On the twenty-seventh day of August, the yellow calendar reads: Pingzhi Daotu, don't take the rest.

Basically, it means that everything is not appropriate, so this day is very peaceful, and there is nothing on the street to marry and enter the house, and when you arrive at the official residence area of Beicheng, it is even quieter.

In the regent's palace, because there were female dependents who needed to recuperate, and the illness was serious, the masters were not in a good mood, and the subordinates naturally did not dare to say much, and the atmosphere became even more dull.

The number one patient naturally belongs to Concubine Wei, who has the highest ranking in this palace.

It's strange to say, at that time, at the palace banquet, it was obviously just a slight scratch, and when I saw two points of blood star, it was almost the same to eat two pairs of antidote prescriptions, but after a few days, the extremely small wound actually had a tendency to turn black and fester, and on the third day after the palace banquet assassination, I also launched an intermittent low-grade fever, and I often talked nonsense in my mouth, which was very scary.

Imperial Doctor Zhang, who was almost resident in the regent's palace, was sincerely afraid, and personally checked the external and internal medicines, but found no clues, and his hair fell out in large quantities.

Because Concubine Wei was not in a good condition, Qi Heng was also very worried, and he would go back to the house early to visit every time he went to court in the past few days, and then scolded the imperial doctors who had nothing to do as usual.

The same was true on this day, when Qi Heng arrived in the North Courtyard, it was very rare to meet Concubine Wei's spirit that had improved slightly, the mother and son said a few gossips, and Aunt Qin came up with fragrant tea in her hand.

Concubine Wei couldn't eat tea when she was sick, so she only smelled the smell and praised: "This cold dew white tea is really fragrant, and it is a little more calm and atmospheric than Zhichun tea." ”

Qi Heng took a sip, echoed his mother's meaning, and put down the teacup again.

However, this tea is really good, and it is even fresher with the light incense in this room, like the dark fragrance in front of the grape trellis under the autumn moon.

After Qi Heng left, Aunt Qin, who had been standing silently like a maidservant, served Concubine Wei to lie down, and then took the used teacup, and then returned to her small courtyard and told the little maid to go to the west courtyard to spread the word.

The little maid went with a confused face, and after a while, Concubine Lin got the news, and her face was extremely complicated, with a little surprise mixed with horror, and a trace of gloomy despair.

She closed her eyes: "Suyu, you go out of the house for me and tell Ah Niang that this is already the case." ”

Su Yu's shoulders trembled, and her face was solemn.

Biyu on the other side didn't understand what kind of dumb riddle the master and Su Yu were playing, but he faintly noticed a trace of ominousness. According to her temperament, most of the people who have to ask the last sentence on weekdays have to ask, but today, somehow, the faint fear in the depths of her heart suppressed her impulse, and finally she only kept silent.

As if to confirm Jasper's suspicions, Concubine Lin was very restless this morning, and she didn't make people angry like she did a few days ago, and she didn't talk about how Xiao Langjun was in the north courtyard, just pacing back and forth in the courtyard, unconsciously pinching off a certain flower branch from time to time, but she didn't even realize that the pale green branches and leaves were dyed yellow with her fingertips.

In the middle of the day, news finally came.

Gonggong Song in the front yard personally entered the palace to urgently summon the Tai Hospital for consultation, and not only the two familiar faces of Imperial Doctor Zhang and Shao Yuanju, but even most of the people from the Tai Hospital moved over.

Biyu looked at it, Concubine Lin seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, although her mouth was surprised, her eyes revealed a touch of determination.

The fear in her heart grew, and she felt like she was being swept into an eerie fog. And I secretly prayed that nothing bad would happen.

But Biyu's prayer power alone was still too weak, and in the afternoon, she accompanied Concubine Lin outside the house, listening to the suppressed choking of Concubine Wei, who had rushed over after hearing the news, and all the imperial doctors said the words she was most afraid of in horror.

"Lord Wang, I'm afraid it's not good, the old lady should make plans early......"

Then, there was a riot in the house.

Jasper listened carefully, it seemed that Princess Pei had fainted, presumably stimulated by the bad news.

She cautiously and secretly looked at the master beside her who had been with her for ten years, trying to find the slightest sorrow from her, but except for the slightly red eye circles and the appearance of hanging her head and wiping her tears, there was nothing else, almost nothing compared to the panic and sadness of the master when Xiao Langjun sent a few days of high fever last time.

Thinking of that strange message in the morning, Suyu's task, Jasper couldn't help but think of some terrible conjecture.

The head of the family is sick, and the ladies and children naturally have to come to serve the sick, so Aunt Qin is no exception, serving Concubine Wei and bringing two little radish heads. At this moment, the three and a half children were crying in the house, Princess Pei fainted, Concubine Wei was forcing the doctors to find a way over there, Qin and Lin were both waved out by Concubine Wei, who was in a bad mood, and asked them to pray for the princess and princess outside.

Aunt Qin knelt down very neatly, but Concubine Lin had an ugly face for a long time before she knelt down awkwardly.

For a while, the house asked for hot water and spirits, and Biyu was sent to go, and when she came back with her things, she heard her master suppressing his voice and saying something viciously to Aunt Qin, "After the matter is done".

Jasper was frightened, and the copper basin in his hand fell to the ground and made a loud noise.

There was silence in the room for a moment, and Concubine Wei's voice immediately raised: "Old Song, who are you ordering, you can't do this little thing well, and you are so careless?" ”

Biyu thought that she couldn't escape being beaten and scolded, who knows, and then Gonggong Song came out with a straight face, and kicked her and Qin Lin out, saying that it was disturbing the pure Yunyun of the prince's recuperation, and did not mention the punishment.

Before leaving, Aunt Qin was expressionless, but Concubine Lin looked mournful, and begged again and again to stay and serve the prince, but was sent out by Song Yan selflessly and politely.

Walking to a fork in the road, Aunt Qin gave a slight blessing to Concubine Lin.

"The side concubine will go slowly, and the concubine will not send the side concubine."

At this time, Concubine Lin had already collected her tears, her eyes were a little sharp, and she snorted: "Aunt Qin is a good means, but her ability to recognize the road is not very good." If you want to go back to the North Courtyard, you don't have to break up with me here, do you? ”

Aunt Qin said respectfully: "Don't blame the side concubine, the concubine has been kneeling for a long time and her legs are a little difficult, so she has to choose this shortcut." ”

Concubine Lin snorted again and took Jasper with her.

After walking more than a dozen steps, Biyu couldn't help but secretly turn around, only to see that Aunt Qin was no longer in place, and the distance she walked out was farther than them, where did she look like she had bad legs and feet?

She said timidly: "Master, if the prince is really bad, then what should we do?" ”

Concubine Lin paused, reprimanded, "Don't talk nonsense", and then continued to walk casually.

"Take 10,000 steps back and say, if it's really something, a woman marries and obeys her husband, and her husband dies and obeys her son, I still have a Xing'er to rely on, but it can't be done, will the Hou Mansion turn us away?"

This sentence was said very lightly, so light that Jasper would really not be able to hear it clearly if she hadn't pricked up her ears and cheered up very energetically.

Jasper's heart sank even more.

Although Concubine Wei gave an order to strictly prohibit her subordinates from spreading the news indiscriminately, there is no impermeable wall in the world, but in one afternoon, the panic in Biyu's heart was transmitted to most people. As long as it wasn't for those who listened with earbuds closed, everyone was more terrified than before.

Before nightfall, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division had already surrounded the official residences in the southern part of the palace, and some unknown house slaves came out to theorize, but they were all frightened back by blowing their beards and staring at them. The servants of the Regent's Mansion were already panicked, and when they saw this, they were even more suspicious, and they had everything to say in private, so they had to close the door and pray.

Everyone listened with trepidation to the sound of gongs and drums in the middle of the night, and the faint sound of swords clashing in the street, and when they saw the dawn of the next morning, they all felt reborn.

This is true of Jasper, Aunt Qin, and even more so of Beiyan and others.

For most people in the know, last night was extremely difficult, and even Concubine Wei, who had been trained in the palace's private methods, almost didn't dare to close her eyes. However, Pei Bao'er, who fainted yesterday, was treated with a golden needle, but she was given a diagnosis that was not very good, and as soon as the medicinal soup was poured down, she became the one who slept the most soundly among everyone.

Concubine Wei remembered both her son and this uneasy daughter-in-law, and she had to help take care of and comfort a few crying little things, she was really anxious, and she didn't squint for a while until dawn.

It's just that when he woke up, the son who was lying on the bed like a dead man went out at some point, strode into the house like a nobody, and asked as if nothing happened: "Everything is right, I worked hard yesterday, so please go back and rest." ”

Although Concubine Wei was a little surprised, after a few turns in her heart, she also roughly understood.

"It turned out to be yesterday, you San Lang, you have hidden us all so hard." After complaining a few words, she asked again: "Last night, was it okay in the palace?" ”

The smile on the corner of Qi Heng's lips was slightly cold: "The weather is dry and dry, and half of the palace has been burned." In addition, the weather is not good, the queen mother's injury has not healed, and a new illness has been added, it seems that it is not very good, if the mother concubine is free another day, she can enter the palace to visit one or two. ”

Concubine Wei shook her head, didn't say anything, got up and was about to go back to the North Courtyard.

Before leaving, he asked him again: "Have you thought about it?" What do we need to do in the future? ”

Qi Heng replied respectfully: "It's all thought about, don't worry, concubine." ”

In the wing room, Beiyan's clothes were not untied, and he was still napping in front of the bed.

As soon as Qi Heng entered the house, she woke up.

After sending him down to rest, Qi Heng sat on the edge of the bed, looked at Pei Bao'er, who suddenly became pale and haggard, and opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. He only reached out to hold her, rubbed it gently, from the tips of his fingers to his wrist, and then up, and finally found the scabbed wound on the inside of his forearm.

Pei Bao'er frowned in her dream, and wanted to break free reflexively, but was held tightly by his hand, and her fingers pressed the wound lightly, making her numb and painful.

She opened her eyes in a daze, and looked a little dazed at him.

"Why are you here? Are you alright? Then he muttered again, "I'm not dreaming, am I?" ”

Qi Heng said in a low voice: "It's not a dream, I'm fine." I didn't tell you about yesterday in advance, sorry. Now it's all gone, and you can rest assured. ”

Pei Bao'er was a little puzzled, "Everything has passed?" After thinking about it, he widened his eyes and said, "You mean, Marquis Zhongwu...... Narin's ......"

An index finger pressed lightly to her pale lips.

"Don't talk about others, tell me how your injury came about, huh?"

Pei Baoer was silent.

"Imperial Doctor Zhang said, the princess's illness is strange, and the symptoms are not like emergencies such as wind and cold, but a little like the situation on your pulse case a few years ago......

Pei Bao'er continued to be silent.

"Why did the princess boil the medicine herself, and it was for seven consecutive days, and then she let it go?"

Pei Baoer was silent for a long time, and finally recruited.

"Well, there's nothing to say, it's just a little bit of something Qingyun gave me."

The yellow talisman that Qingyunzi left for her was originally intended for emergencies, but at that time, he said vaguely, only said the usage and general effect, and then ran away. A few days ago, she ordered Song Yan to go to Lingxuguan to look for people again, but she learned that he had traveled all over the world again, presumably because he was afraid of their affairs and fled.

Pei Baoer didn't want to live with a sense of guilt all the time, and he didn't want to kill him because of his paranoia and his selfishness. Now that the situation in the court is so unstable, his body and bones, which may fall at any time, are like a time bomb, and she can't sit idly by.

He couldn't let go of the country, so he had to stay in the capital, which was like a poison cave to him, and she couldn't do anything. But she can choose to liberate herself from the role of the dodder who draws nourishment from him.

It doesn't matter what luck or health it is.

Therefore, she used the rune paper and blood as a guide to coax Qi Heng to drink the "medicine" with a few flavors.

Qi Heng showed a decisive look in his eyes, with a thick condemnation.

"What the hell did he give you?"

She propped up her upper body, and suddenly laughed twice like a little girl: "If I tell the truth, will you drink the medicine?" There was no need for him to answer, she added: "You have nothing to feel guilty about, so that the two of us can be evened." I don't have to be a widow, and you don't have to be a widower, isn't that good? ”

Pei Baoer pinched his palm, dodged and jumped off the bed like a swimming fish.

"Someone, Beiyan? Brando? I'm going to freshen up and get water ready. I'm so hungry~"

Qi Heng looked at her, although her steps were vain, and she was a little tightness and shortness of breath after jumping a few steps, but the look and light on her face were different from before, like a happy deer roaming freely in the forest, and it was a little like when he first saw her.

The late autumn sun shone in, not very warm, but still with a slight warmth, smearing a faint golden light on her unpowdered face, although blurry, but very beautiful.