Although everyone was suspicious of the sudden death of the old emperor, but there was the support of the royal scholars in the court, and the support of the queen in the harem.

In order to show his filial piety, he ordered all temples and Taoist temples in the capital to strike 30,000 pestles to "benefit the underworld" for the old emperor who died. At the same time, slaughter is prohibited in the capital for one month, and music and dance are forbidden for March. On the day of the emperor's funeral, the queen, the concubine and the princess of the prince river led a group of palace dependents dressed in plain clothes to pay tribute.

The civil and military officials in Beijing and the women of the third rank or above must enter the palace to cry and mourn for three consecutive days, twice a day in the morning and evening. Princes, county kings, princesses, princesses, county lords, and civil and military officials who were divided into foreign places all wept and mourned in the local court. When the prince was at the funeral, he cried so much that he fainted to the ground, which made the audience cry and praise the prince's benevolence and filial piety. This funeral was grand and grand, completely covering up the ugliness of the son killing his father and the minister killing the king.

A few days later, at the enthronement ceremony, an edict was issued to enthrone the new emperor, receiving the worship of hundreds of civil and military officials, and the vassal kings from all over the country also congratulated him. Immediately afterwards, the division of the harem was enclosed, and the former crown princess of the East Palace was honored as the queen, and the original two side concubines were named Concubine Jing and Concubine Jin respectively. Qi Jiao was originally a good yuan with a low rank, and was not named a concubine, only a Zhao concubine, but because of the emperor's favor, she was still given a Zhaorong Hall to live alone, unlike other concubines who could only live together with a few people.

It turns out that the old emperor's harem can go out of the palace and live with his son. All those who did not come out were placed in the Quang Binh Palace. The queen was respected as the queen mother, and the new emperor gave the Changchun Palace to the queen mother to live for a long time. The original four concubines, Concubine Chen, have been beaten into the cold palace, Concubine Xian died early, only Concubine Shu and Concubine Lian are still there, but nothing has come out. The new emperor honored the concubine as a concubine and specially gave Changning Palace to live.

Only Concubine Lian made the emperor hurt his brain, on the one hand, he was reluctant to be such a lovely child, and on the other hand, he was afraid of causing the impeachment of the courtiers, so he did not dare to keep her in the palace. Later, I still followed the emperor for more than ten years and thought of a foolproof plan. only said that Concubine Lian was willing to pray for the old emperor. Voluntary initiation. So he chose a secluded place in the harem and built a special courtyard for Concubine Lian to live in. In this way, not only did everyone in the court have nothing to say, but more importantly, it should be more convenient for the emperor to visit Concubine Lian.

said that Qi Jiao is now a concubine. The Wang family can come to visit once a month, but it is more inconvenient than when they are in the East Palace. A while ago, Wang searched for famous doctors everywhere, but to no avail. By chance, I heard someone talk about the female doctor of the people. Wang was moved. This female doctor was found by Saitama last time for Qi Ying, she usually does not go to the clinic, and last time it was Saitama who promised her a lot of medicinal materials so that she could treat more people, so she agreed to go to the clinic. The same is true of the Wang family, who finally moved the female doctor in the same way. But how to bring her into the palace, this can make it difficult for the Wang family, after all, the palace is not as easy to enter as the East Palace.

Later, Qi Jiao found out about this matter, but she thought of a way.

When the emperor came to her palace, she proposed to the emperor to go to the Guanyin Hall outside the city. The emperor hesitated:

"This concubine's departure from the palace is not small. Why are you going there?"

"In those days, when King Shou rebelled, His Majesty was always outside and didn't see him for a few days. The concubine made a wish to the Bodhisattva at that time, as long as His Majesty was safe, the concubine would rather reduce her life expectancy by ten years. Qi Jiao's eyes turned red as she spoke.

"Beloved concubine!" The emperor saw Qi Jiao's crying appearance, and his heart was also a little moved. I thought that because I was afraid that there would be injustice in the harem, I only gave Qi Jiao a concubine. But when he ascended the throne, he was helped by Qi Jiao's maternal grandfather, so he also felt a little guilty about Qi Jiao, so he said:

"Ai Concubine. You know what you want to do, and you can go if you want. But stay safe and bring plenty of people. ”

"The concubines thank the emperor for his mercy. ”

"You pray for me, and I should thank you. ”

"The queen's ...... there" The emperor also knew that the queen was a little unkind to see Qi Jiao. Then he said empathetically:

"Concubine Ai don't have to worry, everything is fine. ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine has a reluctant request. Qi Jiao took the opportunity to say.

"What?"

"The concubine wants to call her mother to go with her, but the concubine hasn't seen her mother for a long time. Qi Jiao said half coquettishly, while firmly holding the emperor's arm, gently rubbing his shoulder with his face. The emperor could not resist Qi Jiao's actions. I have long forgotten all the rules to the clouds, and I can't wait to pull Qi Jiao to spend ** together, and I agreed at the moment. Qi Jiao got the emperor's promise, was happy in her heart, and served the emperor with all her heart.

And the next morning, the emperor issued an edict, so that Zhao Concubine chose a day to go to the Guanyin Monastery to pay him back, and rewarded a hundred taels of gold and a number of silk silks. The queen knew such a will, and remembered that the emperor spent the night in Zhaorong Hall last night, so she knew in her heart, and Qi Jiao came at the moment, and she gave a few instructions to tell her not to miss the emperor's affairs, but she did not make it difficult for her.

On the morning of the second day of October, Qi Jiao, under the escort of a group of royal forest troops, set up a guard of honor and marched to Guanyin Hall. Guanyin Hall has never received such distinguished guests, since receiving the letter, there are people in the palace to direct the cleaning, arrangement, and careful investigation of the line, so as not to make mistakes.

Qi Jiao arrived here, worshiped the Bodhisattva, and went to the retreat arranged by the owner of the nunnery to rest. At this time, someone brought the Wang family in, and the female doctor also disguised herself as a subordinate and came in with her. Qi Jiao used the excuse of having a family affair with her mother and sent off a group of maids. There were only three of them left in the room, and the female doctor came up and sat opposite Qi Jiao, stretched out her fingers and pressed Qi Jiao's wrist. Both Wang and Qi Jiao looked at her nervously. At first, her face was fine, but then it became more and more solemn, and her brows gradually wrinkled.

"How's it going?" Wang couldn't help but ask. The female doctor closed her eyes, did not speak, and continued to check her pulse. Wang was afraid that it would affect her, so he didn't dare to speak anymore, he just stared at it, and he didn't even dare to come out.

After a long time, she opened her eyes.

"Has this lady ever taken any of the medicines?"

"Nope. Qi Jiao said, but Wang chuckled in his heart.

"That's weird, this lady's pulse is thin and late, difficult to come and go, short and scattered is a typical late pulse, it should be something that has been taken to the yin to the cold, I have heard the master and his old man said, there is a drug in Fanbang that is the coldest thing, can make a woman cold and infertile, and as the years increase, this toxin will slowly seep into the bones and even internal organs, making the patient miserable. ”

"What?" When Wang heard this, he suddenly fainted, which startled Qi Jiao, and the female doctor took out the silver needle and pricked it on each of Wang's acupuncture points, and Wang woke up quietly. As soon as she awoke, she grabbed the female doctor and said:

"Is there a way to save it?"

"Not many people know about that kind of medicine, it's something from Fanbang, if it weren't for my master who has been there for more than ten years, I wouldn't have known. Wang spread out on the chair all of a sudden, and Qi Jiao was also stunned by the news, she never thought that she would not be able to have a child. Or the Wang family slowed down first and let the female doctor go out first, she had something to talk to Qi Jiao. Qi Jiao suddenly said:

"That's right, it must be the queen, she has always looked at me unpleasantly, this medicine is only possible for her. Mother, what the hell am I going to do?"

The Wang family regretted and hated at this time, and hated that he couldn't eat Liu and Saitama alive. But I don't know how to make a mistake, and I don't know if it was Liu's intention, and gave the medicine to Qi Jiao. But at this time, the Wang family didn't dare to admit to her daughter, it was her medicine, so I was afraid that Qi Jiao would hate herself for the rest of her life.

"Jiaojiao, my hard-working daughter. Wang hugged Qi Jiao in his arms and couldn't cry. Qi Jiao didn't have a single tear, she stared at the ground in front of her and said:

"I won't let her go. ”

"Jiaojiao, the top priority now is to see how this matter is resolved. ”

"How can it be solved, I can't give birth to a child now, what's the use in this palace, what hope is there. ”

"Not really. Qi Jiao listened to Wang's words and raised her head to look at her mother.

"You see that Concubine Shu is not doing nothing, and she is doing well now. Do you think about why?"

Qi Jiao looked at her mother in confusion.

"You're still too tender. The reason why Concubine Shu is doing well is because she was optimistic about the prince early on. ”

"But where is the prince now?"

"If you can't give birth, doesn't that mean others can't give birth?"

"Can the queen give birth to me?"

"You're stupid, the queen's can't, someone else's can. ”

"Mother means ......"

"Is the emperor okay with you now?" Wang did not directly answer Qi Jiao's words, but asked Qi Jiao again.

"Fortunately, in fact, the palace is almost the same, the emperor is still wet with rain and dew, and I may be better here. ”

"That's good. ”

"Mother said that the emperor spoiled the palace maids in my palace, and I brought them over to raise them after giving birth to a child. ”

"Of course not? Have you ever seen that palace maid's child be crowned the crown prince?" Qi Jiao said in Wang's words, and was silent.

"In my opinion, the best candidate for this is your sister?"

"Sister, my mother said that Qi Yun is no, if the emperor really spoils her at that time, what should I do?"

"You're unproductive, you don't even have this bit of confidence?"

"I'm just scared, now the queen doesn't want to see me, I only have the emperor's favor left, if I don't even have this, how can I live. Qi Jiao said and cried again. The Wang family really regretted that Qi Jiao had been sent to the palace at this time, but what was the use of regretting it at this point, so he could only comfort Qi Jiao and said:

"Silly girl, don't forget, Qi Yun's mother is still in our house, how dare she disobey you? Not to mention that giving birth to a child has one foot in the ghost gate, and it's hard to say whether she can live or not. Qi Jiao listened, and a look of understanding appeared on her face. (To be continued.) )