However, the brothers still reached an agreement.

Qin Lin promised not to implicate the Ji family, while Qin Zhen promised to stay out of the matter and not help each other. This is the agreement that is laid out on the surface. And such an agreement hides another tacit understanding.

If Qin Lin succeeds this time, the country will change hands. Then the one who is waiting for the throne will be Qin Lin. Of course, there is another possibility, that is, everyone supports Qin Yu, the youngest son of the Su Wangfu, as the crown prince and inherits the throne of Emperor Longqing.

Qin Yu became the crown prince, and then ascended the throne, which also meant that this great country fell into Qin Lin's hands.

"I will stay out of the matter, but I will also do my best, no matter what the outcome of this matter is, I must minimize the shock as much as possible and maintain the stability of Daqin." Qin Zhen said in a deep voice.

Ji Xiaotang nodded, expressing his agreement with Qin Zhen's approach.

"Lord Wang, in your opinion, what are the chances of King Su succeeding this time?" After that, Ji Xiaotang asked Qin Zhen a question.

Husband and wife are honest with each other, and in this matter, Qin Zhen will naturally tell Ji Xiaotang the truth.

"In my opinion, he doesn't have much chance of success." It's not even fifty percent.

It is also based on this judgment that Qin Zhen will say that the time has not come.

"I agree with the prince." Ji Xiaotang is not optimistic about Qin Lin's action than Qin Zhen, she believes that Qin Lin has no chance of success at all.

Even if Qin Zhen and Qin Lin work together, they can't bring down the Empress Dowager Han now. This time, Qin Lin made a fuss, which will definitely further weaken the power and prestige of the Empress Dowager Han, but it is still far from bringing down the Empress Dowager Han.

But......

"I think. Su Wang Ye has other considerations. Ji Xiaotang smiled and said lightly.

"Oh?" Qin Zhen raised his eyebrows slightly.

"I don't believe that the prince didn't expect it."

"Then Xiaotang might as well come and hear it."

"Prince Su will not see the birth of an heir in the palace. This time it came out, even if it couldn't move the foundation of the Queen Mother. But the queen mother's plan to give birth to a prince in the palace and canonize him as the crown prince is bound to fail. ”

And just like this, it is also a great blow to the Empress Dowager Han.

Qin Lin is fully capable of doing this.

This is also one of the reasons why Qin Zhen chose to stay out of the matter and not help each other.

Ji Xiaotang believes that Qin Zhen's choice is very wise and wise.

"Let's wait and see." The husband and wife have made a decision, and the night is getting darker. The two of them rested.

Early the next morning, King An's Mansion sent someone to the Tai Hospital to ask for a doctor, and King An Qin Zhen occasionally contracted a seasonal illness. For this reason, he also specially handed the above a leave of absence, to recuperate quietly in the palace.

Qin Zhen is sick, naturally no one will be so inhumane to force him to go to court.

Empress Dowager Han and Emperor Longqing saw Qin Zhen's excerpts, and not only did they immediately play it. He also sent the imperial doctor to visit King An's mansion. Subsequently, he gave a lot of good things from the palace to treat diseases and replenish his body, and specially sent his confidant Zhongguan to Anwangfu to convey the words of the two, so that Qin Zhen could recuperate with peace of mind.

The edicts of Empress Dowager Han and Emperor Longqing naturally also mentioned Princess An Ji Xiaotang.

Both of them instructed Ji Xiaotang to take good care of Qin Zhen.

Qin Zhen is not only a noble clansman, but also a minister of the humerus of the imperial court.

Since then, Qin Zhen has really been closed. Raise your illness in the house. Ji Xiaotang no longer goes out, and only concentrates on taking care of the little prince Qin Xuan every day. and Qin Zhen who was sick.

As for the civil and military officials who came to visit the sick in an endless stream, most of them were blocked from the door.

On the third day of Qin Zhen's leave, bad news came from the palace.

Ji Guifei accidentally fell when she was visiting the garden, which triggered the fetal gas. Despite the best efforts of the imperial doctors to help, it was to no avail. Ji Guifei had a miscarriage and was a male fetus that had already been formed.

Suddenly, there was a mourning in the palace.

According to Ji Xiaotang, when Empress Dowager Han learned the news, she was too sad and fainted for a while. And Concubine Ji herself was even more sad, plus she lost too much blood and hurt her roots, so she didn't even survive that night, so she followed the little prince to Jiuquan.

If something like this happened, Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang should have entered the palace immediately. However, Qin Zhen was still sick, and Ji Xiaotang couldn't get away at all in order to take care of their father and son.

By the time Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang entered the palace, it was already the fifth day after the incident had passed.

This is the first time Ji Xiaotang has entered the palace after giving birth to Xuan'er.

The scenery in the forbidden palace does not seem to have changed, but the atmosphere has changed faintly. I don't know if it's because of the recent incident of Ji Guifei's two lives in the palace, the palace has become more lifeless and ...... It's like a tomb.

Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen walked slowly side by side, and inexplicably thought of the word grave. These two words made her still feel a chill in her back under the big sun, and she subconsciously grabbed Qin Zhen's hand~

Qin Zhen didn't stop, but he held Ji Xiaotang's hand with his backhand, and then turned his head inadvertently, and smiled at Ji Xiaotang soothingly, with an inquiry in his eyes.

Qin Zhen's hands were warm and dry.

Grabbing Qin Zhen's hand, Ji Xiaotang's heart immediately settled down.

She smiled at Qin Zhen and signaled that Qin Zhen didn't need to worry, she was fine.

She didn't think of the word grave for nothing.

Ji Xiaolian had two lives, although the Empress Dowager Han was very sad, but she listened to the words of a certain master, saying that the time when the mother and son died was very unlucky, and it was a big murderer, and the coffin could not be stopped for a long time, nor could it be mourned for most of the time.

Moreover, although the internal and external troubles of Daqin have been alleviated, they have not been completely solved, and everything should be based on frugality.

Empress Dowager Han used these two reasons to order that Ji Xiaolian's funeral should be simple. At this time, Ji Xiaolian's mother and son were already sleeping outside the Dingling Tomb in the west of the city.

The imperial mausoleum of the Great Qin Dynasty was built in the west of the capital, and the mausoleums of the emperors and queens of the past dynasties were called Yongling, and the Yongling not only buried the emperors and queens of the past dynasties, but also some other important figures in the imperial family of the past dynasties.

The mausoleum of the imperial concubine is in Yongling, next to the mausoleum of the first emperor, which was specially ordered and arranged by the first emperor. And Qin Zhen's birth ~ the mausoleum of his mother and concubine is also in the tomb, one left and one right. Guarding the mausoleum of the first emperor.

Dingling is the mausoleum of ordinary concubines.

Ji Xiaolian is a noble concubine, and it is because the royal heir is dead. According to common sense, it should be able to be buried in the eternal tomb.

Empress Dowager Han ordered their mother and son to be buried together and buried in Dingling. And because she died suddenly and was buried in a hurry, her mausoleum actually did not enter Dingling at all, but at the foot of Dingling.

Both the government and the opposition knew about it, but they all tacitly ignored it. No one even mentioned it.

Oh, it's not like no one has mentioned it, only one person has brought it up. That is Ji Guifei's father, Master Ji of Xinhuatang, the waiter of the Ministry of Works.

Master Ji was extremely sad because he lost his daughter and grandson at the same time, and the palace did not hold a funeral for Concubine Ji. Instead, it was hastily buried. Master Ji was already very dissatisfied. After knowing the location of Concubine Ji's mausoleum, Master Ji's dissatisfaction reached its peak.

Master Ji wrote an excerpt and complained about Concubine Ji in the court with great fanfare.

As a result, Master Ji was convicted of being inappropriate in front of the palace and was kicked out of the court. Later, it was the civil and military officials who pleaded for mercy, and the Empress Dowager Han looked at Master Ji because she was too sad and confused for a while, so she did not continue to blame Master Ji.

And in the palace. But not only Ji Xiaolian's mother and son died.

The entire Changchun~ people serving in the palace were almost all killed. Because they didn't serve Ji Xiaolian well, Ji Xiaolian fell so much, so that she lost her life and died.

It is said that in addition to the people who served in the palace in Changchun~, there were many other people who were also implicated, including even the people who served Queen Han in the Kunning Palace.

Just a few days ago, there was ~ a river of blood in the forbidden palace. Although it has been cleaned up now, Ji Xiaotang still faintly smells the remnants of blood in the air.

Perhaps, it was just an illusion from what she was thinking.

Naturally, there is no shortage of manpower in the palace, and there is no shortage of the finest spices, even if there are twice as many people who die, how can they leave a bloody smell and make the nobles dissatisfied!

Ji Xiaotang was secretly thinking in his heart when Qin Zhen suddenly stopped.

It turned out that the two of them had already arrived in front of Cining Palace.

Qin Zhen can't stay sick forever, and with such a big thing happening in the palace, Ji Xiaotang can't be completely indifferent. Therefore, after the Empress Dowager Han sent someone to convey the message to King An's Mansion for the second time, Qin Zhen dragged the sick body that had not yet healed and took Ji Xiaotang into the palace to greet the Empress Dowager Han.

Naturally, they didn't bring Xuan'er with them.

Xuan'er is still young, and besides, after all, something like that happened in the palace, didn't it?

When the two arrived at the gate of Cining Palace, a lieutenant had already gone in to pass the word, and almost immediately, Empress Dowager Han sent someone out and asked the two of them to go to the main hall.

In the main hall, Ji Xiaotang saw the Empress Dowager Han.

Empress Dowager Han is dressed in a plain dress, although her makeup and hair are still delicate and meticulous, but the whole person is listless. Ji Xiaotang stepped forward to salute the Empress Dowager Han, and after raising his head, he looked at the Empress Dowager Han up close.

The wrinkles on Empress Dowager Han's forehead and the corners of her eyes seem to be more and more obvious, and the two herringbone lines at the corners of her mouth are becoming more and more profound.

The two of them greeted the Empress Dowager Han, and the Empress Dowager Han kindly asked the two to sit down and talk, and also asked about Qin Zhen's condition.

"It's just an occasional illness, not a serious illness. Thanks to the medicine given by the Queen Mother and Her Majesty, I have been recuperating for the past few days, and I have been mostly better. Qin Zhen hurriedly said.

"That's good, that's good." Empress Dowager Han's eyes flickered slightly, but the words she said were still concerned and kind, "You still can't ignore it." I still have some good stuff here, and I've asked people to pack it up, and you can take it back later. Zhen'er, now the queen mother can only count on you, you must be well. ”

When this last sentence came out, Empress Dowager Han's eyes were a little red. At this moment, Empress Dowager Han looked extremely fragile and almost on the verge of collapse.

Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang hurriedly got up and tried their best to comfort Empress Dowager Han.

Empress Dowager Han had red circles in her eyes, and said that she was nothing, and asked the two to sit down and talk.

The two exchanged glances, and sat down again obediently.

"Although such a sad thing happened, Your Majesty~ is getting better and better, and there are many concubines in the harem, so why worry about having no heirs. The queen mother should open her mind, and everything will be fine. Ji Xiaotang comforted the Empress Dowager Han again.

She naturally knew that what Empress Dowager Han said would count on them in the future, but she didn't just mean Ji Xiaolian's two lives. However, neither Qin Zhen nor Ji Xiaotang planned to pick up the words of the Empress Dowager Han, and they couldn't answer either.

However, Empress Dowager Han herself insisted that they could not stop it.

"I hope it's just as Xiaotang said." Empress Dowager Han glanced at Ji Xiaotang deeply and said insincerely.

At this time, a palace maid came in with a tray and presented the bowl on the tray to the Empress Dowager Han. Empress Dowager Han stopped talking for the time being, and the palace maid served her and slowly ate the soup in the bowl.

Ji Xiaotang sat not far away, and he smelled the strong medicinal fragrance.

"Queen Mother, this is ......," Ji Xiaotang asked hurriedly.

Empress Dowager Han waved her hand at the palace maid and asked her to put away the bowl and retreat.

“…… As I get older, my energy is getting less and less, and recently because of your cousin's affairs, I can't eat and sleep well. Those imperial doctors were also troublesome, and they prescribed some kind of Laoshzi prescription, and asked me to take it on time every day. ”

What Empress Dowager Han ate was not an ordinary tonic, but a decoction prescribed by the Tai Hospital. Her body has reached the point where she has to take medicine?!

"Why haven't I heard anyone mention it, the queen mother is like this, she should have told us a long time ago." Ji Xiaotang said hurriedly.

"Tell you what you can do? I know that the two of you are filial children, different from others. I told you that you were anxious for me, and my heart became more and more uncomfortable. None of us are good, only those who are wolf ambitions are cheaper!"

Empress Dowager Han had something to say again, but Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang only pretended not to understand, and still refused to answer her words.

Empress Dowager Han's gaze became deeper and deeper.

"Xiaotang, I'm sorry." Empress Dowager Han suddenly said again.

"Where did the Queen Mother's words come from?" Ji Xiaotang asked hurriedly.

"I didn't take good care of your cousin." Empress Dowager Han's tone was sad.

Ji Xiaotang lowered his head and was silent for a moment before raising his head again.

"It's my eldest sister's life, and I'm ashamed of the love of the Queen Mother, Your Majesty and the Queen."

“…… It's not that Concubine Ji has a thin life, but that she is pregnant with a prince and is jealous of someone who has a heart and plots against her......"

Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang both had shocked looks on their faces.

They don't enter the palace these days, and they don't leave the gates of the palace, but that doesn't mean they don't know anything about what's going on inside and outside the palace. When Empress Dowager Han said this, did she want to make things clear?

Ji Xiaotang didn't think that Empress Dowager Han would do this.

Although Qin Lin is a dragon and phoenix among people, he is still a little worse than Mrs. Han. With the old way of Empress Dowager Han, she would never make the same mistake as Qin Lin.

At this time, Qin Lin couldn't help the Empress Dowager Han, and the Empress Dowager Han couldn't put Qin Lin to death.

“…… Your big sister is walking well, and there are so many people around her to serve, how could she fall and fall so hard? This is all an assassination by someone, who wants the lives of your big sister, mother and son! ”

"Does the queen mother know, who is so bold?" (To be continued.) )