He in his heart: "I'm not used to hearing what you call a slave when you work in the Secretary of Rites."

For a person like Xu Ji, if he could be seen once or twice, he could be regarded as capable, but did something really happen to the East Palace?

Xia Qing was thinking about something, she didn't want anything wrong, the empress was pregnant, the emperor left Beijing, if something happened to the crown prince again, she might not be able to survive until the emperor came back, let alone be held accountable by the emperor.

Xu Li didn't have so many thoughts in his heart, and innocent people thought simply, so he turned his head and asked, "When did you see Master?"

Both Xu He and Qiao Huan wanted to sigh, but Xu He still said softly: "Just a few days ago, Director Xu went to the East Palace in the middle of the day, and he didn't say anything when he came back, but he left during tea time. God for a while."

Xu Li was surprised and said, "Did you notice it after walking away with tea for a while?"

Xu He smiled lightly and remained silent, while Xu Li took a curious look at Xu He, then turned to look at Qiao Huan, trying to find someone who was as surprised as himself, but it was clear that Qiao Huan would always be the one with the half-hanging head An Rushan's people.

Xia Qing didn't think for too long, because soon there was a voice outside, and they all got up and went out to greet him.

Xu Ji walked towards him calmly, and when he saw the four people coming out, his eyes focused on Xia Qing and he paused for a moment.

Xia Qing squatted down and performed the Wanfu ceremony in a very polite way, only showing closeness: "Master is back."

Facts have proved that no matter how many times Xu Ji is called, the corners of Xu Ji's eyes will still twitch: "What are you doing here?"

Xia Qing stood up and walked forward, supporting Xu Ji very familiarly: "I haven't been here for a long time, it seems that the New Year's Day is coming, come and see Master, Master, don't dislike me."

Xu Ji tugged at his sleeve silently, wanting to take his arm back from Xia Qing's hand naturally, but Xia Qing obviously had expected it, and held Xu Ji's sleeve tightly, and the two looked at each other. It was Xu Ji who looked away first.

Xia Qing laughed inwardly, and continued to cheer herself up: "Master, why did you come back so late? But it's busy ahead?"

Xu Ji was helped into the house by Xia Qing, and when he was inside, the servants at the door went down before he said, "Didn't you ask him?"

Xia Qing chuckled, Xu Ji glanced at Xia Qing, just in time to pick up the tea ceremony offered by Xu He: "Did you hear something too?"

Xia Qing paused, and decided to tell the truth: "No, I came here to see the master, and secondly, I want to ask the master to give me palms. I need someone who is smart and capable. The foundation in Li is only five or six years old, and it is still very shallow, and there is no one to find in an emergency, so I came here to ask the master."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Xu Ji, who was drinking tea, and said, "It's just that I came here just now to hear that the master is not there, and after asking a few questions out of curiosity, I found out that the master has gone to the East Palace, but what happened to the crown prince?"

Xu Jisi drank the tea in his hand slowly, and then put down the cup: "You can just ask Xu He to find someone. He grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he has been fighting all the time in the past few years. Does anyone have any points?" He knows all these things very well."

Xia Qing should be, Xu He also quickly said: "I don't know why my aunt came here for this."

Xia Qing shook her head not to blame, she was already preoccupied with another matter, so she only looked at Xu Ji, Xu Ji pondered for a while and said it happily.

Xia Qing was the only one he could talk about. Besides, even if he didn't talk about it, could Xia Qing just let it go?

"There are too many people in the East Palace, including aristocratic families, dignitaries, and princes and mothers."

Xia Qing was taken aback. Does this mean that there are forces from the prince's mother clan intervening?So what exactly did they do?
Xu Ji raised his eyelids to look at Xia Qing and said, "Although I don't know what you've been doing recently, the empress is pregnant and you have a heavy burden on you, and you didn't put your mind on the prince's. It's good for the Empress to make a trip, the Second Highness may have been wronged at the Crown Prince's place a few days ago."

Xia Qing was stunned, with self-blame and shock, all kinds of emotions surged up, so that he opened his mouth several times, but didn't ask anything.

Xu Ji gave Xia Qing a serious look, frowned and said, "Nothing happened, and His Highness the Second Highness did not suffer any harm. His Highness the Crown Prince appeared in time, so you don't have to worry."

Xia Qing was barely comforted, but everyone knew that Xia Qing's current situation was very wrong. Qiao Huan stepped forward to support Xia Qing, and said anxiously, "Auntie, Auntie, the Second Highness and His Royal Highness are all fine."

Xia Qing immediately realized the collapse of his emotions, took a deep breath, and slowly calmed down after a while, but his complexion was still pale, his eyes were red, several people looked at Xia Qing worriedly, even Xu Ji got up and stepped forward to look at In Xia Qing's situation, his face was full of solemnity, and he asked: "What happened during this period of time, you wouldn't lose your composure like this in the past."

Xia Qing shook his head and said, "Master, don't worry, I know it myself."

Seeing Xia Qing's lips pursed tightly, Xu Ji understood that he would never say anything, so he said, "It's up to you, but when Xu Zhong comes back, if the person is gone, Zajia's face will not look good."

"Thank you master."

Xia Qing smiled, because of Xu Ji's stubbornness, she put most of her strength on Qiao Huan, and slowly regained her composure before asking, "Master, what happened to the East Palace?"

Xu Ji frowned. He didn't expect that Xia Qing would still want to ask about this matter at this time. Her situation was obviously not normal. Instead of worrying about herself, she was worried about Donggong.

He looked at Xia Qing disapprovingly, but met Xia Qingling's gaze directly, his eyes were full of stubbornness, Xu Ji sighed inwardly: "A few days ago, a little servant accidentally locked the Second Highness by himself Fortunately, His Highness the Crown Prince ran back from the Chongwen Hall to the East Palace without seeing His Highness the Second Highness, and found that he couldn't find it anywhere, so he sent someone to search the palace."

Xia Qing knew it shouldn't be, but she still breathed a sigh of relief for the situation. She had no choice. The most difficult thing for her to solve was fratricide. As long as the prince didn't attack the Second Highness, she could bear other things.

But she immediately fell into resentment towards the people behind the scenes and worry about Jing Ning, so she asked, "The Second Highness is frightened, why didn't anyone inform the queen and the harem?"

Xu Ji said: "The Second Highness is fine, I thought the Crown Prince was playing with him, and when he was found, he hid in the corner by himself, and when he saw others, he still yelled at the Crown Prince to blame His Highness, and there were so many people involved in hide-and-seek."

The remaining half of Xia Qing's breath was completely relieved. The Second Highness didn't feel that he was stupid or sweet?

"His Royal Highness checked up and down, and then someone blocked the news. Not only the harem and the queen, but no news was leaked anywhere. He himself killed the negligent little eunuch. Originally, this matter could have ended here. Miscellaneous people always feel that this is not easy.”

Xia Qing sneered and said: "Locking a four-year-old child in a deserted courtyard, there is no rice water, and there is no cry for help. In this kind of weather, how can the attacker completely cover it up with a single negligence? Besides I’ve never seen anyone’s desolate courtyard go to great lengths to lock it.”

Of course they knew that the crown prince blocked the news entirely because he was worried that Gu Weiyun was pregnant; moreover, if this matter was passed on and passed on, it would be better to let Jing Ning think that the crown prince was just playing around with him. Brotherhood does not need to be alienated, it is also helpful to Jingning's mind; moreover, the emperor left Beijing, and the empress took power in the imperial city. At this time, the crown prince and the second highness had a mess, which was harmful to the overall situation.

The prince is worthy of being the crown prince he was taught since he was a child, and his handling of this matter can be described as drastic and perfect; there is no better way than this
　Xia Qing didn't lose her composure because of this incident, but she was not right during this time, so she would collapse when she encountered a little stimulation.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)