On July 18, under the scorching sun, Emperor Chu Shao of Da Rui was in the Taimiao Zen position and the Gongjiang River of Qin.

On the same day, the dynasty changed, and the Quanchen Jiang clan replaced the imperial Chu clan and became the master of the world - Chu Shao, the last emperor of Da Rui, was renamed King Lu, and Empress Dowager Xin was renamed Empress Dowager Rui.

The name of the new dynasty, after a short discussion, decided to take the title of "Qin" from the Duke of Qin.

On the same day, the yuan was changed to "Zhaode".

Due to the usurpation of power by the Gu clan after Dezong, the Funing Palace, which had been silent for many years, finally restored its former majesty and glory. In stark contrast, the Ganli Palace where Empress Dowager Rui and King Lu temporarily lived was as deserted as death.

Qiu Yulan walked through the corridor with the palace people through the vermilion lacquer carved railing, and from time to time outside the corridor, he saw the weeds that were too late to be removed from every crevice to poke their heads out of every crevice, looking at the world curiously and chaotically; The lonely swaying of the summer flowers in the smoky wind brings people a barren feeling for no reason.

In the tall and gorgeous palace room, the footsteps of her and the palace people echoed far and near, and occasionally the traces of snakes and rats jumping past after being frightened could be seen.

"Your Majesty...... How is King Lu? Such a dull atmosphere made Qiu Yulan feel extremely depressed, and she tried to talk to the palace people to break it, "Is the Queen Mother okay?" ”

"His Royal Highness King Lu just took the medicine, and it should be better now." The palace people seemed to be a little surprised, and hesitated for a moment before whispering, "The Queen Mother has been accompanying Her Highness...... Niangniang is a little afraid of summer these days and doesn't like food. ”

"......" Qiu Yulan heard this, and suddenly lost the interest in speaking, and only grabbed the handkerchief in his hand hard.

Finally arrived at the main hall, and the palace people breathed a sigh of relief: "Young lady, Niangniang is waiting for you inside!" ”

Although Great Qin has been established, Jiang Qianchuan and his wife have moved to live in the imperial city, but the nascent dynasty has countless things for a while, and the canonization has not yet begun, so the palace people still follow the title of the young lady of the Jiang family.

Qiu Yulan didn't care about this, and when he heard this, he took three steps and made two steps into the hall.

The temple was spacious and dim.

Qiu Yulan separated one curtain after another, and it was not until the innermost part that he saw Chu Shao on the brocade couch and Xin Fubing guarding the couch.

"You're here to urge us to leave the palace?" Eight melon-style blue yarn palace lamps were lit on the four walls, illuminating the palace room behind the heavy curtain, but the smoke of the eight treasure smoke tents hanging down from the couch blocked most of the light, so as not to disturb the sleeping Chu Shao.

Xin Fubing, who was hiding most of her face in the shadow of the gauze tent, held her son's hand tightly, looked at the tent without blinking, and asked without looking back, "Do you think Shao'er can move like this now?" ”

Although no one will use Ganli Palace for the time being, their mother and son are still only temporarily living - according to the meaning of Zen Rang, someone came to reveal that Lu Di is the place where their mother and son will live for a long time in the future.

If it weren't for Chu Shao's body, they would already be on their way to Lu Di.

"I'll come and see you." Qiu Yulan sighed.

Xin Fubing heard that it was her voice, Fang relaxed a little, but still asked, "Did you tell us when you told us to leave?" ”

"I asked my mother before I came, and my mother said that since Shao'er was seriously ill, she would definitely not let him leave with illness." Qiu Yulan walked to the table not far from the couch, opened the food box he had brought in all the way, and took out a cup of bird's nest porridge and a few refreshing side dishes, "I know that you will definitely not be able to eat it now, I boiled some porridge by myself at home, how much can you taste a little, so that you can grow your strength and be refreshed when you accompany Shao as a child?" ”

Xin Fubing was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "You are really bold!" Do you know that the imperial doctor who came to treat Shao'er in the morning didn't even want to prescribe a prescription? Although it is said that your bird's nest porridge is made for me, Shao'er is also in front of him, and the people outside have not seen it with their own eyes, who knows if he has eaten it or not? When the time comes, if something happens to him, you can't tell clearly, but it will cause the Jiang family to be a big deal. Trouble! ”

"Everything has been done, and it is natural to be discussed." Qiu Yulan said lightly, "Let's eat it while it's hot...... What do you see your lips are dry? He took down the teapot on the table, and he was afraid that he had never poured out a cup of tea.

"I don't want to let go of Shao'er, you can bring it to me!" Xin Fubing turned his head to look at the steaming porridge on the table, his rapidly emaciated face was still beautiful, his face half-hidden in the shadows when he turned his head sideways was obscure, but his eyes were extremely sharp, like a needle, and the corners of his mouth still had a faint smile from before, and tears fell without warning, "Do you say this is fate?" ”

Qiu Yulan didn't know how to answer her, so she put some food in the porridge, and simply brought it to the couch to feed her, and said while feeding: "The most important thing now is Shao'er's body, don't think about anything else!" ”

It's useless to think about it.

Xin Fubing understood what she meant, but she still couldn't help crying: "If Shao'er can get better, our mother and son will be willing even if they are abolished!" In the past, she was unwilling to let her son be a puppet, but now she knows that being a puppet is also a luxury - not only to be a puppet, even if she is a puppet, it is also a luxury to be a healthy and long-lived puppet.

"Let's eat!" Qiu Yulan's hand paused, scooped another spoonful of porridge and handed it over, "Who can know the result until the end?" On a snowy day ten years ago, in Dizi Mountain, I thought I had no way to live. Xin Fubing's current situation makes her very worried, her mother-in-law and her husband are dead, Da Rui is usurped, the blow is already very big, if Chu Shao is gone, God knows if she is willing to live?

Although she didn't have any hope in her heart, she hoped that Xin Fubing still had hope.

Otherwise, Chu Shao would be gone, and Xin Fubing's body would also collapse......

"Originally, there might still be a glimmer of life, but for the sake of the Zen position, the Qizi Imperial Doctor gave Shao'er a needle - do you know? As soon as the ceremony ended, Shao'er went down the Danqi by himself, and rolled down halfway through! Xin Fubing swallowed the porridge, turned his head and asked Qiu Yulan to feed it later, and said in a low voice, "I haven't opened my eyes since I was sent here...... He's so young, where can he resist tossing? The imperial doctor didn't dare to answer me, and the palace people didn't dare to tell me, but I knew in my heart that Shao'er wouldn't last long...... My son won't live long! ”

Qiu Lulan looked at Chu Shao on the couch, the little child curled up, and on his little face that was burned red, the eyebrows that looked very much like the first emperor were tightly wrinkled, as if telling the pain of illness. Her eyes were in a trance, and she suddenly heard Xin Fubing say: "Don't think you can't answer me, this is Chu Weisang's own sin, and he can't complain about others." ”

“…… What the? Qiu was stunned.

"On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, it was his biological father, Emperor Chu Weisang, who allowed Shao'er to be thrown into the lake!" Xin Fubing said lightly, "I didn't take care of his illness this time, not the Jiang family." So you don't have to feel that as the daughter-in-law of the Jiang family, I'm sorry! ”

"Actually, I should be sorry for you - your twin sons seem to be sick for three days now?"

"I can't see what's in the lake in the middle of the night." Qiu Yulan put down the bowl and lost her mind for a while before asking bitterly, "I was deceived by the palace people because I couldn't find An'er and Lang'er in the imperial garden, and I was deceived by the palace people, plus the sachet lost by the lake, so I jumped down regardless of the thirty-seven twenty-one...... When I woke up at the end of the first month, Su He and the others told me that it was Shao'er, and I knew that it was not An'er or Lang'er's falling lake. ”

She glanced at Chu Shao and then retracted her gaze, "So at that time, as long as you casually threw away your clothes in the lake, it was enough to deceive me." Even if I'm afraid that I can't see that it's not human, it's not that I can't find a little palace maid and a little maid in the palace...... Even if he can enter the palace to serve, the youngest is older than An'er, but in that case, who can look so carefully? ”

"Why did he use Shao'er?!"

"I was personally selected by the queen mother, and Shao'er was also deeply loved by the queen mother. If there is no change of dynasty and a future prince, how can the son of the concubine compete with Shao'er? Xin Fubing said indisputably, "If he doesn't fight, where does he have the opportunity to do something from it?" He didn't want to be a puppet - in fact, I should have known about it a long time ago, but even if I understood that he was good to me, he was just afraid of the queen mother, and he was also doing it for the Jiang family, but I still didn't find out...... Not only sympathizing with him, but also worrying about myself, he is my husband, something is going to happen to him, what should I do?! I don't think he can do anything anyway, so let's just pretend to be confused...... dragged him without that ambition, and he lived a good life...... It's like a lost father......"

The young queen mother showed a sad smile, "Maybe I'm not suitable to be the imperial concubine at all?" My heart is too small, I only want the love of husband and wife, and my children around my knees...... But what countless poor women can enjoy, how can I not get it? ”

“…… How do you know? Qiu Yulan was silent for a while and asked. She knew a little about the truth about the tragic death of Jiang Huizhi's mother and son, so she thought that the game on Chinese New Year's Eve was mainly designed by the noble concubine, the female official Lin made up the knife, and the emperor fought - but she didn't want the emperor to fight so ruthlessly!

"Shao'er told me that the reason why he snatched the sachet from An'er's hand was that Chu Weisang instigated him in private." Xin Fubing looked at his son on the couch and said lightly, "You haven't been able to wake up in the first month, and the rumors outside are boiling that you can't do it...... I think about Lang'er and Ying'er are still so young, if you are gone, and the nineteenth cousin will marry, what will happen to these two children? But the best doctors have been invited, I have no other way, I want to find out the matter of Chinese New Year's Eve, so that I can avenge you? It's just that it's a mess after checking around, and one day he suddenly remembered the sachet and coaxed Shao'er for a long, long time before he admitted it. ”

"Since Chu Weisang wants to use that sachet, if he doesn't nod, how can he let Shao'er be thrown into the lake?"

"He has always doted on Shao'er, and Shao'er is of course very close to him. It's just that children are easy to coax, and it's not surprising that Shao'er was used and deceived by his father. I'm so stupid that I'm defenseless - Chu Weisang doesn't want to be a puppet, and even his eldest son can be easily abandoned, just for such a glimmer of opportunity!! ”

"But even if you know Chu Weisan...... I still can't make up my mind to tell the queen mother! ”

"I'm sorry for the Queen Mother, and I'm sorry for Yongfu! If I had said it earlier, maybe they wouldn't have ......."

Xin Fubing turned her face into the shadows of the tent, and only her rapid gasps could be heard, "So I know you're kind enough to come to see me, but I really don't want to see you anymore - every time I see you, I feel very uncomfortable...... Go back, I'll eat the porridge myself later! Good no good? ”

Qiu Yulan was handing over the silver spoon frozen in the air, she got up silently and put the bowls and spoons on the table, as if she was about to leave, but suddenly rushed to the side of the couch with an arrow step, and touched Chu Shao's pulse - it was as cold as ice as expected, and then looked at Chu Shao's face, it was still red, but she didn't know when, she was no longer breathing!

"When?!" She opened her mouth, and struggled for a while to make a sound, indescribably hoarse, "When?!" When do you say ah-you've been pulling him! ”

"At least in three or five years." Xin Fubing was still holding his son's hand, without raising his head, and said lightly, "Otherwise, Emperor Da Rui will die, who can not suspect that the Jiang family is secretly handed?" Even if he knew that Shao'er was not in good health before he made Zen, who could not doubt that it was the toss of Zen Rangli that made him not survive? ”

"So in a few days, I, the Empress Dowager Rui, will accompany King Lu, who has improved, to live in Lu - after three or five years, the government and the opposition will forget about us, and King Lu will be insignificant if he dies!"

"When I persuaded your father-in-law to accept Zen before, didn't you also say that Shao'er is seriously ill because of his poor fortune, and he can't get better if he doesn't let Zen? It's good after Zen concession, which proves that Zen Concession is right, isn't it? ”

Xin Fubing closed his eyes and said weakly, "You go, I will send someone to tell Emperor Daqin immediately: Shao'er has recovered, our mother and son don't want to disturb in the palace anymore, and within three days, we will leave immediately!" ”

"Don't come to see you off - you should know that I just told you everything, but I don't want to see you again!!"