love palace

Inside the big sedan chair carried by six people, there was the fragrance of hundreds of flowers. Concubine Lan Gui squinted her eyes and seemed to be dozing off, but she had other plans in her heart.

Nanny Li, who was sitting by the side, was holding a silver charcoal stove in her hand, carefully serving Concubine Lan Gui, and asked flatteringly, "The old slave has already made arrangements, why do you need to go there in person, ma'am? How tired you are."

"Oh, thank you for being an old nanny." Shuo Lan opened her eyes suddenly, and said with a low smile, "If something happened to Ke Weiqing, who do you think the emperor would suspect first?"

"This..." Nanny Li entered the palace at the age of 12 and is an old palace official.She hesitated again and again before saying, "Forgive me for your boldness, now you and Ke Weiqing are pregnant, if he has a miscarriage, you will benefit the most, so..."

"I have to bear this suspicion." Shuo Lan sighed and said, "It is inevitable that I will become the target of public criticism."

"Yes..." But Nanny Li still didn't understand, and asked, "Since that's the case, why did the empress take the initiative to send it to your door? Isn't this justified?"

"Wrong! It's called being aboveboard."Bengong has no dissent, so naturally he is not afraid to visit him.If he has a miscarriage in the future and dies, it has nothing to do with me, other people will take care of it. "

In the palace, Shuo Lan had long learned how to be scheming, not only did she want Ke Weiqing to die, but also the unsightly Concubine Li to be buried with her!

As for herself, nothing will happen at all.

This is the purpose of her trip, deliberately doing it for others to see.If someone asked, Ke Weiqing had a miscarriage shortly after she went to Xinuange.She would say that she would not do such a conscienceless and self-defeating thing.Everyone knew that she had visited Ke Weiqing, would she be stupid enough to blatantly harm the future prince?This is obviously planted by someone!

The emperor can't find her head, only Concubine Li will be unlucky.So, knowing that Ke Weiqing would not survive tonight, she decided to take the risk of taking this trip.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Hmph, follow me, and you will have a good life." Shuo Lan said triumphantly.This old nanny is much easier to handle than those clumsy court maids, and she is also loyal enough.

"Of course. The old servant regards his mother as his heaven and the little prince as his land, and will honor you all his life." Nanny Li responded with a smile all over her face.

"Hehe." Shuo Lan leaned on the back of the framed chair, stroking her round belly, and said, "Emperor, my mother has done everything I should to clear the way for you. Next, I will wait for you to be born safely... ..."

The sedan chair swayed, and the wings of the phoenix crown on Shuo Lan's head also fluttered and bumped, as if to herald that she would fly to the position of the supreme empress.

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"What time is it before you bring the porridge?" An old nun who was guarding the gate of the Xinuang Pavilion said angrily to the servant girl of the Imperial Dining Room.

"I'm sorry, mama, the first pot of eight-treasure porridge was spoiled, and the servant cooked another pot." The young court lady who was scolded said with a smile, not in a hurry or annoyed.

"Okay, bring it in quickly. Our lord is so precious! You can't eat it when it's cold, and you can't eat it if it's too hot." Ke Weiqing's body is different from other pregnant women. There are many taboos, plus he is worried, and often feels unwell. of.But in the eyes of the maids, it must be a troublesome matter.

In addition, if he had a slight headache, the emperor would be furious. It is conceivable that they were under a lot of pressure.

"Yes, Mammy. Go and do your work. I'm here to watch." The court lady smiled cutely, looking very innocent.

"Well, I have to go to the Secretary's Workshop, so be careful." After finishing speaking, Mammy left in a hurry.

The maid of honor entered the door by herself, and the eunuch looked at her, but did not check anything.

Xinuange is like spring, everywhere is warm, and there is a faint fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus.The furnishings in the room are even more exquisitely carved, all of which are rare gadgets, such as emerald tea sets and ivory trays.It can be seen from this that this Master Ke is really extraordinary in the emperor's heart. He has committed such a big crime, and he can still live comfortably. His pomp is even bigger than that of Empress Lan!

However, the maid also understands that she is not here to judge, but to do "serious business".

Nanny Li and her are from the same hometown, and the two usually have a good relationship.If this is done, Nanny Li will assign her to work in Jinyan Palace, and she won't have to be that disheveled girl who burns the house without seeing the sun.

Especially someone who is as beautiful and young as her, might be favored by the emperor. This is like a sparrow turning into a phoenix and leaping onto a branch!

Therefore, the palace lady knew that what she did was a capital crime of treason, but she still came boldly.

If you want to stand up and be the master, you have to be ruthless!You have to be brave, this harem can't hold a lamb.

The court lady smiled, carrying the longan eight-treasure porridge with "seedless flowers" and walked towards the luxurious nanmu dragon couch.

The sapphire blue bed curtain was being lowered at this time, and Ke Weiqing was resting, but when he heard footsteps, he took the initiative to lift the curtain and sat up straight.

It was not the first time he had heard the complaints and comments from the court ladies.Sometimes, even if they don't say it in person, the contempt and disgust in their eyes is still obvious.

They regarded him as a "monster" and seldom looked at him directly, but he had a fever and vomited at every turn, keeping them up all night, and being blamed by the emperor, they were under enough pressure.

"Master Ke, it turns out that you are awake. It just so happens that this is the porridge for the afternoon. It is lukewarm. Use it quickly." The maid said softly, smiling very sweetly, which was quite different from the others.

"Thank you. Put it away for now, I'll eat it later." Ke Weiqing said with a smile.During lunch, he was persuaded by Li Deyi to eat a lot, and now he is not hungry at all.

"No, I will rest assured only after you eat it." The maid took a step closer and said sweetly, "Eight-treasure porridge strengthens the spleen and stomach, nourishes qi and calms the nerves, it is good for you and the little prince."

"Really?" Ke Weiqing smiled again, thinking about not embarrassing her, lest she be blamed by the old mother, so she said, "Then let me eat some."

"Yes." The maid beamed with joy, and quickly spooned a golden bowl of porridge, and brought it to Ke Weiqing, "My lord, please."

But maybe the porridge bowl was a bit hot, the maid's fingers trembled slightly.

"En." Ke Weiqing took the porridge bowl, picked up the spoon, and took a bite. The texture was soft and sweet, smooth but not greasy, very palatable.For the sake of the child in her womb, Ke Weiqing ate up a bowl of porridge.

"Do you want more?" the maid asked, her eyes seemed to shine brightly.

"No, thank you." Ke Weiqing handed the golden bowl back to her, and the maid took the bowl and knelt down.

"The maidservant is now retreating."

"Yeah." Although the porridge is very fragrant, after eating it, his stomach feels uncomfortable. Ke Weiqing frowned, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and took a slight breath. .

In the bedroom, an eunuch stood by the fireplace with his hands down, staring at the burning hearth without moving his eyes. As long as the fire was low, he would put a piece of silver coal into it and roast it silently.

Therefore, when Ke Weiqing suddenly leaned out from the bed and spit out a big mouthful of blood, the eunuch was completely dumbfounded. After a while, he screamed, but it was like a thunderclap, resounding in Xinuang Pavilion .

"It's not good! Master Ke is vomiting blood!" The eunuch fled in a panic, but tripped over the threshold and was paralyzed with fright.

"Come here! Send the imperial doctor!" Wen Po rushed in with a face as white as paper, but saw Ke Weiqing passed out on the edge of the bed, and the blood on the ground was more dazzling than candle oil!

The maids, eunuchs, women Wen, and even the guards were dispatched, and the Xinuang Pavilion was full of yelling and chaos.

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The bloody sunset shone on the glazed tiles of Xinuang Pavilion. Ke Weiqing fell into a coma because of the poisonous blood attack, and woke up because of the severe pain in his lower abdomen. Beidou wiped the cold sweat on his head and gave him the needle.

"How did this happen?!" Beidou asked the people beside him, "Isn't it good at noon?"

"Slave, slaves don't know! My lord, please spare me!" The nanny and eunuch were all down, and everyone was terrified.

"No, don't blame them..." Ke Weiqing said weakly, as if trying to suppress the severe pain in his lower abdomen, he took a deep breath, but beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and his lips turned purple.

"Quick, bring the medicine! Prepare clean clothes." Seeing this, Beidou said loudly, and stretched out his hand to untie Ke Weiqing's exterior, which could wring out water!

Beidou noticed that Ke Weiqing was hot all over, his palms were white, and his fingernails were slightly blue. This is a symptom of blood stagnation, or... poisoning!

Beidou's heart sank, but he didn't say it immediately.Because he has no conclusive evidence, but who dares to poison Ke Weiqing?What kind of poison is it?He must know right away.

"What did he eat? Who came this afternoon?" Beidou asked impatiently.But the mothers and maids kept shaking their heads, their expressions panicked, and they couldn't think of anything!

"Big Dipper!" The abdominal pain became more and more severe, as if a knife was gouging out inside, Ke Weiqing grabbed Beidou's wrist tightly with his backhand, and breathed rapidly, "Save... save... child... please... I ……ah!"

"Wei Qing!" Beidou saw that Ke Weiqing was in extreme pain, so he lifted the quilt and looked at his lower body.

Everyone gasped, blood was spilling from between Ke Weiqing's legs, wet the underwear, and there was a shocking blood red everywhere!

"God, oh my god!" Seeing this scene, Wen Po was shaking so badly that she almost fainted.

"Go and report to the emperor." Beidou said with a gloomy face, he had to calm down, and ordered, "Prepare hot water, scissors, clean bedding... What are you waiting for?!"

Huang Ye was having a meal with Prime Minister Jia Peng and several other ministers to reward them for their contributions to the court in recent days.At this time, Po Wen stumbled and wanted to rush in, but was caught by the gatekeeper eunuch, "I'm going to die! What kind of place is this, dare to break in!"

It took a long time for the eunuch to understand that Mrs. Wen said something incoherent. It was General Ke who was dying and was in a hurry.

"Emperor, Your Majesty! Go and see General Ke." Wen Po knelt on the ground with a plop, and when she spoke, she was already crying.

"What's wrong?" Huang Ye's shoulders trembled.

"It's late, but, but it's too late." Wen Po knocked her head heavily on the ground.

"Your Majesty, I will accompany you there." Jia Peng said immediately.

But Huang Ye didn't announce to anyone, and he didn't even show off. He went out and rode on a fast horse, facing the cold wind, and went straight to Xinuang Pavilion.

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"Woo!" Ke Weiqing screamed again, and then passed out from the pain again, her wet hair stuck to her face, her lips were chapped and white, and she was lifeless.

"My lord!" The maid who was holding a basin beside her had already burst into tears.

"Take ginseng soup with shoutai grass and feed it to him!" Beidou was already sweating profusely. He instructed a mother to take up the freshly boiled soup and feed it into Ke Weiqing's mouth, and then he continued to give acupuncture. The bleeding had to be stopped, and the heartbeat of the fetus was so weak that it could hardly be felt.

But Ke Weiqing stubbornly wanted to keep the child, and fought hard against the poison, so he passed out from pain again and again, and struggled to wake up again.

"Bei... Beidou... child..." Ke Weiqing kept murmuring as if in a dream.

"I know, don't talk, nothing will happen." Beidou smiled reluctantly, but he was completely unsure in his heart.

"The emperor is here." A court lady hurried in and said.

"Look at him, I'll go." Beidou had already pricked Ke Weiqing's lower abdomen to temporarily save the lives of Ke Weiqing and the fetus, then got up hurriedly and went outside.

Huang Ye rushed into the outer hall like a gust of wind.Seeing the palace maids coming out one after another, holding copper basins and cloths full of blood, and Beidou's clothes were also stained with blood, it was shocking.

"What's going on here?! What's wrong with Wei Qing?" Huang Ye grabbed Beidou by the collar and asked loudly!

"You should ask the emperor, right? Why did Lord Ke get poisoned?" Beidou was outraged, and asked back, "I thought you would take good care of Lord Ke."

"What? Poisoned? What kind of poison?" Huang Ye was taken aback.

"I don't know! It's because I don't know, so now I can only give acupuncture, but can't detoxify. Your Majesty..." Beidou asked inevitably, "Do you want an adult or a child?"

"What's the meaning?"

"Master Ke lost too much blood, maybe only one can be kept." Beidou clenched his teeth, his face darkened, "If the poison can't be cured, maybe both of them..."

"I want you to keep Ke Weiqing!" Huang Ye pushed Beidou violently, "Go!"

"what?"

"No matter what happens, I only want Wei Qing to be fine!" Huang Ye's face was as terrifying as Shura's, and he said in a deep voice, "You try your best to save him, I'll investigate the poison matter. Someone!"

"Here!" The guard immediately stepped forward.

"Arrest all the people who are on duty today, and I will interrogate myself!" Huang Ye said very quickly, and the Xinuang Pavilion was even more troubled. Except for the two women who were going to assist Beidou in delivering the baby, everyone else was locked up. up!

The maid who burned the fire room didn't expect the incident to be so big, or she didn't know that the imperial doctor knew that Ke Weiqing was poisoned so quickly.Nanny Li said that this "seedless flower" is colorless and odorless, and disappears when it enters the stomach. It is the most difficult thing to check.At this time, she hid in the firewood room in a daze.

Unexpectedly, Nanny Li was waiting for her in the firewood room, and there were two eunuchs she had never seen before.The eunuch was skilled in martial arts, and he forced her to take poison to kill herself. He also deliberately left paper wrapped in seedless pollen in her sleeve, as well as silver tickets and the golden phoenix hairpin that Li Fei often wore.

It didn't take long for Huang Ye to search for these two irrefutable evidences, but when he touched the seedless flower powder on the paper, Big Dipper became even more desperate.

Everyone knows that seedless flowers are like arsenic to pregnant women, often killing two people, and there is no medicine to save them.This man is really vicious!Will Ke Weiqing die...?

"No! I want him to live! I don't allow him to die!" Huang Ye held Beidou's shoulder tightly and shouted frantically.That look seemed like if Ke Weiqing died, he would kill all the people in the world to be buried with him!

And after that, he will commit suicide.

Beidou led the order to go in.At present, he only has longevity grass and thousand-year-old ginseng, which are the old enemies of seedless flowers, but they are not the antidote. Whether Ke Weiqing can survive and keep the fetus can only rely on his medical skills and resignation to fate.

No, he was never a person who resigned himself to fate. Ke Weiqing put his hopes on him, and he had to keep their lives alive.Beidou thought, now the only way to give birth is to let the child be born as soon as possible, so that the "mother and child" will not fight each other and lose their lives.

However, for Ke Weiqing's current body, it is definitely a big test.

"Wei Qing, bear with it, take the medicine first." Beidou's fingers trembled when he fed the birth-promoting pills he had secretly made into Ke Weiqing's chapped lips.

"I want to give birth, give birth..." Ke Weiqing was already sweating from the pain, and couldn't distinguish reality from illusion.

"Yes!" There were tears in Beidou's eyes, he wiped them dry and stood by the bed.

Huang Ye paced back and forth outside, clenched his hands into fists, extremely worried.

As the sky gradually dawned, Ke Weiqing woke up from the coma, and immediately felt the heart-piercing pain, which shot up from his abdomen to his chest, and he couldn't even breathe!Holding the bedpost firmly with both hands, a nun wiped the sweat for him in a panic.

"Relax, soon." Beidou put his hands on Ke Weiqing's knee and said encouragingly, "I can see the child's head..."

"Ahh...!" Ke Weiqing yelled hoarsely and miserably.If the previous pain was caused by someone gouging out the flesh alive with a knife, now it is simply pouring salt into the wound.The sharp and burning pain is so frequent, it's like killing a person alive.

If it was a normal childbirth, it would not be so painful. Ke Weiqing has a special constitution and ate seedless flowers, the pain is five or six times that of ordinary people.If he hadn't practiced martial arts for more than ten years, he would have died by now.

Ke Weiqing's forehead was hot, but his body was cold, and his strength was exhausted by the severe pain. He was dying like a dead leaf in the wind.However, he could clearly feel the boulder in his abdomen falling down, trying to give birth to the child, but no matter how hard he tried, he could only feel the pain of falling, and could not give birth.

"It's been six hours, isn't it okay?" Huang Ye asked anxiously outside.He saw the maids shuttle back and forth non-stop, but did not hear the cry of the child.

"Big Dipper! I want to come in." Huang Ye said through the door.

"No." Beidou shouted, he was worried that Huang Ye's presence would bring a burden to Ke Weiqing instead.

"I want to come in! You are all trash!" Huang Ye roared angrily and pushed the door open, next to the dragon couch, crowded with Wen Po and maidservants.

"Get out of here!" Huang Ye walked over and pushed them away, "If you surround him here, he will only get more depressed."

The maids retreated to the side in panic, Huang Ye thought that Ke Weiqing would be very hard, but when he saw Ke Weiqing's pale face and bitten lips, his heart was still shaken.

"Your Majesty, the servants support him." Since this is the case, Beidou had no choice but to say.The arms of the maids are too weak, and when Ke Weiqing struggles in pain, he will hurt himself.

"En." Huang Ye sat down on the edge of the bed, put his hands on Ke Weiqing's shoulders, and let him lie in his arms.

"Emperor... don't...!" Ke Weiqing wanted to say something, but was dizzy from the labor pains, and his breath was short of breath.

"General, from now on, you have to push hard, I know you are in severe pain, but you must push hard!"

"No...I won't...OK..." His strength had long since run out, and Ke Weiqing was able to stay awake because of his willpower to survive, supporting him.

"You can do it." Huang Ye lowered his head, put one hand on Ke Weiqing's back, gathered the true energy behind his palm, and slowly injected it into Ke Weiqing's body.

"Ah..." Ke Weiqing's tired body was soothed by the steady stream of qi, but he also became more and more aware that Huang Ye was seeing his ugliness at the moment, a man was giving birth...

If Ke Weiqing still has the strength to look back, he will find that Huang Ye's eyes only have pity and worry, without contempt or disgust, as if he wished he could bear him a child.

"Your Majesty, Wei Qing, don't worry. Let's take a break first." Beidou asked Ke Weiqing to take a breath first, and fed him Shoutaicao and ginseng soup.

Another two hours later, from early morning to noon, Ke Weiqing hadn't been born yet, the atmosphere in Xinuange was extremely tense, and there was chaos outside.

Concubine Li was arrested and put into prison, waiting for the emperor to deal with her. She couldn't help crying shrilly that she was wronged. She bumped into the wall and hanged herself.Shuo Lan hid in her Jinyan Palace, and only sent a maid to inquire about the news, but she was not idle, she took out the five-poison puppet that she had prepared long ago, and cast poison and spells with words.

Nanny Li also dressed up strangely, beating the hand gong, dancing the big god, and the room was full of smog...

When Ke Weiqing tried again, the sun was already setting. It was said that the first child had the longest time, but it is really rare for someone who is struggling like him, and many people began to sympathize with him.

Wen Po and the palace maid stood by the bed with tears and snot in their noses.

"How is he?" Huang Ye encountered thousands of troops, and he was not as afraid of death as he is now.

"It will be fine." Beidou saw that although Ke Weiqing could not give birth, but the fetus was still alive, it meant that there was still hope.

"Woo-ah!" Ke Weiqing couldn't hear any sound anymore. He was in so much pain that his hands were about to wring the quilt to pieces. He suddenly arched his body and cried out.

"The child's head is coming out!" Beidou exclaimed in surprise, "Strength! Continue to exert force!"

"—Woo!" Veins floated on his forehead, and his temples throbbed crazily. Ke Weiqing felt that his body was split in half and his waist bones were torn apart. However, he also felt the same thing. He breathed hard, and then pushed hard!

"Okay! That's it!" Hokuto shouted excitedly.

This process was so long, until a loud cry of a baby sounded in the room, everyone's faces were still as if they were dreaming!

"God bless! The emperor is overjoyed! A dragon son from heaven!" Wen Po was the first to come back to her senses, wrapped the baby in the golden swaddle she had prepared earlier, and congratulated repeatedly.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Sir Ke!" Beidou and the maids knelt down together, shouting in unison.

Ke Weiqing was so weak that he could hardly open his eyes. Mrs. Wen sent the child to the emperor. He was smiling so much, his face was wrinkled, and his fists were clenched tightly. It was hard to imagine that he would have such great strength. Loud cries, as if he had been wronged so much.

"Wei Qing, thank you for your hard work!" Huang Ye hugged the child and said to Ke Weiqing who was full of tiredness, the warmth in his eyes melted Ke Weiqing's frozen heart.

"Emperor..." Ke Weiqing raised his hand, wanting to touch the child himself, but soon fell into a drowsy sleep.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, father and son are safe." Beidou said with a smile, and heaved a long sigh of relief.

As the night fell, the Venus shone brightly in the sky, and the sky was illuminated. Li Deyi immediately reported auspiciousness to the emperor, Huang Ye was overjoyed, and announced amnesty to the world...

——End of the third book——

Volume Four