"Why did the emperor suddenly think of transferring Lord Ding to the cabinet?" Du Mingxin was a little puzzled.

"He Nanbu's political envoy is from the second grade, and Lord Ding has been in this position for some years." Chen Xi said with a smile, "The three people in the cabinet are all from Beijing officials, and they are not as familiar with local affairs as Lord Ding. Moreover, the political envoy was transferred to the six ministries to do Shangshu, and it was only a half-level increase in rank, which should be the case according to common sense. ”

"Then it seems that we really have to settle the family affairs earlier...... Du Mingxin thought about going back to his parents' house in two days to explain the marriage to his father.

"I'm not in such a hurry," Chen Xi said with a smile, "You have to wait for the Ding family to send a message first, otherwise you take the initiative to ask, wouldn't it seem that the woman is too eager?" If you want to explain, the father has not yet made a clear decree on this matter, so it is difficult to talk about it. When the two sides have decided, it's time to celebrate the salute. ”

Du Mingxin nodded, glanced at the little fat man lying on Chen Xi's body clenched his small fists, with a serious expression, and couldn't help but say anxiously: "You go to the clean room quickly, this guy is afraid that he is going to drown on you!" ”

Before Chen Xi could react, he felt a heat on his body, and then Brother Kun cried at the top of his throat.

Du Mingxin hurriedly took him out of Chen Xi's arms, Chen Xi looked at his wet placket, and said with a smile: "I did something bad, but I cried first!" ”

The nurse came in and hugged the culprit out, Du Mingxin waited for Chen Xi to change his clothes, and the two fell asleep.

Early the next morning, news of the queen's premature birth suddenly came from the palace.

"Isn't there still a little more than a month? Why did you suddenly go into premature labor? Seeing that Chen Xi had sent away the inner prison who had come to deliver the news, Du Mingxin asked quietly.

"On the night of the Dragon Boat Festival, my father went to Kunning Palace, and somehow quarreled with the queen, and tossed until midnight, saying that all the things that could be smashed in the inner hall of Kunning Palace were smashed by two people......," Chen Xi said with a frown.

"It's so fierce......" Du Mingxin was very surprised.

Then the queen began to have a stomachache, and it was not good to rest for two days. As a result, it began to be red yesterday, and the imperial doctor advocated the use of decoction to induce labor, otherwise it is likely that there will be two deaths...... Early this morning, the queen gave birth to a prince who was less than a month old, but fortunately, the mother and son are okay for the time being. ”

"Could it be related to Zhang Wenyuan and Qian Yulan's entry into the palace?" Du Mingxin guessed, "There is probably no woman in the world who can tolerate her husband's spoiling too much, and she even accepts two such stunning ...... at a time."

"I don't know...... Chen Xi shook his head while changing his clothes, "I have to go into the palace to see my father." ”

Du Mingxin advised: "At this time, I'm afraid that the Deng family is also in the palace, you should be careful when you speak, don't make any taboos." ”

"I know." Chen Xi hurriedly kissed her on the forehead, and then left home and went to the palace.

At this time, in Kunning Palace, in order to disperse the bloody atmosphere, the doors and windows everywhere were wide open, and the curtains were lowered. The breeze of late spring and early summer blew in, and the pale golden curtain swayed with the wind, but it could not sweep away the tiredness and sorrow on the faces of the palace people.

Duchess An Guo stood by the queen's bedside, her eyes red and swollen and dry from the crying for days. Looking at her daughter's frowning brows when she was asleep, Duchess Anguo's heart was like a knife.

"Madam," Gui Yue said softly on the side, "why don't you go to the side hall to rest for a while...... If you fall ill again, I don't know how sad I should be when I wake up......"

Duchess An Guo nodded tiredly, motioned to her daughter-in-law to stay here, and got up to help Gui Yue out of the inner hall.

"Don't go yet, I just have something to ask you." Duchess An Guo sat on the side of the kang in the side hall, and pointed to the brocade stool in front of her for Gui Yue to sit down.

Gui Yue couldn't refuse, so she had to sit on the half-side brocade stool diagonally, quietly waiting for the Duchess of An Guo to ask.

"What are the emperor and the queen arguing about during the Dragon Boat Festival? The queen has always respected the emperor, how could she quarrel like that? ”

Gui Yue lowered her head and whispered, "The slave doesn't know either. ”

"You know." Duchess An Guo's voice was not high, full of gloomy emotions.

"The slave really doesn't know," Gui Yue raised her head and looked at Duchess An Guo eagerly, "At that time, as soon as the emperor arrived at Kunning Palace, he told us all to go out, and he talked well at the beginning, and we couldn't hear anything outside." Later, the emperor's voice was raised, and the mother began to cry. Then I don't know who smashed the teacup first, and when we went in to clean it, we saw broken porcelain all over the floor. ”

"When the emperor shouted, you didn't hear a word?" Duchess An Guo narrowed her eyes, "Although you are a person in the palace, although Niangniang has a quarrel with the emperor, but whether it is Niangniang or I, I can still deal with you." ”

Gui Yue's heart was beating extremely fast, and she said with a crying voice: "Madam, the slave really didn't lie to you!" When the emperor made a loud noise, the slave and maid seemed to hear two sentences, what 'clever words, design to seduc', and said, 'It's a shame for the child to have a mother like you'...... Then the mother began to cry, and the words that came out were indistinct......"

Seeing the look of disbelief on Duchess Anguo's face, she hurriedly said: "At that time, there were Xiao Ning and Caiyun who were on duty outside with the slave maid, if you don't believe it, just ask them!" ”

When Duchess An Guo saw her say this, she believed it for three points, but the meaning of these two sentences was really difficult to guess.

"Isn't it really related to Wu Yue's two women who are going to enter the palace?"

Gui Yue shook her head and said, "The slave doesn't feel like it. ”

In fact, she already had a faint guess in her heart, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival in August last year, the queen asked her to quietly check whether there was a woman named "Yulan" who had served by the emperor's side before.

Who knew that this magnolia was not found, but suddenly a princess named Yulan appeared from Wu Yue. Even if you count the age, you know that this magnolia is not another magnolia, but it is normal for the queen to be afraid because of this.

As for the children, Chen Yuantai does not stay in Kunning Palace all the year round, just to take care of the face of the queen and the prince, and often goes to sit and eat. The baby conceived by the queen can only be the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the emperor stayed drunk in Kunning Palace.

So perhaps, "design seduction" is talking about the "magnolia" before the queen pretended to be, and the emperor later found out, so he said that this child was ashamed......

Gui Yue thought through these tricks, and felt as if she was stepping on paper-thin ice. Such a royal secret should not be known to someone of her status.

What's more, the queen told her thousands of times that she must not show traces when she inquired about "Magnolia". If the emperor knew that he had guessed these secrets, he was afraid that his death time would come, how could he tell the Duchess of Anguo?