The lights are lit from the middle palace to the gate of the imperial city, like a fire dragon shuttling through the palace, and the firelight is lit with Xiangxiang's footprints, and she and the queen are as bright as day everywhere they go.

Outside the gate of the imperial city, there are many children of the clan, there are old elders, and there are also children and grandchildren of the blood, but not everyone is emotional, some people are hiding behind and are impatient, some people are frowning and watching the development of the situation, there is a faint smell of wine in the wind, Xiangxiang thought, those few who led the trouble, I am afraid that they are drunk tonight.

"Sister, be careful." The queen followed Xiangxiang closely, as if she was afraid that those people would be too excited and hurt the child in Xiangxiang's womb.

"It's okay, we've brought so many people." Xiangxiang looked back, and Wu Yangyang's guards came with her.

The return of the Mu family, as well as the response of the Jian Mansion, they have gathered more and more forces, Xiangxiang and the empress in the name of the emperor to implement benevolent government, disaster relief and reinforcements, do not rob the money of the rich and noble, nor deduct the people's taxes, but also under the calculation of Jian Feng, let the money and food circulate, to avoid the tragedy of some people starving to death under the catastrophe, and some people making a fortune. There are always people who want the world to be peaceful and clear, they don't care who is in charge, and after a long time, they will naturally move closer to the queen and Xiangxiang.

So in these clans, the down-and-out royal children who don't want to be controlled by two women came to make trouble.

"We want to see the emperor, and now there are rumors in the capital, saying that the emperor has gone west, and the country cannot be without a king for a day, and we can feel at ease when we see the emperor." Someone shouted so loudly and fiercely at the two women, but they didn't dare to go forward, because the guards standing behind the queen and the princess Shuo were powerless to fight.

The queen cleared her throat and stepped forward. I have discussed with Xiangxiang all the way, Xiangxiang is still only a princess after all, she can't represent the court and the royal family, she just needs to support the queen steadily, and the queen is no longer afraid of any provocation and threat.

The queen said loudly: "What should be said, the palace has explained to the ministers above the court, and now the foreign ministers are wholeheartedly stabilizing the court, all the emperor's uncles and uncles, do you have to come to disturb the palace?" ”

Those people shouted: "We just want to see the emperor and listen to the emperor's own decree, why does the queen mother think that we are charged with disturbing the palace." ”

The queen looked back at Xiangxiang, Xiangxiang waved her hand, and the guards rushed out, and the people outside panicked, but the guards didn't do anything to them, but lined up on both sides with torches.

The queen smiled and said: "I can't see the road clearly at night, this palace asked the guards to escort your uncles back to the house, now you can go, naturally if you don't want to leave, just stay, and this palace will take you to see the emperor in a while." ”

Xiangxiang stepped forward, pointed to the person who was shouting just now, and said to the guards who were following behind him, "Take this one first." ”

Before the words fell, two powerful guards stepped forward to set up the man, he had a strong smell of alcohol, but he was not drunk and confused, where was this posture to take him to see the emperor, it was clearly to imprison him, a fluttering and shouting, but he was dragged into the imperial city gate, and the chaotic shouting disappeared, no one knew what he would face behind the gate.

Xiang Xiang looked at everyone politely, all kinds of faces under the firelight were written with inner entanglements, Xiang Xiang smiled: "If anyone else wants to visit the emperor, come forward." ”

There were dissatisfied voices in the crowd, accusing Xiangxiang and the queen of violence against the children of the clan, the queen heard it very clearly, and said with a smile: "You three watchmen came to the imperial city gate in the middle of the night to make trouble, but now the border soldiers are sleeping in the open to defend the country, and the people who are killed have nowhere to live. ”

Xiangxiang deliberately appeased the queen: "Don't be angry, the emperor's illness will always get better, and one day he will make decisions for you." She raised her face to look at everyone, and her polite smile was imposing, and asked, "Does anyone else want to enter the palace to visit the emperor?" ”

An old elder sighed, and found a random guard to let him go with him, and the carriage of the family waited for him, and he disappeared into the night with the sound of wheels. The others also dispersed one after another, some tough and unconvinced ones were still clubbed in front of the door, and those who walked slowly watched them being carried away by the guards, the queen and the princess Shuo were not scaring people, they were real.

On the way back to the Middle Palace, the queen slapped her head a few times and said disdainfully: "There is no military power and no real power, what is there to make trouble in this empty city." ”

Xiangxiang said: "They are like Pang Qianyou, they have never experienced hardship, and they don't know what the world is like. It's right for them to fight, but they didn't dare to resist Pang Jun before, and they had no intention of serving the country and the people. Xiangxiang took the queen's hand and said, "Just now, it was really happy." ”

The queen nodded again and again, and said, "I've never seen anyone shivering in front of my eyes, or a man." Sister, don't say it, the taste of power is really not bad. ”

Xiangxiang sighed: "It's not, but I still don't understand what the prime minister is trying to do." Xiangxiang looked up at the night sky, the thick clouds covered the clouds and closed the moon, she thought about her husband again, remembered Xi Niang, thousands of miles away, but now she can't even appreciate the bright moon. Xiang Xiang muttered a few words to himself, and instructed the people behind him: "Those few people were locked up overnight, and they were frozen, and now they can't freeze to death on this day." Tomorrow, ask their wives to come and take them home, and if they are widowed, let their sons collect them, and they don't have to come and ask me and the queen again. ”

The little queen whispered in Xiangxiang's ear: "In the future, it will be time for me to call my sister the queen." ”

The title of "Niangniang" has always been a stalk in Xiangxiang's heart, but maybe this resistance will slowly disappear in the future, and now is not the time to think about this.

When they went to bed again, the midnight drums were already sounding, and in the affected towns on this side, the watchmen were still wandering around the city, and when they heard the sound of the drums, the eldest lady yawned and said, "It's so late, I'm going to sleep." Tomorrow morning, my son and I will go to the east to build a wall for his aunt's house, and you will go to the stove to find something to eat, and we will not care. ”

The eldest lady got up to leave, and Mu Qing also came out, but the eldest lady pushed him and said with a smile: "What are you doing with me, the little lady is so weak, but you need someone to take care of it, hurry up, what else do the little couple have to say, go to bed early." ”

Mu Qing was stunned, watching the eldest lady leave with her waist on her back, she also went to Pang Qianyou's room to take a look very carefully, and saw that the girl was sleeping soundly, and closed the door before going downstairs. Mu Qing looked back and saw Xi Niang sitting at the table without moving, he wanted to open his mouth to ask Xi Niang whether she was sleeping here or going back to Pang Qianyou's room, but Xi Niang was also stunned and didn't see any movement, he himself walked over there unconsciously, pushed the door and went in, and saw Pang Qianyou sleeping soundly with only one head exposed tightly wrapped in the quilt, so he picked up the quilt that had just been moved and retreated, and bolted the door from the door.

Turning around again, Xi Niang was standing at the door of his room, Mu Qing hugged the quilt, pursed her dry lips, and didn't know what to say. He is duplicitous, what he does is different from what he said, he said that he would not force Xi Niang, and he would not pester Xi Niang, but now he is silent, he wants Xi Niang to sleep next to him.

Xi Niang stepped forward and took the quilt from his hand, Mu Qing's heart was empty, thinking forget it, he wants to be like a man. But Xi Niang did not go to Pang Qianyou's house, but went back to Mu Qing's room with the quilt, Mu Qing was stunned, and hurriedly followed, and when she entered the door, she saw that Xi Niang was already laying the quilt. He carefully closed the door and said embarrassedly, "I'll lay on the floor, you can sleep." ”

The two of them were busy with their own work, undressing and laying out the bedding, Mu Qing really slept on the ground wrapped in a quilt, after the candle was blown out, it was so dark that he couldn't see anything, Xi Niang's extremely tired body, but at this moment she was getting more and more awake and sleepless.

I don't know how long it took, Mu Qing thought that Xi Niang was asleep, so she dared to can't help but cough in her throat, Xi Niang heard it clearly, and only then did she know that Mu Qing was not asleep either, she moved in slightly, and moved again, and the slight movement was also noticed by Qi Hui, and he couldn't help asking: "Not asleep?" Am I ...... here?"

"Is it cold on the ground?" Xi Niang asked.

"Yes, a little." Mu Qing deliberately, and pretended to cough a few more times.

I thought that Xi Niang would let him go to bed, or let him get another quilt, but Xi Niang suddenly asked: "Have you never slept with a woman?" ”

Mu Qing sat up suddenly, that's right, and he hasn't experienced personnel yet, he has always said that Xi Niang is his first woman, and he didn't lie. But when I say this, I don't feel comfortable listening to it.

"It's too cold on the ground, come up." Xi Niang said, "I'm already sleeping in it." ”

"I ......"

"Come on."

In the dark, I heard the sound of Suosuo, but there were two embarrassed people lying on the bed, at this moment Mu Qing kept recalling what Pang Shifeng said, and he couldn't wait to immediately turn over and press Xi Niang under him, but Xi Niang was covered in injuries and extremely weak, how could he force it at such a time.

"What are you thinking?" Xi Niang asked.

"I'm thinking about it...... Mu Qing's mind was blank, and when he calmed down, he found that he wasn't thinking about anything, and he didn't deny it, and said frankly, "My heart is very chaotic, I don't know what I'm thinking." ”

"If you really lie together, you won't dare to do anything?" Xi Niang said, "When you kissed me in the Closed Moon Pavilion that day, you were much hotter than now. ”

"I really care about you, I don't want you to be hurt, I kissed you that day, and I didn't get anything but your anger." Mu Qing said calmly, "I don't want to see you sad again." ”

"You can see the sadness, but you can also comfort, where you can't see, what should you do?" Xi Niang said.

"May I?" Mu Qing felt that Xi Niang was hinting, but he was afraid that he would take a step and be ruthlessly rejected, but this time he grabbed Xi Niang's hand under the quilt and asked her again, "Can I sleep next to you forever?" ”