Gu Qingming left on the first day of the Lunar New Year last year, and Shen Che decreed that the year name of that year was set as Cheng'an, which means the ambition of inheriting the peace of the Quartet, and he is indeed like this era name, working hard, diligent and loving the people.

Last year was the first year of Cheng'an, and when this palace banquet ended and the bell rang at midnight, it was the second year of Cheng'an.

In the first month of the second year of Cheng'an, a war report came from the southern border, and the general Wang Gu Qingming made a clever plan to make a strange plan to block the 150,000 troops of Nanyi outside the city of Jianzhou, recapture the occupied city, recover the lost territory, and even drive the Nanyi army out of the border line for 200 miles, not daring to take a step beyond the thunder pool.

Emperor Shen Che of Cheng'an was overjoyed when he heard this, and crowned Gu Qingming as the Marquis of Qinghe, taking the meaning of Haiqinghe Yan, hoping that Gu Qingming could calm the external troubles in one go.

In June of the second year of Cheng'an, good news came from the western border, Gu Qingming, the Marquis of Qinghe, broke the alliance of small states in Xiyue with the technique of gods and ghosts, and 30,000 stragglers were all ambushed, and the city defense of Guizhou was rebuilt, blocking Xiyue from outside the Tiger Roaring Ridge, and it was difficult to step into the Central Plains.

Shen Che talked about meritorious deeds, Jin Feng second-class Qinghe Marquis was the first-class Dingguo Gong, and changed the general's mansion to the Guogong Mansion, and for a time the Gu family was in the limelight and famous.

Since Gu Qingming's successive victories came and Shen Che rewarded him, the number of visitors to the Guogong Mansion has gradually increased every day, and all kinds of people who want to have a close relationship with Gu Qingming have all found Yun Yao, hoping to get some benefits from her or listen to some news.

Why is this happening? Probably because there is only Lu Yingquan, the queen mother, in the harem of Emperor Cheng'an today, there are no other concubines, and naturally there are no other mansions that are related to the royal family, and Lu Yingquan's maternal family has already been defeated, and there is nothing but a name, so those who want to go through the back door naturally find Yun Yao.

After all, Yun Yao is the emperor's sister-in-law, and she is the same sister as the queen's mother, and she is also the wife of Gu Qingming, the prince of Dingguo.

But Yun Yao also knew that these things could not be done, and now the reason why Gu Qingming was able to rise step by step was due to Shen Che's trust in him, if she made a slight mistake, I was afraid that Shen Che would be suspicious of Gu Qingming.

In order to avoid offending people and not wanting to be in the same league with these people, Yun Yao simply entered the palace early every morning to ask the queen mother for peace, and then stayed in the palace for a whole day, and did not come back until the palace door was almost locked.

In this way, those who asked to see her were naturally blocked by the officials in the house, and those people were not easy to arrange the queen's mistakes, saying that the queen had occupied Yun Yao's time. This method also made Yun Yao a lot cleaner.

In the middle of July, when it was hot, Yun Yao got up early in the morning, dressed neatly as usual, entered the palace with Su Xin and Hongxiao, and went straight to the Hehuan Palace.

Because it was hot and couldn't sleep, Lu Yingquan and the two little princes also got up very early, and when Yun Yao arrived, they were sitting at the round table for breakfast.

Today's small kitchen is making seafood porridge, and the glutinous rice is full of delicious aroma, which makes people have an appetite when they smell it.

But when Lu Yingquan picked up the bowl and scooped a spoonful to put it in his mouth, he suddenly felt an upset stomach discomfort, retched while churning, and immediately dropped the bowl in his hand, bent over and vomited.

"Niangniang, but you're not feeling well?" Feiyan stepped forward to help Lu Yingquan and asked with concern.

Su Xin, Hongxiao, bamboo branches and chrysanthemum leaves, who were familiar with each other in the former palace, were all given to Yun Yao by Lu Yingquan as a wedding girl, and now the errand in the Hehuan Hall are several third-class palace maids promoted by Lu Yingquan from the Huanyi Bureau.

Feiyan and Hanyu are first-class palace maids, Huamo and Luoxue are second-class palace maids, as for those palace maids who moved from the Linglong Pavilion of Yiwang Palace, what did they do in the past and what they still do now, so Lu Yingquan's personal service is Feiyan and Hanyu.

"I'm fine, but I don't feel comfortable smelling it. Lu Yingquan shook his head, "Is today's seafood porridge broken?"

"Mother, I'll take your pulse. Seeing this, Yun Yao spoke, then walked to Lu Yingquan's side and stretched out his hand to take the pulse.

Yun Yao's medical skills are obvious to everyone, so they didn't want to invite a doctor, they all waited with bated breath for Yun Yao's pulse diagnosis results.

After a while, Yun Yao smiled and said, "Congratulations to Niangniang, Niangniang has been pregnant for two months." ”

"What are you talking about? I'm pregnant again?" Lu Yingquan's face was both surprised and happy, as if he couldn't believe it, "But why didn't I feel it at all before, and I suddenly reacted so much today? I didn't do this when I was pregnant with Jue'er." ”

"It's true that the physique of pregnancy is relatively easy to change, and it is normal for the symptoms of the first child to be different from the second child. Although I can diagnose the happy pulse, I am not proficient in the matter of fetal safety, so I still let Dr. Ye take a look to avoid any problems. Yun Yao said, instructing the girl next to her, "Huamo, you go to Changming Palace and wait, and tell him about it when the emperor comes down in the morning; ”

"Yes, eldest princess. The two palace maids took the blessing of the body, and then turned around and walked towards the outside of the hall.

Everyone in the hall was immersed in joy, and no one saw it, and a azure figure at the door turned around and ran away, heading towards Jianzhang Palace.

In Jianzhang Palace, Empress Dowager Jiang also got up early in the morning and was having dinner, when she saw a girl outside running in in a panic and kneeling on the ground:

"The Queen Mother, the slave has something to tell. ”

"Why are you so anxious?

"Empress Dowager Qiyu, the queen mother is pregnant, and it was Princess Jing'an who personally diagnosed the pulse, and it was confirmed. "The girl told me all the news she had just heard from the Hehuan Temple.

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Jiang put down the chopsticks in her hand, and her face suddenly sank: "You go down first." ”

The girl who complained was startled and hurriedly left, not knowing what the Queen Mother would do.

This girl is the little branch that served in the kitchen of Linglong Pavilion in the past, before she entered the Ning Palace, she had already been bought by the Empress Dowager Jiang, and after arriving at the Hehuan Palace, in addition to being an errand in the small kitchen, she also watched Lu Yingquan and Yun Yao's every move for the Empress Dowager Jiang by the way.

It's just that in the past two years, Lu Yingquan's behavior has been nothing wrong, there is really nothing worth reporting, and most of the time Yun Yao and Lu Yingquan are together, so Xiaozhi doesn't dare to approach at all, for fear of being discovered by Yun Yao.

Now I finally got the news that Lu Yingquan is pregnant, so I can't wait to tell you.

After Xiaozhi left, Empress Dowager Jiang had no appetite for food, she let everyone else go out, leaving Wushuang to serve by her side. After a long time, she asked:

"Wushuang, what do you think about this?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, now the harem is empty, there is only the queen, and it is normal for the queen mother to be pregnant. Wushuang said, "Now that the eldest prince is born by the queen, and the second prince is also raised by the queen, if there are no more heirs, then the status of the queen's mother is really unshakable." ”

"You know that it's not Lu Yingquan that the mourning family cares about. "The Queen Mother was a little unhappy because Wushuang didn't say what she was thinking," the mourning family cares about Yun Yao, the eldest princess of Jing'an. ”

"What does the Queen Mother mean by worrying that history will repeat itself and repeat the mistakes of the past?" Wushuang's heart jumped, and he asked this sentence cautiously.

"Not bad. Empress Dowager Jiang nodded, "In the past, when Yi'er was still there, I still thought about using Yi'er to suppress this Lu Yingquan, so that she would not be too rampant." But now that Yi'er is dead, Lu Yingquan is the only one in the entire harem, and the mourning family has persuaded Che'er to take a concubine several times, but he refused, saying that the emperor already has an heir, and there is no need to spread the branches, there is no need to take a concubine......"

Wushuang didn't speak, only quietly listened to Empress Dowager Jiang's chatter.

Sure enough, Lu Yingquan dominates the harem, and no one can threaten her status anymore, and now that she is pregnant again, even God is helping her. But the mourning family is always uneasy, and the scene of the Empress Dowager Qin's control of the government in the past still seems to be vivid, if one day Che'er ...... Lu Yingquan's son succeeds to the throne, will she become another Qin clan?"

"In the past, when you were in the Yiwang Palace, you told the mourning family that this Yun Yao is not an ordinary person, and Che'er also said that she has the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, and everything can go smoothly is inseparable from Yun Yao's planning and calculation. But if this Yun Yao just helped Che'er, it would be fine, in case she helped Lu Yingquan one day later, set aside the emperor's power, control the government, plus Gu Qingming's identity and hands, wouldn't it evolve into another relative?"

I have to say that Empress Dowager Jiang and Empress Dowager Qin are indeed different.

What the Empress Dowager Qin wanted was her own power and status, and she would do everything for the Qin family, but everything the Empress Dowager Jiang did was for Shen Che, for her son, and for the Shen family.

She didn't have to target Lu Yingquan, but she was too jealous of the people around Lu Yingquan, afraid that Lu Yingquan, with the assistance of Yun Yao, would follow the old path of the Empress Dowager Qin.

After all, if a person has been high for a long time, he will be blinded by power and desire, and he will not be able to see the way forward or his heart clearly, so that he will do a lot of wrong things.

"What is the Queen Mother going to do?" Wushuang couldn't help but ask.

"Let's try what Yun Yao thinks first, if she really supports Lu Yingquan wholeheartedly, then don't blame the mourning family for being ruthless. Empress Dowager Jiang said, and then commanded a few words in Wushuang's ear.

Wushuang nodded, indicating that he understood, and then persuaded: "Queen Mother, now that things haven't happened, you don't have to worry too much, let's eat something, if the emperor knows that you didn't eat breakfast, he will blame the slave and maid for not serving well." The queen mother should be sorry for the slaves and maids, how much more can she eat?"

While speaking, Wushuang served a bowl of porridge to Empress Dowager Jiang and served her breakfast.

Empress Dowager Jiang didn't say anything, she poured out for a while, and her anger disappeared, feeling that she couldn't get along with her body, at least before she cut off the possibility of her relatives' monopoly for Shen Che, she couldn't make any mistakes.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Jiang did not hesitate to start eating.

At this time, Yun Yao didn't know that she had become someone else's target and a stumbling block that others urgently needed to eradicate. Although she has no ambition, she can't stand the fear of her ability and speculate on her mind with the heart of a villain.

She was still waiting for Gu Qingming to come back, but she never thought that after this summer, Gu Qingming would never be able to come back.