The invasion of the Japanese pirates in Fuzhou alarmed the capital. The officials led by Yu Ge Lao generally accused General Lu of dereliction of duty, and praised the deceased Governor Cui, saying that he would not retreat from the battle and ensure the safety of a city, which could be regarded as a model for officials in a place.

"The Yu family wants to pull General Lu down." Shen Shu, as a county king who has no real position, is still "feared" by the emperor, and he is naturally not qualified to stand in the court to discuss things. However, this did not affect his knowledge of the news in the court, including those who said and did not say what the officials said.

This is on an imperial estate outside the city. The emperor specially set aside this Zhuangzi to raise selected cattle and make pox seedlings.

Of course, Taohua has to do such a thing. Because Huangzhuang is a little far away from the capital, and in case of infection, she simply packed her things and prepared to live directly in Huangzhuang. She now has 12 assistants selected from Huimin Pharmacy and Tai Hospital, and when she officially starts planting pox, she may recruit and train another group of people.

"The Yu family won't be eyeing the military power in the hands of General Lu, right?" Taohua pulled out the last silver needle, wiped the sweat on her forehead, and massaged Shen Shu's four white acupoints, "General Lu is there to resist the Japanese invaders, he has led troops on the southeast coast for many years, and he has rich experience in fighting against the Japanese invaders, but it is not something that anyone can replace." ”

This is the same as Dingbei Houfu is indispensable in the northwest. After so many years, doesn't the Yu family want to take down the Dingbei Hou Mansion? But fighting with the Beiban is not everyone's business, there are also generals in the capital, but they have never fought with the Beiban, in case they push up but the command is not proper and they lose the battle, the Beiban breaks through the border pass, it is possible to go all the way to the pass or even hit the capital, no one dares to take this risk.

The situation of the Japanese is slightly better than that of the Northern Barbarians, mainly because they have fewer people. After all, there is a vast sea in the middle, and there are still a few outlaws who can take a boat across the ocean and risk their lives to plunder. However, because they are separated by the vast sea, their whereabouts are uncertain, and they are more elusive than the Northern Barbarian cavalry. Dealing with them requires more care, patience and experience.

"It's no joke." I've never eaten pork and I've seen a pig walk, Taohua doesn't fight and knows that not everyone can be a commander, even if you have peerless martial arts, "If something happens, the Japanese can kill people without blinking!" "From ancient times to the present, the Japanese people have been like this, in the same lineage, and have never changed.

Shen Shu sneered: "In the eyes of the Yu family, there were no more people." "When Yu Ge was young, I didn't know if he was still sober or needed a good reputation, it was still good to be an official, but when he was old, the desire to fight for power and profit gradually flourished, and he had overshadowed the public heart of serving the country and the people, and he was acting more and more unscrupulous.

"General Lu made a mistake, and when the Japanese went ashore that day, it was suspected that a thousand households along the coast were slacking. The thousands of households in that house have a very close relationship with the Yu family. ”

Taohua was shocked: "He wouldn't have intentionally let the Japanese go ashore, would he?" ”

Shen Shu smiled even colder: "Only he knows this." ”

This means that there is definitely a suspicion of intentionality. Taohua couldn't help but get angry: "How dare he be so careless about human life!" "Going ashore means that more people will die," the Yu family is like this, let alone being an official, even people are not worthy of being a person! ”

"Shandong's affairs, are they worthy of being people?" Shen Shu said coldly, "Elder Yu Ge is already a little frustrated. In the past six months, he sent him to the Southeast Guard, but he was afraid that it would be General Lu's idea to fight. At the beginning, General Lu politely refused to marry the Yu family, but he was afraid that the Yu family would already hold a grudge against him. ”

This is what politicians like to do, and they don't think about the price that the people have to pay for it.

"They haven't done this all these years, why are they suddenly so eager for military power now?" Taohua thought about it, and still asked, "Do they want to ......" to support the army and make trouble?"

Shen Shu shook his head: "The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother are still there, but the Yu family doesn't have to be like this." "As long as the queen becomes the queen mother in the future and holds the crown prince in her hands, the Yu family can continue the wealth and power to the third generation of emperors, and they don't have to do anything to support the army and make trouble.

However, you don't have to do it, and you can't do it if you don't have the military power in your hands, those are two different things. Especially now that Yu Ge is getting older, there is no successor to the Yu family, and the emperor is gradually not as easy to grasp as before. Of course, because the queen has no children until now, it is not yet known who the future prince will be.

"Yu Jia, is gradually panicking. If you panic, you will make a mistake. Shen Shu said slowly, "The emperor has spent more than ten years of work, and he is finally waiting for this day." ”

Although the emperor is an emperor, he holds a deck of cards that are so bad that they can't be worse. Without the support of his mother's family - the emperor's biological mother was a palace maid who had died a long time ago, and the family didn't know where it was, even if they knew, it was useless. Without the support of his wife - he married the daughter of the Yu family, and the Yu family's support for him was limited to before he ascended the throne, and after he ascended the throne, he became controlling. Without the support of his brothers-Prince Cheng is closed, Shen Shu is far away in the northwest, not to mention that there are no fathers and sons and brothers in the Heavenly Family, if you really want to talk about it in detail, there is still hatred.

All the emperor has, is patience and time.

Taohua sighed: "Is this court going to be chaotic?" If there is chaos, it is the people who suffer. ”

"The emperor doesn't want to mess up, so he can't use thunder means." Shen Shu also sighed and took Taohua's hand, "It's just that the emperor must not allow the Yu family to control the court like this anymore." ”

"I know that." Taohua shook her head, she really didn't understand politics like this, "That's it, I don't understand these things either, it's just that the southeast coast can't be easily replaced." ”

"The emperor naturally won't agree."

"That's good." Taohua put the silver needle aside, and waited for the mint to be taken away for disinfection, "I'm going to live in Huangzhuang tomorrow, and when the time comes, I'm afraid you'll have to run every day." "Acupuncture can't be stopped.

Shen Shu took her hand and didn't let go: "I'll just say that I will live with you." I'm not afraid of smallpox right now, anyway. ”

Taohua was also a little hesitant, if Shen Shu could live in the past, of course, it would be good, at least he didn't have to run back and forth every day: "But this matter-if you live in the past, there are few people who gossip." ”

"Just say it-" As soon as Shen Shu said three words, news came from outside, "Princess, Concubine Yuan Shu has a miscarriage, and the emperor summons the princess to enter the palace immediately!" ”

In the outer hall of Zhongxiu Palace, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother were sitting there, listening to the shouts coming from inside. Yuan Shufei accidentally knocked over a bowl of soup when she was eating, and the hot soup splashed on her body, Yuan Shufei was so hot that she jumped up, but she tripped and fell to the ground, which caused the tire to gase.

The queen sat upright, a handkerchief wringing between her fingers, and there was no expression on her face.

Qingyu stood behind the Queen Mother, a little uncertain. The Queen Mother asked her to take advantage of the princess of Anjun to quickly dispose of Yuan Shufei's baby when she left Beijing, who knew that the princess of the county came back so quickly, and Concubine Yuan Shufei was protected too tightly by the emperor, and she didn't have a chance until today.

There was a light high-five outside, and the emperor strode into the hall, and asked, "How is the concubine?" ”

Qingyu glanced at the person behind the emperor, and her heart suddenly tightened - this is really afraid of something. The queen naturally saw it, her fingers tightened the veil, and she reluctantly replied, "The imperial doctors are all inside." Why is Princess Anjun here? ”

The emperor didn't answer her, turned back to Taohua and said, "The princess of the county go in and take a look." ”

The queen coughed dryly: "Although the princess of the county knows medical skills, after all, she has never been pregnant, how can she go to deliver the concubine?" There is a midwife in it, and the emperor is still-"

Before she finished speaking, Taohua had already agreed, saluted the Queen Mother, and went into the inner hall with her feet raised. The queen choked on the second half of the sentence, and it was not said that she would not say it. Or the queen mother said slowly: "Don't worry, the emperor, although the fetal gas is moved, but the concubine also has a seven-month fetus, as the saying goes, seven lives and eight are not alive, the imperial doctors are here, and they will try their best to save the child." ”

"That's what the Queen Mother said." The Emperor seemed to be somewhat comforted by hearing this, calmed down a little, and picked up a chair and sat down.

Qingyu was uneasy in her heart, only listening to the shouts inside becoming more and more miserable, and she didn't know how long it took before the midwife came out with a white face and replied: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother-...... the Lady Lady."

"What the hell!" The Emperor stood up abruptly.

"The mother is pregnant with a male fetus, but it can be landed, and it will ...... There was no movement......"

The queen's heart had already raised in her throat, and she put it down suddenly, almost feeling a little dizzy: "Is it a stillbirth?" "It's really a boy, if she hadn't started earlier, she really let the Yuan family give birth to her eldest son, how would things have been cleaned up?

The emperor's face was extremely ugly: "Who served the soup with vegetables?" ”

Du Neijian came in from outside: "Back to the emperor, the palace people who serve the soup...... Already hanged. ”

When the queen heard this, she felt that something was not quite right. According to this, today's incident - but this was not arranged by her, she just asked someone to be drugged, and seeing that Yuan's fetus was about to be saved, why did this happen again today? She thought it was Yuan's bad luck.

"Check!" The emperor squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, "Let the princess of the county diagnose the pulse of Concubine Shu and recuperate carefully." ”

Careful care? Do you still want to raise your body and have another child? The queen pursed her lips secretly, but said, "What the emperor said is true." After raising his body, he will be able to spread his branches for the emperor in the future. Come on, go to my library and get two good ginseng, and the white swallow that came up from outside a few days ago also took two catties, and asked the small kitchen of Zhongxiu Palace to stew for Concubine Shu to eat every day. ”

The Queen Mother sat firmly until this time: "Bird's nest is very good for replenishing the body." Although ginseng is a good thing, it should not be used casually. Let's wait for Jiang to diagnose the pulse and prescribe a recuperation prescription. ”

At this time, several imperial doctors had already come out tremblingly, and the envoy took the lead, kneeling on the ground and saying, "The ministers are incompetent...... failed to keep the dragon fetus, and the concubine's body was damaged, I'm afraid it will be - I'm afraid it will be difficult to get pregnant in the future. ”

With a snap, the emperor slammed the teacup in his hand, and the hall was suddenly silent.

The queen took advantage of her wish, but her face sank: "You group of imperial doctors, can't you keep the dragon fetus?" According to the main palace, they should all be pulled down and killed! ”

"That's it." The Queen Mother sighed, "The Imperial Doctor also did his best." Concubine Shu's pregnancy was already difficult, and she fell again......"

The Emperor suddenly stood up, raised his feet and went into the inner sanctum. The queen subconsciously shouted: "Your Majesty, the blood room can't be entered-"

The emperor turned a deaf ear to her words, and disappeared in a flash. The queen's face suddenly straightened, and she turned to the queen mother: "Queen Mother, this matter can't be caused by the emperor's temperament, and it is bad luck to enter the blood room." The emperor's body is close to the Jiangshan Sheji ......"

"Alright." The Queen Mother interrupted her, "The emperor must be measured. Concubine Shu had a miscarriage injury, and it was common for the emperor to be concerned. I'm tired, you still have palace affairs, go back. ”

The queen stared fiercely at the door of the inner hall, but she still didn't say anything more, got up and left. Throwing down a group of imperial doctors and kneeling on the ground, they looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief when there was no one in the hall - it seems that they will not be punished for Concubine Shu's miscarriage, so let's leave quickly, as for Concubine Shu, it will be handed over to Princess Anjun inside.

Of course, the emperor did not enter the blood room, because Concubine Yuan Shu had already moved out of the delivery room and moved back to her bedroom, and Taohua was checking her pulse.

"How?" The Emperor asked in a deep voice behind her.

Taohua let go of her hand: "Concubine Shu's fetus is indeed injured, and she will ...... in the future" She knew what the emperor wanted to ask, but she had just seen the stillborn fetus, although it was smaller than a normal fetus, but the head was roughly normal, which was not the same as the abnormal fetus born by Zhao Chongyi, and it could not be used as evidence.

When the tassel next to him heard this, he only felt that his legs were weak. Concubine Yuan Shu is favored again, if she can't have children in the future, her future will be gone. What's more, this time she had a miscarriage of a male fetus, if Concubine Yuan Shufei hurt her vitality again, how much anger would they, the servants face, the emperor, and would they be able to save their lives?

The emperor glanced at her coldly, turned around and walked to the side hall, and then said coldly: "I didn't expect that they would do it in advance. ”

"Queen, why do you have to ...... it" The medicine has been given, isn't it superfluous to do it again?

"It's not the queen, it's the queen mother." The emperor said lightly, "I said why she is so enthusiastic, I must let you go to Cui Jimin for treatment." "It turned out that I wanted to separate people, so that the fetus would not fall into Jiang's eyes if there was any flaw. This time it was also good luck for the Yu family, although Jiang came back early, but the fetus did not leave any obvious signs.

"Then the emperor—"

"I have evidence of the Queen's palace people drugged." The emperor had already put away his anger in this moment, and he was almost like the two of them who were angry outside the palace just now, "But it is useless to only punish the empress. "The Queen Mother is still there, the Yu family is still there, as long as the Queen Mother is not abolished, it means that she has done nothing, but she has torn her face with the Yu family.

"The queen plotted to kill her heirs, can't she be abolished?" It is still a crime for the head mother of an ordinary family to murder the heirs of the concubines, not to mention that the emperor has no sons until now.

The emperor laughed: "Now who can prove that this miscarriage was due to medicine?" "Everyone knows that it was because the palace people who served splashed soup that they shocked Concubine Yuan Shu, and it has nothing to do with the queen.

Momoka looked at the emperor's grim face. Even she, an outsider, couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in her heart, the emperor hung the queen with his own flesh and blood for so long, but in the end he failed again, what should the emperor feel like in his heart?

There was a faint sound of talking in the dormitory, it was Concubine Yuan Shu who woke up. The emperor stood there, but he didn't mean to move his steps to take a look, and of course Taohua could only stand still, listening to the voice over there.

"Niangniang, the imperial doctor said that Niangniang should have a good life and recuperate...... of course, the tassel didn't dare to tell Yuan Shufei that she couldn't regenerate, so she could only persuade euphemistically, "Niangniang should use something first......"

"What about my child?" Yuan Shufei's voice was blank.

The tassel's voice was a little crying: "Don't be too sad, take care of your body, and ...... in the future" Speaking of this, she couldn't say it herself, how could there be anything in the future?

"Yes, ...... in the future" Yuan Shufei laughed abruptly, "This kid has no fate with me, it's okay to go, it's okay to go, it's good to go......"

Tassel suspected that she was a little crazy because she was too stimulated, but on closer inspection, although Yuan Shufei's face was haggard and pale, her expression was still normal, not like crazy, but calmer than a few days ago. It was as if I had lifted a thousand pounds of weight and gained an indescribable relief.

This attitude is not like madness, but it is not the reaction that a normal pregnant woman should have after a miscarriage, the tassel hung in her heart, but she didn't dare to say anything more, for fear of stimulating Yuan Shufei again, so she hurriedly turned around and brought a bowl of porridge over: "This is red dates and white fungus rouge rice porridge, Niangniang drink a bowl first." ”

The rouge rice in the palace is all from the imperial tribute, and the porridge is boiled out in color like peach blossoms, and it is accompanied by red dates and white fungus, and it is overflowing with a sweet and fragrant taste before it is served, which arouses people's appetite. Yuan Shufei received it in her hand, but frowned: "What is this, how can you look at the black ......?"

Tassel was stunned for a moment. How can the porridge in the palace be boiled black, isn't it going to spoil the master's appetite? And this porridge is not black at all, obviously the color is excellent.

"What, this is to see that I have a miscarriage, and immediately come to perfunctory me?" Yuan Shufei misrecognized the tassel's attitude, and dropped the bowl as soon as she raised her hand, "I can't look at me, so I don't want to serve?" "She has lost her child, maybe she will not have children in this life, but she has figured it out, the emperor needs her to compete with the queen, as long as the emperor still needs her, she can survive in the palace. The future is too far away, she has to grasp the present, if she falls now, then there is really nothing.

Tassel hurriedly squatted down to clean up, but didn't know what to say: "Niangniang, this porridge, this porridge-" This porridge is obviously good, "The slave maid changed another bowl." "Forget it, there are people who are in a bad mood when they lose their children, what is there to fight for at this time, drop this bowl, and then go to change it to other porridge.

She had just packed up the dishes and was about to get up, but when she turned her head, she saw Princess Anjun walking in: "Princess Jun-"

"Woke up?" Taohua walked straight to Yuan Shufei, stretched out her hand and picked up the red date porridge on the table, "Niangniang said, this porridge is black?" ”

Princess Anjun, what is this going to do? Tassel hurriedly got up to stop: "Princess Jun, our mother just woke up...... "It's just a porridge in a bad mood, Princess Anjun won't even care about this, right?"

Taohua raised her hand and pushed her away: "Niangniang really thinks that this porridge is black?" ”

Concubine Yuan Shufei frowned a little inexplicably. She is actually in a very bad mood now-no one will be good, after all, she is really looking forward to having a child Cheng Huan's knees, so as not to be lonely for the rest of her life--she is also a little jealous of Taohua, after all, she knows as well as the queen that this princess of the county is indeed a little like the eldest princess Xia back then, and even because of her understanding of the Xia family, she may know a little more than the queen.

Originally, she was courteous to the Jiang family, hoping that she could help her keep this child, but now that the children are gone, what is she polite to the Jiang family?

"This porridge is black and mushy, do I still say that it has to be done?"

Momoka glanced into the cup. This cup is a rain-colored porcelain, and the porridge lining it is the color of peach blossoms, and a few dates float in the yellowish white fungus with a deep red color, no matter how you look at it, there is no "black paste" feeling as Yuan Shufei said.

"What color does this veil look like?"

Tassel watched in amazement as the princess took out a light red silk handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Concubine Yuan Shu. What is this for? The princess of the county, is this going to raise the bar with the lady concubine? This, that's not what it looks like. Although the princess of the county has a noble status, it is only higher than that of the concubine. But after all, Concubine Shu is the emperor's concubine, and the princess of the county must also respect three points!

"What are you doing with a dusty handkerchief!" Concubine Yuan glanced at her unhappily, "What exactly are you trying to say?" Although Jiang never grovelled in front of her, he had never done such a strange move.

Taohua squeezed the handkerchief tightly and stared at Yuan Shufei's eyes: "Niangniang doesn't think there is anything wrong in this hall?" ”

Yuan Shufei looked around suspiciously: "What's wrong?" "The furnishings in the hall are still the same, and they have not been moved—I want to know that this is her dormitory, and who would dare to move it if she was not instructed? However, there seemed to be something not quite right, but she couldn't say it for a while.

Taohua also followed and looked around the hall. The queen prides herself on the main room of the middle palace, and she has always loved to use red, and the entire Fengyi Palace is a variety of shades of red, no wonder her nerves are becoming more and more sensitive.

Concubine Yuan Shu is gentle and virtuous, and the furnishings in the palace are deliberately avoiding the queen's edge, with a lot of green and blue colors, and a very small amount of light red. Especially in spring and summer, cold colors are often used. It was afternoon at this moment, and there were no red candles in the hall, so there was no conspicuous red thing to be found for a while.

However, this is enough, just look at Yuan Shufei's frowning brows, in fact, this dormitory has undergone some subtle changes in her eyes, but it is still indescribable for a while.

"You go and change the porridge for the mother." Taohua slowly instructed the tassel, "Niangniang doesn't like red date porridge, it's okay to change yam porridge, you can add a little brown sugar." ”

The emperor stood in the side hall until Taohua withdrew, and then said, "What's wrong?" ”

Taohua clenched the handkerchief in her hand: "Your Majesty, maybe there is a clue...... "Concubine Yuan, this is also a sign of blindness!"