After ten days of traveling, Yuan Kuan escorted Concubine Zheng and Ying'e to Luoyang smoothly, and Yuan Ziyou personally led the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to greet him at the gate of Chang Closed Gate, and then set up a banquet in the Taiji Hall to celebrate the return of Concubine to the palace. Ying'e was tired from traveling and her body had not recovered, so she went back to Jiafu Hall to rest with the permission of Yuan Ziyou. Just over half of the banquet, Yuan Ziyou was finally relieved and led Zhang Haosong to visit Ying'e.

Fuzhi served Ying'e just after she fell asleep, stayed by her side, gently beat her legs to relieve fatigue, and dozed in a daze. Suddenly, she heard movement in the hall, and when she raised her eyes, she saw that a man in imperial robes and a man dressed as a eunuch were already standing beside her. Fuzhi looked at her clothes and knew that it was Yuan Ziyou who came to visit Ying'e, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to bow down, but Yuan Ziyou waved her hand and signaled her to retreat quietly, so as not to disturb Ying'e. Fu Zhi got up willingly, followed Zhang Haosong and tiptoed back, and waited outside the hall.

Zhang Haosong, who was standing against the door of the hall, looked at this delicate girl carefully, under the curved willow eyebrows were a pair of eyes full of wisdom, and there was a pair of good-looking dimples on her round face, but whenever she laughed, the dimples were not filled with joy, but full of thoughts. He saw Fuzhi's eyes and asked, "The girl looks at her eyes tightly, she shouldn't be from the palace, she looks like an official lady." ”

Fuzhi was a little more cautious about Zhang Haosong's insight, she smiled respectfully, and saluted Zhang Haosong, "Father-in-law Zhang really raised the slave maid, the slave maid is just a rough girl, where is the official lady in the eyes of the father-in-law." ”

Zhang Haosong did not stop exploring because of Fuzhi's easy passing, her speech and demeanor are clearly well-cultivated, and her clear thinking of answering questions is impeccable, and it is by no means as simple as the rough girl she said in her mouth, "The girl is too humble, how can the personal palace maid next to the queen only do rough work, that is to have the keen eyes to see the six roads and listen to the eight directions, the girl is a person who knows books and etiquette, and must have read a lot of books." ”

Fu Zhi replied with a faint smile, "The slave and maid only know a few words, and when they were young, the slave and maid followed when they were waiting for other masters to read and learn words." This Aunt Buqiu is old, and the queen mercifully sent her to stay in Jinyang, which also gave her a good result of returning to her hometown. It's just that our queen doesn't have anyone to serve in front of her, so the princess asked the second lady to choose a slave to serve the queen, but she just watched the slave and maid be sensible and steady. ”

Zhang Haosong was more satisfied with Fuzhi's humility and arrogance, and when he heard that it was chosen by Gu Ronghua, he thought that he was also a person who could rest assured, but he wondered why Gu Ronghua didn't report the matter, and he left a little heart in his heart, and he didn't go down anymore, "After talking about it for a long time, I still don't know the girl's name." ”

"Slave and maid Fuzhi, the name was rewarded by the queen's mother."

"Fuzhi, good name." Zhang Haosong said calmly, "The queen's palace maid only needs the queen to use it comfortably, and I hope that Miss Fuzhi will serve the queen well in the future, and don't be distracted." ”

Fu Zhi glanced at Zhang Haosong's expression and smiled calmly, "Grandpa Zhang said that he laughed, if the slave maid has a heart, it is a pig and a dog." If the queen doesn't worry about the slave maid, she won't take the slave back to the palace, you say yes, Grandpa Zhang? ”

Zhang Haosong smiled, "Yes, yes." If so, the emperor is also relieved. As he spoke, he listened attentively to the movement in the room, and as if he heard Ying'e crying in a low voice, he sighed and shook his head.

Yuan Ziyou in the hall gently patted Ying'e's shoulder and comforted gently, "Queen, I will have children with you in the future, but this child has no fate with us." Hello give birth to a good body, and then try to help me conceive a child, okay? ”

Ying'e gently wiped her tears and deliberately tentatively said, "Your Majesty, it's useless to be a concubine, this eye can't see people accurately, and she has been framed several times, but they are all people around you." On that day, the concubine thought about the bad master and servant, and thought about sending her on the last ride, so she went to the post station. It's just that when the concubine saw Sai Xuan's body, she found that there were faint bruises on her cheeks, and the concubine couldn't help but wonder, was she pinching her face and drinking the crane top red? But after reading her suicide note, she hated the concubine so much, and wanted to frame the concubine, and the concubine couldn't help but ask herself, where did she mistreat her. ”

Yuan Ziyou didn't expect Ying'e to go to check the corpse, he was shocked, his brows tightened slightly, but he quickly regained his peace, "The queen shouldn't have gone to see the corpse of that sinner, you are not in good shape, so I didn't have to rush you." I heard that the test was made by someone from your father's house, and I wanted to look at it carefully, and he said that he had committed suicide by taking poison, and did not mention any bruises, so I guess there would be nothing wrong. You may have just lost a child, you feel uncomfortable, and you are tired these days, and there are some people who don't really see it. After all, this is the first child you and me, and it's like this, and I feel that I can't live with you, and it's not good for me to be by your side and let you bear so much alone. I want to tell the queen something, Sai Wan plotted to kill the prince, and it is not a pity to die, but her husband has followed me for many years and is loyal to me. The queen mother is the world, and it should be the people who should be loved, so it is better to avoid Xi Yi's capital crime. If the queen is not angry in her heart, I will punish Xi Yi with a 100 rod to punish him for not being strict with his wife, what does the queen think? ”

Ying'e understood that Yuan Ziyou was just deliberately telling Xi Yi at this time and plotting to kill the prince, which was a crime of beheading, and Yuan Ziyou actually brought it so lightly, he must know the reason, so he didn't want to implicate innocent people. Since this is the case, then Ying'e, the real mastermind behind the scenes, is even more sure in her heart that what Qi Wan did must have nothing to do with Concubine Zheng.

After Sai Wan's death, Qi Xuan's face was not sad at all. When Ying'e questioned the old relationship between Sai Wan and Qi Wan, Qi Hua replied that she was pitiful because she saw that Sai Wan was pitiful, and she pleaded for her with kindness for a while, so that Sai Wan returned to Jiafu Palace, and finally cried hypocritically that she never expected Sai Wan to have such a femme fatale, and begged Ying'e to punish her for the crime of not being able to recognize people. Ying'e hated her for avoiding the serious, but she couldn't take out the letter to confront her, so she could only follow her self-reported sins, slap her mouth twenty, punish her to kneel in the Taimiao, and give her a faceless. Concubine Zheng can't hide it, and when she sees the punishment, she should also send Yueru to send supplements every day, and Ying'e also endures it for the sake of Yuanzi, and still asks for thanksgiving every day, so that outsiders seem to be calm as usual, but both sides are on the embankment of each other.

Ying'e snuggled up in Yuan Ziyou's arms with all kinds of grievances, and said with tears in her eyes, "Sai Wan has been serving by the concubine's side since she was a child, and the concubine still can't recognize people clearly, what can General Xi see clearly if she is only a husband and wife for more than a year?" General Xi is the emperor's minister, and he must not implicate the innocent because of the fault of Sai Xuan, but it seems that the emperor is not holy. The concubine only hopes that the emperor will take care of the government well, if the court is damaged for the concubine's sadness, but it is the concubine's, how can the concubine be the mother of the Great Wei? ”

"I have a good wife like you, but it's my luck, the fortune of the country. However, this matter of hurting the prince cannot be passed so easily, the queen only punished Ru Qihua for kneeling in the Taimiao, and the punishment was very light. I feel that she doesn't have to go back to the palace in the future, so she will abolish the title and serve the emperor in the Taimiao. Yuan Ziyou hugged Ying'e tightly and said.

Ying'e didn't expect Yuan Ziyou to have such an arrangement, she was happy in her heart, but she didn't show it, and said calmly, "She was selected by Concubine Zheng to give to the emperor, and besides, she is guilty of not knowing people, but the emperor abolished her title and asked her to guard the temple, so arranged, not afraid of breaking the concubine's heart?" ”

Yuan Ziyou kissed Ying'e deeply on the lips, and said affectionately, "I'm only afraid of hurting your heart, so I thought about sending it away when I was in Jinyang." It's just that Luoyang is undecided, I lack skills, and she has nothing wrong, and I can't directly damage the face of the concubine, and now I finally have a reason, and it's time to make a conclusion. Queen, I know that I have treated you badly these days, and I have broken your heart with that Qi Ju several times, I am childish, and I will make amends to you, are you willing to forgive me? ”

In the face of Yuan Ziyou's affectionate confession, looking at the man in front of her with a guilty face and tenderness in his eyes, the emaciated face told the difficulty of governing, Ying'e was a little moved and couldn't help herself, the original jealousy and suspicion of Yuan Ziyou in her heart were a little lighter, she still loved this man deeply, and wanted to find a thousand reasons for him at the moment. But this time, her heart that had just been shaken was quickly dispelled by reason, she knew that she had never really recognized the man in front of her, and the thousands of mysteries in her heart seemed to be inseparable from the person she loved deeply. She can tolerate him calculating anything related to government affairs, but she hopes that the child's affairs have nothing to do with him, this is the last thread that maintains their relationship, a faint one, looming and settling each other, although it seems so easy to break, but Ying'e still wants to protect, for the sake of the flute every night when she was young. "Your Majesty, the concubines never blame the emperor, it was the concubine's father who made the emperor unhappy, and the emperor was angry with the concubines, and there was a reason for the incident. It's just that the concubine doesn't want the emperor to use other women to hurt the concubine, the concubine's heart is towards the emperor, when she was in Jinyang, the concubine thought about the emperor every night, thinking about the flute sound of the cold palace back then, the Jiugao flute has not been played for a long time, I don't know if the song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" is still there. ”

Yuan Ziyou saw her mention the past, and from her eyes he could see that it was full of reminiscence, the mist in his eyes isolated the true feelings in his eyes, and he felt distressed for the estrangement between the two that was difficult to eliminate, but he was helpless. "If the queen wants to hear it, I will blow it to the queen now."

Ying'e carefully took out the Jiugao flute from her sleeve, and held it with Yuan Ziyou with both hands, "The concubine takes it with her every day, and she doesn't leave her for a moment, thinking that it is the emperor's friendship that follows the concubine, and the concubine's heart is not cold." ”

Yuan Ziyou's expression was a little moved, he took the bone flute, rubbed it carefully, put it to his lips, moved his fingers lightly, and the song "Baitou Yin" was melodious and tactful, like crying. At this time when the leakage is even deeper, the person who blows directly wakes up and sits and hears it, causing tears to spill his clothes, and he is sad and heavy.

Yuan Ziyou did not stay overnight that night, one Ying'e did not recover, and the other did not end the banquet. On the second day, the title of Qi Yu was abolished, and the will to stay in the temple was promulgated by Zhang Haosong, and Qi Yu was like a summer thunder, and he cried for a moment in a trance to go to Yuan Ziyou to ask for his guilt and ask to see Concubine Zheng.

Zhang Haosong asked her palace maid Ziyin to stop her, and said in a low voice, "You still don't want to make trouble, although Fang Geng has filled in the crime for you and beheaded him, but the emperor's heart is like a mirror, and he has torn his face needlessly, and when General Tianzhu is in trouble, will your life still be there." No, the one is the prince, the emperor is also looking at the face of the concubine to spare your life, the queen has an explanation, so she lightens this grievance, and the letter you gave to Fang Geng is just a piece of waste paper. If you have other thoughts and want to make trouble, our family will not stop you, let's make trouble, it is better to go to the Taiji Palace, our family wants to see who is suffering from this. ”

Qi Xuan, who was bluffing, hurriedly retracted her voice and asked tremblingly, "What letter did I send to Fang Geng, I don't understand what you are saying, it is not that you framed me." ”

Zhang Haosong showed a meaningful smile on his face, "Whether this letter is planted or substantiated, you know better than our family." Now that you are harming the prince, the emperor should punish you, one is to calm the anger of the ministers, and the other is to take care of the queen's mother's face, you say yes. Okay, our family is going to give the emperor a life, if you make trouble, our family will lead you there, you are safe, so reflect on it in the temple. ”

Qi Wan was so frightened that she fell backwards again and again, her legs were weak and almost knelt on the ground, her face was pale, she shook her head again and again, and said incoherently, "No, no, I won't make trouble, I won't make trouble..."

Zhang Haosong looked at her panic and felt a little happy, glanced at her, took people away directly, and turned around and instructed Yuan Jian, the eunuch in charge of the temple, "Don't treat her harshly or kindly, eat three meals a day, this kneeling hour will be full, and the ten palms every day should be ruthless, you can ask the palace maid next to the queen to check." ”

Yuan Jian wrote them down one by one, "This Ru Qihua is a person from the concubine's side, if the concubine has an explanation, the little one will report to the adult." ”

Zhang Haosong looked around, turned around and said, "The concubine can't be protected, when I came to you, the queen went to the concubine to ask for peace, and the concubine didn't argue with the palace maid, but said that the queen was lenient and the punishment was light." If the concubine has any orders, you can go back to the queen directly, and you don't have to let the emperor worry about this. ”

Yuan Jianzhi nodded, and said flatteringly, "Yes, yes, the little ones are all remembered, please rest assured, the order is done properly, and don't let the two sides pick out the slightest mistake." ”

"You old boy is clever, it's hard to believe that you have served three generations of monarchs, and there is one more thing, I heard that Li Guangan of Pujia Palace was in the Shen Criminal Division, and you transferred him to Taimiao on an errand, and everything has nothing to do with you." Zhang Haosong smiled slightly, and after explaining, he sat in a sedan chair behind his hands and rushed back to the Taiji Hall to resume his life.