When Emperor Luan arrived at Fengqi Pavilion, the sun had already risen.

The thorny white light shone on the staircase, casting a long shadow.

"Long live the emperor."

"Doctor Zhou, get up, how is the queen?"

"Back to the Holy Lord, the queen is fine."

"What is the reason? I heard the eunuchs report every day, and they all said that the queen's pulse was stable, how could she suddenly slip the tire? ”

"Return to the Emperor's ......"

Doctor Zhou is old, with a fat and short body, and two locks of half-inch-long beards, which looks a little naïve.

"The minister has just checked the queen's diet and daily life, and there is no major problem, except for the hawthorn cake that is eaten, which is a little strange."

Mingyue knelt on the side, and immediately answered at this moment.

"The weather is warm, the mother has not eaten well in the past half a month, the slave maid thought that the hawthorn could be appetizing, and had asked the doctor before, and it was okay for pregnant women to eat less, so I let the small kitchen do it."

"Seeing that the mother was eating well, the doctor also said that it was okay, so I entered a small amount, and there was no problem."

After listening to Mingyue, he didn't look at her, only stared at the imperial doctor.

The imperial doctor's body trembled, and he hurriedly replied.

"Hawthorn can be appetizing, and it is really okay for the mother to eat it in small amounts."

"But today, when Weichen entered the palace to ask for the pulse of the mother, the court next to the noble man came and said that the nobleman was sick and couldn't get up, so he pulled the minister to check the pulse and ask for medicine. Unexpectedly, today's pastry was mixed with purslane powder, mixed with this lily, and the smell and food complemented each other, so that it ......"

"Besides...... The mother has just passed the day of protecting the fetus, and her body is still very weak. ”

Emperor Yin glanced at the lily that had not been removed from the hall.

The half-body branch leans on the azure broken bottle mouth, the flowers are orange and fragrant, and the petals are all curled backwards, enchanting and graceful, like a beautiful woman dancing.

By the time the Imperial Doctor finished speaking, his voice had already cooled.

"What about the concubine?"

"The concubine has dysentery, and her whole body has collapsed, and Ting'er's words are true."

"The peace veins of the harem are there every day, how did it come to this point? Besides, even if you are sick, you will not be delayed for long if you take the sign to the doctor. ”

Xiao Xiazi heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward, attached it to his ear, and muttered a few words.

Yin Jian didn't ask any more questions.

"I remember that the imperial physician said that the lily was calm, and only then did he replace the fresh curly lily in the dormitory every day, so that the queen could look fresh and the child in her womb would be happy."

"Ancient medicine and poison are mutually reinforcing."

"If there is a lily alone, it is true that it has a calming effect, but if it is mixed with purslane and the like, the effect is the opposite."

Emperor Yin was silent for a long time, glanced at everyone, and a look of anger appeared on his face.

"Purslane is known to have the effect of slipping tires, everyone in the palace knows it, and it is not an ordinary food, why is it mixed in the queen's diet?"

Everyone is in the same place.

"When the slave maid came, she had already carefully inquired about the palace people of Fengqi Pavilion...... But purslane is easy to live and can grow wherever there is water in the palace, so... So I haven't found out yet. ”

Xiangfei's bamboo fan closed with a "bang".

"This is strange, my great queen, my sister-in-law! Who would dare to murder? ”

The angry eyes turned to Xiao Natsuko, and suddenly raised her voice.

"Check! Check it out to me! Xiao Xiazi, I'll leave this matter to you! ”

"If you can't find out......," he said, "don't come back!" he said. ”

Xiao Xiazi was full of excitement, and the cat hurriedly answered.

"The minion takes orders."

There was silence in the hall, and I didn't even hear half of my breath.

He suppressed his anger, his voice showing fatigue, and waved his hand outward.

"Let's all go out, I'll go in and see the Queen."

After saying that, he slowed down his steps and walked into the inner sanctum.

Coming out of the Fengqi Pavilion, it was already Shen Shi.

Outside, the city is full of spring palace walls and willows, the lakes and mountains are rippling and washing, the purple and white irises on the wetland are clustered, the spring flowers are bright and brilliant, and the white magnolia is like a new face of beauty......

"Waiting for leisure to know the spring breeze, thousands of purples and thousands of reds are always spring."

But after this incident, he no longer had the heart to watch it, pursed his lips, and remained silent.

"Go back to Huayang Palace."

The emperor hurriedly passed by, and the palace people on the road all faced the palace wall to avoid the face.

"I ...... Is it wrong? ”

Yin Jian seemed to be muttering to himself, as if he was asking the person next to him.

"I seem to have always been too indifferent to the Queen."

Xiao Xiazi didn't know why, and after thinking about it for a while, he reacted and said with a smile:

"The emperor is a son of heaven, and whoever is wrong with the emperor must be right, but the queen is now pregnant with a dragon heir, and this is the first child, and the mood is inevitably depressed and boring, so it's good for you to care more."

His eyes were uncertain, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he thought for a long time.

"I always feel that Jiu'er ...... She's not ...... like she used to be."

"You've been with me for many years, and if you tell the truth, is it because I'm too worried?"

The little white face was still smiling.

"Holy Lord, Cainu has known you for many years, and the love is still there, and it is understandable that you are a little biased."

"It's just ......," he said, smiling in a more flattering way.

"If you have a fart, let it go, swallow and spit it!"

Being scolded like this, Xiao Xiazi spoke happily.

"Yes, yes, the queen mother is pregnant, and it is inevitable that some people in the palace will covet it."

"You mean, she's pampered?"

Emperor Yin frowned and shook his head.

"But maybe not...... Since the canonization of the color girl, she has been cautious, neither taking the initiative to compete for favor, nor rarely stepping out of the palace, who can have a holiday with? I don't want to be more partial to her......."

The more he thought about it, the more strange he became, and he couldn't figure it out, so he finally had to give up.

"Forget it, or I'm too careful."

Xiao Natsuko listened and cleverly steered the topic away.

"There is Chenyang Palace in front, does the emperor want to go in?"

"Go, I'm going to see the Queen Mother."

The peony outside Chenyang Palace was opened just right, and it looked purple and red from a distance.

Because the queen mother likes it, many exotic flowers and plants are transplanted in the garden, and the palace people in the inner court are pruning and fertilizing.

Seeing the emperor coming, they all knelt down in unison.

"Shh......h

Aunt Ying was about to go in to report, Emperor Yin waved his hand, took his steps lightly, and opened the curtain to go in.

In the evening, the Queen Mother lay on the sandalwood painted gold Ruyi couch, quietly closing her eyes and resting.

"Who?"

Hearing the crisp sound of the beaded curtain, she opened her eyes vigilantly, let people help her, and leaned on the case.

"The son wanted to come to visit his mother, but instead he quarreled with his mother to rest."

The queen was expressionless, her eyelids drooped a little old, and she sighed:

"It's getting old after all...... As soon as the genius warmed up, it was easy to get sleepy, why did the emperor come? Ying Yan didn't report it. ”

"Don't blame the queen mother, it's her son who won't let her pass it on."

Thinking of Fang Cai's scene, his voice suddenly became quieter, and he was very distressed.

"After so many years, you have become the queen mother, and your sleep is still so shallow."

"In the court, there are all soldiers, you need to be vigilant from time to time, how can you change the habits you have developed over the years?"

Ying Yan hit the hot towel handle and waited.

"Go, let the tea slave in the small kitchen make two cups of Huangshan Maofeng."

"Yes, Queen Mother."

Seeing the people withdraw, he looked at his son behind him.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

Facing the pair of sharp eyes, Yin Jian immediately laughed with him.

"Mother, my son is still young, I don't have to ask you for help, you must take care of yourself."

Thinking back on the past, he suddenly felt very ashamed, and his words couldn't help but hesitate.

The Queen Mother quietly took a sip of tea.

"Now there is one thing that my son doesn't understand, so he wants to ask his mother."

"Today, Imperial Doctor Zhou found out that the queen's diet was ...... Adulterated with slippery tires. ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, her hand slipped off the lamp, and her face turned blue in an instant, and a pair of shrewd eyes burst out with sharp light.

Emperor Yin's eyes shrank.

"The queen is okay for the time being, the queen mother is angry, and the son has already ordered someone to investigate."

She calmed down a little, but still angry, and said in a strong voice:

"The queen is the master of the harem, who can compete with her? Dare to harm the dragon heir, this person is bold and reckless, and he can't stay! ”

"Yes......"

"You don't have many concubines, except for the queen at the moment, that is, Concubine Feng and Ouyang, who are not favored, but have always been peaceful, the key is that the emperor only needs to think about it carefully."

The Queen Mother changed her tone, her eyes were sharp, and she was like a man.

"Concubines have always been favored and their wives cannot be destroyed, after the Zhou Dynasty abolished King Youshen, Libofu, and the Western Zhou Dynasty was destroyed; The king of Han favored Feiyan Hede, abolished Queen Xu, and the country was shaken. Take history as a mirror, and you must take precautions! ”

Although the words are not broken, the meaning is already obvious.

The Queen Mother has never liked Chu Jiu, thinking that she is bewitching and troublesome, seducing the saint, and disturbing the peace of the harem.

This added another layer of boredom to his heart.

In the middle of the night, the apse of Chenyang Palace.

Since moving out of Yumenxuan, Concubine Song has been full of dissatisfaction.

This "grace" rises and falls, and her heart is actually full of reluctance.

At this moment, she was wearing a carved silk mud gold and silver Ruyi cloud pattern satin, combing a Ruyi high beard and a Tianluan bun, her makeup powder had not been removed, she looked very tired, and she was sitting on the Zhilan Ruyi couch and knocking chess pieces.

On the small table, a golden lotus glazed palace lamp emitted a faint light.

The tea boiled three times.

Playing alone, the sound of chess falls crisply, and the shadows under the lights are numerous.

Chu Jiu personally turned on the silk yarn four-corner lamp, and quietly came in through the back door, and the pipa had been waiting for a long time, leading her into the inner hall of the front hall.

"The slave maid greets the concubine."

Concubine Song raised her head, only glanced at her, did not say anything, and lowered her head to play chess pieces by herself.

Kneeling on the cold and hard green floor tiles, she didn't dare to make a sound.

Time passed, the hall was unusually quiet, and the sound of pipa pouring tea and water was very loud.

"Get up."

As if she had been pardoned, she rubbed her aching knees, and kowtowed:

"Xie Niangniang."

"Today, I heard from the palace people that someone mixed purslane in the queen's diet......"

The concubine raised her head and glanced at the ground from the corner of her eye.

"Do you know this?"

Summoned in the middle of the night, she had already expected it in her heart, and her hands were tucked into her sleeves, and she answered carefully.

"Back to Niangniang's words, the slave maid is in the Canghai Pavilion all day long, and she doesn't know."

As soon as the words were finished, only a "bang" was heard, and the chess pieces hit the chessboard and scattered into a piece.

The whole game of chess was not solved, and Chu Jiu's knees trembled in pain.

"Chun Niang."

She called out her real name, and her tone was cold.

"Where did the curly lilies that are replaced every day in the Fengqi Pavilion come from? What kind of benefit did that audacious dog slave in Huafang take from you to do such a stupid thing! ”

There was a hint of panic in his drooping eyes.

"Have you forgotten who you are? Deception and betrayal of the master? Well? ”

Qu Chunniang knelt on the ground with a "plop", her lips trembled a few times, and she kowtowed again and again.

"The concubine forgives her sins, the slave and maid are the masters of her own initiative this time, and ask the concubine for forgiveness!"

"The slave maid is just worried that once the queen gives birth to the dragon son, it will threaten the status of the concubine and leave trouble for the third prince in the future.

"Confused!"

Concubine Song scolded sharply, and her anger rushed straight up.

"How can you be so stupid! The queen is pregnant, you have been good at pampering in recent months, and the other concubines have always been peaceful, you ...... There are simply no three hundred taels of silver here! ”

Chunniang kowtowed a few more times, trying her best to excuse herself.

"Don't worry, when the imperial doctor went, it was because Ting'er missed the time, and it was difficult to suspect the head of the slave."

"Shi is too noble?"

"Yes, Niangniang, now I live in Si'an Hall."

"Si'an Hall...... Is that a Buddhist hall? ”

Pipa answered, "Yes." ”

Concubine Song nodded indifferently, her tone light.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but this palace has forgotten the old man."

She turned her thoughts back to the person under her nose.

"The mourning family heard that when the Holy One was on your couch, he suddenly left you alone?"

Hearing this, Chun Niang felt like she was in an ice cellar and felt a chill. Really...... Still can't escape her eyes.

She hung her head, as if resigned to her fate.

"Yes......"

"Why?"

Cold sweat was dripping on his back, and his tongue began to roll when he spoke.

"Slave maid...... The slave maid didn't know either, the slave maid only mentioned the queen mother, and the emperor immediately changed his face...... Be...... It's the incompetence of slaves and maids. ”

Concubine Song pondered for a long time before she calmed down.

"Your performance in recent days has been too clever, the Queen Mother and the new emperor are both alert and intelligent people, in the next few months, you have to try your best to make the emperor rain and dew, and put some grace on other concubines...... And ......"

The angry eyes twitched suddenly.

"Without an order from the main palace, you can't act on your own!"

"Please forgive the mother this time, the slave will never dare again!"

Qu Chunniang was so frightened that her hands trembled.

"Anyway, you are a person with no body, you might as well bring the newcomer up, first, it can cover up for you and distract other people's suspicions, and secondly, you have a helper, and you will not be alone."

At the end, she added:

"The Queen's Child...... Be sure to keep it...... Do you understand? ”

"Yes, yes, the slave and maid follow the instructions of the mother."

"It's getting late, go back, don't make people suspicious."

Concubine Song glanced at the pipa and signaled her to be careful.

Sending Chunniang away, the pipa waited for the concubine to freshen up, and after removing the hairpin, the wisps of Hua hair poured down.

Everything symbolizes ...... She's old.

"According to the slave maid, this girl betrayed her master, I am afraid that she will not be able to stay, and it is better for the mother to make a decision as soon as possible."

"How could I not know?"

"Although she can't have children, but the king sings every night, spoils her every day, and the new emperor loves her in every way, if I am a woman, I am afraid that I will be a little moved, let alone a helpless orphan girl?"

Speaking of this, the concubine showed all kinds of emotions.

"I thought that I relied on the king's grace, so I wanted to get rid of the mourning family, and they all said that drinking water and thinking of the source, she was afraid that she had forgotten that it was the sea of suffering that saved her from it!"

"Niangniang Mingjian."

Pipa leaned into her ear and whispered:

"I don't know who does Niangniang want to place in the next chess piece?"

"The people of the official eunuch family are difficult to control, Da Yin has just stabilized, and the mourning family does not want to be involved in the previous dynasty and destroy this peaceful situation."

Looking at herself in the mirror, she suddenly sighed.

"As long as the queen mother and the new emperor fall, it will not be difficult for the queen or even the crown prince, and the Zheng family has a lot of prestige in the army......"

Memories suddenly came flooding back to my heart, and the tone fell suddenly.

"Since the death of my father, my Song clan has lost power, in the past two years, Song has repeatedly handed over the military power, I am afraid that in another three years and five years, where will the soldiers remember the Song General who once shocked the north?"

This statement was true, and both fell silent.

In the huge room, only the hiss of boiling water remains.

"The mother is kind, but there can be less grudges and fights, but it's just ......"

"It's just a carbuncle legacy, if the queen gives birth to a baby boy this time, I'm afraid that the grass will not be rooted, and the spring breeze will blow and give birth. The marquis is protected by a hereditary title, and no matter what, there will always be a place in the court. ”

The Ruyi Eight Treasure Hairpin was removed, and on top of the makeup, a few pairs of jasper and phoenix hairpins were added.

She cleaned her face, took out the ointment prepared by the hospital, and carefully wiped and maintained it.

"It's better not to be an idle marquis."

Knowing that he was speechless, the pipa was suddenly silenced.

"I think at the beginning, we lost here, so we deigned to join forces with the Queen Mother, if the queen is in hand, Zheng Shikang is famous for loving his younger sister, Song Yi will regain military power, just around the corner!"

The people on the side nodded silently.

"Be cautious, keep an eye on that idiot, don't get in the way of the mourning family's plans."

Suddenly, her brows furrowed, and she seemed to remember something.

"I remember before...... There's a girl named Liuli? ”

"Yes, it's the same as the identity of the dead girl, and it's also a dancing girl, but lately...... The relationship with Qiu Niang is very tense. ”

"Obedient?"

"It's quite worry-free, the matter of the dead girl at the beginning was the letter she reported."

Concubine Song was lying on the edge of the purple jade coral screen couch, and the pipa was gently shaking the Xiang Concubine fan on the side.

She was only wearing a brocade embroidered peach blossom shirt, squinting her eyes, and Lang Lang said:

"Speaking of the Seventh Prince, it was a pity that the incident didn't ruin his reputation at the beginning!"

"This matter was done by Tan Xia, no one expected that someone from Yuxiu Pavilion would suddenly appear."

"Did you check?"

"It's been checked."

Pipa shook her head, looking very puzzled.

"At the beginning, I suspected that it was an internal ghost, so except for Niangniang's dowry, the rest of the palace people were all driven out."

Concubine Song lowered her head, her face was gloomy, and she didn't say anything for a long time.

After a long time, she suddenly raised her head and looked at the pipa.

"Concubine Yu, you have to be vigilant at all times!"

"She?"

Pipa was puzzled.

"She has never asked about the things in the palace, and she doesn't care much about fame and fortune, since the first emperor left, she has never been out of the gate of Lingyu Palace, I heard that it is barren, and there is not even a palace person who sweeps the court, it is really extremely cold......"

For a moment, the maid seemed to have an enlightenment.

"Could it be that it's for the Seventh Prince?"

The master nodded.

"Just keep an eye on it, it's a fox...... There will always be a tail exposed. ”

"Yes, slave maid understands."