However, no one knows what happened in the Yangxin Palace.
All I know is that Concubine Qing came out of Yangxin Palace and returned to Qingyun Palace with a solemn expression. She then closed the palace door and declined all visitors.
For a time, the whole palace was in a state of uproar.
Countless maids and young eunuchs chatted with other people openly and secretly, trying their best to find out everything they wanted to know from their master.
Changchun Palace.
The queen was so anxious that she was running around.
Although her son is already a prince, Emperor Changxing has always been dissatisfied with him.
Especially when he was punished to kneel in the Ancestral Temple just a few days ago...
Yun Chui governs the country with filial piety, and it is not a big deal for children to kneel for their ancestors.
But if this person is a prince, his nature is completely different.
The news had just reached outside the palace. King Qi and his maternal grandfather Luo Ken were so excited that their eyes turned red.
The trend of other wealthy families also changed accordingly.
However, anyone with a discerning eye knew that Emperor Changxing was already in his final years, and even Master Hongguang, whom he relied on for high hopes, hurriedly left the palace and traveled to Yunzhong County to seek medicine.
There is no hope for the old monk to return. If Emperor Changxing has any idea, he can just establish a memorial hall.
The next emperor's throne is almost finalized, and others don't even have a chance to make amends.
The more the queen thought about it, the more anxious she became. She accidentally lost her most beloved finger guard and didn't bother to pick it up.
Ta-ta-ta.
There was the sound of footsteps, and a little palace maid hurriedly walked in.
"What's missing?" the queen said with hope.
The little palace maid looked aggrieved.
"Back to your Majesty, I have tried my best to establish various connections, but the Qingyun Palace is completely monolithic, and the palace door has not even been opened from the beginning to the end."
"I really can't get any information from you, please punish me."
well.
The Queen had expected this to happen, and in the end she could only sigh...
In such a large palace, there are many people running around anxiously about this matter, but there are still some relatively quiet places.
For example, Qingyun Palace, one of the parties involved.
Another example is the palace of Concubine Chen Xiulan.
Princess Fan Ting of Jin entered the palace to meet her mother-in-law with her daughter who had just turned four months old.
The two of them laughed and teased the little girl who had just woken up.
"Ting'er, what is the prince doing now?"
There was chaos in the palace, and there were also turmoil outside the palace. Concubine Ning was worried that her son would cause chaos outside.
whee.
Fan Ting first carefully handed her daughter to the nanny.
"Mother, the army to retake the North Customs is about to set off. Your Majesty doesn't want to be a mascot, so he is following the generals to check on military affairs."
"In addition, during his free time, his usual friends also invited him to drink. So he was so busy that he did not go to the palace with his wife to see you."
"That's it." Concubine Ling Gui understood.
"Tamaki County is no better than Xingji City. Everything is lacking there. When you return home later, remember to carefully prepare all the things that the prince will take with him when he goes north, and prepare a few extra copies of each item..."
Listening to her mother-in-law's endless instructions, Fan Ting smiled and nodded.
"What the mother-in-law said is true, and the daughter-in-law has written down everything."
The two chatted for a long time about their parents' feud.
Only then did Concubine Ling raise her head and glance secretly in the direction of the Yangxin Hall.
"Your Majesty's body..."
She gave her a "you know" look.
"It shouldn't be long before the mother-in-law can leave the palace. When you return home, tell your confidants to pack up some belongings as soon as possible. From now on, we will leave the whirlpool of Xingji City and live in the fiefdom."
Fan Ting put away the smile on her face and nodded silently.
She glanced at her daughter in the wet nurse's arms.
"Mother and concubine, as long as you, the prince and the children are here, my daughter-in-law doesn't mind where she goes to live."
"But... our fiefdom is close to Huayang County, and there has been no peace there lately."
"What's going on?" Concubine Ning was a little confused, "Weren't the Japanese pirates in Huayang County driven into the sea last year?"
"Mother," Fan Ting lowered her voice.
"My daughter-in-law is usually very close to the wife of Prince Zhongyong, the wife of the Crown Prince of Taishi Mansion, and the wife of Ren Ning, the forward deputy general of the Xingluo Army. According to reliable information, the Japanese pirates will not give up Yunchui, and will land in China sooner or later.
Yang County, and the next offensive is expected to be even more fierce."
"That's unreasonable." Concubine Ning was so angry that she flicked her sleeves.
"In the past, His Majesty dispatched the Xingluo Legion to Baekje to fight against Japanese pirates, but I still didn't understand it. Now they have repeatedly provoked Yun Chui, and even captured Beihai Pass and landed in Huayang County. Are they really deceiving me and Yun Chui has no one?"
snort.
She snorted coldly.
"Don't worry, Ting'er. They are just Japanese pirates. If the defenders on the shore can drive them into the sea the first time, they can drive them away the second time."
"Concubine," Fan Ting smiled bitterly, "forgive my daughter-in-law for speaking frankly, you have been staying in the palace, and I am afraid there is no other source of information except that newspaper."
"Last year, the defenders on the shore did drive all the Japanese pirates who came ashore into the sea, but the losses in Yunchui were also extremely serious. For example, the northern defenders were almost crippled, and now they have all withdrawn to Jiuyuan County."
"There is only one Central Corps guarding Dinghai Pier now."
"What happened to the Central Army Corps?" Concubine Ning was confused.
In the past, she could almost accompany Emperor Changxing on every royal spring or autumn hunt. She had been to Ruinan Mountain more than once and saw the military discipline and majesty of the Central Army Corps.
In Concubine Ning's mind, this legion may not be as powerful as Xingluo, but it shouldn't be a problem to defend Huayang County against the mere Japanese pirates.
well.
Fan Ting sighed.
"Mother and concubine, don't even think about it. Who dares to act recklessly when His Majesty is here? At least during the spring hunting or autumn hunting, the Central Army Corps has to put on a show even if it's fake."
"In fact, they were already dead."
Fan Ting immediately talked about some of the performance of the Central Army Corps, and Concubine Ning was dumbfounded and angry.
"Isn't Huayang County in danger?"
"No," she suddenly stood up anxiously, "I have to meet with His Majesty and ask him to mobilize other legions to guard Dinghai Pier."
"Concubine," Fan Ting quickly stopped, "the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. And the eldest princess Yiguang said that war is the business of the generals, so we don't need to worry."
"That's good, that's good." Concubine Ning breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Princess Yiguang's name.
But if the Jin Palace wants to leave Xingji City to live in a fiefdom as soon as possible after the death of Emperor Changxing, it will have to postpone it later.
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The time soon came to March 15th.
The new "Yunchui Bimonthly" is released as scheduled.
When I got the newspaper that was filled with the scent of ink, the headlines on it immediately blinded everyone.
The exiled prince returned to the royal family, and Ren Ning was named Prince Ning.
Who is Ren Ning and what is his current status?
Who is his mother-in-law?
How did the dignified prince end up living among the people?
In an instant, all kinds of questions came flooding in, and everyone in Yunchui, from wealthy families to common people, were talking about it.
Sales of newspapers in that period immediately soared. Even several movable type printing presses were broken, but there were still not enough newspapers to sell.