Crossing the East Palace

In the 19th year of Tianyuan, on September 23, Jiang Hanyi's first seven days.

The queen was walking in the courtyard of Qingning Palace.

Although all the palace servants who had served her were killed, the emperor personally made up for her, and the empress had many inconveniences.But, on the other hand, since these people are all the emperor's people, then those Xiaoxiao naturally dare not do anything to her and the child in her belly at this time. The queen is still at ease.

As for those dead palace people... The queen looked at the ground that had been cleaned and could not see a trace of blood stains. She could only rejoice that she had a good brother. From her, I asked for the records of the names, hometowns and family members of those palace people, and sent people to subsidize those dead palace people.The family members of those who were Lingchi's personal servants also received the most subsidies.Because of this, although many palace people still shivered when they looked at her, fortunately they no longer felt that she was too cruel.

After all, the person who gave the order that day was the emperor, right?

"Chun Xing, Xia He, I'm tired, please help me back to the palace."

Chun Xing and Xia He were both maids of honor who served the fifth princess.Now the queen has no one to subdue by herself, so she has to use the people of the fifth princess first.She sent these people to the side of the fifth princess, and it is not inappropriate to use them now.

Chun Xing and Xia He answered softly, supporting the queen one by one, and walked into the hall.

The queen was leaning slightly on the beauty's couch, and was making the little palace maid beat her legs, when she saw the fifth princess coming with bird's nest porridge gracefully.

The queen has no caring person around her now, and the elder sister has no time to come to the palace due to the accident of her two nephews, so seeing the fifth princess at this moment, she is full of joy.

"Why did Wu'er bring the bird's nest porridge in person again?" The queen said angrily, "These menial tasks should be done by the court ladies."

The fifth princess pursed her lips and smiled.

The other two first-class maids Qiuju and Dongmei who were serving the fifth princess hurriedly said: "I don't know, our princess is very filial, not only brought the bird's nest porridge in person, but our princess cooked the bird's nest herself? Our princess There is a world to learn from your love for your empress."

The fifth princess glared at the two of them: "You want to talk too much? Are you all going down?"

When the queen heard this, her heart became more and more angry.

It's just that she's not hungry at the moment, after tasting a few bites, she put down the bird's nest, took the fifth princess's hand, and said lovingly: "The queen mother has neglected you these days for the sake of the child in her belly and the affairs of the harem. Queen Mother?"

The fifth princess immediately lowered her head, shook her head, and her eyes were slightly red: "With the empress's words today, no matter how much she is left out, the daughter can bear it. Besides, the daughter's food and clothing are all in accordance with the mother's mother's expenses. Take the example of the princess. If the queen mother does not love her daughter, how can the daughter have such a blessing? The queen mother loves her daughter, and the daughter knows it in her heart."

The queen patted the fifth princess's hand and said, "It's good for Wu'er to know. In the whole life of my mother, I am afraid that you will have only one daughter. It is said that the daughter is the mother's little padded jacket, and you are the only little padded jacket of the mother. You honor the mother, Naturally, the queen mother will also feel pain for you in her heart."

The fifth princess not only had red eyes this time, but also shed a few tears.

The queen patted the back of the fifth princess's hand again, smiling more lovingly.

The mother and daughter said a few more words, and the fifth princess got up to leave.Now the queen can't trust anyone, and all the affairs of the Qingning Palace are managed by the fifth princess.Therefore, the fifth princess even squeezed out the time to connect with the queen.

Naturally, the queen did not forbid, she only told the palace servants to serve the fifth princess well, and then let the fifth princess take Qiuju Dongmei away.

When the people left, the queen suddenly felt hungry again, and she smiled slightly, feeling that the child in her belly was really naughty.

Then she pointed to the bowl of bird's nest porridge and said, "Bring the bird's nest porridge."

Chun Xing and Xia He were pointed out by her to the fifth princess, and she always strictly prohibited her orders.But this time, the two glanced at each other, their thin bodies trembling slightly, and they knelt side by side in front of the queen.

The queen was startled, her heart beating more and more violently, she just felt that something bad was going to happen.

"Go! First close the door to Ben Gong, let those servants supervise each other, and no one is allowed to come within two feet of the door!"

Chun Xing hurriedly got up to pass on the queen's order, then closed the palace door, and finally knelt down in front of the queen again.

"You two are like this," the queen stared, "What do you want to say? Is there something wrong with the bird's nest porridge sent by the fifth princess?"

Chun Xing hurriedly shook her head, with a look of fear on her face: "No, no, this bird's nest porridge is very nourishing. The servant girl, the servant girl heard from the fifth princess that this is the way she found after spending a lot of effort to make the bird's nest porridge right. Pregnant women are especially nourishing."

A stone fell from the queen's heart, and she was slightly relieved.

It's a pity that she was lifted up again just after she breathed a sigh of relief.

"But," Chun Xing didn't even dare to say anything, she kowtowed repeatedly until her forehead bled, and she refused to stop, she just said, "Damn the slave! Damn the slave! It's right for the slave to betray the master." Cut to pieces!"

Xia He on the side kowtowed again and again, saying the same words as Chun Xing.

The queen refused to believe it at first, but seeing Chun Xing bleeding from her forehead, and Xia He's panic and fear, she couldn't help jumping in her heart, and said sharply, "But what? Say it!"

Chun Xing shed tears, turned around on her knees, bowed in the direction of the side hall where the fifth princess lived, then turned to the queen, and said, "Although the bird's nest is a great tonic, ordinary people eat too much." There is still one in the empress's belly, so she will not be empty, but the child in her belly will be much bigger than the child of an ordinary pregnant woman. This is not a bad thing, after all, whose family Everyone likes a big fat son. Only when the child is big and strong can he survive? However, the servant girl accidentally heard the fifth princess whisper that the child is too fat in the mother's body, and the birth canal may not be dilated, but the child's head is too big , was suffocated to death in the mother's stomach, and the mother herself would die of exhaustion; of course, it is also possible that the mother was exhausted. Kang's child was taken out, but if this happens, the mother...will die."

The queen collapsed on the couch.

But she still refused to believe it in her heart: "Impossible, impossible. My Wu'er wouldn't be like this. She is so young, how could she know about the conspiracy? Maybe she was deceived, but she can't tell." .”

"Your Majesty!" Xia He was originally aggressive and courageous, so he couldn't help saying: "My Majesty, it's good to only be the Fifth Princess, but you know that the Fifth Princess doesn't even recognize her own mother. When it comes to Concubine Xin, she never calls her concubine mother, which shows that the fifth princess is not filial by nature! There is also the ninth princess, who is the younger sister of the fifth princess. It stands to reason that siblings should be close, but the fifth princess has two or three times. Seeing that Princess Jiu was being bullied, she just walked quietly by without asking a single question, obviously she is a cold-hearted, unfilial and disrespectful person, how could the empress think she is a good person?"

Cold-hearted and cold-hearted, not filial or fraternal.

Every word hit the Queen's heart fiercely.

"Yes, ma'am." Chun Xing said, "That's all for the ninth princess, and the fifth princess just ignores her. But, but does your majesty know how the twelve princesses died? When the twelve princesses were born, their bodies were so strong, Even the imperial physician said that Princess Twelve was a rare healthy child in the palace, and she would surely grow up smoothly. However, how could Princess Twelve pass away suddenly, did the empress never suspect that day? "

The queen only felt her heart beating violently, and the baby in her belly seemed to be coming out soon.But she continued to ask: "Twelve, my little Twelve, how did she die? How did she die? Why did Wu'er kill her? Also, why did Wu'er kill Bengong? If you don’t come up with a reason, I will immediately have you two made into human pigs and thrown into those huts used by eunuchs, say!”

Chun Xing was not afraid at all, she swore a poisonous oath, kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty, don't you really know why the Fifth Princess wanted to kill the Twelve Princesses? The Fifth Princess has always said that only the princess who is raised by the aunt's side is the most honorable princess." In the past, she was the only one beside the empress. Among the princesses in the palace, the fifth princess was always the first one. Later, the twelve princesses were born. She was smart and cute, and she was the youngest. The princess, the emperor, the queen, the prince, and everyone inside and outside the palace, all love the twelve princesses very much. How can the fifth princess not feel jealous? With the twelve princesses, the fifth princess will retreat In the land of shooting, the fifth princess lived in the nunnery for seven years before she was one year old, and after she was seven years old, she was like a lowly maidservant, serving her with all her heart, not because she wanted to be the first-class by her side Princess? The twelfth princess doesn't have to spend any effort to get what the fifth princess has worked so hard to get. How can the fifth princess not hate the twelfth princess?"

The queen stared at the two in a daze, only feeling a sharp pain in her heart, she didn't even notice that the amniotic fluid had broken.

Xia He continued: "Speaking of which, the fifth princess also spent a lot of time trying to harm the twelve princesses. She used unclean sweet ice cubes and secretly fed them to the twelve princesses every day. How old is the twelve princesses? A two-year-old child , who doesn’t like sweetness? The fifth princess treats her with a pleasant face, and the twelfth princess only treats her as a good sister, and the two sisters keep a secret together. Become weak, and when the twelve princesses became weak, the fifth princess bribed the servants, opened the window at night, put a basin of ice cubes under the bed, and lifted the quilt, so that the two-year-old twelve princesses suffered overnight. Cold, after a high fever, it’s gone.”

When the queen heard the actions of opening the window, putting the ice basin, and lifting the quilt behind the fifth princess, she suddenly felt familiar.

Chun Xing said again: "As for what the empress said, why did the fifth princess want to harm you? This...you don't know yet? The fifth princess didn't care about her own mother in order to please you. In front of many people, she said" After the words of "I would rather not marry than marry the Shen family", the words that the fifth princess should not marry before the age of 20 spread. The fifth princess is filial to you, respects you, and wants you to be the master for her and break those rumors, but the empress For the sake of confinement, I didn't take action for the time being. The fifth princess mistakenly thought that the empress didn't want her anymore, so how could she not hate her? Couldn't she just be angry and do such stupid things, wash her hands and make soup for the empress every day, so that the empress' stomach The child in the house is getting bigger and bigger, so it will be difficult to give birth in the future? She can be cruel enough to kill a two-year-old child, but how can she not be cruel enough to kill the empress and the little prince?"

The queen just felt crumbling.

Xia He suddenly said: "Actually, when the fifth princess killed the twelfth princess that day, she didn't intend to kill the twelfth princess. I don't know where the fifth princess heard that because the prince was born prematurely, the slaves didn't take good care of her." Carefully, the cold wind blew all night at night, and the high fever continued the next day, and finally became a..." Xia He paused, and then said, "The original intention of the fifth princess is actually just to burn the twelve princesses to death. It's just what the prince looked like back then."

Chun Xing and Xia He spoke lightly and delicately, but in the Queen's ears, these words were like a bolt from the blue.

Burn into a fool?

Ah!She remembered that when she wanted to harm Tang Luojin, she got someone to open the window in Tang Luojin's room, lift the quilt, put an ice basin in the room, and make Tang Luojin suffer from the cold all night. Didn't it start to burn the next day?

But now, her fifth princess has actually used the same method to harm her twelve princesses.

The queen clutched her heart, suddenly felt a burst of desire in her heart.

Retribution?Is it really retribution?

Her second daughter killed her real sister in order to be the first princess by her side because she was not a legitimate daughter.

The queen suddenly screamed, clutching her stomach and saying, "Hurry up! Hurry up! Help me go to the delivery room, announce the imperial doctor and midwife, bengong, bengong is about to give birth!"

Chun Xing and Xia He immediately got up from the ground and helped the queen to the delivery room.

The queen grabbed the two of them and said: "Chun Xing, Xia He, I have no one I can trust, you two are my confidantes from now on. Both of your family members are taken care of by me. As long as you two are loyal to me Gong, I can give you whatever you want in the future. However, if there is a problem between Gong and the child today, I will need you and your family to be buried with you today!"

Chun Xing and Xia He's expressions turned serious, and they kowtowed to thank each other, with a bit of joy in their expressions. ——Being the maid of the queen is more prestigious than being the maid of the princess?

The last ounce of doubt in the queen's heart subsided, and she said, "Chun Xing is here with me. Xia He, you...you go and ask someone to inform the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager Bengong that they are about to give birth, and then go to see the fifth princess." , I don’t like her being close to Ben Gong’s delivery room and eating and drinking half a step!”

Xia He was taken aback for a moment: "That's, that's it? Won't your empress tell the Empress Dowager about this? If the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the Emperor know that the Fifth Princess killed his sister-in-law and intends to harm his mother-in-law and brother-in-law, The fifth princess will definitely not be spared. When the time comes, the empress of Yexing will do it herself."

The queen hurriedly said: "No, no! The two of you are not allowed to tell anyone about this matter! The fifth princess... I will deal with it by myself, and no one is allowed to tell outsiders!"

The two agreed not to mention it, and acted on their own.

The news that the queen was about to give birth quickly spread in the harem.

Concubine Jiang De just laughed when she heard the words: "With such a big belly, I'm afraid it will not be easy to give birth, right? Probably the child was born and the person disappeared, or the child was suffocated to death in the belly, and the person went along with her." . Could there be another result?"

There is more than one person who has such thoughts with Concubine Jiang De.

Those who have not experienced the pain of childbirth do not know it. They only think that the child in their belly is a blessing, but they do not know that this blessing is not something ordinary people can bear.Although this is not the queen's first child, the queen's belly is really too big, even bigger than those twins. Will the queen really be able to give birth smoothly this time?

Concubine Xin heard the news, instead of rushing to Qingning Palace immediately, she started burning incense.

Concubine Xin has always been soft-hearted, and she doesn't ask for anything else at this moment. She only asks that the queen's child will still be a daughter, and that the mother and daughter are safe. .

In this way, the queen has only one "legal son".Only her Ah Jin can continue to live in peace and stability.

Even if he couldn't call her "mother concubine".

When the concubines in the palace heard the news, they offered incense and cursed verbally.However, after the incense was finished, the curse was said, turned around, and went to sit in the Qingning Palace—the empress is the empress, even if they went there just to wait, since they became the concubine, they had no choice but to do so .

All the concubines got the news, and the empress dowager and the empress dowager also got the news.

The Empress Dowager's Shou'an Palace was very close to the Empress Dowager's Changle Palace. The Empress Dowager hurried over and told the Empress Dowager that she wanted to go to Qingning Palace to preside over the empress's birth.

After all, the queen is the mother of a country, so letting those concubines preside over her childbirth is because of her embarrassing status, and secondly, the queen mother is also a little worried that those concubines will be detrimental to the queen and the child.

The Empress Dowager knew that her niece had only had one daughter in her life, and the daughter was still married far away, and she hadn't seen her for several years. She always liked children very much.Most of the requests this time were for the child in the queen's womb.

The Empress Dowager was silent for a moment, and said: "The Ai family is tired, Wan'er is here to accompany the Ai family. For the Empress, let Concubine Jiang De and Yue Jieyu preside over it. Wan'er doesn't have to worry about it."

The Empress Dowager was stunned, thinking of all the previous incidents, she felt a sudden clarity in her mind, and said: "What does Auntie mean..."

The Empress Dowager let out a long sigh.

Her body also looked useless.Originally, she still wanted to live a good life, so that she could watch the prince get married with her own eyes, and then close her eyes.But I don't want the queen to be confused and do such evil things.The crown prince has a noble status, although he can't marry Jiang Hanyi in the dark, but he also said that he wants to guard Jiang Hanyi for a year.Let's talk about marriage after a year.It's just that in this way, everyone can wait, but the Empress Dowager alone can't wait.

"There are some things that I wanted to talk to you about in a few days." The Empress Dowager sighed, "It's just that Ai's health is getting worse, and I'm afraid it will be too late if I don't talk to you anymore."

Then the empress dowager slowly revealed the prince's life experience.

The Empress Dowager was shocked, recalling all the strange things about the Empress, and finally understood the reason.

"Poor prince at such a young age..." The queen mother slowly shook her head, "However, fortunately, it is the prince. If any one was changed, I am afraid that he would have died by now. And the queen has given birth to four princesses, The fifth princess, the sixth princess, the seventh princess, and the twelfth princess are about to give birth. The Ning family has been loyal and patriotic for generations. However, those things cannot be forgotten. And the Ning family... In this way, death will be in vain."

Even if this child is really a son, the only legitimate son of Datang, then if Tang Luojin dies, in this world, it is very likely that this legitimate son will do it. Even if the queen is imprisoned, she will still be invited when Emperor Tianyuan dies in the future. Come out to be the queen mother.

The same can be beautiful for half a lifetime.

Doesn't the Empress Dowager know these truths?Sighed: "So, the Ai family won't care if the crown prince makes a move today. Wan'er, you... don't care."

Winning the king and defeating the bandit has been the case since ancient times.

Since the empress first issued a battle post, she attacked the prince again and again, and successfully killed the concubine.Then the prince wants to take action against the queen in order to protect himself, what reason do they have to stop him?

Not to mention the Queen's contribution to having six children, the loyalty of the Ning family alone is enough to prevent the royal family from killing the Queen openly.If the prince can kill the empress this time, neither the Empress Dowager nor Emperor Tianyuan will say anything about it.

"What's more," the Empress Dowager sighed, "it's not Xiao Qi from Ai's family who really did it, but the Fifth Princess."

The queen mother was surprised: "The fifth princess is not the queen's direct relative..."

"The queen changed her son, and the fifth princess was replaced by a concubine. Because she treated the prince harshly, the fifth princess was forced to practice in the nunnery for seven years. The queen loved the fifth princess too much after the fifth princess came back. After the fifth princess saw the birth of the twelve princesses, she She lost her former status in front of the queen, and in order to keep her status as the number one princess in front of the queen, she dealt with the twelve princesses in the same way that the queen treated the prince harshly. But the twelve princesses did not become a fool, but died directly."

The Empress Dowager sighed: "The matter of cause and effect is really mysterious."

"But, but even so, the fifth princess shouldn't attack the queen?"

"Then what if the queen knows the truth, and the fifth princess knows that the queen knows about it?" The empress dowager said, "The reason why we haven't found out about the death of the twelve princesses is that the prince did it. Hands and feet. The prince kept the fifth princess, presumably to keep a chess piece. Originally, whether to use it or not was not up to the prince, but to the queen's thought. Now the queen makes a move, Han Yi is dead, how can there be a chess piece left by the prince? No reason?"

In Qingning Palace, all the concubines and the prince arrived one by one.

The five princesses entertained everyone like their masters.

Tang Luojin glanced at her and said nothing.

The fifth princess was terrified, and when she was taking the maid to watch the tea, she couldn't help asking Xia He: "Brother Seventh Emperor just looked at me like that? It made the hairs on my body stand on end." That gaze, It's like looking at a dead person.

Xia He knelt down with a "plop".

"Princess, servant girl, servant girl has something to say!" Seeing no one around, Xia He couldn't help but sadly said, "Princess, Chun Xing, a bitch, betrayed the princess for the queen's favor. Speak out! And not only did she say this, she also forcibly pushed the death of the sixth and seventh princesses on the princess. She said that it was the princess who killed the sixth princess in order to be the only palace next to the queen. , Seventh princess. The matter of the twelve princesses later... Although it is true that the princess took the initiative, but, but Chun Xing is the princess's servant, so why shouldn't she betray the master?"

The fifth princess staggered a few steps and leaned against the railing of the corridor.

"Then, what should I do? The queen mother knows that I, a concubine, has harmed her first daughter, so, what should I do? Who can save me?"

Xia He said anxiously: "Princess, please don't be messy. At this time, the empress is giving birth. Since ancient times, it is a hell for a woman to give birth, and the princess is not as good as..."

The fifth princess struggled on the face for a long time, her eyes went from being at a loss, to finally, she was determined.

Emperor Tianyuan also knew about the Queen's birth.

He first listened to the report from the little eunuch, and then ordered the servants he placed in Qingning Palace to come and question him.After a stick of incense, people left.

Let it go, the matter has come to this point, it is not easy for the crown prince to keep the twelve princes.As for the queen... She absolutely shouldn't, absolutely shouldn't, really wanted to kill the prince, and even planned to use the child in her stomach as a bargaining chip, betting that after she killed the prince, he would be for the Ning family and for her. After several births, for the sake of the only remaining legitimate son, he dare not touch her!

Emperor Tianyuan thought of this and continued to deal with government affairs.The right to act as if this did not happen.

As for the prince's use of the fifth princess, it was a big mistake for the fifth princess to kill the twelve princesses and mutilate the sisters.Now that the mistake was added to the mistake, and the queen was repaid in revenge, Emperor Tianyuan not only had nothing to say about it for a while, but also had the idea that "it's not that the time has not come", which should have been the case.

Stop it.

"Report-"

The good news of Datang's defeat of the Turks came.

Emperor Tianyuan looked at the good news in his hand, and was about to say "yes", and then he saw Ning Junyuan, the second son of Ningshan Ning family, who killed the second Turkic prince and captured the eldest Turkic prince alive in this battle.

This was a good thing, but Emperor Tianyuan's heart suddenly jumped, and when he looked down, he saw that Ning Junchi's calf was severed from below the knee by the second Turkic prince before he died.His face was slashed, and his appearance was also ruined.

Ning Shan attached a letter after the victory report, requesting the emperor to let his two sons in the capital marry wives and have children quickly, and the one who gave birth to more sons asked the emperor to send him to the border and continue to guard the border for Datang.

The word "good" got stuck in Emperor Tianyuan's throat.

The author has something to say: Ms. Jiang's side story, there should be more in the future, she will be happy~~ This chapter is abused, the queen will not be easy.The little angels’ kitchen knives, paper cutters, razor blades, and blood-dripping long knives prepared for the end of the world can all be taken back~(≧▽≦)/~