==Chapter 168==

It's May, and the weather is getting hotter.

Jiuniang sent her husband and son away in the morning, then turned around and went back to the room to rest again. When he slept until the end of his night, Lianzhi heard movement in the room and walked in. Jiu Niang first drank a glass of water under her service, and then rinsed her mouth and cleansed her face. When I rinsed my mouth, the water in my mouth was already spit out, but I retched twice.

Lianzhi looked at her worriedly: "Niangniang, what's wrong with you, but where is it uncomfortable, if not, please ask Imperial Doctor Liu to come and have a look?" ”

Jiu Niang suppressed the disgust in her heart and shook her head, "I probably can't see anything at this time, so let's let it go first." ”

Recently, she has always been sleepy, and her appetite is not very good, because she gave birth to a child before, so Jiu Niang now has some numbers about her body in her heart, and it may be again.

She has been in poor health before, and she was pregnant with Mu Mu unexpectedly, and when she was confined, Mama Yu said that she could recuperate well in confinement, and she could get twice the result with half the effort. After that, sure enough, her body was not as afraid of cold as before, and the menstrual affairs slowly began to normalize, and Imperial Doctor Liu later took her pulse, saying that her body had almost recovered, and she didn't have to worry about not being easy to have children in the future. She thought that with the number of times she and His Highness had sex together, she would be pregnant with another one sooner or later, but she didn't expect this time to come.

Jiuniang was a little suspicious when she didn't change her clothes last month, and then the symptoms slowly became obvious, and she became more and more sure that she had it.

Lianzhi was stunned when she heard this, and her face was a little happy: "Niangniang, you mean-"

"It's a shame that you're still the big maid next to me, so I didn't see it."

Lianzhi was surprised, and said with surprise and humility: "It's also the slave and maid who were negligent, but there are too many things these days, and the slave and maid actually forgot that you didn't change your wash last month." ”

In fact, I don't complain about the lotus branch, since the opening year, there have been a lot of things in the Chu Palace. The king of Chu was named the crown prince, and he did not move into the palace for the time being, and still lived outside the palace, and all the houses were like flies swarming with a fishy smell. It's good if the male guests come to visit, and they have their own front yards, but everyone seems to know that the prince is busy now, and he is busy in the palace most of the time, so he has sent the ladies of his own house to the door.

This time is not that time, Jiuniang thought about avoiding it earlier, and rarely went out to socialize. Now that her identity has changed, whether she wants it or not, it is impossible for her to still have the idea of only caring about her own small life as before. At the beginning of the crown prince's accession to the throne, his status was unstable, and there was King Zhao of Cheng on the side, as the crown princess, Jiuniang inevitably had to consider her own man, and she had to choose some suitable female relatives of noble officials to make friends with one or two.

As a result, the Chu Palace's mansion inevitably held various banquets and flower parties, and Jiu Niang, the crown princess, was so busy that she was dizzy, and Lianzhi's confidants and maids naturally couldn't be idle.

"Okay, I don't blame you, there are indeed too many things these days, and I have some doubts in my heart. Now that the month is still young, let's take a look at it first, and then invite Doctor Liu to come over to check the pulse after a while. ”

Lianzhi nodded again and again, and treated Jiu Niang more carefully, as if she was so fragile, but it made Jiu Niang laugh, and she was not the first child. It's just that the lotus branch doesn't matter whether it's the first child or not, the princess is pregnant, it's a big deal, His Royal Highness has just crowned the prince, and the princess is pregnant, which is a great thing for double happiness.

After a while, Lian Fang also knew that Jiu Niang was pregnant, and several people were full of joy. Jiuniang told them to hide it first, after all, it was not confirmed, if she guessed wrong, it would be a joke.

In the evening, when Mu Jinting returned home, he learned about it. Mu Mu hadn't seen his mother for a whole day, but he thought about it so much that when he saw Jiu Niang, it was like a small cannonball, and he hit her.

Mu Jinting stretched out his hand and twisted him up, the little fat boy was twisted by the collar, and the little fat legs kicked straight in the air.

Seeing this, Jiuniang was stunned, smiled, beckoned to her son who was full of grievances, and said, "Mumu is good, you can't bump into A-Niang, my mother is a little uncomfortable." She didn't know how to explain to her son that she was pregnant, so she had to replace it with discomfort.

Mu Mu, who was put down, couldn't care about being wronged, and looked at Jiu Niang suspiciously: "Uncomfortable? Is A-Niang sick, do you want to drink medicine? "For Mu Mu, being uncomfortable is equivalent to drinking that bitter medicine.

Jiuniang paused for a moment and explained in a language that her son could understand: "A-Niang is not sick, but she has a little brother, so A-Niang can't hold Mumu for the time being, A-Niang has no strength, and she can't hold you anymore." She made a look of great regret.

"Little brother? What is that? Mu Mu's eyes were wide open, and his face was dazed.

Mu Jinting glanced at the mother and son amusedly, and went to change clothes behind the screen.

Jiuniang racked her brains to think about how to explain to her son what the little brother was, and after thinking for a long time, she said: "The little brother is the same little baby as Mumu, he will play with you, he will call you brother, and you can eat and sleep with him in the future......"

"Is that just like Brother Hong?" Mu Mu interrupted excitedly.

Jiu Niang's face stiffened for a moment, and then said casually: "Yes, but the little brother is different from Brother Hong, he is closer to Mu Mu, because you are from a father and mother, and you are connected by blood." ”

Mu Mu doesn't know what it means to be from the same father, he just needs to know that he will play with him like Brother Hong. He nodded again and again, with a happy little face, and announced, "Mu Mu will give his little brother all his toys to play with." ”

Jiuniang touched her son's little head and sighed.

After the king of Chu was crowned the crown prince, Mu Hong was sent away, and Emperor Chengyuan had the idea of using this incident to divert the attention of King Cheng and split his relationship with King Zhao by the way. Now that the matter has been done, Mu Hong is naturally not suitable to be by Mu Mu's side.

But Mu Mu was already able to remember people at that time, and Mu Hong had always tried his best to please him, so the two could be regarded as establishing a friendship. When Mu Hong was sent away, Mu Mu cried for a whole day, and then finally coaxed him well, and specially found two 5.6-year-old little chamberlains for him to play with him, and the matter was settled. But this first 'little partner' in his life still occupies an indelible position in his heart.

Maybe as time passes, he will gradually forget this memory, but I'm afraid he can't at this time, so as soon as Jiu Niang said this, Mu Mu remembered his 'Brother Hong'.

This qiē was all said by Jiuniang to the king of Chu, she is a more rational person, so she can understand this approach of Emperor Chengyuan and her husband. Maybe it's a little cruel, but it has to be done, because no one dares to ignore the madness of the dog jumping off the wall.

Mu Mu was led down by Lian Fang to clean his hands and face and change his clothes, and Mu Jinting walked out from behind the screen.

"Coaxed him?" His eyebrows were light, and his tone was cold.

Jiuniang glanced at him with disgust and said, "What is he not him, he is our son!" ”

Mu Jinting snorted lightly and did not speak.

If it weren't for being too familiar with Mu Jinting's temperament, Jiu Niang would really misunderstand whether there was any deep hatred between him and his son, obviously he was father and son, but he was always so cold. Fortunately, Jiu Niang knows him well enough to know that he actually cares about his son, but he doesn't know how to express it.

"You treat your son better, otherwise he will complain about you when he grows up, and maybe he will think that he was raised." Jiu Niang joked.

Mu Jinting ignored her, looked at her stomach, and touched his fingers: "Give birth to a daughter this time, I don't want a stinky boy, I want a daughter like you." ”

With Mu Jinting's tone, these words sounded a little strange at first glance, but if you listen carefully, you can find the affection in them. Jiuniang couldn't help blushing, "Who knows if it's a man or a woman, I'm afraid that I will disappoint His Highness when the time comes." ”

Mu Jinting said indifferently: "It's okay, you can't give birth this time, it's good to regenerate next time, there will always be one." ”

Jiuniang couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, this is the rhythm of treating her as a sow? However, in her previous life, she couldn't ask for it, and in this life, she didn't reject having children, let alone rejecting it, but in fact, she couldn't ask for it.

So, she nodded cheerfully.

*

When Jiuniang was pregnant with Mumu in her last child, her pregnancy was not very good, and this child was not much better.

That retching seemed to have kicked off a prelude, and she began a series of various tosses, loss of appetite, vomiting what she ate, and smelling something wrong, it was a burst of earth-shattering. The only thing that is better than last time is sleepiness, as long as you fall asleep, it can reduce some discomfort.

Mu Jinting was busy getting acquainted with the government and politics, and Jiu Niang didn't want to distract him, so she let the people around him hide it from him. Fortunately, he didn't have much time in the house, he went out early and returned late every day, that is, when he came back at night, he didn't know that Jiuniang was unwell.

He also found that Jiu Niang was slowly losing weight, but with the excuse of bitter summer, it seemed to make sense.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, Mu Jinting seems to be getting busier and busier, and the time to come back is getting later and later. The distressed man tossed back and forth like this, Jiu Niang asked him that if the time was late, he didn't have to come back, anyway, there was no shortage of places to live in the palace, so as not to leave before dawn the next day, and he was afraid that there would be an accident on the road.

Although it is very calm now, Jiuniang has not forgotten that Mu Jinting frequently encountered snipers last year, since Mu Jinting was named the crown prince, King Cheng and King Zhao were very quiet, and they seemed to be completely dead, but no one would believe in this illusion, they would only feel that they were lurking, looking for an opportunity to kill with one blow.

On this day, Mu Jinting did not plan to bring Mu Mu when he entered the palace, and Jiu Niang was very surprised. Now Mu Mu is deeply favored by Emperor Chengyuan, and if he doesn't see him for a day, he will chatter, and if he doesn't take him into the palace, he is not afraid of Emperor Chengyuan's blame?

He explained: "Leave him in the mansion to accompany you, Gu told my father yesterday." ”

Jiu Niang didn't think much about it, thinking that she could stay with her son all day today, and she was quite happy. So, he nodded.

After Mu Jinting left, Jiuniang and Mu Mu played for a while, and then the two of them slept together. When it was almost noon, the two got up. At lunchtime, Jiu Niang began to toss again.

This is the first time Mu Mu has seen A-Niang like this, and he was a little frightened. Jiuniang was annoyed again and again, she stayed in the house alone for a long time, and she forgot to avoid her son. could only suppress the disgust in his heart, hurriedly coaxed him a few words, and let Lianzhi lead him away.

In the end, Jiuniang vomited all the sour water, and after Xiao Cui poured a glass of white water, she collapsed on the couch and gasped.

"Mother, are you okay?" Lian Fang looked pitiful, her little face was whiter than Jiu Niang, and she almost cried out in a hurry.

Jiu Niang waved her hand weakly, "Let me lie down for a while, you explain and let the nurse coax Mu Mu well, don't forget to feed him, don't bring him over for the time being, so as not to scare him." ”

"Yes."

Jiuniang was groggy all afternoon, and her spirit was slightly better in the evening, and after barely using a bowl of white porridge, she instructed Lianzhi to bring Mu Mu over. She was still worried about her son being scared at noon, and now that she was in good spirits, she naturally wanted to coax him, so as not to cause a psychological shadow to her son in the future.

When Mu Mu was brought over, he had already had dinner, and the little fat boy looked pitiful, and his spirit was still a little sluggish, so it could be seen that he still seemed to remember the incident at noon.

"Auntie, are you sick, just like the imperial grandfather?"

Jiuniang pulled him over and said softly: "A-Niang is not sick, A-Niang is pregnant with a little sister, that's why it is like this, when A-Niang was pregnant with Mumu, it was also like this, so Mumu don't be afraid, it will be fine after a while, don't you think A-Niang is fine now?" ”

Mu Mu looked at Jiuniang suspiciously for a while, and then he believed that A-Niang was good.

The king of Chu ordered someone to go back to the palace to spread the word, saying that he would stay in the palace tonight and not come back. Jiuniang told Mu Mu the story for a while, bathed him again, and bathed herself, and the two of them rested.

When she slept until midnight, Jiuniang suddenly heard a strange movement. When she opened her eyes, she found that the lights in the outhouse and courtyard were very bright, she called for someone, and Xiao Cui hurriedly walked in with a lamp, with a solemn look on her face.

Jiu Niang felt a sense of ominousness and couldn't help but ask what was wrong.

Xiaocui's face hesitated, but she still didn't hide it from Jiuniang, saying that something seemed to have happened in the palace.

Jiu Niang's heart tightened, and she wanted to sit up, only to find her sleeping son on the side. So, he moved lightly, got up from the couch, put on a dress at will, and took Xiaocui to the outside of the screen.

"What the hell is going on?"

The slave didn't know, but I heard a report from someone below, saying that the palace seemed to be out of water, and there were many officers and soldiers wearing all kinds of armor on the street outside, rushing to the palace. The news was reported by General Manager Sun Yi, and he said that it seemed that someone wanted to make trouble. Xiao Cui said this last sentence with some hesitation.

Guilty of trouble?

Jiu Niang's mind was blank for a moment, and then she reacted, is this someone trying to force the palace? She doesn't need to think about who did it, either King Zhao or King Cheng, the biggest possibility is that the two of them conspire together, this is probably a dog jumping off the wall in a hurry.

She didn't think much about it, so she asked Xiaocui to serve her and put on her clothes, and walked outside the house.

Out of the room, sure enough, the movement in the distance was more obvious, there was a faint fire in the northeast, and then looking at the sky, you could vaguely see the smoke drifting in the sky.

The summer night sky is like a horse of the finest black and blue satin, dotted with countless stars, and lined with the dark red fire in the distance, which is even more thrilling.

Such a high fire and smoke, must be a fire in a very high house, Daming Palace is located in the highest place in the entire Chang'an City on the Dragon Head Plain, so the place where the fire is on fire must be the palace.

Your Highness, Your Highness is still in the palace......

Lianfang and the others also got up, and all of them stood beside Jiu Niang with a nervous expression, seeing her solemn face, Xiaocui couldn't help but comfort: "Niangniang, you are worried, Xing Yi and a few guard captains are in the mansion, there are many people in our mansion, and there are many guards." Xing Yi and Sun Yi have already made arrangements, all the doors have been closed, and the guards are all in place, not afraid of someone breaking in. ”

When Jiu Niang heard this, she couldn't help but think of Mu Jinting's abnormal behavior before he left in the morning. He didn't bring Mu Mu into the palace, did he already know that something would definitely happen in the palace tonight? With such a comprehensive arrangement, can't bear to worry about her? What exactly does he want to do? Is he safe at this time?

No, how could he be safe? Since he wanted to lure the snake out of the hole, he would definitely risk his life.

Almost in an instant, Jiu Niang understood all of Mu Jinting's thoughts, her face suddenly turned a little pale, and her heart couldn't help but mention it in midair.

Lian Fang hurriedly said: "Where is Niangniang worrying about herself, don't forget that His Royal Highness is still in the palace." ”

Yes, His Highness is still in the palace.

The people present were not stupid, since the palace was drained, the rebels must have attacked the palace......

For a moment, several maids fell silent.

Xiao Cuiqiang smiled: "Don't worry, Niangniang, Your Highness has always been considered to have missed anything, and it will definitely be fine." ”

I hope so, now Jiu Niang can only hold this hope, His Royal Highness can sit in that position safe and sound in his last life, and it will definitely be the same in this life.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps came.

It was Sun Yi, who was in a hurry, and there were a few guards behind him.

"Mother, are you alright? The whole house has been arranged. ”

While speaking, Sun Yi secretly raised his eyes to look at Jiu Niang's expression, and said, "You don't have to worry, Your Highness has long known that something will happen tonight, so all the qiqi in the mansion have been arranged in advance." "That's all he knows, and he doesn't know much else.

Jiu Niang forced a smile and nodded to him: "I know, I've worked hard for you." ”

"It's not hard, it's not hard."

After making sure that the main courtyard was okay here, Sun Yi retreated. After all, this is the main courtyard, and it is not suitable for him to stay here.

The night breeze was slow, blowing up a few strands of Jiu Niang's hair, her face was a little stunned, and she looked at the night sky in the northeast blankly.

Lianzhi said: "Niangniang, let's go into the house." ”

Jiu Niang nodded, then turned around and went to the house.

No one can fall asleep, after Jiuniang returned to the house, she ordered Xiaocan to guard Mumu, but she sat down on the chaise longue. The room was quiet, and the movement outside the house seemed far away, but it added a sense of anxiety that made people sit still.

Jiu Niang took a book and looked at it quietly, but she couldn't read the words on it. Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and Jiu Niang let go of her hand and couldn't help but stand up.

Lianzhi had already gone out first, only to hear the sound of conversation outside. After a while, Lianzhi returned to the house and said to Jiu Niang with some hesitation: "Niangniang, someone from Anguo Mansion is here." ”

Jiuniang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "What are they doing here?" ”

"Someone said that there seems to be a rebel rebellion in the palace, it is said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the little emperor and grandson are not in the palace today, the old lady is worried about your comfort, so she specially sent the guards in the palace to pick you up, saying that this is confusing the target, and lest someone use you as a raft to threaten His Royal Highness the Prince."

Jiu Niang frowned and asked, "Are you sure it's someone from the Anguo Mansion?" ”

Lianzhi shook his head: "I don't know, the people below didn't say it, otherwise the slave and maid will go and take a look?" ”

Xiaocui hurriedly said: "Niangniang, shouldn't you really want to go to Anguo Mansion?" ”

Jiu Niang smiled: "I'm not stupid, I don't stay at home, if I go out at this time, isn't that looking for death!" After speaking, her face turned solemn: "I'm wondering what they want to do, and whether these people are from the Anguo Mansion or not." ”

"Then the slave maid go and see." Lianzhi said. She is an old man in the Anguo Mansion, and even if the people in the entire mansion can't recognize it, it's almost the same.

Jiu Niang nodded.

The lotus branch went for almost a quarter of an hour and then returned. When he came back, he said, "It's a person from the house, and there are several guards and slaves in it who know each other." ”

Jiu Niang's brows furrowed even tighter.

Since that time when she was almost killed by Queen Xiao in Luandian, the relationship between the Chu Wangfu and the Xiao family has been completely stiffened, and during the New Year's holidays, Jiuniang not only no longer returns to her parents' house, but also does not even have a festival. There has been no movement on the Xiao family's side, and it was not until the King of Chu was named the crown prince that the Xiao family's side was cheeky again.

In the end, there is filial piety, and Jiuniang doesn't want Mu Jinting to have a bad reputation as soon as he becomes the prince. In the face of the Xiao family's visit, although Jiuniang did not show how enthusiastic she was when she came out, she did not do too much embarrassment in the end. And the people on the Xiao family's side are very knowledgeable, and they didn't go past her to please Mu Jinting, but just a few female relatives in the family would occasionally come to the door to contact Jiuniang for a relationship.

Among them, the Cui family and the Zheng family are the main forces, both of them are smart people, and they both understand that there is a gap between each other, and they are just a face-to-face relationship for the time being, but they never expected that at this time, the Xiao family would send someone to take her back to her house for refuge.

Is it really a flattering mentality, or is there something else going on?

Judging from the experience of Jiu Niang's two lifetimes, she feels that the latter is more likely. I don't know what the Xiao family thinks, no matter how bad the palace is, the defense ability of the palace is much stronger than that of the Anguo Mansion, and behind the Xiao family is King Cheng, although the rebels have not yet figured out who did it, but Zuo but King Cheng can't escape the suspicion. She is stupid to fall into the mouth of the tiger.

"Go and tell the people who came, this palace thanks the Anguo Mansion for its kindness, as for going to the Anguo Mansion for refuge, then forget it." Jiuniang said.

"Yes."

The person who went to deliver the message didn't go for a long time, and a guard hurriedly came and said: "Someone broke into the house, and the subordinates of the first person of the criminal family came to pass the word, and asked Niangniang to order the people in the main courtyard not to walk around at will, so as not to be injured by mistake, and also ask Niangniang and the little master not to leave the main courtyard." ”

Jiu Niang nodded and instructed Lianzhi: "Pass the word, all the slaves and maids in the main courtyard are strictly forbidden to walk around, and they all stay in the house." ”

Lianzhi hurriedly went down and ordered.

Not long after, the little chamberlain who was in charge of delivering a message to the Anguo Mansion also returned.

"Niangniang, those people don't leave, saying that they have been ordered by the old lady, please Niangniang must go back with them. also said that the rebels are in turmoil, maybe they will have the idea of capturing Niangniang and coercing His Royal Highness the Prince, it is too dangerous in the palace, please don't be confused. ”

Confused? She is really confused when she goes with them.

She said how could it be so coincidental, someone was sent to pick her up in the front, and someone broke into the house in the back, this is trying to threaten? , it's just that these people can't help but underestimate her IQ!