The more strange he felt, the more Wu Yingxiong wanted to tease Sun Yanling, he looked at Sun Yanling quite interestingly, and showed a treacherous smile that did not match his calm face: "Senior brother, what a big fire, do you want my brother to help you find two Qingqi people to vent your fire?" ”

Sun Yanling's expression was cold: "If Senior Brother is fine, go to rest early, you must be tired all the way here." [No pop-ups. 】”

"Senior brother, I care about you." Wu Yingxiong said insincerely, he said with a smile: "It seems that my righteous sister is really not simple, and she can make you unmoved in the face of beauty." Well, I have to see Mo Daxiu to see if she is rumored to be true, and she is not a beauty. If it's a mediocre person, you'll be able to understand it if you refuse. ”

Sun Yanling's eyes reflected a chill like ice and snow, and he warned: "Senior brother, don't be too troublesome! ”

Thinking of Kong Sizhen's beautiful and peerless face, Sun Yanling suddenly felt irritable.

That face seemed to have a kind of magic power for him, and since we met, it had been hovering in his mind from time to time. That day, he saw her and Prince Chengze Shuosai laughing in the imperial city, he felt that she was watery Yanghua, and made up his mind to withdraw from the marriage with her, but after his mother reprimanded, he went to Beijing again to inquire about the news related to her.

Then, seeing each other again and again, he fell deeper and deeper.

Kong Sizhen...... Originally, he wanted to forget the latter two, but he thought that the longer the separation, the deeper his thoughts became.

She had eyes that soothed his soul, and she looked at him as if she saw the constancy of his bohemianism, the fragility of his unruliness.

Just like when he was nine years old, he was in a desperate situation, and she, who was still a little girl, walked to him step by step and saved him!

No matter how long he waited, he would definitely marry her.

Finding a trace of expression leaked on Sun Yanling's face, Wu Yingxiong played with the tea cup in his hand, his eyes were gloomy.

Things seemed to be going better than he had imagined.

It is interesting that a rebellious junior brother would have true feelings for a woman.

Maybe he can tell his father that the offensive and defensive alliance of the four feudal domains can start with the Ding feudal domain first.

The two were talking, but they saw Fugui take a letter, hold it in his hand and hurriedly come in, and said in a loud voice: "General, general, a letter from the capital, saying that there is a pox epidemic in the palace, and martial law is under martial law inside and outside the imperial city, and those things you brought to Gege can't be sent in......"

"Is there anything wrong with Ah Zhen?" Sun Yanling suddenly got up and snatched the letter from Fugui's hand.

**

Sizhen finished eating and was about to change his clothes and go to Chengqian Palace, when he saw the thrush come in and said: "Gege, don't go over, just now a father-in-law came to pass the decree, saying that someone was found to have a pox diagnosis, so that everyone should not move around at will, so as not to get sick." ”

Sizhen was stunned, and the thrush said with a worried face: "I heard that a few people have died, and the emperor plans to avoid acne in Nanyuan, so let's pack up and prepare and go together." ”

Sizhen's face froze: "But, doesn't the emperor plan to let those who take the exam take the re-examination on the 11th?" In this way, wouldn't all the people of the whole country have to stay in Beijing? ”

Her heart jumped: A while ago, there was a lot of uproar about fraud in the scientific field, and it has been decided to let those people re-examine, the imperial examination is a ceremony for scholars, and the stakes are very important, and now the emperor can't even take care of this, is it just a few days, is the pox epidemic so serious?

The lark who came in with the thrush cried, "Gege, at this time, where can I take care of other things?" You have also heard that the pox plague will kill people, the slave maid heard that there is a pox plague, nine deaths and a lifetime, now, let's go to Nanyuan with the emperor to avoid it, and wait for this limelight to pass, and then come back! ”

However, no one expected that this time the pox epidemic broke out so badly, it didn't pass for two or three months, and many people in and outside the palace died, not to mention, even the third elder brother Xuan Ye was also infected, in order to avoid passing it on to others, he even moved Xuan Ye outside the palace to treat the disease.

When Xuan Ye recovered easily, the fourth elder brother, who was less than 100 days old, also began to have a fever and fight, and vomited out all the milk he ate, and sometimes, he would have convulsions.

Since the outbreak of the pox epidemic, the palace is like a great enemy, even living in the brother's house, the underage prince let back to his biological mother's palace to raise, so as not to neglect to contract the pox epidemic outside, the incense candles offered to the pox god Niangniang have not been extinguished, even the Chinese New Year's Eve of that year, there is no palace banquet, I am afraid that if there is a first illness that is not discovered, more people gather together, which will make the pox epidemic spread, in order to show piety, but also specially told the world "do not fry beans, do not light lamps, do not splash water", in order to please the pox god Niangniang let the pox epidemic pass as soon as possible.

In this case, everyone in the palace was in danger and was terrified.

The fourth elder brother was born prematurely, compared to the full-term child, he was already weak and sickly, and after the pox epidemic, Wuyunzhu was even more vigilant, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the Chengqian Palace, not to mention, even the attendants had to drink medicinal soup every day according to the instructions of the imperial doctor to strengthen their bodies, for fear that the fourth elder brother would be contaminated with the pox epidemic.

But the more you are afraid of something, the more something will come.

On the 24th day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Shunzhi, the fourth elder brother who was born less than 100 days ago and had not even taken his name was regarded as a jewel by Fulin.

Wuyunzhu fainted at the moment when the fourth elder brother breathed, and became depressed and unhappy.

Although it was an untimely death, Fulin solemnly mourned the fourth elder brother according to the prince's etiquette, and dressed up in a golden coffin, and hundreds of civil and military officials and the royal family gathered from top to bottom to mourn, and also posthumously crowned the fourth elder brother as the proud prince, not to mention the funeral system, Fulin also wrote an epitaph for his beloved son.

However, no matter how grand the funeral is, it can't wash away the mourning of the dark clouds, since the fourth elder brother died, her soul seems to be half gone, her heart is discouraged like death, every day or sitting or lying, always holding the clothes of the fourth elder brother before his death, she was stunned and shed tears.

Like a fish out of water, like a leaf out of a branch, it will drift away at any time.

With the appearance of Wuyunzhu, even Sizhen, who has always kept a distance from her, feels that she can't see it.

On that day, she snatched the clothes from Wuyunzhu's hand and said, "Niangniang, you can't go on like this anymore?" ”

Wuyunzhu didn't look at her, she just wanted to snatch the little shirt back from her hand, and her voice sounded extremely nervous: "Give it back to me, you give it back to me, give me back my treasure." ”

Sizhen hid his clothes behind him: "Niangniang, you are like this, the fourth elder brother is not at ease when he goes, do you want him to live forever and not be reincarnated?" ”

Wuyunzhu was stunned, sat down on the soft couch in a daze, and muttered: "My Bao'er, my Bao'er, E-Niang is sorry for you, if E-Niang looks at you every day, you won't have an accident!" ”

Sizhen sighed.

The queen mother was sick in the winter moon, the queen is not as good as the dark cloud beads, she does not untie her clothes every day with the day and night to worship, wait not to say, but also night and night copy the scriptures in front of the Buddha, make a special trip to Minzhong Temple to pray for the queen mother, it can be said that the sleep and food are forgotten.

In those days when the queen mother was sick, Fulin took the ministers to pray for the queen mother at the altar of the emperor, and the dark cloud beads were in the palace inside and out, waiting, and afterwards, Fulin blamed the queen for not being satisfied, and planned to abolish the queen, one was the queen mother to dissuade, and the other was to save the queen house, saying that the queen mother should not be sad because of the blame for the queen, and the matter was stopped, after the queen mother recovered from illness on December 28, Fulin stopped the queen's middle palace note on the seventh day of the first month.

At that time, there was a palace person who went to wait for the Queen Mother with Wuyunzhu who had already contracted a pox, because he was a third-class palace person, he didn't have to wait closely, and he didn't find it at the time, and when he found it, the pox had already passed one by one to the fourth elder brother's body.

It can be said that if it weren't for Wuyunzhu's bent desire to reverse the Queen Mother's impression of her, the disaster of the fourth elder brother might not have happened.

It's no wonder she blames herself so much.

Sizhen could only persuade and said: "Niangniang, don't be anxious, you are as filial as you are to the Queen Mother, so generous to the top and bottom of this palace, accumulate blessings and virtues, God will have mercy on you, and you will definitely return a prince!" ”

Wuyunzhu leaned on the soft couch and was silent for a long time before stroking his stomach and said softly: "I'm here, counting Bao'er, I have been pregnant with three children, and every time, I am ecstatic, because it is the emperor's child, it is me and his child, but they are all gone, and they don't even let me look at it...... Now, even Bao'er is gone, you say, why is that? Why don't they stay with me? Why don't they want to be my child? ”

"Am I doing too much? No, I was reluctant to step on an ant since I was a child, and I have never killed a palace person, you say, why is that? ”

"Prince Xiang, it must be Prince Xiang, he doesn't want me to have the emperor's children, so he killed them one by one......"

Wuyunzhu shook his head, grabbed Sizhen's hand tightly, and shouted like crazy: "It must be him, in this life, the only person I owe is him." He's right, I want too much, I betray him, there will be retribution, I hope that what doesn't belong to me, there will be retribution! Now retribution is coming, retribution is coming...... I used my child in exchange for this earth-pouring wealth and the position of this imperial concubine...... I don't want it, I just want my treasure! ”

Sizhen's nose was sour: "Niangniang, you look like this, the emperor will be worried when he sees it." ”

Hearing this, Wuyunzhu laughed, sat up straight, and looked Sizhen up and down: "Worried about me? Don't lie to me, he went to Nanyuan to avoid pox, there are so many concubines in the palace who don't bring it, but he brings you, the person in his heart, you are the only one, even if I die, he won't shed a tear, no, the emperor won't worry about me, you lie, haha, you lie......"

She looked at Sizhen, lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "Do you know why the emperor likes Bao'er so much?" Because Bao'er looks like you, like you! Hahaha, my son, but he looks exactly like you, that's why Bao'er died, and the emperor was so sad......"