"It's me. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Emperor Yan nodded, held Su Zixu's hand and asked, "Are you having nightmares again?" ”

Su Zixu looked dazed, blinked his eyes, and asked in a daze: "Concubine, shouldn't it be in a dream now?" ”

"No, you're awake."

"Your Majesty." Su Zixu whispered and leaned into Emperor Yan's arms.

Emperor Yan hugged her, gently stroked her hair, and asked softly, "What did you dream about?" ”

"I don't know." Su Zixu sobbed in response, and a line of tears flowed down the corners of his eyes.

She suddenly couldn't remember what happened in the dream, but she vaguely remembered that her heart really hurt in the dream, so painful that she almost thought she was going to suffocate.

"It's okay, it's all a dream." Emperor Yan kissed her forehead and comforted. There was pity and grief in Su Zixu's eyes that Su Zixu couldn't detect.

Emperor Yan's embrace was warm and powerful, and those comforting words were like a reassuring pill, which made Su Zixu's flustered heart settle down instantly. She leaned quietly against him and said nothing.

The room is quiet, and the atmosphere is exceptionally harmonious and warm.

"Does your head still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

"Hmm."

"Aunt Liuli, my father hasn't come out for so long, is it that my mother has woken up?" After a long time, the sweet voice of the third prince sounded outside the hall, breaking the quiet atmosphere in the room.

"Third prince, be quiet, the master hasn't woken up yet, and the slave will tell you when she wakes up. You'll have to play on your own for a while. Liuli's deliberately suppressed voice still reached the room.

"However, Yao'er wants to see her mother." The aggrieved voice of the third prince continued to come.

"Your Majesty ......" Su Zixu withdrew from Emperor Yan's arms, whispered, and then looked out the door.

Emperor Yan glanced at her, understood in his heart, and said to the door with a smile: "Come in." ”

With a "squeak", the door opened, and the third prince ran in in a hurry, shouting happily as he ran: "Mother." ”

Before Su Zixu could react, the third prince's round little body had already jumped into her arms, and he whimpered and said, "Mother." ”

"What's wrong?" Su Zixu touched his head, then gently pulled him out of his arms, looked at him, found that his eyes were teary, and asked suspiciously, "Who bullied you?" ”

The third prince shook his head and asked, "Mother concubine, are you okay?" ”

Su Zixu sat up straight, put his feet out of the bed, hugged him on his lap, and replied with a smile: "Don't worry, the concubine is already fine." ”

"Really?"

"Really." Su Zixu nodded. knew that the third prince was caring about her, and his heart was warm.

The third prince's eyes lit up, hugged Su Zixu again, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Yao'er misses her mother." ”

Emperor Yan, who was sitting on the side, saw all this in his eyes, and after the third prince finished speaking, he hugged him and said, "Your mother has just woken up, and her body has not yet recovered, don't let her hold it, she will be uncomfortable." ”

"Father." The third prince stepped on Emperor Yan's legs with both feet, wrapped his arms around his neck, kissed him a few times on both sides of the cheek, and exclaimed sweetly.

Emperor Yan smiled and kissed him, reminding: "In the future, if the concubine is not feeling well, you can't disturb her, you know?" ”

"Okay."

"Okay, your mother has woken up, and it's time for your father to go back." Emperor Yan put the third prince on the bed, and then explained to Su Zixu: "I still have a lot of twists and turns in my hands, since you are awake, I should also go back to deal with the matter at hand." ”

Su Zixu smiled and nodded: "Well, the emperor should go back and pay attention to his body." ”

As soon as Emperor Yan stood up, the third prince pulled the corners of his clothes and asked expectantly, "Will my father come over tonight?" ”

Emperor Yan looked at Su Zixu, paused for a while, touched his head with a smile, and responded, "Father and Emperor will come over tonight." ”

"Okay." The third prince nodded happily.

"Master, are you really well?" As soon as Emperor Yan left, Mama Lian immediately asked with concern.

"Mama rest assured, this palace is fine. What time is it? Hongu was a little hungry and wanted to eat. After Su Zixu finished speaking, he got up from the bed.

"Master, wait, the old slave will go and prepare." Mama Lian happily accepted the order.

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"Yao'er, be careful, don't fall." Su Zixu smiled lightly and reminded the third prince who was playing in the house.

"Okay." The third prince replied and continued to play with the toys in his hands.

"Master, the slave maid heard that the emperor abolished many of the punishments in the criminal room yesterday, except for some small punishments, the others were almost abolished. Secret needle punishment is one of them. Looking at the three princes who were playing happily not far away, Liuli whispered.

The smile on Su Zixu's face slowly rolled back, he looked intently ahead, and said in confusion: "Is it true?" ”

"Well, the news is true. I heard that the emperor had already ordered it more than ten days ago, and it was completely abolished yesterday, and there would be no more torture in the harem. Ruri replied, with a faint smile on her face.

"The emperor's move is a blessing for the harem, and it is too cruel to continue to keep those punishments."

Su Zixu's brows furrowed, and he replied softly: "It's useless, it's okay." ”

If Liuli didn't say it, she would have almost forgotten about it. At that time, although Emperor Yan promised her verbally, she thought that Emperor Yan just said it casually, so she didn't have much hope.

Later, there was no news about the punishments in the criminal room, and she slowly forgot about it. Unexpectedly, what Emperor Yan said that day was serious, and he didn't lie to her.

Those cruel punishments, if only they were abolished.

The corners of Su Zixu's mouth hooked up even more, and there seemed to be a big stone falling in his heart, empty and very comfortable.

"Niangniang, those punishments in the criminal room have been in place for hundreds of years and have never been abolished, and I heard that the emperor spent a lot of effort to completely abolish them this time. But fortunately, the palace will no longer see those punishments. Ruri continued with a smile.

Su Zixu was silent, looking at the third prince who was still playing and smiling lightly, the smile reached the bottom of his eyes.

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"Xing'er, do you know why the emperor suddenly abolished the punishments in the criminal room?" Empress Liu asked with a frown, one hand constantly turning the jade ring in her hand.

"Mother, the slave doesn't know." Apricot shook her head.

"Concubine Qi just punished the two mouthy palace maids with a secret needle, and the emperor immediately abolished those punishments, and the emperor's mind is really becoming more and more elusive."

"Niangniang, although I don't know why the emperor did this, but in this way, Concubine Qi's heart may not be comfortable."

Empress Liu didn't answer, and there was a smile on her face that didn't have a meaning.

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"Niangniang...... " Yuxi called in a low voice, constantly rubbing the handkerchief in his hand, and stopped talking for a while.

Concubine Qi looked at her, raised her eyebrows, and said, "What's wrong?" What do you have to say, what do you do? ”

"Don't you think it's strange, mother? You just punished those two little palace maids, and the emperor abolished those punishments, isn't it... It's not ......" Yuxi was silent halfway through speaking, and stomped his foot gently, his face full of anxiety.

Qi Guifei replied nonchalantly: "Look at you, what are you doing so nervous?" Didn't the emperor abolish some of the punishments in the palace? What are you doing with such a big reaction? ”

"Niangniang, the slave is worried, worried that the emperor will ......"

"Are you worried that the emperor has a prejudice against this palace?" Concubine Qi saw through Yuxi's careful thoughts, and continued slowly, "Don't worry, if the emperor had any opinions on the disposition of this palace, he would have asked people to warn this palace a long time ago, so why bother to abolish those punishments to remind this palace?" The emperor did this because something else had happened. ”

She has been by the emperor's side for so many years, although she can't completely guess the emperor's thoughts, she also knows a little bit about it. The emperor will not order the abolition of the punishment left by the ancestors because of the two little palace maids, unless something major happens in the middle of it, so that the emperor has to abolish it. Or, the emperor originally had this intention.

"Niangniang means ......"

Concubine Qi didn't answer, and said to herself: "Actually, those punishments have been abolished, but it makes people feel bad luck when they look at it." I've been in the palace for too long, but I want to live quietly, and I don't want to mix up many things. ”

Yuxi was confused when he heard it, but he didn't say anything more, and stood aside silently.

"By the way, is there any news from Yiranju?"

"The slave maid heard that Yue Xiurong was infected with wind and cold, and early this morning, the emperor sent Chang Taiyi to examine her body. The emperor also went to visit her shortly after the early dynasty and stayed in Yiranju for a long time. ”

"Hongu knows." Concubine Qi responded slowly, without any intention of asking any further.

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