The news of Wei Qingyun's death was concealed for a few days before it was revealed.

The first person to find out was the little girl next to Qingyun, she saw that there had been no movement in the dormitory for a long time, so she pushed the door in on her own.

However, early the next morning, the little girl who found Qingyun was inexplicably missing.

After another two days, Tingxuetang reported to Mingde Palace that the reason for his death was only because of excessive blood loss after Qingyun gave birth.

As soon as the incident came out, although there were strange things, no one dared to listen to Xuetang to verify it.

The emperor also gave her a generous burial because she was the biological mother of the second prince.

And so the matter passed in a veiled way. In the days to come, no one mentioned the sudden death of this unfavored concubine, and the days passed day by day.

However, a major event that was enough to shake the royal family of Great Chu happened on this winter night in the fifth year of Yongchang - Song Zhaoyi of Tongxin Hall was born prematurely.

That night, Shen Changan still can't forget it when he thinks about it more than ten years later.

The Great Chu Palace, which was quiet in the middle of the night, suddenly became noisy in an instant, with bright lights, loud voices, and empty alleys. Chang'an was awakened by the sound outside, she sat up in her clothes, but it was Wanxiang who opened the door of the dormitory in a hurry.

"Master, it's not good!"

At the other end of the south side of the harem is the Yilan Palace.

Zhong Yuxiu was shouted by Lan Xiang in her sleep, she was immediately furious, picked up a tea cup and slammed it to the ground, and scolded angrily, "What are you doing in a hurry?!" ”

Lan Xiang was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said in a hurried voice, "Master, Song Zhaoyi of the Tongxin Hall is about to give birth to ......."

"If you give birth, you will give birth, what is the matter with this palace?!" Zhong Yuxiu showed a proud disdain, rolled up her sleeves, and decided to go back to sleep in the dormitory, she just took two steps, and then heard Lan Xiang behind her try her best to speak, "Niangniang, go and take a look, the emperor and the queen are here, Zhaoyi Niangniang was born prematurely, I'm afraid it is...... I'm afraid it's not very good......"

As soon as she heard the words "not very good", Yuxiu was immediately ignited with a spark in her eyes, she turned around and hurriedly urged, "Quick, quick, change clothes for the palace and go to the Tongxin Palace!" ”

At this moment, the Chonghua Hall is also bright.

Chang An hurriedly dressed up and came out of the dormitory, and asked in a panic, "What's the situation now?" ”

Wanxiang held a cup of tea, and even the end was unstable, and hurriedly replied, "The slave maid just listened to the rumors, saying that she was born prematurely, and it seems that it is not very good, and the emperor and the queen are guarding the door." ”

Chang'an frowned when he heard this, "What about Du Zhong?" ”

"It should be in the Hall of Concentricity now." Wanxiang suddenly raised her head, "Master, do we want to go together?" ”

"No, no." Chang'an forced himself to try his best to calm down, took a sip of tea to calm down, and said, "If Song Zhaoyi has three longs and two shorts tonight, and the palace is there, wouldn't it attract suspicion?" ”

"But if we don't go, we won't ......" Wanxiang just wanted to say "If you don't go, it will make people suspicious", but the words were all on her lips, but she swallowed it back.

She knew in her heart that Chang'an would not go, not just because of this.

What Chang'an cares about is the emperor.

She has no children, so she can't watch the emperor's expectant gaze fall on other women.

So, Wanxiang had nothing else to say, so she could only silently accompany Chang'an, waiting for the news of the Tongxin Palace.

After about an hour, the outside of the palace gradually quieted down, but Chang'an was sitting on pins and needles, and hurriedly asked Hanyan, who went to inquire about the news, "How is it?" But raw? ”

Hanyan shook his head in fear, his face turned a little pale, "No, I still haven't listened to the movement, it is estimated that it is a difficult birth, and many aunts who delivered babies are inside." ”

But Chang'an's heart couldn't hold back anymore, and sitting in the Chonghua Hall again seemed to be sitting still, so she immediately got up and raised her voice outward, "Go to the Tongxin Palace!" ”

When Chang'an arrived at the gate of the Tongxin Palace, it was almost the fourth watch.

She has been in the palace for so many years, and she has never seen so many people standing outside the house at this moment.

Almost all the concubines of the three palaces and six courtyards came, and the low-ranking ones all stood back, the palace people knelt on the ground in unison, the emperor and the queen stood side by side in front, and beside the queen, Zhong Yuxiu was still standing.

Chang'an stood at the back, unable to see the expressions of the three of them at this time, but she only saw the disgraced faces of the young concubines, and she also knew that things were not very good.

Vaguely, she felt a hint of pleasure.

Chang'an stepped forward and bowed to the emperor and queen to say goodbye.

Chu Luo was quite surprised by her coming, and asked with a slight opening of his lips, "Chang'an?" Why are you here too? ”

Chang'an bowed slightly, and said with a straight face, "The concubine was worried about Zhaoyi's safety, so she came late at night." ”

Disgusting, disgusting.

After Chang'an said this, he couldn't even stand himself.

However, when she calmly raised her head and looked at Chu Luo, she found that his gaze had already left, and she turned her head to look firmly at the Tongxin Hall with the door closed.

Chang An smiled coldly in his heart.

As the sound of pain came out one after another in the room, Chu Luo's face turned even whiter.

Chang'an stood beside Chu Luo, looking at his appearance at this moment, there was a hearty joy.

She longed that Song Yanji was dead, and only in this way could she break his mind. His gaze will never remain on anyone else.

Suddenly, the door was opened with a "squeak", and the person who came out was Leng Xiang next to Yan Ji. She was carrying a basin of blood water, and when she saw the emperor and empress, she hurriedly wanted to bend down, but the queen hurriedly grabbed her and asked impatiently, "What's going on inside?" ”

Leng Xiang was hurriedly pulled by the queen, and she was so anxious that she was about to cry, and hurriedly said, "Imperial Doctor Du said...... It's dystocia, I'm afraid it's ...... I'm afraid it's ......."

"What are you afraid of?! You say! Chu Luoden was furious, when he saw the basin of crimson blood in Leng Xiang's hand, he was shocked, and when the queen saw this, she hurriedly held it tightly, and raised her voice backwards, "What are you all standing and sitting there?" Isn't it good not to look at the emperor? Xuan Taiyi, hurry up Xuan Taiyi! ”

"I'm fine!" Chu Luo shook off the queen's hand, tried his best to calm down, and said to Leng Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground, "Go and serve your master, if something happens to Yan Ji, you don't even want to live!" ”

Leng Xiang frightened a spirit, and hurriedly trotted away with a copper basin.

However, Chu Luo's sentence fell on Chang'an's ears, but it was a suffocating pain in his heart.

He didn't even say such a sentence when he had a miscarriage.

Chang'an calmed down, quietly retreated from the emperor's side, and just walked to the sedan chair, but heard a sudden report from inside.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang is about to give birth—"

Chang'an suddenly heard this, almost staggered in shock, she didn't care about Wanxiang's support, grabbed her arm tightly, and even heard the tremor of her voice clearly, "Quick, go and find the lotus core, go quickly-"

Where did Wanxiang dare to hesitate, and hurriedly called out to Xiao Shanzi, "Come and find the lotus core!" ”

Chang'an stood at the moment, cold sweat trickled down, her clenched palms were full of dense beads of sweat, she couldn't stop trembling, her eyes were staring at the door of the Tongxin Hall tightly, for fear that someone would come out, and the next sentence was "Zhaoyi Niangniang was born-"

Lotus Core just followed the Tongxin Hall surrounded by Xiao Shanzi and Evening Fragrance, Chang'an didn't care about letting her salute, and hurriedly said, "Quick, quick, Lotus Core, you go in immediately, let Du Zhong do it, it's too late!" ”

Lianxin was shocked when she heard this, and shook her head sadly again and again, "No, no, noble concubine, I'...... I can't ......."

"If you don't go, we'll all die!" Chang'an's eyes were boiled red, terrifying, she grabbed Lianxin's wrist, grabbed her in pain, and shouted in a low voice, "If Song Zhaoyi gives birth to a prince today, the emperor will definitely investigate Zhaoyi's difficult birth, and the investigation has reached us, Du Zhong is certain to die, and even the palace can't protect him, do you understand?" ”

Lianxin's face turned white for a while, tears had already covered her entire cheeks, and she almost pleaded bitterly, "Guifei Niangniang, this is murder, you want to kill Zhaoyi Niangniang, Lianxin can't do it......"

"It's not for you to do it, you just need to go in and stand in front of Du Zhong." Chang'an took a deep breath, and suddenly stared at the lotus core, not angry and arrogant, "Du Zhong can't do it, now will Zhaoyi give birth smoothly, this palace needs you to stand in front of him, as long as he sees you, he can do it, you don't have much time to think about it." The life of this palace, the life of Du Zhong, and your own, are all in your thoughts. ”

Wan Xiang listened on the side, how could she not understand the seriousness of the matter, she knew that this had reached the most critical juncture, they were doing something in Song Zhaoyi's medicinal diet, and sooner or later they would be discovered. Dozens of lives up and down the Chonghua Hall are all in the hands of Lianxin at this moment. So she grabbed Lianxin's shoulder, forced her to face herself, and said in a gentle tone as much as possible, "Lianxin, don't be afraid. Think about the time you came to Chonghua Palace, how did the master treat you? How did we treat you? We are all involuntarily, it was Song Zhaoyi who made a statement to the emperor that killed her mother's father, she returned to the palace and did so many things to be sorry for our mother, we will do this, she deserves it, and she can't complain about others. You didn't do anything wrong, we didn't do anything wrong, if you let Song Zhaoyi's mother and son go tonight, the dead ones would be us. This is the case in this palace, if you don't harm anyone, someone will naturally harm you, what we can do is to protect ourselves. ”

Lianxin's expression gradually loosened, and when Wanxiang saw this, she immediately took two sets of palace clothes from Xiao Shanzi's hand, put one in Lianxin's hand, and said warmly, "Go, I'll accompany you." After you come back, you can leave this place with Imperial Doctor Du, and Niangniang will help you. ”

The lotus core took it tremblingly, and when Chang'an saw this, his hanging heart finally let go. She looked at Wan Xiang, a trace of emotion and gratitude flashed in her eyes, but Wan Xiang just smiled gently, quickly changed into the palace maid costume of the Tongxin Palace, took the lotus core, quietly withdrew from behind everyone, and entered the Tongxin Hall from a path at the back door.