To Taohua's surprise, until entering Layue, there was no movement in the palace, and the queen didn't make a big fuss about this matter, but Prince Cheng seemed to be silent, and even the county prince's mansion didn't come to the door, but she just sent something every once in a while, and it was not valuable, it was all in season.

Taohua has always had doubts about this matter. The so-called extreme things must be reversed, and the so-called abnormal things must be demons, the queen is so uncharacteristically honest, there must be something wrong.

However, since Shen Shu left, the connection between the county king's mansion and the palace has inevitably decreased, and Fengyi Palace is not a place where you can come and go at will after all, and it is difficult for Taohua to get specific news about the queen, so there is no way to guess what the queen wants to do. Moreover, the reaction of this fetus was much greater than when Brother Huaixu was a child, and it also made Taohua have little energy to take care of more.

"Princess, let's use pickled plums." Yuzhu anxiously held warm water in one hand and a plate of pickled plums in the other.

Taohua rinsed her mouth with warm water, picked up a pickled plum and stuffed it into her mouth, the sweet and sour taste spread in her mouth, and she barely suppressed the desire to vomit.

Mint hurriedly lifted the spit pot out, and Mama Zheng was coming in from outside, and when she saw it, she said, "The princess vomited again?" ”

Mint handed the spit pot to the little maid to brush, and said with a sad face: "No, I vomited all the rice I used in the morning." How can it go on like this? "It's been three months since this fetus, and the last time I was pregnant with Brother Xu, although the princess's taste has changed, her appetite is very good, but she is only a little sleepy, and when the fetus is three months old, everything is as usual. This time it's a good thing, but I'm still vomiting so hard that I can't stop.

Mama Zheng couldn't help sighing: "I'm afraid this baby is a girl, so squeamish......" The kitchen tried her best to make all kinds of dishes, and the princess didn't want to eat them when she saw them, so she reluctantly ate them, and she vomited them out after a while.

"Why don't you invite the old lady to come and have a look?"

Mama Zheng shook her head: "The old lady came back and said that there is no need to use medicine." And this kind of thing, it's better not to use medicine, you are a girl's family, and you don't understand these fertility things. ”

Mint really doesn't understand, but the few times I've seen a pregnancy, I haven't been so tormented, and I can't help but worry: "What can I do then?" Look how much the princess has lost weight in the past two months, if she vomits until she gives birth, will it be okay? Now the princess doesn't even dare to see Brother Xu, so she is afraid that she will suddenly vomit and scare the child.

"Phew!" Mama Zheng hurriedly snorted twice, clasped her hands and said, "Tong Yan is unscrupulous, Tong Yan is unscrupulous." After finishing speaking, he said to Mint: "This is unspeakable." The princess is pregnant, so she must not say such things. "Maybe this crow's mouth, the princess will really vomit to give birth, and it will be terrible.

"What then?" Mint was at a loss, and looked at Mama Zheng with a blank eye.

Mama Zheng actually didn't have a trick, so she thought about it and said, "I heard that Aunt Lin also served the princess in the past, so it's better to ask someone to go to the in-laws and ask Aunt Lin to make some snacks in the south." Although our cooks have good skills, this pregnant woman has uncertain tastes, and she doesn't necessarily have good skills, and the princess loves to eat the things she makes. Maybe it's a homely taste, and it will fall into the princess's favor. ”

Mint thought about it for a while, and that's the same. At this point, it was not a dead horse that was regarded as a live horse doctor, and immediately asked the bellflower to go back to Jiang's house to find the ginkgo fruit. was busy arranging to go out, when he saw Yuzhu walking out lightly and whispered, "The princess has just rested." ”

This is tired of vomiting, otherwise according to Taohua's habits, there will be no morning rest. The three of them sat down, all with sad faces, Mama Zheng sighed and said: "It's also the princess who is worried about the princess...... If there is something to worry about, it is easy to eat and sleep well, not to mention catching up with pregnancy.

Since Shen Shu went to the northwest, he has only sent a letter back in two months, and he has written very briefly. Although the letter said that everything was going well, just looking at the letter as short as a dozen sentences, I knew that the situation over there must not be as light as he said, otherwise how could there not even have time to write a long letter?

Of course, there is another channel to get news, and that is the military report from the northwest to the imperial court. However, there was no good news in the military newspaper, only that the Northern Barbarians had come quite ferociously this year, and the two sides fought frequently near Chengguan, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser. Moreover, the weather in the northwest is cold again, so I urge the household department to ask for food and cotton clothes, and do not miss the fighter plane. In short, it's not a refreshing news.

The military situation is like this, how can the princess not worry about the prince? Rao is Mama Zheng has been in the palace for many years, and she has no idea at all at this time, so she can only recite a few more Buddhas in her room, asking God to bless this battle and win quickly, and bless the prince not to have any mistakes.

The three of them were sitting opposite each other and worried, when suddenly a little maid poked her head out of the door, lowered her voice and said, "Mama, sisters, the prince has sent someone back from the northwest." ”

Mint stood up with a snort, and before he could speak, he heard a movement in the back room, and Taohua raised his voice and asked, "Who did the prince send back?" Let him come in and talk. "Apparently not asleep at all.

He was sent back on the first day of junior high school, and after a month and two months, he was thin and dark compared to the county king's mansion, and he was still wearing the clothes of a foot merchant, and his leather jacket was dirty, exuding a smell of horses, and he still smelled fishy.

Mint couldn't help frowning: "Why don't you come here without changing your clothes." What's the deal with this fishy smell? "The princess doesn't even dare to put flowers in the house at this time, and she wants to vomit when she smells the food.

Chu Yi grabbed his hair and smiled: "I came back quietly, and I came in from the corner gate and followed the car bought in the house." I just bought some fish today, but it doesn't smell fishy. ”

Mint pinched her nose and told the little maid to bring hot water: "Hurry up and change the wash." Now the princess can't smell this. Seeing that the pair of boots that Chu Yi took off were almost worn out, the little maid only hugged her clothes again, so she turned around and went to her room to take out a pair of shoes and threw them on the ground: "Come quickly when you are washed, the princess is anxiously waiting for the news of the prince." ”

The first year of junior high school also knew that the smell on his body was a little big, and when the princess was pregnant, she naturally didn't dare to slack off, and rubbed herself from head to toe, thinking that it should be tasteless, so she came out. As soon as I came out, I saw a pair of shoes on the ground, the bottom was thick and tight, the cyan upper was embroidered with the pattern of ink-colored bamboo to report peace, it was not conspicuous, but the stitches were very delicate and even, and the bamboo leaves were not the size of pine nuts, and they were also embroidered very carefully and vividly.

Chu Yi held these shoes and smirked for a moment, then carefully put them on and came to see Taohua to reply.

Taohua was already waiting in a hurry, but when she heard that the first year of junior high school came back in disguise, she immediately called someone to seal the news. After making this arrangement, it was easy to wait for the first day of junior high to come, and hurriedly asked, "How is the prince?" ”

"The princess is fine, don't worry, princess." The first day of the junior high school bowed neatly, "It's just tired." Because this group of barbarians did not distinguish between day and night, they could not say anything and would come, so they did not dare to relax, and they had to get up at night when they heard the movement. "Although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the northern barbarians come and go like the wind, and such a real and false attack is also annoying.

If he said that Shen Shu was all right in the army, ate well and slept sweetly, Taohua would definitely not believe it. At this moment, he said the truth, and Taohua was relieved when he heard it. Since it is a war, how can it be easy and happy, even if she is tired, as long as she is not injured, she will feel more at ease.

"How's the battle going?"

At this time, Chu Yi frowned: "That group of people, at this time, are still thinking about fighting for power and profit, it's really hateful!" Hou Ye was afraid that they would play Fuzhou's trick again, and he stared at it closely. "Originally, ten percent of Dingbeihou's energy should have been put into fighting, but now at least thirty percent of his energy should be divided into staring at the rear, which is also more tiring than in previous years.

"However, the princess stopped the bleeding and dispersed, and there were many in the army this year, but it was of great use. There are also ambulance teams...... Ding Langzhong's father and son, this year has taught several people, and now the military doctors know some suturing skills, and they have recruited many people to do that care, although the battle is difficult, everyone is at ease. "When you go into battle to kill, knowing that if you are injured and someone will come to your rescue, how can you not feel an extra layer of peace of mind?

"My subordinates are in the army, and I heard that many people are still saying that this ambulance team was built by the princess, and Ding Langzhong's father and son also said that the princess knew the grace of the princess." To be honest, when Chu Yi heard these words, he also felt honored, "There is a lieutenant who was transferred from Fujian, and when he saw our ambulance team in the northwest, he said that Fujian should also build one, so that many people can die." ”

Taohua waved her hand, she didn't really want to hear this: "What did the prince ask you to come back in disguise?" "Not to come back and praise her.

Chu Yi's face suddenly straightened: "The prince sent his subordinates back to deliver a letter to the emperor, but as for what the letter said, the subordinates didn't know." In fact, he also guessed something, it should be Yu Dang's movements in the army, but when he left, the prince told him that these things depend on the situation, if the princess is pregnant and unwell, don't tell her in too much detail, lest she worry, "It should be some news that the prince got in the army." ”

Taohua was afraid that he would come back because someone had caused a critical military situation because someone had interfered with it, and he was sent back to ask the emperor for help. Now that he heard that it was Shen Shu who got the news in the army, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'll take you into the palace tomorrow?" ”

Chu Yi immediately shook his head: "Princess, this letter must be quietly handed over to the emperor, and it must not be noticed." belongs to a man, if he enters the palace, he will attract people's attention. Even the princess must have an excuse to enter the palace. "The princess doesn't often enter the palace, and when she is still raising a baby at this time, when she suddenly enters the palace, some people must be suspicious.

Taohua's face changed, and the feeling of nausea and vomiting came up again: "What, has the situation reached this point now?" "How cautious and cautious you have to be?

At first glance, her face turned pale, she was shocked, and hurriedly shook her hand: "It's not!" It's just that the prince said that there are many eyes and ears in the harem, and if the emperor wants to finish his work, the news must not leak. Yu Ge is an old treacherous and slippery, although the people in the northwest this time are in the party, but there is no surname in the family, if he is alerted to get rid of it, I am afraid that it will fall short. ”

Yu Ge Lao was slippery like a loach and didn't leave his hands, it was really difficult to catch. The Yu family now has no outstanding children, resulting in Yu Dang being mostly in-laws and protégés, although they are not as close and strong as the children of their own family, but there is also an advantage, that is, if these people commit crimes, it is easy for him to be held accountable. Otherwise, in this dispute between the two parties of Zhao Yu, the Zhao family bit out of the party for several things, but in the end, none of them could really be traced to Yu Gelao.

Speaking of which, the most capable breakthrough for the Yu family is actually Yu Rui, who had high hopes for Yu Ge Lao, so the emperor has always been reluctant to lead Rui, just to seize the opportunity to hit with one blow and pull the entire Yu family into it. However, a strong man broke his wrist and sacrificed the most promising son of the Manchu people, causing the emperor to lose his target before he could punch out the strength he had accumulated for a long time.

In this way, this incident in the northwest can only succeed and not fail, otherwise if Yu Ge Lao shrinks back, who knows when he will be able to grab his tail next time? It took ten years of work for the emperor to force Yu Ge Lao to such a situation step by step, but the emperor is not young, although Yu Ge Lao can no longer afford it, and the emperor can't wait.

What's more, although the emperor and Yu Dang seem to be safe and sound on the surface, in fact, they are already like fire and water inside, if they can't take Yu home this time, there will be no peace in the court in the future. After all, this world is the emperor's world, and Yu Ge Lao can do whatever he wants to mess up the government, but the emperor can't do this.

Taohua leaned back in the chair for a while, feeling that the feeling of vomiting had subsided a little: "You tell me the truth, how sure are you about this?" ”

Chu Yi is Shen Shu's confidant, although he doesn't know some confidential things, but after all, following Shen Shu's side, Yu is very aware of the situation in the Northwest Army, listening to Taohua's question at this moment, he thought about it and said: "My subordinates don't dare to say that they are a little sure, but in the northwest, there is actually Yu Party among the people sent by the emperor, but the emperor already knows it, and Yu Dang doesn't know that the emperor already knows." ”

This sounds a little awkward, but Momoka already understands. The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and not being defeated in a hundred battles, what the emperor now relies on is what he already knows but the party does not know yet. Of course, there is also the support of Dingbei Hou and Shen Shu.

"It is said that the emperor ...... to the prince," Taohua muttered half a sentence and swallowed the second half of the sentence back. It is said that Shen Shu and the emperor are competitors in the dragon chair, so water and fire must be incompatible, and the Yu family is precisely because of the belief that the emperor has always been jealous and defensive against Shen Shu, so the emperor took advantage of the situation and came to the current situation step by step.

However, at this moment, the emperor is actually betting on Shen Shu, after all, he can't reach the affairs of the northwest, no matter how many clever arrangements there are, success or failure is also in the hands of the uncle and nephew of Dingbei Hou and Shen Shu. How did the emperor dare to trust Shen Shu so much?

Of course, Taohua knew that Shen Shu had no intention of being an emperor. If he was given a choice, he would prefer to be like the Hou Yin family in Dingbei, guarding the northwest for generations to ensure the safety of one party. He is the grandson of the Yin family, born with half of the Yin family's blood, inherited the Yin family's fierce bravery, and also inherited the Yin family's love for the northwest. If he still has any obsession with the capital, it is that he wants to take revenge on the Queen Mother and the Yu family who killed his mother in the first place.

However, in the eyes of others, Shen Shu seems to have coveted the throne by nature, after all, his biological mother's background is much more noble than the emperor's biological mother, not to mention the favor of the first emperor. With such a background, no one would believe that he didn't want to be an emperor! The only one who is willing to trust him is actually his competitor, which is really ......

"The emperor is not an ordinary person......" Taohua whispered. The emperor is more suitable for that dragon chair than Shen Shu, his grasp of people's hearts is far above Shen Shu, and he is born to be the emperor. Therefore, the first emperor chose him to succeed to the throne at that time, perhaps not only because of the support of the Yu family behind him.

This sentence was said in such a small voice that he didn't even hear the mint next to him clearly, and couldn't help asking: "Princess, how do you enter the palace so that you don't leave a trace?" ”

That's really a problem. Taohua rubbed her eyebrows, and was pondering, the little maid outside had already reported in: "Prince Cheng's Mansion has sent something again...... "This time it is a few baskets of fresh fish and fresh lotus roots, and the water is already frozen at this time, and it is not easy to get these things." In addition, there is also a cage of live rabbits and live pheasants specially sent to Brother Xu.

Taohua's brows just frowned, and then he stretched out again: "Isn't the reason for entering the palace here?" "Prince Cheng is so entangled, she is uneasy, and she should go into the palace to inquire about the news, isn't it? What's more, this baby is already three months old, and it is almost ready to go out.

I don't know if I came with the motivation to have the goal, in the evening, after the people who went to Jiang's house brought back the side dishes and snacks made by Bai Guo himself, Taohua suddenly felt that her appetite was coming, and she actually ate all the side dishes and snacks with white porridge, and although there was still a feeling of tumbling at night, she only retched a few times and didn't vomit anything.

"Ouch, thank goodness." Mama Zheng folded her hands and bowed to the air, and said busily, "Ming'er will send someone again to tell Aunt Lin that the princess likes to use her craft, please let her do more." "If it is possible, she really wants to take Aunt Lin to live in the county king's mansion and make it for the princess every day.

Taohua didn't think it was necessary: "Maybe it's just time." "The period of strong pregnancy reaction has finally passed, or this thing is really emotional, it seems that people really need to do something, and when they have nothing to do all day and can only sit there and worry, don't they feel particularly uncomfortable?

In short, whether it is Baiguo's side dishes for meritorious service, or Taohua is born to be a workaholic who has no blessings, anyway, she feels a lot more energetic when she gets up the next morning, and sits in front of the mirror to take a look, although the person is emaciated, and his face is a little pale, but he looks energetic, not as half-dead as a few days ago.

Mint felt the same way: "The princess was always unenergetic a few days ago, but now it's much better." "It's a weird pregnancy reaction. It is said that illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread, how can it swish and go down again?

Mama Zheng couldn't help but laugh: "This is not a disease. It's really a stupid girl......" Jing said some stupid things, "However, the princess lost a few days ago, and she will have to make up for it later." "No matter what, if you eat it every day for two or three months, it will be harmful to your body, not to mention the child in your belly.

"If you don't vomit in the past few days, ask your uncle and grandfather to come to check the pulse and prescribe a prescription for nourishment." Taohua watched Mint twist her hair into a neat bun, and with a gorgeous phoenix hairpin, she looked full of energy and was quite satisfied, "Arrange the carriage and enter the palace." ”

Today is not the fifteenth day of the first month, but speaking of Taohua, it has been a long time since Taohua entered the palace, and now there is no need to limit the day to ask for peace, and the sign was handed at the palace gate, and the carriage drove into the harem.

"Princess, it seems that there is a carriage in Prince Cheng's mansion at the back." Mint slammed into the window, looked back through the gap in the curtain for a moment, and whispered.

She just arrived at the palace gate, and then Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng came, so it can be seen that she has been staring at the county palace. From this point of view, the gifts given yesterday are not accidental, the queen has never made any moves, is she just waiting for her to enter the palace?

"It's about the right time." Taohua sneered, "Let's go, I'll see the Queen Mother first." ”

The Queen Mother was taking medicine, and when she saw Taohua coming, she showed a hint of surprise: "They all said that you raised a fetus at home, why did you fall into the palace at this time?" ”

"I vomited a lot a few days ago, and I never entered the palace to ask the queen mother for peace." Taohua was smoked by the smell of the medicine and her stomach turned up a little, fortunately, she carried a sachet with orange peel in her sleeve, and sniffed it with the help of raising her sleeves, and suppressed the nausea feeling, "I feel better today, so I came to the palace, I don't know if the queen mother is better these days?" ”

"What's so good about my old woman...... Queen Mother drank all the medicine in the bowl and frowned, "They all say that I should be told to recuperate, but when there is something happening, where can I calm down?" ”

Taohua took a small plate of candied fruit from the palace people and sent it to the queen mother: "Although there is something in the previous dynasty, there is an emperor, who dares to disturb the queen mother?" ”

The Queen Mother sighed deeply: "It's all those things ......"

Before the words were finished, someone from the palace outside had already come in to spread the word: "The queen mother and the princess Cheng have come to say hello." ”

The queen is still wearing a bright yellow embroidered phoenix palace dress, but her face is now becoming more and more dark yellow, and it is really not bright when lined with this bright yellow clothes, so she can only cover it with more fat powder. However, she seemed to be in very good spirits, and as soon as she came in, she smiled: "The princess of the county has also entered the palace?" I've heard that you've had a hard time conceiving this baby, but it looks good today. ”

Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng followed. The princess's regular clothes are also bright red, but she is now a widow, this color is unwearable, she changed to a royal blue dress, the same is a little yellowish face, but only the eyes are also bright, and said: "I haven't seen the princess for a few days, I look thinner, but my complexion is good." ”

"Not really." The queen sat down with a smile, "In my opinion, the princess of the county is a blessed one, and the baby in her belly is still a son!" ”