Spirit of the Phoenix: 18. Falling horse

Just after the new year, two new things happened in the palace.

The first thing is that Empress Chen is already pregnant, and because she is the first child, the pregnancy is extremely hard. Zong Zhengqing of the Ministry of Rites wrote a letter, promoting women aged 13 to 20 from all officials' families to fill the harem. After a few months of selection, about a hundred women of the right age were brought into the emperor's harem.

The second thing is that the prince Lu Rui, who has had a bad time recently, fell off a horse and injured his right leg.

After the prince fell off the horse, the queen was pregnant with Liujia but couldn't take off her clothes, she stayed by the bedside of the prince and took good care of her. The emperor, who had always been cowardly and gentle, was furious, and ordered the imperial physician to make a diagnosis and treatment with all his heart, and personally helped the pregnant queen back to the palace.

Since the Mid-Autumn Festival incident with the Yang family, the palace servants who were elected as errands in the East Palace had not yet been fully trained, and they were killed again and again because of the prince's falling from a horse.

In half a year, two batches of servants in the Eastern Palace died unexpectedly.

All of a sudden, the maids and servants were in danger, as if stepping into the East Palace of His Highness the Crown Prince was like stepping into the gate of **** with one foot.

There are few people in the East Palace, and Tai'an is at ease. During the day, he became more daring, and often pushed open the outer window, sat carelessly on the edge of the window, and played with the few koi carp fed by the prince in the white porcelain tank.

She didn't dare to reach out to touch it, so she raised her skirt and watched from a distance, then turned her head to look at the prince sitting in front of the case: "How long are you going to hide here? You'll be like a turtle, and it will take years and months to do it." Got an errand? If you don’t get an errand, others will think you have no future. The East Palace doesn’t even have an aide to join you. How can you fight for the throne?”

The little prince was very disdainful, and snorted: "After the death of the grand master, I have lost half of my power. After the empress became pregnant, others even thought that half of my body was buried in the ground. Those who come to join me at this time are either stupid or stupid." , or have other plans.”

He paused for a moment, then glanced at Tai'an again: "...or he is just like you, bold and unruly, with no ambition, only a head full of spirit."

Holding a small knife in his right hand, he chopped it finely for half a day, and finally cut a small wooden stick into the shape of a tiny fishing rod. He lightly tapped Tai'an on the head, and handed the fishing rod to her : "... Seeing you being bored and thinking wildly all day long, I made a little gadget for you, let's play with it! Don't always ask me these irrelevant questions."

Tai'an was not polite, took the fishing rod and looked at it happily, then poked it into the small porcelain vat with his backhand to tease the koi: "What's wrong with the question I asked? If it weren't for me, your leg wouldn't be right." The waste has to be broken, but it is enough for you to drink a pot!"

The little prince's lips curled up slightly, his eyes were cold, and he didn't answer her words, only silently recalling the day he fell from the horse.

After gouging out his heart to save his father, the little prince naturally became "weak and weak". Under the guise of caring for her stepson, the queen sent the imperial physician to ask for pulse from time to time, and every day said that the pulse was weak, implying that he had hurt his fundamental life soon.

The little prince sneered, he was able to eat and sleep with no headache, no cold feet, and his stature grew. Even Tai'an, who knew nothing about medical skills, could point to the imperial doctor's back and call him a "bullshit".

Where is he sick? It was clearly Empress Chen who wanted him to be "sick".

The little prince didn't take it seriously, at first he thought he was just looking for an excuse of "not being able to make up for the emptiness", and once again let him not eat meat and fish with clear soup and little water.

Not long after, the queen wrote a letter to the emperor, saying that the prince is weak, so he should practice martial arts, especially horseback riding and archery, to keep fit.

The little prince didn't expect it at all, but Tai'an was dumbfounded and looked at him in horror: "Your stepmother is crazy, and she will kill you by riding a horse."

Yes, it is well known in the whole court that Prince Hede of Emperor Zhongzong died of falling from a horse, and Dayan already had a crown prince who died under a horse's hoof. Could it be that the queen took the wrong medicine and dared to use the horse's hoof to get rid of him? ?

If she really doesn't care about this reputation, why not feed him a bowl of arsenic, wouldn't it be cleaner?

The little prince didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in the queen's gourd, but Tai'an insisted that the queen was going to kill him by falling from the horse.

The two had been arguing for a long time, Tai'an had a flash of inspiration, and clapped his hands happily: "It's better to take the initiative to attack when the soldiers come to block you. Didn't she want you to fall off the horse? Then you will fall for her!"

"My elder brother is very good at riding, and he taught me all my horsemanship!" Tai'an patted his chest, "You will listen to my command tomorrow, and I will teach you! You will fall off after taking two steps on your horse. You make this move!"

The corner of the little prince's mouth twitched, and it took him a long time to not complain about her "excellent riding skills" brother, who happened to be the Prince Hede who fell from the horse and died.

But as far as the current plan is concerned, although Tai'an's method is wicked and embarrassing, it is still a good way to break the situation.

No matter what the queen asked him to ride, it was not really for his health.

It is said that soldiers are coming to block, but the most fear is that it will be impossible to defend.

The little prince let out a long sigh, lowered his head and asked Tai'an: "Finally, what will I do tomorrow?"

Therefore, on the first day that Prince Lu Rui, who was frail and sick, followed Zhaowu Xiaowei to learn riding and shooting, he fell from his horse and "injured" his right leg.