After the heavy rain, the sky was still gray. Although the clouds seemed to be thinner, the rising sun was still not visible.
However, after all this trouble, the sky became brighter.
Zhu Qiyu watched a group of ministers walk out of Tiren Hall, and sat there for a short while before getting up.
Xing'an, who was waiting on the side, came over immediately, put the blanket in his hand on Zhu Qiyu, and asked, "Your Majesty, shall we go back home?"
Xing'an just doesn't have enough experience, but he still has enough vision.
Naturally, he knew that his prince came into the palace in such a hurry, saying that he wanted to see Concubine Wu Xian, but in fact, he came to inquire for information.
Now that the information has been found out, it would be better to return home early.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said: "Now that I am here, I will go to my mother's palace for the first time. I am afraid that I will be very busy in the next few days and I have something to say to my mother and concubine."
You have to do the whole thing when doing a show.
Although Zhu Qiyu knew in his heart, neither the ministers present nor the Queen Mother Sun who had just left would believe that he simply came to the palace to visit Concubine Wu Xian.
But if you don't even do any face-saving work, it would seem a bit excessive.
Besides, he did have something to say that he needed to talk to Concubine Wu Xian.
Jingyang Palace, where Concubine Wu Xian lives, is in the northeast corner of the palace city. It is quite a distance from Wenhua Palace, spanning almost half of the palace city, so the walk takes a long time.
As soon as he arrived at the palace gate, he saw a middle-aged female official waiting at the gate.
The palace man, wearing a blue jacket and skirt made of gold, looked at Jianguo approaching from a distance, then stepped forward in two hurried steps.
"Slave Qingzhu, I have met the prince."
This is the personal female official next to Concubine Wu Xian. She has watched Zhu Qiyu grow up since she was a child, and has been with the Wu family since she was a child.
In my impression, even after the restoration of Nangong and Concubine Wu Xian was exiled from the palace, Qingzhu was always by her side and never left.
Zhu Qiyu got off his shoulder and stood in front of the Jingyang Palace. The familiar palace gate and familiar people made him feel an indescribable feeling coming to his heart.
In his previous life, although he ascended the throne, the Wu family's residence remained unchanged.
Firstly, the Empress Dowager Sun is still here and Cining Palace cannot be vacated.
Secondly, it is also because Wu has a weak temperament. After living in Jingyang Palace for so many years, she has long been used to it and is too lazy to bother.
Therefore, Jingyang Palace was the place where he visited the most in the harem besides the bedroom.
For most of the day, he met many people and heard a lot of news like a revolving door.
But until now, watching Qingzhu standing at the palace gate and bowing to him, familiar scenes couldn't help but emerge.
It wasn't until this moment that he truly felt that all of this was real.
It turns out that he really has a chance to do it again.
"Ahem..."
A cold wind blew, causing Zhu Qiyu to cough and brought him back from his trance.
"Your Highness has just recovered from a serious illness, so he doesn't love himself. What will happen if he catches the wind again? Xing'an, why are you still here, why don't you help the prince in quickly."
On the other side, Qingzhu frowned and started to talk away.
She was Wu Xianfei's personal female officer very early on, and she also taught Zhu Qiyu.
Others may not dare to say anything in front of Zhu Qiyu, but Qingzhu scolded him without any soft words.
These words sounded rambling, but Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.
After waking up, the frown that had been frowning relaxed slightly and said: "Aunt Qingzhu, how is your mother-in-law always?"
This simple sentence seemed to have traveled through time and fell on Zhu Qiyu's lips. Only he could understand the taste of it.
The restoration of Nangong in the previous life had affected more than just him?
All the people close to him, Concubine Wu Xian, Wang family, Hang family, Xing'an, Shuliang, Gu'an, Cheng'an, and... Yu Qian!
Prison after prison, death after death, exile after exile, no one was spared.
If it weren't for the fact that Concubine Wu Xian was a concubine of the late emperor, and that being alone did not affect the overall situation, I'm afraid she would not have survived that disaster.
But even so, first his son died unexpectedly, and the white-haired man sent the black-haired man away, and then his title was taken away and he was put under house arrest in the palace.
Wu's last few years were also extremely difficult.
This sentence "How is your mother and concubine?"
During the hundreds of years of wandering around the palace, Zhu Qiyu had the words rolled in his throat countless times, and he finally said it again today.
However, it was obviously impossible for Qingzhu to know his state of mind. She just thought that he was just saying hello, so she couldn't help but continue talking.
"The prince also said that you have been weak since you were a child, but you still go out and run around. Not only did you catch the wind and cold, but you are so seriously ill."
"These days, the empress has been worried every day. She has seen a lot of white hair. She just received a letter from the princess, saying that the prince woke up this morning. She was so happy for most of the night. Just now she was talking about letting the slave come out of the palace. I went to see the prince, but I didn’t expect you to come here.”
Qingzhu said as he led Zhu Qiyu in.
"Your Majesty is still in good health, but the weather has been cold these days, and your Majesty is worried about the Prince every day and feels sleepy, so I let your Majesty live in the Nuan Pavilion in advance."
Today's Jingyang Palace is somewhat different from what Zhu Qiyu remembered.
It looks much simpler and cleaner.
After all, even though she had a weak temperament in her previous life, as the emperor's biological mother, both the palace's furnishings and the number of attendants would not be lacking.
And now Concubine Wu Xian is just a concubine of the former emperor living a stable life in the harem. Although Empress Dowager Sun is not deliberately making things difficult, she is not really good either.
In the huge Jingyang Palace, including Qingzhu, there were only five or six palace maids and chambermaids, and the furnishings were all very shabby.
As soon as he reached the door of Nuan Pavilion, he saw Mrs. Wu walking out with the support of the palace servants.
"I've met my mother-in-law."
Zhu Qiyu saluted, and the complicated look on his face was gone.
Wu looked a little haggard, but there was a sense of joy in her brows. She took Zhu Qiyu's hand, and they sat down in the Nuan Pavilion and kept asking.
"How are you? Madam Yun just sent someone to report that you are feeling better, so she hurriedly came to the palace without fear of being exposed again. Xing'an, how did you serve your master?"
Yunniang is Wang's maiden name.
Xing'an stood aside, lowering his head and saying nothing.
The Concubine Xian did not go for him, but for her own prince.
It was better for him not to talk too much about mother and son.
Listening to Wu's familiar chatter, Zhu Qiyu felt warm in his heart and said.
"Concubine Lao Mu is thinking about her. Everything about her son is fine. The imperial doctor said that all he needs to do is rest."
Mother and son sat together and chatted.
At this time, Mrs. Wu hadn't had her breakfast yet, so the two of them were sitting, while Qingzhu left with a group of servants to prepare breakfast.
Mrs. Wu was happy to see her son, so she ate more breakfast.
After cleaning up and sitting down again, Zhu Qiyu hesitated again and again, and finally said: "I'm sorry, concubine, but my son came to the palace today because he has something to do."
Wu took a sip of tea, calmed her expression, and said, "Something happened on the Emperor's side, right?"
Zhu Qiyu was surprised: "How does the mother-in-law know?"
"The Ai family has been in this palace for many years. I haven't developed anything else, but I still have good eyesight."
Wu sighed and said.
"Last night, some ministers were knocking on the door late at night. Early this morning, the Imperial City was surrounded by imperial guards. The Ai family is neither deaf nor blind. In this capital, the one who can make the Queen Mother act like this is naturally related to the Emperor, and Looking at this situation, there is a high probability that something has happened.”
Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment, but he had forgotten.
Although the mother-in-law has a weak temperament, she has been in this palace for many years.
And he protected him, the only prince besides the emperor, from growing up smoothly.
How could it be that it was really completely unintentional?
Naturally, this vision is also extraordinary.
After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu waved to Xing'an, who immediately understood and retreated to guard outside Nuan Pavilion.
"My mother-in-law guessed well. Yesterday when the army reported to Beijing, the army was ambushed in Tumubao. More than 90% of the ministers were killed or injured, and the army was almost wiped out. The most important thing is..."
"Your Majesty, he was captured by thieves!"
There was no one around at the moment, so there was no need for Zhu Qiyu to hide him, so he spoke very straightforwardly.
"What?!"
Even though she was already prepared, Concubine Wu Xian couldn't help but tremble in her heart, and the cup in her hand almost fell to the ground.
Zhu Qiyu also knew that this kind of news was too shocking.
So after he finished speaking, he stopped talking. Seeing this, he reached out to take the cup from his mother's hand and placed it safely on the table.
After a pause for a moment, Concubine Wu Xian finally digested the news and said quietly.
"Qian'er's military reports were sent back one after another. The emperor allowed Wang Zhen to act rashly and did one ridiculous thing after another. The Ai family had a premonition."
"The emperor grew up in the deep palace. He only felt that the army was almost certain to go on an expedition. However, soldiers are deadly weapons. Your father was very cautious when using troops. What's more, the emperor, who has never known soldiers, will cause trouble sooner or later if Wang Zhen acts rashly. Disaster."
Reaching out to rub her forehead, Concubine Wu Xian sighed.
"I just didn't expect it to be like this!"
But after all, he was not his son. She felt sentimental for a moment, then woke up, stared at Zhu Qiyu, and asked.
"So, just now Qingzhu said that the Queen Mother summoned a large number of important ministers in Bunren Hall for this matter, right? I'm afraid you are here for this matter too!"
In the first sentence, Concubine Wu Xian was still a little unsure, but in the latter sentence, she used a statement tone.
Zhu Qiyu lowered his head and said, "My son is ashamed, that's true."
Concubine Wu Xian looked at him steadily for a while, then said: "The Ai family doesn't know how you got the news in advance, but how can you be so sure that the emperor will not come back?"
