Zhiwei's family had a field when she was young, but her father died too early, and no one would take her little girl out to watch people farming. It didn't take long for the land to be sold, and before entering the palace, her mother's family education was too strict, and Zhiwei hadn't even seen what the fields looked like.

But she knew that the land was man's most solid dependence, and without it, it would not be possible to grow food and feed such a large number of people, let alone others.

She has also heard many stories of people dying of starvation in large areas because of famine years, and Xiaoling said that her grandfather escaped from the famine, which made her remember it very deeply.

After spending a few months at Zhuangzi, Zhiwei realized that she actually liked the kind of earthy smell that most people would hate, especially before and after the rain.

Although the task given to her by His Majesty was strange, she pondered it for months and felt that it made sense.

She has this little ability, she won't go to heaven and earth, she can't see ghosts, except for chatting with flowers and plants, and she can do something that can contribute to human beings.

If there was no sudden intervention of the Queen Mother and His Majesty's ambiguous treatment, Zhi Wei would have honestly studied that batch of trial grain on Zhuangzi. Before she was released, she could at least try to plant two crops, and the yield and traits could roughly find out some ways.

Back home, she can continue to experiment in her own fields, and in a few years, she may be able to develop some new varieties with high yields. At the very least, it will allow civilians to save more food rations in good harvest years and not starve to death in famine years.

At that time, she will not go to the world in vain.

The price of food made Zhi Wei feel something, and she just wanted to inquire with Jinxiu about the distribution of the family's farmland, but she turned her head and was tactfully reminded by Jiang Xue that at most, she would enter the palace in the spring of the next year.

Zhi Wei was upset, and she was even more unhappy when she thought of Huo Yan.

She really couldn't understand it, she said it so directly, why didn't His Majesty listen to her, he had to let her enter the palace, and he still ...... to her

What made her even more indignant was that at this time, she was equivalent to being "house arrested" waiting for his mercy outside the palace, but he was waiting in the palace for his two wives and concubines to give birth to him!

The front foot was still talking about how to please her, and the back foot went to wait for the other women's delivery room.

This stark before and after contrast is ridiculous!

When she was at her lowest, Zhiwei even decided that the next time she saw him, she must tell him a clear understanding. As long as he doesn't blame his brother and mother, it doesn't matter if he gives up her life, if he wants to kill or chop, just let him be!

However, when the twilight was at dusk, everyone suddenly heard the heavy sound of the bell.

One sound and another, dull and long, as if every blow hit my heart, shaking the solid, cold ground under my feet trembling slightly.

Jiang Xue's face turned pale and she looked in the direction where the bell came from.

"It's the palace!"

Zhiwei was also so frightened that she ran out of the courtyard, stretching her neck to look in the direction of Miyagi in the night sky, even though she couldn't see anything except darkness.

The bell in the palace does not ring for no reason, and it rings one after another, which can only be the death knell of an important person!

And such a huge death knell will not be sounded by a little concubine, unless the emperor, the queen mother, the empress, and the prince unfortunately die.

"The queen was born prematurely last night, and there is no news about the launch so far, is it ......?"

She exchanged glances with Jiang Xue, and quickly confirmed the same guess from the other person's eyes.

The biggest possibility is that the queen collapsed and died in childbirth!

"The queen has collapsed? How is this possible? I don't believe it! You must be lying to me! ”

The news of the birth of the second prince was sent to the Qin Mansion together with the obituary of the queen's death, but Mrs. Qin fainted at the time, and the first thing she said when she woke up was like this.

The eunuch sent out by the palace to deliver the message was grabbed by her arm, and her face was embarrassed: "Mrs. Qin, please also mourn and change ......."

Mrs. Qin looked at Qin Zhongguang, who had a dejected face, and finally came back to her senses, and shouted heartbreakingly, tears rolling down.

"How so? I went to ask for a peace charm today, and the master of the temple also assured me that he would be safe for both mother and child, how could it be like this? Husband, the queen mother, she's really-"

Although Qin Zhongguang put most of his efforts on cultivating his eldest son, he still felt heartache for this only concubine.

But in addition to grief, as the maternal grandfather of the second prince and the pillar of the Qin family, he still has to work hard to plan for the Qin family.

And regardless of whether the death of his daughter was an accident in childbirth or man-made, how His Majesty would deal with it, after this incident, he, the father-in-law of the country, might be replaced by someone else in a year or two.

Vulgar people may take the opportunity to stuff their daughters into the palace, and they want to keep that back position, but Qin Zhongguang is full of military power and wants to fight on the battlefield!

His Majesty is likely to feel guilty about the Qin family because of the death of the empress, and this guilt is the key to his return to the northern frontier!

After sending off the eunuch who delivered the letter, the Qin Mansion was hung up and down, and Qin Zhongguang and his wife also changed into plain clothes.

"Madam, people can't be resurrected from death, so let's open some. Now that the mother is gone, the palace must be busy, and I don't know if the second prince has anyone to take good care of it, if we, as ancestors, can share the worries for Your Majesty......"

Mrs. Qin was no longer crying, but her eyes were red, and when she heard this, her dull expression was mixed with unspeakable pain.

She said coldly: "There are still Your Majesty and the Queen Mother in the palace, not to mention that the second prince is born and can't blow the wind, even if he is full of 100 days, His Majesty will not easily send the second prince out of the palace." Unless ......"

"Unless what?"

Qin Zhongguang frowned and asked, his crooked intestines in this regard were still not as good as his wife.

Mrs. Qin's expression was even colder: "Unless Your Majesty has already given up the second prince!" ”

Qin Zhongguang was so shocked that he couldn't even drink the tea.

Although he didn't plan to get involved in the battle for the royal throne, his own daughter became the queen, and now he has a son-in-law.

Qin Zhongguang was stunned in his heart, but he didn't say anything on his face, he only told his wife with a straight face: "Tomorrow, the wife will enter the palace to cry, you can see if you can talk to Lu Tao, ask about today's situation, and we can make plans." ”

"The mother is gone, what else can I do?" Mrs. Qin asked coldly.

Qin Zhongguang said curiously: "Naturally, I want to find out this matter and seek justice for my mother." Regardless of how we are, this pair of second princes will be good in the future. ”

"Justice is naturally to be begged, but now that Your Majesty is young, how young will you be when the second prince grows up? The people in the palace are unpredictable, in case they can't feed ......"

"You're crazy!"

Qin Zhongguang stood up suddenly, looked left and right and found that there was no one else except his henchmen, and then waved his hand to signal his henchmen to close the door and exit.

"You crazy woman, you can even say such a thing! Beware of asking people to grab the handle and say that we criticize the heavenly family! ”

Madam Qin completely shut up and didn't say a word, her eyes were still cold and painful.

She listened to Qin Zhongguang talking about his plan to himself, saying that he wanted to go up to His Majesty, to seek justice for his mother, to regain military power, and to support the second prince, without the slightest expression on his empty face.

There was only bitter hatred left in her heart, like a little beast trapped in an iron cage, clamoring to break out of the cage!

She urgently needs to find an outlet for this hatred, someone to hate!

However, the trip to the palace the next day disappointed her.

Madame Qin didn't see Lu Tao, not even any of her acquaintances in Kunxu Palace.

Taking advantage of the short rest time of the crying spirit, Mrs. Qin tried to bribe one or two palace maids and eunuchs to go to Kunxu Palace for her to run errands, but the money was sent out, but the reply was delayed.

It made her instincts bad.

"Something big must have happened in the palace! It's also related to the death of the mother! Madam Qin said to herself through gritted teeth.

Yesterday, when the death knell rang, the eunuch who reported the news said that the queen mother was unfortunately exhausted due to dystocia, and it was a great fortune to be able to give birth to the second prince.

At that time, she heard the bad news at first glance, and she was overly grieving, and she didn't have time to ask why the queen was suddenly born prematurely. However, looking at the current situation, I'm afraid that she won't be able to ask what is going on even if she asks!

Who the hell is blocking the news?

Is it the Queen Mother, the other concubines, or Your Majesty?

Mrs. Qin's heart felt a chill, going back and forth through these possibilities, and the more she thought about it, the more desperate she became.

The queen's coffin stopped in the Changchun Palace, not far from the Kunxu Palace, in the past few years, Mrs. Qin has been familiar with the nearby terrain when she left the palace and entered the palace. The palace maid carried her down to rest, and she took the opportunity to sneak out of the Changchun Palace and went to Kunxu Palace alone.

It was against the palace rules to do this, but Mrs. Qin really didn't care so much, so she only ran forward with her head hanging and small steps, making the snow on the ground creak.

She is confident, now that the queen has just gone, even if she, the queen's biological mother, is no longer respected, no one should come to kill her on this charge.

When she was stopped, Madame Qin was nervous at first, but when she saw the young emperor surrounded by the people who came, she turned into a cry of grief.

"Your Majesty, courtiers see Your Majesty! I beg Your Majesty to tell your courtiers who killed Niangniang? A few days before Niangniang gave birth, the courtiers only entered the palace and saw Niangniang once. At that time, the fetus in the womb of the mother was healthy and peaceful, and there was no abnormality, so why did she suddenly die of premature birth? ”

The snow that had stopped for most of the day suddenly fluttered and fell again, blurring Huo Yanzhi's vision.

He sighed slightly, ordered someone to leave, and personally helped Mrs. Qin up.

"The Duchess said cautiously, of course the queen had a difficult birth. It was I who didn't take good care of her, and I was ashamed of the Qin family. The full moon of the emperor has not yet been hot and filial piety for 100 days, and he will hold another one when he is one year old, and he can also comfort the queen's spirit in the sky......"

The emperor's rare warm words, comfort and courteous support failed to attract a trace of gratitude from Madame Qin.

There was only one thought echoing in her mind, His Majesty was aware, and he didn't even dare to tell himself, he must be afraid that the secret news of the palace would cause adverse effects, maybe it was to protect a favorite concubine!

Shame on her?

If you are really ashamed, why don't you even give the truth?

Niangniang has just left, Your Majesty can be so cold-hearted, in a few days, will he still remember the Qin family and the second prince of the Yuan Dynasty?

Mrs. Qin stared at Huo Yanzhi blankly: "The courtiers understand." The courtiers retired. ”

There was another line of messy footprints on the snow, and the silent dripping tears rolled into the mud and dust, and soon disappeared, but they would eventually turn into flowers of hatred that bloomed on the thorns, bewitching and treacherous.