Zhong Weiwei was very satisfied with Qiu Yuan's performance, she clapped her hands: "Then go back, my wife is a relative, but she is not a relative, it is a responsibility, but it is not a responsibility." ”

Qiu Qian muttered this sentence, pondered the meaning of each word repeatedly, and left in a hurry.

Xiaotang brought Lu Huanting in.

Lu Huanting knelt in front of Zhong Weiwei and put her forehead against the ground: "Please punish the queen." ”

Since Yao Jingning left, she has been worried and waiting for Zhong Weiwei to punish.

But Zhong Wei didn't move her, and didn't even show any displeasure.

She thought it was over, but she didn't expect to be waiting here.

Zhong Weiwei said lightly: "You probably think I'm ruthless, right? You love my brother so much, and are willing to give everything for him, but I treat you so mercilessly. ”

Lu Huanting was sincere: "The slave maid did not feel that the mother was ruthless, and the slave maid was willing to accept the punishment." ”

"You're right, between you and A-Ning, I naturally want to choose her, and I don't allow anyone to cause her any possible harm for any reason. You have two choices, one is to transfer out of the palace in the old man's palace, don't let me find out that you have any out-of-the-ordinary behavior, otherwise I will take your life and the other is to take advantage of your youth to go out of the palace and marry. There is only one chance, and there will be no more missed opportunities. You choose. ”

Zhong Weiwei understated, but there was no room for it.

Lu Huanting was silent for a moment and smiled: "Can Niang Niang allow me to go out of the palace to take care of my two younger brothers without getting married?" We can live on our own strength and ask no one else. ”

Zhong Weiwei shook his head: "No." ”

Lu Huanting's appearance, she still thinks it is really beautiful when she looks at it, let alone the people outside? I'm afraid it's not a blessing but a curse.

Lu Huanting took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Then, let the slave maid die in the palace." ”

Zhong Weiwei also smiled: "You go and serve the concubine." ”

Lu Huanting bowed three times, got up and left, and never looked back.

Although she has experienced wind and rain, she always has a dream in her heart.

Qiu Hao didn't choose her, which completely broke her dream.

It's time to forget it completely, when it comes to desperate for everything, it seems that it has always been her wishful thinking, and Qiu Yuan has never responded to her.

Maybe it was heartwarming, but more than that, it's just pity.

Lu Huanting met Lu Chun outside the Jiaotai Palace, Lu Chun had pity in her eyes, but she didn't say anything, just silently pinned the broken hair behind her ear for her, and then smiled.

Lu Huanting held Lu Chun's hand and smiled: "Take care." ”

Xiaotang sent Lu Huanting directly to the palace of an old concubine, who was very old, the concubine of Emperor Shenzong, with a gentle temperament, and an elegant person who liked to read and write.

When Lu Huanting saw this kind old lady, she finally couldn't hold back her tears, she confessed, turned around and silently shed tears against the wall for a moment, and then smiled and said to Xiaotang: "Please aunt tell the queen mother, and the slave will remember her love." ”

Xiaotang patted her on the shoulder: "People who are not bad-hearted are often not too lucky." ”

Qiu Yuan returned home and stood at the door and stared at Yao Jingning.

Yao Jingning was uncomfortable by him, raised her hand to touch her face several times, and asked the maid in a low voice, "Is there anything on my face?" ”

The maid shook her head: "I didn't see it." ”

Qiu Hao walked in and said softly, "It's nothing, it's just that I want to see you." ”

Yao Jingning's face was hot, and she calmly asked the maid to serve tea, and then asked, "Is everything okay with the queen mother?" ”

Qiu Yuan went with the flow, took the tea from the maid, and said kindly, "I'll let you know." ”

Yao Jingning smiled and disagreed.

The days are as plain as water, and they are still the same as before, the husband and wife respect each other, the family is harmonious, and Qiu Qian still takes care of his wife and children, and he is still very busy.

Yao Jingning is also very busy, but she feels that something is quietly changing, maybe it is an unintentional look from Qiu Yuan, or maybe it is an unintentional action and a sentence from Qiu Yuan.

The weather was getting colder, she was getting more and more bloated, she had difficulty moving, and her hands and feet were swollen.

She insisted on taking a walk every day, and didn't care that Qiu Yuan saw her ugly appearance at the moment.

Qiu Yuan will lead her away, and she will not refuse his kindness, let alone be a perfect couple and parents with him in front of the children.

It's just that she never let him into her bedroom again, and she never had any closer intimacy with him.

Qiu Yuan occasionally makes some small movements and will play a little clever, but as long as she finds that she is unwilling, she will immediately stop and not force it at all.

Life is safe.

One day, Qiu Yuan happily told her: "Brother is coming back with his sister-in-law and children." ”

He was as happy as a child: "Shall we let them come to my house?" ”

Yao Jingning said with a smile: "Okay, but I may not be able to give birth for a long time, and I probably won't be able to take good care of them." ”

"I'm here."

Qiu Yuan ran to decorate the courtyard with great interest, told the children the story of him and He Lingyi, and said that there would be a girl named He Miao living at home, and the children would be siblings with He Miao.

The children were attracted and happily cleaned up the courtyard with Qiu Yuan, and Xiaoyu also came up with a lot of ideas.

Yao Jingning watched calmly, patiently waiting for the child in her womb to be born.

One day in the winter moon, there was freezing rain outside, it was very cold, she got up early for a walk, and the amniotic water suddenly broke.

It only took an hour for Qiu Xiaofang to come to this world and announce his arrival with a loud cry.

He was extremely strong, born with more than seven pounds, and his hands and feet were thicker and stronger than his brothers and sisters when they were born, and once he cried, he could shake the roof tiles.

The family was curious to gather around Yao Jingning and the newborn, and the two children quietly poked from time to time, one said that the younger brother was so small, the other said that the younger brother was so strange, and the young Zhong Yi was still a little jealous and uneasy.

Qiu Yuan was busy and tried her best to take care of Yao Jingning, but Yao Jingning had a high fever on the third day.

It's puerperal fever.

The sky fell.

Qiu Qian handed over the children to the nanny with trembling hands and feet, and stayed by Yao Jingning's side all night.

When he heard the imperial doctor say that it might not be okay and asked him to prepare for the aftermath in advance, he cried.

He stood in the corner of the wall, looking at the little ink on the wall, crying silently, breathless in pain.

He experienced another parting of life and death.

It's like suddenly losing your home and losing your parents when you were a child.

It's like suddenly losing his adoptive father and master when he was a little sensible, and then separating from his sister who depended on each other.

It's like being caught and taken away by Li Shang's people and secretly imprisoned, thinking that he will never see his relatives again.

It's like knowing He Lingyi's true purpose, so he had to separate from him and lose his eldest brother.

Now he will lose his wife and loved ones, as well as his lover, the mother of his children.

In the dead of night, Qiu Yuan knelt on the edge of Yao Jingning's bed, buried her face in her palm, and prayed over and over again.