Since the death of Emperor Xiaozong and the ascension of the crown prince to the throne for three years, Shangyang Palace has always been the most favored place in the harem, because the owner here is none other than Empress Qiao.

In the eyes of the ladies of the capital, Empress Qiao's favor should come from the emperor's affection for her from childhood to the present, after all, the scene of Qiao Huan's red makeup and the scenery marrying into the East Palace has long been engraved in the hearts of the ladies of the capital together with the prince's affection that day.

But in the eyes of the courtiers, they still felt that Empress Qiao's favor came from the young prince.

Xiao Shaoyun, who has just turned three, is the eldest son of the emperor, and he has a good appearance of the Xiao family, and he is smart and clever, and he happened to be born in the first year of the Showa at the beginning of the emperor's accession to the throne.

The identity and luck have caught up, and he was crowned the prince just after he turned one year old, which is rare in the past dynasties of Daqi.

In the harem, it has always been the mother who is more expensive than the son, and the mother and son take each other.

Empress Qiao has the emperor's deep affection for her when she was young, and she is the son of the crown prince, in the eyes of others, the glory and wealth of her life are already stable.

So when the news came out that the queen had an awkward relationship with the emperor because of Concubine Shu, I don't know how many people secretly felt that the queen didn't know what to do.

As a queen, it is already very rare to be pampered, as for the new concubines and nobles in the harem-

Men, who doesn't have three wives and four concubines, let alone an emperor.

It is already rare to have a new favorite without forgetting the old love, Queen Qiao is like this, a bad one will have a reputation for jealousy.

The people of Cheng'en's Qiao family were also anxious, and the Duchess of Cheng'en personally entered the palace to persuade her, but Queen Qiao was indifferent, and she had to go out of the palace to the nunnery in the west of the capital to cultivate.

"Why is the queen so confused! Niangniang think about it, the concubine is out of her own Weibei Hou Mansion, although it is only the Hou Mansion, but in terms of basic status, it is only higher than our family, the emperor naturally can't let her be a little nobleman all the time, now that she has been crowned a concubine, she must not want to chill the heart of the Weibei Hou Mansion, the mother and the emperor are husband and wife, at this time, it is noisy, wouldn't it be a joke for outsiders? If there is a gap with the emperor because of this, it is really worth the loss!"

The noble queen of Fengyi quietly looked at her bitter mother, and the corners of her lips were a little bitter:

"Mother also said that our family was originally inferior to Weibei Hou Mansion. If I watched Xu Shuning step on my head step by step, but did nothing, then my mother would believe it or not, he would not be the queen anymore. Mother, I don't care about these things like power and grace, but Ah Yun, he has become the crown prince. If I don't have the ability to protect him, my mother can think about what will happen to him and the Cheng'en Mansion?"

Duchess Chengen was speechless in an instant-

She had to admit that things like power and grace were originally the ones that went from one thing to the other. There are so many favors of the emperor, and the more others take away, the less the daughter holds in his hands.

If the emperor really has a ruthless day, then what awaits the crown prince and the Cheng'en Mansion is only one way to destruction.

The sunlight outside the window projected in, with a faint fragrance of flowers, Queen Qiao took a deep breath, tried her best to calm her mind, and slowly put her hand on her lower abdomen in the silence of her mother:

"Mother rest assured, I am measured. The emperor is no longer the emperor of the past, I don't want to fight for myself, but also for my children. ”

Duchess Chengen looked at her daughter, who was obviously only in her twenties, but her eyes were already deep and waveless, and the corners of her eyes couldn't help but feel a little hot.

Women are weak, but mothers are strong, this is all for His Royal Highness the Prince, right?

The daughter has become the most noble woman in the world, like a phoenix perched on a sycamore, standing high on the branches. But who knows when, a gust of wind will be able to blow down all this glory and brilliance.

After Duchess Chengen left, the cautious voice of the palace maid came from the quiet dormitory of Shangyang Palace:

"Niangniang, do you really want to keep it?"

Qiao Huan raised his head and looked at the willow branch, the only personal palace maid he could trust, and the desolation in his eyes finally turned into firmness:

"Of course I have to keep it, since Xiao Wuwu can't stop me, why should I kill my own child?"

"But Niangniang, the emperor is ...... after all"

"After all, he is the emperor, the Ninety-Five, and the Son of Heaven, right?"

As if knowing what Liu Zhi was going to say, Qiao Huan smiled mockingly and interrupted her persuasion.

"If you can't do it, don't promise me anything back then' for 3,000 weak waters, I can still treat him as a prince and an emperor from the beginning, not a husband!"

"But Niangniang, even if it is a husband, what woman's husband can start from the beginning? The slave and maid feel that when people are young, they will make a lot of promises, but not everything can be done, as long as the emperor does not forget the love of the year, why should Niangniang take such a big risk?"

Qiao Huan turned his head to look at the willow branches, and his eyes were innate stubbornness:

"Maybe I can be like other women, knowing that the promise was just a lie, and now that I have come to this point, I don't want to pursue it—but I can't do it. ”

She can't do it without resentment, she can't do it without hate, and she can't swallow the pain from joy to disappointment and heartbreak by herself.

Not to mention......

She touched her lower abdomen, and her eyes gradually became gentle:

"Willow Branch, I had a dream a few days ago, I dreamed that she was a lovely girl, she was very good-looking, and when she grew up, she was like me, wearing a phoenix crown...... You say, if she is really my daughter, how can she be the queen? Could it be that her husband can usurp the crown prince of Ayun? Hey, I don't know if I think too much every day......

These ridiculous words, which seemed to be gibberish, fell into the ears of Willow Branch, and she looked at the queen in a daze, unable to say a word of dissuasion.

The Empress's face was as quiet and gentle as a dream, radiating a faint glow, just like every time she was with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Liu Zhi suddenly remembered that the year Niangniang gave birth to His Royal Highness the Prince, she had been poisoned, and the imperial doctor once said that Niangniang would be difficult to get pregnant in this life.

Therefore, Niangniang is so stubborn, it seems that she wants to take revenge on the emperor, but in her heart, she really wants to keep this child, right?

No matter who the father of this child is, no matter how much trouble this child will bring to Niangniang in the future, Niangniang wants to keep her.

Niangniang is now in the womb of the child, Liu Zhi is not clear, but she knows very well that this child will definitely not be the emperor-

The original concubine, now the concubine, since entering the palace, the grace is flourishing, the emperor's time in Shangyang Palace is getting less and less, the day when the mother is pregnant, how to count, the difference between before and after is at least half a month.

Willow Branch sighed imperceptibly:

"Niangniang, wouldn't it be easier for us to postpone this day a little?"

Confusing the royal bloodline is a big sin for the Nine Clans, but since this child is going to be kept, it is less risky to use a little trick to make this child justifiable.

Empress Qiao looked at her magnificent palace and rejected Liu Zhi's proposal:

"In the past, the whole hospital was under my control, and it was naturally easy to change my life, but now, ...... Xu Shuning has always been ruthless, and he has been fighting with me endlessly, and staying in the palace is a risk. Besides, I wish this child lived far away from the palace and had a carefree life. This palace is the most terrible place in the world. ”

Willow Branch was silent for a moment, then got up and saluted and retired:

"Since that's the case, then the slave maid will go out of the palace to arrange it in person. ”

A few days later, Queen Qiao insisted on leaving the palace with someone.

The emperor struggled to keep him, but he was coldly ridiculed by Empress Qiao, and returned to the harem alone in a fit of anger, threatening to abolish the queen.

But the position of the queen involves a wide range of things, where is it said that it will be established, and it will be abolished?

What's more, in addition to making too much trouble about Concubine Qiao, there is nothing else that can be blamed, so the courtiers slandered Queen Qiao for being jealous, and at the same time wrote to the emperor to think twice.

In the harem, it is difficult for the concubines to imagine that the queen would do such an impulsive thing, but compared to Qiao Huan, what they don't want to see is that the concubine is too popular.

Most of the concubines in the palace were beautiful ladies in the capital when they were young, everyone knew each other, Qiao Huan was the queen, whether there was the emperor's favor or not, at least their lives were not sad, and they were not worried about suffering for no reason, but if Xu Shuning took the throne, it would be difficult to say.

So under the persuasion of a group of concubines in turn, the emperor also evoked the affection of the past in his heart, and knew in his heart that the warbler Yanyan in the harem now could not live with the queen.

In the end, the emperor had to dispel this breath in his heart, issued an edict, and ordered the queen to pray for Daqi for a year in the Wuwei Nunnery in the west of the city, which was regarded as finding a reason for the queen's willful behavior, and also picked up his own face a little.

In addition, in the court, Xiao Wushuang, the king of Qin, returned to Beijing from the northwest victoriously, and Lin Guifei in the harem reported that she was pregnant, these two things diverted most of the emperor's attention, and the emperor didn't care about personally inviting the queen back, and secretly planned how to deal with his younger brother who was a high-ranking master.

The Wuwei Nunnery in the west of the city is located behind Cuiting Mountain, not only far away from the capital, but also very remote, the incense has not been very vigorous, the nun in the nunnery has a hard time, fortunately, the Cheng'en Mansion is enshrined all the year round, so that it can be maintained.

Now Queen Qiao wants to practice in Wuwei Nunnery, the nuns are grateful in their hearts, and give the best courtyard to Queen Qiao to live in, around Wuwei Nunnery, they also quickly built houses, stationed a team of royal forest troops in the palace, in order to protect the queen, and the leader of this team of royal forest army is Queen Qiao's younger brother Qiao Yi.

For several months, Queen Qiao only devoted herself to cleaning and repairing in the courtyard where she lived, and never stepped out of the courtyard gate.

Although the emperor who was far away in the court was concerned about this, he was too busy with government affairs to come here, and no one disturbed the tranquility of Empress Qiao.

It wasn't until autumn that all the green trees all over the mountains turned yellow, and Wuwei Nunnery came to have guests.

The mountains under the moon are like golden quicksand, the night wind blows, and the sound of rustling all over the mountains and fields.

But the Imperial Guards from the palace could hear a different breath in this chaotic sound—

Qiao Yi held a long sword in his hand, flew out, and stopped Zhan Songlin, who was wearing a fluttering robe, in front of the door of his sister Empress Qiao.

The Taoist priest under the moon, as handsome as he was when he was young, was already as light as a wild crane, fluttering under the moon, and quietly arrived in front of Queen Qiao's door.

When did this man's kung fu get to such a point? He almost couldn't notice it!

The moonlight shone on the face of the person who came, and Qiao Yi was shocked at a glance!

Qiao Yi tried his best to calm his mind before he shouted in a low voice:

"It's you...... You stupid coward, are you here to die today?!"

Zhan Songlin under the moon, the sparseness between his eyebrows and eyes, as if he had been carved into the bone marrow with the years, even though his face was calm and waveless, but when he looked at the silent room, his eyes had already dyed the fallen leaves around him with sadness.

"I know it's me who made her have a bad time...... So, today I want to take her away......"

If, if they had never been together, he could have walked away, but that night...... It was the best time in his frustrated life, why should he give up?

"Heh, when you left her so embarrassed on the street that day, when the edict of marriage came down, why didn't you take her away? Now, Zhan Songlin, what do you think you are worth my sister to give up everything for you?!"

"But whether you want to go with me or not, it's up to her, and the person I want to see is her!"

Zhan Songlin walked straight to the door, and Qiao Yi's sword immediately crossed his neck:

"One more step, don't blame me!"

There was ruthlessness in the deliberately suppressed voice, but the quarrel between the two had already alarmed the people in the inner room, and the windows of the room soon revealed a dim yellow light.

"Ah Huan!"

Zhan Songlin's eyes suddenly appeared with joy, she must be willing to see him!

But the next moment, the blood in his whole body almost coagulated-

On the thin window paper, the silhouette of the woman reflected, and there was a long shadow across the neck, there was no doubt that it was a sharp blade!

"Ah Huan!"

Zhan Songlin took a step back, even through the wall, he could feel the overwhelming hatred of this silhouette.

"Let's go...... As I said, life and death will never see each other again, and if you have to see me again, see my corpse. ”

The woman's dream-like voice emanated from the silhouette, so light, as if she was stating someone else's business, but it was enough to quickly crush the person who came with hope.

Zhan Songlin stretched out his hand, wanting to hug something, but he could only put it down in vain.

The Ah Huan he likes has always been a fierce and decisive woman who does what she says!

An irrepressible whimper of despair erupted from his throat:

"Why, Ah Huan, why...... Obviously you ...... that night."

"The ecstasy incense of your Daomen worked very well that night, and I always thought that the person who appeared next to me was carefree, not ...... Disgusting you. ”

The voice of the person inside the window was still an understatement, but it was enough to make the eyes of the two people outside the window widen at the same time!

Qiao Yi was so shocked that he couldn't make any sound, only Zhan Songlin still refused to believe it:

"No, you know it's me...... You know that!"

"I don't know. I only know that the only person I have ever loved in my life is Xiao Wuwu. ”

The only person I have ever loved is Xiao Wuwu!

Zhan Songlin rushed forward, and even the long sword in Qiao Yi's hand cut his neck, he didn't feel pain, he just pleaded desperately:

"No, he has lost you, he treats you badly, come with me, Ah Huan, come with me! Please come with me! I have already told my master, I am still vulgar, we will always be together, never separated!"

"Don't go any further!"

There was a sharp cry from the window, accompanied by a panicked cry from the willow branch:

"Queen Mother, your neck is bleeding!"

"Ah Huan!"

Zhan Songlin finally took a step back and smiled miserably:

"Sure enough, even if you die with me, you don't want to see me again!"

"Let's go, it's disgusting to think of you. ”

It was still the same calm voice, accompanied by the suppressed sobs of the willow branches.

The night breeze passed by slowly, like the gentle hands of the woman that night, but Zhan Songlin knew that he would never get it anymore.

Forever, never get it.

I don't know how long it took for a figure to leave in the night wind, and the bright moon shone quietly on the mountains, and the silence made people despair.

"Sister, what the hell is ...... What happened? You, why didn't you open your mouth and let me kill him?"

The long sword in Qiao Yi's hand hung down weakly, and the storm raged in his mind-

What exactly happened?

If, if it is really as he guessed, then the Qiao clan will be pushed to the edge of the cliff, and if they are not careful, they will be crushed!

He didn't even know if he was more worried about his sister or the future of his family at the moment!

After a long time, the woman's voice with a slight tremor came from the house again:

"Ah Yi, my sister is tired. Don't ask anymore, don't ask anything again...... Rest assured, I will not abandon you or my family at any time. ”

Thinking of the mess that night, Queen Qiao spread her sleeves and hugged herself surrounded by blood.

I always feel that I am so dirty like this, and it is not bad to be cleaned by blood at the moment.

In this life, Qiao Huan, has anyone really loved you?

What you get is not only glory and wealth and short-term warmth, but also abandonment, being deceived by lies, being let down, and being humiliated.

"The only one who truly loves me and depends on me for life and death is you, my child......"

Tears welled up in her eyes and she muttered to herself.