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Chapter 55

On the way back to the palace, several people felt very heavy in their hearts. After all, Emperor Xuanhe didn't have many heirs, and only a few princes survived. Now another one died. Regardless of whether their relationship with Xiao Chengshi was good or not, this Both are their younger brothers.

And why Xiao Chengshi's death would implicate the second princess Xiao Qingrong, this is the most puzzling to several people.

Because the fourth prince had just left early and was not with them, so even though someone was sent to notify, it was later than them. I only remembered it on the way back to the palace.

Emperor Xuanhe already knew about Prince Zheng's affairs. Whether these two incidents were coincidence or what, Emperor Xuanhe was on alert. How could it be such a coincidence that one was in the palace and the other was in the hunting ground.

The coincidence is chilling.

Li Dezhong came over with a cup of scented tea, and cautiously persuaded, "Your Majesty, drink your saliva first."

Emperor Xuanhe leaned back in his chair tiredly, took a sip of tea, "This is..."

"The eldest princess asked the imperial physician specifically, and the imperial physician said that it would be good for your majesty to drink some chrysanthemum tea." Li Dezhong explained, "So the eldest princess sent a lot, and the slave just saw that your majesty is a bit...so I made my own chrysanthemum tea for your majesty. "

Emperor Xuanhe took another sip and nodded, "You said the relationship between the second princess and the seventh prince is not good?"

"Yes." Li Dezhong said respectfully, "I have specifically inquired. Although the Second Princess and the Seventh Prince are siblings of the same mother, Concubine Lin Gui does not like to let the Second Princess get close to the Seventh Prince."

Emperor Xuanhe thought that Xuanxuan and Xi'er seemed like one person, and frowned slightly, "Have you found out why?"

"I don't know what the imperial concubine thinks, but I just heard from the palace people that not only the second princess, but the imperial concubine doesn't like anyone getting close to the seventh prince, and even the second prince, the fourth prince, the prince and the eldest princess invited the seventh prince several times. They all refused for various reasons." Li Dezhong lowered his eyes slightly, and said, "Even the Seventh Prince was sick, and he invited the imperial physicians separately, and after comparing the prescriptions prescribed by several imperial physicians, the imperial concubine let the seventh prince drink."

Emperor Xuanhe immediately understood that Concubine Lin Gui was too suspicious, and even forbade the Seventh Prince to get close to anyone, so how could the relationship between these brothers and sisters be good.

In fact, this is also Li Dezhong's speaking skills. The same thing can make Emperor Xuanhe think that this person cares about children too carefully, or it can make people feel too suspicious.

Therefore, many people are unwilling to offend Li Dezhong. Even Concubine Lin Gui is polite to Li Dezhong on weekdays, and she is never soft on rewards. It's a pity that Queen Huiyi has the kindness to Li Dezhong, the eldest princess I have helped Li Dezhong many times.

Although he usually doesn't show it, but if he seizes the opportunity, Li Dezhong will not let it go.

"Hmph." The anger on Emperor Xuanhe's face flashed, "Then what happened this time?"

"The servant asked the servants of the imperial garden and the servants of the Penglai Palace. Today, the second princess went for a walk in the imperial garden because she was unhappy. When she met the seventh prince, they went together. But for some reason, there were some quarrels in the garden. , the two separated, who knows that not long after the seventh prince... the second princess was in the pavilion not far away." Li Dezhong said implicitly, he didn't explicitly say that he didn't care about the second princess, nor did he directly say that it was the second princess made.

"Who else belongs to the Royal Garden?" Emperor Xuanhe finished drinking the scented tea in his hand, put the cup back on the table, and asked in a deep voice.

"The maid next to Concubine Shu said she was going to help Concubine Shu pick flowers." Li Dezhong said, "Concubine Ning is in Ningzhao Hall with the third princess, and the sixth prince is in the East Palace, with the crown prince." After a pause, "Your Lin is in the imperial concubine's palace, Concubine Rong and Xu Chang are together."

"Lin Guiren and Lin Guifei?" Emperor Xuan He narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Yes." Li Dezhong said, "The two sisters were afraid that they had something private to say, so they kicked out the palace people, and the slave didn't find out what they were talking about."

In the Lin family, Emperor Xuanhe touched the jade wrench with his fingers. Although he was saddened by the death of the Seventh Prince, the Lin family was too concerned. "How are Concubine Lin and the others doing now?"

"The imperial concubine has been begging to see Your Majesty, and Lin Guiren is accompanying you." Li Dezhong said, because Emperor Xuanhe ordered no one to disturb, so the palace people stopped them outside. .”

"Let them come in." Emperor Xuanhe ordered after thinking about it.

"Yes." Li Dezhong then went out and invited Concubine Lin Gui and the others to come in.

Concubine Lin Gui was so weak from crying, she was supported by Lin Guiren to walk in, and when she saw Emperor Xuanhe, she knelt on the ground, "I beg your Majesty to be the master for Shi'er... our poor Shi'er is only so old... …His Majesty……"

Emperor Xuanhe took a look at Li Dezhong, and Li Dezhong hurried over, persuading, "Calm down, Your Majesty, Your Majesty has been investigating this matter..."

"Get lost, you are the ones who stopped me outside." Concubine Lin Gui looked at Li Dezhong with hatred in her eyes. She came to look for Emperor Xuanhe right after her son died. Who knew she would never be able to get in. "I want you to pay for Shi'er."

Li Dezhong didn't make any excuses, so he knelt down and said, "This slave deserves to die."

"Okay." Seeing this, Emperor Xuanhe frowned and said, "Cheng Hede, Lin Guiren helped your sister go back to rest. Shi'er is also my son, and I will not let the person who killed Shi'er go."

Guiren Lin also persuaded softly, "Sister, Your Majesty will definitely make decisions for you, so don't cry." Although Guiren Lin was also crying, she was completely different from Concubine Lin Guifei, she had the beauty of pear blossoms with tears , After persuading Concubine Lin Gui, Guiren Lin begged, "Your Majesty, the Second Princess is the sister of the Seventh Prince, and it must not be the Second Princess who did it. The Second Princess has witnessed the Seventh Prince... I must be afraid in my heart, please allow me, Your Majesty." My sister took the second princess back to Penglai Hall to take care of her."

As Lin Guiren spoke, he touched Concubine Lin without a trace. Concubine Lin Gui didn't want to see this daughter at all, but just like what her sister said, her son was dead, and the daughter must be kept.

Concubine Lin Gui kowtowed and said, "Qing Rong has always been kind-hearted, this time... Your Majesty, please allow my concubine to take my daughter back."

"No need." Emperor Xuanhe's sympathy for Lin Guifei just now is gone, and he still doesn't forget to calculate at this time. When he didn't see the resentment in Lin Guifei's eyes when he mentioned his daughter, "Let Qingrong live in Phoenix first." Yang Pavilion, Li Dezhong sent Concubine Lin Gui back, Guiren Lin has nothing to do with Concubine Lin Gui.” After speaking, he waved his hand, “I will investigate the matter.”

Concubine Lin Gui still wanted to speak, but she was dragged out by Guiren Lin. She heard the warning in Emperor Xuanhe's words, and even saw the status of Concubine Lin Gui in Emperor Xuanhe's heart. It seemed that she needed to make a new plan.

"Did the eldest princess come back?" Xuanhe Emperor asked after the others left.

"on the way."

Just as Emperor Xuanhe was about to say something, he heard the voice of a young eunuch outside. Li Dezhong hurried out, asked a few words and then came back, saying, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has fainted."

"What?" Emperor Xuanhe stood up abruptly, "Didn't I tell the queen mother to hide it?" After finishing speaking, he walked outside without waiting for an answer.

Li Dezhong's face was filled with embarrassment, "Concubine Jing has also moved her fetus, I'm afraid she will give birth prematurely."

"Have someone inform the prince and go to the queen mother immediately." Emperor Xuanhe ordered as he walked out, "Let people wait at the gate of the palace. The eldest princess and the others will go directly to see the queen mother as soon as they come back."

"Yes."

"Tell Concubine Ning to guard Concubine Jing, Prince Zheng will keep two imperial physicians, Concubine Jing will go to two imperial physicians, and the rest will go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to guard the Empress Dowager."

Li Dezhong responded one by one, guessing in his heart that Lin Guifei might even hate Concubine Jing this time, whoever made her lose a child, Concubine Jing is about to give birth, it's okay to give birth to a princess, if it's a prince... However, Concubine Jing didn't look very healthy, and this time she was born prematurely, so the baby might not be very healthy.

Xiao Yuanmin and the others got the news, and they didn't dare to delay at all, so they walked towards the Palace of Compassion and Ning. The little eunuch sent by Li Dezhong was also clever, and explained the matter clearly in a few words. When they heard that Concubine Jing had given birth prematurely, Xiao Yuanmin and Xiao Chengxuan looked at each other With a glance, "Murongxi, you go back first."

This matter is not suitable for Murong Xi to get involved. Originally, Emperor Xuanhe had issued an order not to let the Empress Dowager know, but it happened to be heard by the Empress Dowager, just in time for Concubine Jing to be there, and Concubine Jing even became pregnant. Premature birth, the queen mother also fainted.

And why did something happen in the hunting ground and in the palace? Is there any relationship between what happened to Prince Zheng and Xiao Chengshi's death?Xiao Yuanmin only felt a headache.

"Yes." Murong Xi also understands that there are certain things about the royal family, and it is fine for the princes and princesses to know, but it is fatal for the courtiers to know that even if they are not silenced, the emperor will get bored.

It's just that the eldest princess can still think of him at this time and take care of him, which moved Murong Xi's heart. After glancing at the face of the eldest princess, Murong Xi waited quietly for them to leave after saluting, then turned and walked outside the palace.

The Eldest Princess and the others have things to do, and so does he. He is not suitable to intervene in matters in the palace, but matters in the hunting ground...

You must know that before every hunting, the hunting ground has to be inspected carefully, and those thorns and other things have to be removed. Even the second prince is careful, this hunting ground has been inspected more than once.

Why did thorns appear for no reason, and there happened to be stones nearby, because I was afraid that it would kill people.

At a glance, it seems that the fourth prince has gained a lot of benefits, but after careful consideration, I am afraid that the fourth prince will not please Emperor Xuanhe. After all, neither the second prince nor the eldest princess is the one who suffers.

And even if there was a fight, it would be too much to get it to the royal family of the subordinate country, and it could even be said that it was impossible to distinguish the seriousness from the seriousness.

So why is the fourth prince abnormal?Who made this hunting ground thing?

Even the death of the Seventh Prince... Murong Xi frowned, feeling more and more confused.

(End of this chapter)