National Division

"What? Mrs. Wang is pregnant?" The queen frowned instantly after hearing the report from the court lady.Too many people have been killed in the womb these days, and even normal life has been delayed. Although most of the palace people in the middle palace have not moved, just dealing with the troubles caused by the shortage of manpower is enough for the empress to suffer.It is really not a pleasant thing to hear this news while you are busy.

"Yes—" the maid looked carefully at the queen's face.Originally, the queen was in a very bad mood these days. She didn't say anything on the surface, but in private she complained that the emperor didn't take down the Ye family immediately. Qi Jun pulled her face down and said a few words before she said nothing. How can the concubine be happy when she is pregnant?

"Boom!" The queen smashed a cup of tea, "Get down!"

The court lady didn't even dare to wipe off the tea splashed on her body, so she hurriedly retreated.Fortunately, the weather is cold and the clothes are thick, so they can't burn people badly.

Zhao Yue was sitting next to her, and when she saw this, she quickly got up and brought a cup of tea over: "Mother, don't be angry."

The queen didn't take the tea, but turned to stare at her: "You haven't moved yet? It's been a few months since you entered the palace."

Zhao Yue was startled, her face turned pale, she lowered her head and did not speak.The queen's face became more and more displeased, and she turned to ask the court lady Xiang Yao who was following her: "When is your master's change of clothes?"

Xiang Yao had no choice but to answer truthfully: "I was here just now..."

That is to say, she was indeed not pregnant, and the empress looked disappointed: "The wedding at the Yanying Palace was a month later than yours. Why is there a movement there now, and you haven't yet? You are the princess, for Jun'er Do you know that the most important thing is to spread branches and leaves? I really don’t know what you are busy with all day long!"

Zhao Yue was so scolded that she bit her lips tightly, her eye circles were a little red but she didn't dare to shed tears, she tried her best to listen to the queen's scolding, and then she backed out, and as soon as she got into Zhai's car, tears fell like raindrops.Xiang Yao hurriedly handed over the handkerchief, and couldn't help complaining: "Your Majesty, you are talking too much, it has not been half a year since the Crown Princess entered the palace, not to mention that our Highness is busy with government affairs, how can it be that the Second Highness has so much time... "

Although this is a bit harsh, it is really good.Ever since the big wedding, Qi Jun has not been dealing with government affairs until night?If you spare time, you still have to go to Zichen Hall to accompany the queen, so the time to come to Zhao Yue will naturally be reduced. After careful calculation, you only come once every one or two days.And Qi Zhang is just studying in the Beigong, and he can go back to the Yanying Hall every day in the afternoon, so his prince and concubine are pregnant first, which is also - logical.

Zhao Yue was silent, tears fell even more fiercely.Xiang Yao didn't dare to say any more, and shed a few tears with her master before she heard Zhao Yue hoarsely say: "Where is your Highness?"

"It is said that I went to the observatory early in the morning..." Xiang Yao thought of the gossip she had heard, and her heart tightened.

Zhao Yue couldn't help frowning: "What are you doing at the Observatory? Go, send someone to invite His Highness back, just say, just say I'm not feeling well."

Xiang Yao quickly agreed, leaned out of the car, found a small middle-aged man who had to be used recently, and said: "Go to the Observatory and ask His Highness to come back, just say that the Crown Princess is unwell—remember, don't say that it was the empress The empress scolded her." After all, it was the prince's biological mother, so it would be unwise to accuse his mother in front of the son.

The little middle-aged man said repeatedly, turned around and picked up the corner of his clothes and ran all the way to the observatory.After arriving at the gate of the palace, I saw Feng En standing outside the hall with two small men.He recognized the personal eunuch next to the prince, but now he only stood outside the main hall when he arrived at the observatory, and he couldn't even enter the inner hall, which shows the status of Immortal Master Xiuming.

While thinking wildly, the little man walked over lightly, bowed to Feng En first, and then told about the Crown Princess' discomfort, and stood with his hands down in order: "Princess Princess, please return to the East Palace."

For the sake of difficulty, Feng En thought for a while and said: "Just wait." He also entered the main hall lightly, walked to the door of the inner hall and took a look, opened his mouth but did not dare to make a sound.

In the inner hall, incense candles were lit, and Zhibai and Qi Jun sat cross-legged on the futon, copying the scriptures seriously.Feng En knew that it was the "Ksitigarbha Sutra" that was copied. In the past few days, the crown prince would come to the observatory to copy the scriptures for two hours every day, and Immortal Master Xiuming would copy the scriptures for six hours every day, so as to In this assassination incident, the palace officials who died unexpectedly were overthrown.

Feng En stood at the door of the inner hall and watched for a moment.It was broad daylight, and the long windows in the inner hall were pasted with very thin good paper, letting in the bright sunlight, and the earth dragon was still burning in the hall, and it was the end of the first lunar month, so it should be warmer than spring.But for some reason, standing at the door like this, he felt a faint cold air rushing toward his face, and even the inner hall seemed to be shrouded in mist, Qi Jun and Zhibai were clearly not far away from him , but he couldn't see the faces of the two clearly.

"Your Highness—" Feng En finally called out in a low voice, tentatively wanting to go in.But as soon as he stepped over the threshold with one foot, he felt as if he had stepped into a bucket of ice water. He instinctively took a step back and quickly retracted his foot.In the room, Qi Jun and Zhibai were still copying scriptures, as if they didn't hear his voice at all. Feng En stood for a while, and the cold feeling on his feet subsided a bit. He didn't dare to try again, so he had to back out. He said to Xiao Zhongren: "Your Highness has something important to discuss with the immortal master. It will take about an hour to return to the East Palace. It is important to ask the imperial physician to check the pulse of the princess and concubine first. After your highness finishes the discussion, our family will naturally send the prince Report the matter of the imperial concubine to Your Highness."

Although Xiaozhongren was newly appointed by the Crown Princess, he was nothing compared to Feng Enlai, so he didn't dare to refute, so he had to agree, and turned back to the East Palace to return his order.Zhao Yue didn't have any discomfort at first, but he just wanted Qi Jun to come back. Hearing this, he was so angry that he was about to cry again: "Is there something important to discuss! It's just a Taoist priest. Your Highness has something important to discuss with him!"

"Your Majesty, don't say that—" Xiang Yao hurriedly sent all the palace servants out of the house, "Now, who dares to offend the Immortal Master."

"Who is going to offend him!" Zhao Yue was sad and angry again, "But what do you need to discuss with him, Your Highness? Do you need him to give advice on political affairs? You go, and you go to invite Your Highness, just say that I will hurry up." Dead! Let's see if His Highness comes back!"

"Your Majesty—" Xiang Yao hurriedly stopped her, "It's not yet the first month, so your Majesty must not say anything inauspicious! Since His Highness is at the Immortal Master's place, your Majesty can just wait for a while..."

Zhao Yue is the daughter of a general, she has the most straight temper, how can she bear it?What's more, since she entered the palace, Qi Jun has always been very gentle and caring towards her. She didn't believe that Qi Jun didn't come to see her even though she knew she was unwell. Your Highness Ming!"

The little man was frightened and quickly kowtowed: "Slaves don't dare to be lazy..." The servants in this palace are not shrewd and cunning, even though this little man is not very old, he also came out with his master.People are being arrested and murdered everywhere in the womb these days, only the Zichen Palace and the East Palace are the safest places. He was finally called to work in front of the Crown Princess, but he can't be sent out. After picking it up clean, he opened his mouth and said, "This servant really explained to Neijian Feng..."

"Feng Neijian?" Zhao Yue frowned, "You haven't seen His Highness yet?"

"Yes." Xiaozhong didn't dare to raise his head, "Feng Neijian said that His Highness was discussing with the immortal master, and he didn't allow the servants to enter. Feng Neijian went to report himself, and when he came out, he told the servants that His Highness would not come over in an hour. ..."

Zhao Yue bit her lips tightly.She couldn't understand the people around Qi Jun, Feng En, the internal supervisor, and Wenxiu, the personal palace lady. These people were very respectful and polite to her, but they seemed to be closer to Qi Jun than she was, and there were many things She didn't know, but they did, and it made her really uncomfortable—she and Qi Jun were husband and wife, so what are these slaves?

"Go, call Wenxiu." Wenxiu should know what Qi Jun was discussing with that Xiuming Immortal Master.

The little man hurriedly ran to call Wenxiu, Zhao Yue was waiting, a maid came in from outside the hall, Fu Er said a few words to Xiang Yao, Xiang Yao's face changed drastically, and he waved her to go out before he dared to speak to Zhao Yue : "Your Majesty—the Empress Dowager said that she will bring the two Liang Dies into the palace after the first lunar month..."

Zhao Yue's complexion changed abruptly: "Go—" Just about to say to find Qi Jun, but remembering that he couldn't see anyone right now, he couldn't help becoming anxious.At this time Wenxiu lowered her head and entered the palace gate, and bowed meticulously, "My maidservant pays her respects to the empress."

"That's all." Zhao Yue waved his hand, "Let me ask you, what is your highness discussing with the immortal master these days at the star observatory?" At this moment, she no longer had the heart to go around in circles with Wenxiu.

Wenxiu glanced at Zhao Yue from the corner of her eye, a trace of contempt floated in her heart.To be honest, Zhao Yue really doesn't have the ability to be a princess. With her background, she was just a good concubine and a beautiful woman, and it was enough to serve the prince happy. Now she is being promoted to be a princess, but knowledge The ability is far behind. Just looking at those who speak in a hurry, they don't have the dignity of the princess. If it wasn't for Concubine Ye Gui who played tricks behind her back, and some ministers were wise and safe, how could the prince find such a regular wife?

"Returning to your mother's words, the servant is only serving His Highness's daily life, and the servant does not know about other things." Wenxiu felt that she was already polite enough, but the subtle impatience in her tone had already revealed her thoughts.

If it had been different from usual, Zhao Yue might not be able to notice this trace of contempt, but today, maybe it was anger that sharpened her senses suddenly, or maybe she just vented her anger at all, in short, this is how a thought came to her mind——Wenxiu He was perfunctory her!She was laughing at her as the crown princess, but she didn't even know about the crown prince, yet she still had to ask a court lady!This thought made Zhao Yue's anger suddenly rise.In fact, the fire was ignited in the Queen's Palace, but in the Zichen Palace, she could only suppress the fire and burn it dully, but now, it is in the East Palace.

"You don't know?" Zhao Yue's voice was gloomy, like the sky before a thunderstorm, "You are His Highness's personal servant, and you don't know anything, what use are you for? Come on! Wenxiu is negligent in his duties, twenty sticks! "

Wenxiu was so surprised that she forgot the etiquette, and raised her head to look at Zhao Yue: "Madam, the servants are only serving His Highness's daily life." What kind of dereliction of duty is this?What's more, she belongs to the prince. Before Zhao Yue entered the palace, she had served Qi Jun for five years. Except for Qi Jun, even if the queen wanted to punish her, she would still have three points.

Zhao Yue heard that she had bitten the words "His Royal Highness" and "Living" very hard, and she laughed angrily: "Thirty rods!" There are several maids like this in Zhao Yue's own family.Thinking of this, she felt her chest burning - there are still two Liang Dies outside who are about to come in, and there are still these maids in the palace, is it over yet?

"Your Majesty——" Seeing Wenxiu being dragged out, Xiang Yao came up anxiously and lowered her voice, "My Lady, Wenxiu is a servant of His Highness's living palace, but you can't be punished!" There is the Prince's face in there .

"Why can't I be punished?" Zhao Yueshi clenched his hands, "I can't stop Liangdi from entering the palace, so can a little palace maid also be punished? Hit! Hit hard!"

Outside, wenxiu racks were already being fought on the bench.Everyone knows that Wenxiu is the prince's personal servant, and has always had face. Now that the princess says she wants to be beaten, she has to be beaten, but it's up to the executioners to decide what kind of beating, so the board is high. When you swing it up, it sounds like a crackling sound, but you don't use any vigor to hurt the inside.However, if this is the case, Wenxiu couldn't bear it after a few boards, and half-truthfully tilted his head and passed out.The palace people looked at each other, the nurse in charge asked someone to report back to the princess, and at the same time winked at the little man next to him, the little man quietly withdrew and went straight to the observatory.

In the inner hall of the observatory, Qi Jun put down his pen and moved his arm slightly.Although it's just a flesh injury, it's really tiring to write with the wrist hanging like this for an hour.Zhibai also put down his pen, put the scriptures copied by the two on the tray next to him, and waited for the incineration after dark, while tilting his head to look at him: "Your Highness, are you tired? Rest for a while before copying."

Qi Jun felt that he was the one with pale face: "I see you are the one who is tired. I heard that you have to copy for six hours a day? How can you stand it!"

Zhibai sighed and looked around the room.Others couldn't see it, but he could see wisps of black air flowing everywhere in the room, and they were all staring at the scriptures on their desks: "There are too many souls who died in vain, copying more scriptures can save them as soon as possible." He didn't say a word, although the scriptures can save the souls of the dead, but this massacre was caused by Qi Jun, and he had to spend extra mana to resolve the karmic injustice between Qi Jun and these souls.These days, the spiritual power he had absorbed from the Star Iron had almost been exhausted, it was really a waste of time.

Qi Jun was silent.He never expected that Emperor Jing'an would go on a killing spree, and even search and arrest irrelevant concubines in the palace.

Feng En watched the two put down their pens outside the door, and then seized the opportunity to report: "Your Highness, the Crown Princess sent someone just now, saying that the Crown Princess is unwell, please return to the palace."

"Not feeling well?" Qi Jun was about to get up when he heard the words, "Can you tell the imperial doctor?"

"Probably never..." Feng En just sent away the little man who sent the message, and asked someone to inquire about the news, "The Crown Princess—was admonished by the Empress...I heard, I heard that the Second Highness was in the palace. With the good news, the second prince concubine is happy. Empress Empress—she is planning to let the two concubines enter the palace after the first lunar month." The crown princess is not feeling sick physically, but feeling sick in her heart. At this time, she is not willing to invite the prince back. Let the two Liangdi enter the palace.

Qi Jun didn't pay attention to Feng En's last words: "Second brother has a son...what does the emperor say?" The opportunity that was so easy to create, I'm afraid it will be discounted now.

"Your Majesty..." Feng En lowered his head deeply, "The imperial doctor took the pulse of the second concubine, and said that she was disturbed and her fetal gas was unstable. Your Majesty ordered that no more questions be asked about the palace people of Yanying Palace..." That is to say, This investigation and cleaning is almost over.

Qi Jun was silent and did not speak, and after a while he said slowly: "Let them escape."

"Your Highness, don't worry." Zhibai suddenly said, "This killing was all due to the murderous intentions of the Second Highness. The yin and virtue are damaged, but the cause and effect still exist. Even if the Second Highness is blessed, he can't resist such consumption. The so-called self-killing is not the same. It is said that 'the evil committed by heaven is still forgiven, but the evil committed by oneself cannot be lived', all of which are said." Unless Zhen Mingzi also has the real ability to expend his practice to eliminate Qi Zhang's injustice.

Qi Jun looked back at him, and smiled slightly: "Okay." He was about to say something more, when a small man ran to the door of the outer hall in a hurry, tiptoed and looked at Feng En.Qi Jun saw it at a glance and frowned: "What is this for?"

The little man hurriedly plopped and knelt down: "Return to Your Highness, the Crown Princess is angry and is blaming Miss Wenxiu."