Chapter 292

The door of Qianyi hall is closed.

After entering the hall, Xia Houyu released Zhong Liqing's hand and walked steadily into the warm room. Chen Jia hurriedly moved the long prepared herbs and hot water to prepare a medicine bath for Xia Houyu.

Although after a period of recuperation, Xia Houyu's physique is better, it is still difficult for him to resist such a long banquet.

When Chen Jia was preparing the medicine bath, Xia Houyu looked back and forth with the key and finally handed it to Zhong Liqing.

Chen Jia helped him into the bathtub and sat down. Then she asked him, "what is this key, third prince?"

Xia Houyu sat in the bath tub and said to him, "this is the legacy quietly left to me by the emperor's grandmother when she died."

"Empress Dowager?" Chen Jia estimated that the Empress Dowager's death was about 17 years of Mingde. At that time, Xia Houyu should have been just 10 years old.

Sure enough, I heard Xia Houyu say: "At that time, I was still young, and the emperor's grandmother was always in poor health, and I seldom met her. One day, the eunuch said that the emperor's grandmother was critically ill and asked our grandchildren to kneel before the bed. I followed the other princes and knelt in the Ci'an hall. The Emperor's grandmother called each grandchild and granddaughter to the account alone and gave me many instructions. When it was my turn, the emperor's grandmother quietly handed me her hand She said, "there are many crises in the palace. Let me ask for my own blessing."

"It seems that the Empress Dowager really cares about these children and grandchildren," Chen Jia said.

"Later, I took the key and found the lock that it could open. Only then did I find that what the emperor's grandmother left me was money."

"Probably the Empress Dowager knows that you have a hard time in the palace."

"In the future, I'll give you the key. Take all the money you have prepared and treated for me from here. You don't have to report to me."

Chen Jia realized what Xia Houyu meant when he said he would be rich for a while. He hid the key in the nonsense Pavilion, an open place where everyone can go, and a place where no one can think of. Only at the new year's banquet, he had the opportunity to go out of the Qianyi Hall and get the key himself.

Chen Jia carefully put away the key and thought of the fifth Prince again. He said, "at the banquet today, the fifth Prince seems to be very abnormal. Can the third prince know what he's thinking?"

Xia Houyu thought of the face of the fifth prince, sneered and replied, "he didn't play my idea, but the Queen's idea."

"What do you mean?"

"At the festival of offering sacrifices to heaven, old five and old seven fought hard. The biggest weakness of old five lies in the low status of his mother Zhaoyi, so he turned around and thought of the queen."

Chen Jiamin impressed and understood at once: "does the fifth Prince want to fall under the name of the empress?"

In history, if the queen has no children, it is not unusual for her to adopt the sons of other low-level concubines in order to consolidate her position. If the fifth prince can be adopted to the Queen's name, except the third prince, he will be the legitimate eldest son from now on, not to mention the leader of the heaven worship ceremony, even the throne is not difficult.

However, there are two difficulties in this matter. One is that the queen has a son under her knee, and the third prince is still alive. The other is that the queen herself is very indifferent to the rear palace of the previous dynasty. She eats fast and chants Buddha all day, ignoring major events. I'm afraid it's not easy for the fifth prince to persuade the queen to join the struggle for the throne.

Xia Houyu said, "I don't know how old five wants to persuade the queen, but he must be the one in the world who wants me to die early."

Chen Jia thought that the fifth prince had delivered wine to Xia Houyu many times at the banquet. She was so excited that she quickly pulled out Xia Houyu's hand soaked in the bath bucket and cut his pulse.

Xia Houyu smiled lightly: "don't worry, if he starts with me, he won't choose this time of the annual banquet."

Chen Jia listened carefully for a while. Seeing that Xia Houyu's pulse was normal, she was slightly relieved and said, "the third prince knows that the fifth Prince has ulterior motives. Don't drink his wine casually in the future."

Xia Houyu was a little hot in her heart. Seeing that Zhong Liqing was really a little worried, she explained: "although old five wants me to die early, he wants to step on me to climb up now, so he won't start on me."

"What does this mean?" Chen Jiashi was very worried about these twists and turns in the palace.

Xia Hou Yu replied, "I'm the eldest son, but it's not enough to be afraid of a eldest son who has lost his basic living ability. The fifth man repeatedly implied that he would send beauties to my hall during the dinner. In fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to explore my physical condition. If I guessed correctly, someone would be sent to Qianyi hall in a few days."

Chen Jiawen felt a pain in her heart. Xia Houyu, as a man, was sick and couldn't even go to the bathroom. Later, after his conditioning, she has greatly improved. However, he knows that this person's body is too weak, and the grace of beauty is definitely not enjoyed. This is also the reason why Chen Jia didn't take the initiative to tease Xia Houyu after wearing it for so long.

Xia Houyu's body will not react at all.

Seeing Zhong Liqing's silence, Xia Houyu guessed what he was thinking and said carelessly: "In short, when the fifth person is sent in, I will use that person's mouth to convey a message to the fifth person, that is, I can neither manage personnel nor have children. In this way, the fifth person can rest assured of me and he will no longer care about my life. On the contrary, he will try his best to please me. On the one hand, he will show the world that he is respectful to his brothers and sisters, on the other hand, he can also name me, Get close to the queen so that you can find a chance to win over. "

Xia Houyu felt like an outsider and felt the thoughts of the fifth Prince thoroughly. It seemed that he was not the one who was plotted by his brother, nor was he the one who could not manage personnel. Such a bland acceptance of the cruel reality is beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Chen Jia took a deep breath, heated the water in the bath bucket and said, "the third prince is right. If you can make a plan and get some benefits from the fifth prince, it's not impossible."

Since the fifth prince wants to take the opportunity of the third prince to approach the queen, he must show kindness to the third prince in the short term.

Xia Houyu said cheerfully, "I've thought about it. If he comes to see me, I have a lot of things to ask him for. Your quilt is too old and needs to be replaced. In addition, your clothes are not enough. The eunuch's clothes are empty and don't even have a jacket."

Chen Jia smiled: "anyway, I don't have many opportunities to go out in the warm room all day. If the third prince wants to receive gifts, it's better to receive more silver. In fact, I can manage the people in the imperial dining room, or I can get more beef and mutton from there."

"Why is this difficult?" the third prince smiled. I didn't realize that the conversation between them was more like an ordinary couple.

When the medicine bath was over, Xia Houyu wrapped the blanket. There were just three louder sounds outside. It was past midnight.

Xia Houyu said, "the new year is coming."

Chen Jia suddenly remembered something. She put down the bucket in her hand, wiped her hand on the skirt, and carefully took out a red paper bag from the desk drawer.

"Here you are."

"What is this?" Xia Houyu asked.

"New Year's gift." Chen Jia's eyes shone with pure happiness.

——Content from [Migu reading]