Lin Yuan picked the road under Shuangfengque and walked back, a little far away, but it was the most open and smooth road. She walked slowly, looking at the distant mountains outside the palace with open eyes, enjoying the rare comfort in the bleak court in the crisp and blue autumn weather, and her mood became relaxed.

She felt as if she had figured something out.

When I came to Jianzhang Palace today, there was only one person mentioned in the conversation between Tuoba Hong and himself, and that was Bai Xiuwei.

Originally, Bai Xiuwei was the least important part of the whole incident. She was just a pitiful person, who was squeezed by the palace and became complete cannon fodder in the process of Chu Huaxin's design to frame Lin Yuan. She could have been in the spotlight because she was pregnant, but now, she is the most overlooked character in the eyes of everyone, and most people secretly applaud her tragic death.

Lin Yuan also ignored her originally.

But now, Lin Yuan began to pay attention to her. It is deserved that she is not the heir of the emperor to be disgusted by Tuoba Hong, but Tuoba Hong, no matter how ruthless and indifferent Tuoba Hong is, should not dislike her to such an extent...... even moved the idea of abandoning her status as an imperial concubine and not allowing her to be buried in the concubine's tomb.

lost the imperial heir because of being poisoned, this is really not a great crime, at most Bai Xiuwei is too stupid and stupid. It is the Chu clan that should really be punished.

From Tuobahiro's point of view, he shouldn't have been so angry.

And, from Lin Yuan's point of view, Bai Xiuwei's death is strange everywhere.

She should not have and could not have died in such a way.

The life of a woman in the palace is like duckweed, and the death of a concubine is not surprising, and it is even more common for a pregnant woman to die because of various inexplicable reasons. But the child in Bai Xiuwei's belly is not so much her own, but the queen's. Although Bai Xiuwei was born tall and should be given a high position for her to raise her child, Lin Yuan believed that the queen would definitely have a way to keep the child for herself.

Bai Xiuwei gets along very closely with the queen, and if this child wants to be sent, it will never fall on the heads of others. In other words, from the moment she was pregnant, the queen had already gone lucky.

But now the result is that the child is gone so quickly.

Lin Yuan still remembered Imperial Doctor Li's words, he said that the fetus was already one month old, because Bai Xiuwei had not been able to send a monthly letter in the past, and after she was pregnant, she thought that she was just late for the monthly letter, so she didn't ask the imperial doctor in time. In the end, Bai Xiuwei drank arsenic and died without knowing that she was pregnant.

Bai Xiuwei is a fool, the queen is not confused.

The queen must know that Bai Xiuwei is pregnant! In Daqin's harem, the heirs are too precious and rare, and the queen can't miss them!

Therefore, Lin Yuan was able to deduce that the queen let her come to Concubine Xiang's banquet without scruples knowing that Bai Xiuwei was pregnant. Chu Huaxin's arsenic matter was single-handedly facilitated by Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan was confident in his own level of work, this matter must be leaky, and the queen and the emperor did not know in advance. But even if she didn't know it, when the bowl of arsenic soup was served, Concubine Xiang was able to avoid it, why didn't Bai Xiuwei take the slightest precautions?

Even if the queen wants to hide Bai Xiuwei's pregnancy, then she must arrange competent people to protect this fetus! Concubine Xiang has always disliked Bai Xiuwei, what a dangerous place Lintoe Palace is for her, the queen let her go so relieved, and Ye Liangren still knows how to call a disease...... During the feast, all kinds of food were served, and Bai Xiuwei was so relieved to send it to the mouth, and finally drank a bowl of arsenic.

All indications show that the queen did not have any protection for Bai Xiuwei's baby at all, which eventually led to the death of Bai Xiuwei's mother and son......

In the Lintoe Palace that day, even if Chu Huaxin didn't intervene sideways, Bai Xiuwei would not come back alive. An inch of thought is under the spice, pervasive.

Bai Xiuwei will definitely die in Lintoe Palace, and she should definitely not die.

It's weird.

After the incident, the queen shed tears several times openly and secretly. An old man like Zhao Shuyuan in the palace who has some roots has said a sigh - the queen has lost a lot this time.

The queen's appearance made Lin Yuan forget her in her mind. No one will do a loss-making business, and Concubine Xiang's poison must have nothing to do with the queen.

So the queen is telling the truth? Was it really Shen Yunrong's doing?

But the punishment of demoting Zhaoyuan is really not in line with her felony. Why didn't the emperor deal with her heavily, and why was he angry with Bai Xiuwei? Or even wipe the matter out of the blue?

If you think about it a different way......

Although Shen Yunrong has the sin of hiding drugs, it has nothing to do with Concubine Xiang's poisoning. The crime that should not be carried by her, Tuoba Hong will not pursue her. There are other people who use poison, compared to buying the palace maids around Concubine Xiang to poison them, it is obvious that the concubines at the Lintoe Palace banquet that day and the palace people they brought are easier to do. So who will it be......

Zhao Shuyuan's lintel is not high, although she has been in the palace for many years, she will not have the ability to get an inch of thought. Maybe the Chu family has this ability, but Chu Huaxin is busy dealing with Lin Yuan, and Chu Huasheng will not get much support from the family as a concubine. So, Bai Xiuwei......

She is the Queen's person.

She is also the least likely person to be suspected. She came to do this, and the risk to the queen would be minimized.

Oh, a dead man......

If it weren't for today's emperor's reminder, Lin Yuan wouldn't have guessed this layer - in other words, this matter can't be guessed, and the queen put so much thought into it just to clear herself. The Emperor must have had other information to understand.

It turned out that the emperor already knew...... I don't know what he will do with the queen.

However, to this day, he has not done anything about it. Moreover, looking at it like this, he won't do anything to the queen.

Over the years, there have been a lot of miscarriages and young sons in the palace, and Lin Yuan didn't believe that the queen, as the master of the harem, had never stepped in. Despicable and dirty things, the queen would not have done less before, and now she will continue to do it, and the emperor is somewhat clear in his heart. But no matter what, the queen's throne sat firmly.

The relationship between the emperor and queen is far from being as simple as Lin Yuan imagined. Empress Xiao Yueyi was disliked by the emperor because of her noble background, but in the process of Tuoba Hong's struggle for the throne eight years ago, as a concubine, she was assassinated and lost a child. As a result of that injury, the queen was unable to have children for the rest of her life, and all because of her allegiance and Takubahiro.

No matter what she and the emperor have become now, they were once the strongest allies.

Maybe you've been lovers too? When they were young, they were not sophisticated enough, not enough to have a city government, and not to account for too many gains and losses.

In the evening of this day, the emperor finished his political affairs and drove to the Lintoe Palace.

Concubine Xiang was almost well enough to be able to walk around the house.

But no matter how clever Rui'er's medical skills are, the effect of an inch of thinking has already hurt Concubine Xiang's body. She is now weak and weak, and she can catch the wind chill with the slightest wind.

In the peach orchard in the apse of the Inviting Moon Tower, Tuoba Hong hugged her from behind and heard her laugh out loud in surprise. Takubahiro hugged her tighter and tighter.

Rui'er flashed out from her side and knelt down to salute. Tuoba Hong glanced at her: "I said that whoever can save Concubine Xiang will be rewarded with her title." You don't joke, Lan Rui, your father will be the Marquis of Zhongyi from now on. ”

Concubine Xiang's body trembled slightly. Rui'er kowtowed in fear and said, "The Lan family is ...... despicable."

"Hundreds of workers are cheap, and drug production is not on the table, from a humble body to a nobleman, isn't this reward good enough?" Tuoba Hong's voice was indifferent.

Rui'er couldn't speak, so she could only kowtow.

Concubine Xiang sighed slightly, the emperor would eventually take Rui'er away from her.

After Garn, the Lan family can only be loyal to the emperor.

In fact, this is already a great gift, and Tuoba Hong promised her that he would let Rui'er serve her until she gave birth.

She had to get this child.

"Lili, it's windy here, let's go into the inner room." Takubahiro stopped her waist and went back to the room.

In the inner room, Emperor Zhaochun greeted him with small steps. Takubahiro pulled her to his side with his other hand.

In her own palace, Concubine Xiang always doesn't like too many people to serve, and the apse is even cleaner. At that time, there were no other palace people around except Rui'er who was following behind, Tuoba Hong touched Zhaochun's jet-black and shiny bun, and said with a smile: "This child is so beautiful." Much like you. ”

"Yes." Concubine Xiang said calmly: "The concubine's sister is actually more beautiful than the concubine......"

Referring to the events of that year, Tuoba Hong did not feel embarrassed, and still smiled: "We took her child, and we should give her one back." ”

Concubine Xiang's face suddenly turned pale: "Your Majesty ......"

"Lili, I still have political affairs." The Emperor did not wait for her to finish.

The Emperor quickly rode away. Concubine Xiang's body was too soft to hold on, and she leaned on Rui'er.

Rui'er began to cry. Back then, the Shangguan clan had a life-saving grace for their whole clan, and she was also the most loyal person to Concubine Xiang. She was still young and many times could not understand the emperor's decision.

She knew what had happened. The prince born to Concubine Xiang was originally healthy, but died inexplicably after just one hour. The evidence in Concubine Xiang's hand clearly pointed to the queen, but the emperor refused to pursue it.

Concubine Xiang didn't cry or make trouble, she was the most intolerable person on weekdays, but she was surprisingly calm when she encountered this kind of thing.

She understood that now was not the time to move the Xiao family, and it was impossible for the emperor to destroy the court business for many years in order to seek justice for her children. And - the attitude of the emperor as a father towards this child was not so much anticipation as disgust. The current situation is exactly what he wants.

Concubine Xiang finally chose to give in. She kept silent, and without the emperor's permission, she would never reveal half a word about the matter.

Tuoba Hiroshi appreciates her very much because of this. This is really a woman with a lot of knowledge.

Concubine Xiang's forbearance was indeed exchanged for the emperor's "return". He took the third daughter, who was born two months old, from her blessed sister, who had three daughters and two sons, and gave her to comfort her grief. In this way, Concubine Xiang, who lost her parent, can at least live a better life in the future; And the princess, who is glamorous in appearance but is not loved by King Xianyu, will also bring her greater glory and security after the third daughter becomes the emperor.

The emperor is really handy to do such a thing. For a woman who has been robbed of everything, it is enough to give a little compensation. Even if it wasn't enough, she didn't dare to complain.

Many years have passed, and Concubine Xiang has treated her niece as her own, but she will always believe that the child will come back.

Takubahiro erased the child's existence, but she couldn't forget it.