In less than five days, whether it was Chu Yan in the East Palace or the Ten Princes in the Shoukang Palace, his body was getting weaker and weaker day by day.

During this period, the emperor took Zhu Lianxi and personally came to the East Palace to see it.

I saw Chu Yan lying on the bed, his face was completely thin, his eye sockets were deep, his face was sallow, and he looked at the fact that he was already inputting less air and exhaling more, and his originally sharp eyes were dim, as if there was only despair of waiting for death.

He looked at the emperor and moved his lips.

But the dry lips, although they tried to open, could not make the slightest sound, and there were traces of blood, overflowing from the corners of the lips.

"Liulang, you can recuperate in peace, don't say much." The emperor took Chu Yan's hand and said softly, "Don't worry, with me here, I will definitely let Tai heal you." ”

Chu Yan blinked hard.

When the emperor saw him like this, his eyes welled up with distress and unbearability.

"I wasn't fine a few days ago, how could I be like this so quickly?" The emperor turned his head, looked at Shen Lingxi, and asked unhappily.

Shen Lingxi stayed up for several days, his eyes were red, he lifted the handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, "Your Highness has not felt very refreshed since he came back from the Drunken Flower Courtyard that night, and he vomited and diarrhea first...... In the past few days, he began to vomit blood again, and his daughter-in-law and Imperial Doctor Cui tried several prescriptions repeatedly, but they couldn't make His Highness's body get better. ”

The emperor's eyebrows frowned slightly, "But you were poisoned?" ”

Shen Lingxi shook his head, "Originally, it was suspected that it was the poison of the scorching sun, but in this East Palace, the spices related to Tianxiang Pavilion have already been cleaned up, and besides, the Tai Doctor, who is the best at poison testing in the Tai Hospital, has not detected any signs of poisoning......"

In the end, Shen Lingxi came out of sorrow, hiding his face and sobbing.

The Emperor frowned, "How is this a good ......?"

As he spoke, he asked again, "Didn't I hear that Liulang got half an embroidered picture in the Drunken Flower Courtyard that night?" What do you find in the embroidery? Does it have something to do with the curse? ”

After he mentioned this, Shen Lingxi seemed to suddenly remember this.

"Yes, embroidered picture ......"

At this moment, Shen Lingxi was like a drowning man, grabbed the last life-saving straw, and hurriedly wiped away his tears, "The daughter-in-law hasn't had time to see it, so the daughter-in-law will go and restore the embroidered picture......

As she spoke, she couldn't care about the emperor anymore, so she hurriedly stood up, confessed her guilt, and hurriedly lifted her skirt and ran towards the side hall.

When the emperor saw her reckless appearance, his eyebrows furrowed even tighter.

"Zhu Lianxi, I see that the crown princess is not what she looks like, so I just want you to stay here, help her for a few days, and when Liulang is better, you can go back to the palace."

Zhu Lianxi bowed his head.

Only then did the emperor let go of Chu Yan's hand, let out a long sigh, stood up and walked out.

Zhu Lianxi personally congratulated the emperor on leaving.

When he returned to Chu Yan's sickbed again, Shen Lingxi had already returned to the dormitory.

She asked people to carry the table to the side of Chu Yan's couch, and on the candle flame on the table, holding an embroidered bandage in her hand, stitch by stitch, to restore the broken embroidered picture.

"Niangniang, I heard from the palace people, you have been tired for several days, and the emperor specially left the slave and maid, just because he was worried that Niangniang's body would not be able to support it, so let the slave and maid take care of His Royal Highness for you, you go and rest."

Shen Lingxi didn't seem to hear his words at all, and embroidered the embroidery picture in his hand.

Embroidered and embroidered, as if thinking of the sad place, tears "snapped" and "snapped" fell.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, no one would have believed that the crown princess, who has always been calm and calm, would be so sad and fragile.

The crown princess is still a woman in the end, her beloved is terminally ill and about to die, how can she not be heartbroken and sad, the six gods have no master.

Zhu Lianxi sighed lightly and looked at Chu Yan on the bed.

Chu Yan's eyes were closed, lying quietly and silently, covering his chest with the quilt, and he could hardly see the ups and downs.

He sighed again, turned around and walked behind Shen Lingxi, found another candlestick, and walked to the bronze oil lamp tree next to him to light it.

He raised his hand, lightly covered the flame of the candlestick, and carefully placed the candlestick on Shen Lingxi's table, "Niangniang, pay attention to your eyes, if you are tired, rest for a while, there are slaves and maids here to take care of Your Highness." ”

As he spoke, he carefully handed Shen Lingxi a handkerchief.

This time, Shen Lingxi did not refuse Zhu Lianxi's kindness again.

She took the handkerchief and choked up, "There is Father-in-law Lao." ”

Zhu Lianxi said "don't dare", turned around and lightly instructed the palace people serving in the dormitory to do things.

Shen Lingxi embroidered in front of the candle flame for a while, and gradually felt a heavy sleepiness coming, and unconsciously, she lay on the table and fell asleep......

*

"Mother? Empress? Wake up, wake up, wake up......"

Shen Lingxi was gently pushed awake by Zhu Lianxi.

She opened her eyes in a daze, and saw Zhu Lianxi pointing to the embroidered handkerchief in her hand with a surprised expression, "Niangniang, look, this, this embroidered handkerchief, there are words!" ”

Shen Lingxi was excited, and hurriedly looked in the direction of his finger, and saw that on the embroidery map, where she had just been wet with her tears, at some point, a line of vermilion characters with needles slowly appeared.

"Princess Yunguo, sacrifice the sky with blood, you can lift the curse."

Shen Lingxi read out the content on the small characters word by word, as if he was too excited, and his hands were trembling.

"Princess of the Cloud Kingdom...... Princess of Yunguo...... Now the only remaining princess of Yunguo in this world is not Yun Liangdi in the Shouling Palace! Zhu Lianxi said in surprise, "His Royal Highness really had the foresight, and he overcame public opinion at the beginning, leaving Yun Liangdi's life." Congratulations to Niangniang, congratulations to Niangniang, His Royal Highness has been saved, and His Royal Highness the Ten Princes has also been saved! ”

Shen Lingxi pursed his lips, hugged the embroidery picture tightly with both hands, and trembled all over.

Looking at it, it seems that he has finally grasped this life-saving straw, and he is extremely excited.

"Don't be too excited, Your Highness still has to rely on Niangniang to take care of it." Zhu Lianxi smiled and said, "The slave will go back to the palace to tell the emperor about this happy event." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and beckoned the maid to come forward and take care of Shen Lingxi.

And he himself hurried out of the temple.

After Zhu Lianxi left, Shen Lingxi withdrew from the people serving in the hall, walked to the bed, and reached out to take Chu Yan's hand.

Chu Yan opened his eyes, and in front of the emperor, his dull and godless eyes had already returned to their previous sharp and solemn formidation.

The two looked at each other in silence, and in each other's eyes, they saw a look of shock.

That night, Liu Meiren followed the murderer of Chunshan, and after seeing that the man took off his night clothes, he entered the internal guard camp.

"We really guessed correctly, as long as you plan it, the other party will definitely show up to verify your life and death. It's just that I thought that the mastermind behind the scenes was hidden in the inner guard. But I didn't expect it...... It will be him who will shoot today. ”

Chu Yan also said in a deep voice: "He just drugged the candle flame, and also took my pulse, and sprinkled medicinal powder on the embroidery map, so that those words appeared on the embroidery map...... If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really didn't know that Zhu Lianxi would have these skills. ”

Shen Lingxi had not yet completely calmed down, and only then did he see the small words on the embroidered picture.

It was a matter of the safety of the little aunt, she stared at Chu Yan's eyes and asked in a low voice, "Zhu Lianxi is the emperor's most trusted person, with his identity, he will never do such a thing easily, will the person who instructed him be ......?"

"No, it won't." Chu Yan knew who she was talking about, and said firmly: "Uncle Huang would never do such a thing, otherwise Grandfather Huang would not have passed the throne to him back then." Although Uncle Huang is not perfect, he is not such a murderous beast who cares about human morality. ”

"Besides, the purpose of making up such a big lie as a curse and hiding behind the back to hunt the emperor's heir must be in the country. And this world is already the emperor's uncle, and he doesn't need to do such things. ”

Hearing him say this, Shen Lingxi's heart was slightly relieved.

"Zhu Lianxi is by no means the real behind-the-scenes mastermind, if they want to lure us to the imperial tomb, then simply go and see what kind of situation this is." She said coldly.

Chu Yan held Shen Lingxi's hand, "Don't worry, I won't let the eldest princess have anything to ......."

*

As Shen Lingxi expected, early the next morning, a will really came from the palace.

The emperor personally issued a holy decree and went to the imperial tomb to bow down.

This time, in order to pray for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Ten Princes, the Emperor specially ordered to bring the seriously ill and dying Crown Prince and the Ten Princes.

Since the last festival, the ten princes have been recuperating in the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace.

The emperor wanted to take the ten princes and the crown prince to the mausoleum, and the queen mother was concerned about the safety of her two grandchildren, so she naturally had to go there.

So, along the way, the crown prince and the ten princes were all personally sent by the queen mother to the palace maids and eunuchs of Shoukang Palace, and assisted the crown princess Shen Lingxi to take care of them.

The illness of the crown prince and the tenth prince affected the hearts of the civil and military officials of the court and the people of the world.

When the emperor's mausoleum was sacrificed, the news that he would pray for the crown prince and the ten princes was once spread-

There were about 1,000 officials who accompanied him, as well as officials and civilians who were not among them.

The procession of the mausoleum festival drove in the direction of the imperial mausoleum.

Where there are people, there are naturally gossips.

What's more, in this itinerary, the emperor made a temporary decision, but it was related to the life of the crown prince and the prince.

The original three-day trip was cut short to two days.

Except for the first night, according to the custom, the royal driver will stay at the Yongtai Palace for one night, and on the second day, he will rush directly to the imperial tomb.

Since Shen Lingxi and Chu Yan got married, the East Palace has always been full of eyeliner from all walks of life.

Therefore, at such a time, they were extremely cautious in their every move in the East Palace.

And after leaving the East Palace, the eyeliner around him began to decrease sharply.

So, on the night when Yongtai Palace rested, in the dead of night, they were finally able to breathe, and from Chunjun, they heard the rumors that the courtiers and the people had discussed privately during the day......

"The Ten Princes and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have been critically ill one after another, and now no one doubts the authenticity of Emperor Er's curse. Moreover, Chunshan's old friends before his death also came out to say that they had seen Chunshan have an embroidery picture in his hand, which is exactly the same as the embroidery picture of the East Palace's heavy reward. ”

"Some people have speculated that the emperor's sudden visit to the imperial tomb this time is eighty percent related to the curse."

“…… In addition to discussing the illness of His Royal Highness and His Royal Highness the Ten Princes, there are also people who mention the death of the eldest prince and the eighth prince, and they all say that this curse is very powerful, and it is also very evil, and the death of each imperial heir is different. ”

When Shen Lingxi heard this, there were a few doubts on his face, but it was rare to ask, "When the eldest prince and the eighth prince died violently, I also heard people talk about it among the people, and they all said that they died of illness. Could it be that there is a difference? ”

Chu Yan sat at the head of the bed, although his face was full of "sick face", his voice was low and powerful, "The eldest brother died in the second year after his father's death, after he got drunk in Huafang. It was the height of summer, and the body had been salvaged for seven days and seven nights, and when it was salvaged, it was already swollen. In order to give dignity to the eldest brother, the emperor lied that he died of illness when announcing his death. ”

He said, paused, "Hachiro did die of illness, but he has always had heart palsy, after the death of the eldest emperor's brother, Concubine Wen deliberately concealed the matter in order to compete for favor, and also asked Hachiro to go to the school with the emperor to conduct military exercises, riding and shooting under the scorching sun...... As a result, Hachiro's heart disease relapsed and he died. ”

"Jiulang is King An, you already know that he was killed by the Zhao family."

Shen Lingxi nodded.

It had been less than half a year since the incident, and she naturally remembered.

Her eyes were slightly cold: "Coincidentally, the Zhao family began to collect embroidery drawings shortly after King An died. Not only them, but even the emperor, who does not believe in ghosts and gods and hates witches, is also very superstitious about embroidery pictures. It can be seen that the people behind them said a lot of things about embroidery and curses in front of them. ”

Chu Yan said in a deep voice: "The real cause of death of the eldest brother and Hachiro, the emperor has issued a gag order, and this rumor can accurately mention this matter, which means that this is the news that the person deliberately released." ”

Shen Lingxi smiled playfully.

"Knowing the secrets of each palace, he can also encourage the emperor and the Zhao family to listen to that person's words, and he can even instruct Zhu Lianxi, who is the most trusted by the emperor's side. This person is determined to 'sit on the throne', and my identity is really getting more and more curious. ”

Chu Yan's eyes were extremely dark, "At this time, this kind of news will not be released for no reason, it seems that not only are we going to close the net, but that person is also going to close the net." ”

"We've waited so long, we've been pretending for so long, and we're finally waiting for that person to appear......"

*

Early the next morning, before the sun had risen, the royal car had already set off.

Rushing all the way, when the royal car arrived at the imperial tomb, it was already twilight.

Even because of the illness of Chu Yan and the Ten Princes, no matter how anxious the emperor was, he couldn't start the ceremony at night.

So, after the emperor rested for a while, he personally took people and went to the Shouling Palace first.

Although it was late at night, the candles in the Shouling Palace were bright.

The concubines and palace maids and eunuchs who were guarding the mausoleum palace got the news early and stayed quietly in their respective courtyards.

Only Yun Liangdi, Yun Ya and her maidservants, have been led by Gonggong Xiao Zhu and are waiting in the hall respectfully.

The emperor sat down on the top, waited for Yun Ya to see the ceremony, and asked Zhu Lianxi to take the embroidered picture that had been repaired by Shen Lingxi himself to her, and asked straight to the point: "The crown princess found a way to break the curse of the emperor on the embroidered picture you married, you are originally from Yunguo, you can tell me, have you ever heard of this method on the top?" ”

Yun Ya took the embroidery and looked at the red letters on it, her pupils suddenly tightened.

She trembled her fingertips, stroked the small lines, closed her eyes, and said slowly: "Back to Your Majesty, concubine...... Heard. (End of chapter)