Qin Zhao shook his head: "There's no need to trouble like this, the Imperial Grandmother's side of the palace will explain it, you go and get busy with yours."

Seeing this, Zuo Zhaorong didn't say anything more, and left the Heart Cultivation Palace.

However, on the day when the second dragon raised his head in February, Xiao Yi came to the outside of the Heart Cultivation Palace, claiming that he had something important to report to Xiao Ce.

Qin Zhao heard Xiao Yi's voice and ordered in a cold voice, "Let King An leave."

Seeing that Zhidong came out to drive people away, Xiao Yi pondered for a moment and said, "If it is inconvenient for the imperial brother to see this king, let Zhang Jixiang come out to see this king, and this king has something important to explain."

When Qin Zhao in the Heart Cultivation Hall heard Xiao Yi's words, he knew that Xiao Yi was tempting.

Zhang Jixiang had already followed Xiao Ce to the border pass, and it was impossible for him to appear in the palace. Xiao Yi was clearly suspecting that Xiao Ce was not in the palace, perhaps, Xiao Ce's whereabouts had been revealed?

Today is the second day of the second month of February, and according to the itinerary, Xiao Ce is likely to have arrived at the border gate. In other words, the news of Xiao Ce's absence in the palace will spread all over the world in a short period of time.

Of course, the Great Qi Palace will also receive this news.

Even so, whether Xiao Yi knew that Xiao Ce was not in the palace was not so important.

Anyway, there was no chaos during Zhao Yu's time in prison, and the news that Xiao Ce was seriously ill was also fake. The only trouble is Xiao Yi.

Xiao Ce is not in the palace, and Xiao Yi is likely to do something insane.

At the moment when Qin Zhao was thinking wildly, Xiao Yi had lost his patience: "Since the imperial brother is sick on the couch, Zhang Jixiang can't pull away, so let the imperial sister-in-law come out to see the king!" Otherwise, this king can only break into the Heart Cultivation Hall today!"

Zhidong had no choice but to turn back to the palace and report the matter to Qin Zhao.

Qin Zhao hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to go out to meet Xiao Yi.

Anyway, it can be delayed for a while, to buy a little time for Xiao Ce.

The moment Qin Zhao walked out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Xiao Yi immediately stepped forward and saluted her in a proper manner: "Brother respectfully invites the imperial sister-in-law Jin An."

"Excuse me, I don't know what King An is doing when he sees this palace?" Qin Zhao's expression was indifferent.

Xiao Yi's gaze was glued to Qin Zhao's face, as if he hadn't heard Qin Zhao's question.

Qin Zhao looked at Xiao Yi coldly, and really wanted to gouge out Xiao Yi's eyes.

"Hongu is asking you!" Qin Zhao reminded unhappily.

Xiao Yi was still looking at Qin Zhao, only to feel that she was a little haggard and a little less emaciated than before.

"Is the imperial sister-in-law okay? Can you ask the imperial doctor to check the pulse of the imperial sister-in-law?" Xiao Yi asked with concern.

Qin Zhao took two steps back without a trace and replied, "This palace is fine, and there is a safe pulse every day. If King An has nothing else to do, he can go."

Xiao Yi saw Qin Zhao's nervousness, and suddenly smiled: "Brother Chen, let's send the imperial sister-in-law into the Heart Cultivation Palace." The emperor's brother is not in good health, and the courtiers should take care of the emperor's sister-in-law instead of the emperor's brother."

As he spoke, he was about to step forward to support Qin Zhao, but Qin Zhao hurriedly stepped back and ordered the guards: "Come on, stop King An!"

Xiao Yi was stunned when he saw Qin Zhao avoiding himself like a snake and scorpion, the guards blocked his way, and he could only watch Qin Zhao enter the Heart Cultivation Palace.

I don't know how long he stood outside the Heart Cultivation Hall before he left the palace and returned to King An's Mansion.

Here, Qin Zhao returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace, thinking about Xiao Ce in his heart.

I don't know if Xiao Ce is okay or what he is doing at the moment.

Obviously, it was only half a month since they were separated, but she felt that she had lived a lifetime. ….

Just when she was distracted, Qiushui entered to say goodbye.

"Excuse me." Qin Zhaoqiang cheered up, and later realized that Qiu Shui had an extra scroll in his hand: "This is?"

Qiushui smiled brightly: "Niangniang will know it by looking at it."

Seeing this, Baozhu stepped forward to help open the scroll.

When the scroll is fully opened, the person on the scroll also jumps onto the paper.

Qin Zhao was stunned for a moment.

I saw that the woman in the painting had bright eyes and beautiful facial features, and she was lying on her side on the couch, looking like a willow and soft as a boneless. It's obviously innocent, but it inadvertently has a romantic meaning.

"The mother is so beautiful." Orb amazement one

Sound.

For some reason, when she saw the lady in the painting, she felt shortness of breath, which should be attributed to the artist's strong painting skills, which made the beauty in the painting so attractive.

Qiushui smiled and explained Qin Zhao's confusion: "This is specially given to the slave maid by the emperor before leaving the palace, saying that he can't accompany Niangniang for her birthday this year, this is a birthday gift for Niangniang, I hope Niangniang can be happy every day."

Qin Zhao saw that there was Xiao Ce's seal in the lower right corner of the painting, and there was another line of small characters: Gift to my wife Zhaozhao.

Tears quickly condensed in Qin Zhao's eyes, and she choked up after a while: "I didn't expect the emperor's painting skills to be so good and bring the palace to life."

"Of course! The emperor is a civil and military all-rounder, and he just doesn't understand the amorous feelings. Jixiang also said that the first portrait of the emperor in his life is you, Niangniang." Qiushui has a glorious appearance.

Qin Zhao burst into laughter, she believed Qiushui's words.

Let's just say that in his previous life, Xiao Ce had never painted a portrait of anyone, let alone in this life.

"Why doesn't the emperor paint one for himself? In this way, Hongu will be able to see the people of the painting." Qin Zhao sighed lightly.

It's joy and melancholy.

At noon, Baoyu made a bowl of longevity noodles and handed it to Qin Zhao.

"The emperor specially asked the slave maid to make longevity noodles for the mother. The emperor also said that when Niangniang Niang is born next year, the emperor will personally make a bowl of longevity noodles for Niangniang." Baoyu said with a smile.

Qin Zhao couldn't imagine Xiao Ce wearing a dragon robe to make noodles, she felt very frightened, she shook her head and said, "I can't imagine the emperor cooking."

She thought that her birthday would be so uneventful this year, but she didn't want this birthday to be more meaningful than in previous years.

Because of this very meaningful birthday, there is joy in the palace of nourishing the heart.

And the Da Yue clan suddenly launched an attack on Daqi, which shook the entire government and the opposition.

But that's not the most surprising thing.

The Da Yue clan had a surprise attack, and it should have taken the lead, but on the contrary, the Daqi border pass seemed to have been prevented for a long time, and the moment the Da Yue clan launched a war, it launched a counteroffensive.

This time, the main general of the Great Qi is still the auxiliary general Wu Zhenyu, who led the Great Qi generals to counterattack.

There was a lag in the spread of the news of the Battle of the Border Pass, and after two days, Qin Zhao still did not receive any news from Xiao Ce, and there was not even any information about Xiao Ce's appearance at the Border Pass.

So much so that until the fourth day of the second lunar month, no one knew that Xiao Ce was not in the palace, which was different from the plan that Xiao Ce discussed with her at the beginning.

At the same time, Xiao Yi also received a secret letter from the border gate.

The letter mentioned one thing, saying that Xiao Ce appeared at the border pass.

The moment Xiao Yi saw the news, his brows furrowed.

If the content of the secret letter is true, does it mean that Xiao Ce left Kyoto as early as the first month? The reason why the Heart Cultivation Hall didn't allow anyone to enter or leave was only because Xiao Ce was not in the palace.

Will this also mean one thing, the news that the Dayue clan is going to attack Daqi has already leaked, otherwise how could Wu Zhenyu have laid out the attack and defense in advance? .

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