125. Dual

The emperor was in a good mood all the way back to Beijing.

Easily, he took down King Han and Le'an without blood, so that he eliminated the great trouble that had been blocked in his heart for many years. Over the years, the kings of Han and Zhao have been like hot charcoals with thorns all over their bodies, nesting in the arms of any emperor, which makes them frown and restless.

When Emperor Zhao was still the crown prince, he was benevolent and righteous to his younger brothers, and the King of Han made several changes and protected them. King Zhao wanted to rebel and made a ridiculous excuse, Emperor Wen seemed to have a new meaning, and Emperor Zhao was busy speaking and protecting again. But this guarantee, whether it must be guaranteed or sincerely guaranteed, although the father and son did not talk about this topic, the emperor thought that he had a number in his heart.

I wanted to rebel several times, but it was Emperor Zhao who rebelled...... No matter how strong the brotherly affection is, can it last a few tosses?

It was all a last resort, and the emperor responded to the two uncles' requests on his face, and he still remembered the little things he did when he went to Beijing to succeed to the throne. When he was stationed in Le'an that day, it was proposed that the accomplice King Zhao should also be eliminated by the way-the Han palace had already found evidence of the correspondence between the two vassal kings, and to be honest, the emperor was very eager to listen.

If it weren't for the cabinet's endless clamoring, unable to form a unified opinion, and also worried that the killing of two uncles at once, the impact would be really bad, and King Zhao would not have been able to escape this catastrophe - however, Zhu Gaosui was talented, hot-hearted and timid, and when he saw Zhu Gaoxu's fate, he was afraid that he would not have any more thoughts that he should not have.

Although it is difficult to get out of Beijing, and intends to stay a little longer, the emperor also knows the current situation of the treasury, and only half a month after the expedition, he pulled out the camp and returned to Beijing, walking slowly all the way, dealing with government affairs while walking, except for bringing a few more sinners and killing so many people in Le'an. The road was completely uneventful, and it didn't look like a battle at all - except for one person who fell off his horse and died on the road, even the attrition was basically zero.

Although he won without a fight, this battle did calm the hearts of the people, and pushed the emperor's prestige to a new height, and his resourcefulness and anticipation of the enemy in the process of conquering the Han king won him a lot of praise among his courtiers, although the emperor would not take it seriously, but there was no one who did not like to listen to good words. Therefore, when he returned to Xingzai, he was still in a very happy mood.

After returning to Beijing in victory, there was naturally some etiquette to be done, and the two kings of the prison country greeted them in the suburbs outside the city, and the brothers did not see each other for a month, so they naturally had a lot to say. The two younger brothers also couldn't wait to inquire with the emperor about the details of the war - although they could not be emperors, they were not less angry with the Han king when they were still the emperor's grandsons. Now this good day of the vassal king, if the king of Han is on the throne, there is no way, so the brothers are still very hostile.

After returning to the palace, he naturally freshened up, gossiped with his cronies who stayed in the palace, and prepared to go to Qingning Palace to ask the Queen Mother for peace.

And then his good mood basically ended there.

The queen reacted very much when she was pregnant, and she already reacted when he left, and I don't know if it was because she was frightened and relocated, and this month she was even more pregnant with morning sickness, and he couldn't get up and come out to see him when he came back. The emperor went in to comfort her, but before she said a few words, the queen covered her mouth and was about to vomit again. Nan Yipo hurriedly asked the emperor to avoid it, and the emperor had no choice but to go out of the house again and go back to the main hall to talk to the queen mother.

"It will be fine in a few months." The queen mother herself has experience, and comforted the emperor and said, "If you vomit badly, you must be a noisy boy, so you will toss his mother like this." ”

When a woman is pregnant, who does not suffer, it was the same when Sun Yunu was pregnant, even more powerful than the queen. Although the emperor was worried, he would not be blindly worried, he hummed, and then mentioned the matter of the sapphire phoenix hairpin - he didn't visit the queen first, but talked about the concubine, and the queen mother felt that he didn't value orthodoxy anymore, "Mother, this phoenix hairpin, my son already knows everything." This is what her son lost to her, and if there is any fault, it will be counted on the son's head. Yong'an Palace, there is no need to seal the palace. ”

The queen mother glanced at the emperor and did not speak, the emperor knew what his mother meant, his face was feverish, but he still spoke after all. "When the capital was moved, didn't her son bring her up first, and the two of them chased on horseback by the Taiye Pool, and it was at that time that they were lost. The grass and trees on the West Garden are dense, and I didn't find it after looking for it, so I thought it had fallen into the water. Unexpectedly, it was picked up by someone. ”

"Strange, riding a horse, how did the hairpin fall into the water?" The Queen Mother poked a sentence, and when she saw the emperor's expectation, she didn't think much of herself, "You are also almost thirty years old, and you are the emperor again, in the future, don't be so ridiculous." ”

The emperor naturally agreed, and frowned again, "This matter of Liu Bao, I will send someone to ask Uncle Han Wang tomorrow and I will understand." - It's a pity that all his clerical weapons were burned in Le'an, otherwise you would have known it if you turned it out as a pair. ”

"With a Liu Bao, there is a possibility that there will be someone else." The Queen Mother said, "Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Criminal Department, Dali Temple, these places can come in handy now." In the court, of course, it can't be filled with other people's eyes and ears, and the old troubles left over from the Yongle period can be solved today, and my heart can be a little more at ease. ”

"It's a pity, if there is a document, it is extremely haode against the evidence, and the confession is always a few points worse." ”

In the case that it is dead to confess or not, some people choose to confess honestly, some people do not confess, and some people are worse and confess indiscriminately. Although some torture experts go to fight with prisoners, the credibility of confessions is always not as high as that of documentary evidence. Whether Liu Bao is a person from the King of Han or not depends on whether several confessions can be combined.

"If so, that's fine." The Queen Mother recited the Buddha, "For a while, there is a demonic spirit in the palace, and there is any wind." I'm afraid that the source of this wind is not Le'an. ”

At this age, the Queen Mother must think about the safety of the house, the spread of branches, and many children and grandchildren, if her daughters-in-law have so many ruined spirits, right and wrong, the old people are naturally restless. The emperor was moved, "It's the son who is not filial, and the mother is so old, and she still makes you worry about ......."

The two mothers and sons were numb for a while, and seeing that it was almost time for dinner, the Queen Mother was going to have dinner here. If it was customary, the emperor would definitely serve the queen mother and return to the Qianqing Palace after dinner, but today his mind was a little unstable, constantly looking at the sky outside the window, as if he was hesitating about something.

Can the Queen Mother still not know what is going on in his mind? She couldn't help but laugh, "Go ahead-this child has had enough of grievances this month, but I want to comfort her more." ”

What does the Queen Mother think of Xu Xun, you can hear a clue from this sentence. But the emperor didn't care about this, listened to this, said goodbye to the queen mother, stood up and left, didn't want anyone to obey, didn't take the car, got on the horse and went straight from Qingning Palace to Yong'an Palace - if it weren't for Ma Shi's cleverness, he would also follow behind, and when he arrived at Yong'an Palace, the emperor would have personally called the door.

The male owner of the harem is back, and he must be going in to see Concubine Zhuang, and he hasn't gone in to get angry, so what else is there to say? The father-in-law Malier, who was guarding the door, opened the iron lock, and the emperor did not want Ma Shi to open the door, so he pushed the door and strode into the atrium.

Xu Xun and the two palace maids haven't noticed him yet, there is a smell of vegetables in the pantry, and through the window, it is Xu Xun who ordered with a smile, "Don't braise the crystal shrimp, how many days have I seen a little river fresh ......"

The emperor suddenly felt that he was a little self-inflicted—he thought that he would see a crying and emaciated Xu Xun, but it turned out that the people were fine, and the palace was under house arrest, and he was still worried about eating some river fresh.

Just turn around and leave, let her cry for two more days and come back by herself. He joked with himself a little angrily, but his action was the opposite, quickening his pace, lifting the curtain and going straight into the back room.

Xu Xun sat at the table with his back to him, and the first thing he saw was her personal palace maid Lan'er, the eldest girl covered her mouth and swallowed several times before swallowing her scream. Xu Xun naturally didn't miss her reaction, she looked back-her face was full of doubt, and the moment she saw the emperor, it turned into pure and warm joy.

Neither of them spoke, and they didn't know who acted first, and the next moment, they were already standing indoors and hugging each other tightly, Xu Xun was close to the emperor's arms, holding him with all his strength, as if he was going to stuff himself into his body. The emperor's hand had already held Xu Xun's waist.

Lighter, thinner, sharper...... Although he still has a smile on his face, in the past month, Xu Xun must have been tossed in his heart. The emperor immediately felt distressed, he pressed against Xu Xun's face, and muttered, "Silly girl, why don't you let Liu Zhien report to me?" What a big deal, send someone back and say no......"

said so, but Xu Xun definitely couldn't do this, and the reason was well known to both of them. Xu Xun smiled and said with tears, "I knew that the eldest brother would definitely be able to return to the dynasty in the blink of an eye, so I didn't send Liu Zhien to run for nothing." ”

The emperor sighed and gently kissed the tears that slipped down Xu Xun's cheeks, "I have wronged you...... Wait for Ming'er, big brother will take you to Xiyuan to play......"

Now, Emperor Wen's funeral has been a few years ago, and Emperor Zhao has also passed the anniversary, generally speaking, court life can gradually return to the right track, the emperor has long been thinking about taking Xu Xun to ride a horse to relax, in the past two years, there have been too many bad things, not only him, Xu Xun also needs to relax and adjust and change his mood.

Xu Xun couldn't help but sobbed in the emperor's arms for a while, telling his grievances like a child, "I dreamed of my eldest brother in the middle of the night, and I couldn't sleep anymore when I woke up......"

When he came back, she was so happy that she cried for a while and then stopped it, not letting the emperor coax him for too long. The emperor cherished it to 120,000 points in his heart, so he hurt Xu Xundao, "Come with me to the Qianqing Palace for dinner, don't come back tonight." Let them clean up and clean up this place, and when you come back tomorrow, everything will be the same as before. ”

Although she could see Xu Xun's heartbeat, she hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head, "The matter hasn't been cleared yet, acting like this makes people think I'm arrogant." After a few days, Liu Bao's identity came out, no matter what, it might as well be fine. ”

In fact, the emperor also meant this, just to coax Xu Xun to be happy, and he didn't want to scruple so much - in the harem, there must still be some rules. It can't be said that as soon as he comes back, he doesn't care about the merits, and he has to wait for a result of the matter to come back to favor him.

As for now, as soon as he came out of Qingning Palace and went to Yong'an Palace, he already made his attitude obvious, and Xu Xun would not be wronged from today onwards.

It was also time for dinner, and it was time for the emperor to go back to the Qianqing Palace, or go to the Changning Palace to see Sun Guifei - but looking at the faint expectation in Xu Xun's eyes, he couldn't take a step. After hesitating for a moment, he smiled and said, "Since you don't accompany me to the Qianqing Palace, then I'll eat here at Xiaoxun tonight." ”

How many dishes can Xu Xun have here? It was quite aggrieved to say that the emperor was wronged, so Xu Xun didn't open his mouth to stay, but when he said this, she was also happy. Snuggled in the emperor's arms and just smiled stupidly at him, Hong'er and Lan'er wore flowers and butterflies, and quickly set up a table of heated dishes, and the two took their seats separately. Xu Xun was also very apologetic, "I don't have anything to eat here, I have wronged my eldest brother." ”

The emperor smiled, "Do you think that when I go on the expedition, I still eat the same as in the palace?" ”

As he spoke, thinking that Xu Xun was thinking about eating crystal shrimp just now, he put a chopstick into her bowl, "Eat more, I just came back from Shandong, and I have eaten enough seafood." ”

It was originally considerate, but Xu Xun's face suddenly became very strange. When the emperor saw it, he was stunned, and he was about to speak before he stopped chopsticks, and Xu Xun took action.

She covered her mouth and stood up, but after only a few steps of running, her knees weakened, and she sat on the ground and lowered her head and vomited yellow water all over her body.

This one, naturally, scared everyone. The emperor didn't care about the dirt, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Xu Xun to lie down on the couch, and shouted, "Quickly pass on the imperial doctor!" ”

Hong'er and Lan'er hurriedly ran out - didn't Ma Shi just spread out outside the door to seal or something? As soon as the words were handed over here, Ma Shi went out to call people, but as soon as the incense was burned, Liu Zhien led Mama Qian and the others, and they all came in breathlessly to greet the emperor - and they all looked at Xu Xun very worriedly.

What does vomiting mean on women of childbearing age, the emperor is not unclear, after Xu Xun vomited, he was dizzy and already took a nap, so he asked Hong'er and Lan'er in a low voice. "When was your mother's last menstrual affair?"

"It was half a month ago." Hong'er and Lan'er were at a loss.

Generally, there will be vomiting, and it will take at least more than a month to be pregnant, which is obviously not the right time. The emperor's heart sank, and the little surprise that was still there immediately faded, and all that was left was worry. Seeing that Mama Qian still wanted to clean up Xu Xun's clothes, he stopped and said, "No need, just let her fall asleep." ”

Changing Xu Xun's clothes, she didn't dare to let the sour taste of stomach water on her body offend the emperor, the emperor didn't mind, and Qian Mama and the others naturally wouldn't insist. The emperor asked the two palace maids again, "How are you ladies doing this month?" ”

The two palace maids also saw the relationship between Xu Xun and the emperor just now, and now you look at me, I look at you, and they don't dare to answer. When the emperor saw it, he didn't know what was going on? I couldn't help but feel more and more distressed, walking back and forth in the house, only hating that the imperial doctor was not coming quickly.

After all, it was far away, but in fact, Ma Shi's speed was already very fast, and in a little more than a quarter of an hour, he led the panting Imperial Doctor into the room. The emperor was anxious, and when he saw that he was still going to salute, he hurriedly said goodbye, and he didn't care about tossing and avoiding anything, so a group of people gathered around to see the imperial physician to help Xu Xun.

The imperial physician was under the emperor's gaze, and the pressure was quite great, and beads of sweat soon appeared on his forehead. After holding for a while, his expression changed, and he cautiously asked Xu Xun, who had been tossed awake, "May I ask Niangniang, when was the last menstrual period." ”

"Half a month ago." Xu Xun was as dazed as Hong'er and Lan'er.

The Imperial Physician was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What about going back again?" ”

"About seventy days ago?" Xu Xun calculated for a while. "You also know that I have irregular periods, and I have long intervals."

The imperial physician was stunned again, stopped talking, and then gave Xu Xunfu again. The emperor was so anxious that the commander of the counterinsurgency was gone, and he wanted to pace, but he was afraid of affecting the doctor, so he had to stand on the side with his emotions suppressed.

This time, the imperial physician helped him for a long time, as if he had confidence, and asked, "Dare to ask Niangniang, half a month ago, how many days did you menstruate, and how much decay water?" ”

"This ......" Xu Xun was in trouble, and after a while, he said, "I was confused during that time, and I may really not remember clearly." ”

"About two days." Hong'er chimed in. "I don't know how much ash is used. But our mother's life is less water. There were only three more days, and we didn't feel anything. ”

"Oh-" the Imperial Physician raised an eyebrow, "that time seventy days ago—"

"It's about two days, and it's very small." After all, Hong'er served in close quarters, and she remembers it very clearly.

Xu Xun couldn't help but worry, "Could it be that the water is out of tune?" I knew that I should use some recuperation medicine. ”

The Imperial Physician bowed his hand, and his face was confidently filled with some joy. "Back to bixia, Niangniang - Niangniang is pregnant! Judging from the pulse, I have been pregnant for more than three months! ”

Huh?

Everyone in the room didn't react, and Xu Xun reflexively picked at it, "Can ...... I'm going to—"

"In the first month or two, there are many fake ones, but most of them are for one or two days, and the amount is small." The doctor smiled, "As for the one half a month ago, most of the mothers were in a bad mood, so they had fetal gas." ――Even now, the pulse is a little unstable, and the mother still needs to recuperate......"

The emperor couldn't hear the imperial doctor's instructions anymore, he was shrouded in great joy, and somehow, suddenly remembered the joke before parting, and couldn't help but take a few steps forward, hold Xu Xun's hand, and said excitedly and happily, "You have no jokes!" Xiao Xun, look what's going on, this time, it's really a double yuan! ”