Yin Huaiqing nodded and asked, "Then how long does it take for Concubine Chu to conceive a child at least?" ”

"This subordinate has to see it for himself to know."

Yin Huaiqing thought about it, and immediately ordered someone to take Concubine Chu over. Concubine Chu didn't know why, but when she arrived, she saw Bai Gonglu again. She also heard that the Imperial Hospital was burned and all the Imperial Physicians died, but this Imperial Physician Bai was unscathed, so she was wary of Bai Gonglu and asked Yin Huaiqing: "Your Majesty called the concubine over at this time, what happened?" ”

"This imperial physician has outstanding medical skills, and he said that he can cure your hidden disease." Yin Huaiqing looked at Chu Ling with a smile, as if he had determined that Chu Ling could conceive a child.

Chu Ling smiled faintly, she also knew that Yin Huaiqing wanted a child that belonged to the two of them, why didn't she want to? It's just that from front to back, she has seen more than a thousand miracle doctors, and she hasn't seen any of them really cure her.

She didn't care, she stretched out her hand and said, "Then bother the divine doctor to take a look at the palace." ”

Bai Gonglu nodded, and the maidservant beside Chu Ling took out a handkerchief and put it on Chu Ling's hand, and Bai Gonglu stepped forward to check the pulse. After a long time, Bai Gonglu withdrew his hand, and Yin Huaiqing immediately asked, "Is there a way to cure it?" ”

"As Xia Guan said to His Majesty before, Concubine Chu's body, as long as she takes care of her body for a period of time, she can give birth to children." Bai Gonglu said.

Yin Huaiqing glanced at Chu Ling happily, Chu Ling just smiled faintly, and asked him again, "How long will it take to recuperate?" ”

Bai Gonglu said: "Five years." ”

"Five years?!" Yin Huaiqing was surprised.

Bai Gonglu nodded: "According to the medical skills of the lower officials, it will be five years at the earliest." And within these five years, Concubine Chu Niangniang cannot have sex with His Majesty. Therefore, the minister thought that it was best for Concubine Chu to leave the palace and stay outside the palace for five years. ”

"Presumptuous!" Yin Huaiqing hammered the desk hard, stood up and pointed at Bai Gonglu and said, "What are your intentions to ask Concubine Chu to leave the palace?" ”

"There is no other way," Bai Gonglu bowed his head and said, "And the lower official guarantees that when Concubine Chu returns to the palace in five years, she will definitely conceive a child for His Majesty." If not, the lower officials are willing to raise their heads to see them. ”

"No!" Yin Huaiqing looked at Chu Ling and said, "Ling'er, no matter what, I won't let you leave the palace." ”

Chu Ling looked at Yin Huaiqing, and then glanced at Bai Gonglu kneeling on the ground with his spare eyes. She, like Yin Huaiqing, wants to have a child. She pursed her lower lip, shook her head with a chuckle, and said to Yin Huaiqing: "Your Majesty, the concubine thinks you can give it a try." ”

After speaking, she turned her head to Bai Gonglu and said: "Your own life is far from enough, if I still can't conceive His Majesty's child in five years, your Bai family will come to see you." ”

Bai Gonglu was stunned for a moment, then nodded and agreed: "Xia Guan understands." ”

"But Ling'er......" Yin Huaiqing wanted to say something, Chu Ling stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, and said, "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, it's only been five years, how many years have I been with you?" And it just doesn't work. Fang, I didn't say that you and I can't meet. And I've long wanted to go to the palace outside Xuchang City to live for a while. ”

Yin Huaiqing frowned and said, "I can't bear you." ”

"Don't you want a child that belongs to you and me?" Chu Ling asked him.

Yin Huaiqing thought for a long time, and finally nodded.

And so it was decided. Chu Ling was sent out of the palace by Yin Huaiqing at night. Hundreds of guards guarded Chu Ling's palanquin, and this long procession walked through the deep palace, magnificent and heavy, as if it was heralding something.

Chu Ling lifted the sedan curtain and looked outside, Yin Huaiqing was still standing on the palace gate and looking at her from afar. She turned her head and sighed lowly.

Bai Gonglu saw that she was reluctant, so he persuaded her: "Niangniang doesn't have to be sad, it's only five years, and it's gone in a blink of an eye." ”

Chu Ling looked at him at this time, thought for a while, and asked him, "Can you really cure my hidden disease?" ”

Bai Gonglu smiled: "Niangniang has left the palace with the lower officials, is it still useful to suspect the lower officials?" ”

"It's not like I've never heard of your name as a miracle doctor, but aren't you a person from Concubine Fu? Will Concubine Fu let you out to heal me? She is not afraid that I will be pregnant with a child and compete with her for the queen's throne? Chu Ling asked him.

"It's not a secret, Niangniang's hidden disease is very difficult to treat, although the lower officials are ten percent sure, but they also have to use the medical skills they have learned all their lives. Xiaguan could have been like other doctors, just say that Niangniang's illness is hopeless, and Xiaguan still has the Fu family as a backer, and His Majesty can't easily move Xiaguan. Bai Gonglu looked at her and said, "Does Niangniang know why the lower officials want to take on such a thankless task?" ”

Chu Ling seemed very interested, and said to him, "Do you think that if you cure me, Your Majesty will reuse you?" ”

Bai Gonglu smiled slightly: "Although Niangniang does not interfere in the affairs of the court, but the overall situation of the DPRK and China, the lower officials think that Niangniang also knows." Xia Guan is a member of the Fu family, so it doesn't matter if His Majesty is heavy or not. And Xia Guan can be regarded as having seen this officialdom, and knows that the longer he stays, the more dangerous it will be, so Xia Guan plans to wait for Niangniang's illness to recover, and then resign and go back to Luoyang. ”

Chu Ling thought about it carefully: "If you talk about profit, what Your Majesty gave you may not be more than what Hou Ye Fu gave." So why are you? ”

Bai Gonglu said: "Niangniang can save Concubine Fu Niangniang regardless of her previous suspicions, which makes the lower officials very admirable, and also makes Concubine Fu Niangniang change her opinion of Niangniang." The lower official came to treat Niangniang, and it was at the request of Concubine Fu Niangniang. ”

"Did Concubine Fu ask you to treat me?" Chu Ling couldn't believe it.

Bai Gonglu nodded: "Niangniang also asked before, why is Concubine Fu Niangniang not afraid of Niangniang and her snatching the queen's position, because Concubine Fu's life experience is there, even if you have Your Majesty's favor, you can't set foot in the queen's position." What's more, Niangniang has no interest in this position in the first place, isn't she? ”

Concubine Chu nodded: "This is also true." ”

"And even if Niangniang gives birth to an heir in the future, it will be five years later, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be twenty years old, and it is impossible for Your Majesty to change your son to the crown prince."

Chu Ling couldn't help but smile and said, "Concubine Fu is really far away. ”

Bai Gonglu nodded and said, "Yes, after Fufu Niangniang experienced this change, she is much more mature and stable. Therefore, the lower officials admire Niangniang even more, who can still maintain her original intention after many years in the palace. ”

Chu Ling raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, and then said nothing more. She lowered the curtain and listened to the rolling wheels, finally getting farther and farther away from this deep palace.

Three days later, Yin Huaiqing, who was under constant pressure from the Fu family's party, finally made Fu Yinling the queen. Fu Yinling experienced the post-sealing ceremony in the morning, and quietly left the palace in the afternoon and went to the palace outside Xuchang City to meet Chu Ling.

The two of them didn't know whether they were friends or foes now, and after looking at each other silently for a long time, Fu Yinling spoke to her first: "I'm the queen." ”

Chu Ling said expressionlessly, "Congratulations on finally getting your wish." ”

And then there was another silence. After that, Fu Yinling spoke again: "When I first saw you, I hated you very much, and I didn't think there was anything about you worthy of Your Majesty's liking. But now I know that your merits are something that no one in this deep palace can learn. If I were a man, I would be alone with you. ”

Chu Ling chuckled and said to her, "When I first saw you, you were rude and willful, but you were also innocent and cute, like a little wild cat that had just been taken in. But you have now been tamed as a docile domestic cat, and a cat that has only learned to hide its sharp claws. ”

Fu Yinling had nothing to say again, and Chu Ling didn't take the initiative to provoke words. But she still stayed with Chu Ling all day.

Two months later, Fu Yinling came to see Chu Ling again, this time they didn't look at each other and were silent, Fu Yinling arrived and said to her directly: "After you left, Your Majesty only went to my palace to see Mu'er once, and never went again." Yesterday, a new show girl entered the palace, and Mrs. He's daughter who was raised in the boudoir, and Xuchang City, who had heard of her beauty, was also among the show girls. She is really as beautiful as the rumors, Tingtingyu stands among the women, as bright as the morning sun, gorgeous as the bright moon and bright night. ”

Chu Ling just finished taking the medicine, nodded and said, "I know." ”

Fu Yinling looked at her curiously: "Aren't you worried that Your Majesty will be taken away by her?" Aren't you worried that Your Majesty will fall in love with her and then forget about you? ”

"Your Majesty comes to see me every three days, so why forget me?" Chu Ling asked her rhetorically.

Fu Yinling felt her heart receive a heavy blow. yes, what can she do in the palace? Yin Huaiqing didn't want to touch her, he could never touch her for the rest of his life. Although Chu Ling was outside the palace, he saw Yin Huaiqing more times than any female dependent in the palace.

"But don't you feel bad at all? After all, that is the man you love the most, and you don't care at all, let him pamper other women? Fu Yinling was unwilling, and then asked.

Chu Ling sighed, finally looked at her squarely, and said, "I said before that you were mature, but now it seems that you have not grown at all." Your Majesty is not an ordinary man, even if I am jealous and eat to death, what can I do? His Majesty wants to do things he doesn't want to do for more things, and since I love him, I have to be considerate of him. And what you want, isn't it the position of the queen, you have it now, who does he pamper and loves whom, and is it so important? ”

Fu Yinling was silent, thought for a long time, looked up and said to her: "But I want more, I want his favor, I even want Mu'er to be made the prince, I want ...... Want ......"

Fu Yinling was not afraid that Chu Ling would tell Yin Huaiqing her rebellious words, and said all her wishes in one go.

Chu Ling listened to her quietly, then sighed and said, "Desire is like the wind through the forest, once you pass through the bamboo forest, all the poles are slanted. I advise you to put away your thoughts. ”

Fuyin was silent.

She was silent again until it was getting late. I haven't been here for more than a year.

It wasn't until the following summer that Fu Yinling came back again, this time she was much haggard and looked much more mature.

After she came, she said to Chu Ling: "After you left, Your Majesty pampered many concubines, including the daughter of He Taiwei I told you, and she also gave birth to a little prince, named Yin Che. There were many other concubines in the palace, all pregnant. ”

Chu Ling sat on the swing, his hand holding the rope tightened and loosened, looked up at her, and asked rhetorically, "Isn't this a good thing?" ”