Yesterday night Chu Xiangwan was dreaming non-stop, one moment he dreamed that Huangfu Jingwen killed Huangfu Jingyao, and one moment he dreamed that Huangfu Jingyao rebelled and killed Huangfu Jingwen. There was a lot of killing and pain in this dream, but I couldn't see myself.

"Don't!" Chu Xiangwan shouted and woke up, her face was full of tears, her eyes blurred, and a pair of hands were slowly wiping away her tears.

Her eyes widened and she asked, "Your Majesty?" ”

"It's me. What's wrong, is it a nightmare? Huangfu Jingwen gently stroked Chu Xiangwan's forehead, "Last night's assassin has not been caught yet, I am very worried about your safety, and I thought that I would come to see you in the upper court, but I didn't expect you to have a nightmare." By the way, what did you just call 'don't'? ”

Hearing Huangfu Jingwen's question, Chu Xiangwan remembered Huangfu Jingyao's words last night, and her heart began to worry again, but she covered her face and said, "It's nothing, the concubine just didn't sleep well." Chu Xiangwan looked at the sky outside, and saw that it was almost the time of the last dynasty, so he urged: "Your Majesty, it's time to go to the court, don't delay the time of the court for the concubines." ”

"Xiang Wan, are you really okay? I see that your face is very bad, so I might as well summon the imperial doctor to show you. Huangfu Jingwen was worried, and he reached out to touch Chu Xiangwan's forehead.

"The concubine is really fine, the emperor should go to the court." Chu Xiangwan avoided Huangfu Jingwen's touch.

Huangfu Jingwen sighed, he noticed Chu Xiangwan's resistance, but he didn't know what the reason was. "Then you have a good rest, and I'll come back to see you later."

Huangfu Jingwen left, Qian'er came in to serve Chu Xiangwan to wash and change clothes, and saw that her face was not good, so she said, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" ”

Chu Xiangwan shook his head: "It's okay." Qian'er, I don't look good today, give me more powder, and I'll go to the Queen Mother to say goodbye in a while. Chu Xiangwan didn't want others to see his tired face, so as not to cause trouble again.

The Empress Dowager's Cihe Palace was far away from Chu Xiangwan's Guan Ju Palace, and Chu Xiangwan hurriedly finished breakfast and hurried to Cihe Palace. Today is the second day of canonization, and according to the rules, the newly canonized concubines must go to the Empress Dowager's Cihe Palace to ask for peace and listen to the Empress Dowager's instructions. By the time Chu Xiang arrived at Cihe Palace, Fang Xiaozhou and Yuan'er were already sitting inside, but Fu Zhaoyuan and Lu Xiuyi had just entered the door. As soon as a few people looked at each other, they sent jealous or mocking glances at Chu Xiangwan, especially Fang Xiaozhou, whose eyes were eager to burn a hole in Chu Xiangwan's body.

A palace maid went in to report, and a quarter of an hour later, the queen mother came out. Several people immediately stood up, knelt down together, and said, "Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

"Concubine Hui, quickly bring Yuan'er to the mourning family to see. Arise also. As soon as the Queen Mother saw Yuan'er, she was very happy, and while teasing Yuan'er, she asked Fu Zhaoyuan and Lu Xiuyi to get up. However, Chu Xiangwan was still kneeling.

After about a stick of incense, the Queen Mother asked Yuan'er to hug Yuan'er.

"Concubine Yan, are you guilty?" The Queen Mother suddenly attacked.

"The concubine listens to the teachings of the Queen Mother."

"Good. Last night, did the emperor go to your palace? ”

"Yes."

"Did the emperor go to your palace again this morning?"

"Yes." Chu Xiangwan didn't expect the Queen Mother to know so soon.

"It is a great sin to charm the king. The emperor delayed the time of the early dynasty, can you afford it? ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, the emperor did not stay in Guanju Palace last night. The emperor came to visit this morning because the concubine was unwell. Chu Xiangwan explained.

"Hmph, the mourning family sees that your complexion is very good, why do you say that you are unwell? As a concubine, what crime should you be guilty of causing trouble in the harem? "The Queen Mother was furious, she was angry when she saw Chu Xiangwan, but her son has been protecting her, she must be rectified well today, so that she knows who is the master of the harem." Thou shalt kneel here for the mourners, and thou shalt not get up until noon. This month, you are not allowed to sleep, you also take a good look, if there is someone deliberately competing for favor in the future, the mourning family will not be spared. ”

This is not the case, but the Queen Mother has to misinterpret her meaning in order to suppress Chu Xiangwan. Fang Xiaozhou was very proud when she left, she glanced down at Chu Xiangwan, and said with a smile: "Sister has thought about it slowly, this month, the concubine will help my sister serve the emperor well." ”

Chu Xiangwan lowered her head, she didn't make a sound, she didn't refute, for the queen mother's decision, she felt a little relaxed, she didn't know how to face Huangfu Jingwen now, Huangfu Jingyao's reluctance to let go made her tremble and shake, she didn't know if she could still accept Huangfu Jingwen's affection at the moment, if she accepted, what Huangfu Jingyao would do, she really couldn't predict.

At noon, Huangfu Jingwen came. After the next court, he went to Guanju Palace, wanting to see how Xiang Wan's body was, but when he arrived at Guanju Palace, the servants in the palace said that Niangniang went to ask the Queen Mother in the morning and never came back. He was worried that Xiang Wan would be left in trouble by the Queen Mother, so he hurried to Cihe Palace, and was stumped by the 800-mile urgent letter at the border gate halfway, and talked with Huangfu Jingyao in the study all morning. All morning, he was in suspense, and he didn't listen to a few words about Huangfu Jingyao's military affairs. Later, seeing that the time was almost noon, he couldn't wait, so he asked Huangfu Jingyao to wait in the study and rushed to Cihe Palace. Now stepping into the main hall of the Cihe Palace, it is indeed this scene.

After kneeling all morning, Chu Xiangwan was already shaky, sweat dripping on the marble tiles in the hall, her eyes were gradually blurred by sweat, she couldn't see the ground clearly, she really couldn't support it. Just as her body fell to the side, Huangfu Jingwen rushed forward to grab her body, he held her face, and asked anxiously: "Xiang Wan, Xiang Wan, how are you?" ”

Chu Xiangwan barely opened her eyes, still couldn't see the person in front of her clearly, against the light, she felt in a trance that it was Huangfu Jingyao who was holding her, and in an instant, it seemed that she had returned to the time when she fell off the cliff, her strength was no longer there, she just hugged her "Brother Yao" and said, "Don't go, don't leave me." The rest of the matter, she was no longer conscious.

"Late, late, wake up······" Huangfu Jingwen picked up Chu Xiangwan from the ground and walked directly out of the hall.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing here? You came to the palace of the mourning family just to take this woman away? The voice of the Queen Mother came from behind him.

"Queen Mother, if Xiang Wan is at fault again, you shouldn't be so harsh, she is already unwell this morning, and her son wants to take her back to the palace to rest." Huangfu Jingwen's tone was not too good.

"For the sake of this woman, you are so against the mourning family. Don't forget what you married her for. The Queen Mother was also furious.

"Queen Mother, why are you so disgusted with Xiang Wan and want to target her everywhere?"

"Presumptuous, don't you know the grievances between the Fang family and the Chu family? Don't you know her father's position? She's just a pawn for us. ”

"Queen Mother, if you force your son again, your son can only give Xiang Wan the position of Empress to protect her." After Huangfu Jingwen finished speaking, he left with Xiang Xiang in his arms and went directly to the Minxun Palace.

"You ······" The Queen Mother didn't expect that Huangfu Jingwen would say such a thing, this son actually protected Chu Xiangwan to such an extent, and it would be a scourge for Chu Xiangwan to stay sooner or later.

Huangfu Jingyao was still waiting in the study, he didn't know why Huangfu Jingwen hurriedly went out in the middle of the conversation, just at this moment the door of the palace opened, Huangfu Jingwen hugged Chu Xiangwan and walked straight to the bedroom in the inner hall, and also told the eunuch to summon the imperial doctor. Huangfu Jingyao had no way to follow up because of the etiquette system, and when he saw Chu Xiangwan sleeping in Huangfu Jingwen's arms, his heart couldn't help but pinch up. It's just one night later, why did Chu Xiangwan's face become so pale? He wanted to step forward and take care of Chu Xiangwan, but he couldn't do it, so he could only watch her lying in the arms of other men, and Huangfu Jingyao unconsciously clenched his fists.

After the imperial doctor entered the dormitory for treatment, Huangfu Jingwen finally came out. A eunuch followed the eunuch to decoct the medicine, and the emperor joked with a calm face: "The emperor is not only busy with state affairs, but also has to coordinate the disputes in the harem, which is really hard." ”

Huangfu Jingwen glanced at the inner room: "It's me who didn't protect her, Queen Mother, hey······"

It turned out to be the old witch, Huangfu Jingyao thought to himself: Huangfu Jingwen, since you can't protect her, why did you marry her in the first place. He opened his mouth and said: "Since the emperor is concerned about Concubine Yanniang, then Weichen will go back and prepare the military affairs as an excerpt and present it to the emperor tomorrow." ”

"It's okay, then you'll have to work for you."

Huangfu Jingwen sat at the head of the bed, he looked at Chu Xiangwan's furrowed brows in his sleep, and asked, "Why are you so unhappy in your dreams?" What the hell do I have to do to get your heart? ”

Chu Xiangwan seemed to hear someone talking in his ear, so he slowly woke up. She looked around, this was not her Guan Ju Palace, she still remembered that she seemed to see Huangfu Jingyao before she fainted, but at this moment it was Huangfu Jingwen who was sitting next to her, heh, it was just a dream after all.

"Xiangwan, you're awake." Huangfu Jingwen finally breathed a sigh of relief, although the imperial doctor said that it was not a serious illness, but it was only because he knelt for too long and Concubine Yan did not sleep well at night that he fainted, but when he saw Chu Xiangwan really wake up, Huangfu Jingwen was relieved.

Chu Xiangwan was completely awake and found himself lying in the dormitory of the Minxun Palace, and immediately wanted to get up: "The concubine is fine, let's go back to my palace." ”

"Xiangwan, you don't have to worry, you just woke up, your body is still very weak, just rest here for one night before leaving." Huangfu Jingwen held down Chu Xiangwan's body.

"The concubines don't dare, this is also a discord with the ancestral system, the emperor is busy with the government, don't accompany the concubines here." Chu Xiangwan didn't want to spend the night here, the Queen Mother had just made a decree that she would not be allowed to sleep this month, if she disobeyed the decree on the first day, she was afraid that there would be more trouble later.

"Xiang Wan, you forgot, in Cihe Palace, you told me not to leave you."

Chu Xiangwan remembered, at that time she thought that Huangfu Jingyao was holding her, so she said something like that. She couldn't clarify, so she could only bow her head silently, pretending to be shy.

Huangfu Jingwen hugged her into his arms and said emotionally: "You don't know how happy I was when I heard you say this. Because you are finally willing to rely on me, you really think of me as your husband. ”

"Don't say that, the emperor, it's the concubine's sin to annoy the emperor and make the emperor and the queen mother have a disagreement." Chu Xiangwan was very painful in her heart, she didn't want to become the current situation, she couldn't accept Huangfu Jingwen, and she couldn't refuse Huangfu Jingyao, it was really unbearable to hurt the hearts of two people who loved her like this.

"Xiangwan, don't worry, I will protect you." Huangfu Jingwen has made up his mind that no matter who it is, he can't hurt this woman he loves.

Chu Xiangwan still didn't spend the night in the Minxun Hall after all, the Queen Mother didn't allow her to sleep, and the emperor couldn't immediately disobey the Queen Mother.

In the evening, on the way back to the palace, Chu Xiangwan met Sun Zhaoyi, who was sitting next to the first emperor during the draft that day. Since the death of the first emperor, Sun Zhaoyi has been made a concubine and has rarely appeared. The Queen Mother didn't like Concubine Sun to be favored back then, so she moved Concubine Sun to the remote Changyang Palace early. Chu Xiangwan looked at this concubine Sun, in fact, she was not much older than her, she had already lived such a widowed life, and it was a pity that all her good youth would be consumed in this palace wall. This palace is like this, looking at the splendor, in fact, how many sad people are hidden, and I can't count them.

Chu Xiangwan was distracted, and she didn't come back to her senses until Qian'er next to her pushed her arm. Seeing Concubine Sun looking at her with a quiet smile, she said, "What did Concubine just say?" ”

"I said, Concubine Yan wasn't scared by the assassin last night, was she?" Concubine Sun's eyes were very strange, like care and inquiry.

"The concubine lives far away in the deep palace, and she actually knows that the assassin appeared in the Guan Ju Palace?" In fact, Chu Xiangwan and her only had a few faces, and she hadn't spoken a few times, she had always been cold to people, but now she suddenly appeared and asked about the assassin, Chu Xiangwan really didn't know what her intentions were.

"The Queen Mother said to Niangniang this morning, you 'small punishment and big commandment', so that no one in the palace knows who doesn't know? Even if I don't ask about the world anymore, I should know the ins and outs. Concubine Sun's face was unnatural for a moment.

"The concubine laughed, the queen mother taught the concubines that it was right."

"This assassin has not been found until now, it seems that he is familiar with the people in the palace."

"I don't know if the guards last night were wrong, but fortunately, the guards have been strengthened everywhere in the palace, so I don't think anything will happen."

"Concubine Yan is the person on the tip of the emperor's heart, and her own safety is naturally protected by the emperor, but if the guards see that it is not at this moment but someone next to her, then Concubine Yan Niangniang is not violating women's morality?"

Concubine Sun's words made Chu Xiangwan's whole body break out in a cold sweat, could it be that Huangfu Jingyao's arrival last night was seen and known by Concubine Sun? Chu Xiangwan's face was still calm, and she asked, "What is the concubine talking about, this palace doesn't understand." ”

Concubine Sun's face suddenly became ugly: "Okay, I've been out for a long time, I'll go back to the palace first." With that, he turned around and left.

Qian'er interjected next to her: "Concubine Sun is so eccentric, she used to rely on the favor of the first emperor and didn't like to deal with people, but today she suddenly appeared by herself, and she said inexplicably, why did she leave again now?" ”

Chu Xiangwan felt that something was wrong in her heart, she always felt that this Concubine Sun knew something and hid something, but she didn't know the problem for a while. However, there is one thing she knows very well, Huangfu Jingyao is in the capital for a day, his danger is one more point, the eyes in the palace, the eyes of the previous dynasty, have been staring at him, only when Huangfu Jingyao returns to the border, her heart can be put down.