At the end of the summer of the thirteenth year of Chunjia, smallpox suddenly broke out in the palace forbidden.

The Son of Heaven for Li Shu's plan, sternly refused the persuasion of the important ministers, did not allow any harem heirs to enter and exit, announced the blockade of the entire harem, and even set an example by himself, staying in the Taichu Palace, from now on no longer to see the ministers, by the special chamber through the palace wall with a basket to collect the courtiers' recitals, and then dictate and convey the emperor's instructions in the air.

On that day, many courtiers who had already been or had not yet been appointed to the palace but had received permission and were not a major matter but could not go to the court rushed to the palace gate and wept bitterly, persuading the emperor to avoid the palace city with the royal blood is precious and the Son of Heaven is the honor of all vehicles.

When the emperor refused, he retreated and asked for the empress and others, who were suspected of being infected with smallpox, to leave the palace, but Junjia still vetoed it.

He said very emotionally, saying that there are many attendants and doctors in the palace forbidden, even if smallpox breaks out, it will not be wiped out, but Li Shu in the outside world does not have such conditions, so the blockade of the palace city is harmful to the royal family, but it is beneficial to the people.

As the Son of Heaven, it is within his duty to protect all peoples.

As for why he didn't leave, it was because he was not only the monarch of all peoples, but also the father of the people, and he couldn't bear to leave the concubine and the heir at such a time and leave alone.

However, the emperor specially arranged for the forbidden army to escort the empress dowager out of the palace and go to the Qishan Palace for temporary refuge, in order to be full of filial piety.

The old ministers who were moved by these words burst into tears on the spot, and when they returned to the house, they "couldn't help it" to tell their wives and children about the benevolence, generosity, affection and righteousness of today's son.

So within two days, the entire Gyeonggi knew that Chunjia loved the people like a son, and was affectionate and righteous, and spread farther away at a very fast speed.

Although the emperor of the Gongxiang dynasty has not abused the people much so far, the displacement before the founding of the country has been forgotten after decades of peace. But some people take the lead, most of the people are still grateful, the whole country temples and Taoist temples, for a time the incense is prosperous, countless people pray sincerely, ask God to bless such a holy Son of Heaven, you must have no danger, peace and joy, long live long live.

And at this moment, the emperor who has successfully brushed up his fame has no time to rejoice, but listens to the advice of the people below with a solemn expression: "...... The two close attendants of the queen mother started to be bad half a day ago, and the two royal highnesses of the third prince and the tenth prince also started the heat just now, and the queen mother is now not thinking about tea and dinner, and the whole person has cried and fainted twice! ”

"Spread my message to the queen, now that the harem is blocked, it is inconvenient for me to go, and the emperor's heirs can only rely on the concubines." Chun Jia didn't bother to get angry, and only commanded in a calm tone, "If the queen herself is missing, who does Xiao San Xiaoshi want to take care of?" Do you want me to enter in person regardless of Sheji, or do you let the other concubines go? ”

These words spread to Chongchang Palace, and after the crying and persuasion of the attendants, Gu Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief and forced himself to eat half a bowl of porridge.

As the daughter of a military general, she also rode a horse on the frontier when she was a teenager, and she was good at riding and shooting, and the queen's physical foundation was very good. I started eating, and my energy quickly recovered.

asked about the situation of the entire harem, and whispered left and right: "At present, in addition to our palace, there are also some situations in Concubine De, Concubine Jing and Mrs. Qingshu...... But so far, they are still palace people, and the lords and heirs have not yet been announced. ”

The queen was silent and asked, "Where is the concubine?" ”

"I haven't heard of any movement in the Xuanqing Palace."

"It seems that it was not done by the concubine." Gu Zhen couldn't tell whether she was disappointed or sighed with relief, her current mood was very complicated.

On the one hand, when the three princes and the ten princes were suspected of contracting smallpox, it was difficult for the queen not to want this to be done by the concubine, and then solved this big problem in one fell swoop, after all, although she was also distressed by these two princes, as the emperor suspected, she was good, the Gu family, and the twelve princes who were raised in the side hall of the Taichu Palace.

Even if the three princes and the ten princes are not good, distress is distressed, anger is anger, but the future of Queen Gu and the Gu family is better.

On the other hand, out of fear of Emperor Yunfenghuang's favor and scheming, the queen didn't want to face this concubine.

Because of such a big crime, once it is solved, it will be paid back. If the result of the trouble is that Chunjia is reluctant to give up the concubine and forcibly suppresses it, then ...... On the contrary, it confirmed the unfavorability of the queen and the Gu family, and gave a greater hidden danger to the future dispute between the East Palace.

Now that I heard that Xuanqing Palace is peaceful, I guess that the pox marks on the handkerchief have nothing to do with the concubine, and the queen has a lot of mixed tastes in her heart.

After being silent for a while, she said slowly, "Concubine De, Concubine Jing, and Mrs. Qingshu, in the past few days, did you have any dealings with the people under the palace?" ”

"Yes." The attendant pursed his lips and whispered, "There is a palace maid in Concubine De's palace, and she is the same as the little maid in our palace; Concubine Jing and Mrs. Qingshu are there, and there are also people who have dealings with the people in our palace. ”

She hesitated, "Actually, there are also concubines in the palace." ”

The queen subconsciously said: "Then why is there nothing going on in the palace of the concubine?" ”

When these words were asked, I felt a little cruel, and I couldn't help but sigh secretly, looking up at the bronze mirror not far away, only to feel that the tired beautiful woman in the mirror was less and less like herself in my memory.

The strangeness made her feel dazed and trembling.

But the queen couldn't escape, so she had to continue: "On the side of the concubine, the other imperial heirs are also okay, and the fifteenth prince is so young, is it okay?" ”

Seeing the attendant nodding, the little guilt in her heart instantly dissipated and turned into anger: Why is it that the King of Jin who has been in less than three months is fine, but the three princes and the ten princes have a fever first?!

Yun Fenghuang is so good and so blessed, and even his own children are so favored???

"......" The queen had a gloomy face for a long time before she sighed and said slowly, "That's it, don't worry about that." Your Majesty is right, the most important thing now is to take care of the three princes and the ten princes. ”

If these two children are not good, she ...... Isn't she the most painful?

Even Chunjia, the father, may not care much about the three princes and the ten princes, and may be more concerned about the ten princes, but if the ten princes are gone, the queen believes that the emperor is probably more angry than sad.

Anyway, the emperor now has many heirs, and the four princes are gone, and I didn't see how sad the emperor was, and he didn't even bother to ask about his future.

Especially in the side hall of the Taichu Palace, there is a guarantee of the twelve princes, what is Chunjia anxious about?

The accounts can be calculated slowly, but the safety of the two children is urgent.

After the queen comforted herself, she got up to take care of the two children, and on the Huanhua Palace, Yun Fenghuan was expressionless, and was looking at Chen Jing below: "How are those cheap maids today?" ”

Chen Jing knew that his master had been in a bad mood for the past two days, in fact, since Chunjia blocked the harem, no one in the harem was in a good mood, even the imperial heirs who were not sensible were affected, and they couldn't laugh.

At this moment, he trembled and said: "Back to Niangniang's words, everything is fine now, and no one has a fever and rash." ”

"That's good, keep watching." Yun Fenghuang put a little snack, after she received the news of smallpox that day, she immediately thoroughly investigated the Sixth Palace, and learned that the palace people under Chen Jing's hand happened to ask the queen about the current situation with Yanfu Palace, and then someone in Yanfu Palace was indeed diagnosed with smallpox by the imperial doctor, she was dizzy!

Not only did he immediately imprison the palace people who came into contact with the palace people of Yanfu Palace and did not allow them to enter or leave, but he also ordered all the imperial heirs to be guarded in the residence, and no one was allowed to cross the slightest!

Even the King of Jin, who is less than three months old, is no exception.

After all, in this case, it is difficult to guarantee that smallpox did not reach Xuanqing Palace.

It is better to separate yourself from the imperial heirs and nieces, so that someone may be able to survive, than to gather in one place and get all recruited.

Rao is like this, she still can't rest assured, and every day people keep an eye on the few palace people who have been in contact with Yanfu Palace, just in case.

There is still nothing to do today, Yun Fenglian thought about the rhetoric of the imperial doctors, in a few days, if it is still fine, it means that Xuanqing Palace should be in danger this time.

In this way, she was in a better mood, and then asked Chen Jing: "How are the other palaces recently?" Is there any news from the previous dynasty? ”

Chen Jing was about to answer, but someone from the palace hurriedly entered the outside room, kneeling on the ground and saying: "Niangniang, Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoqing insists on seeing you, but the servants really can't stop it!" ”

Before the words fell, there was already a loud scolding of Zhaoqing outside.

Yun Fenghuang frowned and said, "A bunch of waste!" All go down and lead ten boards with a long memory! Next time, I'll go to the court with this palace! ”

After scolding the palace people, she wondered in her heart whether she was too fond of King Qin and Zhaoqing, especially Zhaoqing? So much so that the palace people can't even stop a six-year-old girl!

"It seems that in the future, I still have to give some breath to the people below, don't let them hold Zhaoqing too much." The concubine secretly said in her heart, "Otherwise, in the future, this child will listen to the words of this palace, if he doesn't listen, won't he make this palace angry!" ”

After settling down, Yun Fenghuang instructed Chen Jing, "You go out and talk to Zhaoqing across the distance, let her go back." The people in front of the queen came directly to see the palace, since there is a problem with the square veil, now in this palace, the most dangerous, the palace and you can't escape, don't give her the sickness! ”

Chen Jing took the order and left, but instead of listening to the persuasion, Zhaoqing shouted loudly: "Mother! Erchen is not afraid of being sick! Erchen hasn't seen his mother for a few days, and Erchen wants to say goodbye to his mother! ”

…… You are not afraid of giving the sick to the palace, but the palace is afraid that you are good, but you will pass on the sickness!

The corners of Yun Fenglian's mouth twitched, she knew that not everyone who came into contact with smallpox pox marks would be transmitted, no matter how fierce the epidemic, there were always some who relied on their physical strength to survive.

Although she has been unable to have children for several years, when it comes to the strength of her body and bones, there is really no one in this harem who can compare to her except for the queen who was born in Jiangmen.

No, the queen may have been better than her in the early years, but now, counting her age, she may not be able to compare with her.

In this way, Yun Fenghuan said that he was thinking about the imperial heirs, but he actually felt that if smallpox really quietly spread into Xuanqing Palace, he should have an advantage over several children.

As a result, Zhaoqing is still serious?

This stupid daughter......

Yun Fenghuang shook her head a little helplessly, although she didn't want Zhaoqing to get out of her control, but looking at this kid so stupid, she really felt speechless.

In this way, can you really assist King Jin to seize the throne in the future?

It seems that the next step is not only to try to suppress this child's status in Xuanqing Palace, but those scheming city governments can't be taught, but they have to seriously mention it. Otherwise, when I was a child, I could still say that the children's families were cute, and if it goes on like this, don't let Chunjia dislike it.

After all, the second princess is also older, don't look at the child's usual silence, from the fact that she quietly changed herself to an adoptive mother who pays more attention to her, you know that this is not a good stubble.

If Zhaoqing continues to be so unruly, he may be taken away by this sister one day.

"Don't pay attention to her little one." Yun Fenghuang lightly ordered, "Let her go back, if she doesn't go back, just say that this palace doesn't like children who are messing around at critical moments the most, and I won't see her again in the future!" ”

She had a resolute attitude, Zhaoqing naturally couldn't screw it, and after grinding for a long time, she cried and left.

After confirming that Zhaoqing was leaving, Yun Fenghuang asked Chen Jing, who went out to convey his words, to take a bath and change clothes, and then asked the waiter by the door just now: "What's wrong with her?" Why did you suddenly come to see Hongu? ”

"Back to Niangniang's words, His Royal Highness seems to have been bored after staying in the house for a long time, and he was wronged by a few words of persuasion left and right." The waiter cautiously said, "Miss Ao also came over just now, but she didn't dare to make a loud noise, she only pulled His Highness's sleeve to persuade her to go back, and in the middle, she was pushed to the ground by Her Highness and broke her arm." ”

"Ask them to bring them two bottles of medicine." Yun Fenghuan frowned, "King Qin is not confined to the house like Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiu, why didn't you see them making trouble?" Bengong is really too fond of Zhaoqing, and she is so impertinent. I don't want to think about the fact that she is a princess under the knees of this palace, what if she has three long and two short, called this palace? The people in the palace who guard her are also damned, Zhaoqing is young and doesn't know the severity, and they don't know either?! It's too light to think about ten boards in this palace, and the situation in the palace is special now, and it's not easy to change people, so let's write it down for the time being. If there is such a thing in the future, it is inconvenient to transfer manpower now, and the palace will also dispose of them all, and replace them with sensible ones! ”

She had a seizure, Chen Jing also cleaned up, stood very knowingly far away, stopped at the place where she had just entered the door, finished the salute, and continued to say: "Yijia Palace next door, as well as Concubine Jing Niangniang and Mrs. Qingshu, there are palace people who are starting to have a fever, and there is no news from other places for the time being...... As for the previous dynasty, I heard that His Majesty couldn't bear to be affected by the people and insisted on sealing the palace, and many old ministers rushed to the palace gate to kneel and beg His Majesty to take the royal blood first, but His Majesty ignored it...... It is said that many people spontaneously went to the palace gate to bow down from afar, and every household burned incense and prayed, wishing His Majesty, the harem, and the imperial heirs a long time of health and well-being. ”

Yun Fenghuang was not surprised by Chun Jia's move to push the boat down the river, and said lightly: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, so naturally you are reluctant to let Li Shu suffer." By the way, what about the Queen Mother? ”

It had been two days since the Empress Dowager left the palace, but Yun Fenghuang was worried about the safety of his mother and sons, but he didn't bother to pay attention to the outside world.

At this moment, listening to Chen Jing said that the emperor sent someone to escort the empress dowager out of the palace at night to Qishan Palace for temporary refuge, not only picked the night when no one left, but also walked the nearest city gate, and after the phoenix drove by, he ordered people to sprinkle and sweep up, so that where he passed, the smell of medicine did not disperse for three days, which shows that the Son of Heaven is pure and filial piety, and loves the people.

Yun Fenghuang laughed: "Your Majesty is still like this. ”

I don't know how the Queen Mother felt when she was sent away.

Isn't it expected to be too good?

And Yun Fenghuang doesn't believe it, Chunjia is doing this purely to save face, and it is estimated that he has other ideas, for example, take this opportunity to see if he can catch the remnants of the Ji family?