After the winter solstice festival, the ninth day begins, and the weather is cold day by day.

Pregnant women who pay attention to the safety of the fetus, and snake tribes who hibernate by nature, cooperate with each other to curl up in their own nests in the winter and stay at home.

Despite this, the officials of the Winter Festival paid homage to the queen, and Zhou Manyun still followed the flow to the palace that she regarded as a tiger's den.

The dress changed for the follow-up festival deliberately protected her waist and abdomen, and her eldest sister Xiao Wan also became a talisman for wherever she went. It's not hard to get through the day.

But perhaps because the pregnant woman was too sensitive and fragile, Man Yun still felt that the kind Empress Xu seemed to be more gloomy and cold than a few months ago, and occasionally glanced at her with a fierce light like a wolf.

The attitudes of several princes and noble ladies were also inconsistent and disobedient, polite and detached, and secretly looked at her stomach with vigilance.

Counting it down, the Duke of Weiguo Xu's Mansion, the Duke of Cai's Qin Mansion, and the Rongguo Gonghe Mansion ...... These women who are hostile to her in a group all have a deep or shallow relationship with the crown prince Xiao Ze.

What did Xiao Ze do again?

Man Yun asked Xiao Wan for no result, so he repeatedly asked Lu Shou, who came to the door again with the prince's vein case.

This was the first time she took the initiative to inquire about the prince's behavior outside of the medical prescription after sending Lu Shou away, and it was already early December.

Lu Shou looked the selfish and cruel woman in front of him up and down with a strange expression before he spoke: "The prince has explained to our family. If Princess Yan is interested in what he has done, he will arrange a meeting to explain to you personally. ”

"Actually, I just asked ...... casually", as soon as he heard the request, Zhou Manyun's face immediately showed undisguised hesitation.

"Our family doesn't know the reason, we only heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say that it involves His Royal Highness King Yan and the little prince, and it is a matter of life and death."

The young eunuch's anxious face was very serious, which suddenly made Zhou Manyun's heart freak. She cursed in her heart, and finally swallowed the unpalatable bait honestly.

Compared with those old women who can't figure out their minds, Xiao Ze, who still has half a life in his hands, is still a better negotiation partner for Man Yun.

It's just that two days later, Xiao Ze replied to the location that made Zhou Manyun wilt all of a sudden.

On the fifth day of December, Luoxia Mountain Meiwu.

The vigorous plum branches have just pulled out a little bud, implicitly giving birth to a fresh charm. In a small courtyard with white walls and black tiles. Xiao Wan was wrapped in a mink fur and hugged the stove, and was talking to the servants who had been placed in the courtyard for several months.

Zhou Manyun in the room craned his neck as if looking for a basis and looked at the courtyard scene that he could see at a glance, and his eyes swept over the hat that had just been taken off on the case, and then slowly stopped on Xiao Ze's face.

"She's my sister too!" , Xiao Ze on the opposite side smiled at the corner of his mouth, as if he was laughing at the pregnant woman who was getting more and more stupid in front of him.

The eldest princess Xiao Wan is the eldest sister of the children of the Xiao family, Xiao Hong, who is six or seven years old, is managed every day, and Xiao Ze, who is shoulder to shoulder, has a better relationship with his sister in his childhood.

Although after growing up, because of the marriage problem, there is some mustard between the sister and brother. But Xiao Ze deliberately maintained the relationship between the two after helping Xiao Wan take and leave the book, and easily forgave him according to Xiao Wan's love-hate personality.

Just as Zhou Manyun thought, Xiao Wan in the courtyard also seemed to feel that the two people in the house were talking about her, turned her head from afar, and smiled awkwardly at the house.

Mei Wu, who was originally left to Man Yun, was deceived by Xiao Ze in just a few words, and was persuaded by him to lead Man Yun over in a daze.

"It is said that a woman is not too tired to be pregnant before and after three times, so she rushed to ask her eldest sister for help." Xiao Ze explained in a low voice, showing gentleness.

"On the way, the eldest sister said that she wanted me to help you see a doctor." Everyone has already come, Zhou Manyun is no longer hypocritical, and directly stretched out a round and round hand in the direction of Xiao Ze.

Because of her dishonesty in Man Yun, Xiao Wan patted her chest and promised that Xiao Ze would never be unfavorable to her but would help her, while also expressing her worries about Xiao Ze's body. For Xiao Wan, the two younger brothers are inseparable palms and backs.

The Xiao Ze that Zhou Manyun saw in front of her was indeed haggard more than she expected. Although it is not so bad, the whole person is obviously much less than a few months ago. The cheekbones are high, and the black eyes are even brighter.

In the past few days, the queen mother has met with several groups of Nan Chen's official relatives. Among them, she made an exception to meet the noble concubine Wang of Jinxianghou, because a noble lady joked about Wang's righteous act of sending her husband back to Jiangnan, and some people said that she had a heartfelt promise with Gao Wei when she was Xue's daughter. The queen mother specially rewarded her with a set of hairpin rings, and gave her the surname Xue back. ”

"Hmmm! Gao Wei guarded his mother's filial piety in Jiangnan and did not continue the strings, and this time his concubine received a gift from the queen, he was afraid that he would be forced to give up his plan to marry the noble daughter of Luojing, and had to straighten the concubine's room regardless of the etiquette. ”

Zhou Manyun responded calmly, and he didn't care. didn't attribute the source of worry to Gao Xue and the others at all.

Xiao Ze nodded and smiled. Originally, it was he who told the story and suggested that Xu Hou give a hairpin to Xue Sujun.

"You didn't completely follow Lu Shou's prescription to regulate your body! Or are you deliberately making yourself sicker? As soon as Zhou Manyun stopped checking his pulse, he squinted his eyes and hid the urge to leave the case directly.

It's strange that Xiao Ze's mother-in-law, aunt and mother-in-law always take their own shares to push their children down the well when they see him in the winter festival, and Xiao Wan is not afraid of being separated from her brother and daughter-in-law and wants to help him.

"Zhou, it's because you're not very dedicated, you have to do everything if you want to manipulate Lu Shou to manage my pulse medical case. I don't want to do it, I only complain about the patient? ”

"I'm not a doctor who saves lives!"

Zhou Manyun gritted his teeth and emphasized clearly: "If you want to seek death and commit suicide, you will have to wait for a while." At this point, you don't have any good to have an accident! ”

"It's not good for you and Xiao Hong at all!" , Xiao Ze couldn't help laughing.

If the woman in front of her hadn't obviously sensed the danger that would threaten her small family, she wouldn't have cared about his life or death at all, Xiao Ze knew this.

Sure enough, Zhou Manyun on the opposite side nodded generously.

"I found something wrong, and I think someone is hugging and trying to target you?" , Xiao Ze observed Man Yun's pretended calm face, and said in a low voice: "Maybe something will happen soon, which will endanger Xiao Hong, as well as your and the child's lives." That's why I have to tell you about it beforehand. ”

Zhou Manyun's eyelids blinked involuntarily, and then glared indignantly.

"About a month ago, my father convened several important ministers in the court to discuss the future strategy of the Jing Dynasty. It is said that the inheritance system of the eldest is to be written into the great edict. ”

Xiao Ze took a sip of tea lightly and said leisurely: "I specially asked my father in front of all the ministers. Is it the first to establish the heir and then the first? Or for example, if I have an accident, the candidate for the prince should be Xiao Tan or Xiao Hong. Or Han'er? ”

"Analogy?" , Zhou Manyun repeated a sentence in his mouth incredulously, and his panic was overflowing, "Can this kind of thing be compared at will?" You're just putting Xiao Hong on the fire! ”

"Is that all?" Xiao Ze shook his head in disappointment.

What else? Zhou Manyun lowered his head and bit his lip fiercely, and his ear drums were full of buzzing sounds.

"You don't hesitate to abuse your body, just to make people think that you are terminally ill and incurable?! The first one I want to get is His Majesty the Emperor. ”

The answer that took a long time to hear made Xiao Ze, who had been waiting silently, have a faint sense of satisfaction on his face. "Indeed, as far as Xiao Hong's life experience, father and queen mother hold their own words, I can only find out by myself."

Zhou Manyun asked anxiously, "How did the emperor answer?" ”

"The elder is the first, and the country does not choose the king of the age!"

The cheeks that were originally as delicate as peach plums turned snow-white, and Zhou Manyun leaned back in the chair and stared at the person opposite in a daze.

"When you hear that your husband is a prince, or even an emperor, do you have this only reaction?"

"Impossible!" , Zhou Manyun couldn't help but roar.

The experiences of past lives and present lives are intertwined. Although she didn't get an answer during this time, she was already in front of Xiao Hong as the widow of Empress Mingzhao of the Chen Dynasty. is already preparing to leave a way for his family of three to retreat to the rivers and lakes.

But now the answer given by Xiao Ze clearly points in the other direction.

"You are much smarter than the queen mother. You must have figured it out, no matter how generous your father is, he will not hand over the country to his nephew. Xiao Ze crossed his arms and smiled, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly in relief.

One of the purposes of the weakness deliberately revealed in front of Emperor Jing Xiao Rui for a few months was to force the emperor's sacred heart to be in the unstable situation of the prince.

Now the answer is out. Even if Xiao Hong is still not sure that he was born to Empress Xu, at least he can identify his biological father first.

Man Yun's heart was relieved, and then his heart was tightened. She stood up with her waist in her arms, and glared at Xiao Ze with sadness and anger, "What about the explanation?" Why don't you explain it to your mother-in-law? Instead, they continue to pretend to be ghosts and send our family to danger?! ”

Many things can no longer be stopped by simply explaining. Empress Xu in the palace has already drilled the tip of the horns, and even if Xiao Hong is Emperor Jing's own son, for some small groups that have staked their lives, it is still a thorn in the side that needs to be pulled out quickly.

"Now I know that my mother and wife may do it to you. Just maybe! Xiao Ze helplessly spread his palms and said in a low voice: "I can't attack them for trumped-up charges!" ”

"So I ......"

Man Yun choked on his throat with an angry curse, and did not continue to speak.

This is the reality of the human world. Everyone who thinks that they are unique and important is nothing more than a dispensable existence in the eyes of others.

She ignored Xiao Ze and didn't care about his life, death and illness. On the other hand, he is not qualified to ask Xiao Ze to sacrifice those who are actually for his good for her.

"Thank you Prince for reminding me, Man Yun will be careful!"

Thinking about it, Zhou Manyun naturally bowed to Xiao Ze calmly and prepared to go home.

"Zhou Manyun! The eldest sister found this Luoxia Mountain Meiwu for you, and the one in Sanyuanqiao Hat Hutong...... When it comes to comfort, it is not as good as Yanwangfu. If there is a day when the palace is unoccupied, what do you think is the point of these hideouts you are looking for? ”

Zhou Manyun turned around and stared coldly at the man who was still sitting steadily.

It can be seen that in addition to Meiwu, the place where Sanyuan Bridge was found by Yun Jinfan was also revealed. Man Yun decided to accept the idea of keeping Xiao Ze out of the enemy.

And I thought that I didn't notice the hatred of women at all, and the old god Xiao Ze was skimming tea and watching the soup on the ground, as if talking to himself: "You can think about a more suitable place to live." ”

Where else can I look? Zhou Manyun's eyes couldn't help but have a layer of confusion. (To be continued......)