readx;? In the middle of the night, Prince Rui's mansion had fallen into a deep sleep, and when everything was quiet, suddenly a voice came. Pen&Fun&Pavilion www.biquge.info*/ But Tie Yi suddenly had something important to say, generally at this hour, Tie Yi would not come to disturb, Shen Miao was sleeping in a daze, feeling that Xie Jingxing got up and went out, and after a while, it seemed that someone outside said something, and the sound of squirming and dressing sounded in the house. She opened her eyes and saw Xie Jingxing standing in front of the desk getting dressed, and then looked outside, in the middle of the night, she looked like she was going out at this time.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

Xie Jingxing saw that she was awake, and said: "Something happened in the palace, I'll go into the palace to take a look, you can sleep first, you don't have to wait for me to leave Wang Fengtian." ”

Hearing this, Shen Miao's sleepiness was mostly dispersed, since Xie Jingxing had to go out in the middle of the night, it could be seen that this matter was very serious, and it was a matter in the palace. She said, "What is it? Is it serious?"

The queen pushed Lu Jing into the pond. Xie Jingxing said while putting on his robe: "The specific things are not clear for a while. ”

Shen Miao first breathed a sigh of relief, Xie Jingxing ran to the palace in the middle of the night, she thought that there were assassins in the palace or something. Hearing this, he was relieved, but after thinking about it, he was surprised again: "How could the queen mother push Concubine Jing into the pond?" Shen Miao has rarely seen Empress Xiande, and she has also seen Concubine Jing, in the face of people like Concubine Jing, Empress Xiande simply disdains to compete with her, and Empress Xiande is not an impulsive person, if you want to say that Concubine Jing pushed Empress Xiande into the pond Shen Miao still believes it, saying that Empress Xiande did it, Shen Miao can't believe it.

"The Lu family is also in the palace now. Xie Jingxing said: "They like to be brutal the most, I'll go and see it first." ”

Shen Miao hurriedly got up: "I'll go too." ”

"It's too late. Xie Jingxing disagreed: "You go to sleep first." It's going to be fine. ”

Shen Miao shook her head: "Since I have taught you to enter the palace, it is not a simple matter after all, anyway, I can't sleep, if you let me stay in the palace by myself, I will be cranky, it is better to go with you, I also know what happened, maybe I can help." ”

Xie Jingxing thought for a while and said, "That's it, I don't worry about leaving you here alone, let's go." ”

Shen Miao hurriedly got up and changed her clothes.

Because it was too late at this time, and the people were resting, Xie Jingxinghe and Shen Miao only brought Tie Yi and Congyang, and the two of them drove on the streets of Longlongye in a carriage, and there was no one on the street at this time. Xie Jingxing's expression was a little cold, and Shen Miao was also thinking seriously in his mind.

It was because Empress Xiande really pushed Concubine Jing, and she couldn't call Xie Jingxing to the palace in the middle of the night, to say something unpleasant, Concubine Jing died because of this, it was also a battle between the women of the harem, which could directly send the Lu family, not to mention that now Emperor Yongle and the Lu family are almost at the time to tear their faces, how can they make a big deal in order to deal with the Lu family?

When Shen Miao was in Mingqi, she had also seen such palace concubines who stumbled each other in order to compete for the wind and be jealous, Concubine Jing was pushed into the pond by Empress Xiande, and she was almost framed for lameness, why did she want Xie Jingxing to go into the palace to run away? Shen Miao always felt that this matter was not so simple. However, Tie Yi said that the people who came to the palace to deliver the holy decree were not very clear, so no one knew what the specific situation was.

The two of them had their own thoughts, and they arrived at the gate of the palace in a blink of an eye. At the gate of the palace was Gonggong Deng beside Emperor Yongle, who was overjoyed when he saw Xie Jingxing, and then he was stunned when he saw Shen Miao also jumping off the carriage, but he didn't worry too much about it, so he smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince is finally here, Your Majesty is waiting for you in the palace." ”

Xie Jingxing asked Gonggong Deng to go forward, Shen Miao followed behind, thought about it, and asked Gonggong Deng: "Gonggong Deng, how is the queen mother now?"

"The queen is fine, thank you princess for your concern. Father-in-law Deng said with a smile.

Shen Miao's eyes moved slightly, the queen was fine, but she made such a big battle, that is what the one means that something is wrong?

Sure enough, she thought of this, and listened to Gong Deng's fair words: "But Concubine Jing hasn't woken up yet." ”

Xie Jingxing sneered: "What trick is Lu Jing playing again?"

Gonggong Deng smiled and didn't say anything more, but Shen Miao felt that the smile had some meaning to the happy peasant woman who crossed over.

After entering the palace, Gonggong Deng took the two of them straight to Jinghua Palace. Jinghua Palace is the place where Concubine Jing lives, it is already the middle of the night, Jinghua Palace is brightly lit, and there is a palace maid kneeling in the hall. Shen Miao saw at a glance that Emperor Yongle and Empress Xiande were also there, the two were sitting in the hall, Empress Xiande couldn't see any difference, she was still calm and calm, but Emperor Yongle's face was like frost.

Shen Miao and Xie Jingxing went in hand in hand, Gonggong Deng hurriedly reported, Emperor Yongle looked slightly stunned when he saw Shen Miao also coming, but Empress Xiande stood up, walked up to Shen Miao with a smile, took Shen Miao's hand and said cordially: "You were not in good health before, I thought I would let you enter the palace to talk, who knew that so many things had happened." I didn't expect you to come so late tonight. ”

Shen Miao said with a smile: "Your Highness entered the palace, and I didn't know what happened to him, so I followed." ”

Empress Hyundeok asked her, "Have you ever felt better?"

Shen Miao said: "I've recovered, thank you for your concern." ”

Empress Xiande smiled: "Then the palace will be relieved." ”

Xie Jingxing looked at Emperor Yongle and asked with a calm face, "Brother Huang, what happened?"

Everyone knows that the good Empress Xiande will definitely not push Concubine Jing down the pond, and now that Concubine Jing has not woken up, Emperor Yongle has already begun to attack the Lu family, and he doesn't need to take care of the face of the Lu family at all, how could he summon Xie Jingxing into the palace because of Concubine Jing's body?

Emperor Yongle said coldly: "The Lu family has just come. ”

"Have you been here?" Xie Jingxing frowned and said, "When I came in, I didn't see the Lu family. "The Lu family is messing around, relying on their meritorious tails to the sky. Now that Concubine Jing has fallen into the water, the Lu family has suffered losses under Emperor Yongle in the past few days, and they will inevitably seize this opportunity to make a big noise, at least they will definitely twist Empress Xiande and not give up. Now that the Lu family doesn't even have a shadow, could it be that the Lu family has already made trouble on the way back to them?

"They are not afraid of any accidents that will happen to Concubine Jing. It was Empress Xiande who spoke: "There is nothing to fear." ”

Shen Miao's heart moved, and she had no fear, what did she mean by this?

was thinking about it, but saw the imperial doctor in the palace walk out of the bedroom. He walked in front of Emperor Yongle, saluted, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Concubine Jing Niangniang fell into the water and suffered from the wind and cold, fortunately, her body is good, and the dragon seed in her belly is still fine. ”

Concubine Jing is pregnant?

Shen Miao and Xie Jingxing were stunned at the same time, subconsciously, Shen Miao looked at Empress Xiande, the corners of Empress Xiande's lips were slightly raised, and she still looked as calm and generous as usual, but Shen Miao felt that no matter how she looked at it, her smile was a little ridiculous, and then she looked at Emperor Yongle, her eyes were cold, her face sank into the water, and she didn't look like she was happy.

It seemed that Concubine Jing had woken up in the house, and began to call "Your Majesty" and "The concubine wants to see Your Majesty", Xie Jingxing glanced at Emperor Yongle with a smile, but Emperor Yongle turned his head to look at Empress Xiande. Empress Xiande smiled slightly: "Your Majesty also went to see Concubine Jing, the child is innocent after all." He looked at Xie Jingxing again: "The emperor is about to talk to you in a while, so you can wait here for a while." He said to Shen Miao again: "After tossing for so long, the palace has to go back to change clothes, and the princess will accompany the palace to go together. ”

Empress Xiande dignified couldn't see anything wrong, but the more calm she was, the more uncomfortable it became. Shen Miao looked at the hem of Empress Xiande's skirt was wet, thinking that she and Concubine Jing must have been on the edge of the pond before she came, Concubine Jing fell into the water, and Empress Xiande's clothes were also wet. But probably because he was worried about Lu Jing all the time, he didn't bother to change into clean clothes.

She nodded, "Okay." ”

Emperor Yongle stared at Empress Xiande and didn't speak, Concubine Jing's call in the house became more and more squeamish, Empress Xiande said: "Your Majesty, let's go in and have a look earlier, it's not Concubine Jing who is tired now, but the child in Concubine Jing's belly." After that, he didn't care about Emperor Yongle's expression, and pulled Shen Miao and left.

As soon as you leave Jinghua Palace, the air outside seems to be much fresher. The bitter summer of Longye is about to pass, and it won't be long before the weather will gradually turn cooler, and then early autumn. Now the better the flowers bloom in the summer, the more lonely the withered ones will be.

Shen Miao hung her head, thinking about the strange atmosphere of Emperor Yongle and Empress Xiande, she felt that today's Empress Xiande was a little tired, and even when she was in Jinghua Palace, she had some-for-tat confrontation with Emperor Yongle. This is not quite the same as Empress Xiande's calm temperament, maybe it's because of Concubine Jing's child?

By the way, Empress Hyunde has no children. Shen Miao had discovered since the first time he entered the palace that Emperor Yongle was now in the prime of life, but he had no heirs of his own. The reason why the Lu Ye family in this court can have a large number of followers is that in addition to the power left by their own emperors, there are no heirs. An emperor who has no heirs of his own will not last long.

But now that Concubine Jing has it? If Concubine Jing gives birth to a son, will she only be the future prince? Then in this world, isn't it still tied to the Lu family in the end, and the dictatorship of relatives is the last thing Emperor Yongle wants to see, no wonder Emperor Yongle is not happy at all when he hears that Concubine Jing is pregnant. However, Empress Xiande was unhappy, probably not just because of the position of the queen, but because of her jealousy as a woman.

Bystanders are clear, and they always see things very clearly from an outsider's point of view. Shen Miao is the same, Empress Xiande's gaze at Emperor Yongle is exactly the same as when she looked at Fu Xiuyi. loves her husband deeply, but in the end, it was another woman who was pregnant with her husband's child, as calm as Queen Xiande, and there would probably be a trace of unhappiness in her heart.

She's just a woman, after all.

"Princess?" came the voice of Empress Hyundeok. Shen Miao came back to her senses, Empress Xiande had already looked at her, and smiled a little tolerantly: "You can think of it, I haven't heard anything in this palace." ”

Shen Miao hurriedly apologized: "Offended Niangniang." ”

"It doesn't have to be like this," Empress Xiande didn't take it to heart, and said, "It's so late, it's natural for people to wander away from fatigue, and the princess doesn't have to blame herself." ”

Shen Miao walked and walked, but couldn't help asking, "Niangniang, what does the courtier want to ask you?"

"Excuse me. ”

"Concubine Jing, did you really push into the water?"

Empress Xiande paused slightly, then looked at her with a smile and said, "What does the princess think?"

"The Queen Mother wouldn't do that. Concubine Jing didn't enter the palace in Fang, Niangniang has been at peace with her for many years, and she can't deal with her at this juncture. Shen Miao said: "So the courtiers are very strange, why did the mother admit this crime?"

Empress Xiande stopped, looked at Shen Miao and smiled, and said, "You believe in this palace very much." In fact, it's strange to say, the first time I saw you, I thought you were very similar to this palace, but your temperament was a little stronger, probably because your father was a military general. This palace has heard a lot of things about you, although you are also very resourceful and scheming, but you are proud to do things, and you are neat. This palace is not good, the Wenchen family pays attention to detours, and this palace is to be absolute, but it is also soft and entangled to the end, so you and this palace are always different. ”

Shen Miao was silent.

Empress Xiande smiled again: "The palace really doesn't have to push her into the pond, the emperor understands this truth, and the Lu family also understands it, and Lu Jing is the only one who doesn't understand." As for whether this crime is borne or not, it doesn't matter if you frame a person in order to deceive the world, but this lie even you know it not long after coming to Longye, not to mention that this official in Longye is reborn as a young couple in the last days. ”

Shen Miao asked, "Won't Niangniang explain?"

"Hongu is too lazy to explain, and he doesn't bother to explain. Concubine Jing can do whatever she likes, and this palace doesn't care about it at all. Empress Xiande said lightly.

Shen Miao thought to herself, this is the place, she is completely different from Queen Xiande, if she is replaced, it is not her own crime, or no matter how disdainful she is, she will not admit it, no matter how she changes, she is fierce in her bones. Empress Xiande is like a puddle of water, with tolerance and calmness, making others feel very small in front of her.

As he was talking, before he knew it, Weiyang Palace was close in front of him, Aunt Tao was waiting at the door, and when she saw the two of them coming back, she hurriedly walked to Queen Xiande and said, "Is Niangniang okay?"

Empress Xiande didn't answer Aunt Tao's words, and said with a smile: "It's okay, the palace will go and change clothes first." Aunt Tao, you first take the princess to sit in the hall and pour her some hot tea. Then he went inside and changed his clothes.

Aunt Tao took Shen Miao to the hall, the tea was just hot, Aunt Tao poured tea for Shen Miao, and couldn't help asking: "Princess, what is the matter with Concubine Jing?

Shen Miao thought for a while and said, "Concubine Jing is fine, and the child in her belly is fine." ”

Aunt Tao was stunned suddenly, almost spilling the tea, and when she reacted, she hurriedly stopped her movements, but her face was very pale.

Seeing her like this, Shen Miao asked, "Concubine Jing had a body before, don't you know?"

Aunt Tao smiled reluctantly: "The princess said that she was joking, how could she know this, if she knew...... she didn't continue.

Shen Miao didn't ignore the resentment and anger that flashed on Aunt Tao's face, thinking to herself what would happen if she knew?

Just as she was thinking about it, Empress Hyundeok walked out of it. She changed her clothes, but the one she changed was a moon-white tulle dress, embroidered with bluegrass on it, I have to say that the temperament of Empress Xiande, who took off the queen's court clothes, suddenly judged the two of them, Shen Miao looked carefully, and felt that Empress Xiande's eyebrows and eyes were light but comfortable, and the whole body was indeed a taste that only a historian had, which was a little similar to Pei Lang, but more light and light than Pei Lang.

She walked over, sat down next to Shen Miao, picked up a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "It's so sleepy at night, it's much warmer to have such a cup of tea." ”

Aunt Tao suddenly knelt down and said, "Niangniang, do you still have the heart to drink tea now?"

Empress Xiande was stunned and said, "What is this for?" There was a hint of sternness in his tone.

Aunt Tao was unmoved, still kneeling, but there was some grief and indignation, and said: "Concubine Jing is pregnant, she is pregnant, and she wants to frame you, you have to endure it, how long will you endure it in this life?"

These words are a bit beyond the identity of a subordinate to the master, and the atmosphere in the room, which was originally good, suddenly cooled down. Shen Miao looked at her nose and nose, and did not speak while holding the tea, Empress Xiande said: "Qiushui, you have been with this palace for so many years, and this palace treats you as a relative, but you are too excessive." ”

Aunt Tao refused to stand up.

After a while, Empress Xiande sighed and said, "That's it." Lu Jing didn't know that she was pregnant, Lu Jing's temperament was very clear in the palace, if she was pregnant, she would not dare to frame the palace with the child in her belly, she would only protect the "dragon species" well, and would not let the child make a mistake in wearing books, hehe, don't make trouble with the plot. ”

"But now it's a fact that Concubine Jing is pregnant. Aunt Tao raised her head: "Niangniang also has to think about herself!"

Shen Miao finally stopped being silent, she said, "Aunt Tao is right, Concubine Jing's matter must be carefully considered. It's not all for the queen's mother, it's the current situation of the Lu family, for the sake of Your Majesty, the queen's mother can't just watch it on the wall. ”

Empress Xiande glanced at her in surprise, as if she didn't expect Shen Miao to speak at this juncture, but she quickly smiled with relief and said, "It seems that Jing Xing has told you a lot." ”

"Get up, Qiushui. Empress Xiande said to Aunt Tao: "This palace doesn't want to say it a second time. ”

This sentence was already in the tone of an order, and Aunt Tao hesitated for a moment, and finally stood up.

Empress Xiande looked at Shen Miao: "Let you see the joke." Qiushui is a person close to the palace, and he thinks about the palace wholeheartedly, so he can't help but be anxious to speak, but the heart is good. She sighed: "Actually, Bengong used to think that Lu Jing was stupid, and Bengong disdained to compete with her, but now it seems that Bengong has gone away, and Lu Jing still has some ability, and she can avoid Zi Tang and conceive the emperor's child." ”

Avoiding Zi Tang, Shen Miao's heart moved, Empress Xiande told her the secrets of the palace, in fact, the more you know, the more dangerous it is, those who know the private affairs of the palace have finally become the flower fertilizer in the palace, but she doesn't know why, but she feels that Empress Xiande told her this, just because she wanted to tell her, and she would not be afraid of her because she knew more.

"You are a smart one, and you have seen it when you think about it, the emperor has no heirs in the palace, not because of those concubines or the emperor himself, but because they will drink the soup of avoiding children. This Lu Jing had also drunk it before, but I don't know why, what method did she use, and she was pregnant with a dragon son, which was about the first one in the palace. After saying that, he thought of something again, and said with a smile: "Maybe it's not the first, Bengong once had a child, but he had a miscarriage." ”

When Aunt Tao heard this, her eyes turned a little red.

Shen Miao's hand holding the teacup trembled, and she didn't speak.

"The emperor often thinks that you are not good, because he thinks that Jing Xing is the best, and an ordinary girl is a fairy, which is probably not worth mentioning in his eyes. When Jing Xing said that he wanted to marry a girl from Mingqi, the emperor asked someone to inquire about a lot of things about you, and after hearing about it, he told the palace that you were vicious. Empress Xiande suddenly diverted the conversation, looked at Shen Miao, and said, "But now, this palace thinks you are very kind." ”

Shen Miao was puzzled, only to hear Empress Xiande say again: "You obviously want to ask about the miscarriage of the child in this palace, but you are afraid that it will hurt your heart, so you can't bear to ask." ”

Shen Miao said softly: "The courtiers just don't dare. ”

"You are really straightforward, Jing Xing has found an interesting daughter-in-law, and this palace likes you even more. Empress Xiande smiled. She said: "Actually, things have been going on for a long time, and this palace has been relieved. When Bengong was pregnant, Lu Jing added cold herbs to the dim sum made by the imperial kitchen. Just a little bit, the children of Hongu are gone. At that time, Lu Jing had just entered the palace, and it was "favored", and when the Lu family looked at it, His Majesty could only punish him with a small punishment. Bengong felt that he really had no fate with the child, so he just gave up. ”

Just listening, Shen Miao could already guess the heart-rending pain in it. In the previous life in the harem of Ming Qi, the concubines fought each other for the favor of the emperor, the harem was a battlefield for women, and when women were ruthless, sometimes they were even more terrible than men. There are many concubines' children who have become victims in such circumstances, and no matter how vicious the concubines are, they all cry in despair at the moment of losing their children. The calm and gentle Empress Xiande in front of her, has she also experienced that kind of desperate time? The scar will take a long time to heal, and the pain of the scar is only known to the Sword Spirit Raiders Codex.

The most odious thing is that it is not even possible to take revenge on the child. Why is that?

"Don't blame Your Majesty, and don't think that this palace is pitiful, although this palace is indeed pitiful, but this palace is also a wicked person. Empress Xiande said: "After that miscarriage, the palace can no longer have children, and you can't have your own children in this life." So the emperor made it impossible for all the women in this harem to give birth to his heirs. This palace is not good, everyone should not be happy. ”

Shen Miao was stunned.

Because Empress Xiande couldn't have children, did Emperor Yongle let all the women in the palace not have children?

Then Emperor Yongle should like Empress Xiande very much, but if he really likes it, why would he let Empress Xiande suffer such a big grievance? That is, if Empress Xiande doesn't say or mention it, Emperor Yongle himself will want to kill the culprit with his own hand, how can he take her as his favorite concubine?

Shen Miao only felt that the secrets of the Great Liang Huang Imperial Family were no less than those of Ming Qi.

Seeing her stunned appearance, Empress Xiande suddenly smiled: "You really believe it." How could His Majesty give up all the heirs of his concubines because of the relationship between the palace? Jing Xing was able to do it because Jing Xing was lucky, but the emperor was unlucky, he was the emperor. ”

There are many more meanings in these words, and Shen Miao didn't know how to answer for a while.

"But you're right, you should plan for the future. Lu Jing's child came by chance, and because of this child, she was temporarily saved for her life, but the Lu family did not have such good luck. Empress Xiande smiled slightly, and her smile became a little sharp. ......

"Children can't stay. In the imperial study, Xie Jingxing's eyes were cold, and he said to the emperor in front of him.

"I know I can't stay, and if I could, I would like to pour her a bowl of medicine right now. Emperor Yongle spoke indifferently, as if it was not his son who was going to be poured by his bowl of medicine, but someone else.

"Why didn't you pour it just now?" Xie Jingxing asked sharply.

"Qingzhen didn't let it. "Emperor Yongle said.

Qingzhen is the name of Empress Xiande, and this name has not been said from the mouth of Emperor Yongle for a long time.

After a while, Xie Jingxing sneered: "The imperial sister-in-law has always been soft-hearted, perhaps because she pitied her dead flesh and blood. ”

"Xie Yuan!" These words seemed to touch the sore spot of Emperor Yongle, and he glared at the other party angrily.

But in exchange for Xie Jingxing's casual smile, he said: "So what to do now?" I don't care what Lu Jing does, I don't want to pay attention to that child, the Lu family comes and goes, I definitely think that the child in Lu Jing's belly is a talisman, how can I give them this big gift?"

The emperor who has no heir suddenly has the only heir, so the only heir is a life-saving straw, if Emperor Yongle is not willing to do it, the position of the prince will fall on the child in Concubine Jing's belly. So today, the people of the Lu family came and saw that Concubine Jing had a body, there was neither noise nor dispute, and she left quickly, maybe in their eyes, the position of Empress Xiande will soon be gone, and they are too late to have mercy, let alone be unforgiving, the right should be their mercy and do good deeds.

Such peace of mind, but what about the facts?

Since ancient times, there have been four characters, and the world is unpredictable.

"The Lu family always forgets one thing, you and I are both surnamed Xie, and we have the blood of the Xie family on our bodies. Emperor Yongle said indifferently: "And the Xie family is ruthless." ”