Resourceful beauty

Chapter 351
"The empress said that His Highness misunderstood her meaning. The king is not feeling well, so it's enough to avoid those people's greetings. Now, the palace is under martial law, and no one else is allowed to enter the palace. If things go on like this, I'm afraid it will cause trouble." Unnecessary tongue-in-cheek, so please consider your highness's wishes."

Said softly, Fang Shanggong's eyes slid across Chu Yuan's face, as if wanting to see what he was thinking.

Chu Yuan didn't answer but asked instead, "How is the situation in the palace now? Is Father's health getting better?"

There was a little bit of joy on Fang Shanggong's face, "In the past few days, the king's health is much better, and he can still take a walk in the courtyard with his empress in the afternoon. Qin Yuan is saying that according to this situation, maybe he will take care of him again." In a few days, Your Majesty will be back to normal."

Take a walk, get back to normal...

Thinking about Fang Shanggong's words in his heart, Chu Yuan's eyes were a little deep. After a while, he nodded and said: "I will consider the matters in the palace, and Fang Shanggong will tell the queen on behalf of Fang Shanggong. She has worked hard these days." .”

After finishing speaking, Chu Yuan raised his voice and called Gu Dahai, "Send Fang Shanggong."

With a dazed expression, Fang Shanggong seemed to have not recovered.

When she came from the palace this time, the queen of Zhou repeatedly urged her to get the prince's consent and withdraw the martial law from the palace, but now, with the prince's attitude, did she agree or not?
Go back and ask?
However, the oppressive feeling of being in the imperial study just now made Fang Shanggong feel a little guilty.

After hesitating again and again, Fang Shanggong made another trip to Shouchang Palace and Changle Palace, taking advantage of paying respects to Empress Dowager Lou and Concubine Han Guifei.

The Empress Dowager Lou had a cold face as always, and after asking about King Yao's body, she had no further questions, but Concubine Han had a kind attitude. If you will think about it, then you will definitely think about it, just let Fang Shanggong go back and return to his command.

Fang Shanggong felt at a loss until he left the palace.

This time, I'm afraid I ran away in vain.

In Xuanyi Hall, Fang Ruxuan laughed and teased Chu Yuan, "Now, have you also learned how to do Tai Chi?"

Chu Yuan spread his hands helplessly, "Then what can I do? She was the one who ordered the martial law at the beginning, but now that things are getting more and more complicated, and she didn't go in the direction she wanted, she regretted it again. , let her figure it out?"

At the beginning, Queen Zhou may not have had such a calculation, but it is a pity that Chu Yuan seemed to be easy to talk, but in fact he knew very well that Queen Zhou might really be disappointed this time.

Sure enough, on the second day after Fang Shanggong returned, Li Sheng came back, and this time, he brought the meaning of King Yao.

However, King Yao did not mention whether the martial law order should be withdrawn from the palace, but asked Chu Yuan to devote himself to state affairs, and not to delay the government because of worrying about the palace.

The father and son seemed to be playing charades, but after Li Sheng left, Chu Yuan's heavy heart seemed to lighten up a little.

"The poison in the father's body, Mrs. Hua has developed a way to detoxify it?"

Chu Yuan returned to Xuanyi Hall before lunch, seeing that he looked good, Fang Ruxuan thought of King Yao for granted.

Chu Yuan shook his head, "Right now, it's just a temporary suppression. If you want to detoxify, I'm afraid it won't be so fast. Besides, the queen is by her side, and now she follows her every step. I have tasted it myself, even if Mrs. Hua has the antidote, it may not be that simple if she wants to detoxify the father now."

Sighing secretly in her heart, Fang Ruxuan never mentioned the matter of detoxification again. After taking a nap, she got up to send Chu Yuan away, but called Sangsan, "Tell Qinger to keep an eye on Concubine Fang these days, and see if she is in harmony with you." Who has contact, what has been said and what has been done, but be careful not to show your feet."

When Fang Ruxuan gave such instructions, in Lanyue Pavilion, Concubine Fang was hugging Prince Yong's youngest son, asking questions with extreme tenderness.

Two or three steps in front of her, Concubine Yong was sipping tea and drinking tea, with a relaxed look, as if Concubine Fang was holding the Fourteenth Prince.

After a while, the wet nurse brought the fourteenth prince, and Concubine Fang put down the little prince and let the two children play in the yard.

"Your Highness said that the news from the palace is limited, so since the empress promised to help Yongwang's mansion that day, now, I would like to ask the empress to deal with it on her behalf."

Seeing the figures of the two children disappear from the gate, Princess Yong put down the tea bowl and straight to the point talked about her reason for coming.

"Since this is the case, why don't you open the skylight and tell the truth, what does His Royal Highness King Yong mean? How do you want this palace to deal with it?"

Concubine Fang looked at Concubine Yong fixedly and asked.

There was some hesitation on her face, she didn't know whether she was not sure what King Yong meant, or she didn't dare to say it directly, Princess Yong was silent for a while, and then she said: "In Lizhou, King Rui has raised troops under the banner of King Qin, Does the empress know about this?"

Seeing Concubine Fang nodding, Concubine Yong continued: "If everything is fine in the palace, even if His Highness King Rui enters Shangyang City, his name will not be justified, so His Highness wants to help His Highness Rui. Now, empress, do you understand what His Highness means?"

There was a slight smile on her lips, and Concubine Fang smiled and said: "His Royal Highness Yong is very calculating. At that time, when the mantis catching cicadas and orioles are behind, His Royal Highness Yong will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman. I guessed it right. ?”

Concubine Yong smiled noncommittally, turned her eyes to the outside of the palace, sighed lightly and said: "Now that the arrow is on the string, it has to be fired, and His Highness can only do this, isn't it?"

Following Concubine Yong's gaze, she happened to be able to see the two children chasing each other happily, their little cheeks were red and cute, and Concubine Fang felt a little bit more confidence in her heart.

"Okay, I agree."

Said in a deep voice, Concubine Fang quickly calculated in her heart.

After seeing off Concubine Yong, Concubine Fang got up and went to Shouchang Palace. In the evening, a decree from Empress Dowager Lou was placed on the desk in the imperial study.

In Yizhi, the Empress Dowager Lou said that she hadn't seen King Yao for many days, and she missed him very much, but she was too old and frail to visit the palace, so she ordered Concubine Fang and Concubine Jing to go to the palace to accompany her.

After seeing the contents clearly, a thick layer of haze accumulated in Chu Yuan's eyes instantly. After a while, Chu Yuan closed the order and handed it back to Gu Dahai, "Tell the Queen Mother, Gu agreed. However, Concubine Jing still During the confinement period, it is better to follow the palace rules, so that you can live quietly in your own palace and think about your own life."

It is clearly stated in the martial law order that anyone who wants to go to the palace must be approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Now that the Empress Dowager Lou is like this, it is tantamount to giving Chu Yuan a blow in front of everyone, telling Chu Yuan: Even if she has already When she is old, she is still the queen mother, and her words are still Yizhi, second only to the authority of the imperial edict.

After receiving Chu Yuan's reply, the Empress Dowager Lou's complexion immediately darkened. However, it is indisputable that King Rui's actions will implicate Concubine Jing. Even if it is to avoid suspicion, it is not easy for Concubine Jing to appear by King Yao's side, so, The Empress Dowager Lou finally made a compromise.

In the evening of that day, several palace carriages drove out of the palace quickly and headed straight for the palace.

In the inner hall of Xuanyi Hall, Concubine Han Guifei sighed sadly, and said to Fang Ruxuan, "I'm afraid something will happen again."

Don't go early or late, but waited until after Concubine Yong entered the palace, Concubine Fang invited the decree to go to the palace. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that there must be something strange in it, but Empress Dowager Lou solemnly issued the decree. There is no way for the source not to comply.

However, thinking of the large number of people in the palace, not to mention the constant presence of Queen Zhou, Fang Ruxuan felt a little relieved.

However, when Chu Yuan came back and saw his somewhat gloomy face, Fang Ruxuan suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

"But you think Concubine Fang's going here will be very detrimental to the father?"

Fang Ruxuan asked cautiously.

Chu Yuan nodded, "This time, the father vomits blood and has nothing to do with the queen. On the contrary, if the queen did not take care of him, the father would not have recovered so quickly. But, I am worried that if Concubine Fang goes here, I will bring you a lot of trouble." It was King Yong, or the Zhongshan Marquis, if the queen was persuaded, and the two women who were already on the same front joined hands, the father's situation might not be so good. .”

There was no outsider before, Queen Zhou only had King Yao in her heart, maybe even she herself temporarily forgot that she was a queen, and devoted all her attention to King Yao.

Now that Queen Zhou came to her senses, the first thing to do is to let Chu Yuan lift the martial law in the palace. All in all, I am afraid that the situation that was already under control will deteriorate a bit.

What will happen, no one can predict what will happen now, but when thinking of King Rui who is pressing every step of the way, King Yong who is eyeing him covetously, and King Yao who is poisoned in his body but has no way to do anything, Chu Yuan only feels that a ghost is floating in front of him. A black cloud made him unable to see the way ahead.

This feeling of passively waiting for someone to attack and then trying to remedy it is really bad.

"Let's wait and see..."

Fang Ruxuan pondered for a while, then said softly: "A concubine Fang is nothing more to worry about. It all depends on what the queen thinks in her heart. I heard what the concubine mother said. The father and the king are not ignorant now, so even if If the Queen and Concubine Fang do something, the King Father will definitely not let it go. Besides, don’t King Father still have the people you have arranged for him? With such a strict defense, it’s hard for the Queen and Concubine Fang to dare to kill the king?"

"Killing the king, they dare not, but..."

With a full face of hesitation, Chu Yuan turned back and asked Fang Ruxuan, "If King Rui has already led his troops to attack outside the gate of Shangyang City, and at this time there is news from the palace that the father has passed away, what will King Rui and King Yong do? "

Fang Ruxuan opened her eyes wide in disbelief, but in her heart, she understood Chu Yuan's meaning in an instant.

(End of this chapter)