In the queen's room, Empress Jiang was talking to Mrs. Jiang, and Empress Jiang looked haggard.

Even if Mrs. Jiang is not her own mother, she raised Queen Jiang in the end.

What's more, Princess An is the eldest girl of the Jiang family, and the honor and disgrace of the Jiang family are tied to Queen Jiang's mother and son.

Seeing that Empress Jiang's whole person looked very bad, Mrs. Jiang was very worried.

"Niangniang, you can't do this, your body is your own, but you have to take care of it." Mrs. Jiang said worriedly.

Empress Jiang smiled bitterly, the people of the Jiang family didn't know that Rui'er was no longer humane, and she had completely lost her relationship with that position.

But she wasn't going to tell the Jiang family, even if Rui'er couldn't do it, she wouldn't give up so easily, as Mama Zhang said, there are many ways to have a future.

She sighed softly and said, "Rui'er has encountered so many things recently, and now his heir has problems again, and Princess An has no movement at all, there are too many things, and I can't breathe." ”

She didn't dare to say that there was anything else about the emperor, that day, she went to the emperor and saw a lot of things that belonged to women, but later, she saw the same magnolia hairpin on the head of Princess Jin!

This made her think that she couldn't press it down again, the emperor likes Princess Jin, and Princess Jin, a slut, is secretly in tune with the emperor, otherwise, how could the emperor's hairpin appear on the head of Princess Jin?

No wonder the emperor treats Gu Nian's son like that, closer than his own.

The more Empress Jiang thought about it, the more annoyed she became, and her face became more and more distorted.

Seeing this, Mrs. Jiang sighed in her heart, although she was not angry that King An was good to Yun'er, and let her conceive a child.

No matter what, this child is gone, so she comforted Queen Jiang, "It's just three things, otherwise Ji Tai comes, King An's catastrophe should come to an end, and it will definitely be smooth in the future, Niang Niang still has to take care of herself."

Not to mention that King An is now old and can take charge on his own, children with mothers are different from children without mothers.

For the sake of King An, the mother must take care. ”

Empress Jiang thought deeply that she would not admit defeat until the end, only if she was good, Rui'er would be good.

Mrs. Jiang softened her face and relaxed her heart, and she said tentatively,

"Speaking of which, His Royal Highness the King of Jin and His Royal Highness the King of Su are both defending against foreign enemies in front, the Queen Mother summoned the eldest princess of the country to speak, why didn't the Queen Mother summon the Princess of Jin to talk?

It can be regarded as giving the Jin Wangfu a little decency. ”

Mrs. Jiang said this purely for the good of Empress Jiang, King Jin and King Su are the emperor's right-hand men, and they must be trying to win them over.

Although it is said that the poisoning of Princess Jin this time is somewhat related to King An, it is because of this that I want to show goodwill, right?

Even if King An can't be the prince in the future, he will be good friends with King Jin, no matter which prince ascends the throne, it will not be bad for King An.

Mrs. Jiang didn't say that Gu Nian was fine, but when she said Gu Nian, it seemed to poke Queen Jiang's heart, and suddenly, she retorted sharply,

"Why...... Why...... The emperor asked me to summon me, and you also asked me to summon, why should I summon?

I am the queen, I want to know the general situation, I want to be generous, I want to be considerate, I want to look for others, give others decency, a slut, I want to know the general situation, I want to be decent.

She's just a slut, why? Why? What is King Jin, to put it mildly, she is just a courtier, and she is just a courtier.

Why? ”

A series of rhetorical questions and angry reprimands, Queen Jiang's face was full of stubbornness and anger, and her voice was sharp.

Mrs. Jiang hurriedly got up and sat down next to Empress Jiang, looking at Empress Jiang with worry and hatred.

"Mother, what's wrong with you? What happened? This is not as good as in the palace, be careful that the wall has ears, if you don't want to summon it, then don't summon it, it's just that you can't say this in front of outsiders. ”

Mrs. Jiang looked at Empress Jiang anxiously, her bitter mouth was full of the taste of Coptis chinensis, she glanced around quickly, fortunately, the people who had just served were all driven out, and only three or two henchmen were waiting.

"What am I afraid of? I'm not afraid of anything, I'm like this, I'm like this, what else can the emperor do to me? It's just a cold palace, but it's just a white silk.

You say that I am married noblely, where is this honor? Where's the honor?

I am the queen, the master of the harem, and the mother of the world, but why should I scold her? Why be careful?

Just because his man is a murderer? Why? “

Empress Jiang covered her face with a handkerchief, humming and crying, her voice extremely harsh.

Mrs. Jiang sighed softly, and took the crying Empress Jiang in her arms, comforting her as she did when she was a child.

Where in this world is there anything that should not be allowed, let it not be allowed, do you think you let others, but you know that others are not letting you?

The more noble the person, the more things he has to tolerate, and the emperor is the most unbridled person in the world.

The royal daughter-in-law is the most difficult daughter-in-law in the world.

In life, who can act arbitrarily?

If you want to talk about arbitrariness, it is more refreshing to beggars.

Empress Jiang has probably been depressed for a long time, and Mrs. Jiang is her closest person, and she is often the most vulnerable in front of her relatives.

For a while, her emotions came out, she cried happily, and her emotions gradually calmed down.

Seeing this, Mrs. Jiang motioned to her confidant maid to bring hot water, pots, handkerchiefs, etc., and personally rolled up her sleeves and waited for Queen Jiang to clean her face.

After Empress Jiang cleaned her face, she calmly said to Mrs. Jiang, "Uncle, I'm making you laugh, the palace is fine, I want to take a rest, you can go back and rest, I have to worship the Buddha tomorrow, and then it will be another day of tossing." ”

Mrs. Jiang looked at Empress Jiang worriedly, and said uncertainly, "Niangniang, if you want to open something about everything, it can always be better." ”

She thought that Empress Jiang would always have a better life when she was promoted from the crown princess to the queen, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult.

Sure enough, the royal family is having a hard time, and she doesn't know what will happen to her granddaughter in the future.

Thinking of Princess An, Mrs. Jiang is another big one, and the relationship between the two before marriage is not bad, otherwise they would not have entered the palace in that way.

But after getting married, the two went farther and farther apart.

After Mrs. Jiang left, Queen Jiang was lying on the couch, her face was pale, and Mama Zhang stepped forward and knelt in front of the couch to help Queen Jiang beat her feet.

Mama Zhang looked at Queen Jiang's face, leaned over and said in a low voice, "The slave maid thinks that the emperor is very unusual to the little prince of Jin, in the past, when the little prince of Jin was not born, the emperor would also take care of His Royal Highness King An."

Later, when the little prince of King Jin was born and the emperor ascended the throne, all his attention was on the prince of Jin.

Mother, don't you think it'......."

Empress Jiang sat up suddenly, "Princess Jin, Prince of Jin, maybe the top of King Jin's head has become a prairie......"

Mama Zhang looked at the hideous face of Queen Jiang on the couch, and said in a low voice, "Niangniang, the slave is willing to do anything for you to make up for the mistake last time......

Empress Jiang sighed deeply, for a long time, but she smiled,

"The emperor's little bit of caution, let's pick it out for him, make the entire capital, the whole Dongli everyone know, and then ask Xiao Yue to kill him, isn't it better?"

Buddha Bathing Festival, such a big day, plus Xiao Yue is about to return to the dynasty, at this time, Xiao Yue knows, can he spare that pair of men and women?

……

In Gu Nian's room, Gu Nian and Qingye ate two pieces of pastries sent by Zhou Yushu, but they didn't expect that this pastry was actually topped.

Astragalus desperately poured out the contents of the purse, hurriedly took a pill, divided it into two, and stuffed it into Gu Nian and Qingye respectively.

"It's okay, it's okay, I brought a pill of this antidote, there is something added to this pastry, it can make people have abdominal pain, hurry up and eat this pill."

Gu Nian took half of the pill and didn't eat it, but said, "We ate it, what about you?" ”

Astragalus waved his hand and said, "The slave and maid grew up with herbs since childhood, and the general poison is not as good as the slave maid, Niangniang, you eat it quickly, otherwise you will have a seizure." ”

Gu Nian suddenly thought that Xu'er and Chen'er had sent pastries in, and his face suddenly changed, and he lost his voice, "Quick, go and see if Xu'er and Chen'er have already used the pastries......

Hearing this, Astragalus rushed out, Gu Nian followed behind with her skirt, regardless of whether she had abdominal pain or not, but pinched the half pill and ran out with messy steps.

Aoba followed behind, constantly shouting, "Niangniang, you slow down, slow down...... Beware of falling ......"

Before Gu Nian ran to Xu'er and Chen'er's room, Astragalus folded back with the pastry, and said with a smile, "Niangniang, the prince and the young master are patronizing and reading, and the pastry has not been touched yet." ”

Gu Nian's tense mind relaxed, her strength relaxed, and she almost collapsed to the ground, but the green leaves behind her came up in time to hug her.

Seeing that Gu Nian was still holding the half pill in his hand, Astragalus said eagerly, "Niangniang, hurry up and use this antidote pill, you won't have a seizure if you eat it." ”

Aoba also comforted on the side, and at the same time said indignantly, "I didn't expect the eldest cousin to be such a person, she actually poisoned the pastry, if it weren't for the prince, the Pingyang Hou Mansion would have been raided a long time ago." ”

Gu Nian put half a pill in his mouth and chewed it, the pastry may really be sent by Zhou Yushu, but as for the poison in it, it may not be Zhou Yushu.

She swallowed the pill and saliva, and raised her hand to Aoba and said,

"You go to the eldest cousin next door and ask if the pastries were taken directly from the cook in the mansion or from the other people in the Hou mansion, and whose hands passed in between.

And the girl who just delivered the pastries, before sending it, where did she pass by, and who she met on the way, etc., all ask clearly. ”

Aoba nodded yes, and went to the next door to find Zhou Yushu to ask clearly.

"Wait......" As soon as he walked to the door, he was stopped by Gu Nian again.

"By the way, the maid who delivered the things just now said that Mrs. Hou was uncomfortable, see where she is uncomfortable, whether she called the doctor, and whether the eldest cousin went to serve the sick."

Aoba nodded again and walked out of the courtyard.

Gu Nian returned to the side room, sat down slowly on the couch by the window, she didn't rinse her mouth after taking the pill just now, and there was a smell of medicine in her mouth, she let the astragalus pour water to rinse her mouth, leaning on the couch and slowly thinking about who did it this time?

She knew that the Marquis of Pingyang was implicated with the Mo family, and the emperor did not do it because he wanted to fish out the four princes.

So, is it Pingyang Hou or the Mo family who know that they are being targeted, is this a temptation or a demonstration?

Zhou Yushu's temperament is the same as that of Nuomi Bodhisattva, and he will definitely not make such a black hand, that is Mrs. Pingyang Hou? Or was it instructed by the Marquis of Pingyang?

It is also possible that Hou Shizi of Pingyang took revenge on Xiao Yue because Xiao Yue beat him last time?

The few possibilities she thought of were rejected by herself again.

The temperature in the mountains was cooler than in the city, and the couches were placed by the windows, and a cool breeze came in from outside.

Although it was almost summer, the cool breeze blew, Gu Nian still shuddered, and she called casually, "Astragalus, close the door and window, and wait for Aoba to come back and tell me the news." ”

After calling twice, but there was no response, she thought that the window was so close, and it was also possible to close it herself.

She propped herself up and tried to get up, but somehow, her body was as weak as mud, her brain was still awake, but her hands and feet couldn't exert her strength anyway.

……

"Hurry up, King Jin is already about to arrive in the capital, and if it's slow, it won't work."

In a daze, Gu Nian heard a woman's voice ringing in his ears.

The woman stood on the edge of the bed, looking down at the soft Gu Nian on the couch, her cheeks were two crimson balls like begonias, her eyes were closed, and she curled up into a ball.

Gu Nian's voice was heard, it was Mama Zhang beside Queen Jiang, but she was not the only one who came, and there was a person with heavier breathing on the side, who should be a man.

But Gu Nian's eyelids seemed to be glued to one place, except for Mama Zhang's voice, she couldn't tell which one was beside her.

Aoba went to inquire about the news, Astragalus was outside, she didn't know what was wrong, obviously Astragalus had already given the antidote, how could she still be fascinated?

At this time, she couldn't open her soft eyelids, let alone cry out loudly, she could only close her eyes, prick up her ears, and concentrate on who the other person was.

The man who came with Mama Zhang was not a eunuch, his voice was full of anger, and he did not have the femininity that a eunuch should have, "King Jin's vision is good, this little appearance is ......"

The weather is getting hotter, and she has already taken off her thick cotton clothes and replaced them with light spring shirts, Gu Nian thought that the queen would stun her, probably to have a drama about being caught for adultery with someone.

If she was going to be taken captive, why was she an able-bodied man?

Empress Jiang...... Did she take revenge on herself for not lending Mr. Zhang to her to heal the injuries of the King of Justice?

When Gu Nian was worried, he heard a 'snap', and then Mama Zhang said coldly, "Do you still want face?" Hurry up and wipe your saliva, don't miss the master's big business. ”

Gu Nian had never heard this man's voice, so he naturally couldn't tell who it was.

Moreover, the two of them are standing outside the window, not in front of the bed in the house, does it mean that Astragalus is not stunned, if they are not stunned, the two of them are talking so loudly, why didn't Astragalus hear it?

And what about the rest of the people in the yard?

Grandmother? Second cousin? Aoba? And Xu'er, what's going on?

The more Gu Nian thought about it, the more anxious he became.

The two people outside the window didn't know what they were messing with, and then Gu Nian felt that he was being picked up, and Mama Zhang said to the man,

"She's very light, I'd better hug her."

The man seemed to laugh wryly, and then a big blanket covered Gu Nian's body, tightly.

……

The emperor brought the queen mother and the queen to bathe the Buddha and worship the Buddha this time, not only to ask the Buddha to bless the east, but also to have an unknown purpose.

After he and Commander Yang and several cabinet elders of the cabinet discussed the ceremony of tomorrow's Buddha Bathing Festival, Empress Jiang sent someone over and said that there was something to discuss with him.

He wanted to refuse, but he thought that Empress Jiang hadn't been so soft for a long time, so he turned a corner and walked towards Empress Jiang's wing.

Originally, men were not allowed to enter the women's wings, but who made him the emperor?

After arriving, Empress Jiang silently poured a cup of tea for the emperor, and sat on the side and embroidered the purse in her hand.

The emperor took a closer look, and saw that the pattern was a tall green bamboo, and his heart was a little sad, and he was silent for a moment.

"Is it embroidered for Rui'er? There are so many embroidery girls inside and outside the palace, where do you need to do this. ”

Queen Jiang didn't speak for a while, but the needle and thread in her hand couldn't fall anymore, and she pretended to be relaxed for a long time.

"In the past, when I was in the East Palace, Rui'er's things were all made by me, and after the wedding, I left the palace, and I did not do much, I was idle and had nothing to do."

"How can the embroidery girl compare with what I do?"

The emperor was saddened by what she said, and thought that the previous middle clothes were made by the queen.

The queen can be said to be a very qualified wife, but she is not suitable to be the queen of a country, her vision and pattern are not big enough.

He sighed, saw Empress Jiang holding the purse in her hand, was stunned, sighed, and asked her, "Are you blaming me?" ”

Empress Jiang's embroidery action paused, and faintly denied, "You are too worried, what do I have to blame you." ”

Huangjue Temple obviously has a lot of pilgrims, but this time, it is surprisingly quiet.

They seem to have returned to the time when they were in the East Palace, when they only thought about saving their lives, without too many scruples, without honorific titles and such things, it has always been you, me.

However, the current situation did not ease their relationship, and the emperor also saw Empress Jiang's coldness and alienation, he let out a long sigh, put his hands on his knees, and said in a heavy tone,

"I know you're disappointed, but in the current situation, Rui'er can't...... But I'll definitely make arrangements for the rest of his life. ”

Empress Jiang stopped the needle and thread in her hand, raised her head, glanced at the emperor mockingly, then lowered her eyes, and said to herself, "Arrange the second half of your life." ”

No matter how it is arranged, no matter how it is arranged, it is just a rich and idle king, and then mediocre to death.

She might have wanted to live like this for the rest of her life, but now, she can't.

She came back to life tremblingly, why should she cheapen others?

There was a strange smile on the corner of her mouth, and the emperor was not angry when he saw this, he was silent for a moment before he said, "Don't you believe me?" ”

Empress Jiang looked away.

It didn't matter if she believed it or not.

Or rather, she couldn't believe it.

The emperor coughed, and after calming down, he explained gently,

"I am not a person with many sons, how can I not love my son, Rui'er's hidden disease, I have already let Doctor Zhang see it, and there is no hope of recovery.

The people who were the black hands of the Northern Barbarians also got the punishment they deserved, and their lives were lost in that chaotic herd.

I can be regarded as avenging Rui'er.

Even if I don't plan to pass on the throne to him, but he is one of the few sons of mine, will I treat him lightly? How could I not want him to be good? ”

Empress Jiang was silent and did not answer.

The emperor held Empress Jiang's hand and assured her, "No matter what, you are the queen of the Middle Palace, no matter who ascends the throne in the future, you are also the first ......"

Empress Jiang felt like laughing when she heard this, and now she is talking to her about this?

She didn't laugh for a long time, she sat there sobbing quietly, and after a long while, she whispered,

"Your Majesty, go back and rest, the concubine has surprised you where you live, go and take a look."

The emperor stood up, knowing that Empress Jiang did not listen to his persuasion, but changed her way to drive him away.

He still smiled and said, "Then I'll go and see what surprises Qing has prepared." ”

Empress Jiang's eyes flashed, and she pursed her lips and said, "The emperor must be very satisfied." ”

The emperor stretched his body, his nose moved, and said curiously, "You didn't like burning incense before, why did you suddenly light it?" ”

Empress Jiang looked at the curling green smoke rising from the incense burner in the corner, and said in surprise, "Xiao Shami said that this is the unique sandalwood incense in the temple, hasn't His Majesty lit it there?" ”

The emperor smiled and said, "Maybe I haven't paid attention, you have a good rest, there will be a ceremony tomorrow, and it will be very hard at the end of the day." ”

Empress Jiang said softly, "Your Majesty is the same. ”

She got up and sent the emperor out, and when she saw the emperor walking away, she turned around, picked up the half of the tea that the emperor had just used up, poured it on the incense burner, and gently hooked the corners of her mouth.

……

The emperor left Empress Jiang's chamber and headed towards the place where he lived.

Chang Yuan served the emperor and took off his outer shirt and changed into regular clothes.

After the emperor washed out, when he stopped at the door of the inner room, he seemed to smell a familiar fragrance, which was different from what he smelled in Empress Jiang's room.

A pleasant, comfortable scent that makes people happy and refreshed when they smell it.

I didn't expect that the sandalwood of Huangjue Temple still has so many fragrances, and it is really unique, which is different from ordinary sandalwood. There is no need to recite the scriptures to have such a meditative effect.

He went to the inner room, and Chang Yuan stood at the door, not following up.

may be a habit developed in the East Palace, and the emperor is not very willing to accompany many people.

Of course, this may be the uneasiness that he has been in his heart for a long time, after all, when he was in the East Palace, he always had to be on guard, beware of the people around him being bought, and beware of dying and being calculated one day.

Sometimes, people's behavior is very subtle, and intellectually tells him that he can trust and trust some people, just like trusting Xiao Yue.

But in self-consciousness, I still subconsciously keep a distance from this world.

He often felt that it was safest to be alone, and that he would rather do something on his own than have someone follow him.

Or rather, he was already afraid of the intrigues and calculations.

Standing there, for some reason, he suddenly felt flustered, his eyes were hot, his mouth was dry, and the sandalwood in the inner room was like a messenger of seduction, tempting him to go inside.

In the inner room, a screen is placed in front of the bed to prevent the cool breeze blowing in from the window directly into the bed tent.

As soon as he turned to the edge of the screen, his steps stopped, the bed curtain hung low, and he came out with a half-stretched hand, and his wrist was thin and his ten fingers were slender, and he could tell that it was a woman by his wrist.

The sweet sandalwood burrowed into his nostrils, he licked his dry lips, and subconsciously raised his foot closer, he realized that this was probably the surprise that the queen said.

He was furious, this is the Buddha Hall, is the queen so impatient? What was she trying to do?

Is he such a rush person?

Because of the war, he hadn't been to the harem for a long time.

The slender jade fingers were half-grasped, holding a wooden hairpin, the emperor only felt familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

He took another step forward, and the scent of the room made him involuntarily greedy.