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At the west gate, four black-painted flat-headed carriages appeared.

Surrounded by a team of people from the Five Cities Terracotta Division.

"What for? Hold it. The soldiers defending the city took their spears and shouted to stop the carriages.

A tender and white hand stretched out from the carriage, holding a palm-sized copper lacquer waist plate, "It's the Duchess of Pingzhang and several young ladies of the Li family, who went to the Pukai Temple outside the city to light the lantern for the queen's mother." ”

I heard that it was the family of the Li family of Pingzhang Gong, and the soldiers blocking the road hesitated slightly.

Li Wen, the Duke of Pingzhang, is the commander of the Jingdong battalion, and he is a soldier like them who guards the city and is beyond the reach of him in his life.

Will his family check or not?

The two soldiers glanced at each other, then raised their spears again, gritted their teeth, and said: "Now that the battle in the capital is imminent, all those who leave the city must be strictly checked, and I ask Mrs. Li for your understanding." ”

The people in the carriage were silent for a while, and then a flat and sad voice sounded, "It's okay, let them check." ”

A few soldiers stepped forward and searched all the guards around the carriage one by one.

There was nothing unusual, the two soldiers walked up to the carriage, circled around the carriage twice, looked around the carriage carefully, and then said, "Please open the door, Madame." ”

The door opened from the inside.

Two soldiers stepped forward to investigate.

There were two people sitting in the car.

Duchess Pingzhang, dressed in black, had a sallow complexion, her eyes were slightly red and swollen, and she was holding a handkerchief to cover her mouth and coughing desperately.

"Ahem, ahem....."

On each side sat a maid, one dressed in white and the other in green clothes.

The maid in Tsing Yi was lowering her head, her face turned inward, and she stroked the back of Duchess Pingzhang, "Madam, slow down, if you don't drink saliva, you always cough like this, the doctor said that your heart and lungs are going to be damaged." ”

Duchess Pingzhang raised her hand and waved.

The white-clothed maid hurriedly raised her eyebrows and scolded: "If you want to check, hurry up, what should we do if the cold wind chokes our wife on this cold day?" Our grandfather was training day and night outside the city, but my wife had to be subjected to such interrogation even when he left the city gate......"

"Ahem, don't, ahem... Qingqing, don't say it. Duchess Pingzhang coughed to stop the maid's complaints.

The maid named Qingqing pouted and sat up straight a little unhappily.

The two soldiers hurriedly lowered their heads, retracted their gaze that had stayed on the two maids, quickly scanned the situation in the car, confirmed that there was no mezzanine, and waved their hands to signal for release.

The heavy gates creaked and slowly opened.

Four black-painted carriages slowly passed through the city gate and drove out of the city.

After leaving the city and getting on the official road, the carriage went fast.

By the time we arrived at Pukai Temple, the sunlight had just shone on the temple gates.

The carriage did not stop at the entrance of the temple, but entered the courtyard directly through the side entrance.

The two maids helped Duchess Pingzhang into the courtyard that had been prepared a long time ago.

The men of the Five Cities Terracotta Division stood guard around the courtyard.

"Thank you, ma'am." The maid in green clothes bowed and thanked Duchess Pingzhang, and raised her head, it turned out to be Kang Yan.

Duchess Pingzhang waved her hand, "That's it, I'm not for you." ”

The voice was low and mournful.

No matter what it was for, she was able to get out of the city smoothly this time, it was Duchess Pingzhang who saved her, and Kang Yan's thanks were sincere.

"I have this love in my heart." Kang Yan said solemnly, paused, and asked with some hesitation: "It's just that I don't understand, can you please tell Madame, why do you want to help me?" ”

Lao Cai and Cheng Minyuan ran away for half a night, and at dawn they finally determined that Duchess Pingzhang would still go out of the city, so they disguised Kang Yan as a guard of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and followed Lao Cai to escort Duchess Pingzhang out of the city.

However, it happened that they were still out of the Li family, and Kang Yan was recognized by Duchess Pingzhang.

Although Kang Yan has not entered the palace many times, she still often walks in the palace during some major palace banquets, and she still often walks in the palace during the New Year's holidays, and the Duchess of Pingzhang is a first-class grade, and her position is very close to Kang Yan every time.

So the two of them are also familiar with each other.

At the very moment, Duchess Pingzhang was still very vigilant, and she looked at the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division who were guarding her.

So naturally recognized Kang Yan.

Just when Kang Yan felt that there was no hope of going out of the city, Duchess Pingzhang proposed to let Kang Yan dress up as her maid and follow the car out of the city.

Compared with the guards of the Five Cities Terracotta Division walking outside, the danger of pretending to be a maid is naturally lower.

Sure enough, Kang Yan followed Duchess Pingzhang and smoothly got out of the city.

At this moment, Duchess Pingzhang spoke, and Kang Yan naturally asked the question in her heart.

It stands to reason that the situation in the capital at this moment is not clear to others, but the Li family of Pingzhang Gong, who is in charge of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, has its own channels to obtain news.

Therefore, even if Duchess Pingzhang does not know the specific details of the matter, it is impossible for Duchess Pingzhang to know nothing about the news that King An and the emperor are about to go to war with their faces completely torn apart.

As long as Duchess Pingzhang has someone take her down and hand her over to Pingzhang Gong, then this turmoil is estimated to end soon.

With her in her hands, Qi Chenjing will definitely have scruples, which Kang Yan never doubts.

So the moment she was recognized by Duchess Pingzhang, Kang Yan's back was soaked.

Their decision was too risky.

Taking a step back, even if Duchess Pingzhang didn't report her, but just drove her away, Kang Yan would have nowhere to stay in this turbulent capital.

Kang Yeon couldn't figure out why Duchess Pingzhang would help her.

Pingzhang Gong Li Wen is already the prince of the country, and he is also the national zhang, and he holds the overall planning power of the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Jingdong camp, and the capital of Qi Chenyu and Qi Chenjing's battle in the capital is the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Jingdong camp and the west of Beijing.

Even if the armies from other places did not come, Qi Chenyu relied on these 50,000 soldiers and horses to fight Qi Chenjing.

Among them, the 30,000 horses of the Jingdong battalion led by Pingzhanggong and Li Wen were even more relied on by Qi Chenyu.

Therefore, in this war, if Li Wen can help Qi Chenyu calm down this chaos, then what awaits the Li family will be a few lifetimes of glory, wealth and honor.

Duchess Pingzhang really had no reason to help her.

Kang Yan was puzzled.

Hearing Kang Yan's question, Duchess Pingzhang sighed and glanced at several daughters-in-law.

The three young ladies of the Li family each took their children and withdrew with the maid named Qingqing.

Kang Yan noticed that there were a lot of people from the Li family.

If it is just to pray for the deceased queen mother, Duchess Pingzhang and the three young ladies can come.

Why did you even bring out the children? And a baby under the age of one, what can she do?

This is all the masters of the Li family?

Kang Yan's thought flashed, and she suddenly grabbed something, and she looked at Duchess Pingzhang with some shock.

It can't be what she thinks, right?

Duchess Pingzhang saw the shock in Kang Yan's eyes and nodded.

Kang Yeon fell silent, too shocked.

After a while, she said, "Madam, why?" ”

Duchess Pingzhang pursed her lips, and the face became a little sad, and then slowly turned into a sharp hatred.

"He hurt my sister-in-law, why should sister-in-law's father and brother fight for him?" Duchess Pingzhang gritted her teeth a little.

Sister Ci'er?

Do you mean the queen mother? Kang Yan was a little puzzled, didn't she say that the queen mother died in childbirth? Why did Qi Chenyu harm again?

Could it be that there is something hidden in this?

"Are you saying that the queen died because of Qi Chenyu's actions?" Kang Yan asked straight to the point.

Since Duchess Pingzhang helped her and was willing to open up to her, it means that Duchess Pingzhang has something to say to her.

Kang Yeon's mind gradually cleared up, and she asked directly if she had any questions.

Duchess Pingzhang's eyes suddenly turned red.

Thinking of her deceased daughter, she became very sad, and there was a little melancholy in her grief, "My sister is the most gentle and sensible, I and the old man only got such a daughter when they were forty years old, the old man and several brothers like it very much, and they have been spoiled since childhood, for fear of being wronged." ”

Perhaps remembering her daughter's young days, a smile appeared on Duchess Pingzhang's face.

"Although our whole family is like a jewel, Sister Ci has never been a pampered child, she is caring, sensible, gentle and kind." When Duchess Pingzhang talked about her daughter, her eyes couldn't help but light up slightly.

Kang Yan listened silently, feeling a little sorry in her heart.

In the hearts of all mothers in the world, their children are the best.

After Kang Yan gave birth to Brother Tan, she had a deep understanding of this.

Even though her brother Tan is still a baby less than two months old and doesn't understand anything, she can't help but be happy when she hears others say that he is smart and good-looking, even though she knows that it is someone else's beautiful words.

Duchess Pingzhang is still immersed in memories, since the death of the queen's mother, she often does this, "Sister Ci has grown up, and she is about to be married, so my lord and I want to find an honest and reliable person for her, not to ask for high-ranking officials, just to be good to Sister Ci, but ........."

Duchess Pingzhang remembered that when she learned that her daughter was canonized as the queen, "But the palace took a fancy to her and wanted to make her the queen, the lord and I were not happy, the lord wanted to go to the palace to fight with his military merits, but Sister Ci didn't want her father to be embarrassed, so she stopped the lord." ”

"When he first entered the palace, he was quite good to Sister Ci, but Sister Ci'er was weak, often sick, and did not conceive a child, and there was a strong imperial concubine in the palace, she gave birth to a great prince, and Sister Ci'er's life in the palace was really hard." Speaking of the days after her daughter entered the palace, Duchess Pingzhang's heart was like a knife, and she couldn't help crying.

She really regretted it in her heart.

If she really relied on the Li family's military exploits to fight at that time, she didn't want to be so gorgeous and rich, and her sister might be able to live happily now.

Seeing Duchess Pingzhang crying sadly, Kang Yan couldn't help but have wet eyes, and she was very sympathetic to the queen.

She didn't see this queen mother many times, and she had the impression that her body seemed to be very thin, always sick, and her expression was a little depressed.

Indeed, there is an imperial concubine who gave birth to a prince who is rampant in the palace, and the queen can indeed only avoid its edge.

seems to be sitting in a high position and is the most noble woman in the world, but she does not have the favor of her husband, so it is no wonder that Duchess Pingzhang is so distressed.

"My lord and I feel sorry for her, but Sister Ci said that's it, at least she doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, and she doesn't have any extravagant hopes for anything else," Duchess Pingzhang wiped her tears, but the more she wiped them, the more she wiped them, "Sister Ci'er, who I grew up in the palm of my hand, only had such a desire to eat and drink without worrying in the end." ”

"Finally, Sister Ci'er got pregnant last year, and my lord and I were very happy, and the lord kept saying that Sister Ci'er was a blessed child, but how could it be done in a blink of an eye, just ......... My sister is gone. ”

Duchess Pingzhang's emotions were a little out of control, and Kang Yan was a little sad to see.

Children will be sad when they lose their parents, but when parents lose their children, the pain is even more unbearable.

Kang Yan didn't know how to comfort Duchess Pingzhang, and no matter how much she said, she felt pale.

Fortunately, Duchess Pingzhang has shed enough tears these days, and after crying for a while, she gradually stopped her tears.

"On the day Sister Ci'er gave birth, I accompanied her in the palace, Sister Ci'er had a difficult birth, the doctor asked whether to protect the big or the small, he almost did not hesitate to say that he wanted to protect the child, if it wasn't for me desperately kowtowing to him, he wouldn't hesitate at all."

When Duchess Pingzhang talked about the queen's birth, she was obviously extremely resentful of Qi Chenyu, and she didn't even want to mention her name, so she only used a word to replace it.

"Seeing that he promised to save Sister Ci, I was relieved, at this time, he asked the palace maid to give me a bowl of soothing soup, who knew that after I drank the soothing soup, my mind was a little drowsy, and when I woke up again, Sister Ci, she was already ............"

Duchess Pingzhang's face was full of regret and sadness, regretting that her vigilance was too poor, if she didn't use that soothing soup, she wouldn't have even seen her daughter for the last time.

She slapped the table heavily, gritted her teeth and said: "I felt that the world was spinning, and I almost fainted, I thought that Sister Ci'er didn't survive after all, after all, dystocia is to hang around on the ghost door, but then the people of the Chen family quietly told me that Sister Ci'er did not die of dystocia at all, but ............ It's ............"

Not a difficult birth? Kang Yan looked at Duchess Pingzhang in surprise.

People from the Chen family? Was it arranged by my grandmother?

Could it be that the grandmother found out that the cause of the queen's death was different, and arranged for someone to notify the Duchess of Pingzhang?

Duchess Pingzhang clenched her fists together, and her eyes burst out with strong hatred, "He was afraid that he would suffocate the child to death if he held it for a long time, so he let the imperial doctor disembowel, poor my sister, it's like this........."

Laparotomy?

Kang Yeon gasped.

How painful it must be to cut open the stomach alive and take the child out.

Qi Chenyu's move is indeed too vicious, how can the queen be a husband and wife with him?

"I didn't believe the Chen family's statement, but I didn't know the answer and I was unwilling, so I took the opportunity of the wake to quietly look at Sister Ci'er's body, ah............" Saying this, Duchess Pingzhang's emotions were a little out of control, she covered her face tightly with her hands, and cried.

"Ma'am, don't say it." Kang Yeon couldn't help but step forward and pat her arm.

Such memories are too cruel for a mother.

"Sister Ci'er's stomach was cut open alive, it's a big opening, Sister Ci'er must be very painful, my Sister Ci'er, how can she stand it." Duchess Pingzhang didn't seem to hear Kang Yan's persuasion, and covered her face and muttered to herself.

"Qi Chenyu, you are so vicious, so vicious!" (To be continued.) )