I barely closed my eyes for three days, and I was in a trance when I pushed it on the table, but I woke up soon after. It turned out that Xiaoxiao was afraid that I would catch a cold and put on a cloak for me, and when she saw me wake up, she persuaded me: "Niangniang, you are already very tired, why don't you lie down and rest for a while?" I sat up straight and subconsciously looked towards the bed, only to see Ah Ping still lying there quietly, and the old lady had fallen asleep on the bedpost due to physical exhaustion.

"What time is it?" I asked with a smile.

"It's just past the end of the day."

There was still an hour left in the court. got up and walked quietly to the bed, and probed Ah Ping's forehead, which was gentle and suitable, and there was also warmth on his neck, except for his slightly pale face, it could almost be said that there was anything wrong with him. As for the paleness, it is also because the soup has been poured into the soup for three consecutive days to supplement the nutrition, so the face is not easy to see.

There were no advanced instruments in this era, and it was impossible to determine why he could not wake up after lying down drunk.

I wish he was just asleep, God played a joke on me.

When my father-in-law came to call the court, I had to let me convey to the emperor that he would call the court again on the grounds of illness. But knowing that three days have passed, it will be difficult to spend it easily today, so I sat in the hall and waited for my father-in-law who was summoned to come back and report.

But it was not only the father-in-law who was waiting for the summons, but also the princess of Ningguo's concubine Ma Ye and Fang Xiaoru's Taifu and other three old ministers, Uncle Mu led the Jinyi guards to stop them all outside the palace, so the old ministers knelt down and said that if they didn't see the emperor today, they couldn't kneel for a long time.

I didn't go out immediately, but I asked my father-in-law to go and tell Ah Ping not to summon them. But until noon, those people refused to leave, and they really couldn't kneel for a long time. I saw the stubbornness of these courtiers in ancient times, gritted my teeth and walked out of the palace gate.

When I appeared, several courtiers kneeling in front of the hall first looked suspicious and then bowed their heads, "See the queen mother." ”

"No courtesy." I said softly. When they raised their heads, they asked: "Everyone, please get up, the emperor is just sick, Imperial Doctor Jiang came to treat the emperor, he just drank the medicine and fell asleep, please go back first." ”

However, Fang Xiaoru first questioned: "Forgive the old minister for being rude, since the emperor is just sick, why don't you meet me?" We all have urgent matters to report to the emperor, and ask the mother to pass it on to us. ”

"Mrs. Fang, this palace just said that the emperor has already drunk medicine and fallen asleep, do you want this palace to disturb the emperor's rest and wake him up? If the ministers have urgent affairs but can come up, the emperor will give instructions when he wakes up, and the palace will order the people under him to send them to your palace immediately. So, all of you, step aside. ”

All that should be said has been said, and I, as the queen, have to show some momentum at this time, so I turned around with a gloomy face, intending not to pay attention to them anymore. But unexpectedly, after taking two steps, I heard someone behind me shouting angrily: "The bold demon queen must have harmed my emperor and wanted to take away my Ming dynasty." ”

I was shocked, turned my head in shock, and one of the few people who was kneeling stood up, with an indignant face, but his age was not as old as Fang Xiaoru and the others, about thirty years old. Who is this person? How dare you say such bold and reckless things?

Originally, Fang Xiaoru and the others were also shocked, with doubts and shocks on their faces, but the man raised his hand and pointed at me: "Demon Queen!" You first bewitch the emperor to let you take over the harem alone, and then you want to participate in the government and do whatever you want, you listen, I have asked the princess to report to the queen mother, and soon the queen mother will come, you don't want to cover the sky with one hand. ”

Suddenly, a light flashed in my mind, and I had a strong premonition.

Fang Xiaoru and several old ministers also got up from the ground, and asked eagerly: "Master Horse, what is going on?" ”

Is that man a colt? Ah Ping and I only gave birth to a son, Yuan'er, and no daughter, and Ah Ping has no other concubines, so the princess can only be Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter. At this moment, the father-in-law's voice came from outside the hall: "The Queen Mother has arrived." ”

Looking around, I saw Concubine Lu walking in front of everyone, a group of people behind her, and a middle-aged woman in a gorgeous costume beside her. Suddenly, I realized something, and my heart was cold.

After Concubine Lu came in, she looked around, her eyes fell on my face, and she asked in a deep voice, "What about the emperor?" ”

At this moment, there was only a cold light in my eyes, and I wanted to see through what kind of heart this woman had. I don't answer the rhetorical question, "Doesn't your heart hurt?" ”

Concubine Lu's eyes shrank, but she was immediately replaced by coldness, stared at me word by word, and said, "The mourning family wants to see the emperor." ”

She took a few steps forward, and Uncle Mu led several brocade guards to block it, but she scolded her angrily: "Who dares to stop the mourning family?" You are the brocade guard set up by the first emperor, you can hear the imperial decree, and you can get the royal meal, and now the emperor's life and death are uncertain inside, think about whether you want to protect the emperor or this woman! ”

In the face of Concubine Lu's fierce words, Uncle Mu could not change his face, but the rest of the Jinyi guards could not do it. Moreover, in addition to the palace maids and eunuchs, there were also guards among the people brought by Concubine Lu, who were obviously prepared.

If Uncle Mu forcibly stops him, I'm afraid he will have a big fight in front of the palace. Knowing that it is impossible to undo things at this point, the more they obstruct it, the more everyone will suspect it, so I gave Uncle Mu a stop look. He looked stunned, as if he didn't understand why I had made this decision, but after making eye contact with me, he lowered his eyes and finally stepped aside.

Concubine Lu sneered and walked past me into the hall. He paused in front of the palace gate again, and raised his voice to order: "You Aiqing, please wait outside the hall for a while, and the mourning family will give you an answer." Won't you come in, Queen? ”

The corners of his mouth pulled a sarcastic arc, and it turned out that he still had something to say to me. Turning around and walking behind her, until she reached the inner hall, the old lady doctor got up and knelt down: "See the Queen Mother, the old minister is guilty." ”

Concubine Lu's eyes fell on Ah Ping in the bed, and she asked in a deep voice: "What's wrong with the emperor?" ”

"This ......" The old lady hesitated, but Concubine Lu took a step forward and shouted angrily: "Do you still want to deceive the mourning family at this time?" I'm not afraid that the mourning family will let you be beheaded! What happened to the emperor? The old lady doctor looked frightened, and no longer dared to hide it: "The queen mother, the emperor has not known what poison he has been hit since the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and so far the old minister has not been able to wake up the emperor, it is the old minister who is incompetent, please forgive the queen mother and give the old minister a chance to make up for his mistakes." ”

However, the next moment, she heard a "pop" sound, and Concubine Lu slammed the medicine bowl on the table to the ground. Then Concubine Lu said: "Give you a chance to make up for your mistakes?" So who gave Bing'er a chance? What should you be guilty of colluding with the demon girl to conceal the news of the emperor's poisoning? He turned to me sharply, "It's the fault of the mourning family, I have tolerated you so far, not only are you ungrateful to this demon girl, but you also dare to attack the emperor and try to monopolize the government." ”

I looked at the woman in front of me with the eyes of a clown, how far can power really make a person crazy? Don't even care about your own son's life? I was really wrong, and I have been trying to ease the relationship between their mother and son in a tolerant way, but I don't know that there is no family affection in this emperor's family.

He lowered his eyes and asked sarcastically, "What do you want?" ”

Concubine Lu didn't answer me, her sharp eyes kept staring at me, and suddenly scolded: "Everyone retreats from the mourning family!" ”

At this time, no one dares to disobey again, and in fact I don't want anyone to defend me in this situation, because that will only drag them into the water. After all the people in the hall had withdrawn, Concubine Lu walked to the side of the bed in silence, looked at Ah Ping for a moment, and then turned her eyes: "Do you want to know what happened to Bing'er?" ”

Knowing that it was a trap, I still jumped forward: "What's wrong with him?" ”

Concubine Lu smiled lightly: "If you want to know, hand over the golden seal." ”

Even though I had already thought that her purpose was power, there was still a glimmer of hope that she simply didn't like me, so she wanted to use this incident to suppress me.

But she didn't think that she would open her mouth and tell her true purpose - the golden seal of the queen's palace!

"In your heart," I paused, "is the right to be in charge of the harem more important than your own sons?" ”

She shook her head, "You're wrong, the mourning family wants more than just the right to be in charge of the harem. Since you entered the palace, you have been like a ghost, only listening to your words, and there is no mother like me in your eyes. Later, it was for you to kill all the palace people who worked in Lanyuan one by one, and even the concubine was martyred for the first emperor. But my son still doesn't feel enough, and he constantly suppresses the forces of the Lu family in the court, and he can't wait to beat the Lu family into the ground with a stick. The so-called glory and glory, I can't sit idly by and watch the Lu family ruin in his hands. ”

"So you even poisoned your own son? Is your heart made of stone? He's your own son! ”

Concubine Lu had a strange look on her face, which sent chills down my spine, and she slowly approached me, and when she was only a foot away from me, she said to me in a voice that only two people could hear: "Who told you that he is my own son?" ”

My blood froze all over my body, and I couldn't believe what I was hearing.