On this day, Mu Jingzhao received a secret report from outside the palace, and after reading it, he summoned Lin Zheng.

"What does the emperor command?" Lin Zheng's tone was calm, no matter how much change had taken place around him, he seemed to be like this forever, and he would not be affected by the external environment.

But Mu Jingzhao was diametrically opposed to him, during this time, Mu Jingzhao not only did not show any joy for being a husband for the first time, but quickly lost weight at an alarming speed.

With a pale complexion and a scummy beard, he has long lost the appearance of the high-spirited young emperor.

Mu Jingzhao looked at Lin Zheng quietly, the two monarchs and ministers stood opposite each other, and I don't know when, the partnership that grew up together since childhood was not as good as in the past.

This change seemed to have completely changed just after Jiang Ning put a dagger into his chest that day.

Or even more ago, when he sent Lin Zheng to save the last life of the Jiang family.

But no matter how he changes, Lin Zheng is still one of the very few people around him who can be trusted wholeheartedly.

"Look at this." Mu Jingzhao casually threw out a piece of letter paper in his hand, and Lin Zheng took it casually, spread it out and looked at it.

In an instant, Lin Zheng's brows furrowed instantly.

It was probably written on the letter that Shen Tong had recently strengthened his actions to eliminate dissidents, and sent people to the vicinity of Qingshui County to prepare to exterminate Pei Yu and his party.

The text is short and not the slightest explanation.

Anyone who sees it will subconsciously feel that this is a sloppy trap set by Shen Tong.

Those who wish take the bait.

What Shen Tong gambled on was nothing more than Mu Jingzhao's importance to Jiang Ning.

"What does the emperor mean?"

"If you go on a trip, you must protect Pei Yu and his party."

"Yes." Lin Zheng carefully folded the letter in his hand and turned to go out.

For Mu Jingzhao's orders, he has never said much.

Lin Zheng had only taken two steps before he paused at the door, he turned his head to look at Mu Jingzhao in the room, his gaze slowly slid over the other party's pale and haggard face.

His nasal breath was heavy, like a sigh.

After hesitating for a moment, he turned his head and looked at Mu Jingzhao head-on.

"I know what you're trying to say." Mu Jingzhao was the first to speak, "This is what I promised her, and now I can do all I can do, I only hope that I can ask for her forgiveness at that time." ”

Lin Zheng nodded slightly, and didn't say anything.

In fact, these two people probably know that the contradiction between him and Jiang Ning cannot be repaired by these things.

Unless, Ori Willow comes back from the dead.

In a blink of an eye, it was summer, and Jiang Ning and Liu Jinfu still closed the palace every day, and lived a stable life without hearing anything outside the window.

On Mu Jingzhao's side, Lin Zheng went to Qingshui County and never heard from him, without any news.

Time was slowly advancing in an anxious wait, and Shen Tong's summer resort on the outskirts of the city was built, and on the day of its completion, he held a banquet and invited all the middle- and upper-grade officials of the DPRK and China to watch and taste it.

On the day of the dinner, the fireworks and firecrackers in the forest sounded all night, Shen Tong was drunk, and even made a lot of nonsense, as a national soldier, he was a legitimate relative of the emperor and the country, so he should naturally be the head of a hundred officials.

Such an arrogant and domineering arrogance directly made Jiang Qingyuan and Liu Yue so angry that they left the table on the spot.

The next day, dozens of officials signed a petition for impeachment.

But all these impeachments were understated by Mu Jingzhao and the empress was about to give birth, and Lord Shen was too happy to understate.

At this time, inside and outside the court, the resentment against Shen Tong had reached its peak.

In July, the first heavy rains of the summer came.

A heavy snowfall at the end of the year made almost everyone think that this year would definitely be a year of good weather and wind.

However, the weather did not fulfill people's wishes, and Kyoto had just begun to enter summer, and it ushered in days of drought and high temperatures.

The scorching sun dried up the rivers and burned the crops. The land has dried up, rivers have run aground, and Kyoto has experienced its worst drought in a decade.

Emperor Mu Jingzhao repeatedly allocated money and grain from the treasury, but it was also a drop in the bucket.

The people are hungry, but Shen Tong's summer resort is singing and dancing every day, extravagant and luxurious.

Buckets of leftovers were transported from the summer resort and dumped on the riverbank, and desperate people came to grab food.

This rain came without warning, and before that, the dark clouds above the imperial city had accumulated for several days, and everyone waited for the raindrops to fall day and night.

But no matter how much the world pleaded and prayed, God was indifferent.

But when everyone was discouraged, the rain fell without warning.

The rain fell with a thunder in the afternoon, and when the thunder fell, Mu Jingzhao was staring at his subordinates feeding Shen Qingrong with fetal pills.

These days, her belly is gradually getting bigger, her body is inconvenient, and she needs help from others in her daily life.

So Mu Jingzhao followed closely every day, for fear that something would go wrong.

When the thunderbolt fell, Ling Yue was scooping the fetal pill with a spoon and sending it towards Shen Qingrong's mouth, and when the porcelain spoon was about to touch her lips, a thunderbolt fell like this.

Ling Yue's hand trembled, and the decoction of the porcelain spoon spilled out, Shen Qingrong turned her face away, and her face suddenly became very ugly.

In less than a stick of incense, she held her stomach in both hands and wailed. Ling Yue knew that Shen Qingrong was about to give birth, so she hurriedly trotted out to find a stable woman to deliver the baby.

Shen Qingrong was pushed into the delivery room.

At the same time, Shen Tong led a group of soldiers to forcibly break into the palace and surrounded Changle Palace tightly.

"Niangniang, I heard that the queen's amniotic water has broken, and Wen Po is delivering her."

When Mengyin said this, Liu Jinfu lit the oil lamp in the main hall, and planned to chat with Jiang Ning about having a little afternoon tea on the rainy scene.

"Hmm." Liu Jinfu casually handed a small plate of plum blossom cake in front of him to Jiang Ning, and didn't seem to care much about Mengyin's words.

She had just finished laying out the snacks on the table and was about to sit down, when there was a noise outside the hall.

"Someone! Fence me off, and not a single fly will be allowed out. ”

"Yes!"

This was followed by a regular and powerful sound of footsteps.

Liu Jinfu frowned, she got up and pushed open the door of the palace, but saw that the entire Shuanghua Palace had been surrounded by soldiers, and at the door of the main hall, a burly man with dark skin who seemed to be a general looked at her with a smile.

"The queen is giving birth, and the adults are afraid that someone will accidentally bump into the mother, which will affect the safety of the little prince, and please forgive the mother."

Liu Jinfu glanced at the courtyard, and saw that all the palace gates in the Shuanghua Palace were guarded by Shen Tong's people, and there were about twenty people inside and out.

She suddenly smiled, "Just you? Want to stop me too? Who do you look down on? ”

The soldier's face changed suddenly, "Please also ask Niangniang to be cautious, Lord Shen is thinking about the safety of the prince, and has no intention of obstructing him." ”

Liu Jinfu looked at him sideways, and the mockery on his face became a little heavier, "No one cares if the prince is dead or alive, this is the palace of this palace, this palace can only enter if you let you in, if you don't let you in, you have to get out, you can't walk, this palace will send you out, understand?" ”