After freshening up, Jiang Yingxue saw that Chang Ning was still playing in bed, she knew that Chang Ning had slept too much in the afternoon, and she was still in good spirits. Although she was a little sleepy, she still cheered up to play with Chang Ning.

Because Liu Qingfeng was not by Chang Ning's side, Jiang Yingxue would inevitably feel sorry for the child. Although he knew that he couldn't get used to Chang Ning, but now that Jiang Yingxue was not used to children, she really couldn't do it. He comforted himself that Chang Ning was still young, and it was not the time to think about these issues, and it was not too late for him to start talking when he was a year old.

In the imperial palace, Liu Guifei lived in Qingming Palace at this time.

Empress Dowager Lu is still sick, she is already thin, but now she looks like she is skinny, and she can no longer see her original beauty.

There was only one candle lit in the room, it looked dim, it felt very depressing, and the smell of the decoction was also very strong, even the palace maid was reluctant to come in, in such an environment, Empress Dowager Lu's illness was more likely to be cured.

At this time, Empress Dowager Lu woke up, and looked at the maid holding a bowl of soup and medicine, she shook her head helplessly. Recently, she has been drinking this medicine every day, but it has no effect at all, and the bitterness in her mouth is getting more and more, and she doesn't want to drink it anymore.

The palace maid had to put the decoction aside, in fact, the queen mother would vomit out quickly after drinking the medicine in the past few days, and the imperial doctor said that the queen mother hurt her spleen and stomach.

"What time is it?" The Queen Mother asked weakly while lying on the bed.

"Back to the Queen Mother, it's night." The palace maid replied, turned around and told the person next to her to light the candles, and the room finally became brighter.

This is the habit of the Queen Mother after her illness, during the day not to let the light into the house, with a cloth to cover the room tightly, and at night it must be brightly lit.

Empress Dowager Lu opened her eyes and asked, "How is the emperor?" ”

She was sick, but she didn't want the emperor to come to see her, for fear that she would pass on the illness to the child, but she was still very worried, so she asked.

"Today, when Niangniang was asleep, the emperor came to visit Niangniang, and explained that the slave maid must take care of Niangniang." The maidservant looked a little weak as she spoke.

But Empress Dowager Lu didn't notice, and when she heard this, she was very satisfied, and said: "Don't let the emperor get tired, and don't come to me to say goodbye, after the illness will be troublesome, you can go down too!" ”

The palace maid blessed herself, then went down, walked out of the bedroom and sighed. Since the queen mother was sick, where did the emperor come to visit, since the emperor ascended the throne, he became unscrupulous, he handed over everything to Master Liu, he himself mixed with the palace maids every day, even if it was now the filial piety period, the emperor didn't even want to pretend.

She naturally knew about these rumors outside the palace, and wondered if it was not the emperor or the royal bloodline, but she didn't dare to show it at all. She is the maid next to the Queen Mother, and she has been labeled, so she can only take good care of the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother is gone, she can only go to the Queen Mother's funeral.

After the palace maid left the house, the Empress Dowager Lu did not close her eyes to sleep, after she knew those rumors outside the palace, she dreamed that the emperor was not dead when she slept at night, he pinched his neck and asked: "I am so good to you, how can you betray me?" Come down and make amends! ”

At that time, she woke up in fear, she had just become the queen mother, how could she give up the powerful position in front of her. What's more, she never liked the emperor, so she was sick from that day on.

At night, whenever she closed her eyes, she would dream of the first emperor, and the Empress Dowager Lu simply did not sleep, she instructed her subordinates to make the house transparent at night, lie down until dawn, and then darken the house, so that she could sleep by herself.

In this way, the day and night are reversed, and he has heart disease, and his spleen and stomach are damaged, so Empress Dowager Lu's illness is getting more and more serious.

The next day, seeing that the sky was already bright, Empress Dowager Lu called the palace maid over and said, "Put out all the candles!" ”

The palace maid took out a letter and said, "Niangniang, this is sent by Master Liu." ”

Hearing that it was sent by her father, Empress Dowager Lu said, "Open it and show me." Now she is so sick that she can't even open the letter.

The palace maid tore open the envelope and handed the letter to the Empress Dowager Lu.

Empress Dowager Lu read the letter with great difficulty, closed her eyes after reading it, and opened it again after a long time, her eyes were bright, and she said, "I'm a little hungry." Go see what's there to eat? Open the window, I want to look outside. ”

The palace maid was very happy, and the queen mother no longer looked so unenergetic. She immediately said, "Wait a minute, the slave and maid will go and prepare." ”

Because the Empress Dowager Lu was still sick and had a bad spleen and stomach, the palace maid only brought some light things. The japonica rice is soaked in water overnight, then used to cook porridge, slowly boiled over low heat, and after two hours, it becomes fragrant and glutinous. Even if she was wearing something else, it tasted good, and there were two salted egg yolks, cut in half, and red oil bubbling inside, which looked tempting. Empress Dowager Lu drank two bowls of porridge in a row, and the palace maid looked happy in her heart, the Empress Dowager hadn't eaten so much for many days.

After the meal, Empress Dowager Lu drank the decoction again, but this time she did not spit it out.

Empress Dowager Lu lay on the bed, with candied fruit in her mouth, and took a nap with her eyes closed. She remembered that her father had said to her, even if the emperor was not the blood of the previous emperor, what could she do? As long as he succeeds in the future, the emperor will sit firmly in this position, and he will always be the queen mother.

As for the first emperor, when he was alive, he was already being played with. Now that he is dead and buried in the imperial mausoleum, his body is rotten, why should she be afraid of him?

In this way, Empress Dowager Lu regained some of her spirits. She closed her eyes and fell asleep, this time restlessly.

On the other side, Jiang Linbei was absent-minded when he returned home, and he remembered what the eldest master of the Liu family said to him in the Gao Mansion just now, and his heart was depressed.

If he had been treated by the Liu family before, he would have been very happy. But now the situation on both sides of the Liu family and the Fourth Highness is still unclear. Now it seems that the Fourth Highness may have a better chance of winning, and he is unwilling to have anything to do with the Liu family.

Mo Shi knew that the old man had just returned from Liu's house, so he immediately went to see him.

"I know what you're worried about, sir." Mo walked in with a smile and put the chicken soup in his hand on the table.

Seeing his wife, Jiang Linbei was defenseless, so he told Mo Shi about this matter completely.

After listening to Jiang Linbei's words, Mo's eyes lit up, and he said: "Master, this is a good opportunity to get involved with the Liu family, the master might as well do what the Liu family said, and when the war calms down, the day when the master will be promoted to an official and make a fortune is not far away." ”

"That being said, I always think that the luck of the Fourth Highness is good, and he will definitely win." Jiang Linbei was a little worried.

"But if the lord does this, maybe the other side will win." Mo Shi smiled and said, "Why don't you go to Suzhou with the concubine?" ”

It's April, and Liu Qingfeng's reputation is getting bigger and bigger. In less than two months, the areas south of the Yangtze River have all been submitted to the Four Highnesses, and everyone is surprised.

When these people talk about this, they always talk about Liu Qingfeng, he performed well on the battlefield, and even many girls no longer want to find a nerd to be their husband, but want to find someone like Liu Qingfeng.