He conspired against her in his previous life, and he flirted with her on their wedding night again

In a blink of an eye, the baby in Shen Wan's belly was five months old.

When I was pregnant with Jin, my belly was not showing any signs of pregnancy, but this time the baby seemed to be pregnant especially early.

My belly is bigger at only five months old than when I was seven months pregnant with Jin'er.

Jin'er can crawl, sit up by herself, and call her "Mother Concubine". Shen Wan still remembers that the first time Jin'er called her, she could only call her "Concubine", which made Shen Wan cry with joy, and she couldn't wait to write a letter home to tell Xie Jingyan.

As Shen Wan requested, Xie Jingyan wrote her a letter every two weeks. Although it was often delivered late, he basically wrote one letter every two weeks.

The border is too far away from Kyoto. Apart from the battle reports sent back to Beijing, only letters from home can reveal some news about Xie Jingyan. After so long, Shen Wan has become accustomed to waiting for letters from home.

It rained for several days in a row and Shen Wan was stuck in the house for a few days. When the sky cleared up and the ground was no longer wet, Shen Wan went to the garden to appreciate the flowers accompanied by Yinshuang and Haitang.

The weather is getting colder, it's time to prepare cotton clothes and have them sent to the border.

Shen Wan was just giving Haitang instructions when Dong'er ran over, propped up on her knees and panting, "Princess, there's an urgent message coming from the border, saying that King Cheng has taken refuge in Xiliang!"

Shen Wan had already known about King Cheng's defection to Western Liang.

But many people still don’t know this.

Even fewer civil and military officials in the court knew about it. They only knew that King Cheng was missing, and they didn't know when he disappeared.

When the Xiliang spy was found to be hiding in Wanxiang Pavilion, he escaped into Prince Cheng's mansion when he was being pursued by the City Patrol Division. He abducted Prince Cheng and left the capital. Later, Prince Ling revealed that the Prince Cheng abducted by the Xiliang spy was a stand-in, a fake in disguise, and the real Prince Cheng had long since disappeared.

The Emperor offered a bounty, and the whole Chu state was searching for King Cheng, but he has not been found yet. Unexpectedly, King Cheng went to Xiliang, disguised himself, hid in the Xiliang military camp, and helped Xiliang attack our Chu state.

When many ministers heard the news, their first reaction was that it was fake news.

King Cheng is no ordinary prince.

He is the Empress Dowager's son and the current Emperor's younger brother from the same mother.

In the Great Chu, he is second to none.

How many people would envy such a noble status? But King Cheng gave up his status as a prince and went to join the Western Liang Dynasty. Was King Cheng kicked in the head by a donkey?

But the urgent message of eight hundred miles was sent to the capital by people sent by Pingyang Marquis. It was not true. Even if Pingyang Marquis had the courage, he would not dare to send such news.

Moreover, King Ling's men fought with King Cheng on the battlefield. Although they did not capture King Cheng, they did knock off the mask on King Cheng's face. Many soldiers actually saw King Cheng's face.

Before King Ling and King Cheng fought, many soldiers of the Great Chu died at the hands of King Cheng.

This is not something that can be explained away by the word "undercover".

But King Cheng was not a stupid man. He had no reason to do such an incredible thing.

Thinking of Princess Cheng and Prince Cheng having their hair shaved one after another...

The Empress Dowager vomited blood several times due to anger and even became blind. The Emperor did not go to Shoukang Palace to visit the Empress Dowager for several months.

It would be strange if the civil and military officials could not guess that something unknown had happened between the emperor and King Cheng.

But no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't find out anything, and they all felt like they were being scratched by a cat.

Royal study room.

The emperor sat on the dragon throne.

Looking at the eight hundred taels of silver that Shen Jing sent to Beijing urgently, his face was very cold.

The emperor has been waiting for this news for a long time.

We have been waiting since Xie Jingyan went to the battlefield.

Since King Cheng disappeared, the imperial court has not charged him with any crime. Wherever King Cheng goes, he is still King Cheng of Great Chu, and the younger brother of the Emperor of Great Chu. No one dares to neglect him.

The emperor, considering his own and Xie Jingyan's reputation, could not announce King Cheng's crime to the world.

Now we can finally convict King Cheng.

Surrender to the enemy and commit treason.

The crime is unforgivable.

At the morning court the next day, the emperor issued an edict in the council hall in front of all the civil and military officials, stating that whoever captured Cheng Wang alive at the border would be promoted three levels and rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold.

Shoukang Palace.

The Queen Mother was being taken good care of by Zhao Yuanzheng, and Doctor Tao was invited into the palace from time to time to treat her. Her condition did not get worse, but it did not get better either.

Still unable to see.

However, after being blind for so long, the Queen Mother has become accustomed to not being able to see.

She was a high and mighty empress dowager, but she had fallen to such a state. If Princess Huyang had not come to the palace to talk to her almost every day, the empress dowager would have collapsed long ago.

Earlier, Princess Huyang had advised the Emperor to visit the Empress Dowager, but after going so many times, the Emperor even stopped seeing her.

Later, Eunuch Yuan told Princess Huyang how the Queen Mother protected King Cheng, and Princess Huyang never went to the Imperial Study to bother the Emperor again.

The Queen Mother was partial to King Cheng, which hurt the Emperor's heart. The Emperor could choose not to visit the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother always loved Princess Huyang. Even though Princess Huyang knew that the Queen Mother was wrong, seeing her haggard and blind appearance, as a daughter, she really couldn't bear it.

I didn't even dare to say a harsh word, for fear that I would be the straw that broke the camel's back.

Princess Huyang could only pretend to be ignorant even though she knew the truth. She was very miserable as she was caught between the Queen Mother, Prince Cheng and the Emperor.

How could it become like this between them, siblings?

The Queen Mother was used to Princess Huyang coming to talk to her every day. This was one of the few comforts she had after she became blind.

By noon that day, Princess Huyang had not yet arrived, so the Queen Mother asked Madam Zhao, "Huyang did not come to see me today. Did something happen?"

Madam Zhao said, "Queen Dowager, don't think too much. Princess Huyang must be busy with other things. She always comes to chat with you when she is free."

The Queen Mother said, "Don't lie to me. Huyang couldn't come because of something. She told me when she left yesterday."

Madam Zhao asked, "Should I send someone to ask?"

The Queen Mother said, "Never mind, I am already satisfied that Huyang can come to the palace to accompany me for such a long time regardless of the weather."

The empress dowager leaned against the big pillow, and after a while she sent Zhao Ma to do some work.

After Nanny Zhao left, the Queen Mother called for tea and the palace maids came in to serve.

When the maid brought the tea to the Queen Mother, she grabbed the maid's hand and said, "Tell me, what happened in the past two days?"

Although the Queen Mother was blind, her hearing improved a lot after that.

Yesterday evening, she vaguely heard Nanny Zhao scolding the palace maids who were cleaning the yard, saying that if the empress dowager heard about it, Princess Huyang would not forgive them.

The empress dowager took it to heart at the time and was going to ask Princess Huyang today. However, Princess Huyang did not come, and the empress dowager became more and more uneasy. Nanny Zhao did not dare to tell her, so the empress dowager could only find an opportunity to ask the palace maid.

The palace maid had her wrist grabbed, and she didn't dare to use force. If she hurt the Queen Mother, she would surely die.

The maid begged for mercy, "Queen Mother, please don't embarrass me..."

The Queen Mother said, "Speak!"

The Queen Mother used to be intimidating even without getting angry, but now that she is blind, when she gets angry, even Madam Zhao can't handle it, let alone the palace maids.

The maid said with a trembling voice, "King Cheng betrayed his country and helped Xiliang attack our Great Chu..."

The Queen Mother was as depressed as a dead man.

She let go of her hand and the maid fell to the ground.