After returning to Duanwang's Mansion, Xu Yan slept for two days before he could be considered to have regained his former spirits.

The turmoil in the capital has gradually subsided, and although there are still a small group of traitors still hiding in the shadows, they are no longer as noisy as they were at the beginning. Since Xu Yan had rested, he said to Mrs. Shen, and then took Shen Yan into the palace and asked Concubine Cui to say goodbye together.

In Yongfu Palace, Concubine Cui leaned on the couch as usual, watching the large peonies bloom in the courtyard.

When she saw Xu Yan and Shen Yan, she raised her eyelids slightly and sat up, "I'm back." ”

"Erchen greets the concubine." After Xu Yan greeted Shen Yan, Concubine Cui asked someone to give a seat and sat together under the sun. Concubine Cui hadn't seen Xu Yan for a long time, so she smiled, "I'm still when you come back from the battlefield, and there are still many things to help the emperor do, so I don't have time to come over." ”

Xu Yan didn't have the patience for Emperor Huiping when he was with Concubine Cui, and he would not persuade him gently, and said bluntly: "The affairs of the court and government have been reported to the imperial brother, and you can be lazy these days." The concubines are all healthy here, right? ”

"That's all." Concubine Cui could feel her son's attitude. The whole person was lazy and lazy under the sun, Concubine Cui was old, and when she looked at the pleasing peony, she didn't have the heart to care about anything, but just looked at Shen Fei, "Princess Duan's body seems to be a little blessed?" ”

You can see it! Shen Yu had to admire this old lady who was used to seeing the flowers in the harem, "The concubine's vision is really powerful, and she has indeed eaten more in the past two days." ”

"It's good that this way, if you take care of your body, it will be much easier when you get pregnant in the future."

Shen Yu listened to that tone, without the slightest inquiry, just a homely chatting tone, and was inevitably surprised. She also thought that the concubine was in the harem, and the mouths of the two imperial doctors had already been pried open by her, but now it seems that the imperial doctor is still very attentive to the orders of the Duan Wangfu and has not leaked out.

And this concubine Cui, who looks mighty, does not have the ability to cover the sky with one hand in the harem, at least she can't know everything about the movements in the hospital.

Xu Yan next to him had already taken over the conversation, "Today, Erchen brought Ayu over, and there is also good news to tell Concubine Sù." He glanced at Shen Fei, and his eyes softened unconsciously, "Ah Yu found out that she was pregnant in February, but she didn't dare to go out at that time, and as soon as I came back, I shouted that I wanted to come to the concubine to report the good news." ”

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Cui's body immediately straightened up a lot, "Princess Duan has a body?" ”

Shen Yu smiled slightly and said, "I have asked the imperial doctor to diagnose it, and there is indeed one." It's just that I didn't dare to go out at that time, so I couldn't report the good news to the concubine in time, and I asked the concubine to forgive me. ”

"If you say anything forgive or not, if this letter spreads at that time, it will increase the trouble, and it is rare for you to be able to calm down like this." For the first time, she took Shen Yan's hand kindly, "How do you feel?" Nothing uncomfortable, right? ”

"Concubine Xie is worried, everything is fine." Shen Yu also smiled.

Concubine Cui probably felt that this was the best letter she had heard recently, so she was very attentive, and pulled Xu Yan and Shen Yan to tell her to pay attention to some things during pregnancy, and asked Xu Yan to call the imperial doctor often to ask for a pulse, and pay attention to Yunyun in diet and daily life.

After walking out of Yongfu Palace, Shen Yu was stunned and held back her doubts, until she got into the carriage, and then she spoke, "Why does the concubine seem to have changed people, as soon as she heard that I have a body, the whole person is in good spirits, and she doesn't mention anything like a side concubine." ”

"She is such a person, the deep palace is boring, she always has to find something to do, and she naturally cares when she has children." Xu Yan hugged her into his arms, afraid that the carriage and horse would bump him, so he used his legs as cushions, very dedicated.

Shen Yu happily accepted it.

After returning to the palace, the days returned to the time when I just got married last year, and I was idle every day, and when I was free, I went to the back garden to enjoy the scenery, and occasionally listened to all kinds of news from outside, and talked about the following dishes.

It is said that Emperor Huiping once brought Cui Zhan into the palace from prison and interrogated him personally.

It is said that Cui Xuanli originally fled to Wuchuan Province to hide, and was caught and sent to the capital.

It is said that the situation on Taining's side has been decided, Wei Rong is about to lead his troops north, and the men and horses left by Xu Yan will also return to the court.

By 20 April, the case of the rebellion of the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion had completely settled, and all the people involved in the case had been sentenced, starting from the eldest princess of Leyang, Cui Xuanli, the Marquis of Ningyuan, to the upper and lower cadres of the Hou Mansion, etc., the officials of all sizes involved in the case were either beheaded, or assassinated, exiled, or degraded, about 100 people were beheaded, and thousands of people were implicated in this matter.

After the court was purged, everyone was in danger, but Emperor Huiping seemed to be unsatisfied, listed several crimes of the first assistant Qi Ming, stabbed two thousand miles, dismissed his son Qi Ce's official position, and was never allowed to participate in the imperial examination, let alone be hired as an official.

This was followed by a decree of grace, the second assistant Lu Jidao was naturally promoted to the first assistant, and many vacant officials in the court also had substitutes, and for a time the officials of the Shangshu Mansion were full of guests, and the concubines and concubines outside the Yonghe Palace came and went to ask for a meeting, restoring the excitement of the previous year.

It's not over yet, another holy decree has come down, not only the civil and military officials, but even Xu Yan is a little stunned - when the court has just settled down, Emperor Huiping is going to make a decree to abolish the queen!

It is not a trivial matter to abolish the queen, the queen is the adoptive mother of the crown prince, and the mother of a country in the world, how can it be said that it can be abolished? For a while, the officials and imperial historians began to toss again, and the people who had a role with Queen Huo became hot pot ants, although Mrs. Huo was immovable, the eldest princess Huazhen did not run to the palace.

And for Xu Yan, this matter was completely unexpected by him.

At that time, when Shen Ming and another guard were sent into the palace, because they wanted to do the most confidential things for Emperor Huiping, the two of them were naturally assigned to Emperor Huiping's banner. Naturally, such a secret thing will not be spread outside, although Shen Ming came to Duanwangfu a few times later, but Xu Yan's subordinates are all people who understand the rules, and they have not asked a word about this matter, and Shen Ming knows the rules even more, and he didn't mention half a word.

Therefore, although Xu Yan knew that Empress Huo would not be at ease when Emperor Huiping was seriously ill, he didn't know what she had done.

Empress Huo's abolition is nothing in Xu Yan's opinion, but the queen is the prince's adoptive mother, once he is deposed, does it mean that Emperor Huiping's paranoid love for the prince has also loosened a little?

However, although Xu Yan has always hoped that this mediocre prince can abdicate and make way for Xian, he does not plan to participate in the matter of the abolition. Although Emperor Huiping summoned him two or three times, Xu Yan slipped away under various excuses.

- It is his duty to protect the family and the country and eradicate the evil things, but he can no longer stir up the family affairs between husband and wife.

So she guarded Shen Yu and the fetus in her womb with peace of mind, and in early April, Mrs. Shen proposed to go back to Luling, but Shen Yu did everything she could to keep her, but she couldn't make it.

However, Xu Yan sent a favor, suggested to Emperor Huiping, and arranged Shen Ming to go to Luling - obviously he is the eldest son of the Shen family who is obsessed with collecting books, but secretly he is the little leader of the Qingyi Wei in the Luling area, and he takes care of family and state affairs.

With her son coming home to accompany Shen Ping, Mrs. Shen's worries faded a lot, and she lived with peace of mind.

It is said that the eldest princess Huazhen helped to beg for love a few times, and finally Emperor Huiping couldn't bear it anymore and scolded her angrily, saying that Huo Zongqing was almost dragged into the troubled waters of rebellion by the eldest princess of Leyang, and it was Kuanren, who was the emperor's brother, who did not implicate the Duke of Yuguo, so that the eldest princess of Leyang went back to take care of the children, and don't worry about other things.

The eldest princess of Huazhen begged for a nose of ashes and went back, but she also settled down.

After all, Queen Huo was abolished, the position of the middle palace was vacant, Emperor Huiping had no plans to establish a future, and the biological mother of King Wei, He Guifei, died of illness not long after King Wei committed suicide, and now the queen was abolished, and many affairs of the harem were handed over to Xu Guifei, who had nothing to do.

As for the biological mother of the fifth prince Chengping, because of her humble background, she is only a concubine so far, so she naturally can't be ranked in front.

Since the beginning of last year, the court has not been born in peace, and now there is no Ningyuan Marquis Mansion and King Wei, although the prince is trembling, he does not dare to make a big move, so it is very calm for a while.

In the Duanwang Mansion, Shen Fei's body gradually appeared, but she was bored in the mansion every day, and it happened that the bookstore outside had been completed, and it was scheduled to open on June 20, when Xu Yan and Shen Yu went over to support the façade in person.

Duanwang's Mansion is in the inner city, but the library is in the south of the outer city, and the distance is not close.

Shen Yan's body has been in existence for more than five months, and Xu Yan was afraid that she would make a mistake when the carriage was walking in the downtown area, so he asked Changshi to arrange to take out the prince's honor guard that had been shelved for a long time. Although the carriages and horses have not changed much compared with the previous ones, except for the more luxurious decoration on the outside, the honor guard opened the way forward, and after the idle people and others dispersed, the road went exceptionally smoothly.

When I arrived outside the library, several familiar people were already there—

Jiang Wenying arrived early with Aunt Jiang, Jiang Zhen and Jiang Ruming, needless to say, the Duke of Xu's Mansion is very interested in the library, and he also brought Jiang Ling here on this day, the eldest uncle of the Meng family is still second, and the younger uncle Meng Yingque loves this kind of excitement the most, so he naturally won't miss it.

The rest were mostly coming towards King Duan, one of them was a young man with a smile on his face and a cane, and Shen Yan thought about it, and then remembered that this was the son of the general who had recently made great contributions in Taining and returned from injury, Wei Rong.

The library is three stories high, standing between the willows, and there is a pond in front of the library, which can be used to watch the swimming fish and to put out the fire in case of a fire. There are rockery bamboo forests around, and imitate the appearance of Luling Academy, set up many small pavilion bamboo chairs for reading, and the environment is excellent.

This matter was done by Duanwangfu, so it was handled by Duanwangfu Changshi, Shen Yu and Xu Yan walked inside, and the bookcases, tables and chairs, red signs and green belts, and even the books at the door that recorded the borrowing and returning of books were all arranged according to Shen Yu's requirements, impeccable.

Shen Yan's smile bloomed after seeing it, and when Xu Yan helped her down the stairs, she saw Wei Rong breaking in with a cane.