On this day, Concubine De and Ouyang Tong went to the queen's palace to visit the eleventh elder brother. The three of them sat around the room, and the queen looked at Ouyang Tong seriously: "Little Hitomi, are you in good health?" Ouyang Tong covered his mouth and smiled: "It's been a few months, it's been a long time ago, I can fly a few laps on the roof." Concubine De also covered her mouth and smiled: "Yes, yes, I saw her go to the tree to pick fruit yesterday, and I was so scared that I almost screamed." The queen raised an eyebrow: "Oh? Fruit picking? How can you have a baby and become naughty? Ouyang Tong smiled embarrassedly: "That fruit is very delicious to make dim sum, you see, didn't I bring it today." Ouyang Tong picked up the food box beside him and took out a plate of pastries inside. The queen picked up a piece of pastry and tasted it: "It tastes really good." Concubine De smiled: "Isn't it, yesterday she studied in the palace for a day and adjusted it more than a dozen times, just to make it the most suitable for your taste." ”

The queen was a little unconvinced: "Adjusted more than a dozen times? Ouyang Tong smiled embarrassedly: "Hehe, I'm afraid it's too sweet, you'll get tired, Sister Yun doesn't like sweet, you two have similar tastes, so I adjusted it carefully." The queen and Concubine De looked at each other and smiled: "You have a heart." Ouyang Tong sighed: "Now, I can only make some snacks to pass the time." "Yes, that virtuous concubine, maybe she is still holding back something bad." Concubine De said with some concern. Ouyang Tong nodded: "I don't know what the emperor thought of to treat her." The queen ate a few pieces of pastry, was satisfied, and said with a smile: "I guess that the emperor must be creating an atmosphere and pretending to make the eleventh prince the crown prince." Concubine De was a little surprised: "Is the emperor trying to force Concubine Xian into a desperate situation?" The queen nodded: "If you are not in a desperate situation, how can you fight hard." ”

Ouyang Tong took a sip of tea: "Is the emperor really determined to deal with the virtuous concubine this time?" The queen shook her head: "No, I guess that the virtuous concubine will only be demoted in the end, and will not hurt her foundation." Ouyang Tong was a little puzzled: "Why?" Concubine De said seriously: "Because of the forces behind Concubine Xian." The queen nodded: "The power of the Zhu family is intertwined, and the eldest prince is also the oldest among the current princes, if it is urgent, I am afraid it will not be good." Ouyang Tong looked at the queen and Concubine De with some surprise: "The emperor is afraid that the Zhu family will rebel?" The queen nodded: "It's not impossible." Ouyang Tong seemed to understand: "It can only weaken the power of the Zhu family little by little, and finally uproot it." Concubine De said in a low voice: "I have already sent a letter to my father, asking him to help the emperor investigate the Zhu family." "Does your father know about this?" The queen asked Ouyang Tong. Ouyang Tong nodded: "My father wrote to me yesterday, telling me that the emperor is secretly investigating the Zhu family, and asked me to be careful of the virtuous concubine in the harem. ”

"Your father loves you so much that even his letters are concerned about you." The queen said with some envy. Ouyang Tong shook his head with a smile: "It's not a secret, since I entered the palace, this is the first time that my father has asked someone to bring me a letter." Concubine De was a little curious: "In the past, didn't you write letters with your parents?" Ouyang Tong was a little helpless: "There are correspondences, but they are all from my mother." My father never had a word. The queen frowned: "It seems a little strange that your father treats you. Concubine De also nodded: "Prime Minister Ouyang loves his daughter and is well-known in Beijing, but, listening to you, your father used to treat you very harshly." Ouyang Tong nodded: "Although I eat with my father every day, my father has never said a word to me. Growing up, the only one who accompanied me was my mother. My mother treated me very well. ”

The queen frowned: "Maybe your father is not good at expressing himself." Ouyang Tong was about to speak, and a palace maid came outside the door: "Queen Qiyu, Yun promised to give birth." The queen frowned: "It's time to give birth, hurry up and prepare, you must ensure that the size is safe." The palace maid saluted and hurried to prepare. Miao Yu, go and inform the emperor. The queen commanded. Sister Jia, let's go over and have a look. Ouyang Tong proposed. Good. "So, the queen took Ouyang Tong and Concubine De to the west side hall, and in the side hall, the palace people were busy." Whether this cloud promises to turn over or not depends on this baby. Concubine De said with mixed feelings. Yes, I don't know who instigated her at the beginning, and now she has ended up in such a field. Ouyang Tong sighed helplessly.

The queen snorted coldly: "Who else do you say?" "In the harem, who likes to hide in the dark and stir up trouble the most, everyone knows it in their hearts. The queen shook her head helplessly: "Now, it's up to her to fight for herself." Miao Yu hurried over and reported to the queen: "Back to the queen, the emperor said that everything will be taken care of by the queen." The queen was a little incredulous: "Won't the emperor come?" Miao Yu nodded: "The emperor is discussing state affairs with the ministers in the imperial study, so he doesn't have time to come over." The queen nodded: "I see." The Empress and Concubine De and Ouyang Tong sat in the outhouse and waited. Listening to Yun Cheng's screams, Ouyang Tong's face was difficult to look at. "Hitomi-chan, what's wrong with you?" Concubine De asked in a low voice. "Hearing her scream like this, I thought of the pain during childbirth, and I couldn't bear it." Ouyang Tong replied in a low voice.

The queen patted Ouyang Tong's shoulder: "Your screaming that day was much more tragic than this, I listened outside the door, and my heart was pinched." Ouyang Tong took a sip of tea: "That day of delivery, I felt that I was going to die." Concubine De nodded: "No, Wen Po has come out and said a few times, saying how the child is, how you are, I heard that Sister Jia and I were in a cold sweat." Ouyang Tong smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm not doing well." The queen nodded: "But no, on the day you gave birth, Aunt Yunhai was tired and fainted, I don't know how it is now?" Ouyang Tong shook his head: "Aunt Yunhai was seriously ill after that day, and now she is bedridden." Concubine De sighed: "It's really rare to be so loyal. Ouyang Tong lowered his head and thought for a while, and nodded: "Aunt Yunhai has always done her best since she came to my palace. ”

"Queen Mother, Yun promised that her physique is weak, I'm afraid it is, I'm afraid it is~" A stable woman hurriedly came out and said. The queen frowned: "What is the situation now?" Wen Po hesitated and replied: "If you forcibly give birth to a child, Yun promised that it would not be guaranteed." The queen frowned, hesitated, and finally asked Miao Yu to return to the emperor. After a while, Miao Yu came back, her face a little ugly. "What did the emperor say?" The queen asked anxiously. "The emperor said that he would do his best to protect the emperor's heir." Miao Yu couldn't bear to speak. The queen and Concubine De and Ouyang Tong were all stunned. Then the queen said to Wen Po: "Do you hear me? Wen Po nodded: "Yes." The slave understood. ”

"The emperor's heart is really ruthless." Concubine De sighed. Ouyang Tong looked at the delivery room where Yun agreed: "People are soft-spoken, this is the end." The Empress and Concubine De both nodded in agreement. After a while, the child's cry was heard. "The queen mother, she was born, she is a princess!" Wen Po came out to report the good news. The queen looked at the newborn child, small, weak, and liked it very much. "It's cute." Concubine De looked at the child and said with some joy. "What happened to Yun Promise?" Ouyang Tong asked with some concern. Wen Po shook her head: "The little master lost blood after giving birth, and there is no cure for the medicine stone." ”

The expressions of Concubine De and the Empress both paused. "The Queen." The voice of the cloud promised came. The queen walked to the bed where Yun promised and whispered, "You just gave birth, don't say too much." Yun promised to face pale, and the blood under the futon had already flowed outside. Concubine De and Ouyang Tong glanced at each other, and knew that Yun promised that he would not be able to save him. "The queen mother, the concubines have something to ask for." Yun promised to take the queen's hand and said with a pleading face. "What?" The queen asked softly. "I beg the queen to adopt my poor child." Yun promised that his pale lips trembled slightly.