Spring Forest Evening

Shen Fu still lives in the main courtyard now, but after all, he is busy digging the secret road during the day, so he can see Zhou Heng at three meals a day, so he can't help but talk more, but Zhou Heng is also the same, with a It seemed like they wanted to share everything with Shen Fu, so the two couldn't care less about Shen Yi.

Seeing this, Shen Yi, who was neglected and turned into an audience, made up her mind to go back to her own mansion when she went to the palace to see the queen mother tomorrow. Anyway, she couldn't see that boy Ahua in the past two days, so she couldn't think about it.

Fortunately, when Uncle He came back on time in the afternoon and roughly explained the news from the palace, Shen Yi secretly rejoiced that she didn't go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning early:

"Ayi, the empress returned to me the century-old ginseng that I took to visit her last time, and said that the empress dowager is the one who needs it the most now that she is weak and weak. I want you to find a reason to take this Lao Shen personally sent it to the Palace of Compassion."

These words made Shen Yi and Zhou Heng's eyes light up at the same time, and they looked at each other, and they both saw the joy that their previous speculation was confirmed in each other's eyes.

Uncle He had already thought about this on the way back. Combining the meaningful words that Empress Jiang said last time and the meaningful expressions when talking about the Queen Mother this time, in fact, he had basically guessed what was going on in his heart. Seeing the two girls Shen Yi and Zhou Heng winking at each other, they confirmed what they were thinking, so they didn't say anything more at the moment.

Although Shen Fu didn't know what kind of charade they were trying to guess, but the matter involved were all women, so he didn't say anything in person, anyway, the eldest sister will enter the palace tomorrow, and she will know by then.

And what Uncle He said next, people can't be distracted and think about other things:

"Today, when I went to see the empress, I was going to ask her two things straight to the point. Unexpectedly, I just sat down in the palace and had a sip of tea, and the empress said something shocking."

"Ah Fu, you must have not received any news, have you? The emperor must have sent someone to block the news. According to the empress, three days ago, the emperor almost had an accident while hunting in the palace. The Eldest Prince next to him rescued him in time, although he was injured, the Emperor was safe and sound."

These words made all the siblings of the Shen family feel shocked, Shen Fu shook his head in a deep voice:

"This matter is no small matter. The emperor definitely doesn't want outsiders to know about it. With Tiger Benwei and Long Fatty Guard here, it's hard to get the news out. I don't know anything about it!"

Zhou Heng naturally didn't understand these things, and he was not as surprised as the two of them. It was a conspiracy theory, and after hearing Shen Fu's words, he blurted out:

"Could it be that the second prince moved his hand?"

"Probably not," Uncle He shook his head and said it was impossible: "The second prince is not the eldest son, so even if the emperor has something to do, it will not be his turn until the crown prince is established."

"Then according to this, the emperor doesn't doubt that the eldest prince directed and acted himself, and the thief shouted "stop thief?" Zhou Heng felt that this was also a possibility, after all, it was the eldest prince who benefited in the end.

The three people present couldn't answer for her, Shen Yi frowned and said:

"When the emperor is hunting, there are countless guards around him. It is said that it is extremely difficult to start. This matter is so tightly sealed, and the situation is not clear. We can only pretend not to know it. But we will enter the palace tomorrow, so we can see what the Compassionate Palace is doing. How much do you know?"

Hearing this, Uncle He said something meaningful:

"No matter what, when the emperor returns to the palace, I'm afraid the capital is about to change!"

"According to what the Empress Dowager said, since the person on her side found out that it was the First Prince who rescued him, it is a great credit for saving him, not to mention that the Emperor is safe and sound, but the First Prince was injured. If the injury is not serious, or It's not about hurting the vitals. Then the situation will be in his favor. If it is not done well, the emperor may even confer the crown prince because of this. After all, there is no child in the middle palace now, and the eldest prince at least occupies the title of the eldest son. "

"Isn't the second prince going to die of anger?" Zhou Heng gloated a little. The bamboo basket was empty, and the third princess must be going crazy.

"That's not necessarily true," Shen Yi said with a smile on the side, "Maybe I will jump over the wall in a hurry!"

That's right, how could one give up so easily after planning for a long time, so Zhou Heng didn't say anything more, just looked at Shen Fu to see if he had anything to say.

However, Shen Fu only asked in a deep voice what he said at the beginning: "Uncle He, what two things did you want to ask the Empress before?"

This question reminded the other three people, and Uncle He laughed even more: "Oh, speaking of it, we really ignored our empress before!"

Then he talked about two things that he came to ask Queen Jiang:

"Actually, it was the two things related to the Wanqingyuan before. First, I asked her straight to the point why the second prince would take the risk to provoke the two concubines of Prince Jing's mansion. In terms of seniority, A Fu can also say It's his elders, once the second prince's actions are discovered, no matter what the reason is, no matter how you look at it, it is a stupid thing that is not worth the candle, not to mention that the second prince has a good reputation before, I have never heard that he is in the field of female sex..."

Speaking of this, Uncle He paused, Zhou Heng was afraid that Shen Fu would feel embarrassed, so he quickly answered:

"What did the empress say?"

"The empress thinks the same as us," Uncle He also heaved a sigh of relief. He was still thinking of words just now:

"After listening to my question, she felt a little regretful. She didn't quite understand the matter. She always felt that there must be something hidden behind it. But if everyone in Qingyuan died tonight, there is no way to verify it. Wait till you hear me Prince Jing's Mansion is already preparing to rebuild the courtyard, but he just sighed a few times and said that it would be good if it was repaired."

"So Ah Fu, basically, I think that the second prince should have come here through the secret passage, but he himself lives in King Kang's mansion. Could it be that it has been buried long ago?"

"Back then," Shen Fu listened, and continued with deep thought: "Princess Zhaohuai's father, Prince Kang, died of a sudden illness after becoming a monk in Daxiangguo Temple. There is no record, but Uncle He, the so-called winner and loser, at that time, Emperor Wen was in power and Emperor Wu was in the wild."

"So what do you mean..." Uncle He followed his train of thought and thought: "This secret road was built by Prince Kang? When Emperor Wu ascended the throne, in order not to arouse the emperor's suspicion, Prince Kang's mansion took the initiative to bury it?"

"Later...Princess Zhaohuai's youngest brother should have inherited the title. That Lord Kang only recognized his ancestors after Emperor Wu ascended the throne. There are many stories behind it... Well, thinking about it this way, this move makes sense."

"But why are there no stones to block the other secret passages?" Zhou Heng raised a new question.

Shen Fu turned his head to look at her, and reminded in a gentle voice:

"You forgot, when we first saw that picture, we felt that the color of the pen and ink was different, and it should have been drawn in different periods, and the secret passages might have been built in different periods. Furthermore, although there are lines and The rest of the place is connected, but it doesn't extend out of the mansion, so this picture, as Uncle He thought, should have been created after Emperor Wu ascended the throne, and at that time, the secret roads of King Kang's mansion should have been buried .”

"Whether the matter of the landfill was deliberately let Emperor Wu know or not, if it happened at that time, it must have been done. And this picture, Emperor Wu may have seen it, at least, she also got her approval."

"According to what you said," Shen Yi, who was silent at the side, suddenly interjected after thinking: "Why do I think that our current emperor might also know this picture?"