As expected, the souls of Liu Meiren's concubines -

Early in the morning of the second day, the news of the crown prince and the crown princess's cave house spread throughout the imperial city.

The queen mother, the queen, and even the concubine Yue, who was bedridden, and the eldest princess of Pingyang, who was closed to the guests, all sent rewards to the East Palace with great fanfare.

The emperor also asked the new chief eunuch Cao Gonggong to personally pass on the message, "Thinking of the hard work of the crown prince and the crown princess day after day, I especially favor the prince to rest for ten days, and he does not have to go to the early court, nor do he have to enter the palace to ask for peace." ”

After such an operation, Mo said that it was Shen Lingxi, but Chu Yan, who hadn't thought so much before, felt a little surprised.

The two simply went out of Beijing, first went to Wangxian Village to worship Shen Laoweng and Mrs. Wang, and then went to the imperial tomb again to worship Chu Yan's late parents, Emperor Xiaode and Empress You'an.

It was the death day of Emperor Xiaode, and the two stayed in the imperial tomb for a few more days.

When I returned to the capital, the situation in the imperial city was already changing.

First of all, Shen Ji, the Marquis of Xuanping, who was at home because of the loss of his mother, was regained by the emperor, and he was once again in charge of the palace internal guard, and continued to lead the errand of the commander of the Tiger Ben Army.

His three sons, Shen Huacheng, Shen Hualang, and Shen Huaxin, also held important positions in the forbidden army.

Moreover, Mu Huaijie, the second lang of the Mu family who was demoted to the common people, died violently, and Mu Tiangang, the first Chengen Gong, was heartbroken because of the death of his second son, and went to the Qing Palace on Taiyi Mountain alone to cultivate the Tao.

As a result, the huge Mu family was left with only Mu Huai'an in Yunjiang and Shen Yuyao, who was widowed.

The queen's illness had just improved, and when she heard the news of her nephew's sudden death, she vomited blood.

In order to relieve the queen's worries, the emperor specially allowed Mu Huaijie's widow Shen Yuyao to enter the palace to accompany the queen.

Xu is in the dark, with the blessing of Mu Huaijie's spirit in the sky, since Shen Yuyao entered the palace, the queen's condition has finally stabilized.

However, despite this, the queen lingered on the sickbed, and the concubine Yue was pregnant and pregnant, and there was no one who could take care of the harem for a while.

In desperation, the emperor could only go to Shoukang Palace in person to beg the queen mother, and ask the queen mother to come forward and take care of the affairs of the harem for the time being.

Although the queen mother has not been a director for many years, the female officials and eunuchs who served in Shoukang Palace are effective, and they also keep the harem in good order.

These changes in the capital naturally couldn't hide from Shen Lingxi and Chu Yan's eyes.

After Shen Lingxi returned to Beijing, as before, he went to Shoukang Palace every day to ask for peace.

Queen Xu knew that Shen Lingxi and Shen Yuyao were not dealing with each other, so she politely refused Shen Lingxi's request for peace under the pretext that she was unwell.

Shen Lingxi was also happy, and when he came out of Shoukang Palace every day, he returned to the East Palace to review the files of the Beiya, and deal with the important matters handed over by Ning Fu about the East Palace industry, coffin shops in various places, and Fu'an Hall.

Because of the successive accidents of several major families in the capital in the past few months, and the case of King Wei murdering the emperor's heir, the number of people implicated has far exceeded the total number of official eunuchs who committed crimes since the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

All the civil and military officials are in danger, all of them are people with their tails between their legs, and they are diligent and cautious in political affairs, for fear of making the slightest mistake.

Under such a situation, Chu Yanqing was idle, and he just followed Shen Lingxi every day, accompanied her to Beiya to try the case, accompanied her to return to Wangxian Village to deal with affairs, and accompanied her from time to time to fulfill the last wish of the reincarnation lamp to summon the souls of the dead.

Buddhism has clouds: from love to worry, from love to fear.

In the past, Shen Lingxi did things for the souls of the reincarnation lamp, and he only regarded it as a "sale", and he did not owe each other money for silver and goods.

But now, she is no longer alone, she has close relatives still in the world, friends in the distance, and lover by her side, Shen Lingxi only wishes them safe and smooth, so she also began to seek merit.

While accepting the commission of the dead soul, she humbly asked Su Xian for advice and practiced the Tao diligently.

I don't dare to say anything else, but on the way to the formation, there is a lot of benefit.

Today's Shen Lingxi can at least recognize the formations contained in the ancient books of the Qing Palace on Taiyi Mountain.

Shen Lingxi went out to do things, often wearing Taoist robes, and in front of people, he looked like he was proficient in Xuanmen techniques.

As a result, some rumors quietly circulated among the people in the capital.

It is said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is obsessed with beauty and is obsessed with political affairs.

It is also said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was subjected to ecstasy by the Crown Princess, and he only knows that he revolves around the lady, such a prince, if he ascends the throne in the future, he may have to change his surname to Shen in this world.

Rumors are rumors, but the court is as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

The emperor turned a blind eye to Chu Yan's behavior, and even the imperial history, who had always been moved by the wind, did not dare to say a word about these rumors.

First, no one wants to anger the crown prince and the crown princess at such a time.

Second, after all, the emperor was in his prime, and he was not afraid that the prince would be mediocre and incompetent, but that the prince would be too capable.

In a short period of time, the imperial court can no longer withstand the toss in the matter of the prince and the imperial heir.

Chu Yan behaved like this, and the ministers all had a tacit attitude.

Therefore, in the rare peace and tranquility, time flies like a white horse.

Spring goes to summer solstice.

Amid the sound of frogs and cicadas, it's the height of summer again......

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After the beginning of summer, the weather was too hot, and the queen mother took the ten princes to the palace to escape the heat.

Shen Lingxi didn't have to enter the palace to ask for peace again, and it was rare to be lazy, so he stopped the rituals that Su Sunrise Palace often did, and only stayed in the East Palace all day long, rarely going out.

This abnormal move made people inside and outside the palace speculate whether the crown princess was pregnant.

No wonder they thought about this pregnancy—

In fact, in just four months, Xu is palace is inside, there is no more Qi Guifei and the mother and son of King Wei, secretly acting as demons, and the emperor is indeed "working hard" enough, the concubines in the harem have sent good news one after another.

Even the queen, who had been asserted by the imperial doctor many years ago and could no longer conceive a dragon heir, miraculously conceived a child because of her "renewed love" with the emperor.

It's just that when I am pregnant, the fetal image is still unstable, and I nest in the Kunning Palace all day to raise the fetus, ignoring mundane things.

Compared with the queen, Concubine Yue's fetus has been six months, the fetus is very stable, before the queen mother went to the palace, she will take care of the harem, and hand it over to her again, and also sent a competent person to assist her.

Because of this, the emperor went to the palace of Concubine Yue to ask for warmth every day.

The reward was like flowing water, carried into the palace of the concubine of the moon, and gave the concubine enough face.

Although Shen Lingxi did not leave the palace, from time to time there were Liu Meiren and the only two remaining concubines, who brought her first-hand information in each palace.

On this day, early in the morning, Liu Meiren hurriedly floated back from the harem, with a look of eating a big melon on her face.

"Do you know that the fetus in Kunning Palace was not conceived by the queen, but by the fourth sister of your cheap Shen family."

When Liu Meiren talked about gossip, her eyebrows fluttered, "It is said that on the fifteenth day three months ago, the emperor went to the queen's palace for a meal according to the custom. ”

"I didn't think about it, he was greedy for a cup, and he accidentally slept with Shen Yuyao as a queen......"