The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 325 Night Falls The Battle of the Crown Prince

Zhuozhou Daying is a move carefully arranged by Xiuyan. Some people can be bought with gold and silk, some can be bought with official titles, and some can be bought with beauty. The weakness of Xianghai, the governor of Zhuozhou Daying, is his wife Lou.

Although Lou is Xiang Hai's green plum, she is not Xiang Hai's original partner.

Back then, in order to climb up the ladder, Xiang Hai abandoned Lou's family against his conscience and married the sister-in-law of his immediate boss.Later, when he was in trouble at the peak, Xiang Hai brought Lou Shi into the mansion as a concubine. After half a year, Xiang Hai's wife went away, leaving no son and a half daughter behind. The main wife, and for more than ten years, there has been no second woman in the house.

To achieve this position today, Xiang Hai should have no desires, but the couple has never had a son and a half daughter.

Eating vegetarian food, praying to Buddha, seeking medical advice, and doing everything that should be done, as Lou's getting older, getting pregnant with a child has almost become the most desperate waiting.

Knowing this, the cooperation between Xiuyan and Xianghai is not difficult.Coupled with the real gold and silver she offered with both hands, it would be difficult for Xiang Hai not to be tempted.

Now suddenly hearing that Zhuozhou's camp is unstable, Xiuyan frowned immediately: "We and Xianghai's movements have always been secret, and even the third master didn't know about it. What a show."

"Grandma, do you want someone to go to Xiang's family to find out the news? If you want to use the Zhuozhou camp, Mr. Xiang can't back down!" Meilian is not unnecessarily worried.

Xiuyan smiled lightly and said, "You go to Xiang's house in person tomorrow morning, and counting with your fingers, it's time to diagnose whether Mrs. Lou is pregnant. If Ms. Lou is pregnant, Xianghai will still be of use to us. If there is no pregnancy, it will not be too late for us to make a plan."

Meilian agreed to go out, and the next day she found eight important gifts from the big storeroom, examined them carefully one by one, and then took her to Xiangfu.It was not long before Wu Meilian came back with the news, but Xiang Hai didn't see it, and Lou's didn't see it either.The lady who received her was the head of the Xiang family, her tone was very polite, but she was obviously on guard.

Mei Lian said: "I saw something was wrong with the atmosphere, so I got up and said goodbye. After leaving Xiang's house, I went to a small tea house on the street next door. At the beginning, grandma sent a total of three senior teahouses from the shop to show how much she valued Lou's. I asked them to come out to meet them according to our family’s method of sending news. After waiting for more than an hour, only Mother Yue pretended to be a woman who bought vegetables. Grandma, listening to Mother Yue, Xiang Hai has not been in the mansion for a long time, and Mrs. Lou has also disappeared inexplicably."

"How to say?" Xiuyan asked hurriedly.

"Mother Yue's pulse is the most accurate. She asserted that although Lou's month is short, there is no doubt that there are signs of pregnancy. The last time Mother Yue saw Lou was seven days ago. After that, Xiang's house was suddenly under strict control. Strict surveillance was put in place. Mother Yue also bribed the gatekeeper with a lot of money, so she was able to escape and come to see me. She was afraid that she would implicate the other two mothers, so she turned back and returned to Xiangfu."

Xiuyan was grateful for the benevolent actions of the three old nuns: "I will try my best to ensure that the three nuns return safely, and if necessary, it is not uncommon to turn against the Xiang family."

Meilian was shocked and waved her hands again and again: "Girl can't do it, this matter is no small matter. When I sent the three of them to go, I already explained the serious relationship inside. Presumably they would not want to see Grandma fall short."

"At this time and at that time, Mother Yue is only under house arrest now, and she may become the target of venting her hatred to Hai Hai in a while. These old people chose to follow me at the beginning because they trusted me. I can't make everyone feel cold. "

Meilian saw that Xing Xiuyan had a firm mind, and knew that no matter what she said, it would be useless, so she went to her husband to discuss a rescue strategy.

Besides, Song Chen has been in the palace to accompany him for a whole day and night. On the one hand, he is worried about his wife who just gave birth, and on the other hand, he is also worried about Zhengde who has not heard from him.Xiaozong was unconscious, and the second prince did not stop any imperial physician from treating Xiaozong.But these imperial physicians seemed to have discussed it, and they all hesitated and hawed, unable to tell how ugly they were.

Zhengde was sent by Li Jing to the ancestral hall to pray for blessings. No one knew what happened to him and whether he was safe or not.

Song Chen was thinking about countermeasures when a person walked out of the hall. Song Chen hurriedly restrained himself, stepped forward a few steps, and bowed to salute: "Concubine Xue! Long live him!"

Xue Baochai, who was promoted to a concubine, shook her head helplessly at Song Chen: "I'm still unconscious, and I can barely eat anything except some water. I'm afraid that if this continues, the Long Live Lord's body will not be able to survive." Xue Baochai The eye circles turned red, and crystal clear teardrops fell on the skirt of the palace uniform in clusters, wet the hibiscus flowers on it.

Since Xiaozong fell into a coma, Xue Baochai has never closed his eyes day and night.While others were still hesitating to guess the contents of the edict, Xue Baochai already knew clearly that the edict must be changed by Li Jing.

Xiaozong's trust and love for Xue Baochai has reached the extreme.In order to reassure Xue Baochai, Xiaozong secretly showed the other party the imperial edict behind the Hall of Mental Cultivation, on which the name of the fifth prince Li Hong was clearly written.

Li Hong doesn't have a biological mother, so he can only respect himself as the queen mother for the sake of stability in the future, but the second prince is different.Although the second prince's biological mother had gone, Concubine Rong was treated coldly by Concubine Xiaozong because of her own fault, and when Concubine Rong was dying, it was Xue Baochai who pestered Concubine Xiaozong and refused to ask Concubine Rong to see Concubine Rong.

Others might not be able to see it, but Xue Baochai knew that Li Jing hated her no less than any concubine in the palace who opposed her.

It's just that Li Jing is better at covering up in front of Xiaozong.

At this time, joining forces with the Song family and the Xing family is the most sensible choice.

Xue Baochai said in a low voice: "The fifth prince is locked up in the ancestral temple, and it is under the personal care of Xiang Hai, the governor of the Zhuozhou camp. There are many checkpoints inside and outside, and no one can approach without Li Jing's handwriting. If Mr. Xiao Song wants to turn things around, Probably have to start elsewhere.”

Song Chen's thoughts changed in an instant. Rescuing Zhengde is not difficult, but the difficulty comes later.With the edict from the Empress of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and the backup of Prince An, even if the edict from Mr. Cao cannot be found, Li Jing can still ascend to the throne with dignity.

"Concubine Xue, for the present plan, the only way to understand the truth of the matter is to let the Long Live Lord wake up as soon as possible, and expose the mask of the usurper. The empress bears a heavy responsibility. At critical moments, the minister will never give up, and must protect the Long Live Lord and the empress."

A few words comforted Xue Baochai, and she smiled slightly: "My lord Xiao Song is loyal, and I already know about it, but don't worry, no matter how bold he is, he will not dare to do anything to the emperor and this palace at this time. It is the fifth prince. Mr. Xiao Song, please be careful, don't let anyone take advantage of your loopholes."

Song Chen happily left, and Xue Baochai turned back to the hall to wipe Xiaozong's sweat quietly. Her confidant maid Ying'er first looked at Xiaozong who was in a coma, and then said in a low voice: "Mother, why don't you take the imperial edict that the Long Live Lord gave you?" Come out and have a look with Master Xiao Song? As long as this edict appears, it will definitely cause a great commotion, and the second prince's trick will be defeated by itself."

Xue Baochai sneered: "Stupid girl, it's in vain for me to tell you this kind of secret, but you can't make up your mind at all."

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