On the vertical day, Xiaoyi arrived as scheduled.

When he came to Qingxiao, Du Ruosheng had already changed into palace clothes and was ready to return to the palace.

The two did not stay long, and immediately returned to the palace.

On the way back to the palace, Du Ruosheng asked curiously, "How is it in the palace?" ”

Xiaoyi rode a horse next to her sedan chair, looked ahead, and said four words lightly: "Everything is as usual." ”

Du Ruosheng pursed his lips, put down the curtain of the sedan chair, and stopped making a sound.

But Du Ruosheng didn't know that the moment she put down the curtain, Xiaoyi looked at her, with some worry in her expression.

In fact, when Xiaoyi entered the palace yesterday, he had already heard some miscellaneous discussions, but he didn't tell Du Ruosheng these words, maybe he was afraid that she would be worried, or maybe he felt that these would not affect her anything.

The way back to the palace seemed to be very short, and it didn't take long for the sedan chair to arrive at the foot of the palace under the escort of Xiaoyi.

Du Ruosheng opened the sedan curtain and looked at the red wall and golden tiles in front of him, he hadn't seen it for a month, and he felt a little strange.

After getting off the sedan chair, she and Xiaoyi walked into the palace together.

She knew that Yan Qinghan was waiting for her in Weiyang Palace at this moment.

When Xiaoyi was about to send her to Weiyang Palace, Du Ruosheng suddenly stopped and said slowly:

"Xiaoyi, now that you know his identity, what else do you need me to do for you?"

"Even so, isn't it even more too much to take care of, haven't you forgotten who our common enemy is?" Xiaoyi's tone was very indifferent.

"That only if you don't hurt him." Du Ruosheng's words made the hand in Xiaoyi's sleeve clench into a fist.

Whenever Du Ruosheng said such words, Xiaoyi's heart would have an inexplicable hostility towards Yan Qinghan, even if he didn't want to do anything to Yan Qinghan, after hearing these words, he didn't want Yan Qinghan to have a happy life.

"Let's wait until he kills Fang Lanzhi before he says these words to me."

With that, Xiaoyi turned around and left.

Du Ruosheng looked at his departing back, a little stunned.

Coming to the gate of Weiyang Palace, Du Ruosheng calmed down his heart, and then bought the palace gate.

When he came to the main hall, the eunuch's voice sounded: "See the queen's mother." ”

Yan Qinghan, who was guarding the main hall, heard the sound of the transmission, turned around, and saw Du Ruosheng, who was in his heart, coming to him.

Du Ruosheng was wearing a pale white palace dress, but the elegance was a little more dusty. The wide skirt is elegant and luxurious, and a cyan jade pendant is tied around the waist. The long ink-like hair was scattered, hanging casually on the chest, wrapped around the hair with a cyan ribbon, and the black hair was like a cloud, and the green ribbon was interspersed between them.

It's just that this kind of dress also made Yan Qinghan see the changes in Du Ruosheng at a glance.

She was thin, and there was sadness in her expression.

When she saw Yan Qinghan, she bent down slightly and said, "The concubine has seen the emperor." ”

Before she could straighten up, Yan Qinghan hugged her into his arms, Du Ruosheng felt that he had a lot of strength, as if he was afraid that she would disappear, and when she was almost out of breath, Yan Qinghan reluctantly let go of her.

"Why have you lost so much weight and become so haggard, is there something wrong with you? Or are you tired from the bumpy road? Yan Qinghan's concerned voice then remembered.

At this time, Yan Qinghan made Du Ruosheng feel a little strange, it turned out that he had not been comfortable in the past few days when he left, Du Ruosheng stroked his cheeks, his cheeks had some stubble, and his face seemed to be a little bad, Du Ruosheng guessed that he had not rested well recently.

Seeing that Du Ruosheng didn't answer him, Yan Qinghan looked a little anxious.

"Ruosheng, Ruosheng."

"The concubines are fine, but the emperor has lost a lot of weight."

Du Ruosheng said slowly.

Hearing Du Ruosheng's voice, Yan Qinghan felt as if he had been redeemed, his whole heart sank, and his tense nerves relaxed at this moment

"If I can't see you, my heart can't rest assured for a moment."

After that, she hugged Du Ruosheng into her arms again, deeply absorbing the taste of Du Ruosheng's body, a faint orchid fragrance, as if she was born with it.

Du Ruosheng did not refuse, his hand slowly stroked his back, and responded to him.

The moment she saw Yan Qinghan, Du Ruosheng's heart throbbed, she thought of the child who left her before she had time to know, the second child of her and Yan Qinghan, she should be a little guilty about him at the moment, if it weren't for her own insistence, this child might be safe.

And the moment he felt Du Ruosheng's temperature, Yan Qinghan's body trembled slightly, and he seemed to be a little surprised by Du Ruosheng's response to him, but at this moment, he didn't think so much.

The news of Du Ruosheng's return to the palace soon spread throughout the palace.

Fang Lanzhi of Xiukang Palace and Lu Lan of Shoukang Palace naturally also knew.

This Lu Lan is not surprised, now Du Ruosheng's every move is not important to her at all, so she did not pay special attention to Du Ruosheng's whereabouts at that time.

However, Fang Lanzhi was not calm, she never expected Du Ruosheng to come back when she said that she would come back, she and Yan Qinghan had a chance to ease up a little, and Du Ruosheng's return was not completely ruined.

"If you don't come back early, don't come back late, and come back at this time, it's really a good thing that can hurt others!" Fang Lanzhi kept grumbling.

However, Wan'er didn't seem surprised by Du Ruosheng's return, because Du Ruosheng's move strengthened her guess in her heart.

"Niangniang, do you remember what the slave told you before?" In a quiet voice, Fang Lanzhi also suddenly calmed down, and said suspiciously: "What's the matter?" ”

"You see that this general Xiao has just returned from a big victory on the front foot, and this queen mother has returned to the palace on the back foot, isn't it too much of a coincidence?"

Wan'er said mysteriously.

"This Du Ruosheng was also escorted by Xiaoyi when he left the palace, could it be that the emperor waited for Xiaoyi to come back before sending him to pick up Du Ruosheng back to the palace?" Hearing Fang Lanzhi's words, Wan'er didn't expect Fang Lanzhi's mind to turn so badly, this is simply impossible, it is just an illusion made by the emperor to hide people's eyes and ears.

"Niangniang, how could the emperor go to such great lengths to do such a meaningless thing? ＂

Fang Lanzhi frowned, contemplating something. Everyone

"Could it be true that as you said, Du Ruosheng followed Xiaoyi to the border?" Fang Lanzhi suddenly realized.

Wan'er nodded.

"But what can Du Ruosheng do with him to the border pass? What can a woman do on the battlefield? ”

Fang Lanzhi was puzzled.

"Niangniang, have you forgotten the original Mu Sheng? Isn't the current queen the original Mu Sheng, don't forget, the relationship between this Mu Sheng and General Xiao. ”

Hearing Wan'er's reminder, Fang Lanzhi was even more stunned, she really forgot that the original concubine was Du Ruosheng, and now Du Ruosheng is full of martial arts, so it seems that she can explain it when she goes to the border.

"Heh, I really didn't expect that this Du Ruosheng really did anything in order to capture the emperor's heart. He also did such a man's thing as fighting and killing the enemy, if people knew that she was the queen of the palace and had been with a group of men for so long, I don't know how she would feel."

Fang Lanzhi's tone was mocking.

"Mother, no." Bend'er knew what she wanted to do, but now was never the time.

"Why not, what an opportunity!" Fang Lanzhi reprimanded.

"Niangniang, the relationship between you and the emperor has only eased, if you frame the queen at this time, it's okay not to be discovered, if it is discovered, then the previous work has been wasted, not to mention, now these are just slave speculations, who will believe it if there is no evidence, and now our situation, I'm afraid it's just more than enough and not enough."

Wan'er said in a deep voice.

Hearing what Wan'er said, Fang Lanzhi, who had a trace of joy just now, suddenly sank her face, and she could only give up this opportunity in front of her, for her, she was naturally unwilling.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, now is it okay to let the palace wait like this, now that she is back, how can the emperor come to the palace!?"

Fang Lanzhi said distraughtly.

"Niangniang, you can't be in a hurry, now the emperor's heart is still up to you and the prince, why should you worry about fighting a queen who can't even give birth to a child!" A smile crossed Wan'er's face.

Bending her words, sure enough, Fang Lanzhi calmed down again, and now the child in her belly is the best bargaining chip for her to turn the tables, which Du Ruosheng can't fight with anything.

However, there is another thing that worries Fang Lanzhi, that is, the child Lu Lan is looking for, I only hope that this child will not go on any errands, otherwise he will really be finished.

Now that it is calculated, there are only two months left, and the child in Fang Lanzhi's womb should be the time to see the truth, and this moment is what everyone is waiting for in their hearts.

When Du Ruosheng returned to Huaqing Palace, Luoyu was also excited to see her.

"Mother, you're back!" Luoyu greeted her happily, and Du Ruosheng also smiled, so that people couldn't see her tiredness.

"Niangniang, why have you lost so much weight, but the days in the temple are too hard, I knew that this was the case, no matter what, the slave and maid will follow you, take good care of you!" There was some self-reproach in Luoyu's tone.

Du Ruosheng then said softly: "The palace to the temple is to pray for self-cultivation, how can you still let people serve, so that the Buddha can't see the sincerity of the palace." ”

Hearing Du Ruosheng say this, Luo Yu didn't think much about it, and said: "That Niangniang's sincerity Buddha must have seen it, how could General Xiao return with a big victory, so smoothly!" ”

"Niangniang, I must be tired of the bumpy road, the slave maid still serves the maid early, the maid sleeps well, and when you wake up, the slave maid will prepare a big meal for you."

Luo Yu said, and without waiting for Du Ruosheng to speak, he helped Du Ruosheng into the dormitory.

In the blink of an eye, Du Ruosheng was already sitting on the bed.

Under Luoyu's service, she lay on the bed, in fact, she had almost rested yesterday, and after Luoyu placed her, she turned around and left.

Du Ruosheng was left lying on the bed, looking at the glazed tiles on his head, but he was not sleepy at all.

After lying down for a short time, Du Ruosheng got up.

When he came to the dresser, he opened a Nanmu box and took out a letter from it.

There are also the words "Jiang Gongzi personally opened" written on it, this letter was handed over to Du Ruosheng by Du Qianzhi at that time, but Du Ruosheng has not handed over the letter to Jiang Lingzhou until now.

And when he returned to Dongchuan this time, when he saw Du Qianzhi, Du Ruosheng could see that Du Qianzhi's feelings for Jiang Lingzhou were not a whim, but Du Ruosheng was still a little uneasy about Jiang Lingzhou, plus his father and queen mother, Du Ruosheng was never able to hand over the letter to him, but she also knew that she was like this, maybe she was delaying her sister.

Looking at the letter in his hand, Du Ruosheng was a little difficult.

After thinking about it, she put the letter back in the wooden box, and she still had to wait for Du Qianzhi to inform the king and queen of Dongchuan before making a decision.

Until then, this letter could not be handed over to Jiang Lingzhou.

……

On the other side, Xiaoyi returned to the General's Mansion and learned that a guest had come up from the General's Mansion.

When I saw it, I knew that it was Xia Zhiyi.

When Xiaoyi saw this woman, she was still a little puzzled, and she didn't know the reason for Xia Zhiyi's sudden visit.

"Xiaoyi, congratulations, you returned with a big victory, I wanted to come yesterday, but I knew that you must be very tired, so I will bother you in the future. Xia Zhiyi saw Xiaoyi, smiled like a flower, and congratulated warmly.

Xiaoyi smiled a little stunned, and then responded: "Miss Zhiyi has a heart." ”

"You have made a great contribution in this battle, my cousin will definitely reward you, congratulations in advance."

"Thank you, Miss Zhiyi."

Xiaoyi saluted.

However, Xiaoyi's polite attitude made Xia Zhiyi feel that he was a little rusty with himself.

The joy on his face was not as deep as it was just now.

"Miss Zhiyi, why don't you stay in the house for dinner?" Xiaoyi didn't know what to say, so he spoke.

"No, there are other things in the house today, and my father asked me to go back early."

Xia Zhiyi refused, she knew that Xiaoyi was just out of courtesy, and she didn't want to stay now.

Seeing that Xia Zhiyi did not respond, Xiaoyi did not stay, so he ordered someone to send Xia Zhiyi away.

How did Xia Zhiyi know that Xiaoyi would not guess her thoughts, and he would not be aware of such a small emotion of hers.