Chapter 14: Frame-Up

Shao is bright and beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, the good scenery is good, the song is Xiao Di.

It's been the fifth day since Zhuangzi went to the paddock to hunt, and I don't know if the sky in the paddock is the same as in the palace.

Siyu accompanied me for a walk in the Imperial Garden, and the weather today was very good, which made people feel very good. The intermittent joyful singing and the melodious Xiao flute combined to form a beautiful natural sound.

I couldn't help but pause and listen, Siyu smiled, "The Imperial Garden is close to the stage, and the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother both love to watch the theater. Therefore, it is not surprising to hear this voice in the Imperial Garden. ”

I looked at Siyu carefully and frowned slightly, "Do you mean that there is a singing on the stage now?" ”

She bowed slightly, "Probably the Queen Mother went to the play again!" In the morning, the Queen Mother has this habit. ”

"Shall we take a look, then?" I was a little excited, and I really hadn't seen it with my own eyes.

Siyu shook her head, "Don't go!" Now that you have a big belly, don't go around, be careful of the tires. ”

I lowered my eyebrows and looked at my belly, which was already high and bulging, and I was seven months pregnant, and I was about to give birth in three months, and every time I thought about it, my heart felt like I had eaten honey.

"Siyu, when Imperial Physician Liu came to ask me for a pulse this morning, he said that the queen is pregnant, this is Zhuangzi's first child, after so many years, it is finally..."

Siyu just pouted, as if she was a little unhappy, "This is a matter of course, the queen mother is pressing, and the emperor can't do it." ”

Stroking my belly, I sighed, "As long as the child is born, I can leave." Zhuangzi promised me that the child would send me and the child out of the palace when the child was full moon. ”

Siyu leaned down and touched my stomach, "At that time, you have to recognize me as an aunt!" Isn't that right? Little girl. ”

I couldn't help but laugh out loud, "You girl, if he can hear it, then it's weird." ”

She looked up at me, disagreeing with my words, "Surely he can hear it!" After a pause, he added, "If his father had called him the same, he would have listened carefully." ”

Aroused my sorrow for no reason, I slowly exhaled a breath, and my voice was faintly cold, "His father, I didn't know there was a man in this world!" ”

Siyu straightened up and stared at me puzzled, "Don't he know, are you pregnant?" ”

Laughing, I raised my eyes to look at the sky, and I nodded, "I didn't know about this kid until I left the palace a month later." ”

"In the future, let's go back to Min Kingdom together, don't you plan to meet him?" She asked me, with a hint of confusion in her tone.

My expression froze, and I only smiled bitterly, "He hurt me and made me lose too much, me and him are destined to be unhappy!" ”

Siyu was stunned, and didn't ask me the reason for being surprised for a long time. She must have a lot of questions in her heart! However, I was no longer going to talk about that past to anyone. Those things are so sad.

"Concubine Liu's belly is getting rounder and rounder, so people really want to guess whether it is a prince or a princess." The queen, accompanied by her maids, walked slowly towards us.

Siyu was busy bowing down to say goodbye, and I, who no longer had to abide by these etiquettes, just said lightly: "Is the queen also used to coming out for a morning walk?" ”

She raised her eyebrows and smiled, "The palace is going to go to the stage to listen to the play, I heard that the Queen Mother is also here today, Concubine Liu might as well accompany the palace to take a look." ”

"The concubine also has this intention, since the queen speaks, how can the concubine be disrespectful." I replied very naturally, if you want to live safely in the palace, then don't offend anyone in the palace, especially a pregnant woman.

She nodded slightly, looked down at her abdomen, and looked up at me again, "Thinking that in a few months, Bengong's stomach will be the same as yours, which really makes Bengong a little scared." ”

"Niangniang's child is the emperor's son-in-law, supreme honor. Not only is there the emperor's protection, but also God's protection, the mother does not need to be afraid. I whispered, smiling kindly.

"The child in Concubine Liu's belly is also the emperor's child, and naturally it is also noble, I really want to guess whether it is a prince or a princess." She took a few steps closer to me, and I couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Suddenly, there was a fresh breeze, and the coolness hit my body, which made me shiver.

She stared at me for a moment, then shifted her gaze to Siyu, "Siyu, look at your master's clothes so thinly, and now that the wind is blowing, you won't go back to the palace to pick up the reward, if you get cold, won't the emperor want to blame you." Her voice was very soft but commanding, Siyu looked at me very hesitantly, I quickly nodded to her, "Go!" I'm waiting for you here. ”

She was still very hesitant, standing still in place, and I said, "It's okay, go ahead!" I'm waiting for you here. ”

Siyu reluctantly agreed, "Then I'll go, I'll be back soon, don't go away." ”

After watching Siyu leave, her melodious voice sounded again, "Let's go and accompany the Queen Mother to listen to a child's play!" Siyu waited down, and when she saw that you were not there, she knew that you went to the stage with the palace. "Although I haven't had any conflicts with her, she must be a little jealous of me now that she is pregnant! Because, the children I conceived at this time have been recognized by the palace as the emperor's prince. She must have already had the intention of fighting for the heir to me, so I have to be careful in everything.

Even this child has nothing to do with Zhuangzi or even the entire palace.

Since I was going to accompany the Queen Mother to listen to the play, I naturally readily agreed, and with the Queen Mother by her side, she would not do anything, thinking of this, I said softly: "Then please ask the Queen Mother to lead the way." ”

She bowed her head and took a step, and I followed closely behind her.

The farther I went, the more an ominous premonition rose in my heart.

When passing through the water promenade, she suddenly stopped, turned to me, and smiled coldly, "Concubine Liu, this palace really envies the emperor who loves you so much, but this palace doesn't understand, what is there in this palace that is not as good as you?" When I hadn't seen you before, I thought you were a woman who was so good that all women worshipped you. However, now that I see you, you are just a beautiful person in vain, not very good. ”

I didn't expect her to say this to me suddenly, and I was stunned for a long time before saying: "The emperor only has the kindness that saved him to his concubine, and there is no love at all." The queen's mother is both talented and beautiful, and her mother is in the world, how can other women compare. ”

She glanced at me, and her eyes gradually flashed with hatred, "On the wedding night of that year, the palace knew that there were other women in the emperor's heart. Since you left at the beginning, why do you want to come back now, it's just a matter of coming back, and you are still pregnant with the emperor's child. Over the years, everything that this palace has done to the emperor has become meaningless since you came back. ”

I was stunned by her eyes, once, I saw the same hatred in Yulan's eyes, which made me creep out.

Stomping back two steps, I whispered in fear, "Niangniang..."

She suddenly reached out and grabbed my shoulders tightly, and I was shocked, and at that moment, there was no thought in my head, only to protect my stomach, for fear that she would be bad for me and the child.

Gradually, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, but her hands slowly loosened at this time.

"One day with you, this palace will never get the emperor's heart, and since this is the case, this palace can't take care of too much." With only one remark, she turned and jumped over the stone railing, jumping down the corridor, and with that loud bang she fell into the water and splashed white.

"Oh no, the queen has fallen overboard..."The maid behind her reacted from the scene and shouted in a hurry. I, on the other hand, was so frightened by everything in front of me that I just stared at her struggling in the water, everything seemed to stop at this time, and only the sound of my own breathing and heartbeat could be heard.

I watched the guards rush to the promenade and watch the men jump into the water to save the dying queen, and I, from beginning to end, kept a sluggish face, as if all this, like a dream, was extremely unreal.

I don't know why the queen suddenly jumped into the water so abnormally, could it be because of Zhuangzi that she couldn't think about it for a while? However, she was already pregnant, so how could she seek death? I don't know why.

I had some abdominal pain, and I tried to stand as steady as I could by holding on to the stone pillar, and of course the large group of people in front of me would not care about me, because the queen was more important.

When Siyu came with the reward, she was also at a loss.

Seeing that I was not feeling well, he helped me back to the Yoga Palace.

All night long, I couldn't sleep, and tonight, Fengyang Palace must be even more sleepless.

In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, a guard came, saying that it was on the order of the Queen Mother and asked me to go to the Middle Palace. I think the Queen Mother also wants to know about the queen's fall into the water yesterday! Without much thought, I went to Fengyang Palace with Siyu.

Little did I know at the time that I had stepped into a conspiracy.

In the main hall, the Queen Mother sat straight on the right seat, and her face was different from usual, a little strange.

I slowly entered the main hall, and another abdominal pain hit me, and I couldn't help but bow slightly.

Siyu twisted her eyebrows and asked eagerly, "What's the matter, is it uncomfortable?" ”

I nodded lightly, and was just about to speak, but the Queen Mother's voice sounded first, "Concubine Liu, what happened when the queen fell into the water yesterday?" The tone was calm, but I still felt a hint of anger.

I bowed my head and replied calmly, "Yesterday, the concubine happened to meet the queen mother in the imperial garden, and later was invited by the queen mother to go to the stage to accompany the queen mother to listen to the play, passing by on the way..." ”

Suddenly startled, I looked at the Queen Mother in disbelief, but yesterday the Queen did say that she was going to the stage to accompany the Queen Mother to listen to the play, is it all a lie?

"Concubine Liu, this palace has no grievances with you, even if this palace is pregnant with the imperial heir, but this palace will never compete with the child in your womb for favor, why do you want to push me down? Since you returned to the palace, this palace has never had a holiday with you, and this palace also knows that the emperor loves you and the child in her belly, and she dare not offend a point, but why do you want to treat this palace like this..."The queen came out of the apse with the support of her grandmother, her face was as white as paper, and her eyes were already red from crying.

The whole body froze instantly, and it took half a sound to come back to my senses, and I kept shaking my head at the Queen Mother and said, "No... No... The concubine didn't push her... It was the queen who jumped off herself..."

"The queen mother has just been pregnant with the dragon seed, how can she jump down by herself, it must be you, Concubine Liu, I am afraid that after the child in the queen's womb is born, she will be more noble than your child as a concubine, so she will attack the queen mother." The grandmother who was holding the queen looked at me coldly, and her words were cold and every word was trapping me in injustice.

I panicked, only to realize that this was a trap, and kept shaking my head and explaining, but it was incoherent.

"Come on, put Concubine Liu in the dark room for the time being, and then make a decision after finding out the truth!" The Queen Mother stood up from her seat awkwardly, and her tone did not allow for a trace of negotiation.

"The Queen Mother, Concubine Liu is pregnant, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter the dark room, it's better to wait for the emperor to come back, and then it's not too late to make a decision!" Siyu cried, her voice trembling slightly and looking a little frightened.

"Shut up the mourners!" The Queen Mother scolded angrily, and then looked around at everyone in the hall, everyone lowered their heads in unison, and no one dared to say a word again. After a long time, she spoke again: "The mourning family has its own decision on this matter, is it possible that you still have to disobey the mourning family?" ”