In Fengqi Palace, the candlelight is like day, the smell of blood in the room has not yet dissipated, it has been diluted by the smell of fat powder on the palace concubines, the woman lying on the couch is pale, breathing weakly, His Majesty stands on the edge of the couch, looking at his wife, his face is completely empty, even if he loses his sister-in-law, there is little grief on his face.

Cheng Hou opened her eyes slightly, and when she saw such an emperor, the pain surged together with her heart's sorrow, making her tears fall down, and she was extremely sad: "Your Majesty......" Before she finished speaking, she was already choking with tears.

This voice seemed to wake up His Majesty, he stepped forward and sat on the edge of the couch, looking at Cheng Hou's miserable face, his eyes drooped, and he had nothing to say for a while.

Cheng Hou grieved and cried, no longer noble, at this moment, she is just a mother who has just lost her child.

His Majesty held her hand slightly: "It's not your fault. If you have a good rest, the child will have it in the future. ”

Cheng Houyan grabbed him firmly, howled and cried, crying for a long time, even his voice was hoarse, and he couldn't cry until he couldn't cry, His Majesty withdrew his hand and faced the concubines: "Stand down." ”

The concubines retreated quietly.

His Majesty looked at Cheng Hou again: "You are so resting, I will come to see you tomorrow." ”

After His Majesty who held the moon left, Cheng Hou lay weakly on the couch, with his eyes closed, Zhuyue took the ginseng soup, walked up slowly, and called softly: "Niangniang......"

Cheng Hou opened his eyes, reluctantly raised his head, and took a sip of ginseng soup: "What about Lin'an?" ”

Zhuyue replied half-kneeling: "Your Majesty ordered, the staff will be charged to Lin'an fifty boards, and it has just been carried back at this time." ”

Cheng Hou said weakly: "It was the palace that harmed him, if it weren't for the palace's greed for plums, how could there be today's troubles...... It's just a pity that my son ,... haven't come to the world yet" before he fell, and choked up again.

Zhuyue hurriedly interjected: "Niangniang, today's matter, someone is definitely framed. ”

Cheng Hou stopped crying: "What do you mean? ”

Zhuyue whispered: "After Niangniang fell into the water and returned to the palace, the slave maid quietly checked by the Taiye Pool, it stands to reason that there are often palace people walking through the pool, and there are also people cleaning it, but tonight on the shore, the moss is moist and fresh, and there is a layer of ice floating on it, which is deliberately sprinkled by someone, and it is precisely on the road that Niangniang must pass, how not to make people doubt." ”

After hearing this, Cheng Hou was speechless for a long time, and then gritted his teeth and sneered: "It seems that this child from this palace is in someone's way." ”

Zhuyue was also a little silent: "Niangniang, the top priority now is to find out the person behind the curtain and avenge His Royal Highness." ”

"You're right."

……

The news of the loss of his son-in-law in the middle palace spread throughout the government and the opposition on the second day, and even the Zuo Xiang, who had just returned to Beijing, knew about it.

Xie Shu's face was full of spring breeze: "Big brother, that Jiugui, show me." This kind of imperial ritual is also very rare in our Xie family. ”

Xie Heng's face was a little heavy, and he looked at Xie Shu: "Mingxuan, you just snatched that Jiugui over at the banquet?" ”

Xie Shu didn't realize it, and was still proud: "Big brother, who doesn't know now, you are the emperor of the Southern Jin Dynasty, this Jiugui, you should be talented, to that little emperor, it is simply a tyrannical thing." ”

Xie Heng smiled instead: "So, I want to thank you Xie Mingxuan?" ”

Xie Shu finally realized his eldest brother's anger, and he was slightly puzzled: "Big brother, who are you?" ”

Xie Heng sneered: "Mingxuan, you have not forgotten who gave you and me the honor I have now." ”

Xie Mingxuan was silent.

Xie Heng flicked his sleeves and got up: "I will return Jiugui immediately, next time you dare to make your own opinion, you don't want to do this Chinese book order," Fang walked to the door, he turned back again, "By the way, the queen Luozi, have you ever participated?" ”

Xie Shu denied again and again: "Big brother, no matter how unbearable I am, I won't do anything to a girl, but I don't know ...... little sister."

Xie Heng knew what he had to say, he was silent for a moment, then turned around and went out.

In the Mingde Hall, the emperor lowered his eyes, looked at the fold handed by the left minister, and replied to the inkstone on his side: "Xuanzuo Xiang will see you." ”

Zuo Xiang was greeted with a cool breeze outside the hall, His Majesty saw him step by step, kowtowed, and said respectful words in his mouth, but there was not much respect in his eyebrows, he looked at the Jiugui he presented, the extremely carved Jiugui was lying on the satin, dazzling, but His Majesty was too lazy to take a look.

His Majesty's face was a little red, but his voice was as cold as nine cold ice: "I have already given it to Xie Xiang, I don't know what Xie Xiang's move means?" The voice was like Feng Xiao, with a slight hoarseness.

When Zuo Xiang heard this voice, he subconsciously grinded his hand and tooth wat on his hand, and said: "Jiugui is an imperial ritual weapon, and it is not in accordance with the etiquette system to give it to the minister, and the minister is afraid, so he will return it to His Majesty." ”

His Majesty looked at him, and his eyes were even colder: "The person who wants to leave Jiugui is Zhongshu Ling, Xie Xiang's own brother, and now Xie Xiang has returned it, why, Xie Xiang thinks that the king's will can be changed at will?" ”

Zuo Xiang said: "The minister doesn't dare." ”

His Majesty sneered: "I see that you dare very much." Xie Mingde, I want to ask you, who is the king? ”

This sentence was a bit heavy, and Xie Heng knelt down helplessly: "The minister is panicked." ”

The more His Majesty looked at him, the more upset he became, his blood surged, his cheeks were crimson, and his head was a little dizzy. I don't need these nine guis. ”

Xie Xiang withdrew from Mingde Hall with Jiugui as he was, and before he took a few steps, he saw that Liuyu, the palace maid of Quantai Palace, was waiting for him with someone in person, with a smile on her face and a respectful attitude: "My lord, Niangniang has been waiting for you in the palace for a long time."

Xie Xiang handed over Jiugui to the attendants to take him back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he came to Quantai Palace with ease.

The chrysanthemums here have long been replaced by plum blossoms, and only the fragrance of plum blossoms can be smelled in the cold wind, which is particularly refreshing.

Mrs. Xie leaned by the window, holding a plum blossom full of branches to make fun, she saw Xie Heng, she jumped off the low couch with joy, threw herself into Xie Heng's arms, and said affectionately: "Big brother! You've finally come to see me. ”

Xie Heng looked at the little sister he had loved since childhood, and it was rare to be happy: "They are all mothers, and they are still so unstable, so that Your Majesty will laugh at you again when they see it." ”

When Mrs. Xie heard the word "Your Majesty", a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes, but she hid it well and didn't let Xie Heng see it.

She grabbed Xie Heng's hand and said dissatisfiedly: "Big brother, didn't you say that to be the youngest daughter of the Xie family, you don't need to be stable." ”

Xie Heng laughed: "Yes, Xiao Yike is the daughter of the Xie family, so you don't have to be steady." By the way, what about resignation? ”

The two sat down as the guest of honor, Liuyu offered tea, and Mrs. Xie said: "I went to the martial arts arena to practice martial arts." ”

Xie Heng took a sip of tea and said, "Ci'er is a person who wants to be a prince in the future, how can he be good at martial arts." Another day, I will send him to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and I will teach him personally. ”