When Li Jiao and Shen Pearl returned to Chang'an from Jincheng County, it was already autumn. During this period, good news continued to come that made the government and the opposition excited. First of all, Li Linfu fell ill and died, and then Yang Guozhong and Chen Xilie and others jointly sued Li Linfu and the general Absi for conspiring together, Xuanzong has always favored Li Linfu, and in anger, he not only ordered the elimination of all Li Linfu's official titles, and his descendants were exiled to remote places in Lingnan and Guizhou, but also ordered Li Linfu's coffin to be dissected, stripped of his gold and purple dress, and buried his body in a pit. Li Linfu has harmed countless people with honey-bellied swords in his life, and finally ended miserably. Shen Pearl's father, Shen Liangzhi, was naturally reinstated as innocent and official, although Shen Liangzhi didn't know who robbed the prison and rescued him, the most rare thing was that Xuanzong didn't even pursue it.

However, what Shen Pearl didn't expect was that after returning to the Guangping Palace, there was a great surprise waiting for her. That's - Cui Caiping is pregnant!

Cui Caiping was waiting for the return of Li Li and the others at the gate of the palace, flat shoes and narrow clothes, which are not only her favorite dress, but also the makeup of the times, she hates to wear those wide and clumsy shirts and skirts, she is only three months pregnant, and it is naturally not easy to see from the appearance, no different from ordinary people. However, Dugujing stepped forward and congratulated, "Congratulations to His Highness", and Li Jiao understood what it meant.

From the day she married into the palace, Shen Pearl knew that there would be this day, but she didn't expect it to come so quickly, and she was faintly disappointed in her heart. However, she couldn't show it, she had to step forward with a smile and support Cui Caiping, soothe her, and care for her, this is a princess who knows the general thing. She did the same, and she didn't dare to look at Li Jiao during the whole process, why? Is she afraid, she is afraid of seeing his joy, afraid that his joy will burn her heart? Cui Caiping's womb, after all, is pregnant with his child, his first child, he is happy that he should be happy, she has nothing to say.

She pushed open the door of the Qingyi Pavilion, and the room was as clean as when she was leaving. How many things in life, always think that they can come and go freely, how do you know that not only the world is infinitely big, the sea is inclusive, the river of life is turbulent, and even your own heart is far from being controllable in your imagination. After listening to Li Jiao's call for "pearl", he turned his head and still smiled at each other as usual. He sighed and said, "I'd rather see you crying than I'm responsible for you." "When you become a prince and an emperor one day, you will have countless children, like the emperor today, you can't remember the appearance of each child, will you still say that?

remembered that there was a person who had never been seen after returning home, and asked the maid beside him, "Where is Manager Liu?" ”

The maid was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "Manager Liu, it's gone." ”

"Gone?!" Shen Pearl came back to her senses for a while and asked, "Why didn't you have it, when did you not have it?" ”

The maid said: "There are more than ten days without it, that day Mr. Liu came back from the outside and went to bed early, and the next morning he found that he was lying on the bed and did not move, it turned out that he had no breath. Shen Pearl calculated the date, and calculated that the day Liu Run died, it was when Li Linfu died of illness, didn't he learn the news, but he wished in his heart and died of joy? In this way, it can be regarded as a joy and mourning.

The impact of Choi Chae-ping's pregnancy is obvious. Mrs. Han visited her daughter twice in three days, Xuanzong Guifei gave some precious tonic from time to time, and the wives of the ministers of the court and the central government held all kinds of fetal supplements collected in an endless stream of people entering and leaving the palace. As soon as Li Linfu died, the Yang family became more powerful, and Cui Caiping's pregnancy was even more prosperous, who could pretend to be confused.

Shen Pearl always had to personally come forward to receive groups of visitors every day, listen to them repeat those words of flattery and blessings, and make banquets and entertainment. Dealing with these female dependents, although she is at ease, her body is not iron-clad, and she gradually appears some discomfort, occasional dizziness, and occasional chest tightness. This made Su Ci and Hongruikong happy, thinking that she was also pregnant, Murong Lin Zhi went to Luoyang with Li Qi and did not return, so he asked the imperial doctor in the palace for diagnosis and treatment, but it turned out that he was just overworked, and he did something after prescribing a few prescriptions.

On this day, Li Jiao went to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs early in the morning as usual, and when she left, Shen Pearl was still lazy to get up, Li Jiao saw that her face was more yellow than yesterday, and she was extremely pitiful in her heart, and said: "You sleep longer, you don't have to send me." Look at your very bad complexion, the last one who came back was obviously a quack, and I will find another one for you to see. Shen Pearl replied with a smile: "As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread." Where there is a dose of medicine, the effect will be immediate, and the recovery will be sudden. Li Jiao thought about it, so he dressed himself and left.

Shen Pearl lay down for another half an hour, remembering that there was still an old brain today, and he still had to get up and take care of things. After breakfast, I went to Liuli Pavilion to visit Cui Caiping. According to the etiquette system, Cui Caiping should have come to Shen Pearl every morning to say goodbye, but after getting married, Cui Caiping never did it for a day, and now it is completely down, and Shen Pearl is too lazy to care.

Mrs. Han passed the house very early, and she didn't look at Shen Pearl with her eyes, and the three of them changed a few words, and Shen Pearl returned to Qingyi Pavilion.

The front foot stepped into the door, and the back foot of the plain porcelain had already come in with a steaming cup of medicine. Shen Pearl was disgusted with the bitterness of this medicine and asked, "How many more doses of this medicine are there?" Su Ci replied, "After eating this suit, it will be gone." Shen Pearl recited a few Amitabha Buddhas, but listened to Su Ci pour medicine into the cup, and continued: "It's just that Miss's illness is not well, and she has to prescribe another prescription." ”

"If you prescribe another prescription, you won't take this medicine!" Shen Pearl reluctantly drank a cup of medicine, feeling that today's medicine was a little more bitter than yesterday.

"Miss, what are you? I think Cui Ru is a difficult talent. In the past few days, Shang Pharmacy has been very busy, and the two sisters Chunyu and Xia He have been boiling all kinds of strange supplements and fetal pills for Cui Ruren all day and night, complaining bitterly. I said what would those medicines taste like, Sister Xia He secretly told me to taste it, my God! - I can't wait to spit out all the rose dumplings from last night's supper. If a woman is pregnant and has to suffer like this, then I ......" said as much as he could, at this time Fang Jue covered his mouth speechlessly.

Shen Pearl had slowly poured another cup of medicine, and after drinking it, she whispered to Su Ci: "Don't do this in the future, the things in the pharmacy shouldn't be touched by you, far away, shouldn't you ask, and you can't even look at it." Su Ci nodded in a daze.

"Ah————" A heart-rending scream came, although it was far away, Shen Pearl had already changed color, and she could hear that the voice seemed to be coming from the direction where Cui Caiping lived. Immediately after the movement in the palace, shouting people came and went, and the sound of footsteps everywhere was like a big pot of boiling water, and soon a maid came out of breath to say: "Princess, the big thing is not good, Cui Ruren she, she, she-" said three "she" in a row, and Fang spit out the second half of the sentence: "I'm afraid it's going to have a miscarriage!" ”

Shen Pearl knew that it was not good, and hurried to the Liuli Pavilion again. Cui Caiping rolled around on the wide bed in pain, covering her abdomen, screaming "mother" and "mother", and beads of sweat fell down her forehead and cheeks. Mrs. Han was so panicked that she had no idea, and when she saw Shen Zhuzhu, she grabbed her hand, stomped her foot and said, "I've seen red, how can I be born?" How is it good to be born? Shen Pearl had no choice but to say: "Now my sister's life is at stake." ”

Dugu Jing said on the side: "The slave has sent someone to ask for a doctor." After Liu Run's death, she went out as little as possible, and most of the time she stayed in the house to take care of various affairs.

Shen Pearl frowned and said: "This imperial doctor is in the palace, I am afraid that I will not be able to arrive for a while, I heard that there is a doctor Wu who opened a museum to practice medicine on West Street, and his medical skills are very good, and he is only two or three hundred steps away from the palace, so it is better to send someone to invite him, maybe it can be faster." Mrs. Han praised her again and again, and Dugujing sent someone to invite her.

If it's really just a pillar of incense, then Dr. Wu is here. After a while, Li Jiao and the imperial physician in the palace also rushed to hear the news. For most of the busy day, although Cui Caiping lost a lot of blood, due to timely treatment, there was no major problem. It's just that the fetus in the womb is less than four months old and cannot be saved.

Doctor Wang said curiously: "A few days ago, Xia Guan took the pulse for his wife, and it was smooth and peaceful, how could there be today's thing?" ”

Mrs. Han wept and was annoyed: "I don't know, suddenly it's like this." ”

Imperial Physician Wang approached the case next to the bed, picked up the medicine cup on it, there was still medicinal juice in it, and asked, "When did Madame drink the medicine?" ”

Mrs. Han thought about it for a moment and replied, "If you don't mention it, I don't realize it, but I just took the medicine before I yelled about my stomachache, and within a quarter of an hour after taking it, she had unbearable abdominal pain." ”

Imperial Physician Wang picked up a little medicinal juice, first sniffed it with his nose, then tried it with his little finger, and said to Li Jiao with a shocking discoloration: "Your Highness, this medicinal juice contains a very large amount of Shang Lu. Dr. Wu was taken aback when he heard this, and after trying, he nodded and did not dare to speak again.

Mrs. Han seemed to be shocked when she heard this, her body trembled, and she unconsciously looked at Shen Pearl, who wanted Shen Pearl to look at her suspiciously, the two looked at each other, and got the idea, stepped forward and grabbed Shen Pearl's right arm, dragged it back, and pushed it out, and scolded in her mouth: "It must be you, slut!" Jealous abortion pills harm color screen. ”

Shen Pearl stumbled inadvertently and planted straight back. Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Jiao had reached out to help, but after all, he was a step too late and fell heavily to the ground. Hurriedly stepped forward to pick her up, her hands were wet, she was actually in a cold sweat, but she still struggled to stand up, and without waiting for Li Jiao to challenge Mrs. Han, she sneered and said: "Madame is so knowledgeable, Pearl has been reading poetry and books for a few years in vain, but I don't know what the role of Shang Lu is, it turns out that it can be used for abortion, and Pearl has been taught." ”

Mrs. Han was speechless for a while, her face was red and white, her eyes rolled upward, and she shouted with her hands on her waist: "I haven't eaten pork, and I haven't seen a pig run?" The old lady gave birth to several children, don't you still know about Shanglu? There were no tears in his eyes, and he shouted straight at Li Jiao: "Your Highness, your child was killed, if you don't identify the real murderer today, and arrest this Shen Pearl for questioning, I will never follow the old lady." I will definitely sue the emperor and ask the saint and the concubine to be my master! "After that, I don't have a mouth" color screen, you are so miserable" screamed nonsense.

Li Jiao was extremely disgusted in his heart, frowned and flicked his sleeves and said: "According to the criminal law of the Tang Dynasty, the evidence must be conclusive to ask people for crimes. Dugu Jing comprehended, and went to the cabinet to tell the general message of the pharmacy Chunyu, Xia He and so on. Li Jiao saw that Shen Pearl was in a cold sweat since she fell, and her face was pale in the yellow, showing that her body was extremely unwell, but she gritted her teeth to support her, and hurriedly helped her sit down, worrying in her heart. Mrs. Han was angry and sat on the top, looking like she was hearing.

Chunyu and Xia He knew that something was wrong, and they had been kneeling outside the pavilion for more than ten steps. After hearing Xuan enter the pavilion, he couldn't stop snorting, and shouted again and again: "The slave and maid really don't know, it's not about the slave and the maid!" ”

Dugujing broke off and said, "Stop!" Mrs. Han and Your Highness are here, how can you make a noise. Whatever I ask, you answer. ”

Listen to her ask the two of them one by one, where did Cui Caiping's medicine come from, which one blended and decocted, and how much time it took. The two answered one by one, and there was nothing suspicious. Today, this cup of medicine is a medicine for the fetus, and the prescription is prescribed by the imperial physician, and it is made by Xia He according to the prescription and boils the medicinal materials for three hours. During this period, the two did not leave Shang Pharmacy, and even breakfast was delivered from Shang Restaurant. This is a new rule that Shen Pearl changed after being poisoned a few months ago, and the prevention is that someone will take advantage of it.

Dugujing asked again: "Who else has been to Shang Pharmacy today." ”

The two replied that only the princess's maid Su Ci and Cui Ruren's maid Yushu were both taking medicine for their masters. The jade book came first, the plain porcelain came later, and the four of them laughed, because Cui Ruren's medicine was good first, the jade book went first, and the plain porcelain left late.

Dugu Jing then asked, "Can Shang Lu be stored in Shang Pharmacy?" The two replied that Shang Lu had the effects of edema, expectorant, asthmatic, and cough suppressant, so it was always available in the pharmacy.

As he spoke, the other slave and maid had already presented several porcelain jars of decoction found by Shang Pharmacy. Although the size pattern of these porcelain jars is completely identical, Imperial Physician Wang made a little distinction and found a jar that still had Shang Lu ingredients in it.

Dugu Jingnai shouted in a deep voice: "In this way, since others are not suspicious, it must be the two of you who are guarding and doing it yourself." Shang Pharmacy has always had Shang Lu, there are medicine jars containing Shang Lu ingredients, and the physical evidence is clear, you have no denial! ”

Chunyu and Xia He listened to the soul flying outside the sky, Xia He has always been spicy, at this time it is about his own life, the dead horse is regarded as a live horse doctor, and he said to Dugu Jing in a hurry: "No, the slave and maid remembered, there is another person who is very suspicious!" ”

Dugujing asked, "Who?" ”

Xia He replied "yes", his eyes wandered around, and finally landed on Su Ci behind Shen Zhu, pointing at her and saying, "It's the princess's maid Su Ci!" ”

Dugu Jing thought it was an unexpected "pout". Li Jiao stretched out her arm and secretly grabbed Shen Pearl's hand, her wrist tightened, her slender and delicate hand held her ten fingers with herself, covered by the wide sleeves of her robe, and no one saw it. Mrs. Han had a smug smile on her face.

Listening to Dugujing asking, "How do you say this?" ”

Xia He saw that Dugujing asked her to continue, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and said hurriedly: "The slave is bold, after Su Ci came to Shang Pharmacy today, she made her own initiative to let her try Cui Ruren's medicine. When she tried the medicine, the slave didn't care very much, if she took the opportunity to get off the business land in the medicine, but it was difficult to say! Su Ci regretted his intestines for a moment in the morning, and immediately knelt down on the ground, crying: "Sister Xia He, how can you be honest, you and Chunyu and Yushu were all present at that time, and three pairs of eyes looked at me, how could I have the time to take the medicine?" Sister Chunyu, you have to testify for me! Chunyu has always been good friends with Su Porcelain, but when he saw this, he couldn't bear it, his heart was like numbness, and he was anxious to recall today's events, kowtowed: "Back to Your Highness, Sister Dugu, there is another person who is also very suspicious." ”

There are more and more people pulling out this, and Dugujing asked, "Who else?" Hugh has to talk about Silas! ”

Chunyu replied: "This person is Yin'e of Shangshifang!" As soon as the words fell, Mrs. Han jumped up from her seat, slapped Chunyu fiercely, and shouted: "Little slut, Hugh has to talk nonsense, Yin'e has been with Caiping for so many years, how can she hurt her!" ”

Chunyu endured the pain, obviously tears were about to fall, and she was forced to go back, and her heart was horizontal, and she was completely open, and replied: "The slave didn't talk nonsense, Yin'e sent food to our sisters this morning." In order to eat, she helped us take care of the medicine on the stove, and I don't know if she has ever done anything! ”

Dugujing was about to open his mouth to pass Yin'e, when he suddenly heard a loud "boom", Shen Pearl suddenly fell from his seat to the ground, Yushan fell, stiffened, and remained motionless. Li Li picked her up, and hurriedly called "please the imperial doctor", completely forgetting that there was a fake imperial doctor beside him.

The imperial physician stepped forward to check her pulse, shook his head and said, "It's not good, the fetus in the princess's womb can't be saved." ”

Li Jiao was frightened, and felt that the palm of the hand surrounding Shen Pearl was slippery, and when he lowered his head, he saw that his hands were full of blood. Shen Pearl didn't seem to have completely fainted, her eyes moved, and a tear rolled out.

Shen Pearl had never suffered like this. As if going back to ten years ago, she and he were young and stubborn, secretly rowing a flat boat into the lake, the mountains and rivers were bright, the rivers were beautiful, the corners of his rare mouth were curled, and he smiled: "I don't know how to swim here again in ten years." She was only eight years old, but she was a young man and replied, "Ten years? Where are you and where am I? The waves of the lake are roaring and rushing, overwhelming the mountains and the sea, "Second Brother An, Second Brother An, hold on to the side of the boat!" ”…… She was about to suffocate...... There are thousands of knives in the abdomen, and the ears are like hearing swords together...... Repeat after repeat, peeling off the heartache from the severe pain of the body, overlapping and repeating it over and over again, endlessly...... The young man in the jade crown brocade in the blur holds her head...... There are some things in life that go and never come back...... Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness......

Li Li finally waited for her to wake up. She was in a coma for a day and a night, and the basins of blood and water that flowed endlessly could only make him tremble. Although the imperial doctor said that she had only had a miscarriage and that there was no danger of her life, he still stayed awake for a day and a night, waiting by her side without leaving an inch. If he can wait for her for the rest of his life, then does he still need to work hard? But if he doesn't work hard, can he wait for her for the rest of his life?

"Li," she called to him softly, and Fang Jue's voice was hoarse and low, almost inaudible. He leaned over to lift her up, let her pillow in his arms, and said with difficulty: "It was my negligence that caused you to suffer." Your parents have just left to visit you. ”

She sighed, "They must be disappointed and sad. A wisp of pathos swelled in my heart, and the sandalwood burning in the room swirled. Turning around and making eye contact with Li Jiao, he reached out and stroked his face, green beard stubble, and whispered, "You have lost weight." Suddenly, his hands wrapped around his neck, leaned on his chest and listened to his steady heartbeat, and at that moment he felt extremely comfortable physically and mentally, and said deeply: "Yu, never leave me, I can't lose you again." Such pity and helplessness, such affectionate harmony, not her chest, not her thoughtful, calm and witty, Li Jiao's chest stirred, stretched his arms to tie her tightly into his arms, his strength was strong to set off her weakness, and she was out of breath, listening to him grit his teeth and say: "Don't scare me like this again!" Tears welled down her face.

Long. Asked, "Plain porcelain?" ”

Li Jiao said: "She is cooking soup for you." ”

He asked again, "What about Yin'e?" ”

Li Jiao said lightly: "I have ordered him to be executed." ”

Shen Pearl turned her face away, was silent for a long time, and spit out a sentence quietly: "I really don't know, why are you so focused on protecting that person?" ”

Li Jiao was stunned for a moment, and said for a while: "Mrs. Han and Cui Caiping deliberately harmed you and hurt themselves, which is in response to the old saying that you will burn yourself, Cui Caiping is desolate enough at this time, and it is useless to blame it?" ”

Shen Pearl closed her eyes, she had been pale, mentally exhausted, and spoke in a low voice, Li Li thought she was tired again, so she only quietly hugged her and stopped talking, for fear of causing her to hurt her spirits. How did she know that she slowly spit out a sentence again: "You know that the person I am talking about is not Cui Caiping." He smiled and said, "If people are stupid, they will really have a lot less trouble!" Li Jiao was so heartbroken by her laughter: "What did you say? ”

She opened her eyes and continued: "Mrs. Han and Choi Chae-ping bribed the medical officer, referring to the deer as a horse, knowing that I was pregnant but saying that it was just overtired; I was afraid that as time went by, I finally found out, and instructed the silver moth to release Shang Lu in my medicine. Originally, I couldn't escape, although the two girls in Shang Pharmacy were young, but they were cautious and careful, and they never made a mistake between me and Cui Caiping. Among them, someone must have taken advantage of his unpreparedness and deliberately changed the medicine jars of the two of us. Speaking of which, this person can be regarded as saving me and the fetus in my womb. It's a pity that I can save my luck, but I can't save my life! ”

She was out of breath with a long list of words. Li Li hurriedly slapped her back and said, "If you have anything to say, will you talk about it in two days?" Everything is mine and not! You have never believed in any luck, how can you not make people panic when you say such things today. ”

She shook her head again and again: "You, you think I'm thinking about you, don't you?" I just can't figure it out, what is that person's intention to save me this time after he has harmed me? Why do you let it do whatever you want? I shouldn't ask, there are thousands of hills and valleys in your heart, and I shouldn't have touched them. ”

Li Jiaoyin said: "You are sad and angry, Jiangshan Sheji is a man's business, I hide many things from you for fear of worrying about you, and you shouldn't doubt me too much." Do you not understand my heart for you to this day? She was going to go on talking, and suddenly thought that there would be something that would make her sad soon, so she slowly stopped talking.