Chapter 39: Chain Reaction (1)

Meng Yao died, not because he had no hope of life, but because he knew that even if he lived, he would be spurned; Even if he lived, the emperor would not give himself any name. was afraid that the queen would pursue herself, so Meng Yao once begged the emperor to let her out of the palace, but taking the emperor's children to wander the world and marrying the emperor's children was to disgrace the royal family. Knowing that he would be remembered by the queen, Meng Yao had been trembling on thin ice in Beiyuan, afraid that this day would come, and sure enough, it would come soon. When he was attacked by a group of women, Meng Yao thought that the emperor would come quickly, and if he came, he would be able to live. But when his eyes found the figure of the emperor, he hid outside the palace gate and refused to come in, Meng Yao understood, for the sake of face, he couldn't admit that he was the 'concubine' in the mouth of the husband, and refused to come in to explain the situation. There may have been a moment when Meng Yao wanted to live, but when he saw the emperor actually coming to the door, he refused to come in. Meng Yao smiled, desperate, there was nothing in this world that she was nostalgic for, even if she was pregnant with an emperor? It's just a tool for giving birth. When Emperor Gao was about to repent and guilty, he wanted to enter the door to stop him, but Meng Yao chose to die with dignity, making Emperor Gao feel that he had killed her and killed the little prince who might not have been born. Zi'er didn't have a big prejudice against Meng Yao, and she didn't want Meng Yao to die, she felt that what she said to the queen killed her, and she threw herself on Meng Yao and cried to death. Empress Lu froze in place, Meng Yao's death shocked her somewhat. Mrs. Guan couldn't slow down for a while, and was helped by Chanxin to the main hall of Beiyuan, and suddenly felt a faint pain in her stomach. Chanxin was worried, Mrs. Guan's face was not good, she was holding her stomach, it might be a living person who died in front of her, she was a little scared, Chanxin went out to call the doctor, Mrs. Guan called her back, and said that it was okay to endure the pain for a while, not the child's business. Shi Meiren looked mysterious and impenetrable from beginning to end, and followed the queen closely. Bo Ji was calm and indifferent, without any waves on her face, neither happy nor sad. She has been reading the Tao Te Ching recently, and I don't know if Taoism is pulling her to look down on everything. Mrs. Qi looked for the emperor in all directions with a little fright, only to find that the emperor and Jing Tian were both outside the palace gate. Liu Bang stood in place with a shocked look, stunned, stared at Meng Yao lying on the ground in the courtyard motionlessly with a pair of old eyes, and didn't go in for a long time and didn't say a word, only Mu Ran on his face, turned around and shook his head and walked away. When Mrs. Qi saw him walking, she hurriedly followed him out to catch up with the emperor, peeking at the emperor's face from time to time, dark and gloomy and may erupt at any time, brushing her sleeves like walking with the wind, and the stone road clattering. Qi Ji didn't dare to speak first, but how Liu Bang walked, she strode closely behind.

Back to Yuzao Palace, Ruyi was dancing with a knife and playing with a stick in the main hall and Yun He Xiuyue Zhen'er chased and played, and when she saw the emperor coming back, she shouted "Father" as in the past and ran up happily to ask her father to hug her. This time Liu Bang was holding back the fire and getting angry, and pushed Ruyi who rushed to him to the ground, Ruyi was innocently fallen, and fell to the ground 'Wow-' howled and cried, his eyes seemed to be full of spring water and stared at Liu Bang with sobbing, wanting Liu Bang to pick him up, but Liu Bang stood with a straight face and raised his head as if he didn't see the crying Ruyi, if he ignored his father, he raised his voice and rolled on the ground, "Old rotten bastard...... Father's old rotten bastard......" complained about Liu Bang's words in his mouth. Yun He saw that the emperor's face was not good, so he quickly put away his original smile, and ran to Ruyi's side to help him up, "Good acting king, let's go play in the back." He carried Ruyi back to the inner sanctum and coaxed him.

Ignoring the crying Ruyi, Liu Bang sat on the mat again, put one hand on several cases, looked at one place with angry eyes, panting with anger one after another, like a fire that no one dared to get close. Mrs. Qi followed and came back, and saw the emperor sitting on the mat angrily, Mrs. Qi paused and slowly walked to the mat, after all, Liu Bang was the most terrible when he was angry, even if it was the emperor's favorite concubine, she was afraid of Liu Bang's anger, and stood in front of Liu Bang respectfully and carefully, not daring to speak first. During this period, she only heard the emperor's heavy exhalation, Qi Ji glanced at him, Liu Bang's angry eyes still made her feel cold all over her body, and she could feel Liu Bang's murderous aura, although she didn't open her mouth for half a sentence, her face was flushed, and her fingers squeaked. Qi Ji waved his hand and told all the palace people and eunuchs in the hall to go down, leaving only Jing Tian.

"Why did you go to North Garden?" Liu Bang suppressed his anger and asked Qi Ji sternly. Qi Ji glanced at the emperor, and he was questioning her with a serious face. Qi Ji said obediently, "The queen summoned us to Xuanyuan Hall to discuss silkworms, and I don't know how to talk about Yongxiang and Beiyuan......" Mrs. Qi didn't dare to answer Liu Bang coquettishly, obediently and respectfully 1510 reasons, what to say, she was also afraid of Liu Bang's temper, and looked at Liu Bang still questioning with a black face. Qi Ji continued to hurriedly pour out, "Then, then...... Mrs. Guan said that there was a pregnant woman in Beiyuan, so we went to Beiyuan. Mrs. Qi's voice became smaller and quieter, and she didn't dare to look directly at Liu Bang. Hmph-" Liu Bang pounded heavily on several cases with one hand, knocked over the stacks of bamboo slips on the case, and said angrily, "I know that it was the slut in Linhua Hall who picked it up." Gritting her teeth, she couldn't wait to scrape the ears of the ladies at this time, "She has everything in her eyes, and everything will make a fuss in her eyes." I can't get used to this, I dislike that, Linhua Hall is uncomfortable and wants to change the palace to live. I am busy with government affairs every day, and I can't guard the harem concubines every day. The queen is in charge of the six palaces, how can she handle things now? Liu Bang became excited as he spoke, stood up from the mat angrily and said sharply, "How to explain to her family now that someone has died?" If it weren't for Jing Tian to report me, I wouldn't have known that the people in the harem were so vicious. Look at it, look at how arrogant that Guan Wen is, he has to force Meng Yao to die. Liu Bang shivered angrily, pointed in the direction of Linhua Hall and scolded, and finally stood silently with his hands behind his back, sulking. Mrs. Qi walked to Liu Bang's side and stroked his back and told him to dissipate his anger, not to mention that it was okay, but Liu Bang became more and more angry when he said it.

"How does Your Majesty know that her name is Meng Yao?" Qi Ji asked as she stroked his back.

"Ugh." Liu Bang was stunned for a moment, rolled his eyelids, was silent for a long time, and then said, "You don't care about this." ”

Qi Ji sighed and met Liu Bang's slightly angry eyes, "The child in Meng Yao's belly is His Majesty's, right?" ”

Liu Bang's eyes widened, his mouth opened slightly, and he looked at Qi Ji in surprise, his eyes were a little evasive, and he said, "...... No, it's not. ”

"The concubine doesn't blame Your Majesty, it's just that Your Majesty refuses to tell the truth, and now that Meng Yao is dying with hatred, does Your Majesty still want to deny it? The concubine is not a queen and is not jealous. Qi Ji pulled him to sit down, "The concubine asked His Majesty if he had favored anyone recently. Liu Bang stared straight at her, and suddenly realized that Qi Ji had indeed asked him if he had been favored recently, and he was afraid that Qi Ji would not like his behavior, so he blocked it with other words, but he didn't expect that the fact that he wanted to block the past has now caused great harm. Liu Bang knew the answer from Qi Ji's face, and it turned out that Qi Ji had already discovered his secret. Qi Ji also saw the facts from him.

Liu Bang calmed down slightly, "You know, but you don't save her." ”

Qi Ji said, "Your Majesty didn't admit it, and the concubine was afraid of saving the wrong person, so she arranged for Jing Tian to report to Your Majesty." ”

Liu Bang was speechless, gritted his teeth, and was speechless in the hall for a long time. It happened that there was an urgent matter in the front hall to report, so Liu Bang got up and went out, walked to the door of the hall and turned around and told Mrs. Qi to deal with Meng Yao's funeral. Mrs. Qi nodded and agreed.