Gao Shi told the story.

At the beginning, the Qi family was shuangshu, and the capital was famous.

Especially Qi Le, his beauty is incomparable, and he is meticulous in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Because of the open atmosphere of the capital back then, the noble girl could also ride a horse to hunt, and this Qi Le was also the best among the nobles.

Her poems are widely sought after by students in Beijing, and her paintings are praised even by masters.

At the palace banquet, the sound of a piano made the veterans of the battlefield red-eyed.

Not to mention, her chess skills are also second to none.

Every year, when the emperor took the ministers of civil and military affairs and female dependents to hunt and play in the suburbs, Qi Le was also skilled in bows and horses, and he never hunted empty-handed.

One year, Qi Le also led a competition between a noble girl in the capital and a famous son in the capital, won the first place, hunted a deer, and dedicated it to the emperor.

At that time, Qi Le was a well-deserved leader among the nobles in the capital, and everyone respected him.

Even the princesses in the palace and the county lords of the clan all conceded three points to Le Li.

Someone once said that Qi Le is the most precious and dazzling pearl in the capital.

Such an excellent woman naturally has many suitors.

Not to mention the princes and grandsons outside, even the princes of the first emperor, they also admired Qi Le.

There is also gossip that Qi Le's birthday is very good, and it is a phoenix's life.

With this rumor, those princes are even more bound to Qi Le.

It stands to reason that Qi Le is so high-profile, and the palace should not have a good impression of her, but on the contrary, Qi Le has a charm.

Anyone who has seen her, both men and women, will love her.

Not only did the first emperor look at her differently, but even the concubines in the palace were also quite polite to her.

At that time, he had a good relationship with Qi Le, including the eldest prince, the third prince and the fourth prince.

These three princes were also once strong contenders for the throne.

The three of them are bound to win Qile, but Qile is maneuvering between the three princes, but he is like a fish in water and can swim with ease.

Even the first emperor seemed to be happy to see it, and it is said that he once said in private that he would marry whichever prince Qi Le liked.

At that time, some people speculated that the first emperor had also heard the rumor about Qi Lefeng's life, and he should still believe it, otherwise he would not have said this kind of thing that the prince was left to Qi Le's choice.

Could it be that if you want to see which prince Qi Le picks, which prince will be appointed as the next emperor?

With this speculation, Qi Le became more and more popular.

At that time, Gao's age was three or four years younger than Qi Le, and at Qi Le's age, Gao was just a child.

However, Gao remembered that at that time, her mother Rongyi County Jun, took her into the palace, and met Qi Le in the palace several times, and there were always several princes by her side.

At that time, the Qi family was also very proud of Qi Le in the capital.

After all, no one with a discerning eye can see that this is not wrong, Qi Le is the next queen of stability.

Later, she followed Rongyi County Jun into the palace, and occasionally heard the Queen Mother reveal a word, it seemed that Qi Le and the three princes were quite in love, and it was said that after some time, the first emperor would give marriage.

It's just that the Queen Mother only hinted at one or two of these words, and did not say them explicitly.

Rongyi County Jun also knew that the matter was very important, so he secretly remembered it in his heart, and told the Gao family not to spread this word.

The Gao family has lived in the most noble circle of this dynasty since he was a child, and naturally knows what he can and cannot hear, what can be said and what cannot be said.

But I met a few times later, and it was true that by Qi Le's side, the probability of the three princes appearing has greatly increased, and the two have never shied away from it in the palace, talking and having fun, and they seem to be a pair of beautiful people.

That year, on the 500,000th birthday of the first emperor, the surrounding small countries sent envoys to congratulate.

The largest tribe in the grassland is also very sincere, and the messenger sent is the eldest prince of the grassland king, with precious stones, cattle and sheep and various gifts.

This eldest prince is also a very powerful figure, and after entering Beijing, it didn't take long for him to mingle with several princes and princes.

Because he is good at horses and excellent in riding and archery, he has won the first prize in several hunting meetings held by the prince, which is quite eye-catching.

Later, I also heard that the eldest prince said in front of the former emperor that he admired the Central Plains culture very much, and after seeing the prosperity of the Central Plains and the women of the Central Plains, he wanted to marry a noble daughter of the Central Plains as his wife, and the two countries would be friends forever in the future.

The first emperor was very happy to hear this, and had the heart to give one of the daughters of the clan to the prince of the steppe as his wife.

But the great prince of the grassland proposed to marry Qi Le.

was flatly rejected by the first emperor, saying that Qi Lelai was the daughter-in-law he prepared for his son.

After the eldest prince was rejected, he made a big statement, saying that a good girl like Qi Huan, the most powerful and powerful good man in the world is worthy of her, how can the emperor ask her to marry?

It should be up to Qi Huan to choose the one she likes the most among the good men in the world.

The first emperor was furious, but it was only because the prince of the grassland came to celebrate his birthday, so it was not easy to attack.

is still the people around him, explained the rules of this dynasty, and said that His Majesty's son is naturally the most powerful and powerful man in the world.

The great prince of the steppe returned to the embassy in a daze.

It stands to reason that the first emperor has expressed his position like this, as long as he is a little sensible, he will avoid suspicion.

But the great prince of the grassland did not give up, and was entangled with Qi Le every day.

Not only did it make several princes unhappy, but even the other princes and grandsons were unhappy.

Some people also accused Qi Le, thinking that she was inappropriate and did not know how to keep a distance from the prince of the grassland, which led to the current situation.

If Qi Le knew to avoid suspicion and didn't see the Great Prince of the Prairie, naturally nothing like this would happen.

Qi Le still went his own way, and he didn't restrain himself at all.

After the Wanshou Festival, the envoys of various countries went back, but only the prince of the grassland stayed in the capital.

On the day of the accident, it was a palace banquet in the palace, and the Gao family was supposed to enter the palace with Rongyi County Jun that day, but she was unwell and had to stay at home.

Rongyi County Jun entered the palace for a banquet alone, and when he came back, his face was very bad.

Gao asked her what happened, but Rongyi County Jun hugged her and didn't speak, only asked her not to ask anything.

Later, after Gao's illness recovered, he vaguely heard that at the palace banquet that day, Qi Huan lost his honor in the palace, collided with the queen mother, was expelled from the palace, and was ordered to think about it behind closed doors in the Qi mansion.

A few days later, news came out from the Qi family, saying that Qi Huan had a violent illness and Xiang Xiaoyu died.

I heard that the disease was contagious, and the bones could not be preserved, so a fire burned it, and a generation of beautiful women left only a handful of ashes and buried them hastily.

But Gao knew that this was definitely wrong.

Because before, Rongyi County Jun originally wanted to marry her to the palace, and with her relationship with the Queen Mother, marrying a prince would be worry-free in her life.

But after that day, Rongyi County Jun kept silent and did not mention the matter of remarrying her into the royal family, but went outside to find a husband for her.

More than a month later, the third prince died of illness, and I heard that the palace banquet was also infected with the wind and cold from that day, and with the ability of the imperial doctor in the palace, he was helpless.

During this period, the great prince of the grassland and the grassland envoy did not know when they had quietly left the capital.

Then the old man of the Qi family was recalled, and in less than a year, he angered the first emperor, and then he was ordered to raid his house.

Hearing this, Wang Yongzhu didn't say anything about the turmoil in his heart, but his face was steady, and he only asked: "Since this Qi Le is dead, how can it be related to the raid of the Qi family?" ”

Gao sneered: "Qi Le is naturally not dead!" She eloped with the prairie prince! ”