Liuli frowned and said: "The slave maid heard that the young lady is really not very good to the young lady, even if there is a young lady, he also likes to look for flowers and ask willows, and more and more indulgent, the eldest lady can't control it, so she has to let the young lady go to her room all day to set up rules, a few days ago, the young lady was pregnant, the eldest lady didn't know why she let the young lady move out of their yard and settle down in a small courtyard, the young lady in line with the duty of being a wife, personally accepted a few good concubines, and the son was considered to have received his heart, but who knows, this suddenly became sick, I have already asked Imperial Doctor Wei to take a look, saying that it may not be cured, and even if it can be cured, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have children in the future. ”

Although Liuli's expression is complicated, there is a faint joy in her heart, and she feels disgusted with such a man, even if she is a woman.

Lan Ruo could barely stand on his feet, and said, "Lan Bo is the only male of the Lan family, if the Lan family has no queen, then-that-"

She almost panicked, took Liuli's hand and said, "Who else knows about this matter?" ”

Liuli shook her head and said: "The eldest lady and the lord concealed this matter tightly, and the slave maid still dragged the sisters who had made friends in the mansion before finding out, and now the eldest lady attaches great importance to the young lady's birth, and only hopes to get a man in one fell swoop, and the young master is not allowed to get close to the young lady, as for the concubines, they have all been sick and quietly beaten to death by the eldest lady——"

Lan Ruo only felt that her heart was pounding, she faintly felt that something was wrong, Lan Bo used to be a proud young man, but now, he has ended up like this, is it really retribution?

Lan Ruo stabilized his heart and said: "I believe that my father and eldest lady will deal with this matter, don't tell me about this matter, by the way, what about my mother?" ”

Liuli heard the queen ask about Jiang's family, and her tone became more and more deferential, and said: "The second lady has been concentrating on worshipping the Buddha recently, and she doesn't even care much about the eldest lady's troubles for her, but it has been going well. ”

After listening to so much news, there was finally one who was quite satisfied, she took Liuli's hand and walked forward, and said: "You go and send a letter to your mother, and say that let her be closer to the Wei family, this child, if it is a boy, then it is the future of the Lan Mansion, his father is so unbearable, he must be close to his grandmother to be obedient." ”

Ruri nodded and agreed.

However, at this time, in the imperial study, it was a mess, and the cups and porcelain plates fell to the ground, and even the folds on the desk were not spared.

Fuqing stood far away under the eaves, looking like a solemn mud bodhisattva in the temple.

I could only hear Tuoba Chen's low roar inside: "You can see clearly? ”

The man was obviously frightened by the emperor's anger, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Back to Your Majesty's words, yes - it is true that I saw General Zhu enter the Xian Wang's Mansion, and did not go through the front gate, but the back door-"

Tuoba Chen took a deep breath and said: "Wow, wow, I'm not dead yet, they just give and receive each other privately, form a party for personal gain, those old ministers also say that the virtuous king has no disobedience to the heart, and now he is under my nose, dare to do this?" What I am when I am blind or not? ”

Where did that person dare to answer, even if he wanted to excuse General Zhu, he didn't dare to say half a word.

Tuoba Chen only felt that there was a burning anger in his chest, almost burning all his reason, and he suddenly asked, "Song Yi is still at the border?" ”

The man nodded and said, "This time the escort to Beijing was brought back by General Zhu, and General Song is still stationed at the border to prevent trouble." ”

Tuoba Chen's eyes were desperate and lonely, he looked at the engraving of the Wanli River carved on his desk, and said in a deep voice: "Let someone send a secret edict to General Song, this secret edict must be delivered to him personally, do you know?" ”

Although the man was puzzled, he had no choice but to respond, but the next moment, he was shocked by the emperor's words, and he heard the emperor's indifferent, almost cruel voice: "In addition, it is not a mistake to secretly send someone to assassinate King Xian and Zhu Zhenyuan tonight." ”

Seeing that the people below were silent for a long time, Tuoba Chen said unhappily: "What? Do you want to disobey me? ”

The man didn't dare to get up at all when he lay on the ground, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty, General Zhu is the commander of the 300,000 Yunlu army, isn't it going to chill the hearts of the soldiers if we do this?" Besides—" He hesitated for a long time and finally said, "Besides, His Royal Highness King Xian has not shown any signs of rebellion, Your Majesty has thought twice—"

Tuoba Chen had already made up his mind and said, "Sometimes, this person's life does not matter, the stability of the imperial power is the most important, and I will not allow the slightest existence that may threaten my throne." ”

Whether it was the Mu clan in the past, or the Lan clan now, he would find a way to check and balance, and if the checks and balances could not be made, he could only get rid of them.

The man saw that Tuoba Chen had made up his mind, so he had to say: "This matter can't be hidden, if it is exposed, how can it be rounded?" ”

Tuoba Chen sneered, and lightly tapped his fingers on the tabletop and said: "Mobei has a bad intention, and actually sent assassins to hide in the ranks of the envoys, intending to murder me. ”

That person didn't expect Tuoba Chen to press the charge on the head of the Mobei envoy, and then he also figured out that Mobei has been ready to move in recent years, and from time to time will instigate the surrounding small countries to disturb the borders of the Great Calendar, and the Great Calendar has long intended to get rid of it, but it has not been able to find a suitable reason, if it can take this opportunity to set off a dispute, it is naturally the best of both worlds, and the killing of the commander of the Yunlu Army will definitely cause the indignation of the soldiers, so that the momentum is high and it will be invincible.

He had to sigh, it was too meticulous, it was simply too meticulous, he had calculated everything.

He finally understood that the emperor in front of him, who was usually hidden under the appearance of leniency and harmony, was tyrannical and selfish, and regarded human life like a mustard, holding the world and playing with it in his palm.

But so what? What but to obey orders?

He didn't know how he walked out of the imperial study, but he felt the cold wind blowing, and he felt the sweat soak through his clothes.

After he left, Fuqing crept into the imperial study, saw the mess all over the ground, and sighed: "Your Majesty, no matter what happens, you should also pay attention to your body." ”

Tuoba Chen sat in his chair as if he hadn't heard, as if waiting for something.

Fu Qing suddenly smiled and said: "Your Majesty is not like this, last time Your Majesty was like this, on the second day, someone played, Mu Wangfu collaborated with the enemy and treason, and was raided overnight——"

Tuoba Chen suddenly came back to his senses, and his eagle-like eyes looked at Fuqing: "What did you say?" ”

There was a deep vigilance in his eyes, but Fuqing was just seriously packing up the things in his hand, his back was rickety, and he was gradually showing an old state, he didn't seem to be able to hear the meaning of Tuoba Chen's words, but he said to himself: "The slave is just a feeling, the slave has been serving His Majesty for more than ten years, since His Majesty was still a prince-oh-no, or since the Queen Mother has not passed away, he has served by His Majesty's side, looking at you for so many years, it is not easy, I feel it—— It's not too early, does Your Majesty want to settle it? ”

Tuoba Chen is now full of worries, how can he still be settled?

He simply waved his hand and said, "Let's go back to the Heart Cultivation Hall today." ”

Fuqing obediently asked people to go down to prepare, and he served His Majesty on the sedan chair and went in the direction of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

The night soon fell, He Xi watched the sky darken little by little, and then said to Ruyi: "Go clean up, let's go to the Criminal Division——"

Ruyi had already prepared, took two dark and heavy fur cloaks, put them on separately, and then walked towards the Shen Criminal Division.

The cold wind outside hit people's faces, and suddenly they felt a chill on their faces, and before He Xi could react, he heard Ruyi whisper: "It's snowing-"

He Xi subconsciously reached out to touch it, and sure enough, sporadic snowflakes fell in the palm of his hand, and in an instant, they turned into small droplets, itchy and cool.

He Xi looked up, the moon above his head had been covered by dark clouds, and through the moonlight, he could see the trajectory of snowflakes falling.

It's been three years, it's been three years, and she's finally back here, but this year's snow is really early, maybe it's because her father and mother have spirits in the sky.

She took a deep breath, felt the clammy chill in the air, and said to Ruyi, "Let's go—"

Ruyi nodded, picked up the palace lamp, adjusted the brightness, and helped He Xi to go.

Outside the Punishment Division, there were palace people who shrank in the corner of the wall and kept dozing, and when they saw someone coming, they hurriedly got up and saluted, and said, "I don't know which palace master it is?" ”

Ruyi scolded: "This is Concubine Xi, I came to see the Jing nobles on the order of the concubine, let us in-" The man was a little suspicious at first, after all, he looked at Concubine Xi's high bulging abdomen, and said respectfully: "Niangniang, it's not a small trespassing, it's just that in this filthy and pickled place, you are pregnant with a dragon heir, it is inconvenient to go in, if there is any order or anything, the slave will go in, why bother Niangniang——"

He Xi's face was calm, and he said gently: "This palace and Jing nobles are also sisters, I want to go in and see in person, and my father-in-law is accommodating-"

After that, Ruyi took out a small gold leaf from his waist and stuffed it into the hand of the eunuch guarding the door, and the eunuch was happy in his heart, so he got out of the way and invited the two in.

At this time, it was already the hour, except for the palace people who were on duty at night, the rest of the people went to sleep, but the sound of painful moans and cries could still be heard echoing in the dim Raune.

Those were the ones who had been punished, physically and mentally tortured, keeping them awake at night.

The candle flame shook slightly, and He Xi noticed that the shadows reflected on the ground were dark red, which was the color of the ground.

What color was the long corridor in the past? Maybe it's bluestone slabs, maybe it's white marble? No one knows, and I don't know how many people's blood has been soaked in them to get to where they are now.

The little eunuch bowed down and invited He Xi into the innermost cell, and by the candlelight on the wall, she saw a person lying on the ground, thin and thin, obviously a woman.