On the third day after the news of Xiao Huo's illness spread, a palace envoy came from the direction of Yunzhou, and the palace envoy did not meet Emperor Hongjia with great fanfare, but rushed to the state residence disguised as a guard, handed over a mailbox to the imperial servant Kunjiao in person, asked her to forward it on his behalf, and left in a hurry.

"Oh, it's Maosheng who wrote it to Lonely!"

There was his signature on the mailbox. Yuan Lingjun sat down to open the letter and read it, and found that it was the handwriting of the Emperor Taishang.

Emperor Taishang said in the letter that he had rushed to Yunzhou to leave the palace, and said that King Pei was pregnant with Yunyun, and finally wrote, "Yiqiē is fine, don't worry."

"Is there anything happy about the lord? It's windy outside, but it's warm inside. ”

Qu Yi came back from outside, followed by Lian Ying.

He stroked Lian Ying's head, motioned for him to drink the soup, and then took off his cloak and handed it to Tianbao.

The maid brought a hot soup to warm up, and Lian Ying listened carefully to the conversation of the two while drinking.

Yuan Lingjun handed the letter to Qu Yi and pulled him to sit beside him: "The fourth sister is about to give birth, and the monarch's father is very worried, and he regrets that he can't hug the emperor and grandson with his own hands. ”

"Hmm." Qu Yi read the letter carefully.

Yuan Lingjun became sleepy and leaned on his shoulder: "Jiudi has been mourning too much recently, and she hasn't seen anyone behind closed doors, and the fourth sister hasn't seen her for many days, the last time I saw her depressed and worried, is it like that for everyone who will become a mother?" ”

"How come, my lord, imagine that if you were to become a mother too, would you be depressed because of this?"

"It's scary to have such a big belly." After speaking, Yuan Lingjun's eyes lit up, and he glanced at Lian Ying, who was holding his head with a soup over there, and hurriedly smiled in Qu Yi's ear, "But if it is born to Gongzi, I must be very happy." ”

Qu Yi turned red and coughed his throat: "Father Jun said that there is no yellow plum tree in the palace in Yunzhou. ”

"At the end of winter every year, the plum tree in the palace begins to grow full buds, and most of them bloom in the spring, and the palace maid who specializes in the flowers cut off the branches and send them to Zitai, and the next day the monarch's father gave the yellow plum to the minister, and then the Jin ministers are proud to get the imperial gift of yellow plum."

Lian Ying ran out of soup, Kunjiao came over to clean up the food table, and saw that the lord and the prince were still talking, so she asked Tianbao to take Lian Ying out to play.

Qu Yi took the letter away and stroked her forehead: "Did the doctor come to ask about the pulse?" How so? ”

"Well, although the pulse is different, it is not a big deal. It's because Childe is too worried, because my chronic illness is difficult to treat in the past few years, and my pulse is unstable, there are always one or two times when I ask the wrong pulse. However, it is rare for the prince to give an order, how dare the imperial doctor slack off, and he will not be able to see what is going on until half a month after this medicine. ”

After Qu Yi heard this, she stared at her red face, looking heavy and strange.

Yuan Lingjun rubbed his eyes and lay down on Qu Yi's lap: "As soon as spring arrives, it is easy to get sick, this year is weird, just blindly sleepy, and in the morning he also said that he and Jiuwan would go to the outskirts of the field to have a look, and prepare to brew 'Spring Thunder' in March this year...... I can't open my eyes, Childe, let me sleep for a while. ”

Soon, the snoring sounded softly. A few strands of fine short hair covered his eyes, and Yuan Ling raised his hand to scratch from time to time, turned over and rolled into Qu Yi's arms, arching his head to adjust his sleeping position.

Qu Yi brushed his forehead hair with his fingertips, stared at Yuan Lingjun's baby-like quiet and quiet sleeping face, sighed helplessly, and hugged her in the crook of his arm.

Kunjiao and Tianbao came in together, and both of them were startled.

"Childe, let the little maid come." Kunjiao stepped forward to take Yuan Lingjun.

Qu Yi waved his hand, hugged Yuan Lingjun straight into the bedroom, placed him to sleep, and when he came out again, he saw that Tianbao was still standing outside the door.

"Something?"

"Yes, Your Highness, a distinguished guest is coming." Tianbao took a step forward, "It's Huo Guifei who is visiting His Royal Highness, and she is in the vestibule at this time." ”

Qu Yi's eyebrows froze. He and Huo Guifei have never met each other, what did she do when she came to see her? looked around, and whispered to Tianbao: "Please go to the guest room for a while, let me change my clothes and come over." ”

"Yes."

Tianbao trotted all the way to the vestibule and welcomed Huo Guifei to the guest room for a while.

Spring has arrived, the weather in the Jin Kingdom has not warmed up in time, the cold wind is blowing outside, the lanterns under the porch are fluttering, and the sky is cold.

Huo Guifei took off her cloak and hat, smoothed her slightly spread bun, her cheeks were pale, much thinner than before, her dress today was very inconsistent with her identity, it was the ordinary makeup of a folk woman, not as strict as she was in the palace.

The reason why she dressed up like this was because she didn't tell anyone in the palace before she came here, and she was able to come out smoothly with the letter of her confidant maid, in order to dispel Queen Xu's doubts.

"Does my aunt really think he'll have a way?" The man behind her asked.

"I don't know. But he is Lan Lu, and if he can be valued by the emperor, he must have something extraordinary. Huo Guifei pinched her palm, she was still nervous, she closed her eyes, "Nanshan, this is not what it used to be, the Huo family's control of the East China Sea has long been a threat to the Xu family, and it is not appropriate to stand up for Tongqingqiang at this time, and your little aunt please me, there is only one thing that can be done." ”

"What my aunt meant, my nephew understands." Huo Qi looked at Huo Guifei's back and pressed the sword on his waist hard.

Several maids pushed the door open and laid out the pastries and the prepared tea soup on the table.

At this moment, Tianbao stepped in, and he walked down respectfully, bowing his upper body to face the door.

As soon as Huo Guifei turned her head, she saw a young man with a high crown and a broad belt appear outside the door.

The demeanor is clear and the bearing is extraordinary.

He walked in step by step, and his appearance was more clearly presented in Huo Guifei's eyes.

Huo Guifei had a shocked look on her face. "Tokoyamaden." She stood up and saluted.

Qu Yi rushed to bow down in front of her.

"Auntie came here at night, it must be something that should not be publicized, since this is the case, why not abandon the identity of the concubine and Chang Shanjun, and just treat it as an aunt and nephew." Qu Yi invited her to sit down opposite, and glanced at Wu Anhou with a blank look.

Huo Guifei put her mind at ease: "What the prince said is true, the concubine came out of the blue, it was for the sake of the celebration." ”

"Princess Tongqing is closed due to her mother's funeral, I don't know what her condition is?"

"I can't eat and drink, I cry day and night, and I am bent on copying the hundred volumes of the "Vajra Prajna Sutra" for the deceased mother." Huo Guifei sighed, "I can't either, I can only be appeased, her love last night slowly settled down, I talked with her all night, and found out some unknown secrets." ”

Qu Yi listened quietly.

Tongqing is a good and filial child, but she is full of resentment against her father. Among several princesses, she was the youngest, but she was the first to be given the title, but the emperor decided in a hurry this time, and did not think of appointing a colt for her, so because of this, Princess Yang Zhai wanted her to marry for her to Jingdi, and now she is celebrating the loss of her mother, and she can't delay the marriage after three months of mourning. ”

"Jing Hou is cowardly and afraid of things, even if he knows the truth, he doesn't dare to say a word or two." The corners of Qu Yi's lips curled, and he said with a smile, "Auntie will tell me about this, not afraid that I will tell His Majesty Xià and trust Qu Yi like this?" ”

"Changshan Palace! Please don't make such jokes. Huo Qi held down the hilt of the sword, and it seemed that as long as he had something abnormal, he would draw his sword out.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became eerie.

Seeing the face that changed color suddenly, Qu Yi indifferently held his sleeve and picked up the teacup in front of him.

For a while, Huo Guifei didn't dare to come out, she held her chaotic breath and looked at the unpredictable young man sitting opposite her: "King Changshan once helped Tongqing." ”

"Sovereign?" Qu Yi groaned slightly and smiled. I don't know whether this kind of nosy disposition is good or bad.

"Exactly."

Thinking of what Tongqing said, Huo Guifei still had palpitations, she couldn't imagine that Princess Yangzhai, who was Tongqing's trust, would disregard her sister's affection for her own selfish desires, while King Changshan, who rarely interacted with her and was not close, stepped forward when Tongqing was deliberately made difficult.

"If Chang Shan Dian still decides to stand by after listening to the concubine's heartfelt words, Tongqing will be sacrificed by His Majesty and Yang Zhai. She wasn't even thirteen years old. ”

Thirteen years old. Qu Yi's hand holding the cup trembled. She got married at the age of twelve, right?

"Tomorrow's court meeting, let the princess be sure to participate, and petition His Majesty Xià to mourn for her mother."

"This plan is only for a while, and it is still inevitable that Tongqing will marry and go to Jingdi." Huo Guifei didn't understand.

"The solution that everyone can think of is the best way to save the princess, but it needs to be extended for a while. Parents died, if there are no children under the knees, the woman can be filial piety, for the parents to guard the tomb, Changshan has long respected this way, although there is no such case in the Jin family, but it does not hinder the ancestral system, but highlights filial piety. If the princess wants to avoid this catastrophe, she will petition in front of the ministers at tomorrow's court meeting to help the coffin enter Beijing, mourn for three years as a child, and chant sutras in the morning and dusk to pray for the blessings of the Jin family, so that even if Her Majesty has the heart to favor the eldest princess of Yang Zhai, she cannot win the love. ”