Baoqing looked at Murong Xuanji for a while before sitting down silently, knowing that Murong Xuanji had something to say to him, so he lowered his head and waited for her to speak.

"I'll find a way to heal the wound on your face, so don't give up, it's only temporary." As soon as Murong Xuanji opened her mouth, she mentioned Baoqing's face, which made her body tremble slightly, watching her lower her head, knowing that she had an inferiority complex in her heart that she couldn't let go, and said a little cruelly: "As your master, I should seek justice for you, but I have promised the emperor that I will not pursue the imperial concubine again, you won't blame me." ”

"No, I'm sure Miss must have your reasons for doing this." Baoqing always lowered his head and said calmly: "Baoqing doesn't blame anyone, this is God's punishment for me, punishment I shouldn't be so greedy, I shouldn't have the idea of wanting to be with the Eighth Prince." ”

"Baoqing, you look at me." Hearing Baoqing say that Yang Xueou was self-defeating, Murong Xuanji pressed Baoqing's shoulders and said solemnly: "If you always take things on your own, I can't help it, but I want to tell you that the matter of feelings is a matter of two people, if the eighth prince hears you say this, he will be very sad, I think even if he is now under house arrest by the imperial concubine, he will not regret his choice at all, let alone easily change his decision." ”

"I know, I know that he is not a person who will change at will, and it is because of this that I am more worried, worried that his stubbornness will make his relationship with the imperial concubine worse, if the emperor knows, the emperor's punishment makes me unimaginable, I don't want to let so many people be hurt because of me." The more he talked about Baoqing, the more he blamed himself, and his voice was a little choked.

"You don't need to bear these things alone, you should be brave enough to bear them with the Eighth Prince." Murong Xuanyuan said seriously, "Now is not the time for you to give up on yourself, the Nine Emperor Princes and I are thinking about how to rescue the Eighth Prince, if you still have a little affection for him, you shouldn't be so indifferent." ”

"Miss, my face." Baoqing's hand couldn't help but cover his cheeks, and the inferiority complex in his heart arose again, "I have lost the only reason to stay by the side of the Eighth Prince." ”

"Do you think that the Eighth Prince is such a superficial person? Even if you don't have any scars on your face today, as the Eighth Prince, there are countless women who are more beautiful than you, but he still likes you, not only because of your appearance, but because of your character, you have the beauty that can attract him, so don't be presumptuous. Murong Xuanji asked righteously: "Besides, I said that I would help you, don't you believe me?" ”

"It's not that I don't believe in Miss, it's that I don't believe in myself." Baoqing lowered his head again and was silent.

"I know you can't listen to what you say now, and I don't force you, but you remember, you cheer me up, I hope to see the previous Baoqing, not the depressed Baoqing now." Murong Xuanji said solemnly, and then left Baoqing's house without hesitation and returned to his own room.

"I'm back." Seeing Murong Xuanji's worried appearance, Xuanyuan Hao knew that she hadn't completely convinced Baoqing, so he spoke steadily, "You don't have to be too anxious, give her some time to calm down, even she herself can't accept the scars on her face, how can she trust others to believe it all at once." ”

Murong Xuanji nodded, and said a little helplessly: "Baoqing is too dead-eyed, I'm really worried that what happened these days has put a lot of pressure on her and made her unbearable." I want to rescue the Eighth Prince as soon as possible, and perhaps only the Eighth Prince can bring him firm confidence. ”

Xuanyuan Hao shook his head and said with some disapproval: "I'm worried that Brother Yi's temper at this time will be desperate, and I don't know if it will be a blessing or a curse to be released at that time?" And I want to make a decision after finding out the purpose of the queen. ”

"You doubt the Queen? Could it be that the queen will stir up the relationship between you and the imperial concubine like Concubine Hui? After Murong Xuanji finished speaking, he shook his head and denied: "Impossible, the queen is much smarter than the imperial concubine, and she won't do such a thing, but if it's not for this purpose?" If you want there to be a gap between you and the Eighth Prince, why are you suddenly so good to the Imperial Concubine and have to arrange the marriage between the Yan family and the Eighth Prince? Once the eighth prince marries the daughter of the Yan family, the eighth prince has another force in the court, but it does not have any impact on you, isn't the queen worried that his fourth prince has another opponent? ”

Xuanyuan Hao smiled coldly, and said with some disdain: "After the fourth prince came back, the queen seemed to see hope, since he wanted to use the eighth prince, in fact, we also have someone who can take advantage of it." ”

"Who?" Murong Xuanji didn't react for a moment to the person who could be used in Xuanyuan Hao's mouth, and when he saw Xuanyuan Hao's smile, he was a little chilling, and asked curiously, "Who is the person you think of?" ”

"The Great Prince!" Xuanyuan Hao didn't deliberately hide it, and quickly said the answer: "You and I both know that the person who poisoned the eldest prince is the queen, although the queen is ruthless, but the tiger poison does not eat children, how could she really kill the eldest prince, as long as she can save the life of the eldest prince, it is enough." ”

"Although the eldest prince has been unconscious now, it was actually deliberately arranged by the queen?" Murong Xuanji looked at Xuanyuan Hao with some surprise, she didn't expect the queen's mind to be so deep, "So what are you going to do?" Do you want to wake up the Great Prince? Do you have a way? ”

"The poison in the eldest prince is not very rare, I have written to my uncle, and my uncle also wrote back that if you want to study, you will definitely be able to find an antidote." Xuanyuan Hao said with great confidence: "As long as the eldest prince wakes up, I will let him regain the trust of his father, and then I will see the queen's choice, whether his eldest son is important, or his other son is important." ”

"Looks like you've got the whole thing in mind." Murong Xuanji smiled faintly, and returned to the bed and lay down a little tired, "No matter, no matter, those are your men's business, I just want to take good care of the fetus in my womb now, by the way, husband, when are you going to tell your father about the child?" ”

"When the child in your womb is more stable, and I can justifiably return to Beijing to stay by your side." Xuanyuan Hao said solemnly: "Listen to your meaning before, it is an unchangeable fact that my father will let go of the imperial concubine, and it is impossible to count it like this with the imperial concubine's temperament, I am worried that she will transfer her previous anger to you after knowing that you are pregnant." ”

"I can protect myself." Murong Xuanji blurted out, "I'm not worried about what the imperial concubine will do to me, but for the sake of the child, I will still be careful." In fact, when I saw Baoqing just now, I don't know if the deal I made with my father was the right choice. ”

"Now that you've done it, don't regret it." Xuanyuan Hao also lay down on the bed and hugged Murong Xuanji into his arms, and gently put his hand on her stomach, although the stomach was not protruding yet, but when he thought that there was his own blood and bones in it, he felt that everything was happy at this time.

"Husband, I'm sleepy." Murong Xuanji moved his body, drowsiness kept coming up, he found a comfortable place in Xuanyuan Hao's arms, closed his eyes, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

"The emperor issued a decree to let the Nine Emperor Princes return to Beijing ahead of schedule?" The queen looked at Mama incredulously, saw her nodding affirmatively, and asked with some confusion: "Why did the emperor suddenly let the Nine Emperor Princes return to Beijing?" At the beginning, the Nine Emperor Princes and their departure from Beijing was to calm down the matter of the imperial concubine, and the palace was a little confused about what the emperor's move was, so difficult that he didn't worry about the Nine Emperors coming back and wouldn't give up? Besides, that Nine Emperor Princesses is not a fuel-efficient lamp, would she give up so easily? ”

"Yes, the slave also thinks it is strange." Mama also looked puzzled, "The emperor not only goes to the morning court every day, but also rarely goes to the palace of the imperial concubine, and also begins to call other concubines to sleep, just like usual, as if the matter of locking himself in the imperial concubine's palace some time ago did not happen." ”

"Did anything happen when I was in the palace of the imperial concubine before?" The more the queen thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and her instincts told her that there must be some conspiracy hidden in it. "Are you sure that only the emperor is staying in the palace of Concubine Huang Li, and no one is going to look for the emperor?"

"Yes, the guards at the gate have been guarding the door, and even the servants who are serving around the emperor have been guarding the door, and no one has gone in to disturb the emperor, and the emperor is in the mood to see anyone at that time." Mama replied very seriously, looking at the queen's half-believing look, and asked guessingly: "Could it be that the emperor figured it out himself?" ”

The queen shook her head a little dazedly, but quickly put her thoughts away and asked seriously, "When will the Nine Emperor Princes return to Beijing?" The emperor proposed to let the Nine Emperors return to Beijing ahead of schedule, but didn't there be any other ministers in the court who objected? Is there any movement over there in the General's Mansion? ”

"The person sent by the emperor to deliver the decree has already left Beijing, and the Nine Emperors should also come back in a few days, and the strange thing is that everything in the court is calm. There was no movement in the General's Mansion either. Mama thought for a while, and asked with some curiosity: "Empress, don't you really plan to interfere in the matter of the Imperial Concubine putting the Eighth Prince under house arrest in the palace?" The eighth prince has not been to the court for several days, and the emperor has also asked about it in the main hall, I think this matter should not be hidden for long. Once the emperor knows, it will definitely turn the world upside down. ”

"Do you think the emperor doesn't know anything?" Seeing Mama's surprised expression, the queen smiled coldly and said, "Not only is this world the emperor's, but this harem is also the emperor's, do you think the emperor doesn't know anything?" Besides, what a big deal it is for the imperial concubine to put the prince under house arrest in the palace, isn't there anyone who reports to the emperor? You underestimate the emperor's ability. ”

"Slaves don't dare." Mama said in a panic: "Since the emperor knows why he didn't come forward to stop it, once the emperor knows that the eighth prince likes a maid in the Nine Princes' mansion, and the emperor is furious, won't the queen eradicate an opponent for the fourth prince?" The slave maid really didn't know why the queen wanted to help the imperial concubine hide it together? ”

"Because the people that the Eighth Prince likes are the people in the Nine Emperors' Mansion." The queen said calmly, "Although the emperor may be very angry, but if the Nine Emperor Princes and the Nine Emperor Princesses intervene, then the emperor's reaction will be a little unpredictable, and I don't believe that the emperor doesn't know why the Eighth Emperor was under house arrest by the Imperial Concubine, since the emperor has no reaction for the time being, then why should I do more." ”

"So why did the queen arrange the marriage of the eighth prince and the daughter of Lord Yan before? Although the four princes also have several concubines waiting for them, isn't there no four princesses? Doesn't there be a favorite candidate for the queen? Mama unconsciously talked about the topic to Xuanyuan Qi.

"It's not time yet." At the mention of Xuanyuan Qi, the queen's expression became extremely serious, "When the Four Princes were not too high-profile, has there been anything going on in the Four Princes' Mansion recently?" He hadn't come to the palace for a few days to greet the palace. ”

"The slave and maid told people to ask." Mama glanced at the sky outside the window and reminded the queen in a low voice: "Queen, it's not too early, you should go to bed and rest." ”

The queen didn't say anything, and after a while she asked, "Which concubine did the emperor let sleep with today?" The emperor hasn't been to the palace for a few days. ”

Mama glanced at the queen in embarrassment, and replied lightly: "The queen should rest." ”

"Isn't it almost time for the draft?" The queen took off her clothes and walked towards the bed, and asked seemingly casually: "I don't know how many women have entered the palace to serve the emperor this year." ”

Mama didn't say anything, just silently waited for the queen to fall asleep, blew out the fire on the table, and then quietly left the house. After leaving the queen's house, Mama quietly came to a remote place, where a masked man in black was already waiting.

"You go to the Imperial Mausoleum, secretly watch when the Nine Emperor Princes and the Nine Emperor Princesses will return to Beijing, and act on the way when the time comes." Mama's expression was completely different from when the queen was together just now, her eyes were sharp at this time, and she made a killing action fiercely.

"Yes. Is there anything special to explain on the queen's side? The man in black asked in a low voice: "I have already asked people to set off to the imperial tomb, I will rush over in person later, and trouble the grandmother to tell the queen, so that she does not have to worry, I will do things neatly." ”

"It's for the best. The Nine Emperor Princes and the Nine Emperor Princesses are not low in martial arts, and they are accompanied by masters, I hope you don't let the queen down this time, if you can't solve the matter perfectly this time, or someone is accidentally caught, you know what to do. Mama scolded coldly.

"I know that I won't worry the queen and grandma. Leave. Seeing that Mama had nothing else to explain, the man in black quickly disappeared into the darkness. As if nothing had happened, Mama returned to the queen's bedroom and continued to be busy.