In the depths of the palace, a palace was crowded with people. The ladies were waiting outside, wanting to talk but not daring to make a loud noise.

In the dormitory, Mei Xiaoren lay unconscious on the bed, making everyone waiting by the bed tug at their hearts.

Ji Nanrou sat beside the Queen Mother, and she was particularly worried. She had been watching the Imperial Doctor take the pulse intently from the moment she sat here, because she wanted an answer, one that might make her more painful and doubtful.

The imperial doctor squatted beside the bed to take the pulse carefully, and only got up for a long time and said to the queen mother: "Back to the queen mother, the lady's body is fine, but she is suffering from heat stroke, just recuperate." ”

"Then ......" the Queen Mother was still worried, "what about the child?" ”

The imperial doctor looked back at the person lying on the bed and said, "Back to the Queen Mother, Madame is not pregnant." ”

The Queen Mother was taken aback, and then advised: "You have to be careful, this matter is not a joke!" ”

The imperial doctor said very seriously: "Don't worry, the queen mother can't be wrong, the prime minister's wife is really not pregnant." ”

The Queen Mother wiped her chest and sighed, "Thank God." ”

The corners of Ji Nanrou's lips raised slightly, and she felt a joy in her heart that she hadn't had for a long time.

Haoyang shook the Empress Dowager's arm and said angrily: "Empress Dowager, didn't she commit the crime of bullying the monarch again?" It's too much, you can't spare her this time! ”

"Nonsense, if she can wake up and mourn her family, she has to thank the Bodhisattva for complaining, let alone punishing crimes."

"The Queen Mother, she dared to lie that she was pregnant, maybe even Brother Yu was kept in the dark by her, it was a mistake to lie, not to mention bullying the king and the prime minister!"

"If she really lied, she could hide it from His Majesty and the mourning family, and she could hide it from Gu Xiang?" The Queen Mother turned her eyes to the side and sighed again, "Now that I think about it, it's just a misunderstanding by the mourning family, she never said that she was pregnant, where did the crime of bullying come from." ”

The sun is setting, the incense is almost burned again, and there is still no sound in the dormitory.

"Chu Yu ......"

The faint sound of the person on the bed broke the silence of the place, allowing the person who was drinking tea by the window to hear it very clearly.

Ji Nanrou's throat seemed to be choked by something, and it took a while to swallow the tea, and slowly turned her eyes to the bed, and saw someone's fingers moving.

Aunt Rong stayed by the bedside and said happily: "Girl, Madame is awake." ”

Ji Nanrou's face was not pleasant, she put down the teacup, walked towards the bed, stared at her eyes, and sighed in a somewhat illusory voice: "Wake up...... It's just ......."

She stopped before she could get closer, and glanced at Mei Xiaoren. In fact, she didn't have the heart to take care of anyone, and she didn't even want to see her, so she stayed here to listen to the Queen Mother's orders, and waited for Mei Xiaoren to wake up so that she could go to the Queen Mother to return to her life.

She turned and walked towards the door, and ordered the female officer to keep watch.

Mei Xiaoren's eyes opened in an instant, her hands grabbed the sheets under her, and her heart beat fast, because she had a dream, a very long and not very good dream, and she broke out in a cold sweat.

She sat up with her body propped up, and looked around in a panic, it was a place she was not familiar with, and only then did she remember that she was not in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Chu Yu was not around.

"Madame is finally awake."

Mei Xiaoren looked at the female officer with a voice, frowned and asked, "What's wrong with me?" ”

"Madame had a heat stroke and fainted in the garden."

"Fainted from heat stroke?"

Mei Xiaoren was shocked when she asked, because this was a surprise to her, she knew her body, she had never fainted for no reason, as for the heat stroke...... It's even more ridiculous!

When she was in charge of the river work in Xuanzhou, she ran back and forth in the hundred miles of rivers under the scorching sun, and she never felt dizzy, let alone "poured".

What's more, there are many people in the female family who look weaker than her, why did they just pour her?

Mei Xiaoren recalled vigorously, remembering that she was accompanying the Queen Mother to enjoy the lotus, and suddenly felt weak and dizzy in her limbs, and then lost consciousness as soon as it was dark in front of her eyes......

"Has the Imperial Doctor seen it, did you say anything else?"

"The imperial doctor checked Madame's pulse and said that Madame was just suffering from heat stroke, and she would be fine after resting."

Mei Xiaoren lowered his eyes, nodded slowly, and responded: "Got it." ”

"Madame has been in a coma for most of the day, but do you want to eat? The slave and maid then told the kitchen to do it. ”

"No need, you go down and rest, I'll rest again."

"Yes, the slave and maid are gone."

After Aunt Rong left, Mei Xiaoren continued to lie down. Although she had some doubts in her heart, she couldn't tell whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, and maybe it was because her body was not as good as before; If it was a man-made disaster, she just fainted, what did others bother with?

She also doesn't know if she has handled too many cases herself, so that when she encounters something slightly abnormal, she will suspect that there is something else hidden.

Mei Xiaoren raised her hand and rubbed the corners of her forehead, wanting to relax her head, and the dark green bracelet on her wrist reflected her eyes.

She just had a terrible dream, she can't remember what the beginning of the dream was, only remember that the capital was engulfed by war, she stood alone at the corner of the street and looked around, it was night, the fire was raging everywhere, she began to look everywhere, shouting everywhere, but she couldn't find where he was.

The dream was not credible, she would panic because she was afraid that the dream would come true, because Chu Yu said that Qingjun was not relying on his brain but on force.

Mei Xiaoren even put the bracelet on her chest with her hand, she began to want to go back, wanted to guard him all day, so that no matter what happened, he would not want to leave her alone.

She turned to the window and saw a bronze mirror on the couch in front of the window, facing the bed.

The dormitory was not large, and she could clearly see that there seemed to be a shallow mark on the back of her neck.

This is a place where she usually looks in the mirror and doesn't deliberately look at it, although she didn't notice it before, but if she wants to identify the origin of the traces, she naturally knows it in her heart.

Mei Xiaoren wiped her face, it was okay if she didn't see it, but when she saw it, she lost the courage to see people for a while, and even wanted to resign from the Queen Mother tomorrow and go back to settle an account on the grounds that she was unwell.

When night fell, Mei Xiaoren got out of bed, straightened his clothes, and simply combed his hair.

There was a knock on the door outside.

"Who."

"It's me."

This is Ye Zhi's voice.

She looked out into the dark night and hesitated.

She is already a woman, and there are many constraints on being a woman, for example, it is inappropriate to let Ye Zhi in at this hour, but Lao Ye kindly came to see her and turned him away, and she couldn't bear it.

Ye Zhi is the deputy commander of the forbidden army, and after saving Jiang Rong for meritorious service, he should be promoted soon.

If Wei Guogong wants to clear the monarch's side, he will most likely use Ye Zhi and the tens of thousands of forbidden troops in his hands.

If she doesn't want her dream to come true, Ye Zhi's position is very important, now she doesn't have many opportunities to see Lao Ye, and it is even more rare to be able to talk for a while, she should try to lobby...... Go for ......

Mei Xiaoren opened the door and saw Ye Zhi waiting outside, still carrying a food box in his hand.

She pointed to the stone table and stone bench in the courtyard, and said with a smile: "Old Ye, let's sit there." ”