Chapter 200 Royal Children

Around noon, there was a layer of rain in the imperial capital. Although it gradually stopped in the afternoon, a luxuriant green pine in the courtyard was full of water, and only the breeze passed by slowly. During the shaking, there were bean-sized water droplets that were icy cold. smashed down.

It spreads on the brocade jacket and seeps into the skin, which is the unique coldness of this season.

It has been cold to people's hearts.

Dou Su knelt behind him, wanting to cry but didn't dare, taking advantage of no one passing by, he persuaded Gong Xiangxiao in a crying voice: "If you don't want to say it's the intention of the Dou family, anyway, the prince is now I'm convinced, there's nothing you can do if you don't want to admit it, and you're suffering here in vain...It's such a cold day, it's fine, if you catch the wind and cold, how can you do it?"

"..." Gong Xiangxiao didn't bother to pay attention to him, just knelt numbly, looking at the railing not far away with no expression on his face.

It happened that someone came in from the Moon Cave Gate, walked through the railing, walked leisurely, and didn't look at their master and servant - after all, the prince has been punished by the prince to kneel for several days in a row, and those who can enter and leave this yard have long been tired of watching .

Gong Xiangxiao is also tired of kneeling, he just made a fuss the day before yesterday, and rushed into the study at the end of the railing yelling, telling the regent to come and kill him, why should he humiliate him so slowly? !

Then, like the previous two times, he was taken out by the guards and forced to kneel back to the original place, and was punished to kneel for two hours.

The earliest reason for this punishment was the poisoning of the virtuous concubine. The regent swore at the court meeting that His Royal Highness Princess Minghui would be the ambassador, and it was the remnants of the Ji family who acted. Then with trembling hands, someone summoned the prince to come to him, and asked him what happened to Liuhong? !

After Gong Xiangxiao heard that the poisoning of Concubine Xian was caused by Liu Hong, he was also very panicked. At first, he felt that he was wronged, and he would not fight back if he beat him or scolded him. He almost said everything he knew, but later he felt that something was wrong—— After discussing with his staff for a while, the regent thought that even with the help of the Empress Dowager, who persuaded Princess Minghui to confess the crime, Chunjia's methods should not be ignored, so the thread of Liuhong must be wiped out completely. remove.

Of course, it is impossible for the regent to push Gong Xiangxiao to the top of the vat. The irony is that this is not out of pure father-son friendship, but because Gong Xiangxiao is his first wife, or the eldest son officially conferred by the court. How could the Prince Regent have nothing to do with what Gong Xiangxiao did?

But if someone is randomly caught as a scapegoat, I am afraid that he may not be able to explain it in the court, so the regent thought of the Dou family.

The Dou family is just an ordinary family of officials and eunuchs. Because the prostitute was favored by the regent when he was young, and a princess was born, they gradually improved, but they have never been truly prominent from the beginning to the end. Because Emperor Xiaozong arranged for their children to enter the Imperial City Division, which supervises the world and is directly under the emperor. The power is not small, but the status is not very high, and it is very low-key from top to bottom... When Concubine Dou dies and Concubine Lu Ji enters the family, The crown prince, Xiangxiao, was gradually neglected by the regent, and the Dou family also declined little by little within the Imperial City Department.

Although there is Gong Xiangxiao as a link, in fact, the Prince Regent's Mansion and the Dou family have not had any serious contacts for a long time. Even during the holidays, both parties exchange gifts intentionally.

The regent doesn't love the eldest son very much now, and of course he doesn't feel sorry for the former Yue's family.

And his aides also advised Gong Xiangxiao: "It's not that time yet, it's just that the mind is sharp and the method is ruthless, just in case, it's just prepared in advance. Why should the son be stubborn with the prince? The prince is also for you good."

The reason seems to be the same. After all, the fall of the regent is not a good thing for anyone in the regent's house, but from the standpoint of Gong Xiangxiao, since he lost his mother and concubine, he has no reservations about losing his father. After being doted on by her husband, the chips in her hand are a little bit less, and the only thing left now, apart from the friendship with Qi Jiulu, is the Dou family, the foreign family.

Even if the Dou family can't help him very much now, at least they are on his side from the bottom of their hearts—even though Gong Xiangxiao also knows that the Dou family does this because they think his status is still valuable But after all, it is his mother who has watched him grow up and has been caring for him in every possible way.

He absolutely refused to throw out this foreign family as an outcast.

The father and son were in a stalemate.

In fact, with the means of the regent, what if the prince refuses to agree? He has plenty of ways to make the Dou family take the blame.

But this time, maybe the concubine Xian's poisoning caused too much disturbance, the regent was really angry, he must force the son to bow his head.

But Gong Xiangxiao insisted on refusing, so the stalemate came to an end.

Many people have come to persuade them, and the staff will definitely say it. Although the Dou family still doesn't know what's going on, they still come to plead guilty on behalf of Gong Xiangxiao, and ask the regent to see that the son is young and ignorant. Forgive him, even Concubine Lu Ji rarely came to smooth things over: "A few days ago, Princess Dongxing mentioned that our family mistreated the prince, but now it's cold, and the prince has always been pampered, kneeling in the wind and rain all the time." How can it be done? When the time comes to kneel down and say good or bad, I don’t know what to say outside, and the clan will have to intervene, besides, the prince has two children, the eldest son and Zhen’er, how can we not cherish them?”

But they failed to persuade the regent to change his mind.

The boy, Dou Su, had already settled with Gong Xiangxiao several times in private. He felt that the regent just felt that his father's face had been refuted and he would not be able to step down. He was a bit desperate to rush to the critical moment of the battle with Chunjia.

Left and right Gong Xiangxiao is his son, so what if he bows down to Lao Tzu?

Yes, your father doesn't love you so much now, so you knelt here and broke your body, isn't it happy for the concubine, mother and son, and makes the princess under the nine springs feel uncomfortable?

But Gong Xiangxiao was stunned, he would argue a few words earlier, but now he doesn't say anything, it seems that he will kneel down and die in front of the regent's study.

Dou Su looked flustered, said a few words timidly, and then lost the confidence to continue.

When he knelt back in a mess, another person entered the moon cave door.

These days, the passers-by are tired of seeing their masters and servants, and the passers-by are no longer ashamed. Both the master and the servants kneel in the courtyard without distraction, letting the accumulated rain on the pine branches crackle with the gusts of west wind When you hit it, it splashed all over your head.

But this time, the people who came did not go through the corridor, but directly stepped down the courtyard, and came to the side of Gong Xiangxiao from the side, there was a rustling sound, the water droplets above his head were blocked together with the skylight, and Gong Xiangxiao was stunned. It took a while to realize that someone had held an umbrella for him... Speaking of which, he didn't remember how many days he had been kneeling here, and it was the first time someone did this.

Earlier, people from the Dou family did not dare to come, Lu Jifei did not want to, and for various considerations, others at most helped the regent to ease his cheeks a little bit, and none of them treated him kindly directly.

He knew in his heart that it was not suitable to be distracted at this time, which would make his son look even more embarrassed and less favored.

However, Gong Xiangxiao still subconsciously thought of Chunjia for a moment, that distant cousin whom he had always looked down upon when he was young, how did he get here when he just came to the throne?

After all, he is far worse than Chunjia.

If it was Chunjia, he would definitely not be forced to this point, and he would be powerless to fight back.

Gong Xiangxiao was confused for a moment, but this confusion quickly disappeared after seeing the face of the visitor, and turned into indifference.

He didn't say anything harsh to Lu Chuncao, he just got up and walked a few steps to the side and knelt down, avoiding the umbrella he held up.

"If the son resents the old man, he should take care of his health." Lu Chuncao was neither angry nor disappointed, just leaned over and handed the umbrella to Dou Su, and said slowly, "After all, if the son has any troubles, is there still someone who will protect you for you?" What are you doing?"

Because he was born as an eunuch, he has a fair face and no beard, and his appearance is not bad—otherwise he would not be able to serve the queen and the emperor successively—but his stature is not very high. Fenghuang is almost the same. Yun Fenghuang is relatively tall among women, but among men, especially among the officials selected by the court according to the judgment standard of body and speech, she is out of the ordinary.

Gong Xiangxiao thought maliciously: This old eunuch should not have the life of a man.

He sneered and said, "Isn't this what you and Mrs. Lu couldn't wish for? But why bother to pretend to be a good person?"

Lu Chuncao looked at him but smiled. He seemed to have just come to persuade Gong Xiangxiao to cherish himself, and didn't mean to explain Gong Xiangxiao's rhetorical questions. went.

At this time, the regent was in the study, and not long after he entered, a waiter came out, with a little relief, and told Gong Xiangxiao: "My lord wants you to go back and rest, so you don't need to continue kneeling."

Dou Su let out a sigh of relief, but Gong Xiangxiao's complexion turned pale all of a sudden.

He didn't think it was just a coincidence that the regent wanted to get away with it and didn't bother with him, it could only be Lu Chuncao's persuasion-at this moment, Gong Xiangxiao's chest was full of mixed feelings, and he couldn't tell what he was feeling for a while.

Anyway, it is definitely not gratitude, but a little disgusted and disgusted.

If Lu Chuncao didn't come to deliver umbrellas and talk, and went directly to the study to talk about this matter like everyone else, Gongxiangxiao's master and servant might not know it now that he was kneeling in a daze, and he would be sent back when he was sent back... But Lu Chuncao came After such a trip, the regent asked him to go back now, what is this? !

what is this? !

What is he, Lu Chuncao, and what is the Lu family - the regent actually let them override him! ! !

Or should I ask, in the mind of the regent, what is his Gong Xiangxiao? !

The only flesh and blood left behind by his wife who just "died of illness", or is he an eyesore who dislikes every possible way after having a second son? !

"Your Majesty?" The waiter who came to deliver the message looked at Gong Xiangxiao very worriedly, his eyes were full of depression and boredom that he was worried that he would make trouble again, and his tone was deliberately soothing and persuasive, "Your clothes are wet, it's cold, you should No, let's go back to take a shower and change clothes? Later, the prince may call you over."

The last sentence was a lie to Gong Xiangxiao. Thinking that the prince believed what he said, he might go back and tidy up and wait for the summons before making a fuss, instead of getting mad right now and asking him to go back and be blamed by the regent for not doing a good job.

Gong Xiangxiao rolled up his sleeves, and his robe was indeed wet a lot, but because of his extreme anger, he didn't feel cold, but felt a strange scorching heat, and the veins on his forehead bulged——sadly, he There was a flash of light in his mind, thinking that he must be the one who suffered from the trouble at this moment. How could he get over this father when the regent didn't take pity on him? ! But if you don't make trouble, do you just acquiesce in Lu Chuncao's charity? !

Thinking that in the future, everyone will say that the prince regent offended his father and was fined to kneel for many days. If the former Qing Pinghou hadn't passed by Xinsheng to help plead for mercy, he would not know how it would end...Gong Xiangxiao closed his eyes. I can't swallow it anyway.

Not only because of Concubine Lu's suppression over the years and the Prince Regent's neglect, but also because Lu Chuncao just mentioned Princess Dou.

The death of his concubine mother was so coincidental that many people suspected that it was to make room for concubine Lu Ji.

When Gong Xiangxiao grew up, he inevitably heard such speculations, and he was not without doubts in his heart.

If this is true, then what is Lu Chuncao's behavior today? ? ?

What is he?

How will I see my concubine in the future? !

But there are so many things that people in this world are not willing to be reconciled to. Even if he is the eldest son, what can he do if he is facing the regent? !

Gong Xiangxiao thought of Chunjia again.

This cousin he once despised, if he was him... what would he do?

Chunjia in the palace didn't know that the prince regent was trying to find inspiration from his pro-government and seizing power, and he didn't know that when he first ascended the throne, he showed the envy and longing in his cousin's heart, and now he actually also Think things are a little tricky.

It's not for Princess Minghui who is about to arrive in the imperial capital, but Empress Dowager Yuan clearly opposes Jinyun Fenghuang as a noble concubine: "Not to mention that she hasn't done much work recently, and the emperor is so tired after being poisoned these days that I worry about it. She is good enough with just a few words, and she wants to be promoted to the imperial concubine?! What are you kidding! So what if you survived a near death? No concubine in the palace gave birth to half a foot in the coffin. Concubine Wei De two days ago is a ready-made example -"

Chunjia said hastily; "The Wei family is from Zhaorong Concubine Jinde!"

"She came from a famous family with a gentle temperament and gave birth to an imperial daughter for you. It is reasonable to be named a concubine." The Queen Mother Yuan said coldly. Now...it was already a special case to be named a virtuous concubine, but as for the noble concubine? Don't even think about it!"

Seeing Chunjia pondering, she slowed down her tone, and said again, "Although the fourth concubine has a priority, they are at the same level. Even if the concubine De is ahead of her, the Wei family has always been gentle, so how dare she rely on her status to give her face?" See? Even if the Wei family or the future imperial concubine Shu Concubine did this, you don’t think about who has not been cleaned up by Xiao Yun since she entered the palace! Still need you to promote her to keep her safe?! You simply Just confused!"

Chunjia didn't know this truth, the key was that he had already tactfully agreed to Yun Fenghuang's matter before, besides, what kind of temper does Xianfei have? It was so easy for her to win so many people, and she herself became the actual head of the six palaces. She said that she was not born enough to be able to be a follower, but she was still under the control of others... Yun Fenghuang can bear it ? !

He didn't want to succeed Concubine Shu one after another, so he wanted to persuade Mrs. Yuan to compromise again: "Although Concubine Xian has never given birth to herself, she is raising the eldest son of the emperor and the eldest daughter of the emperor under her knees. Give their mother and concubine some extra decency."

Empress Dowager Yuan was silent for a while, then sighed, and said: "My lord, if you are really good for Concubine Xian and those two children, you shouldn't be thinking about promoting Concubine Xian at this moment! "

Seeing that Chunjia was slightly startled, she pursed her lips, "Do you think Aijia said this out of intention to make things difficult for Concubine Xian? Aijia is also doing it for her own good!"