Poor children

Chapter 314 Stirring up the storm and stabilizing the family and the court
一
"Is that Tiezhu my eldest aunt's man?" Zi Tong was a little surprised.
"You are quite smart," my eldest aunt praised

"Why did eldest aunt do this?" Zi Tong asked

"When necessary, I will give you an excuse to throw her into the cold palace. I think this is enough. Who knew they would use this method first? Prince Xu needs some time," the eldest aunt said
"Has anyone seen this?" Zi Tong asked again

"Only your father and Concubine Chun witnessed it with their own eyes, and no one else saw it. Your emperor wanted to suppress the matter, but Concubine Chun expanded the matter and spread it. What about a prince with no virtue and no conduct? Can you be the king of a country?" The eldest aunt sighed.
"Brother Prince will solve it himself" Zi Tong arrives again

"Then let's wait until the prince has settled his own affairs. Otherwise, even if Concubine Chun and her son are pulled off the throne, the prince will not be able to sit on it," the eldest aunt said.
Zi Tong nodded and fell into deep thought again.

two

"Two locks, hum! Who are you guarding against?" In the middle of the night, Zi Tong quietly sneaked into the locked cold palace alone.

It was approaching the fifteenth day, and the moonlight was bright, making the cold palace even colder. The cracks in the bricks on the floor were covered with grass, the wooden paint on the doors and windows had dried and peeled off, dust and cobwebs were everywhere, and there was something eerie in the air. It's so lifeless. It seems to be colder here than outside.

Zi Tong walked to the door of the main hall. A pair of dilapidated doors seemed to be closed, but there were huge cracks. A cold wind seemed to blow from inside, which made people's hearts tremble. Zi Tong stretched out his hand to push the door open. She hesitated a little. Just when she was hesitating, a big, dull eye slowly poked its way from the door to the gap, staring straight at her. This shocked Zi Tong.
"Who?" Zi Tong asked hurriedly

"Why are you here?" Li Wanyun slowly opened the door and asked quietly, "How did you get in?"

"It's Concubine Li." Zi Tong felt relieved when he saw that it was her. He saw that she was in ragged clothes, unkempt and no longer as arrogant as before. She was listless and looked very haggard.
"Where is Concubine Li?" Li Wanyun played with the broken hair on her chest and laughed, "Are you here to see my joke?"

"Is anyone here to see your joke?" Zi Tong asked

"Concubine Chun, she harmed me," Li Wanyun said leisurely. "I was drugged and fainted. I didn't know anything. But when I woke up, the prince was still fainted. He was also drugged and slept like a head." Damn pig, I know my own body, but we were lying naked on the same couch at that time, and it just so happened that His Majesty came." She started crying again when she said this. It seemed that Li Wanyun's consciousness was indeed not good. Clearly, only Xu Xu repeated the incident of his murder over and over again. Only this incident was made very clear.
Zi Tong looked at her and understood why a good door must have two locks. Concubine Chun was afraid that her words would be heard. I think if this happens next time, Concubine Li's life will be over.

"Do you want to go out?" Zi Tong suddenly asked

Li Wanyun looked at Zi Tong in surprise and nodded, "It's good to go out. Go home and never come back again."

three

Before dawn, Zi Tong stole Li Wanyun out of the cold palace, dressed up as Hanako, and was taken out of the palace by her.

Zi Tong settled her in an ordinary family living in a courtyard in Xicheng. The landlord was a well-known storyteller in the capital. In order to supplement the family income, the landlord's wife rented out the west wing room that she did not live in.
Li Wanyun lived there and her mood became much more stable. Zi Tong gave the landlady some more money and asked her to take more care of her. Li Wanyun wanted to go home, but Zi Tong only said that if she was found out about her return home and wanted to take her back, she would She had no choice but to stay there obediently, but her habit of talking nonsense still fell away. From time to time, she would come up with the things she often said, and she would say them in a decent way.
Although this landlady is not a storyteller, she is better than a storyteller. When the storyteller comes back at night, she tells him a story in a decent way. During the day, when she goes shopping for groceries, she tells the story to the sisters-in-law who are also there. vegetable seller, wholesaler, butcher
Before long, most of the capital knew about it.
At this time, banditry broke out again in the south. The imperial court sent troops many times to suppress the bandits, but they only suppressed one side and started another. In the end, there was really no way. It was the regent Wang Jiacheng and his uncle who took Hong Yue to quell the situation. Hong Yue only said that the banditry was caused by the order of the former prince.
This group of bandits was also strange. They only did some things to scare people, but they never hurt or robbed anyone. After the banditry was over, they quietly returned to Qilin Village from all directions.

In the former prince's mansion, only entry was allowed and no exit was allowed. Seeing that it was Bai Rui's birthday, it was naturally inconvenient for Hongwen to entertain guests in the current situation.
It stands to reason that the abolishment of the crown prince was such a scandal, and most of them avoided it in fear. It's just that more than half of the court is loyal to the emperor and empress. It is His Majesty's will that the crown prince be imprisoned. What my lord did not expect was that His Majesty would suddenly fall ill, and Concubine Chun would collude with Lord Li to put her son on the crown prince. All of this happened too suddenly and at the wrong time, and it became the current situation, and everyone had to wait and see. changed
As for the other half, they were Mr. Li's people, or had been promised some benefits by Mr. Li. They just thought that the prince would have no chance of turning over after committing such a thing, so he really surrendered to Concubine Chun.

But now the ex-princess concubine sent someone to invite, and many princes and family members went, and it seemed too deliberate for his wife not to go, and thinking that he was only invited for his wife, and it was just a birthday party, he didn't care much, almost There are too many

The regent, the second wife, several other princesses, the eldest princess, General Wu’s wife, the old lady, and General Jinwu’s wife﹍﹍
All the female relatives who were friends with the royal family came dressed up, and the scene was so huge that the streets in front of the Prince's Palace were filled with carriages, horses and sedans.
A group of women were together, and they all seemed to be gossiping. Those sharp ladies talked both soft and hard, both inside and outside their words. Some smart ladies naturally understood in their hearts that Concubine Chun could not achieve anything big. , even her father and the regent didn't help her, and the queen and prince had a deep foundation, so they knew what to do if they wanted to last for a long time. If they didn't change now, they might die in the future without knowing how they died.

The banquet that day lasted until late at night, and the women naturally talked a lot. After the banquet, Master Li only had a few confidants left.

It's just that the current prince was conferred by His Majesty the Emperor, and must be deposed by the Emperor's decree. But now His Majesty's body is like this, and there is no guarantee that he will never wake up again, but he doesn't know what to do.
(End of this chapter)