I was stunned for a moment, wondering why she would suddenly ask this question.

This question is also the most difficult for me to answer, as far as I am concerned, I probably really wish I could just go back and leave this place forever, but I am the most reluctant to let go of the wonderful words, since the wonderful words want to stay here, it is like the string of a kite being tied to the imperial city.

I think I'm going to come back after all.

So, I smiled faintly and said, "Why do you ask that? After all, my daughter is still here." ”

Hearing me say this, Chang Qing seemed to have just remembered, and he also smiled, and after laughing, he said a little lonely: "I don't know why, this palace always has a feeling of restlessness for you to leave this time, as if you will be away for a long time." ”

I smiled and said, "Niangniang's words are not bad, I will go back to Xichuan this time, there are several places to go, several things to do, and I really won't come back in a short time." ”

She said, "Then you have to take care of yourself." ”

"I know. I nodded, and looked at her again: "Miao Yan stays in the palace - she is young and a little willful, and I hope the queen can take more care of her." ”

"This is natural, in two days, the palace will mention this matter to the emperor. ”

"Thank you, mother. ”

The two of us were talking, Xing'er hurried in from outside, Kou'er greeted the door, the two of them whispered a few words, Chang Qing and I both heard the sound of Kou'er gasping for air, Chang Qing said: "What's the matter, where are you muttering?"

Kou'er walked in and whispered, "Niangniang, there's an accident over there." ”

Li Concubine?Fang Zhijun?

Chang Qing's face sank, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

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I accompanied Chang Qing to hurry to the lake, there were already a lot of people here, all chattering about something, just Xiao Fuzi led people there, pointed at them and scolded: "There are so many things in the palace, no one has done it, you are idle to come here to see the excitement, do you have to come to the queen mother in person, you are willing to go?"

When the palace maids heard this, they all retreated, and when they turned around and saw the two of us, they hurriedly knelt down to say goodbye.

Xiao Fuzi also brought the two eunuchs behind him to salute: "Meet the queen mother." ”

Chang Qing only waved her hand, those palace maids retreated, Xiao Fuzi also got up, and walked cautiously to her side, Chang Qing walked over there, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xiaofuzi said in a low voice: "Early in the morning, I found that Concubine Li Niangniang was missing, and I asked people to look for her everywhere. As a result, just now, when someone passed by the lake, he saw a ball of things floating in the distance on the lake, and thought that someone's clothes had fallen into the lake. ”

“……”

"Niangniang, Niangniang is still careful," Seeing that we were approaching, Xiaofuzi subconsciously wanted to stop us, and said, "The person hasn't changed yet, but-"

Speaking of which, Chang Qing and I had already walked to the side of the corpse.

After just one glance, I couldn't bear to look any further and turned my head away.

A corpse, no matter how it is not out of shape, it will not look good, this woman, a few days ago, was still alive and vigorous, standing in front of me with sharp teeth, but now, just lying on the ground so wet, her head full of black hair is scattered, stained with a lot of water and grass dirt, she looks particularly sloppy, her face is blue-gray, and she has long been lifeless.

The two imperial physicians stood behind, both kneeling with pale faces.

Chang Qing looked at her, and frowned, Xiao Fuzi hurriedly handed over a look to the buckle, and the buckle and the others hurriedly stepped forward to help Chang Qing: "Niangniang, don't look at it, let them deal with the corpse." ”

Chang Qing stood still, looking at the corpse with heavy pain in her eyes, and after a long time, she sighed: "Why can't she think about it so much!"

I listened and frowned slightly.

Although, looking at Fang Zhijun's death like this, I am also a little uncomfortable, but Chang Qing - she should have experienced a lot of such things, when Shen Gongjun and his gang fell, didn't Yuan Yueming die in vain? That is naturally their handiwork, why now, she still has some emotion?

Looking back and seeing my puzzled expression, Chang Qing didn't say anything to me, just waved his hand to let Xiao Fuzi deal with it, Xiao Fuzi took the order, and immediately asked people to carry the body away, and then confessed left and right, I followed Chang Qing back to Jingren Palace, and after sitting down, she sighed lightly and said, "Concubine Li, I have been pregnant for more than a month." ”

"What?!"

At this point, I was so shocked that I couldn't believe my ears.

"She, she's pregnant?"

Chang Qing nodded: "So, although her brother has been deposed, he hasn't moved her, but has looked at her there, just to wait for this child to be born, but I didn't expect her to think so much that she took the child to die." ”

“……”

I was still speechless.

Fang Zhijun knew that she was pregnant, but she still committed suicide by jumping into the lake, did she really care about the child in her womb at all?

Still, she has seen her future - the child born in her identity will not have a good future, and she is involved in the case of Nangong Jinhong's rebellion, it is impossible to completely get rid of the crime, it is very likely that the child was born and was taken away, and she was either poisoned silently, or thrown into the cold palace, and never saw the light of day for the rest of her life, that child may never know who her mother is for the rest of her life.

Such a future may be something she will not accept even if she dies.

Thinking about the corpse I just saw, although there was no blood, the tragic appearance coincided with the person I remembered.

Yao Yingxue.

is also pregnant with a child, and all thoughts are lost.

In the harem, there has never been a shortage of such people.

Just as I sighed, Chang Qing said slowly: "The emperor's heirs have always been very thin, and this is also the place where the palace worries day and night. ”

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I think Pei Yuanhao should be very sad.

It's just that at this time, he can't have the slightest weakness, he didn't even publicly ask about Fang Zhijun's funeral, but Chang Qing confessed to be buried as a concubine, and obviously got his approval.

For the next nearly ten days, he didn't show up in the harem, and naturally I didn't have a chance to meet him.

In a blink of an eye, it was May 24th.

It's getting hotter.

All the preparations had been made, and the Emperor Taishang's body was almost recovered, so I returned to Liu's Mansion one day and went to get the money that Yan Qingchen had brought with me - it was a lot of money, and even I was a little excited to hold it in my hand.

So, while chatting with Pei Ji in the Taoist Temple on this day, it happened that Pei Yuanhao also came to ask the Emperor Taishang for peace, so I tentatively proposed that it was time to go.