On the first day of October, the Mengdong Festival, the official was sent to Tianshou Mountain to worship, and the emperor led the people to sacrifice in the palace. After the ceremony, the emperor hosted a banquet for officials on a cruise ship in Xiyuan.

At the beginning of winter, the water is slightly cool, even if the hibiscus is just right, it is not as fragrant as the incense.

The small sacrificial palace banquet, although no music is played, but this is the first gathering of monarchs and ministers this year, and the flood has passed, the king of Han is guilty, the emperor is in a good mood, and the banquet is also happy.

"I am very pleased to hear that many local wealthy families in Kaifeng Prefecture are giving porridge and medicine in medical centers and pharmacies to alleviate the conflicts of the victims. I have decreed that the Henan provinces will be exempted from paying taxes this year, and when winter comes, I hope that the victims will return to their hometowns and not be displaced. ”

"His Royal Highness's concern for the people is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty. We will do our best to move forward with this matter. ”

"I'm very curious, the rich family was forced to release grain by the silver-faced Langjun, is this soup soup and medicine volunteered?"

The emperor knew that Hu Yanjin was a silver-faced gentleman, and he was a little more cordial in his heart, and even felt that forcing the rich to open a warehouse and release grain was very much in line with him.

"This ......" Henan Zuobu political envoy secretly pinched his sweat and said: "The minister has never received a report that they are not volunteers, but they only know that the Jishi Medical Center for medicine has branches in all the provinces of Henan. ”

As soon as he heard this, the officials next to him all praised him, and the emperor smiled and set his eyes on the rippling surface of the liquid pool.

Not far away, on the water platform of the swan house, there is an attendant who is holding a bucket and throwing food into the water, and the swans on the water surface are fluttering their wings, constantly piercing their fierce sons, pecking up and down.

Zhu Zhanji suddenly remembered that Hua Qiao fell into the water on the water platform that year, and he still carried her out of Xiyuan all the way...... At that time, there was water inside and outside on my body, and I didn't even realize it.

Hua Qiao, now she must be with Hu Yanjin, she doesn't belong to this deep palace after all.

Not far from this dragon boat, there is the phoenix boat. The people here are no less than those on the emperor's side.

The queen sat in the center, and on either side sat the concubines and the foreign women.

Not long ago, Xu Zhijin, together with two other officials, was designated by the emperor to be responsible for cleaning up the old cases of the three divisions and formulating and revising the punishment. It is also rumored that Dali Siqing is preparing to be transferred, and Xu Shaoqing has the potential to succeed him.

Fang Hanwen was also transferred back to the capital and became the judge of the Salt Envoy Division, and the oppression of the Fang family due to Yi Chengjin's case was also suddenly reduced.

Thanks to the mother's escape, Fang Wanyan on the phoenix boat, although standing in the back row of the foreign wife, was also at ease.

However, her mind was not on that. According to the rules of the palace banquet, the foreign woman can bring a maid into the palace, and when they get on the boat, the maid must stay on the shore and wait.

The person she brought in was the buckwheat.

Before getting on the boat, she took the opportunity to ask for peace and had already told Sun Guifei the place of meeting, although Sun Rou was surprised, she still nodded and agreed to meet Hua Qiao.

Although it is early winter, the West Garden is still full of flowers. Rows of hibiscus bloom proudly, and chrysanthemums of all colors are reluctant to leave.

The loveliest thing is the sunset along the mountain rocks, climbing the vines, and the blue, crimson, and purple trumpets are gorgeous and colorful under the warm sun, blooming with the last beauty of the year.

The buckwheat sat in the pavilion deep in the flowers.

"Mother." Hua Qiao saw Sun Rou coming alone, and hurriedly stood up to meet him.

"Is it really you? Amitabha, I was relieved to see that you were okay. Sun Rou pulled Hua Qiao to sit down and asked, "Is it important for you to venture back to the palace?" ”

Hua Qiao nodded, looked at Sun Rou's somewhat haggard face and said:

"If I don't come, you will wronged the imperial brother in vain."

"Wronged...... Emperor? ”

"Not bad. I know that there is a palace maid in your palace who is pregnant, and you feel uncomfortable, but this is the same thing as you have not been able to get pregnant. ”

Sun Rou was shocked, grabbed Hua Qiao's wrist and asked, "I haven't been able to get pregnant...... What is the meaning? ”

"When I went to Hongluo Temple, the emperor hadn't started to spoil the concubines, and after he came back, he spent most of his time in your palace, right? It is also because of this that the palace maid can get a vacancy. ”

Sun Rou was a little frustrated, and turned her head: "You mean, because I haven't been pregnant, the emperor favored her?" Or is it in my bed? ”

"The tea you drank in Hongluo Temple, the wine that the emperor drank in your palace, didn't you doubt it?"

"Tea ...... Could it be that there is a problem with some bitter tea in Hongluo Temple? Wine ...... in my palace"

"When I was in Hongluo Temple, I felt that there was something wrong with the tea, but I couldn't say it. Didn't you also ask the doctor to test it, and there was no poison in it. There is no deadly poison in this tea, and drinking seven cups in a row will make a woman infertile. ”

Hua Qiao said with some guilt: "I didn't understand it at the time, but when I met my father and asked, he told me that the alum used in the temple to purify water will cause infertility if it exceeds a certain amount......"

Sun Rou's face turned pale, gritted her teeth and said, "It must be the queen!" That time, only the queen did not go. She is really poisonous, first put a bunch of palace maids in various palaces, and then made all the concubines unable to give birth to children. And the children born to the palace maid can be hers. ”

"So I wonder why the royal brother is so drunk that he can't even tell the difference between people after only two glasses of wine? Will he be manipulated in his wine? As soon as the third princess cried, the royal brother got drunk, don't you think this is too coincidental? ”

Sun Rou said a little uncomfortably:

"He explained to me that it was me...... But I'm so angry that he can pamper any woman, but not in my bed...... Was it me, misunderstood him? ”

Hua Qiao held her hand: "It's also difficult for the imperial brother, if you are not happy, he will not be happy." The queen is so confused, please be more considerate of the emperor. The child of this palace maid must be born well, but the queen must not be taken away. ”

Sun Rou's eyes were red, she could no longer have children, she couldn't accept this reality, she looked at Hua Qiao pitifully:

"Alum...... Is it really impossible to make up for it? ”

"I'm studying medicine right now, let's look together, there will definitely be some way to recuperate my body. No matter what, you have to be happy first, don't fight with the royal brother. ”

Sun Rou couldn't help laughing: "Could it be that he invited him back to be a peacemaker?" How much saliva money does he give you? I'll go out double, and you go and talk about him. ”

"Good! Then I'll collect money at both ends and do only one thing. Hua Qiao also smiled:

"Brother Huang doesn't recognize me as a sister anymore, why do I have to find myself unhappy? Is it bad to be at ease outside the palace? ”

"You...... Married to Hu Yanjin? Sun Rou asked with some curiosity.

"No ...... yet" Speaking of getting married, Hua Qiao smiled shyly.

The two said a few more words, Sun Rou's heart was already much better, and the matter had come to this point, so she could only find a way to cure the disease, and at the same time, keep the child of the palace maid and prevent the queen from taking it away.

Hua Qiao also told her that she would not give up and would find another way to find witnesses.

The two left the flower pavilion one after another.