When he arrived at the back hall, Song Xingchen was a little surprised, it was not the minister sent by the imperial court who came here, but the emperor's imperial guards and Zhou Feng's guards.

And the number of people who came was not very large, only sixteen in all.

After everyone saluted Song Xingchen, the imperial guards showed their intentions and respectfully presented the emperor's secret letter to Song Xingchen.

Although Song Xingchen is pregnant, he still has to kneel and kowtow before he can receive the secret letter, which is the helplessness of the imperial system.

"The emperor can send you here, because he believes in your ability, and also trusts the lord of this county, and the lord of this county will do his best to ensure the peace of the dry city and protect the lives of the people." After speaking, Song Xingchen got up and bowed deeply in the direction of the capital.

Seeing this, the others also hurriedly got up and stood up.

After Song Xingchen sat down, he motioned for everyone to sit down, and then continued: "The county lord will not waste your time, the emperor asked you to investigate, the county lord does not know much, but the prefect and the county horse are on their way back, if you want to leave on the way to hand over clues to them, you can stay here and wait for a few days." ”

The imperial guard and Zhou Feng's guard glanced at each other, and the former replied, "Without further ado, we will get up immediately, and ask the county lord to send someone to show the way." ”

"Well, for the royal service, there should indeed be no delay, when the county lord writes a book, he will definitely report it truthfully." After Song Xingchen finished speaking, he looked at the expressions of a few people quietly, and said slowly: "It's just that the dry city is full of ice and snow, even if you want to hurry, you must pay attention to safety, if you can trust the county lord, you will stay in this mansion for one night, and wait for the county lord to prepare the items used on the road for you, and when the city gate is opened tomorrow morning, how about sending you to travel?" ”

"Thank you for the hospitality of the county lord, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." The imperial guard stood up and said.

Song Xingchen nodded, turned his head to Hang Hang, and said: "The emperor's secret letter mentions you, it can be seen that you have the intention of promoting, the county lord has already set up a banquet in the backyard, and the residence of these adults has been arranged by Hang Tanhua." ”

"Yes." Hang Hang got up and replied respectfully, as if he and Song Xingchen were not acquaintances.

After a few words of greeting, Song Xingchen took the apple back to the back house, these people all represent the royal family, but they are not the people who came to take over, Song Xingchen does not have to explain the situation in the dry city to them.

If these people want to know about the dry city, they can ask Hangzhou Airlines, or visit them all the way.

With Song Xingchen's identity, he doesn't have to explain everything clearly.

After dinner, Zhou Feng's guards came to ask for a meeting, handed Zhou Feng's secret letter to Song Xingchen and left, which shows that he was not responsible for bringing the letter back to Beijing.

Song Xingchen took the secret letter and pondered for a while before opening it.

Zhou Feng's handwriting is very strong, probably knowing that Song Xingchen doesn't like to learn, so he wrote this letter in the vernacular.

While the content in his heart made Song Xingchen nervous, he was also secretly glad that the Song family chose to follow Zhou Feng at that time.

Zhou Feng briefly described the situation in Beijing, and also instructed Song Xingchen not to return to Beijing for the time being, to wait for childbirth in the dry city with peace of mind, and to notify him by letter when the situation in the capital is stable.

It can be seen that the situation in the capital is far more dangerous than the dry city that the Hurba tribe will attack at any time.

But in such a situation, Zhou Feng even secretly sent a team of secret guards to assist the Song family in rescuing Song Yang, and he could stay in the dry city for the time being, waiting for Song Xingchen's brothers and sisters.

"Prosperous and prosperous, how can the Song family be alone at such a time?" Song Xingchen smiled bitterly.

Zhou Feng's arrangement can indeed move Song Xingchen, but as long as the Song family is grateful, they must help Zhou Feng at this time.

Tonight is destined to be sleepless, Song Xingchen lay on the bed, carefully analyzing the situation in the capital, thinking about how much power and wealth he could mobilize to help Zhou Feng seize the throne, and naturally he had to prepare a way back for the Song family.

Backing the mountain.

After all, Song Sanshan couldn't dispel Song Lu's desire to go north to the dry city, but he wanted to stay in the village to worship his ancestors, not to mention that there were so many children and grandchildren here, and he couldn't save them, so he could only agree to Song Yue to accompany Song Lu's north.

As for Song Yue's two children, they were handed over to Song Yueya, who had no children for the time being, to take care of, although everyone else had the heart to take over, but they all had little babies in their own homes, which was not as convenient as Song Yueya.

And Song Yueya, who has not been pregnant since she got married, has always had a heavy heart, so letting her take care of the child can also relieve her mood.

The capital, the Imperial Palace.

After Concubine An drank the fetal pills, she had cramps in her lower abdomen in less than a cup of tea, and the imperial doctor came to check the pulse and announced that it had slipped.

After the emperor learned the news, he immediately rushed to Concubine An's bedroom, and listened to Concubine An's wailing in the inner bedroom, and Long Yan was furious.

"Come on, give me a thorough investigation, and I'd rather kill by mistake than let go of the person who poisoned the dragon heir!" The Emperor shouted.

The concubines who originally came to visit Concubine An were all kneeling on the ground trembling at the moment, for fear that the emperor would involve their anger.

The emperor glanced at a few concubines in annoyance and asked, "What are you doing here?" Didn't I tell that Concubine An is pregnant and needs to be respected, so she must not be disturbed? How dare you disobey my commandment? ”

The emperor's words were obviously to vent his anger and find a reason for himself to vent.

Several concubines turned pale with fright, they just wanted to tie up Concubine An, where did they expect to run into such a thing?

"The concubine is guilty, please punish the emperor!" One by one, they were busy kowtowing and pleading guilty, not daring to defend themselves.

The emperor snorted coldly, and then stopped looking at the few people, but he didn't really mean to punish them.

Although none of these concubines gave birth to heirs for the emperor, they were all the emperor's pillows, and they had not been favored for so many years, but there was nothing that made the emperor dissatisfied.

The emperor had given an edict, but it was when Concubine An had just been diagnosed as pregnant, and Concubine An's condition was very unstable at that time, and the emperor didn't want an accident to happen, so he ordered all palaces not to come to disturb Concubine An.

But later, Concubine An's situation improved, and the emperor no longer prevented anyone from coming to visit Concubine An, saying that it was a bit far-fetched for these concubines to resist the decree.

Just when a few concubines were just breathing a sigh of relief, they heard Concubine An, who was sleeping in the inner room, shouting heartbreakingly: "Queen, you murdered the princess's son, and the concubine and you are incompatible!" ”

The emperor's body stiffened, obviously not expecting anything to happen to the queen here.

During this period of time, the queen has been recuperating in the middle palace because of her body, and even the power of the sixth palace has been delegated to several concubines, and even the matter of asking for peace has been dismissed.

Except for occasionally going to ask the queen mother for peace, except for the emperor and Zhou Jin, the queen refused all the concubines in the harem to visit, which was so low-key that people almost forgot that she existed.

Soon, the emperor calmed down, after many years of husband and wife, the emperor believed that the queen was not the kind of vicious woman, at least the queen had never done anything to the emperor's heirs, and even the eldest prince could live to such a big age, and it was also the queen who was secretly taking care of her.

At that time, the queen had just died of a prince, and it was when she was hit hard both physically and mentally.

His eyes fell on a few concubines, and he was about to warn them not to spread Concubine An's 'nonsense', but he saw that the chess concubines looked a little restrained.

This chess concubine is Qiaohui who has an abnormal relationship with An Xuyan, and the emperor has been fond of her for a while, so he also has some impressions that this chess concubine's maiden family has some relationship with the queen's maternal family.

"Chess concubine, do you have anything to say?" The emperor looked at the chess concubine, his face a little heavy.

"Concubine...... The concubine had nothing to say. The chess concubine hung her head in a panic, her voice trembling.

"Bold chess concubine, do you know that bullying the king is a crime to destroy the door?" The Emperor slapped the table and asked sharply.

The chess concubine was so frightened that her body softened, raised her eyes full of tears, and said with a crying voice: "The concubine listened to Concubine An's words, and remembered that when the concubine came, the queen sent someone to give Concubine An a jade Ruyi, Concubine An liked it very much, and played for a while before ordering the palace people to put it away." ”

The emperor narrowed his eyes, and when he saw that the chess concubine's gaze did not dodge, he ordered: "Come on, bring the jade Ruyi and let the imperial doctor examine it." ”

The palace people immediately went to do things, and the chess concubines hid their faces and wept, looking sorry for their masters.

The other concubines lowered their heads one after another, secretly keeping a distance from the chess concubines, they came to please Concubine An, but that was also because they had no heirs, so they wanted to bet more chips, and they could live better in the deep palace when they were old.

But this doesn't mean that concubines like them, who are not favored, dare to casually cling to Concubine An, after all, Concubine An, who has no imperial heir, is much less likely to have the last laugh than the queen.

Dehai, who was waiting beside the emperor, frowned, and moved his fingers with the dust whisk gently, almost no one noticed.

Soon, the palace people brought the jade Ruyi in, and the imperial doctor who was already waiting immediately stepped forward to check it, and came to the conclusion, "This jade Ruyi is not unusual, but there is a large amount of musk in this brocade box, which is most likely to cause a miscarriage of pregnant women." ”

The imperial doctor didn't know the antecedents, but his words were tantamount to convicting the queen of guilt.

The emperor's expression changed slightly, and he waved his hand to let the imperial doctor retreat, and he was speechless for a long time.

It wasn't until the palace people came to report that Concubine An had a miscarriage, and Concubine An had no worries about her life for the time being, but she could not conceive in the future, that the emperor got up and prepared to leave.

"Since you are here to accompany Concubine An, then you will stay here for a few days, Concubine An has just had a miscarriage and is emotionally unstable, you wait for more enlightenment and enlightenment to her." The emperor swept over the concubines.

Everyone knelt down in peace, but they knew in their hearts that the emperor was going to put them under house arrest, and even no matter what the result was, they all became 'insiders', and in order to save the royal face, it was very likely that they would be killed.

It's just that the imperial power is supreme, and what can they, the women who depend on the emperor, do in addition to obeying the decree?

"I'm going to visit Concubine An, sisters, and wait here first." After the emperor left, the chess concubine got up and wiped away her tears, and the previous panic and cowardice disappeared, as if she had returned to before Concubine An had a miscarriage.

Seeing this, the other concubines all had questions in their hearts, and after silently exchanging glances, they sat down in a proper manner, as for how their hearts decided, only they knew.

The emperor soon came to the queen's bedroom, and naturally took the jade Ruyi with him.

The emperor arrived, but after waiting for a while, the queen was late, and with a sickly face, she did not make up any makeup.

After a few days, the queen was much haggard, and the emperor's anger disappeared a lot in an instant.

"The concubine has lost her honor, and I ask the emperor to forgive her sins." The queen saluted respectfully, but she needed Mama Tang to support her to stabilize her figure, and her voice was extremely weak.

"Isn't the Queen's condition improving?" The emperor's voice softened a lot, and he helped the queen and wanted to pull her to sit down beside him, but the queen dodged away, and his expression was obviously displeased.

"The concubine has been sick for a long time, and she doesn't dare to sit next to the emperor, so as not to give the emperor a sick breath, so she will sit three steps away." The queen smiled lightly, and Mama Tang helped her sit on the soft chair beside her, but she gasped for breath with such a simple action.

"How do you take care of the Queen? It's not that the queen is just infected with the cold, coupled with the fire in her heart, why has the situation not improved in the past few months, but worsened? Didn't see a doctor? Seeing that the queen was just worried that she was sick, the emperor's face improved, and he felt sorry in his heart, so he asked Mama Tang, who was waiting on the side.