Yun Cheng set off to return to Fangzhou on the second day of the second month of February, and Shen Yu received the will of Emperor Tianzhu on the fourth day of the second month, ordering him to lead the generals and some soldiers of the five states in the north to enter the court.

As soon as the will was in his hands, Shen Yu immediately sent a message to the generals of the five states and a group of soldiers with outstanding military achievements, and met them along the way, so the pace was not fast.

By the time he left the Five Northlands, it was the end of March.

At this time, it happened to catch up with the marriage of King Cheng Nie Peixiao - to marry the third-generation daughter of the Xie family in Quzhou, Xie Peili, the niece of Mrs. Xie.

The wedding ceremony was held in Jingzhou, and the date was set in the lunar month last year, which was an auspicious day for the Emperor of Heaven to let the Ministry of Rites count. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs issued a wide range of wedding cards.

And on the road from Lidu in the north to Yanlan City, whether by water or land, the imperial city of Jingzhou is the only way. Yun Cheng's original intention was to return to Yanlan City first and report peace to Yunfu, and he was also worried about his beloved wife and unborn children.

As soon as Yun Cheng walked to the territory of Nandi, Mrs. Tai asked the secret guard to bring the news, and told him to stay in Jingzhou directly, and after attending the wedding ceremony of King Cheng Nie Peixiao, he would return to Yanlan City with Sanfang Yunxian.

This method does save time and effort, and there is no need for Yun Cheng to toss back and forth. What's more, he is now a righteous Lixin Marquis, so naturally he should come forward on behalf of the Yun family to congratulate King Cheng on his wedding. As for Mrs. Xie and Chuxiu, the two widows who are famous all over the world, it is no longer suitable for them to show their heads.

Yun Cheng counted the days, King Cheng's wedding was on the second day of the first month of April, and after participating in this grand wedding, he could return to Fangzhou at the end of April, and did not delay Zhuang Yiran's birth.

Thinking like this, he obeyed Mrs. Tai's arrangement, went straight to Jingzhou, and rested in Liuyun Villa. At this time, Yun Xian had also prepared a big wedding gift for King Cheng Nie Peixiao in accordance with Izuxiu's instructions.

This is not only the marriage of King Cheng, but also the marriage of the Xie family, and it is also the first big happy event in the royal family since Emperor Tianzhu unified the world. Therefore, families of all sizes in the north and south rushed to Jingzhou to participate in King Cheng's wedding ceremony, and they did not dare to slack off.

By mid-March, the whole of Jingzhou was already bustling. King Cheng's wedding ceremony has not yet arrived, and various families have begun to visit each other and make friends.

There is a joyful atmosphere in the city of Jingzhou, bustling and lively, and everyone is looking forward to King Cheng's marriage;

And there are even more happy events in Yingyuan Palace - Queen Zhuang Xiaoran and Concubine Tang Xin were diagnosed with happy pulses within a month.

This is a great happy event, and the Fengchao Palace and the Lingxi Palace are all happy. Regardless of the reaction of the Heavenly Emperor, this news made another person in the Ying Yuan Palace-Zihan.

Originally, she held back in the imperial mausoleum for three or four months, and finally waited until her belly was big, thinking that she could return to the palace to be favored, but she didn't want these two people in the palace to show weakness, and they were pregnant one after the other!

Moreover, one is the queen and the other is the imperial concubine, both of whom have a name, but she is the only one who has no name and no share, secretly protecting the fetus in this remote palace!

Zihan wants to fight, but she is weak, has no money and no power, so she is not as good as the former Empress Dowager Ye has the opportunity to work step by step. Especially the palace where she lives is remote, and the Praetorian Guards are surrounded by groups, not like they are here to protect her, but like they are here to monitor her!

The more Zihan thought about it, the more unconvinced he became, and his temper became more and more irritable, and he was more than five months pregnant, and he threw things in the palace all day long.

When this matter reached the ears of Emperor Tianzhu, he only coldly left three words: "Let her fall." ”

In the end, Zihan listened to these words, so she intensified her efforts, disposed of her subordinates at every turn, and physically punished all the palace maids who served her in the palace, all of whom were scarred. Moreover, the wound is on the face.

Finally, Queen Zhuang Xiaoran couldn't hold it anymore and sent Zihan to Fengchao Palace to give a lecture in person. In fact, Queen Zhuang Xiaoran is not stunning, but the indifference and gentleness between her eyebrows and eyes add a lot to her appearance.

"Now that you are also pregnant with the Dragonborn, how can you not know that you accumulate virtue and blessings? What good can you do to make everyone around you sad? "The queen's pregnancy has just passed two months, and her figure is not very obvious, but her face is slightly rounder, and she looks a little more motherly than before.

Hearing the queen's reprimand, Zihan pretended to be a little aggrieved. She sat on the chair with her stomach straight, and said with a sob: "Queen Mother Mingjian! The slave and maid are well guarded in the imperial mausoleum, but you have to take the slave and maid back to the palace. Recently, the slave maid always dreamed of the Queen Mother at night...... I was sad and scared in my heart, and my temper naturally became irritable. ”

"Do you always dream of the queen mother?" The queen showed a look of surprise: "Is this true?" ”

Zihan nodded: "The slave maid is the person next to the queen mother, and she has served in her palace for two years, and her relationship is naturally close, otherwise the slave and maid will not invite themselves to Pingling Mountain to guard the mausoleum for her......"

As she spoke, she wept and continued, "Since the slave and maid were pregnant, you took the slave and maid back to the palace. Logically speaking, this is a great grace...... However, the Queen Mother is too lonely, how can the slave and maid bear it......"

While listening to Zihan's words, the queen carefully looked at her face, this face was really too similar to Luan Shu! If she hadn't known that Luan Shu had escaped from death, and she and Chen Xuan had gone away, she really thought that the woman in front of her was Luan Shu herself.

How Zihan used to be, the queen was not impressed, when she knew that there was this tea palace maid in the Ci'en Palace, it was already a year after Zihan entered the palace. Under the teaching of Empress Dowager Ye, Zihan is very docile and sensible, and she has even praised her tea art......

Originally, the queen thought that the emperor liked her, so she brought it back to the palace for Empress Dowager Ye to train. Unexpectedly, Zihan is just a disguise, and the emperor likes to be indifferent......

The queen was thinking about it, but saw Zihan suddenly get up from the chair and struggled to kneel down to plead guilty.

"What are you doing here?" The queen immediately frowned, and urgently ordered the palace maids to help her up: "You are more than five months pregnant, what are you doing?" If you have something to say, let's talk about it. ”

Even though he has some disdain for Zihan's pregnancy methods, this is the royal heir and the first child of the Emperor of Heaven.

The queen knew that the emperor had a deep affection for Luan, so she could also guess that no matter what happened to Zihan, the biological mother, once the child in her womb was born, it would also fulfill the emperor's wish in disguise.

Therefore, this child is of great significance to Emperor Tianzhu, and the queen does not want to snub Zihan, nor does she dare to slack off.

"The slave and maid have something to ask for, and I hope the queen will allow it." Zihan's words interrupted the queen's thoughts again.

Faced with this coveted face, the queen couldn't open her mouth to refuse: "You say, this palace will do its best." ”

"Slave maid...... If you want to go out of the palace, go to the temple to pray for the Queen Mother. Zihan seemed to be extremely sincere: "The slave and maid dream a lot every night, and when they think of leaving the imperial tomb, they are always uneasy. It just so happens that King Cheng's wedding is imminent, and there are many happy events in the palace, and the slave maid wants to take the opportunity to go out to worship the Buddha, and also let the queen mother be in the spirit of the sky, bless you and the concubine Niangniang to give birth to the imperial heir smoothly. ”

The queen originally thought that Zihan would make some excessive demands, but she never expected that she would just ask to go out of the palace to worship the Buddha. This matter is not big or small. If the concubine leaves the palace, it will naturally be more troublesome, Zihan has no position, and it is not difficult to get out of the palace.

The difficulty is that she has a special identity and is pregnant with a dragonborn......

The queen hesitated for a moment, originally wanted to consult the meaning of the Heavenly Emperor, but after thinking about it, as the master of the harem, she was originally sharing the emperor's worries, just Zihan went out of the palace for a trip, so why should she alarm the holy driver?

If she leaves the palace with a weak heart, it is worth asking her to ask.

Thinking of this, the queen was slightly relieved and asked, "Where do you want to go to worship the Buddha and pray for blessings?" ”

Zihan pretended to think about it, and then Yingying replied: "The slave maid was born in Jiangdi, and I have always heard that the 'Puji Temple' in Jingzhou is prosperous and responsive. If you can allow it, the slave maid wants to go and see the world. ”

Puji Temple? The temple is indeed quite famous and has a history of almost 100 years. But...... The prosperity of incense means that there are many people, can Zihan be safe?

"Let this palace think about it, after all, you are pregnant, and it is inconvenient to leave the palace." The queen didn't say anything, waved her hand to Zihan and said, "You stand down." ”

"Yes, the slave and maid are gone." Zihan pretended to be obedient and saluted, and retreated again with the support of the palace maid. She was originally depressed and had tears on her face, but as soon as she returned to her residence from the Feng Dynasty Palace, she immediately put away her Qise.

In fact, the reason why Zihan proposed to go to Puji Temple was for no other reason, just because Empress Dowager Ye once said that there was a master Fang Yuan in this temple, and she could see whether she was pregnant male or female.

Empress Dowager Ye had already arranged everything before her death, as long as Zihan went to Puji Temple to burn incense, Master Fang Yuan would take the initiative to appear and observe the pregnancy for her. If this fetus is not a male, Empress Dowager Ye has also made other arrangements......

Zihan was triumphant while thinking about it, he didn't know that he was a chess piece in the hands of Empress Dowager Ye, and he didn't know his fate after giving birth to an heir-

Death awaited her.

*****

Two days later, the queen finally relented and agreed to let Zihan go out of the palace to worship the Buddha. But she also made a request to wait until King Cheng's wedding before leaving the palace.

Zihan understands the queen's concerns, King Cheng really can't make half a basket before his wedding, and now there are many families in Jingzhou City, and there are many people. So, she obeyed the queen's arrangement.

King Cheng is married on the second day of April. Zihan asked to leave the palace on the fourth day of the fourth month of April, and the queen allowed it.

After that, Zihan finally settled down, no longer lost his temper every day, and no longer physically punished the palace maids, only counted the days with his fingers, waiting for the arrival of the fourth day of the fourth month of April.

Cheng Wang Nie Peixiao's marriage was quite lively, and a two-day flowing water banquet was held in Jingzhou City, which was very grand. But this excitement did not reach Zihan's ears, she was isolated from the world in this secluded palace, and she didn't know what was going on outside.

finally managed to survive on the fourth day of the fourth month of April, and Zihan took a group of palace maids and guards in civilian clothes out of the palace. happened to take the opportunity of King Cheng's wedding, dressed up as a big family from other places, and went to Puji Temple to burn incense.

Puji Temple is worthy of being a century-old temple, the incense is prosperous, and there are many pregnant women among them, who come to burn incense and ask for heirs with their husbands. Wealthy families and ordinary cloth clothes, no matter how they are dressed, everyone is equal in front of the gods and Buddhas.

As soon as Zihan entered Puji Temple, he was stared at by the pilgrims who came to offer incense. She thought that it was because she was pregnant and indecent, which attracted these attentions, and she couldn't help but feel a little irritable. There are dozens of palace maids and guards who can be served, and she is not good at having a seizure in person, so she can only pretend to be a pious pilgrim and go to the main hall to donate sesame oil money.

Donating sesame oil money is a disguise, and taking the opportunity to say the code to meet Master Fang Yuan is the real purpose.

Unexpectedly, Zihan had just walked into the main hall, and was stared at by a pilgrim for a long time, and asked, "Huh?" Aren't you a famous prostitute in Beixi? ”

Zihan's face changed for a moment, and he replied unceremoniously: "You recognized the wrong person." ”

"Admit mistakes? No mistake! I've seen you several times in Leto! The pilgrim remembered Luan's long-cherished appearance and said categorically: "Didn't you die of illness later?" How did it happen here? ”

"It's all said that you recognized the wrong person! How can anyone regard a person as a prostitute? Shameless! Zihan took a sip, and a nameless fire rose in his heart.

"If you admit your mistakes, you admit your mistakes, why do you lose your temper so much?" The pilgrim muttered to himself, his eyes falling on her bulging abdomen, and a sudden look on his face.

Seeing this, Zihan gritted his teeth in anger, and immediately beckoned the guards to come forward and beat people. The pilgrim was not easy to get along with, and when he saw her so domineering, he also drank heavily.

For a while, I could only hear a lot of noise in the main hall, and the words "bitch", "shameless" and so on sounded one after another, which really defiled the holy land of Buddhism!

The guards who accompanied him out of the palace were all well-trained, and when they saw this situation, they immediately arrested the pilgrim and sent him down. The maids of the palace here also whispered to Zihan: "The girl is angry, don't be like this villain." Let's go out and wait, and then come in and burn incense when the temple is 'cleaned'!" ”

Zihan's eyes swept away, and he saw that there was chaos in the main hall, and there were more and more people watching the excitement. If he went to find Master Fang Yuan at this time, wouldn't it be too conspicuous? Thinking like this, she said to the palace maid: "You are right, you go out with me and wait." ”

Yan Yan touched his stomach and said hatefully: "I am so angry that my stomach hurts!" I'm going to the toilet. ”

"Yes." Several palace maids didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly helped Zihan out of the main hall, and three or five Praetorian Guards also followed her, lest she make any mistakes.

Until Zihan walked far away, he could still hear the noise in the main hall. The palace maids served her to go to the toilet, and the guards stood guard outside the hut.

"Girl, be careful." The three palace maids served one on the left and one on the right.

However, the smell in the thatched house was not very good, and Zihan immediately covered his nose as soon as he entered: "It stinks!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I suddenly heard three muffled sounds in my ears one after another, and the three palace maids had fallen to the ground in response and were wiped on their necks!

Zihan's eyes widened in horror, and he was about to shout "help", but someone suddenly covered his mouth and nose. Immediately after, she felt a pain in the back of her head, her eyes went black, and she was unconscious......