After the banquet, Xie Ruqing drank tea in Yu's room, and Yu didn't avoid her, asking what Xiaoliu saw. Xiao Liu hesitated and whispered: "Princess, I don't know if this counts as a problem, the little young master's one foot is six fingers." ”

Yu Shi was stunned, "Six? Can you see clearly? ”

Xiao Liu nodded, "Naturally, I can see it clearly, otherwise how dare I say it, the eldest aunt and grandmother did everything possible to cover it up, so that no one could look at it, when I went in, she covered the little master's feet in front of me, and I took a closer look at his feet, which were six fingers." ”

Although the six-fingered feet do not affect life, in the big family, this is also one of the criticisms, if this is placed in the royal family, it is likely to lose the opportunity to inherit the throne.

Is Huixin afraid that she will cover it up because of this?

Yu didn't figure out why she was for a while, so he asked Xie Ruqing what she thought, "Do you know why she is doing this?" Our family is not as strict as other people's, and it doesn't affect anything if the child is a little sick, why is she so careful? ”

If it weren't for the Qi family rushing to change the little master's diaper today, Xie Ruqing probably wouldn't have figured it out, but at this moment she could guess the approximate.

But she didn't show it, she thought about it and said: "It stands to reason that there is nothing wrong with this, is it that Huixin grew up in the people and thought we would dislike it?" ”

Yu frowned, "Didn't the eldest aunt and grandmother not dislike it, what did Hui Xin do so much?" ”

Yu Shi is not stupid in the end, she thought of this layer, Xie Ruqing didn't say more, and let herself think slowly.

"That's not right," Yu finally thought of where the strange point was, "Aunt and grandmother are such a person, she didn't say anything when she saw the child's six fingers?" ”

This is indeed very strange, the Qi family, picking bones in eggs all day long, who is a little bad in the family, she will definitely say it, and it is a big talk, the little young master has six fingers, according to her temper, I am afraid that she will have to be sarcastic, and then compare her own children. But now she not only didn't say it, but also covered it up in every possible way, is this normal?

This probably means that she and Hui Xin have reached some kind of deal in this regard, and if the Qi clan is not beneficial, they will definitely not talk so well.

"Princess," the old lady beside her said at this time, "I heard that the six fingers are inherited, and there is no such precedent in our house, why did the little young master give birth to six fingers?" ”

Yu was taken aback, "Where did you hear this, can you take it seriously?" ”

The old lady said: "Don't the people say this, the princess may not have encountered such a thing, anyway, as far as I know, it is all inherited." ”

Yu's brows tightened even tighter, Qi Zhiyuan is definitely not six fingers, neither is the prince, and there are no six fingers in herself, including her mother's family, how could Zhiyuan's child give birth to six fingers out of thin air?

"Is there something wrong with Huixin?"

The old lady said: "There is no princess, you can see it when she usually makes shoes for her, if there is, it will definitely not be able to cover it up." If the princess is not at ease, she will know if she asks the prince? ”

Yu expected that if Huixin had it, Qi Zhiyuan would definitely dislike it, so it was almost certain that Huixin didn't.

Then this is strange, is it really providential that their children have six fingers so much?

"Speaking of shoes, I think of something." Xie Ruqing suddenly said, "Young Master Sun of my aunt's family, one of his shoes is bigger than the other, I have seen it a few times, and I wondered for a while, but I haven't confirmed it, I don't know if it's wrong." ”

Yu was stunned, and didn't understand the relationship here for a while, what does Qi's grandson's six-fingered grandson have to do with her own grandson, could it be that Qi's is six-fingered, so she indirectly inherited two children?

"Have you ever seen that?" Yu asked the ladies and girls, "You people who have served those two little ancestors think about it, have you ever seen the feet of the young master of the Qian family?" ”

Xiao Liu didn't see it, so she went down to ask the others, and after a while she came back and said, "It's true, a sister who took care of Miss Qian said that she had seen the young master of the Qian family take off his shoes, and it was six fingers." ”

Yu was puzzled, and went to the prince's study to ask if the aunt and grandmother were six-fingered, but the prince didn't remember that Qi's had six fingers.

"Why do you suddenly ask this?" The prince was puzzled.

Yu had no choice but to tell the truth to the prince. After listening to the prince for a long time, Yu Shi said anxiously: "What's the matter, Lord Wang, do you think there is something wrong here?" ”

The prince frowned, as if he was hesitating whether to say this matter or not, and only said after a while, "As far as I know, Qian Dakun is six fingers." ”

Qian Dakun is the man of the Qi family, if he has it, it proves that three generations of their family may have inherited this problem, but this has nothing to do with Huixin's children?

The Yu family was simply puzzled, and it was not good to talk much in front of the prince, so as not to cause criticism to Qi Zhiyuan again. But she didn't say it, but the prince took the initiative to ask: "Huixin's child was born prematurely?" ”

He didn't ask too much about the woman's family, he only knew that Huixin was pregnant before he entered the door, but he heard Yu say this just now, and there might be something wrong with the child, so he asked more.

Yu nodded: "It was born prematurely, she had a body before entering the door, it must be less than two months away, I was afraid of affecting the reputation of the palace, so I planned to wait for her to give birth at full term to find a reason for premature birth to cover it up, who knew that she was really born prematurely, this came and went, the time difference was three or four months, today's full moon banquet, many ladies sneered, I don't want to say more, I can only be criticized by them." ”

Wang Ye frowned, "During the time she had a body, didn't she arrange for the imperial doctor to ask for a pulse every day, did she ever say that there was a problem?" ”

"Lord Wang, you don't know," Yu Shi was depressed when he said this, "The imperial doctor was invited by Zhiyuan himself, not Imperial Doctor Zhang, and I don't want to ask too much about some things, anyway, he didn't say anything wrong with Huixin." ”

Isn't this going to be an unsolved case?

In the end, the prince was sensible, he said: "You ask Qi Zhiyuan in private, if the imperial doctor has not said anything, then there is no problem, and we will not avoid thinking about this matter more." ”

The man thinks that the problem is so simple, Yu Shi doesn't believe in the imperial doctor who diagnoses Huixin's pulse at all, but in front of the prince, she can only agree, "The prince is right, I will ask far away in private." ”

Qi Zhiyuan, a big-hearted fool, asked him in vain, and Yu simply went to check Huixin by himself. A woman's intuition is often more powerful than evidence, and a series of doubts led Yu to be sure that there was something wrong with Huixin, and there was an eighty percent chance that the child was not Qi Zhiyuan.

However, the Yu family did not ask his own people to investigate this matter, but begged his own sister-in-law, who was the master mother of the General's Mansion, the Li family. Li asked his henchmen and the little maid to go to the folk to check Huixin's old affairs, and within a few days, they really found out the problem.

On this day, the Li family personally came to the palace to take a look at the Yu family and said: "I have asked someone to check this matter, guess so, everyone says that this girl Huixin is indecent, didn't she open a tea stall, and she shows up all day long, I don't know how many men think about her." ”

Yu's heart sank, "What specific evidence is there?" ”

Li smiled meaningfully, "Sister, with all due respect, if there is evidence for this kind of thing, it will be called catching a rapist in bed, Huixin is afraid that he has not been drowned by the spitting star a long time ago, so it is naturally not so easy to leave evidence, but there is no wind and no waves, in a person like ours, even if it is just a problem with reputation, it cannot be believed." ”

The Li family is a bystander, more sober than the Yu family, but the Yu family is not confused from the beginning, how could she not know that the reputation in the big family is favored, even if she marries a daughter-in-law, no matter how good she is, if there is a little bad reputation, then she can't ask for it. But at that time, Qi Zhiyuan was like that, she subconsciously indulged her son, and Huixin had a child, so she agreed.

Today, when the Li family mentioned it like this, the Yu family finally sobered up, Huixin was no longer a virgin when he followed Qi Zhiyuan, the child was not right, and he didn't know which pariah's seed it was, and the Qiyang Wangfu was completely wronged.

Once it was determined that the child was not from the Qiyang Palace, the Yu family would not be pleasing to Huixin, and they couldn't wait for a moment, they just wanted to ask Qi Zhiyuan to take a break from her quickly. However, she has no evidence, Qi Zhiyuan will not believe it, and the trouble is still an internal contradiction.

Just when the Yu family was bent on finding evidence to make Qi Zhiyuan believe, but he was at a loss, Huixin himself died.

Recently, the emperor's headache has become more and more severe, and he often can't restrain himself from pain in the last court or on the way to the meeting, so he must repair the court, and the courtiers will be panicked when the number of times is too much, and anyone can see that there is a big problem with the emperor's body.

The emperor's body is the foundation of the world in a certain way, once he has a problem, it is equivalent to changing the dynasty, not to mention that there is no prince now, who will take the throne is still unknown, so the forces of all parties are more and more ready to move.

The more anxious the emperor is, the more aggravated his condition is, he often can't sleep all night, and he has to rely on medicine to sleep for an hour or two, and Yao Guifei's sweet soup is becoming more and more ineffective for him, because he has a seizure of one or two days at the beginning and drinks a bowl at a time, and then he has several seizures a day, and he has to drink several bowls a day, which is more frequent than drinking tea, which makes the emperor very unbearable, drinking too much sweet soup will make him nauseated, he doesn't even have the appetite to eat, and he is emaciated for a few days.

Therefore, the imperial doctor didn't let him drink anymore, and could only prescribe him some prescriptions to relieve headaches, but it was almost useless, and after leaving the sweet soup, the emperor couldn't stand it even more, and often wanted to hit his head against the wall.

Qi Yanzhi's life by the emperor's side was a little difficult, when the emperor was sensible, he was fine, once he had a headache, he didn't recognize his six relatives, and even Qi Yanzhi couldn't get a good face.

On this day, Qi Yanzhi was thrown out of the study by the emperor with a tea cup, and Gonggong Li sighed when he saw him, "Master Hou, you bear with me, the emperor doesn't have the intention to do this, he values Lord Hou the most, if it weren't for the headache that made him lose his mind, he couldn't do this to Lord Hou." ”

Qi Yanzhi nodded, "Lord Li takes good care of the emperor." ”

Gonggong Li looked at him and was stunned for a moment, feeling that Qingyang Hou was too calm, and if he was someone else, he had to be a little sad or anxious at this time. Yao Guifei is even more exaggerated, she cries once she comes, and she thinks that the emperor has died if she doesn't know.

But if you think about it, Qingyang Hou seems to be such a person, he is as calm when he is respected by the emperor, and Gonggong Li feels that it is nothing when he thinks about it like this.

"Yes, Master Hou walks slowly."

Qi Yanzhi came out of the emperor's palace and met the Nine Emperor Princes who were waiting for him here.

The two met almost every day to talk about something, and Qi Yanzhi was not surprised to see him, "You want to go to my house for dinner?" ”

Yu Ning smiled, "It's okay, anyway, there's nothing to eat in the palace." ”

The two of them went out of the palace and slowly walked towards the Qingyang Marquis Mansion, and on the way, Yu Ning asked a little solemnly: "Can the Hou Ye see the appearance of his father?" ”

Qi Yanzhi nodded, and Yu Ning asked again: "Now that my father is sick, the imperial doctor in the palace has no way, and the court will only become more and more chaotic in the long run, do you think it is inconvenient to invite the divine doctor into the palace?" ”

This matter Yu Ning has been brewing for a long time, because after he became acquainted with Qi Yanzhi, he understood the reason why Wang Chong didn't want to enter the palace, logically speaking, he shouldn't force people's choice, people don't like the royal family, and they don't want to treat people from the royal family, after all, the royal family is too complicated, and no one wants to come in and wade into troubled waters.

But now that the emperor's medicine is ineffective, the country will be finished if it goes on like this, so Yu Ning still opened his mouth with Qi Yanzhi after some entanglement.

Qi Yanzhi was not very surprised, he had long expected that Yu Ning would ask like this, but he couldn't be the master, Wang Chong had a grudge against the emperor, and the emperor's life or death had nothing to do with him, he would not enter the palace at all.

"Do you think I can influence Wang Chong's thoughts?" Qi Yanzhi asked rhetorically.

Yu Ning really thought so, he could see that the relationship between Wang Chong and Qi Yanzhi was not ordinary, if it was Qi Yanzhi's request, Wang Chong might give face.

"It's me who took the liberty, if it weren't for my father's body, I wouldn't embarrass you, if it really doesn't work, then it may be destiny." It was impossible for Yu Ning to force Qi Yanzhi, he really didn't want him to be reluctant.

"What do the Nine Emperor Princes think about the current situation?" Qi Yanzhi turned to ask him.

Yu Ning didn't know what he meant by suddenly talking about this, but he still thought about it carefully and said, "There is no successor." ”

After the crown prince was deposed, there was no one among the princes who could take the lead, like a plate of loose sand, not particularly outstanding, especially when the emperor was sick, it was even more desolate. So from the overall situation, the emperor should not have abolished the crown prince some time ago.

"Do the Nine Emperor Princes really think so?" Qi Yanzhi smiled, "Among the princes, your previous brothers can't mention it, even if you don't want to, everyone knows it, do you really think you can stay out of it?" ”

Yu Ning never thought that he would inherit the throne in the future, he had seen the ruthlessness of the royal family since he was a child, and he didn't like it here at all.

"My father won't think about me, my character is not suitable."

"It's not a matter of character now, the emperor needs a son who can support the court to succeed to the throne, once the person on the throne can't sit in this position, then the dynasty will be over."

Yu Ning understood what Qi Yanzhi meant, the emperor's illness is likely to be completely cured, and even if it can be cured, it will not happen overnight, for such a long time, those political parties that are ready to move cannot afford it, once they make any moves, the situation will be chaotic.

So at this time, a person who can take the lead stands up as soon as possible and succeeds to the throne as soon as possible, and as the prince, Yu Ning should actually fight for himself, because once other brothers succeed to the throne, his fate will definitely be the worst.

Qi Yanzhi shook his head, Yu Ning's temperament is really not suitable for the royal family, even if he knows in his heart, he can't say that he can fight for himself, and if he returns the kindness of a woman at this time, he will suffer from it in the future.

"I understand what Hou Ye means, but my father is still here, I can't look at him......"

"The Nine Emperors, everyone has their own fate, and the cycle of cause and effect cannot be controlled even by the emperor." Qi Yan's words stopped there.

Yu Ning nodded, "Thank you Lord Hou for reminding me, if the burden falls on me, I will definitely go all out." ”

After the emperor fell ill, all forces are trying to curry favor, Yao Guifei is especially good, it is said that she has eaten a month of fasting, and yesterday also announced that she will personally go to the temple on the fifteenth day of this month to pray for the emperor, and also invite the ladies and ladies of each family to go together, and the battle is very big.

"Yao Guifei wants to incite the whole people to pray for blessings." Xie Ru is going to the temple tomorrow to pray for blessings, and today he is going to pack his clothes at home, because he wants to stay in the temple for the night, "At this time, the more the battle is greater than her, the more advantageous it is for the third prince, it is useless to toss people." ”

She complained, and Qi Yanzhi smiled, "If you don't want to go, just find an excuse to get it off, it's okay." ”

Who wants to go, it seems that Yao Guifei is thinking about everyone and participating in the affairs of pleasing the emperor, but in the end, only Yao Guifei is the one who has a good name, and everyone else is just a foil, and they have to accept Yao Guifei's love in vain, which can be described as busy and unflattering.

"Then I can't not go away, it's useless to go, it's a sin not to go, Yao Guifei is worried that she can't find your handle, just one night, I can't bear it." Xie Ruqing was quite helpless, "But it's good to have Wanru to accompany me, you can rest assured." ”

Qi Yanzhi didn't have anything to worry about, he sent someone to follow, but he couldn't stand it a little bit, he couldn't stand being alone in the empty room, and he couldn't sleep alone when his daughter-in-law was not at home.

So this night, Lord Qi was very clingy, saying that he would get up early tomorrow and go to bed early, but he didn't mean to sleep at all, he held her to read a book for a while, and he wanted to eat supper for a while, anyway, he didn't let her leave half a step no matter what he did. Xie Ruqing didn't care about it at first, after all, Qi Yanzhi was usually quite clingy, but later found out that today was extremely sticky, and she had to follow her in the bath. finally figured it out, this person was reluctant to let her go.

"Hey, what are you doing, I'll take a shower, I'll come out soon, you go to the room and wait for me." Xie Ruqing pushed Qi Yanzhi, who followed up, "Go out, I'm going to take off my clothes." ”

"Why should I go out if you take off your clothes?" Qi Yanzhi was a scoundrel today, and he refused to go out even if he took a bath, he leaned against the door and looked at Xie Ruqing, "It's not that I haven't seen it." ”

Xie Ruqing's face turned red, how can this be the same, even if it is a person who is together all day, it is embarrassing to watch you undress face-to-face!

"If Madame is embarrassed, why don't you wash with your husband for you?" Qi Yanzhi said as he approached her, putting his hand on the placket of her clothes, "Will this lady be less shy?" ”

Xie Ruqing's face turned even redder, and he put his hand against the other party's chest, "You go out quickly, I want to wash it alone." ”

Qi Yanzhi smiled, and suddenly picked her up, Xie Ruqing exclaimed, "Hey, why are you like this!" ”

"That's how it is for a husband, the first day Madame met me?" Qi Yanzhi carried her into the bathtub and helped her untie her hair, "I'll help Mrs. wash it, it doesn't matter if you don't get used to it once, I will guarantee that Mrs. will never leave me again." ”