In Changqing's carriage, I always wake up for a while, sleep for a while, and when I open my eyes, I can't tell the difference between reality and nightmares, but as the monotonous sound of horses' hooves around me gradually begins to turn into noisy human voices, I vaguely know that we are getting closer and closer to the capital.

On this day, I suddenly woke up from my dream.

In the dream, there was still a piece of water, the sun was bright and brilliant overhead, surrounded by green trees, and he and I sat by the river, barefoot soaked in the cool water, and small fish swimming around on our insteps, playing and playing.

In his ears was his hearty and joyful laughter.

Then I turned my head and said to him, "Light cold, will you come with me?"

He smiled at me, his snow-white teeth making the smile almost dazzling, and I closed my eyes slightly, and heard him say-

All right.

As soon as these two words came out, the dream suddenly turned black, and I woke up from the dream sweating profusely.

Chang Qing also seemed to be startled by me, and looked at me slightly stunned: "Qingying, do you have a nightmare?" ”

“……”

I couldn't speak for a while, and there was a slight tremor on my back, Chang Qing reached over and wiped my forehead for me: "Are you okay?" ”

"Queen Mother, I-"

Before he finished speaking, the carriage shook and stopped, and the voice of the ceremonial officer was heard in front of him.

"Welcome to the Emperor! Greetings to the Queen"

As the carriage shook and I was shocked.

Chang Qing looked at my face and the blood faded in an instant, sighed softly, and just turned around, they were already standing outside and whispering something, the curtain was raised, and a somewhat hot wind blew into the carriage. Chang Qing whispered a few words to them, and then got out of the carriage.

All around, the voices of the courtiers and the palace ladies and eunuchs poured up one after another to greet him, flattering, and familiar—it was restless.

I slowly turned my head away, looking out, but I was confused by something white, and I was lost for a moment.

As far as the eye can see, there is white snow, fluttering in the wind.

But now, hasn't it been a long time since spring?

I sat in the carriage in a daze, and after a while I stretched out my hand, a thin white velvet fluttered down in the palm of my hand, and when I looked closely, there was snow there, but it was just flying flotsam.

It's already the season of the city.

Is it praying for something that is so helpless and uncaring, but flying all over the city every year?

Shui Xiu had been guarding the side of the carriage, and when he saw me looking up at the sky stupidly, he whispered, "My lord? ”

I came back to my senses, silently helped her men to get out of the carriage, and sure enough, I saw that the front was already kneeling with people, densely packed, Pei Yuanhao and Chang Qing walked forward together, and standing at the front were still a few high-grade concubines in the harem.

The most conspicuous is Ye Yunshuang.

Counting, she is also seven or eight months pregnant, with a big belly and a colorful dress, it is more and more eye-catching, Pei Yuanhao stepped forward and was the first to help her up, what did the two of them say, Ye Yunshuang's slightly rounded cheeks were flushed with pink, and she smiled shyly.

If such an expression is done by an ordinary pregnant woman, it is only pretentious, but such a young and beautiful woman does it, but it is a little more feminine.

Several concubines around couldn't help but snort coldly.

I looked at it, only to feel indescribably tired, and slowly turned my head, and saw that the curtain of the carriage on the other side was opened, and several little eunuchs stepped forward and helped a person down.

His figure was not athletic, perhaps because of an injury, perhaps because he was numb from curling up in the carriage for so long, and he stumbled when he landed.

My heart trembled.

However, before I could say anything, some of the officials in front of me had already rushed up.

As soon as Shen Gongyi fell, the power structure in the court naturally had to be reshuffled, and this time such a big matter in the Juma River Valley had already been transmitted back to the capital, and who was meritorious and who was guilty, they were afraid that they had already inquired clearly. The faces of these people have also become faster, and those who were cold before have now come forward to ask for warmth, which is more exciting than turning a book.

Liu Qinghan is in other cities, but it seems that he will not be able to cope with such a situation, and he doesn't know what to say, but fortunately, Huo Liancheng and a few of them are helping, but they are not too helpless.

He looked up at me, too, surrounded by those people.

Just a hurried glance, and quickly turned his head away.

My heart was empty, and I was carefully walked up by Shui Xiu, just in time to see a familiar figure hurriedly walking in the corridor in front of me.

It is Nangong Lizhu.

Compared with the appearance of the wolf in the river valley, her makeup is so exquisite that she is like two people, but the eyes that used to be smart in autumn water, I don't know if it is my illusion, I only think it is beautiful, but it is so empty that there is nothing, only when I look up and see me, I have some consternation and disbelief.

"You-"

She couldn't walk when she was still a dozen steps away from us, her eyes wide open and her expression twitching: "You, you're still—"

I'm alive.

This may be the worst accident for her.

I didn't have the slightest joy of being alive and the joy of victory, I only endured her eyes that turned into anger and shock, but the next moment, Pei Yuanhao had already walked up: "Zhu'er." ”

"......" She was still a little angry for a while, but she immediately softened her expression and knelt down: "Your Majesty, the concubine is late, I hope the emperor will forgive you." ”

Recalling that in the river valley, Pei Yuanhao was angry when she walked out of the king's tent, and every time she confronted the emperor in the past, she seemed to have become well-behaved this time - however, seeing Nangong Jinhong safe and sound in the crowd, she also understood the reason why she became well-behaved.

She, after all, is not a simple woman, as a concubine, she has a high-ranking father behind her, as well as the entire Nangong family, falling out with the emperor does not only mean that she has fallen out of favor, but also will implicate many people, and she has to consider these if she wants to be petty.

Pei Yuanhao had already walked up to her and helped her up, and said softly: "Didn't I say that you were frightened, you should have a good rest, and you shouldn't use it to pick up the car." ”

Nangong Lizhu was in his arms, bowed his head and smiled.

In his smile, he was still a little sour: "Concubine, I was really scared." ”

"Pearl......

Pei Yuanhao still wanted to say something, she just turned her head, there was no resentment, no coquettishness, only lowered her eyelids, her slender eyelashes trembled slightly, as if she had touched people's hearts, itchy, but it was more moving than all the love. The little palace maid behind her was also clever, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Li Niangniang can't sleep well these days, and she has nightmares all night, so that the emperor can't wake up." ”

"Oh?" Pei Yuanhao frowned: "Have you asked the imperial doctor to come and see it?" ”

"Please."

"What did the Imperial Doctor say?"

"The doctor said that Niangniang was a soul loss that had been frightened too much."

As soon as the little palace maid finished speaking, Nangong Lizhu had already said angrily: "I want you to talk more!" After speaking, he turned his head to look at Pei Yuanhao and said, "Don't worry, the emperor, the concubine is fine." ”

"How can I not be worried?"

"The concubine also knows the root of her illness."

"Pearl, the root of your illness ......"

"When the emperor comes back, the soul of the concubine can come back."

When Pei Yuanhao heard this, he was suddenly a little speechless, and the two of them looked at each other for a long time, and then saw him reach out and hold Nangong Lizhu's hand hard.

I turned my head lightly and saw Chang Qing standing not far in front.

Although she has always faced this qiē indifferently, this time, her expression does not seem to be relaxed.

has Shen Rou's harem, which is bloody and bloody, but without her harem, what will happen?

Perhaps, it will be even more bloody.

But Shen Rou is still there.

Shen Gongyi is down, but how much of his rebellion can involve a harem concubine? Even if she is guilty, she gave birth to an heir to the emperor, although she is an idiot, but maybe it can make the emperor feel guilty about her and open up?

When I thought of her, I was also a little confused for a while, and I didn't know whether I was looking forward to her death or her life. After all, I know that once the three-legged situation of the harem is broken, many things will change, and a change means that more things will no longer be under control.

At this time, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps at the other end of the corridor in front, and when I looked closely, it was Xiao Fuzi and a few of their eunuchs who served in the harem, and they ran over with pale and frightened faces. The emperor is here, you dare to run around! ”

Xiao Fuzi and the others hurriedly knelt down with a thud and kowtowed to Pei Yuanhao again and again: "The emperor forgives his sins." ”

Pei Yuanhao frowned slightly: "What's wrong?" ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine Niangniang - the concubine Niangniang, she's crazy!"

"What?!"

The people around were all taken aback.

I was also stunned.

Shen Rou, crazy?

How can it be? How could she-

Pei Yuanhao looked at a few of them with wide eyes, and was speechless for a while, but the hand holding Nangong Lizhu slowly put it down, and Chang Qing had already stepped forward: "Your Majesty." ”

"Let's go see first."

After saying that, he walked forward without looking back.

The original welcome at the gate of the palace was completely disrupted because of this sudden accident, Pei Yuanhao hurriedly walked to the Chonghua Hall with the panicked concubines in the harem, and as soon as he walked to the door, he heard the sound of crackling and breaking things inside, and the screams of several little palace maids.

Pei Yuanhao's face sank and he walked inside.

The door was closed, and I saw Shen Rou's personal palace maid Mingzhu sitting against the wall, her forehead was smashed and bleeding, and some of the other palace maids and eunuchs took care of her, and some carefully looked inside the door, and immediately some porcelain smashed over, frightening them like birds and beasts, and when they turned their heads, they saw the emperor Tie Qing appearing with a blue face, and hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”

"What's going on?"

As soon as Mingzhu saw him appear, he hurriedly knelt up and crawled in front of him: "Your Majesty! ”

"I ask you, what's going on?"

"Your Majesty, the slaves don't know what's going on." Mingzhu said as she sifted the chaff and trembled: "Since, since Mrs. Shen - since the thief was escorted back, Niangniang has become very irritable and beats people every day. Today, today she suddenly-"

Before he finished speaking, there was another sound of things being broken, and Shen Rou's roar came from inside: "Who of you dares, who dares to come in, this palace will kill you!" ”

Pei Yuanhao's face sank, and he was about to walk up the steps.

Chang Qing hurriedly stepped forward when he saw him like this: "Your Majesty, the concubine, the emperor should be careful, let Xiaofuzi and them go in first to have a look." ”

Pei Yuanhao looked at her, then at the closed door, noncommittal, Chang Qing had already glanced at Xiao Fuzi and them, and the brave little eunuchs stepped forward and carefully pushed the door open.

As soon as he pushed it away, a figure immediately rushed out of it.

The people at the door were caught off guard and were all taken aback, and when I saw Shen Rou at first glance, I also gasped.

Her body was still a brocade dress embroidered with gold and silver threads, but it was already messy and stained with a lot of filth; Her hair, which had always been well combed, was messy, and her hairpins were scattered; The messy forehead hair was scattered on the pale face, but it could not hide the bloodshot red eyes, like a raging beast, staring at people as if they were going to eat each other.

Is this Shen Rou?

I could scarcely believe that the woman who had always been on the top, always graceful and luxurious, and had even trampled me under my feet several times, was as crazy as she is now.

"You, what are you going to do?!" She staggered as if she couldn't stand steadily, holding a small bronze instrument high in her hand, staring at Xiaofuzi and a few of them, and said viciously: "You want to harm me, I will kill you!" ”

After saying that, he threw it at a few of them.

"Catch her!"

"Quick, catch her!"

The scene was chaotic for a while, and a few little eunuchs didn't dare to push too hard, so they could only carefully grab her wrists, and immediately two or three bold and powerful grandmothers ran behind her, pressing Shen Rou to the ground, and she kept roaring like a beast, kicking her two legs indiscriminately: "Let go of me!" You demons, devils! You want to harm this palace, you want to harm the second prince, this palace will not spare you! ”

She spoke incoherently and incoherently, but Pei Yuanhao's face sank: "Nian even!" ”

Chang Qing's face also changed, and he hurriedly led someone into Shen Rou's house.

I was still standing some distance away from them, indifferent as if an outsider was looking at the disturbances in the red dust, Shen Rou was constantly struggling and scolding by those grandmothers, she seemed to be unable to recognize people anymore, and even Pei Yuanhao couldn't tell when she walked in front of her and looked down at her, only when she saw Chang Qing holding out a swaddling baby, the blood-red eyes were a little lucid for a while.

"Kid...... My child ......," she murmured, and suddenly shouted again, "Give it back to me!" Give me back the thoughts! He is the second prince and the son of the dragon, what are you going to do!? Give me back the baby! Don't hurt him, don't hurt my kids! ”

Chang Qing glanced down at her, and there seemed to be some unbearability in her eyes, and walked up to Pei Yuanhao: "Your Majesty, ......"

Pei Yuanhao frowned and took the swaddling clothes.

The infant child was still very quiet, looking at his father with dark eyes, and suddenly his mouth was deflated, and he cried.

He rarely seemed to face a crying baby like this, and he was a little at a loss, and the experienced palace maid and grandmother next to him whispered: "Your Majesty, the second prince is hungry." ”

"Hungry?"

Mingzhu on the side whispered: "In the past two days, Niangniang has locked herself and the prince in the house, and the slaves and maids are not allowed to approach. Your Highness is afraid that there is nothing to eat......"

Pei Yuanhao kept a calm face and handed over the swaddling clothes to the nurse next to him.

The nurse and several palace maids hurriedly stepped aside, Pei Yuanhao lowered her head and looked at Shen Rou who looked crazy, she was still struggling and fighting, several grandmothers were about to hold her down, Pei Yuanhao's face was like frost: "How do you serve!" ”

The surrounding palace maids and eunuchs immediately fell to their knees and kowtowed.

"The emperor forgives his sins!"

"The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life!"

I stood next to me and watched coldly, Mingzhu knelt there, subconsciously turned her head, as if looking at someone next to the emperor, and I just happened to see the pair of water-cutting eyes sweeping over her body with a hint of sharpness, and without saying anything, Mingzhu's face turned pale and turned her eyes away in a trembling manner.

In my heart, it is already clear.

No wonder, she can't wait to see my corpse, and she is about to rush back to the capital.

No matter how much she hates me, she can't hate Shen Rou, it is Shen Rou who makes her lose the right to be a mother, and this kind of injury is ruined, so that a woman completely loses a qiē, a future, expectations, dreams, and a qiē related to happiness.

That's how I felt when I lost my first child.

Luckily, I'm still ......

Leaving the ......

As soon as I thought of her, my heart ached again, I raised my head and looked at Nangong Lizhu, she stood there, as if she was frightened, and snuggled up to the emperor's side with a frightened expression, Chang Qing waved her hand, and several palace maids and grandmothers walked out of Shen Rou's house, one of them was holding something in her hand, and said carefully: "Your Majesty, the queen mother, this is found in the house of the concubine Niangniang......

When everyone saw that thing, their faces changed, and a little palace maid was about to say it.

"Ah, this is Ma Jin's bag!"

Ma Jin Sac.

As soon as she heard these three words, Nangong Lizhu's eyes immediately turned red, and she reached out to cover her mouth, but she couldn't hide her eyes that became red and her low whimper, she turned her head to the side, Pei Yuanhao had already turned to look at her: "Zhu'er ......"

Nangong Lizhu didn't even look back, only said in a hoarse voice with a crying voice: "Your Majesty, concubines...... The concubine was a little uncomfortable and retired first. ”

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

The rest of the people were speechless for a while, just frozen.

At the beginning, the bowl of decoction mixed with Ma Jin's sac made Concubine Li lose her ability to conceive, although this matter was not clearly said, but it was already an open secret, Pei Yuanhao reached out and wanted to grab Nangong Lizhu, but he grabbed it empty, the hand was slowly clenched, and the phalanges made a gurgling sound.

He turned his head with a cold face, and the palace maids kneeling on the ground were already frightened and couldn't speak.

"Tell me clearly! Say! ”

The last word was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, which made the people around tremble, and the two little palace maids rolled their eyes in fright, and fainted, Pei Yuanhao's eyes showed a fierce light, and he walked over step by step, but he walked towards Shen Rou's most intimate palace maid pearl.

She was so frightened that she kowtowed again and again, and the skin on her forehead was bleeding, and she didn't dare to hide it at this time, so she hurriedly poured beans as if she had to explain everything: "Your Majesty, the Emperor spares his life!" The slave didn't know about this matter, and it was only afterwards that she found out that Niangniang was hiding these medicines, and she wanted to harm Concubine Li's ......."

Some people around let out exclamations.

Pei Yuanhao's face was still gloomy, but he didn't have a surprised expression.

Actually--he didn't necessarily know, but he had to endure the situation at the beginning, but now-he looked down at Shen Rou, who was already out of breath after some struggle, his eyes were dark, and he couldn't tell whether it was anger or something else, just looking at it like this.

And I, looking at this qiē, only felt that my heart was translucent and cold.

Nangong Lizhu will really seize the opportunity.

At the beginning, she had been sterilized for so long, although she had been fighting with Shen Rouming in the middle, but she never made this matter clear to Pei Yuanhao; But now, the Shen family has fallen, Shen Rou's biggest backstage is gone, no one can guess what Pei Yuanhao will do to her, and the last thing Nangong Lizhu wants to see is that he may leave Shen Rou's life for the sake of the second prince.

So, she rushed back to the imperial city first.

It's too easy to kill someone in the harem and drive someone crazy, and I don't dare to think about what Shen Rou has experienced these days, but to drive a woman like her crazy, I'm afraid it's an unimaginable torment for ordinary people.

Of course, Nangong Lizhu is also wary of one point, that is, if Pei Yuanhao wants to strictly investigate this matter, he will not be able to get rid of it.

So--she prepared the horse gold bag.

It was a thorn in the line between her and him, and his greatest guilt for her.

Now, even if Pei Yuanhao suspects and even affirms that Shen Rou was driven crazy by her, how can he bear to blame him in the face of a concubine who was sterilized by Shen Rou and his favorite concubine?

I have been standing far away, and even a little lazy to watch this scene, I only feel that in my heart, my body is tired, I turned my head indifferently, and I kept watching the lively water show and couldn't react: "My lord? ”

"Shui Xiu, let's go back."

My voice was very soft, but Chang Qing, who was standing at the door, still heard it, and she looked at me a little stunned, as if it was strange that I would turn around and leave at this time.

Shui Xiu was also strange: "My lord, we-we don't stay-?" ”

"If you want to see, you stay."

After I finished speaking lightly, I turned around to leave, and when Shui Xiu heard this, he hurriedly came up and held my arm: "I, I'll help you, go back together." ”

I lightly hooked the corners of my lips, and was about to walk forward, when I heard Mingzhu's voice behind me: "Your Majesty, the emperor spares his life, this qiē is all made by the concubine Niangniang, and the slave maid really doesn't know; By the way, the emperor, Yue Cairen - no, Lord Yue, the emperor, when Lord Yue murdered Concubine Xian, it was also the concubine behind the scenes, and the slave can testify! Lord Yue is innocent, and every qiē is made by the noble concubine. ”

As she spoke, she had already raised her voice to my back: "Lord Yue, the slave knows that you are wronged, and the slave knows it!" ”

My steps froze.