Opposite the entrance hall

The terrain in Shuzhou is rugged, surrounded by mountains, the air is naturally fresher than Lin'an, the birdsong is crisp, and everything is bathed in the sun, full of vitality.

Du Heng pushed open the window and took a deep breath. He was extremely strict with himself, but he rarely got up all night, washed up and stopped a maid, asked where Qi Ran was, and hurried to find him.

As soon as I arrived at the stable, I heard voices coming from the front.

Zhu Yanyan's voice passed over first, "Master Qi, the little prince's horse, the pony, has died of old age. Father said that the pony was given to the young prince by the princess. He was afraid that the little prince would not be sad when he came back, so he found a horse. It's exactly the same, also called Goudan."

"Dog?" Qi Ran's tone was a little puzzled.

Chen Pingan on the side explained with a smile, "The little prince said that a humble name is easy to support, and the most important thing is that the name doesn't care about the prestige and eloquence. I heard that I used to raise a dog named Chunhua, but it was a male."

Hearing this, Qi Ran also smiled, and stretched out his hand to touch the docile and well-behaved colt of the horse, as if he saw the half-grown boy squatting beside the colt, telling all his secrets with his eyes downcast.

"Master Qi, why did you come to see the dog?" Zhu Yanyan frowned, not knowing what was wrong with the high official from Lin'an in front of him, he had to come to the stables to look after the horses.

"I want to see what the past that I didn't have the opportunity to participate in was like."

Zhu Yanyan scratched her head, but couldn't understand.

At this moment, Du Heng stepped forward, stood beside Qi Ran and lowered his eyes, looking at the little pony, which was half the height of a man, and none of them spoke, but Zhu Yanyan looked for it casually like a young man at a young age. He left in a hurry.

When the person walked away, Qi Ran spoke first, "Don't you have anything to ask?"

Du Heng frowned and pondered for a while, and said bluntly: "I do have a lot of doubts in my heart, about you, about Ji Si, about the young prince of Yong'an Palace, about the emperor, about the truth of the year, but after sleeping, I don't know. I have thought about it a lot, I will know what I should know, and there must be reasons why I should not know."

He looked sideways at Qi Ran, with a calm expression on his face, "When Xiangzhou was in trouble that day, I regarded you two as confidantes and friends. The most important thing in making friends is a truth, and I can trust you. I won't ask too many questions, I'll know when it's time to speak, if you need my help, just let me know."

"With friends like this, this life is enough."

Du Heng smiled, covered his lips on purpose and coughed twice, "Ahem, that's what I said, if Master Ji asks about the little prince after returning to Beijing, I won't cover it up for you. Ziheng needs to handle it properly."

"If you don't tell me, if I don't tell you, Ji Si won't know."

The two looked at each other and laughed out loud.

While chatting and laughing, a soldier in military uniform rushed over, as if saluting the two of them, and then said, "My lords, the general invites you."

Followed the soldiers to Zhu Xun's study room and took his seat. The latter didn't beat around the bush, and went straight to the topic, "I asked someone to ask, "Qi Shaoqing of Dali Temple" and "Du Yushi of Yushitai" are now singing Sure, the two of you gave the guide and imperial decree to other people and performed a good show of stealing dragons and turning phoenixes. It must be a big trouble for Ren Shikai to take the opportunity to write an article about this important matter. As soon as you come out, you have ulterior motives, you came to Shuzhou not only to let Ping An come back, tell me, why did you come?"

The two of them looked at each other, Qi Ran didn't hide anything, and said straight away, "I didn't intend to hide this matter from General Zhu, and we both have other reasons. General Zhu is the general of the army, guarding Shuzhou for a day. He was lax, and fought against Xiqiang more often. There is a saying in the military book: Know yourself and the enemy, and you can win every battle. It must be that General Zhu knows a lot about the affairs of Xiqiang."

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Zhu Xun frowned, deeply puzzled by Qi Ran's words.

"I would like to ask, Yan Yi, the former prince of Xiqiang, is he still alive?"

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Xun's face became more complicated, and the movement of picking up the teacup froze in the air. He lowered his eyes, and the emotions in his eyes were blocked, so that he couldn't tell that he was thinking. He raised his eyelids, looked at the two men with piercing eyes, and asked coldly, "Why do you ask this?"

"To tell the truth from the general, when we were in Xiangzhou, we found traces of Xiqiang people, but those people behaved differently from Xiqiang people, until we found this thing on a group of dead soldiers. That’s why I have such doubts, please take a look, General.”

Qi Ran took out a folded tissue paper from his pocket, got up and handed it over.

Zhu Xun took it and shook it open to see that the logo of the seven-feathered folded-tailed eagle was drawn on the drawing paper. Zhu Xun's pupils suddenly enlarged, and he carefully looked at every detail of the logo carefully. Looking at the two of them, their faces were full of disbelief, "This..."

"This is from the dead man." Qi Ran pursed his thin lips, "We speculated that this logo is indeed similar to the Xiqiang logo, the only difference is that the eagle's tail is folded, and the bird's tail is folded. It was the contempt and hatred for the Western Qiang monarch, and I read the history of Jin with doubts in my heart. There are only a few records in the history books that the former prince of the Western Qiang died in the palace change, but it is unclear, so I have this guess."

"Who was hunted down by the dead?"

"The situation is complicated and involves a lot, so please forgive me for not talking more," Qi Ran politely avoided the question.

Zhu Xun was not angry, but nodded, "The Qi family is famous for their integrity, I can trust them."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Xun glanced at the logo in his hand again, and sighed, "You are indeed smart, you can deduce so many things from this logo alone, just like you said that Yan Yi might still be alive."

Although they had expected this for a long time, they were still shocked when they heard the news.

Du Heng hurriedly asked, "If Prince Shengyuan is still alive, there will be no one in the entire Western Qiang Dynasty. The medical skills are quite popular among the people, so even if such a famous person loses power, he may not have any news at all."

"The civil strife in Xiqiang should have happened in the second year of Chengde," Zhu Xun recalled with a frown. When we took a breather, the emperor of Xiqiang was seriously ill, and Prince Shengyuan, who was on the front line to supervise the army, hurried back to Changling, the capital of Xiqiang. In fact, he let heavy soldiers ambush Yanyi on his way back to Beijing early, and took him down in one fell swoop. He spread the news of Prince Shengyuan's murder and death to Changling. Emperor Shunqing of Western Qiang died of depression. Holding a heavy army in his hands, he will succeed to the new king, and if anyone refuses to obey him, he will kill the whole family of this person, and then he will calm down."

"This Yan Yu is a ruthless man with iron and blood methods," Du Heng sighed, "Later, is this Prince Sheng Yuan really dead?"

"Prince Shengyuan did not have a big funeral back then. The prince feared that the matter would be fraudulent, so he sent people to lurk into the western Qiang territory to inquire about the news. The spy's identity was exposed and the body was hung outside the palace wall for several days. It was spread out, it was a secret language of Tianqi Baying, and only said one sentence: Sheng Yuan is Yan Yu's servant."

"Yan Yu turned Prince Shengyuan into a servant!" Qi Ran was shocked, and was stunned by the news, "No wonder he hates Yan Yu so deeply, and Zhewei also has this meaning."

Zhu Xun nodded, "I found out that I returned to Lin'an based on a single sentence without evidence or evidence. Perhaps no one would believe it, so the prince suppressed the matter and signaled me to speak up. Later, Da Jin intends to ease the relationship with Xi Qiang." A business route was opened to facilitate private exchanges between the two countries. I never thought that Xiqiang would take the opportunity to send espionage workers to scatter in the Ten Dao Dao of Jin Dynasty. Is Xiqiang meticulously working? Can you believe that the cute and cute children have passed on the layout of the Dajin city behind their backs? In the past 12 years, if Fang Taifu hadn’t discovered the clues and designed the capture, Dajin would have been completely infiltrated! "

This period of history is the darkest and most unwilling thing to mention in the Jin Dynasty. The words and sentences in the history book were written with countless blood stains. I believe that crying, wailing and praying constituted all the scenes in the year of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the battle of Bianjiang in the following year was covered with dead horses and shrouded in wild horse leather. King Yong'an died in battle, and Li Si, like thousands of children, became a The victim of the rivalry between the two countries.

Qi Ran picked up his teacup and took a sip. The world is very chaotic, the countries are in dispute, the court is in turmoil, the power is for power, the greedy for money is for wealth, but living has become the most difficult thing.

Maybe it was thinking of the past, or maybe it was thinking of the scenes of King Yong'an's death in battle, which seemed to be vivid and unforgettable, Zhu Xun rubbed the center of his brows tiredly, and even his voice became hoarse, "Yes Well, there is another important point in the matter of Xiqiang's meticulous work back then. One person said for self-protection that Yan Yu arranged the ninth princess of Xiqiang, who is also Yan Yi's younger sister, into the Great Jin Dynasty. Afterwards, I checked one by one according to what this person said, and there was no suitable person for the right number, so I thought he was talking nonsense, and the matter was left alone, but now thinking about it, something is always wrong. There is no news of the Nine Princesses in Xiqiang, as if they disappeared out of thin air."

"May I ask General Zhu if he still remembers where the nine princesses of Xiqiang are?" Qi Ran asked.

Zhu Xun frowned and thought about it, and answered uncertainly, "It seems to be... oh, it seems to be in Zhangzhou."

"Zhangzhou?" Du Heng called out, feeling a little agitated, "Why is Zhangzhou again, this is too coincidental."

"Why do you say that?"

Du Heng looked sideways at Qi Ran beside him, and repeated what he said to Ji Si that day, "Back then Ji..."

He glanced at Zhu Xun from the corner of his eye, and quickly changed his words, "A Yan handed over the logo of the seven-feathered eagle with folded tail to me, and asked me to check it for him. I read the records collected from the ground in the past years. It appeared in Chengde for 13 years, and coincidentally it was also in Zhangzhou, is there any connection between this?"

Qi Ran frowned, tapped his fingers on the table subconsciously, and thought about the connection with a serious face, "If Yan Yi, the crown prince of Shengyuan, is really alive, but was humiliated by Yan Yu as a servant in the Western Qiang Palace, this logo represents him, In the 13th year of Chengde, he might have escaped from Yan Yu, no matter how long Yan Yu stretched out his hand, he didn't dare to mess around in the territory of Dajin, then Yanyi must be in the territory of Dajin!"

"Xiangzhou is far away from Shuzhou to the east and west, so it's not so easy for him to appear in Zhangzhou. If he can travel thousands of miles away, Zhangzhou must have a reason to go, such as looking for someone," Qi Ran tapped on his hand. The strike stopped, raised his eyes and curled his lips into a smile and said, "Maybe that Xiqiang Xizuo is right, the Nine Princesses of Xiqiang are in Zhangzhou!"

Then what is the relationship between Master Ji and this matter?

Qi Ran didn't say it, but just thought about it in his heart.

Now everything points to Zhangzhou, there must be something here that I have overlooked.

Could it be that Master Ji was related to the Nine Princesses of Xiqiang?

This thought made Qi Ran's expression change, he unconsciously clenched the edge of the table, and his mind was confused.

Perhaps there was a tacit understanding, and Ji Si, who was far away in Wanping, saw some pictures in his sleep. In a simple house, a woman with a vague face spoke to him in a warm voice. The voice seemed to be close to his ears, and every word She said: "Xiaosi wants to be a promising person in the future, it is best to be a gentleman, punish rape and eliminate evil, and if she can leave Ji's house in the future, she will go far away and don't come back again. If I have a chance, I will visit my mother's hometown for my mother, and see if the yellow vines are blooming on the mountain."

An immature and weak child's voice sounded, and the distance could not be heard, which seemed extraordinarily unreal, "Isn't mother's home in Zhangzhou?"

"No," the woman's gentle voice sounded again, "Mother's hometown is far, far away from Zhangzhou, all the way to the west, and to the west of Dajin, there is a boundless grassland, and on the other side of the grassland is Mother's hometown..."

The child in the dream was a little drowsy, and the surrounding voices suddenly quieted down, leaving only a gentle singing voice. The singing voice was very gentle, but the lyrics made people feel strange, but just listening to the tune seemed to dispel all the haze and comfort the children. deepest panic,

The camera in the picture is a door. Ji Si watched the child standing in front of the door and slowly pushed the door open. Then he froze in place, trembling all over, and his eyes were wide open, as if they were going to bulge out.

Behind the door is a pair of naked/naked men and women. The woman's body is full of wounds, one cheek is swollen, dazzling blood slides down the corner of her mouth, her fragile neck is tightly grasped by two hands, her face is flushed and her eyes are round. Opening his mouth and drooling, his lips opened and closed silently, uttering a few words, Xiaosi, don't look.

Shouts came from behind, approaching from far away, suddenly, a hand appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Ji Si's arm, pulling him back forcefully, the force was so great that it seemed to tear him in half .

Ji Si frowned tightly, and his temples were wet with cold sweat. He opened his eyes suddenly and sat up, clutching his clothes tightly on his chest, panting heavily, as if he had walked through the gate of hell.

"My lord, what's the matter with you, I just called you several times and you didn't respond, but did you have a nightmare?" The first day of the junior high school asked worriedly, "I haven't had a good rest these days, I will make you a soothing soup later. "

The shortness of breath gradually calmed down. Ji Si swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva and glanced sideways at the window. Ben just took a nap. It was already dark when he woke up. He licked his lips and asked in a hoarse voice, "I How long have you slept?"

"It's been two hours. I saw you were sleeping soundly and didn't want to disturb you, but later on you started talking nonsense."

"What did I say?"

"You called Ji Si in your dream," Zhu Yingzhou on the bed stepped forward, and because he didn't have to act impromptuly, he resumed his youthful voice, "By the way, why did you call your name in your dream?"

Ji Si pursed his lips and did not answer. The dream he had just now was Master Ji's childhood memory, and the woman whose face could not be seen clearly was naturally Master Ji's mother, but why did this dream make him feel extremely weird and disturbed? And that song, I always feel like I have heard it somewhere, but it stands to reason that I grew up in Shuzhou and stayed in Lin'an for a few years later. I have never been to Zhangzhou, so how can I know the song of Zhangzhou? Where did it come from?

The more he thought about it, the more painful his head became. Ji Si held his head and rubbed it. Seeing the situation, he hurriedly asked, "Is there something wrong with your lord? Seeing that his face looks so bad, could it be that he is sick?"

"Nothing, maybe as you said, these few days are too tired."

Zhu Yingzhou is a little soft-hearted. After getting along these days, he feels that this season's silence is not as rumored. Qiao really didn't know what to do, hesitated for a while and expressed his favor, "Let the first day of the junior high school show you, this face is as pale as a ghost, without any blood."

"In retrospect, it was the first time you showed affection to me," Ji Si smiled. "Does it mean that you trust me? Why don't you tell me what you told me without telling me."

This time Zhu Yingzhou didn't answer, but bit his lip and turned his head away, as if he didn't want to talk more.

There was a bang on the window, and then I saw a dark figure stalking outside the window.

"Why do you have to enter through the window? Is this door just a decoration for you?" Ji Si said angrily.

Pei Zhan jumped into the room through the window, straightened his clothes and returned, "Tsk, I'm not used to it, and I won't be able to change it for a while."

"I'm fine. You look like you're here to have a private meeting with me. I'm afraid others will misunderstand."

"..."

Knowing this person's temperament, Pei Zhan is not as angry as before. On the contrary, he is a little accustomed to it. He sits at the table and drinks tea before talking about the business, "It is arranged according to what you said, but this way Can you really fool Cao Ping?"

"Don't do bad things during the day, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door at night. I don't want him to believe it. As long as he has a guilty conscience and makes dangerous moves, it's his courage to bet." Ji Si raised his eyes and looked at Pei Zhan at the table, saying every word Said: "This game, I will not lose."

Dark clouds filled the air outside the house, and the sky was so low that it seemed that it was about to collapse, and there was a breath of wind and rain everywhere.

At the same time, a figure hurried from Wanping to Lin'an with a booklet in his pocket.

A middle-aged man broke out in a cold sweat from being frightened by what he saw in the blue sky. A person who was dealt with by himself suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. The guilty panic was enough to scare people out of their wits.

Alone in Beiyan's camp, hearing the news from his subordinates, he laughed loudly, his face full of fierce confidence that he was determined to win.

A man dressed as a general stood on the top of the mountain, letting the strong wind make his clothes flutter, overlooking the cloud-shrouded Fanping City, with his hands behind his back, looking up at the clouds that were about to press down, he murmured, " It's going to change."

Wan Ping was disturbed, and Lin'an was in the center of the vortex, which was even more dangerous and intriguing.

The sound of chanting sutras was supposed to calm the mind, but when it was heard in the deep palace, it couldn't calm down the restlessness and uneasiness in people's hearts. On the contrary, it made the panic more obvious.

Her lips stopped, the movement of turning the prayer beads was also stunned, and the sound of chanting stopped abruptly. Concubine Shu slowly opened her eyes, looking at the Buddha statue in front of her without sorrow or joy, her eyes were full of sadness, and whispered: "If there is really retribution, Then the punishment will be on me, I am willing to bear it with all my strength, just ask..."

He didn't say the following words, the door of the Buddhist hall was pushed open, Ning Xiang walked in in a low voice, and greeted softly, "Why is your empress still in the Buddhist hall, it's time to go to wash up, the queen empress is entertaining the royal family, if you go late If it offends the empress, we must hurry up and not delay, I heard the news from the palace that Mrs. Mi'er is coming, so why don't you go talk to Mrs. Mi'er to relieve your boredom."

"She's inconvenient now, what's she going to do in the palace?" Concubine Shu's face suddenly darkened, "Yingming is the same, why don't you persuade me."

"People in the palace said that it was the lord's permission, and that Mrs. Mi'er is bored in the palace by herself, so it's better to go to the palace for a walk and be with you as a companion."

"It's what Kyungmin promised?" For some reason, Shupin felt even more disturbed and said nothing.

Hurrying to the Imperial Garden, the normally deserted garden was rarely lively today, and laughter could be heard from far away, Shu Concubine hurriedly bowed to greet her.

"Concubine Shu is here," Cao Yuhan said with a smile on her face, "Stop standing there, take a seat."

"Thank you, empress." Shupin straightened up and sat on the right side, sitting next to Mi'er, but her complexion was not very good, and she seemed to have lost a lot of weight, I don't know if it was because of her physical discomfort. It was not convenient to ask questions, so Concubine Shu had no choice but to keep her worries in her heart.

"The harem is busy with affairs, and I have always wanted to hold a family banquet, but I have not found the opportunity." Cao Yuhan sat at the head of the table, looking magnificent, elegant and luxurious, and there were not too many traces of time on her well-maintained face. Let's all be more casual, just have tea and chat about homework."

"Empress, don't you just eat tea?" Li Xi pouted, "My mother and concubine said that you prepared a lot of delicious food, but I didn't even use last night's dinner, so I was looking forward to coming to you to drink last night's food." make up for it."

"Princess Shunping is here to eat."

The concubine next to him was joking, and everyone covered their lips with handkerchiefs and laughed out loud.

Concubine Chang lost her temper because of this girl, she couldn't laugh or cry and said: "This girl Shunping is used to being pregnant by my concubine, and she has no one to guard her mouth, the queen should not care about her."

"It's okay, Shunping is obedient and obedient, don't talk about me, even the emperor loves her so much, just talk to Danrui about what you want to eat, you won't be hungry."

She said the latter sentence to Li Xi.

After Li Xi made such a fuss, everyone at the banquet relaxed a lot and talked about a lot of interesting things. Someone even mentioned a new little princess in the palace. The conversation was drawn here, and Cao Yuhan followed He continued, "Speaking of which, Qin Wang Xinna's side concubine is also pregnant. The emperor was not very happy when he heard about it. In terms of this, he is the first little grandson in the palace. Concubine Shu will be blessed in the future."

"It's a trivial matter whether you're lucky or not. I just hope that this child will be safe and happy." Shu Concubine answered quickly, lest she might be too late to be offended.

Everyone in the harem is aware of the grievances between Concubine Shu and the Empress, and they have always wanted to watch the excitement, but Concubine Shu has always been wise and safe, and she will not leave Dongyuan Hall for a few years without incident, so she did not find a chance to see a concubine. It was a good show. Seeing this, they became more energetic and looked at the two with different thoughts.

"Concubine Shu's temperament is still so indifferent to the world, it seems a bit vulgar to me." Cao Yuhan covered her lips and smiled, the meaning behind the words was hard to understand.

Concubine Shu's face panicked, and she quickly got up, "I don't dare!"

"Look at you, but how can you take it seriously if you just chat casually? If you say it, it's my fault. Sit down."

"Yes."

Cao Yuhan's smile remained undiminished, her eyes fell on Mi'er who was below Concubine Shu, and she waved, "My good boy, come and let Ben Gong take a look."

Mi'er's face was pale, and she subconsciously looked at Concubine Shu who was beside her, who nodded at her, and then she carefully got up and moved forward, saluting with lowered eyes.

"This is the first emperor's grandson of our Great Jin Dynasty," Cao Yuhan's slender and white hand landed on Mi'er's slightly swollen abdomen, stroking gently,

It felt like being stared at the softest place by a wild beast, which made people tremble uncontrollably. Mi'er bit her lower lip tightly, and then resisted the fear of backing away, until Cao Yuhan withdrew her hand, and then let go. Take a breath.

"Danrui," hearing the sound, Danrui who was waiting at the side quickly took out a string of wooden beads from her bosom and handed it to Mi'er.

The latter was full of panic, and his thin and sharp chin made him look weaker, like a lamb caught in a pack of wolves, shaking his head non-stop.

"It's just a string of Buddhist beads I went to Hongfu Temple to ask for. It's my palace's kindness to this unborn little grandson." Cao Yuhan still had a smile on his face, but his eyes looking at Mi'er were cold and devoid of affection , the words made people panic even more, "I only hope that the little grandson can be born safely."

Mi'er raised her eyes, and met Cao Yuhan's eyes, disturbed by the last sentence, she had no memory of what was said at the banquet, and her whole mind wandered out of the palace, following Concubine Shu in a daze .

"Mier, Mier..."

"Ah?" Mi'er suddenly realized, and looked at Concubine Shu in panic.

"You complexion is not good, but you are not feeling well? Is the anti-abortion decoction available today?" Concubine Shu asked with concern.

"I'm a little tired, I'll be fine in a while." Mi'er forced a smile, "The decoction is used up, and the prince boiled it himself."

"It's been a bit hard for this woman to be pregnant. I think I suffered a lot when I was pregnant with Jingming. I'm afraid it will be even harder if you are weak and unstable, and so is Jingming. How can I let you out?"

Mentioning that Li Hongyu Mi'er's face was terrified for a moment, then returned to normal, just smiled, bowed his head and remained silent until he reached the gate of the palace.

Before leaving the palace, Concubine Shu held her hand tightly, and sighed, "If Jingming has wronged you, mother and concubine are here to apologize for him like you, don't take it to heart, the relationship between husband and wife It's human nature to knock and squat at intervals, but don't create gaps and ruin the relationship."

Mi'er still didn't make a sound, just nodded, turned around and left the palace.

Looking at the back of a thin person who seemed to fall down when the wind blows, Concubine Shu's eyes were red, and she said in a low voice: "I remember, she was a person who liked to laugh when she was in the palace, but now... forget it, forget it, Let's go back."

The carriage of King Qin's Mansion had been waiting outside the palace gate early on, and the coachman rushed up to meet the person as soon as he came out, lifted the curtain and helped the person in, the wheels drove away slowly, and the hawking on both sides of the street also became quiet.

Halfway through the walk, Mi'er suddenly felt cramping pains in her abdomen. The pain caused her to break out in a cold sweat. The sweat soaked her clothes and hair, and her fingertips turned white and sank into the tender flesh of her palms. Resisting one tenth of the pain, it was as if someone used a red-hot iron to pierce the chest, burning the soft flesh in the abdomen, blood and flesh mixed together, the pain was so painful that she didn't even have the strength to speak, Biting his lower lip to bloody flesh, he squeezed out a little voice: "Stop...stop...call the doctor...doctor..."

The carriage didn't stop, and was still driving at a constant speed. Mi'er was covered in cold sweat, and her whole body seemed to be fished out of the water. She fell down on the floor of the carriage, trembling and clutching the maid who was watching coldly, and said in pain: "Go to the clinic... find... find a doctor..."

The servant girl's expression didn't change, she just said coldly, "Ma'am, just bear with it for half an hour."

Hearing this, Mi'er was stunned, her mind went blank, she seemed to understand something, no one would come to rescue her, everything was arranged, her five fingers slipped down the maid's skirt, she curled up into a ball, sweating The vision was blurred, the blood on the lower lip had dried up, and even licking it with the tongue could still feel the tingling sensation from the small wound on it.

The abdominal cramps became more and more severe, and she couldn't help shedding tears from the pain. When the tears welled up in her eyes, something else slowly flowed out of her body, scorching hot, as if some connection had dissipated, just like that from Mi'er's body. Flowing out from her body, her body twitched, her eyelids gradually became heavier, everything around her became silent, and the silence was terrifying.

A little sleepy, Mi'er thought to herself.

I wish I woke up and nothing happened.

The footsteps were hurried, and everyone in the Qin Palace had serious expressions on their faces. No one made a sound. Their eyes fell on Li Hongyu who was standing in the courtyard, and he hurriedly moved away. When the door was opened and closed, pots of blood flowed from the room. When it was brought out, the blood was dazzling, making Li Hongyu's eyes three points red.

With a "creak", the door was pushed open again, and a white-haired old man came out.

Li Hongyu hurriedly went up to meet him, and said anxiously, "How is it? Is it all right?"

"Back to the lord, Mrs. Mi'er is fine, but, alas..." The doctor sighed, "My lady's body is going to be weaker, but I'm still a little depressed because of lack of energy, this medicine has a strong effect. The lower official's medical skills are superficial, really... really powerless to save the fetus in Madam's womb."

The news hit Li Hongyu like a thunderbolt. He staggered a few steps, his eyes were dull, his eyes were red, and his lips moved.

His Adam's apple slipped, and he choked up and asked, "How could this be? How could this be? If I have done something wrong, then I will be punished. Why should I punish my unborn child!"

"Dare to ask the prince, what did the princess touch or use two hours ago?"

"Why do you ask such a question?"

The doctor said in a deep voice, "Your official believes that Madam's tire slip this time was not an accident, but was killed by someone!"

Li Hongyu's pupils suddenly dilated. At this time, the servant girl on the side knelt on the ground crying, her voice was full of tears, "My lord, Madam treats my slaves with such kindness as a mountain, and my servants will definitely not do ungrateful things. The prince told my servants to be careful." Take care of Madam, the servants never dare to let Madam touch the food utensils outside the mansion, but today the Queen Empress entertained the royal family members and used some food in the palace..."

"Okay." Li Hongyu's complexion changed, his eyes were red like blood, he clenched his hands into fists, the backs of his hands were congested and blue veins bulged, he suppressed his sadness and interrupted the servant girl's words.

He felt very uncomfortable in his heart, but the remaining rationality knew that if this matter got out, there would be a storm, and the Qin Palace would become the center of the whirlpool, and he could no longer protect himself wisely, so he waved his hand with a haggard heart. , with a hoarse voice, "Don't mention this matter again, let's leave it at that, my king will go in and see my wife."

After all, Li Hongyu walked into the room slowly with heavy steps. It was dusk, and the afterglow of the setting sun entered the room. The orange halo added a little warmth, and the smell of blood and bitter medicine permeated the air. It doesn't disperse, and it blends into an indescribable smell.

There was a person lying on the bed, his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, his chin was thin, his neck was slender, his black hair was scattered all over the bed, his eyes were empty and lifeless looking at the bed curtain, his whole person was fragile and lifeless, like a beautiful and arbitrary person. Like a puppet that people are playing with, they have never even laughed or cried. They lie quietly on the bed, as if they will lose their breath in the next second.

"Mi'er," Li Hongyu walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, leaned over and lightly brushed someone's hair, and lowered his tone to comfort him, "This king knows that you feel uncomfortable in your heart, why not this king, your body is already weak now If you suffer from this crime again, you need to rest more, and this king will also accompany you more, so you need to get better soon."

Even though Li Hongyu said a lot, the person on the bed still didn't respond at all, his eyes were like a pool of stagnant water, dark and deep, and he couldn't see the bottom at a glance.

Li Hongyu sighed, "This king will treat you well. This child has little luck with you, and you will have children of your own in the future."

He's talking about you, not us.

Mi'er trembled slightly, slowly rolled her eyes, looked at the man in front of her, her voice was so hoarse that she needed to get closer to understand what she was saying, "My lord...I...I want to go home..."

"Silly girl," Li Hongyu's hands moved more and more gently, and the corners of his lips raised a nice smile, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, and there was even a chill in his eyes, "This is your home, where else do you want to go?" ? Don't talk nonsense."

The warm light of the setting sun shone in the room, but there was no warmth at all. On the contrary, it made people feel chills from the bottom of their hearts, and their bodies trembled endlessly, just like falling into an ice cave in the cold winter, with no hope of life in sight.

Although they wanted to suppress it, the most secret thing in Lin'an City was that it could not be concealed. The news spread like wildfire, but within a day, everyone heard about Qin Wang Xinna's concubine's miscarriage, and they were in an uproar. different.

Some people said that it was the reason why the lady of Qin Palace was weak and unable to keep the child; some said that she was murdered by an adulterer; Something happened when I came back. It is probably because the queen was afraid that King Qin would have a cruel hand. If there is a young grandson in Prince Qin's mansion, then there will be another candidate who is qualified to succeed. precedent.

The rumors in the public are in full swing, as if they have seen it with their own eyes or heard it with their own ears. One spreads ten, ten spreads a hundred. It is unknown who first spread the word. At first, not many people believed it, but as more and more people said it. Many, everyone had a vague bias in their hearts, thinking that this matter must have something to do with the Queen.

The rumors got out of hand, and naturally spread to the ears of Emperor Chengde. His body became more and more decrepit, with sunken cheeks and high cheekbones. He often woke up from nightmares at night, and sometimes felt that there were ghosts around him demanding his life. Straight people scared out of their wits.

The grievances linger, but the roof can't be repaired, and Emperor Chengde can't, so he can only rely on Yan Yipei's tranquilizing medicine again to close his eyes.

At this moment, he covered his lips and coughed, as if there was a piece of thick phlegm in his throat, he couldn't swallow it or spit it out, he felt very uncomfortable, "cough cough, what's wrong with Prince Qin's Mansion?"

"The servant sent and wrote some things as His Majesty said. Madam didn't eat or drink, and she seemed to have lost her soul. Looking at it made people feel distressed. She was not in good health and now she suffered a crime. I don't know if I can't bear it. Make it through." Sun Hai let out a long sigh.

"Where is King Qin?"

"Qin Prince's mansion is closed to thank guests. The prince stays in the house all day long. The prince treats his wife with great affection and love. He doesn't say anything on the face, but the slaves can see that the prince's sadness is only a lot, and he looks thinner. Quite a few."

"You said...cough cough cough, is this really what the queen did?" Emperor Chengde narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Slaves don't dare to speak nonsense," Sun Hai quickly lowered his head, "The empress's heart is kind, and her virtues are in the world. There must be countless rumors in the market."

"The heart of the house is kind?" Emperor Chengde sneered, "I want to recover from illness in the past few days.