Su Long has been pregnant for three months, and although there are signs of miscarriage, she has been treated in time and the mother and child are safe.

For some reason, although she was not worried about her life, she remained unconscious.

If there is no such child, even if her identity has not been revealed, as a palace concubine with no heirs and no family background, it will be difficult for her to escape the fate of martyrdom. But with pregnancy, everything is different.

When Empress Dowager Xie heard the news, she immediately sent someone to take her back to the palace, although she was a criminal concubine, the child in her belly was the blood of the royal family.

During this period, the crown prince was required to keep filial piety for Emperor Daxing for 27 days, but Dajing was in an extraordinary period of war with the Tatars, and the prince only dropped out of the court for seven days, then wore coarse filial piety clothes and continued to go to the Wenhua Palace to deal with government affairs. Even if the prince's move is to care about the community, there are still people who pick bones in eggs.

Taichang Temple accused the prince of contempting the etiquette system, and Wu Boying, the father-in-law of the second prince and the general political envoy, was even more openly sneering: "The prince is only afraid that he has been looking forward to this day for a long time, and the bones of the saint are not cold, and he is already looking forward to sitting on the dragon chair." ”

Starting with Wu Boying's public provocation, hundreds of civil and military officials stood in line.

Some people think that the country cannot be without a king for a day, and in the process of preparing for the holy funeral, the crown prince's enthronement ceremony should be prepared at the same time.

Some people even questioned Emperor Daxing's edict of the prince. After all, the only person present at that time was Li Moting, the father-in-law of the palm print of the celebrant eunuch. Regardless of whether the edict is true or not, whether or not the Holy One wrote it when he was conscious is also worthy of repeated scrutiny.

Everyone can shine their bones, and before the prince ascended the throne, he was already caught in sinister rumors.

There are also some old ministers who bypassed the East Palace and directly reported the government affairs to the Queen Mother, obviously not taking him as a prince in their eyes.

The crown prince was also calm, and in such a complex power game, he focused only on the war with the Tatars.

Cui Yu, a young general, was very angry for him, and there were good news from the front line one after another, and Shen Hanxi asked Xu Yuan to assist him, which was also a somewhat unpredictable move at first glance, but it was a wonderful move after thinking deeply.

Xu Yuan was a confidant of King Chengwu, a man from a low-ranking soldier who had always stayed away from the temple, and was neither subject to the restrictions of the military department nor on any faction. Even if he can't win over this person in the future, this person will never become a threat to the East Palace.

As for King Chengwu - with the prince's understanding of this uncle, if he wants to rebel, he will not wait until today.

All in all, King Chengwu is to be defended, but not the object of his main defense.

In this world, there are never eternal friends, and there are never eternal enemies. King Chengwu is like this, and so is Shen Hanxi.

"Your Highness only needs to do your part, those who don't keep their mouths open, Weichen has his own way to shut them up."

Shen Hanxi did what he said, and within a few days, the old ministers who shouted fiercely came to Wenhua Hall to report, and as for the matter of asking the Queen Mother to hang the curtain, no one dared to mention it again.

Tingweisi's ears and eyes are everywhere, and Shen Hanxi's hands have the handle of many court officials.

Although it did not solve the problem at the root, it also made the prince's ears a lot cleaner.

Song Ran had been living in the Shen Mansion for a while, and as she expected, Shen Hanxi had never returned to the house.

On this day, Uncle Zhong came to look for her with a piece of news.

"Young master, the old slave heard the whereabouts of the second son through the eyes of the Relief Pavilion. It is said that after the second son entered the city, he went straight to Lord Xiao's mansion and did not have any contact with other people. ”

Song Ran put his mind at ease, in this world, there is only Xiao Yan who can make Shaoyuan obedient and obedient, except for her.

"What about the other half of the Pavilion Master's Order?"

"Since the secret stake of the Imperial Guard Division was exposed, that half of the Pavilion Master's Order has not appeared again. It is said that all the previous orders were issued through Jiang Lili, and as long as she can be found, the truth may be revealed. It's a pity that Jiang Lili has been missing for many days, and no one in the building knows her whereabouts. ”

Song Ran was slightly sorry, she had already caught Jiang Lili on the bank of the Huanhua River that day, but because of the explosion of the building boat where Shen Hanxi was, she took advantage of the chaos to run.

She put away her pity and said to Zhong Bo: "Holy burial, Mo family...... Will my dad come over in person? ”

Zhong Bo said: "Young master, don't worry, Master Hou sent Third Master Mo into Beijing, and he didn't come in person. ”

She was obviously relieved: "Father still likes to bully the third uncle, knowing that he hates these worldly hypocrisy the most, he chose him to run for the funeral, isn't it intentional?" ”

Zhong Bo responded with the same feeling: "The third master is only afraid that he will have to complain along the way. The two brothers didn't like each other when they were young, and now they are half old men, and they still like to compete with each other so much. ”

Song Ran smiled, and listened to Uncle Zhong talk about the recent situation, and when she learned that Su Long was pregnant, her hand paused slightly, and she fell into deep thought.

Su Long is pregnant at this juncture, which is a good thing, but it is not all a good thing......

If this child is not born, her life is not guaranteed, and if she is born safely, the road that their mother and son will face will definitely be full of ups and downs.

The fate of the widow of an ordinary family is still unpredictable, let alone being born in the emperor's family. I'm afraid that before this child is born, conspiracy and calculations have followed.

"Does the dumb man know about this?"

Zhong Bo nodded and said, "Is the young master worried that he will take risks?" ”

Song Ran said with a straight face: "Help me watch him well, don't let him act recklessly." ”

"The old slave understands. But the old slave also has to persuade the young master, this is his business, and the young master does not need to take it from himself. Again, everyone has his own life, and everything in the world is creation. ”

Uncle Zhong rest assured. I can't protect myself now, so naturally I won't have much to do. If the mute needs my help, I can only help within my ability. I know how to measure myself and don't put myself in it. ”

The old man nodded, and saw that the woman's eyes in front of him were bent, and she had the attitude of a little girl: "I haven't eaten Uncle Zhong's cooking for a long time, and I'm thinking about it in my dreams." ”

Uncle Zhong also had a smile in his eyes, and his tone was doting: "Before the old slave came, he knew that he couldn't escape this meal." What the young master wants to eat, the old slave will do it, but during the holy funeral, the people have to quit meat, I am afraid that they can only make a few vegetarian dishes, and temporarily relieve the young master's hunger. ”

She doesn't pick either: "I love to eat whatever you do." ”

After eating and drinking, he sent Uncle Zhong away, took a walk in the garden with Liuniang for a while, and went to take a bath because of a thin layer of sweat on his body. Lying in the bath, she counted the days, today should be the second day of the hundred officials' fasting, and she didn't know what Shen Hanxi was doing at this time.

Realizing that he was thinking about him, his face couldn't help but burn, and his heart beat even more when he remembered that before they parted, he almost crossed the thunder pool. It was as if she had two selves in her body, one desperately trying to stay awake and the other trying to be a moth to a flame, desperate to throw herself into the seductive pleasure.

Fortunately, reason always prevailed.

When Shen Hanxi came back, she was already lying on the bed and asleep, wearing a snow-satin bedgown, and under the sleeves embroidered with delicate lotus patterns, half of her smooth and slender arms were exposed. She slept well, quietly, and when her eyes were closed, her eyelashes were even thicker and longer. He sat on the edge of the bed and took off his boots, not ready to wake her, but she slept lightly, and as soon as the bed moved, the person woke up.

She sat up and looked at him in a trance, and there was a small lamp on the desk at the head of the bed, reflecting the appearance of the man in a cloak.

Her voice was a little hoarse, and she called, "My lord? ”

He should fast with the hundred officials at this time. Is it a dream?

He sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her, but before he could speak, the woman leaned over and reached out and touched his face a few times. It was about the tactile confirmation of his real existence, and the trance on his face turned into surprise: "Aren't you supposed to be fasting, why did you come back?" If this spreads, it will be time for someone to make irresponsible remarks. ”

But he didn't think so, touched her hand from her face, and snorted softly, "Let them go." After so many years of being a saint in the saddle, it is only two days of fasting, which is a great disrespect? ”

"That's a good thing to say, but a lot of things, you have to get by on the face, and adults can't be so capricious when they are officials in the court."

He glanced at her: "I broke my leg in the past few days, and I haven't been able to sleep for a few hours, so I finally found time to come back and rest for a day, and I have to listen to you teach the official to be a man." ”

Song Ran saw that he looked sleepy, so he swallowed his words and said, "Adults are tired? ”

He said, "It's almost falling apart." ”

"Then I'll rub your shoulders?" As Song Ran spoke, he knelt behind him and his hand fell on his shoulder.

He closed his eyes slightly, feeling the force of her hand, and gradually relaxed.

Halfway through, I couldn't help but praise: "The strength is not great, but the force is very skillful." ”

Her soft voice came from behind her: "When I was a child, I often rubbed my grandfather's shoulders and was forced to memorize the acupuncture point map. ”

He smelled her body, closed his eyes and felt the strength of her hands, the fatigue of dealing with the great funeral these days seemed to have dissipated a lot, and his heart was very stable.

She rubbed it for a moment, as if she was tired, and her movements gradually slowed down.

He shifted to a sideways position, turned back and pulled her hand into his palm. Her fingernails had grown new, and though they were still short, they weren't as shocking as they were. She seemed to know what he was thinking, and sighed, "I didn't expect my nails to grow so quickly." ”

He asked Helan Jue to feed her half a black lotus, which was a fatal wound and could heal quickly, not to mention just pulling out her nails?

I thought so in my heart, but I didn't say anything in my mouth. If Chu Qianyang knew that he had used the black lotus here, he would have scolded him, saying that he used a knife to kill chickens.

Her body is weak, and even if she is not punished, there is only benefit and no harm in eating it.

He raised his eyes and saw the red thread with a wrench hanging from under her bedclothes, his eyes were slightly dark, and his hand moved to her waist.

Seeing that her face immediately changed as if she was facing a great enemy, he forcibly suppressed his dissatisfaction and did not continue to move.

"I haven't seen this official for a few days, so you don't want to do it at all?"