Spirit of the Phoenix: 99. The decision

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Before the mourning hall of the Pei family that day, the little crown prince said to Pei Ansu in a low voice and quickly: "The marriage contract between you and me is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. Now that the Taifu is not here, no one decides to withdraw the marriage. You only need to be in the court hall." Adhere to the women's precepts, no matter how the Zhongshu Ling criticizes, nothing will happen."

Pei Ansu replied with a wry smile: "In the current situation, I am already half dead. If I don't fight this again, I will die even if I don't want to."

The Pei family has sent people several times to deliver messages within a month, and every word and every word made her understand the general situation and give up her life to avenge her father.

"First you hinted that I swallowed gold and killed myself," she whispered with a pale face, "Grandmother tried her best to stop her, and she had to promise to exchange her life for her life."

The little prince raised his eyebrows: "You mean, Mrs. Pei will die for you?"

He changed his face, and said: "No, even so, you will not escape death. In the century-old state of this dynasty, there has never been a woman who has retired from the royal family and remarried. reputation. They will not let you go."

Pei Ansu nodded slowly, pulled out the unremarkable jasper hairpin from her jet-black bun, and handed it to the prince. One end of the jade hairpin was round and transparent, but the other end was so sharp that it would break when blown.

"...Zhongshu Ling has a famous saying that after my grandmother died, I was asked to take this opportunity to beat the Dengwen drum and worship the palace gate. On the Golden Luan Hall, I will kill myself with the jade hairpin."

The prince was silent for a while, then slowly put the jade hairpin into his arms, then took the hairpin from his own head, and gently inserted/inserted it into her hair.

"So, we'll just play tricks," he said.

In the East Palace, the little prince is still calm and self-possessed, but Tai'an can no longer sit still: "The Pei family's move is too ruthless. After the Taifu died, he immediately forced his mother and daughter to death."

Nowadays, the situation is complicated, and it is no longer difficult to see the deep meaning of the people behind the layout.

The wet nurse sent by Queen Chen, Yang Shi, accused the prince of coercion/rape, but the Taifu was angry and bumped against the pillar, but was killed by the opportunity. However, it was the Pei family who had always supported the crown prince's position who immediately launched an attack after his death.

However, Chen Keling, the great Sima who was supposed to be behind the scenes, has been standing still.

Tai'an let out a long breath, and fell back suddenly: "It's too complicated, it's so complicated, my head hurts! Even if I know the ending and live again, I probably won't be able to make it to the finale." Who is going to kill you, little prince?"

The prince glanced at her indifferently, and said: "Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover. Take a step, let's take a step."

His eyes were deep, and he had gradually made a decision in his heart.

Sure enough, more than a month later, there was a happy news from the palace.

Empress Huashan, who has been in the palace for four years, dreamed of encountering a dragon on the night when the emperor stayed overnight, and the palace was full of fragrance. Awakened by the fragrance, the emperor and empress went hand in hand to the outside of Hanzhang Hall, and found that the epiphyllum was blooming all over the courtyard, and the fragrance was astounding.

The empress was so dizzy that the imperial physician came to ask her pulse, but at this time she was diagnosed with a three-month-old happy pulse.

Qin Tianjian came to report auspicious omens at the right time, Da Sima and dozens of courtiers wrote a letter, praising the benevolence of the emperor and empress. The emperor, who always looked terrified, rarely showed a proud expression.

The queen was pregnant, but knelt on the ground to stop the saint who wanted to pardon the world on a whim.

She has a good reputation, and this time she adds to it: "...It is difficult for a concubine to serve the king during pregnancy, so it is appropriate to choose an official woman of the right age to fill the harem."

The emperor was overjoyed and held her hand tightly.

After the little prince in the East Palace heard the news, he remained silent for a long time.

On a winter day in Chang'an City, he silently raised his head, looking at the dull gray sky above his head.

In the palace, it's time for a draft.

Old lady Qin raised her right hand, restraining what he was going to say next.

"It's because I didn't think clearly enough." Qin Laoshu's face was calm, "The East Palace is now hidden, and it is a taboo to make friends with wealthy gentry."

She raised her eyes and looked at Qin Miao fixedly.

"Xiangying is gone." Her voice was vicissitudes, "Fengying is still there. The crown princess Pei Ansu has broken with the Pei family. If Donggong really has Yuji's determination, a Liangdi with the help of family background, how can he? Will you not be tempted?"

Qin Miao's complexion changed drastically: "Mother! I already lost a daughter..."

"So, the only remaining daughter needs to play a good role!" Qin Laoshu sternly said, with undeniable determination, "You go down and let Fengying change into plain clothes and put on fancy clothes Xiu Niang visited Pei's house."

"Since the concubine likes to show off, we will do what I like. Gold flowers and silver trees, as long as she can open her mouth, the Qin family will be able to deliver them."

The elder sister, Qin Xiangying, a well-known beauty in Beijing, died suddenly and mysteriously after two months in the palace. After Second Miss Qin heard the news, she was silent for a whole day.

Old lady Qin gave orders, her mind exploded like fireworks, and she immediately recalled the words "Prince Liang Di" mentioned by her grandmother, tears streaming down her face.

"My sister is gone, so there will be no scandal about sisters marrying father and son... So, are you going to sell me to the prince?" She kept her doubts and grievances in her chest, changed into plain clothes, and brought two A servant woman rushed to Pei's mansion from the side door.

Pei Ansu seemed to have expected her to come, and took her hand kindly: "I have a good relationship with your sister, and I feel very kind when I see you."

Second Miss Qin's eyes were red and swollen, but she didn't dare to ask the truth directly, so she only insinuated and said, "Sister is like this now... Grandma faints and doesn't care, and I only think of Sister Pei and you...Prince I have seen that painting, and I will send Xiuniang here today, I wonder if my sister needs to keep someone?"

Pei Ansu didn't talk to me, just patted Qin Er's hand slowly, and said with pity: "After your sister entered the palace, I lost the handkerchief, and I am very lonely on weekdays. If you are older, would you like to be with me?" I am the happiest when you are with me."

Qin Er's heart was full of sadness, and his face was half hidden, he gritted his teeth and said, "Feng Ying is naturally willing to be able to accompany my sister."

When Pei Ansu heard this, he finally showed a satisfied expression. He took out a wooden hairpin from his bosom and inserted it into Qin Er's temple: "The prince usually likes to make small gadgets. This one is suitable for my younger sister. Take such a little girl. Let's take it back and play."

Qin Er thanked him tearfully, took away the hairpin and didn't dare to delay, and went straight home.

Qin Miao and Qin Laoshu took the wooden hairpin, held it in their palms and looked at it carefully.

The red cedar hairpin is also very simple in carving. There is a lotus bud at the head of the hairpin, and a pomegranate flower at the end of the hairpin. There are two cicadas, one big and one small, on the petals. The small one is lying on the big one. Only on the back.

On the tail of the hairpin, there is another small poem from the daughter's family engraved in lower case: "May durian flower pregnant with moth", which is just to describe the beautiful artistic conception of insects stopped in the petals, which is very relevant.

Got it, is the prince saying that he knows about the Qin family?

What does it mean if one big and one small know about it? Both lotus root and pomegranate are commonly used for seeking children. What is the connection with these two cicadas?

Qin Miao's heart was beating wildly but he didn't dare to speak out.

Old Lady Qin closed her eyes, and said after a long time: "May durian is pregnant with moth... Could it be that Xiangying is pregnant and has already been in May?"

Bingqing Yujie's daughter entered the palace for two months, but was falsely accused of being five months pregnant.

The Qin family was framed.

"But Taifu impeached me for coercing/raping Mrs. Yang. In the final analysis, there is no real evidence." The little prince's eyes were dark, and he continued, "Because there is no witness, no physical evidence, and no third-party confession. , the case is complicated and confusing, and it is as difficult to say I am innocent as to say I am guilty, so the Taifu, out of integrity and anger, chose to splash blood in front of the palace to show his will by death."

After the death of the Taifu, the little prince lost the greatest support behind him, so he was unable to get married and start a family. He also planted the seeds of suspicion and disgust in the heart of his father, and even became a virtuous person in front of the officials. Lost prince.

However, the crime of "coercion/rape" cannot be established due to the lack of personal and physical evidence.

Tai'an nodded in agreement: "Da Yan's people are open-minded, let alone you are a prince, it is very unlikely that you will be sent to prison just because of this unwarranted coercion/rape, at most it will only damage your reputation."

"Then what should I do?" Tai'an frowned, "Your reputation is damaged, can you still keep the crown prince?"

The little prince laughed lightly and shook his head: "Reputation is always just a small thing that the superiors hold in the palm of their hands. If the father decides to abolish my position as the prince, what will I do?" It doesn't help if you have a noble character. But if my father sincerely protects me, then the stigma at this moment is nothing at all."

If the reputation can be broken, it can also be established.

Whether he can survive this battle is only in the mind of his father.

The little prince stood up slowly, and said in a deep voice: "In the nature of heaven and earth, people are the most precious. There is nothing better than filial piety."

"Any act of kindness is inferior to pure filial piety. Any stigma can be broken by pure filial piety."

Filial piety is the best spear and also the best shield. No matter how immoral and incompetent people are, as long as they can use the umbrella of filial piety, they can always save face for themselves. The little prince took a deep breath and continued thinking.

If... If the emperor, who has family affairs and national affairs, internal and external troubles, becomes sick from overwork, he can't afford to get sick.

The imperial physician in the palace was helpless, and the little prince, who was still under confinement, heard the news, took out the cutting knife on the desk, raised the knife to his heart, gouged out a piece of heart and made it into medicine, and gave it to him The sick emperor took it.

Father and son are connected, the emperor is getting better day by day after taking the medicine, and in front of all the officials, he praised the prince for his benevolence, filial piety, purity and kindness.

Such a turmoil of the crown prince's unethical behavior, wouldn't it be self-defeating under the comparison of the crown prince's pure filial piety?