Spring Forest Evening

"Hula la", although there were quite a few people who came in, they all knelt down on the ground at the same time, and first saluted the queen mother and queen.

All of a sudden, the pavilion was full of people, and even the voices became noisy, so Concubine Liang had no choice but to coax the somewhat awakened fourth prince:

"He'er, my concubine is here, you can continue to sleep, it's okay..."

Hearing this voice, many people turned their heads and looked over, and there was an old man who was the leader, he looked rather short and fat, but he was kind-hearted, but his eyebrows and hair were already grey, and he walked over with a straight belly , arched his hands at Concubine Liang, and before she could react, he looked down at the fourth prince who was still sleeping peacefully in her arms, and said with a sigh:

"Is the Fourth Highness asleep? Well, with the situation outside, it's hard for him not to be disturbed."

"Grand Master Shen said that." After the salute, everyone's voices had already lowered, and the old man's voice was not too soft, so Concubine Liang hadn't answered yet, but the third princess heard it all, and then she listened to her. He sneered and retorted just like he did with Empress Jiang just now:

"It's just an ignorant three-year-old. He goes to bed when the time comes, so he doesn't care what disturbs him outside!"

"Third princess's words are wrong," Grand Master Shen looked at someone with real power, turned his head and cupped his hands at the third princess, and then even refuted her words:

"As the saying goes, three years old is old. Even if you don't see it with your own eyes, the Fourth Highness is still under four years old, but you can still understand what adults say, and he can still fall asleep peacefully. That's not everyone It can be done, what do you think?"

After saying this, the third princess was naturally upset, she sneered and said again:

"Hey, Grand Master, you not only know astronomy from above but also geography from bottom to bottom, you can even comprehend the mind of a three-year-old child so thoroughly, I admire you very much!"

Grand Master Shen walked back slowly, while slowly answering:

"The third princess has won the award. In fact, all colleagues here must know that there happens to be a grandson in the minister's family who is about the same age as the fourth prince. Alas, anyone who has met him knows that the grandson of the minister is from far and near. The well-known demon king of the world is only afraid of his ministers, and there is only one reason: he is afraid of his ministers and reasoning with him!"

This is true, let alone other people in the pavilion, even Zhou Heng understands:

This grand master Shen should have come to support the fourth prince.

And he didn't hide it at all, just listening to what he called the third princess and the fourth prince, he knew that was what he meant.

The third princess must have understood, she hummed, and stopped wasting words with him.

On the contrary, the queen mother in front of her ordered softly:

"The grand master is also a grandfather, come here, give me a seat!"

"Thank you, Empress Dowager!" Grand Master Shen was not humble, thanked the Empress Dowager and sat down safely under the empress, and greeted several old men next to and opposite who were also given seats. It seemed that they were all important officials of the court.

Zhou Heng couldn't take his eyes off it, this Grand Master Shen looked amazing!

"Prince Jing, come and sit down too!" Empress Jiang, who had been silent all this time, spoke at this moment.

These words brought Zhou Heng back to his senses, and quickly followed everyone to look at Shen Fu.

Shen Fu seemed to be a little embarrassed by the look, he put his hand into a fist against his mouth and coughed lightly: "Thank you queen!" Then he also walked over with his hands behind his back.

Grand Master Shen seemed to have just noticed that Shen Fu was also present, and when he saw this, he quickly got up and gave up his seat.

Shen Fu refused, and only said that he was young and could just stand up.

So after a lot of pushback, Empress Jiang ordered someone to remove the table in front of the two rows of chairs that looked clearly separated, and let the ministers sit at will, so Shen Fu found a chair and sat down seemingly casually.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhou Heng took a look. The Lord Protector didn't come, so he didn't know whether he was considered an important court official or if he hid too fast and the imperial guards couldn't find him for a while.

Or, to follow Shen Fu's arrangement?

Concubine Liang was originally asked by Empress Jiang to sit there, but she declined because she was afraid that the Fourth Prince would be woken up.

"Commander Qin, what's the situation outside...?" Empress Jiang spoke again in a trembling voice, looking very sad.

"Back to the queen," Qin Zhihai also looked extremely sad, so he paused for a while before continuing:

"All the brothers on duty in the Imperial Guard tonight have been dispatched. Except for surrounding the Taiye Pond to prevent the assassin from absconding, the rest are doing their best to salvage it... It's just that the incident happened suddenly, and there are not many brothers who can swim, and they have jumped immediately. I went down, but I didn’t come back after that, I must have... died in the line of duty! And then there is... Empress Empress, Empress Dowager, my lords, the assassins are clearly prepared tonight, I am watching from the shore , They brought all kinds of big killers, I am afraid that they have long thought of...to wipe out all the people on the boat! It has been more than an hour now, and the moon is quite bright tonight. I saw it, I'm afraid... there is no chance of survival..."

After finishing speaking, Qin Zhihai knelt down, bowed his head on the ground and pleaded guilty:

"The minister's protection is weak, please forgive me!"

It's just that these words have long been drowned in the noise. Grand Master Shen sighed up to the sky when he heard Qin Zhihai's sentence "there are not many brothers who know water", and the rest of the veterans started or sobbed one after another. Or shout "The Emperor!" For a while, the voice in the pavilion overwhelmed Qin Zhihai's originally loud voice, causing the third princess to say loudly again:

"Okay, Brother Huang has a soul in the sky, I know that you are all loyal ministers!"

Zhou Heng couldn't help frowning at these words. It seems that the three princesses are used to being the girl of heaven. The meaning of these words is correct, but coupled with her very impatient tone, it is easy to offend people. what.

But now is clearly the time when she needs support the most, if she wants to be an empress.

Could it be that she made a mistake in her judgment, in fact, she really just wanted to support the Second Prince's ascension?

She can talk whatever she wants, anyway, as long as the second prince ascends the throne, she can still be her third princess arrogantly.

But why hasn't the second prince appeared yet?

Or, even though he had successfully landed, he was secretly killed by Qin Zhihai's people and thrown back into the water?

For a moment, Zhou Heng became suspicious.

However, Queen Jiang's next words lifted her spirits and she thought she saw hope again:

"Empress Dowager, just now, I was so anxious that I had no time to take care of the noble concubine and concubine Shu. Wen Guiren and the others were escorted back to the harem by the imperial guards because of their children. The noble concubine and the others, I remember Together with you, empress, went to the nearby water pavilion to be looked after by the imperial physician?"

"Alas!" Grand Master Shen sighed even more this time, and for this he patted his leg vigorously, with a heartbroken look on his face.

"The Ai family mourned too much at the time, but they didn't have the energy to pay attention to other things," the queen mother answered softly, and then sighed: "After waking up, I saw that the concubine and the others were confused because of the excessive grief, so I stayed for a few minutes. An imperial doctor is waiting there, alas, they are all mothers, the pain of losing a child is unimaginable to the Ai family!"

While talking, he covered his mouth with a handkerchief and grabbed the hand of the third princess next to him, choked up and said:

"What's more, they have to endure mourning at the same time... Back then, when the first emperor passed away, Shan'er kept asking Ai's family where her father and emperor had gone! Fortunately, the emperor treated her young sister very kindly, Teach her to be an adult personally, but who knows... Shan'er, your royal brother has gone with the royal father now!"

While talking, he seemed to be unable to bear it, and actually started to cry bitterly.