Let me eat a soft meal

After Ye Xuan's legs had almost recovered, he went into Concubine Liang's tent. Although he had dealt with it, there was still a slight fishy smell inside. The child who died at birth had already been taken away, except for the person who delivered the baby at that time. , No one has seen it, and Nanny Chen is not there.

Ye Xuan was not surprised. After all, the world respects "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen", even the delivery room is not allowed to enter, let alone a stillbirth, and those who are "unlucky" are not allowed to see his parents and elder brothers.

Otherwise, the officials from the Ministry of Rituals who came along would cry and shout to His Majesty to think twice, Your Highness to think twice.

Ye Xuan came in silently and stood at the door, silently watching the concubine Liang crying with her face covered in the emperor's arms, the emperor patted her on the back to comfort her in a low voice, saying "there will be more in the future", In fact, the sadness in those dragon eyes is only on the surface, and it is more of a kind of deep thought.

He was obviously here, but he was very absent-minded. Ye Xuan guessed that he was probably thinking whether this incident was sudden or accidental.

It is logical to carefully consider everything from the beginning to the end, but accidents caused by too many coincidences will inevitably make people worry. If it is man-made, who did it?Queen?That's too stupid.

Ye Xuan and the emperor's thoughts coincided with each other. He observed Concubine Liang for a while, and found that she was not as weak and weak as he imagined, perhaps because of excessive sadness, there was a strange thin red on her cheeks, and her breathing was very rapid. The clothes covering his chest bent down in pain, and his emotions were difficult to control for a while.

Ye Xuan was about to leave, but was stopped by the emperor, "Xuan'er, come here."

"Father, mother." Ye Xuan walked over slowly and was hugged by Concubine Liang who was on the bed.

"Xuan'er, my son..." The emotional cry was drowned in his clothes, turning into a muffled sob.

Ye Xuan was slightly stunned, her brows were collected calmly, and she lowered her eyelids, Concubine Liang was sobbing intermittently, which obviously made people feel heartbroken, but Ye Xuan felt strangely that Concubine Liang was not as sad as before Before he found out about the pregnancy, he made a big fuss in Luohua Palace.

The feeling of ostentation.

Ye Xuan was feeling strange when he suddenly felt Concubine Liang leave his arms. With tears in her red eyes, she looked at the emperor with tears in her eyes, and said in despair, "I have no face to face Your Majesty after giving birth to a stillborn baby. Give Xuan'er a fief, stay away from the capital, and let me go with Xuan'er."

Ye Xuan raised his eyelids in astonishment, surprise flashed by, he didn't expect Concubine Liang to make such a request at this time, did he retreat to advance?

Whatever the reason, leaving Kyoto was exactly what he wanted.

The princes of Daliang would usually be given the title of county king after leaving the palace to build a mansion. For example, the eldest prince Ye Zhuo was titled Yu, but because this word has a meaning of leisure, neither the concubine De nor the eldest prince like it very much, so few people I will call him King Yu, but still call him His Highness the Prince.

For example, princes who are supported by factional forces are usually only given titles but not lands, and stay in the middle of the capital to listen to the government, while princes who have been granted fiefs must go to the fiefs without the emperor's approval, and they are not easily allowed to enter Beijing.

After Ye Xuan made the promise with Xie Yushu, he had been thinking about how to get the emperor to give him the title of king and land earlier. He could see that the emperor's so-called preference for him was actually the same as the love for the concubine Liang, which was superficial.He is now pushing himself out as a target, mostly to protect the real heir behind him.

There are still six years before he leaves the palace, and in six years, even mud can lie on the wall to bluff people.He didn't believe that at that time, the emperor would really keep him in Beijing.

The main reason is that six years are too long, Ye Xuan is already tired of everything in the palace, and wants to go out early, and take away Xie Yushu, who has not fully shown his talent, and he has been trying to figure out a way to let the emperor let go, Xie Yushu was sent to Qingzhou This incident gave him an unprecedented sense of crisis.

He felt that he couldn't wait and had to hurry up with Xie Yushu, so he kept checking what the second prince had revealed, hoping to increase his bargaining chips.

Ye Xuan never thought that Concubine Liang would propose the matter of becoming king.

He suppressed the inquiring surprise in his eyes, stood there with downcast eyes, and heard the emperor's half-majestic and half-warning scolding, "Nonsense."

"It was just an accident, and I didn't blame you." The emperor showed the gentleness that had once coaxed Luo Wanqing.

Concubine Liang had broken tears in her eyes, and a bitter smile on her face, "Your Majesty, I'm already tired, I don't want to stay in the palace anymore, no one has ever expected the arrival of this child, let me and Xuan Let's go, I would like to go to Cangzhou..."

Cangzhou, like Gyeongju, is a border territory and is often harassed by grassland nomads. Ancheng is the northernmost part of Cangzhou.

The emperor rejected her opinion, "Cangzhou is a remote place where wars are frequent, how can you go there? My concubine, don't think too much, I'm here, there will be children in the future, and it's important to take good care of your body... Don't worry, wait until later." Xuan'er is getting older, I will definitely reward him with a piece of land, what do you think about the title Zhao?"

"The bright moon is bright, which means the dawn..."

"Sanlang." Concubine Liang suddenly called out this title, the emperor paused, looking at Concubine Liang's delicate and pitiful face under her sickness, a moment of warmth suddenly surged in her heart.

Concubine Liang took his hand and put it on her face, closed her eyelashes with tears in her eyes, and said in a delicate and aggrieved voice, "Sanlang, do you still remember that I once said that I wanted to go to the border? I have been in the palace for several years. No, now... it is even more impossible to go far."

"Sanlang, I have never regretted marrying you as my concubine and having children for you, but I regret not being able to realize my original idea."

"If possible, I hope Xuan'er can go, you can take it as my last wish..."

The emperor looked at Concubine Liang's completely trusting face, and softened his attitude a little. He stroked her cheek and said with pity, "Don't talk nonsense, when you are well, I will take you, and Xuan'er will take you too."

"Sanlang, I just have such a wish, just promise me." Concubine Liang Lihua whispered with rain.

The emperor compromised, sighed and agreed repeatedly.

Concubine Liang probably cried too much, she was very dizzy, and her stomach hurt a little, she took the emperor's hand and acted like a baby to let him accompany him, the emperor was a little impatient but agreed.

Ye Xuan resigned first on the grounds that he was going to change the laundry.The emperor looked at the blood-stained clothes on his body and couldn't say much.

Ye Xuan felt that Concubine Liang's attitude seemed very strange. He hadn't mentioned the stillbirth just now. He frowned and went into his tent, washed up and changed a set of clothes, and found that Tai'an hadn't come back yet, turned around and went to Pei Sheng's. tent.

Pei Cheng was eating, and rolled his eyes angrily, "Don't look for me, I don't know where he is, after pulling me away earlier, he ran away without saying a word."

"Where did you go?"

"How do I know?" Pei Cheng saw that he had a bad expression on his face, and added awkwardly, "I think he went down the mountain with those steady women, and he seemed to say who he was going to see when he left. Bar."

Ye Xuan got out of Pei Cheng's tent, thought for a while, but still didn't go down the mountain to look.

Because Concubine Liang was born prematurely and was unwell, the emperor ordered her to rest for another day and return to the palace.

Just at night, Ye Xuan lit the lamp and was flipping through the book left by Xie Yushu. While rubbing the small letters with hairpin flowers in the blank space with his fingers, he thought deeply about Concubine Liang's sudden premature birth and abnormality today.

He carefully went over the development of the matter in his mind before and after, and concluded that this was by no means an accident.Some people are plotting, but they don't know who the person behind the scenes is and what their purpose is, whether Concubine Liang is just planning, or has other ideas.

Just as he was thinking, footsteps sounded outside the tent, and Pei Cheng's servant whispered outside, "Your Highness Seventh, my young master invites you to come over."

Tyan is back.

Ye Xuan grabbed the cloak and put it on and was about to leave, just as he nodded with the boy, suddenly there was a commotion in the opposite tent, the maid stumbled out with blood on her hands and shouted in panic, "Come here, it's not good, the concubine Liang is bleeding profusely! "

……

The camp was brightly lit, maids came in and out, clear hot water went in and a basin of blood came out, it seemed that there was more blood than at the time of delivery, but the blood still couldn't stop, the imperial doctors shook their heads one by one, knelt on the ground trembling.

In the end all the imperial physicians came out, the emperor smashed things, pointed at these people and scolded, "A bunch of trash! What use is it for me to support you!"

Ye Xuan's head was a little dazed, he didn't even know when Tai'an and Pei Cheng came, he stared blankly at the direction of the tent, the fire light was reflected on his bloodless face, his ears were buzzing, he couldn't hear clearly What others say, but he can see through everyone's actions.

The emperor's face is full of dismay and anger, which stems from the unexpected development of the matter; the empress's seemingly sad expression is filled with uncontrollable gloating, even though her daughter is likely to be punished; the sixth princess sits limply on the ground, devastated Looking at his hands, tears could not be controlled from falling down his face...

Ye Xuan was silent from beginning to end, feeling unreal.

He opened the curtain and walked into the tent stiffly. Concubine Liang was lying on the bed without a sound, with a faint smile on her face, as if she was dreaming some sweet dream.

He knelt down beside the bed and held a hand, which was still warm. There were small wounds left by embroidery on her fingers. Her skin was already fair, but after she lost too much blood, it was even whiter than a piece of thin paper. The blue blood vessels on the back of the hand are distinct.

Both the emperor and the empress came in, there seemed to be applause and crying, someone was forcibly pressed and pushed to the side of the bed, Ye Xuan turned his head and saw that it was Ye Ling who was in a panic.

Her cheeks were red and swollen with tears streaming down her face, her eyes were full of fear, she kept shaking her head and opening her mouth to talk, she knelt in front of the emperor and raised her head to explain that she really didn't want to harm anyone, it was really just an accident, the emperor kept a cold face , the queen also knelt on the ground and hugged the collapsed Ye Ling.

Suddenly everyone's faces turned to the door. Somehow they heard something. The emperor suddenly stood up, the empress looked horrified, and the sixth princess looked at her mother and concubine in disbelief.

Ye Xuan turned to look at the person who broke in. It was the doctor Zheng. He was holding the bloody clothes that had been changed from Concubine Liang earlier, and he was holding a cuff that was covered with powder. He opened and closed his mouth.

Ye Xuan heard it clearly, and he said—"This is oleander pollen, which is highly toxic. People who are poisoned will have symptoms such as heart palpitations, abdominal pain, dizziness, nausea, and loss of appetite. Passed the meal..."

Before Imperial Physician Zheng finished speaking, the emperor kicked the queen to the ground with an angry expression on his face, "Poisonous woman!"

"Your Majesty, it's not a concubine, there is no concubine!"

"Who else is it if it's not you! You are the only one who grows oleanders in the whole palace!" The emperor was so angry that his chest heaved and heaved. Come and hold me, let someone bring the medicine.

The queen calmed down, her brain was still bright, and she quickly explained, "Your Majesty, it is precisely because there are oleanders in the concubine's courtyard that it is impossible for the concubine to be a concubine! There are so many poisons in the world, why should the concubine do such a thing that burns me?" !"

"From Ling'er falling into the water, then the miscarriage of the concubine Liang, and then to the oleander... Your Majesty! This is someone who framed the concubine!" The queen cried while hugging the sixth princess.

After the emperor took the medicine, his furious mood stabilized a bit, but his complexion was still unsightly.

It was the imperial guards who suddenly came in with the handicapped old lady in the palace. Ye Xuan recognized at a glance that it was Nanny Chen, her eyes were dark and she did not speak.

Commander Wei stepped forward, "Your Majesty, this man just sneaked around in the camp and still has a bottle of medicine on him."

Imperial physician Zheng took the medicine, spilled some powder, and identified, "Your Majesty, this is oleander pollen!"

Zhao An recognized Nanny Chen, and approached the emperor in shock and whispered into the emperor's ear. The emperor sneered, "Well, you are an ungrateful and betraying dog slave! Who instructed you to do this!"

"No, no instructions." Nanny Chen said tremblingly, but raised her head to look in the Queen's direction.

The queen was furious, "Bold dog slave, tell the truth, who instructed you to frame me!"

Nanny Chen shook her head, and suddenly knocked to the ground. Commander Wei was afraid that there would be no proof, so he quickly grabbed her hair and forced her to look up. Then he saw Nanny Chen's expression contorted, with blood rushing out of her seven orifices.

She didn't seem to have expected that, she opened her eyes wide in horror and stared in Queen Li's direction, she stretched out her hand and opened her mouth, blood rushed to overflow, and she could only hear her yelling, "Help me, help me……"

The poison was released very quickly, and there was no sound in a blink of an eye.

"No, not a concubine! No!"

Pa——Empress Li was slapped to the ground, with blood dripping from the corner of her mouth.

"Poisonous woman! Even the position in the middle palace can't satisfy your selfish desires. It seems that I will not keep you! Come here, draw up an order!"

"Your Majesty, no—"

……

In the spring of the 25th year of Emperor Wu of Liang, the six princesses collided with the concubine Liang, resulting in dystocia.

Ye Xuan probably knew that the imperial decree was obtained from the emperor the day before Concubine Liang died.

The emperor never doubted Concubine Liang. After all, she used to beg him for many things in such a coquettish manner. Although he was already tired of her appearance, he still remembered that the evidence of the queen's poisoning was not sufficient, and he didn't want to think about it for the time being. After the abolition, he only pushed this matter to the sixth princess to conceal it as an accident, and then, as if to supplement it, buried the good concubine with the imperial concubine ceremony.

The day Ye Xuan left the palace, he was dressed in white. He waited for a long time at the gate of the palace. Tai'an was sitting in front of the carriage holding a short knife. A mature man's voice came from the carriage, asking him what he was waiting for.

Ye Xuan didn't answer, just looked down at the blood jade bead in his hand.

Suddenly I heard the familiar neighing of a horse.

He turned his head, and saw the young man in Tsing Yi riding a big red horse with four corners straight to the gate of the city, and was chased by a group of guards and stopped a foot away.

Xie Yushu got off his horse and wanted to come over, "Zixuan!"

Ye Xuan finally showed a very shallow smile.