Spring Forest Evening

"This..." Mother Jiang hesitated for a while, but did not immediately agree.

Fortunately, Shen Fu followed suit:

"Don't worry, with the King and Commander Xu here, you can just go!"

After all, Shen Fu is a prince, she is a nanny of the Changchun Palace, it would be too rude to waste her time, Nanny Jiang gritted her teeth, looked at the people in twos and threes around, and finally obeyed.

Seeing Nanny Jiang leaving quickly, Zhou Heng also stopped quickly, squatted down and softly told the fourth prince to go down to his concubine mother.

Compared with Ahua from Shen Yi's family, Zhou Heng felt that this fourth prince of about the same age was more sensible, and he didn't know if it was because of being raised in the palace.

Although it was a bit noisy when I was woken up just now, but now in the middle of the night, even if the adults are woken up from sleep, they will not be very happy, right?This little guy stopped making trouble soon, so it can be seen that his temper is not bad, and he has not been raised arrogantly because he is a prince. Concubine Liang seems to have put a lot of thought into it.

Even when I was telling the story behind his back, the little guy was listening quietly on his stomach. Facing a cartoon story of sheep and wolves in a distant time and space, he didn't ask any questions.

Seeing people on the shore kneeling on the ground at this moment, Xu Shiri saw it much more often, knowing that something was going to happen, and when he heard Zhou Heng's words, he obediently got down to the ground and let her lead him away quietly. Where is Concubine Liang.

And quite sensitive, after passing by, he raised his head and asked:

"Mother, why are you crying?"

"He'er good!" Concubine Liang quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, tried to calm down her emotions, bowed her head and taught him softly:

"Kowtow with the mother and concubine later."

To be honest, from the perspective of Zhou Heng's modern people, it is really inappropriate for a three-year-old child to kowtow to a corpse that was fished out of the water in the dark waterside in the middle of the night.

But from an emotional point of view, it should be, not to mention the special situation tonight and the special status of the Fourth Prince.

Zhou Heng liked this well-behaved little friend quite a bit, so he could only silently hope in his heart that the ignorant little guy would not be frightened by it, let alone leave a shadow on his life because of it. Zhou Heng himself felt very resistant to salvage it ashore.

Fortunately, the people around Shen Fu also knew this, so he came over and said to her in an orderly tone:

"The fourth prince doesn't need you to take care of him later, you go to your aunt and wait."

When Zhou Heng heard this, he quickly responded, bowed his head and acted like a maidservant, and went to Mrs. Hu Guogong.

Concubine Liang who was next to him also heard this, she lowered her head and whispered something in the fourth prince's ear, then looked at the surface of the water, then took her son's hand and walked towards Commander Xu who was not far away.

After walking two steps, he turned back to greet Shen Fu:

"Prince Jing, please move."

Zhou Heng was walking towards Mrs. Hu Guogong at the moment. As a female family member, Mrs. Hu Guogong kept a little distance from the men, so Zhou Heng didn't see the real thing afterwards, only saw Shen Fu, Concubine Liang, mother and son, etc. There was a figure of a person, but he didn't hear anything about what he said.

At first, I wanted to pretend to get closer inadvertently, but was stopped softly by Mrs. Hu Guogong. Those Huben Guard soldiers who were scattered around Concubine Liang's mother and son were not easy to get along with. They kept their faces vigilant and held their swords external defensive stance.

And the conversation between the three seemed to be very fast. When Empress Jiang came over quickly, Concubine Liang was already kneeling on the ground with her son. At that time, the emperor's body was still on the wooden raft, slowly approaching the shore.

When Empress Jiang came over, she was not in a hurry to kneel down to greet the emperor. She first talked to some ministers on the bank for a while. The others had already agreed that after dawn, the palace gates would be opened on time to let the banquet crowd go home. At the same time, an imperial edict was issued in the name of the Palace of Compassion and Eternal Spring, making the four princes crown princes, and his mother, Concubine Liang, promoted to be imperial concubine.

Hearing what Hu Guogong said, Zhou Heng looked towards Concubine Liang. Sure enough, even Shen Fu knelt down to salute her this time, and there was a large area of ​​kneeling in the surrounding area. See you at Hu Guogong’s side. Then he brought his wife and Zhou Heng to kneel down.

This Empress Jiang is really good at acting, but I don't know when the news of her own pregnancy will be revealed. I hope that Concubine Liang, oh no, Concubine Liang Gui, will be ready by then.

She was just a concubine before, but now she has become a royal concubine, and the fourth prince was successfully established as a prince. Zhou Heng thought optimistically that this matter should not have much to do with him. Even if it did, then It's just talking to Shen Fu, I didn't see that I was deliberately pulled over to talk to the commander of the Huben Guard just now, presumably to explain to them to protect and take care of them.

Moreover, all the ministers knelt down and saluted, and it seemed that they all recognized the fourth prince as the crown prince, which was always beneficial to the mother and son, and it was in front of the dead emperor. Stand still.

As for the following matters, Zhou Heng felt that he didn't need to worry about others. Since Concubine Liang could know about Empress Jiang's secret affairs, there would always be a solution.

Not long after the salute was over, the wooden raft slowly landed, and there were cries all over the place.

Fortunately, after the emperor's body was salvaged on the raft, it was covered with a yellow cloth, which didn't make people feel too horrified. Moreover, Zhou Heng kept his head down and didn't make a sound during the whole process, which didn't feel too much.

After the emperor's body was salvaged ashore, some ministers came out to question why the three princes' concubines did not come, and then another minister seemed to defend the concubine and others, saying how could the mother bear to see him helplessly? Seeing that the two parties were about to quarrel about the son's body, Empress Jiang came out and explained:

"My lords, the noble concubine was too sad just now, and she had some conflicts with the empress dowager. The third princess is eager to protect her mother. You also know that she has a temper like a heavenly girl, and she is a bit harsh... The noble concubine will not be able to come, but don't worry. There are imperial physicians looking after her. As for Concubine Shu, well, she is so sad that she lost her mind, I have already sent someone to protect her back to the palace, and Concubine Xian, "

There was a pause when she said this, and a nurse next to her answered:

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Concubine Xian has already returned to the palace. The imperial guards escorted her all the way, and there are several other empresses and princesses. Apart from being a little frightened, they are all fine."

This made Zhou Heng think for a while, really, everyone was busy paying attention to the noble concubine and concubine Shu before, and it was strange that the mother concubine of the third prince seemed to be quiet all the time.

Presumably she is a concubine with a weak sense of presence, just like Concubine Liang.

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng put his mind back on the matter in front of him—

At this moment, the imperial concubine is already saluting with the empress, and it seems that she is going to take the fourth prince back to the palace, and that mother Jiang is still following closely behind, and she probably wants to go with her...