In the afternoon, the group hurriedly returned to the capital, the reason was very simple, after learning that Yun Yuhong was fine, the queen, who had been tired all day, fainted again. The accompanying Dong Yuanshou checked the lower pulse, but was surprised to find that the queen's original cold had been cured, and not only was it better, but the queen was also pregnant. Imperial Physician Dong was stunned for a moment, and then congratulated Qianzong: "Congratulations to the emperor, the queen mother is pregnant, but she is a little tired, and her heart is unstable, so she fainted, as long as you take two pairs of medicine and recuperate carefully." ”

The Queen Mother and all the ministers were also stunned, and they didn't react for a while to say hello to Qianzong, or Yun Yuhong and Bai Ziyu said hello first, and they reacted. The people of Qianzong were in good spirits on happy occasions, and they didn't care about the attitude of the ministers, they laughed happily, pulled Yun Yuhong and said: "Hong'er, you are about to have a younger brother, are you happy, but don't worry, your father hurts you the most." ”

Yun Yuhong was speechless, when did she become jealous with her unborn brother or sister, but seeing that Qianzong was so happy, she didn't justify anything, but just proposed to return to the palace sooner so that the queen mother could recuperate. Qianzong agreed, so a group of people hurried back.

After returning to the palace, Yun Yuhong went through all the people around the queen again, designated people to wait at any time, and those who were not at ease could not approach, and let the unlucky ghosts follow at any time to keep the queen's mother and son safe. As for Imperial Physician Dong's prescriptions and medicines, Yun Yuhong was useless, she just threw them all away and replaced them with atractylodes medicines, this child was what the family was looking forward to, but it was also a thorn in the side of many people, so it was natural to protect it well.

The fact that the queen is pregnant not only made the father and daughter of Qianzong very happy, but also added some variables to the current situation, bringing suspicion and trouble to many people.

First of all, the Zhao family, the marquis of Jingyuan, the queen's maternal family, as soon as they learned that the queen was pregnant, they held an emergency family meeting. They tore their faces with the queen not long ago and threw themselves into the camp of the Zhou family, who would have thought that the queen would come to test them again.

"Investing in the Zhou family is a snort no matter what, how can there be a nephew who supports himself to benefit greatly, and that is the queen's son, sister-in-law, many are right." Master Zhao said

"But it's not good to turn her face just after taking refuge in the past, besides, what if the queen gave birth to a daughter this time, so she can't quit the Zhou family's camp now," Second Master Zhao retorted.

"But if you don't leave, the Zhou family is afraid that they won't treat us sincerely. They won't think we're having two hearts? Li insisted on standing on her husband's side.

An unborn baby leaves the family in a dilemma. Marquis Zhao discussed with the old lady and her two sons and daughters-in-law in the house for a night, and finally came to the conclusion that the marriage of the eldest daughter Zhao Ruomei and the Bai family at the end of the year is still the same, and the queen is not in a hurry to get close, just look around normally, and wait for the child to be born. If the queen really gave birth to a son-in-law, then the old lady came forward to redeem the queen's heart with mother-daughter affection, and the Zhao family was still a loyal and patriotic courtier. But if it's a princess again, isn't the relationship with the Zhou family already closer, everyone, it's good, get closer.

The Queen Mother can't take care of Yun Yuhong now, and her mind is now full of the queen's concubine. Once this sister-in-law appears, as long as Yun Yuhong can protect him to grow up, it can be said that there is nothing to do with other princes on the throne. But the Queen Mother didn't want to, she was unwilling to let a person who had no blood relationship with her take advantage of her power to ascend to the throne, she wanted to let a child who really had the blood of the Liu family sit on the throne, only in this way can the Liu family continue to prosper for a hundred years. Therefore, the queen's child cannot be born, and must not be born. The women in the harem also have the same idea as the queen mother, the queen has a concubine, the queen will be stable, and the prince will be decided. And Qianzong didn't favor them in the first place, what hope did they have.

Liu Xiang, the Zhou family, and the Yu family also felt threatened, this prince came at an inopportune time, and many ministers turned to them, for what, the emperor has no son-in-law, and their grandsons can fight, but once the son-in-law appears, the situation may have to change, at least, the original people who swayed from side to side will fall to the side of the prince.

And many of the ministers in the DPRK and China have indeed changed the direction of the wind, especially those who have not taken a clear stand, and they are even more wait-and-see. Maintaining one's son-in-law is always justified and in accordance with the rules of etiquette. Moreover, now that the emperor obviously loves the queen more, then the little prince must be constantly favored, look, the eldest princess is an example, so it is also appropriate to get closer to Qianzong and share the emperor's worries, maybe one day he can be on an equal footing with Liu Xiang.

Jing Wuhou got the note sent by Concubine De, looked at it, put it on the fire, and said to the visitor: "Go back and tell your master, don't act rashly, I'm not sure if it's a man or a woman, don't worry, someone will be more anxious than us." The caller turned and left. Jing Wuhou said softly: "I don't know if it's a man or a woman, it's so unbearable, it's really a waste." ”

Although Qianzong was very happy that the queen was pregnant again, he did not delay the morning court the next day, and asked Bai Ziyu to be brought over, so that he could explain the case and the matter clearly in front of the ministers. Bai Ziyu did what the emperor personally confessed, it was the emperor's errand, and it was not a trivial matter to be obstructed. Again, near the capital, there were two assassins in a few days, one to assassinate the queen and one to assassinate the minister, which is not a trivial matter.

Bai Ziyu has been well healed by the professional doctor Baizhu, although his body can't move, his spirit is much better, at least he won't breathe when he speaks. After listening to what Bai Ziyu said, Qianzong asked, "Are the bodies of those black-clothed people still there?" ”

Bai Ziyu replied: "It's all in the autopsy room." Yesterday evening, I received a letter from a person, he said that he was the boss of these men in black, and he was in the killer business, but he didn't know in advance that I was a friend of the ghost king, so he took this job, and now in order to avoid being chased and killed by the ghost king, he told me the name and evidence of the mastermind, and he took his brothers away from other countries. As he spoke, he took out a letter from his bosom. The little eunuch took it and presented it to Qianzong. When he opened it, Qianzong slapped the table angrily, threw the letter to Liu Xiangyi and said, "Liu Xiang, what do you say?" ”

Although Liu Xiang thought that yesterday's incident might be related to his own side, he felt that it was Jinghui Hou's hand, after all, they literati were accustomed to tricks, and only those martial artists liked to fight and kill. But when I opened the letter, my hands trembled. The letter wrote: The killer was hired by the second son of the Liu family, and it was the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion who came to do the business, so that they could find an opportunity to kill Bai Ziyu. Then, Liu Ergongzi sent a note saying that the Bai family's ladies were going to Panlong Mountain, and led Bai Ziyu to the meeting, but they could be intercepted and killed on the way. Among them, the time, place, and character characteristics are very detailed, and there are also silver tickets given by the housekeeper of Liu's Mansion as evidence. Because the killer leader temporarily raised the price at that time, the housekeeper didn't bring enough unmarked money tickets, so he could only take out one from his arms, and this one had the seal of Liu's mansion, and now, this silver ticket was also sandwiched in the letter.

What can Liu Xiangneng do, he can only deny it, saying that this is a bunch of nonsense and a slander against the Liu family, but this time, the Zhou and Yu families did not plan to let him go, and Qianzong did not plan to make him feel better. After several rounds of arguments, Liu Xiang's faction gradually became weak, and Qianzong directly finalized: "The matter can be verified, but the second son of the Liu family is the most suspicious, so he will be temporarily detained in Dali Temple first." ”

When Liu Xiang heard this, he closed his eyes, and the four sons went in two, what happened to the Liu family recently?

Qianzong was still in a good mood, looked at Bai Ziyu, and felt that this was his future son-in-law, and he still had to care about it, at least give some proper maintenance. So he asked: "The day before yesterday, Lord Bai arrived at Dali Temple, and Lord Hong happened to be sick?" ”

"Yes." Bai Ziyu replied.

"The health is too bad, and I am tired and sick after only one day of trial, let Lord Hong have a good rest and slowly recuperate. There are many cases in Dali Temple, so I can't wait for him, so Lord Bai will temporarily take over the affairs of Lord Hong of Dali Temple. ”

Qianzong didn't say it explicitly, but this is tantamount to removing Lord Hong's official and letting Bai Ziyu take the throne. Other people wanted to call it inappropriate, but there were a few people who were already shouting, "The saint is wise, Lord Hong is unwell and should recuperate, but things can't be left behind, Lord Bai is young and promising, of course those who can work hard." Qianzong secretly laughed at these villains, Bai Ziyu's legs were still wrapped in gauze and couldn't walk, so he should recuperate more than Lord Hong, who occasionally felt the cold.

Bai Ziyu was sweating, Your Majesty, are you okay for letting me be rewarded for nothing? Many people looked at him with deep meaning and contempt, and everyone stopped talking, the emperor wants to promote his son-in-law, as long as Bai Ziyu is willing to be a little white face, they have no opinion.

Bai Ziyu tried to refuse, but heard Qianzong say: "I asked you to take over the case of Dali Temple, but I didn't want to mention you yet, I just gave you the power to let you act cheaply." If you kid wants to be promoted, you still have to show real skills. ”

Bai Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief and responded: "The minister's decree." ”

Qianzong asked Second Master Bai again: "General Bai, has this little brother of Bai Ziyu been found, how did this mastermind expect Bai Ziyu to go to the meeting?" ”

Second Master Bai's sweat has also come down, and the emperor won't think that they have anything to do with these assassins. But Qianzong also reminded him that he and the old lady planned to lead Bai Ziyu up the mountain and use Xiaoliu to force him to comply, how could he let others know, this can only show that the Bai family has mixed in with other people's eyes, and it seems that he will pull out these nails after he goes back. But his city was very deep, his face remained unchanged, and he bowed down and replied: "Bai Ziren has been found, as for how the mastermind will talk about going to the meeting, the minister doesn't know, maybe he has planned it a long time ago." ”

Qianzong nodded, and didn't say anything anymore, seeing Liu Xiang's rare bow of his head and being silent, his expression was worried, and he only felt a bad breath in his heart.