"Asleep?"

Pei Yao walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, looked at Fang Yu who was lying on his side with his head propped up, and said softly.

Hearing the sound, Fang Yu half-opened his eyes, and his eyes were tired.

"I'm sleepy, waiting for the emperor."

"If you're sleepy, go to bed first, and wait for me to do something." Pei Yao's tone was extraordinarily gentle.

Lift the quilt and lie down, and hug the person into his arms.

Fang Yu moved in his arms, found a comfortable position to lie down, and then said in a muffled voice.

"I'm not at ease."

Here she didn't call herself a concubine anymore, Pei Yao heard this irregularity, but instead hugged her tighter.

no longer calls herself a concubine, it is to put aside the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, that is, only between husband and wife.

At this time, Fang Yu was extremely vulnerable.

Pei Yao lowered her head, and she could see the unsightly bloody scab on her chin, which naturally affected her beauty, but now Pei Yao only felt distressed in her heart.

Because he remembered what a delicate flower the woman in his arms used to be, but now she was hurt like this.

"With me here, don't worry, I have already asked Imperial Physician Zeng today, saying that Ji'er's body is fine now, the child is obedient and willing to take medicine well, it is not difficult for the Imperial Doctor to deal with it, and this small one in your belly, the Imperial Doctor also said that today's pulse is much more stable, and you and the child will be fine if you take care of it so well in the future."

Pei Yao stroked the back of the woman in his arms and comforted him softly.

Fang Yu nodded slightly, and then said in a low voice.

"The emperor stayed in Yuzhang Palace yesterday for the night, and tonight is here again, the concubine is afraid that the queen will be unhappy, and the concubine is now. I really don't dare to offend people anymore. ”

"It's going to be fine, I'm coming over, you're pregnant now, you're injured, the fetus is unstable, and Ji'er is also sick, I won't come to accompany your mother and son, I will only be sleepless at night, the queen is there, I have me to say, don't think too much, it's not good for your body."

Pei Yao opened his mouth without hesitation, and his tone was full of maintenance.

Hearing this, Fang Yu raised his eyes and looked at him and said, "The concubine is really scared, the emperor will no longer protect the concubine so much in the future, the wound on the concubine's chin is very deep, I am afraid that it will leave a scar, and it will be disfigured in the past." ”

"Nonsense, I will give you the best medicine for injuries, and there will be no scars." Pei Yao kissed her forehead, "Besides, I am not a superficial person, how can I care about your appearance, I have true feelings with you." ”

When he said this, Fang Yu's eyes were suddenly filled with tears, and the tips of his eyes turned red in an instant, hooking the corners of his lips.

"The concubine believes in the emperor."

When she said this, although she had a smile on her face, her tearful eyes still concealed fragility and uneasiness, as if she said this just to make Pei Yao feel at ease and not be embarrassed.

Feeling these emotions, Pei Yao felt more and more distressed and guilty in his heart.

But he didn't say anything more, just patted Fang Yu's back lightly and coaxed her to sleep.

After all, no matter how much you say, it's better to actually do it.

The next day, when Pei Yao got up to go to the front court, Xu Hanlin took off his official hat and uniform and knelt on the Jinluan Palace.

cried bitterly, claiming that he had not taught his daughter well, and let his daughter do such a rebellious thing in the harem, saying that he was no longer worthy of being an official court, and asked to resign, but there was a request, hoping that Pei Yao could return Xu Lingyi's body to the Xu family and allow him to be buried.

Xu Lingyi's father is really not very old, and it is not easy to reach the official position of the head of the Hanlin Academy in the court.

It stands to reason that the concubine committed a capital crime to connect the family, but because this incident has nothing to do with the Xu family, and the Xu family has also served the court a lot over the years, Pei Yao has not taken the initiative to attack.

But this doesn't mean that he won't do it, it's just waiting for his family to take the initiative, or maybe he's going to find another reason.

In the officialdom of Beijing for so many years, no high-ranking family is completely innocent, and if you want to investigate, you will find out something to some extent.

Obviously, Xu Hanlin is smarter than his daughter, and he took the initiative to stand up and resign.

He is now the pillar of the Xu family, although the two sons under his knees are also in the court, but they are not in important positions, he resigned, and the Xu family has almost no power in the court, which is a surrender and bow to the imperial power.

After all, Xu Lingyi wanted to kill the prince, and it was easy for Xu Lingyi to lose his life alone, and the prince's life was too worthless.

This undermines the prestige of the royal family.

Xu Hanlin took the initiative to stand up, also to show his interest and make Pei Yao less angry, at least this can protect his family and leave a foundation.

As Fang Yu said, ten or twenty years later, or even longer, the descendants of the Xu family will still have the opportunity to revitalize the family.

Pei Yao naturally agreed.

This is also the way he leaves himself a little leeway, not to appear to be too violent.

So on the morning of the second day of the junior high school, Xu Hanlin dismissed the official, took his daughter's body, took his wife and old mother, and set off directly back to his hometown, leaving only his two sons who were still in the court in Kyoto.

However, the two sons are not having a good time, and they even have to find another place to live.

Because the Hanlin Mansion where they lived before was a mansion rewarded by the court.

That is to say, the Xu family still has a lot of savings over the years, and they will not be down.

But in this case, it is still completely incomparable with before, and the two sons inevitably resented Xu Lingyi's sister in their hearts, and regretted that they did not stop their father and mother from doting on their sister back then, so they followed their sister's wishes and asked her to enter the palace.

But the matter has come to this point, no matter how much I regret it, I can only swallow it in my stomach.

This year, the Xu family is destined to be unstable.

And on the first day of the sixth day of the new year, on the seventh day of the new year, when the heavy New Year's rituals are finally over, and the queen wants to rest for a day or two, it will be her turn.

"Niangniang, the emperor invites you to Jingqian Palace, you can go with the slaves."

Hong Zheng personally came to Fengxuan Palace to spread the word.

The queen frowned, "What did the emperor do in the past to call this palace?" ”

"It's inconvenient for the slave to say more, let's go." Hong Zheng did not disclose.

Although he was still respectful, the queen had a faint premonition in her heart.

I thought about it carefully by changing my clothes, but I didn't notice anything wrong, so I had to go over first.

As soon as she entered Jingqian Palace and saw Fang Yu sitting next to her, the bad feeling in her heart became a little worse again.

Especially Fang Yu only glanced at her, then took his gaze back, and did not greet her.

But she didn't care about picking on Fang Yao's etiquette at this time, so she had to bow to Pei Yao with all her heart first.

"The concubines see the emperor."

"The queen is here, I won't talk much, I will ask you one last time, why did the Xu family hate Concubine Zhao so much, and did not hesitate to burn the four princes to vent their anger."

Pei Yao sat on the main seat, his face gloomy.

At first glance, the queen's hand holding the handkerchief couldn't help but tighten, her eyes flashed slightly, and she said.

"Why did the emperor ask the concubine like this, although the concubine took good care of the Xu family because of the Lu family and the Xu family's family affairs, the Xu family murdered the four princes, and the concubine dared to swear to the sky, and the concubine would never know."

"Since the queen refuses to say it, and he talks about him left and right, then I have nothing to say."

Pei Yao interrupted him in a cold voice, "Hong Zheng, bring people up!" ”