Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 475 The new emperor has ascended the throne

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Unable to get news from the palace, Princess Anqing became even more panicked. Her son was dying, and her husband had no news at this critical moment, so she lost her mind for a while.

Before it got dark on the seventh day, Nie Zhiqi and Shen Yuyi, who had not taken off his palace clothes, returned to the prime minister's mansion with tired faces.

As soon as the two of them returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Mrs. Nie, Nie Zhiqi's mother, was surrounded by a dozen maids, servants, and guards, and returned to the mansion, her body covered with dust.

"mother?"

"Mother, are you back?"

Nie Zhiqi and Princess Anqing were taken aback, and hurried forward to support the old lady.

"I've seen the old lady." Imperial physician Shen also stepped forward to salute.

"Don't be too polite, the emperor really..." Mrs. Nie looked at her son.

It turned out that Mrs. Nie would go to a temple twenty miles away from the capital to worship the Buddha every year. After she heard the news of the emperor's death, she rushed back without stopping.

But the strange thing is that she didn't see any sign of the whole country mourning all the way back. Could it be that there is something hidden in this?
"Mother, the late emperor... has indeed passed away." Nie Zhiqi replied in a sad voice.

"The first emperor?" Princess Anqing and Mrs. Nie were both startled.

"That's right, the new emperor has ascended the throne." Nie Zhiqi knew why the two were surprised.

It stands to reason that the death of the former emperor and the ascension of the new emperor are all important matters concerning the people of the world, but the imperial court has blocked these two news, which is indeed puzzling, and perhaps many people cannot accept it.

However, this is what the court had to do.

People outside the palace don't know how miserable Nie Zhiqi and others have been living in the palace these few days.

When Nie Zhiqi and Shen Yuyi entered the palace that day, the palace was already tense.

At that time, Nie Zhiqi stood in the formation of the prince without hesitation, and only then did he calm down the other two parties.

Nie Zhiqi did this for two reasons. The first reason is to take revenge on the First Prince and the Prime Minister. The First Prince should never have kidnapped Ge Yunzhang in order to blackmail him.

As for the group of men in black who assassinated Ge Yunzhang, who wanted to put Ge Yunzhang to death and accidentally injured Nie Anhao, Nie Zhiqi didn't need to make any guesses at all. They must be the right-hand man who wanted to kill Ge Yunzhang and frame the eldest prince to anger him. , so as to reap the benefits of fishermen.

The second reason is that most of Nie Zhiqi's courtiers have actually made a choice between the crown prince and the eldest prince, because the crown prince is the crown prince, and only the crown prince has the qualifications to inherit the great line. As for the right minister, he No one among his disciples really took him seriously.

Princess Anqing was in a hurry, and asked again: "Master Xiang, which prince is that the throne? Or..."

Princess Anqing looked at Nie Zhiqi, but did not say the word "right minister".

"The new emperor is the prince!"

Princess Anqing subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, the crown prince and Hao'er have a very good relationship, and the crown prince's ascension to the throne is of great benefit to people and has no harm.

"The situation in the palace has been settled, and the most anxious thing right now is the poison on Haoer's body." Nie Zhiqi suddenly said again.

"The poison on Hao'er?" Madam Nie's expression changed, and she exclaimed, "Where did the poison on Hao'er come from?"

"Mother, you're old, and you're tired from traveling all the way. Let's rest first. Hao'er is fine." Nie Zhiqi comforted her, not wanting her mother to worry too much.

"How can you be fine if you're all poisoned?!" Mrs. Nie said sullenly, and then looked at Princess Anqing: "Princess, tell me, where is Hao'er now, and what happened to him?"

"Mother..." Princess Anqing wiped the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief in her hand before saying, "Hao Er is here to save that..."

Princess Anqing was about to say the word "evil" when she saw Nie Zhiqi's slight frown and quickly changed her words: "I was injured by a poisonous arrow when I was saving the young master of the second master's family."

"Save him? Didn't Hao'er come back? Why are you with him?" Mrs. Nie's face turned even uglier when she heard that Nie Anhao was injured to save Ge Yunzhang.

Princess Anqing pursed her lips and lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Mother, Zhang'er and Hao'er are brothers..."

"To shut up!"

Nie Zhiqi subconsciously wanted to defend Ge Yunzhang, but just as he opened his mouth, his mother scolded him and interrupted him: "How did you become a father? What is Hao'er's identity, and what is that evil son's identity? How could you use an actor to make a statement?" The evil seed born is on par with the princess' son?!"

Princess Anqing lowered her head and raised the corners of her lips gloatingly. She knew that her mother-in-law would definitely stand by her side when she came back.

Hearing his mother repeatedly calling his son an evil breed, Nie Zhiqi was completely angry: "Mother, no matter who Zhang'er's mother is, it can't change the fact that I am his real father!"

For so many years, in order not to disobey his mother, he has followed her mother's wishes in every way, and he has done so sorry for Ge's mother and son, and he regrets it when he is old. How can he bear to let his mother continue to trample on them?
Seeing that her eldest son, who had always been obedient to her, contradicted her, Mrs. Nie was so angry that she almost couldn't speak up. After a while, she pointed at Nie Zhiqi angrily with trembling fingers, and asked, "Okay, okay, okay I really gave birth to a good son!"

Seeing that Mrs. Nie was so angry, Princess Anqing was really worried that she would have something wrong. She had no support in this family, so she went up to comfort her and said, "Mother, Xiangye didn't intend to contradict you, so you must not be angry. body."

Princess Anqing finished appeasing Mrs. Nie, and then persuaded Nie Zhiqi: "Master, you really shouldn't talk to mother like this. Everything mother does is for your own good. Mother has good intentions. Do you think Think about it, if you are an imperial official, if people know that you have kept your concubine privately, how about that?"

"The princess's words are exactly what I want to say. You are not young and ignorant now, and I will never allow you to do those shameful things again!" Mrs. Nie said angrily: "Don't forget that you are now the boss. There are old ones, there are young ones, and there is the whole Prime Minister's Mansion behind him!"

"Mother, Zhang'er is my son. This cannot be changed by anyone at any time. Don't worry, even if I want to recognize Zhang'er, I won't drag you down!"

Nie Zhiqi was really angry this time, so he didn't understand, is mother's heart made of iron?

Zhang'er is a descendant of the Nie family, his own flesh and blood, so why did his mother push him away?
"Are you confused?!" When Mrs. Nie heard that Nie Zhiqi planned to recognize Ge Yunzhang, she scolded angrily, "You only have one son, and that is Hao'er!"

"Yes, Mr. Xiang, the Zhang'er you are talking about is the second master's son!" Princess Anqing also reminded in a cold voice.

(End of this chapter)