Zhuge asked Xiao Yidao: "Why is there only one palace person serving you?" Whose person is she? Why are you so polite to her? ”

Xiao Yi said: "Her name is Tingfang, she is the old man next to King Song, even if I watch King Song grow up, I also want to call her 'aunt'." ’”

"Then I can rest assured. In this White Jade Palace, I can only be sure that Liu Ying will not poison you. Others, we all need to be on guard, especially the Queen Mother Qiao's people. ”

"Do the nine princesses of the Chu State also need to be guarded?"

"She had a good relationship with me when I was in the Chu State. You've been in the White Jade Palace for so many days, you should have seen her already? Does she still think that you and I are a young couple who can't elope? ”

"Yes, that's what she thought, and I didn't deny it. After all, I can't figure out whether she's friend or foe, but when I think she's your friend, then I'll try not to dissociate myself from you. By the way, she and I are allies now. ”

"Allies?"

"You don't know yet, she's pregnant, too, and her waiting day is about the same as mine. Her child is not King Song's, so she doesn't want to publicize it, and she designs herself to be grounded in Splendid Garden, and when she gives birth to a child, she will be counted as my twins. ”

Zhuge was surprised and surprised at first, and then sneered: "What? This is how you two are moms and godmothers? She has always been bold and reckless, and when she was in Chu State, she was a hearty character who mingled with us boys, but she didn't expect her to make such a big sacrifice for her beloved and play with such a big fire! ”

"Do you know who her beloved is?" Xiao Yi hadn't seen the petite and timid Lin Long for a long time, and it was not good to ask her about her in person, but now she couldn't help but be curious behind her back.

Zhuge blinked, and seemed to be very keen to discuss the private affairs of acquaintances behind his back: "Of course I know. Why, such an indestructible ally of yours, she hasn't told you yet? ”

"No, and I can't see her now, I can't ask."

"Then let her tell you for herself in the future, I don't want to get involved in your alliances. I'm not here today to talk to you about other people's experiences. You can't protect yourself now, so we still have to carefully discuss a countermeasure. Now that the war between Chen and Song is in full swing, the King of Song doesn't know when he will come back, and if he doesn't come back, you will have a crisis every day. Even if he comes back, he may not be able to take care of you. I have found out that Qiao's wants to attack you when you give birth, and the hospital has been sentenced to get the order of the Queen Mother, if you give birth to a boy, both mother and child will die, if you give birth to a girl, you will keep the child, but in any case, your life, the Queen Mother does not plan to stay. ”

Xiao Yi was not surprised when he heard such news, but said calmly: "I knew today, why bother in the first place." But there is no turning back. It doesn't matter if I live or not, but the child, male or female, I want him to live, but I don't want him to grow up in the court. I don't want him to know that his mother is a ruined princess from his birth, and I don't want him to be like you and me, burdened with the blood feud between his family and country, and he can't do what he wants. I just want him to spend his life in peace and happiness in the mountains and rivers. Zhuge , if I can't escape the catastrophe and am killed, are you willing to take my child out of the White Jade Palace, leave the Song Kingdom, and help me take care of him to grow up? ”

Zhuge Dunji shook Xiao Yi's cold hand lightly: "You don't have to worry, those who harmed you handed over the errand that harmed you to me." How could I harm you? When the mother and child are safe, I will arrange everything and take you and the child out of the White Jade Palace together. This time, I must be more careful not to let you be caught by the Empress Dowager Qiao. When the time comes, the three of us will be free in the mountains and rivers, safe and happy. ”

Xiao Yi smiled bitterly: "I hope so." ”

Zhuge retreated to Xiao Yi for a while, and before leaving, he asked: "I can't come here every day to consult, when I am not there, if you have any questions, go and ask the doctor who came from Chu with Lin Long." As Lin Long said, she is asking you now, so they will not harm you. No one else, whether it's the harem or the hospital, can be trusted by anyone but me. ”

******

From autumn to summer, the Song and Chen fought fiercely for months, with countless casualties. Zhao did not want to fight bloodily, and Dugu Yu, the king of Zhao, attached himself to Chen, promising to pay half of the annual tax to Chen, seeking to protect the name of Zhao and not kill the descendants of King Zhao. Li Heng, the king of Chen, only wanted to engulf the Song State, and did not care about the weak Zhao State, so he agreed to the invitation of the King of Zhao. Although the Song prince personally conquered the 100,000 army of the Chen State and made the Chen State unable to continue to advance eastward, the Song State also lost 100,000 troops and lost one-tenth of the country's territory.

When the bad news reached the White Jade Palace, Xiao Yi was about to give birth. She didn't hear the news that Liu Ying, the king of Song, died on the battlefield.

For a time, the political situation in the Song State was unstable and the harem was chaotic. Some palace people took advantage of the chaos to escape overnight, and the guards of the forbidden army were desperately short of manpower due to the war, so they could only arrange for the new monarch to ascend the throne, and they could not control those palace people who fled.

On the second day, Liu Jing, the new monarch of the Song Kingdom, ascended the throne. At the age of three, in addition to being sad and nervous, his only consolation was to hear that Aunt Xiao had given birth to a younger sister.

He was about to ask his mother to visit his newborn sister in Suhua Palace, but he heard the palace maids whispering: "The princess of Suhua Palace is really blessed and shallow, and she died just after giving birth to her daughter." "In my opinion, it is not the princess of the Qi Kingdom who has a thin life, but her newborn daughter. It should be the life of a princess, but it can't get the pain of my father and the love of my mother, so it's better for us. ”

Liu Jing trotted into the queen mother's bedroom, grabbed Qiao Jing's hand and said, "Queen mother, I heard that Aunt Xiao died, is it true?" ”

Qiao Jing said impatiently: "The production is already dangerous, so she should be buried for your father." ”

Liu Jing asked: "Then my only sister has no mother, can she come to her mother's harem and be raised by her mother?" ”

Qiao Jing said: "You better take care of your own business first!" ”

Liu Jing begged hard, but Qiao Jing didn't want to adopt the little disaster star of Nake's father and mother, and repeatedly made excuses to prevaricate, and finally Liu Jing couldn't twist his mother, so he had to give up.

Later, Liu Jing heard that Aunt Lin, who had been confined to the Splendid Garden before his father's expedition, adopted his only sister. He also heard that Aunt Lin named her "Forgiveness".

After a day, Liu Jing secretly ran to the Splendid Garden, and saw Aunt Lin holding a little baby in the hall, shaking it gently while humming the Chu folk song: "Little baby, sleep well, after waking up, call Mom." Are there flowers and butterflies in the dream, is there a Chu waterside in the dream......"

The baby pouted and slept soundly. Liu Jing walked over gently, beckoned to Aunt Lin, and without speaking, he stood up and looked at his sister curiously. He hopes that his sister will grow up soon, be able to run and talk, so that he will not be lonely.

******

The night was confused, and a black canopy boat was slowly driving on Chu Shui. The boatman saw that the guest officer was dressed in white, holding a small baby in his arms, the baby did not cry or make a fuss, occasionally woke up, occasionally fell asleep, and the white-clothed boy had a face like ashes, expressionless. The boat family felt that most of the men in white had unfortunately lost his wife and left the country alone with their children, and they felt that the father and son were really pitiful, and they didn't dare to say more.

Zhuge escaped and hugged the sleeping boy, his heart was painful, and Xiao Yi's words, before his death, echoed in his ears over and over again: "Zhuge , I want to live up to your kindness." I'm really tired, I can't enjoy the mountains and rivers with you, and I can't fly with Liu Ying...... Before Liu Ying set out on the expedition, she had not named her child. I would like to name him 'Ying', hoping that he will be able to face both good and bad times in the future. Please, take him out of the Song Kingdom and raise him to grow up. Someday, if he knows where he came from, I want you to tell him that his mother never regretted it...... In my dressing box, there is a luminous Qi white jade ring, which was a redemption given to me by a son when I was in Fanjing, and it is a rare treasure in the world...... The boy didn't say a few words to me, but I remember his voice and appearance, and I always remember it...... This jade, for Ying'er, is the only gift I can give him in this life...... Zhuge is sorry...... Sorry ......"

Xiao Yi's hand slipped and fell to the edge of the collapse, and Zhuge said absolutely: "Xiao Yi, I want the countries of Kyushu to give you a funeral!" ”