Yifang deliberately made a sound, and stood at the door at this time without making a sound, but forced out a few tears, which rolled silently in his eyes.

After a while, footsteps approached the door, and then the door to the study was slammed open. Ziqian saw Yifang standing at the door, glanced back at Liu Heng, and saw him waving his hand quietly.

"The minister retired."

After Ziqian left, Liu Heng pulled the frightened and lost Yifang inside, and seeing her like this, it seemed that he had heard their conversation. Liu Heng didn't know how to speak, anyone who heard that the people close to him were investigating him, he would always feel sad in his heart.

"Your Majesty, don't you believe in the identity of your concubine?" Yifang looked up at him.

Liu Heng didn't know how to answer her for a while, saying that he believed that it must be false, but if he said it directly, it would always make her sad.

"The concubine is at the door just now, and what you said to Lord Ouyang, the concubine heard it." Yifang looked at Liu Heng calmly, and seemed to have made up his mind, "Your Majesty, in fact, you don't have to go through such a lot of trouble, what do you want to know, just ask the concubine directly, and the concubine will answer truthfully." ”

Liu Heng frowned: "Yifang, this king doesn't believe you, it's just ......"

Yifang shook his head: "Actually, the king's guess is right, the concubine is indeed not the son of the family that the Empress Dowager Lu sent to Daiguo at the beginning. ”

"What?" Liu Heng looked at her fiercely.

Yifang stood up and said calmly: "The one who was originally selected to accompany the king on behalf of the country was a woman named Shangguan Ansu. It's just that she was blessed, and after being chosen, she prepared everything, but she died violently the night before she set off. However, the matter of sending the five family members to Daiguo has been decided, and it has been announced to the world, and the Empress Dowager Lu is unwilling to make the matter public, so she found a concubine to replace it. ”

Liu Heng looked at her with interest, and Yi Fang continued to explain: "The palace maids in the palace are all recorded in the directory, if there is one less, it will be found soon, and the Empress Dowager Lu will find a concubine in the prison. The concubine was originally a female prisoner, but because her father accidentally injured someone, she was imprisoned together, and the Empress Dowager Lu saw that the concubine's net worth was still innocent, so she temporarily replaced the position of the Shangguan Ansu girl with the concubine. In this way, the concubine came to the country of Dai. ”

"I see." Liu Heng thought about it and didn't doubt her words, just because what she said could be combined with Ziqian's investigation.

These things have always been held in the concubine's heart, and now saying it can be regarded as a wish. If the king wants to be punished, the concubine is willing to accept the punishment. Yifang hung his head deeply.

Liu Heng hugged her into his arms: "It's okay, if you hadn't come here instead of others, this king wouldn't have met you." This is a good thing, where is the punishment? ”

"Your Majesty?" Yifang pretended to be surprised and looked at Liu Heng.

"In the future, let's keep this secret well, and we can't tell it no matter what, so that you can continue to stay in the palace and stay by the king's side, remember?" Liu Heng's voice was very gentle, like coaxing a panicked child.

Yifang suddenly felt a little guilty in her heart, Liu Heng's kindness to her seemed to be sincere, and she tried her best to deceive him like this, she was really a little unhappy. But thinking of her younger brother Shaojun, who is far away in the hands of Empress Lu in Chang'an, she can only do a qualified work with a clear conscience. When Empress Lu no longer needs her as a chess piece, she will confess to Liu Heng and let him do whatever he wants.

dispelled Liu Heng's doubts about her identity, and Yifang was also a matter. It's just that she also wonders, why did Empress Lu have to let her change her name to Dou Yifang? She couldn't figure it out anyway, and if she had the chance, she would have to investigate the reason.

Liu Heng's love for Yifang was even worse because of this confession, and the concubines in the harem were used to envying it for a while. It's just that Wen Jiayi has always been the leader before Yifang was favored, and he was suddenly cold, and he was always unconvinced, so he went to the Empress Dowager Bo from time to time these days.

"Beauty, you asked the slave maid to send someone to pay attention to the movements of the masters of the harem, and at this time, you found something strange." Teng Ling finished his morning's work and walked in with the news he had retracted.

"How? Is there something wrong with Yue Liangren? "Yifang guessed it.

"The beauty guessed well, these days, Yue Liangren will go to the Queen Mother whenever she is free, and she will stay for several hours every time she goes, which is really strange. You must know that she used to try her best to cling to the king, but now she puts her heart on the queen mother. ”

"Queen Mother...... We haven't been to see the Queen Mother for a while, have we? "The Queen Mother likes to be quiet, and the concubines rarely bother, but occasionally they still have to pay a visit.

"Yes, you haven't been there since, except for the day after you went to see the Queen Mother and the Queen."

"It just so happens that there is nothing to do recently, and it is time to visit the Queen Mother." Yifang instructed, "Tengling, you go and help me prepare some gifts, let's take them to see the Queen Mother." ”

"No."

Yifang naturally knew that Wen Jiayi went to the Empress Dowager's palace not only because of filial piety, I am afraid that she will always mention her own in the chat, if she is allowed to go on like this, the Empress Dowager will have a bad impression of herself sooner or later, although this bad impression should be about to be formed.

Early the next morning, Yifang sent someone to inquire whether the Queen Mother was in the palace, and went to see her with the prepared gifts. It's just that as soon as I arrived at the door, I heard Wen Jiayi's laughter coming from inside, and the Queen Mother also chuckled a few times from time to time. Yifang looked at it, and asked the eunuch guarding the door to go in and report.

It's just that after some time, the eunuch has not yet come out, but the laughter inside continues. Yifang was ready to be embarrassed when he came here, and he didn't think so, so he stood at the door and waited quietly.

After waiting for a long time, the eunuch finally came out, just waved his hand and said, "Su Meiren, the Queen Mother is not in the palace today." ”

"Not in the palace?" Teng Ling frowned and asked, "Why is there a burst of laughter from there?" ”

The eunuch said unhurriedly: "What the Queen Mother said, the Queen Mother is not in the palace today. ”

Yifang understood, and motioned to Teng Ling to hand over the gift in his hand: "Please give these to the Queen Mother." ”

"No." The eunuch answered, and paid no attention to them.

But Yifang didn't leave, knelt down at the door, bowed his head and made a big salute, and said loudly: "The concubine beauty Dou came to see the Queen Mother." ”

Her voice didn't get any response, so she simply knelt like that. The eunuch at the door didn't know why: "Beauty, what are you doing?" ”

"Since the Queen Mother is not in the palace, I will wait here when I picked the wrong one to visit. The great gift has already been carried out, and if there is no order from the Queen Mother, he would never dare to stand up. Yi Fang smiled faintly and continued to kneel.

Time passed minute by minute, the Queen Mother never came out, and more than an hour had passed in the blink of an eye, and Yifang's legs were trembling slightly.

"Beauty, why are you doing this? Since the Queen Mother doesn't want to see you, then let's go back, why suffer here? Teng Ling nodded and whispered.

"Tengling, I came to visit the Queen Mother, representing my filial piety, whether the Queen Mother sees it or not, I have to wait." Yifang said this loudly, and then immediately whispered, "You go and spread the news of me kneeling here to the ears of the acting king, and you must mention that Wen Jiayi and the queen mother are together." ”

"No." Teng Ling answered, and said loudly, "The beauty is filial, and the slave is not good to persuade again, so I will go back and get some clothes for the beauty." ”

Tengling's errand was done very well, and within half an hour after she came back, Liu Heng hurried over. At this time, Yifang had been kneeling at the gate of the Queen Mother's palace for almost three hours, and her legs and feet were already sore, and she didn't feel the pain anymore.

"Yifang!" As soon as Liu Heng arrived at the door, he rushed over distressedly, "How long have you been kneeling?" ”

Yifang shook his head, but Teng Ling hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, our beauty has been kneeling for three hours, and it is useless for the slave to persuade her." ”

"Why are you so stupid? The queen mother doesn't see you, you will come again next time. Liu Heng helped her up, but Yifang staggered and couldn't stand on her feet.

She shook her head seriously: "The concubine is here to visit the Queen Mother, if she comes, she will leave, it is disrespectful to the Queen Mother, so she will bow here, and wait until the Queen Mother accepts the concubine, and then it is not too late to go back to the palace." ”

"The injury on your leg is just right, and you knelt for some hours today, so you should go back and rest early." Liu Heng glanced at the Empress Dowager's palace, "The queen mother, this king will speak for you, and she will definitely not blame you." ”

"Really?" Yi Fang looked at Liu Heng worriedly.

"Of course it's true."

At this time, Wen Jiayi's voice came from the palace again, and the Queen Mother also laughed, in stark contrast to the misery of the Yifang outside. Liu Heng frowned quietly, and a look of dissatisfaction flashed on his face.

Yifang also quietly hooked the corners of her mouth, she came to see the Queen Mother this time, the real purpose was not to meet the Queen Mother, but to make Liu Heng dissatisfied with Wen Jiayi, it is best to let her no longer mix around the Queen Mother, lest the Queen Mother will be more dissatisfied with herself if she talks too much. Now it seems that the plan has succeeded.

"Tengling, help your beauty go back!" Liu Heng urged them.

Yi Fang glanced back stupidly, and then left the Queen Mother's palace in three steps. Liu Heng also looked at it, and walked in with a dissatisfaction with Wen Jiayi.

"Beauty, is it really okay to kneel on your legs for so long?" Teng Ling helped Yifang, who was limping from walking, and asked worriedly.

"It's really a little uncomfortable, but if you can use this to drive Yue Liang away from the Queen Mother, it's worth it." Yifang sighed, a bitter meat trick like this is just enough to use once. If the strategy does not succeed, there may be more trouble with the Queen Mother.