Pregnant with the Prince Regent's cub after transmigrating into Ouchi

On the other side, Ji Qingzhou took the little emperor back to the house.

The little emperor put the pine cones on the table, and his eyes fell on an envelope beside him.

"Zhouzhou, here is a letter." The little emperor pointed to the envelope on the table and said to Ji Qingzhou.

Ji Qingzhou was startled, and looked at the envelope, but saw that the envelope was blank, neither the recipient nor the signature.

"Who wrote the letter?" The little emperor stared at the envelope for a long while, with some confusion on his face.

Seeing him reaching out to get the envelope, Ji Qingzhou subconsciously reached out to stop him.

Seeing that his expression was different, the little emperor withdrew his hand and did not touch the letter again.

Ji Qingzhou thought for a while, and asked Dong Dong who was standing at the door: "When we went to the forest, was there someone guarding here?"

"Leave two people to guard." Dong Dong said.

"Ask them if anyone has been here since we left." Ji Qingzhou said.

Dong Dong hurriedly said: "Don't ask, no one has ever come in."

If someone had appeared, or if there was any abnormality in this room, the guards would not be able to remain silent.

Ji Qingzhou set his eyes on the envelope, and secretly thought that since no one had been there, someone must have put the letter here before they left.It's just that they were in a hurry when they went out, and no one noticed.

Ji Qingzhou frowned, and suddenly remembered the look on the second prince's face when he sent him away.

Apart from them, there was only the second prince in this room before, so it is self-evident who left this letter.

But... the second prince is very polite and has something he can't say in person, why did he leave a letter?

Ji Qingzhou couldn't figure it out, but there was a faint feeling of uneasiness in her heart...

"Young Master Ji, is there something wrong?" Seeing that his expression was different, Dong Dong hurriedly asked.

Ji Qingzhou pondered for a moment, and said: "You stay here to guard your majesty, I will go to find the prince."

Dong Dong didn't know why, but he didn't ask.

He immediately sent a few guards to follow Ji Qingzhou, while he stayed here to guard the little emperor.

"Zhouzhou..." Seeing Ji Qingzhou frowning, the little emperor took his hand and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Ji Qingzhou forced a smile at him, and said: "I'll go see your emperor uncle, don't run around here, I'll be back soon."

Although the little emperor really wanted to be with him and didn't want to stay here by himself, seeing Ji Qingzhou's appearance, he knew instinctively that he shouldn't cause trouble for him at this time, so he nodded and sat down at the table obediently. side.

The letter was placed on the table, and the little emperor knew that Ji Qingzhou would not let him touch it, so he didn't touch it.

In the pine forest.

Li Zhan knelt on the ground, holding in his arms the second prince who had long since lost his breath.

The second prince took the poison, and the poison/drug was so strong that he lost his breath almost instantly.

When Li Zhan found something strange, it was too late...

Li Zhan knelt there in a daze holding the second prince's body, his mind went blank.

Before the other party died, he said to him, "You should understand me..."

Li Zhan wanted to say that he didn't understand!

He didn't understand why he worked so hard to finally reveal the truth of the case, finally repay the innocence of Zhou Chu and Ji's family, and finally let the other party regain their freedom...Why did the other party respond to him with a cold corpse?

He couldn't even help thinking that if this case was fruitless like in his previous life, the other party would at least be able to live a few more days.

But now that he has clarified the case, the other party is not willing to live another hour, and he left earlier than in the previous life!

Yesterday he was excitedly thinking about the days after the reunion of their brothers, thinking about how to tell the other party that he has someone who wants to stay together for the rest of his life, and that they will have a child in the near future...

He even brought Ji Qingzhou and the little emperor over to pick them up. He hoped that at this time, the people he cared about the most would be by his side.

Unexpectedly, what was waiting for him was neither a reunion nor a happy gathering, but an eternal separation between man and heaven...

Li Zhan couldn't figure out why things turned out like this!

"My lord..."

Footsteps sounded behind Li Zhan, and then Ji Qingzhou's voice calling him was heard next to his ear.

Li Zhan turned his head dumbly, and saw Ji Qingzhou frowning at him, his face full of concern.

When Ji Qingzhou was walking on the road, he had an ominous premonition in his heart.

The letter left by the second prince, the words he said to him, and the intentional move to send him and the little emperor away before now seem to indicate something.It's a pity that before things happened, no one would think in such a direction.

It wasn't until seeing the corpse in Li Zhan's arms that Ji Qingzhou's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

Things turned out to be the worst!

He didn't dare to imagine how Li Zhan would feel now.

"Why are you here?" Li Zhan asked hoarsely.

"I saw the letter left by His Royal Highness on the table..." Ji Qingzhou's voice was a little choked up, he reached out to touch Li Zhan, but he didn't dare to disturb him easily, so he just knelt beside Li Zhan to accompany him , did not speak again.

Li Zhan was in a trance for a moment, and then he caught a glimpse of Ji Qingzhou next to him, his complexion was a little pale, his breathing was a little unsteady, and there was even fine sweat oozing from his forehead, presumably he walked too fast on the way just now.At this time, the young man's face was a bit sad, his eyes were slightly red, but because he was afraid of touching Li Zhan's emotions, he kept trying to stay calm.

At that moment, Li Zhan suddenly came back to his senses, hurriedly tidied up his almost collapsed emotions, and forced himself to regain his sanity.

At this time, he can't collapse... There are still a lot of things waiting for him to do.

If he falls down, should Ji Qingzhou take care of him with his stomach upright?

"Come here...contain the body of the second prince, and send someone to the capital to interrogate...let the people from the Ministry of Rites come to preside over the funeral of the second prince." Li Zhan ordered the guards behind him, and then he slowly put the body of the second prince Put it on the ground, then took off his robe and covered the opponent.

"Where's Your Majesty?" Li Zhan looked at Ji Qingzhou and asked.

"I asked Dong Dong to guard him, but I didn't dare to let him come over." Ji Qingzhou said.

Li Zhan nodded and said, "It's cool in the woods, let them deal with it."

After that, he took Ji Qingzhou and left the forest, without looking back from the beginning to the end.

After the two returned to the house, Li Zhan saw the letter.

He hesitated for a moment, opened the letter and read it...

Ji Qingzhou has been paying attention to him, seeing that he looks very calm, but the hand that opens the letter trembles slightly.

After a while, Li Zhan finished reading the letter, turned the letter over on the table and said nothing...

The guards outside were all busy. The second prince passed away suddenly. They were caught off guard for a while, and there were too many things to do.Fortunately, Dong Dong was hosting outside, so the scene was not too chaotic.

Ji Qingzhou sat next to Li Zhan. He really wanted to comfort Li Zhan, but he knew it would be futile to say anything at this time.He stretched out his hand to shake Li Zhan's hand, he hesitated for a moment, and the hand landed on Li Zhan's arm and shook it, just like what Li Zhan used to do to him in the past.

Li Zhan guessed the young man's thoughts, put his hand on the back of the young man's hand, and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

The little emperor looked at the two of them from the side, didn't speak for a while, and finally came over and put his arms around Li Zhan's neck.

"Because it's still early... the king ordered Dong Dong to send you back to the capital first." Li Zhan said.

Something happened here, and it will be very busy next time. Li Zhan doesn't want Ji Qingzhou and the little emperor to stay here.

Ji Qingzhou heard the words but said: "Can... can I stay with you?"

Li Zhan was startled, turned his head to look at Ji Qingzhou, then shook the hand covering the back of the young man's hand, and said: "It's okay... let others take you back, I don't feel at ease... it's okay to stay .”

Ji Qingzhou felt that Li Zhan's emotions were on the verge of collapse. He suspected that as long as he said a few words of comfort, or hugged him, the other party might collapse immediately.But he could feel that Li Zhan had been trying his best to restrain himself, not wanting to let himself fall into that kind of emotion at this moment.

So Ji Qingzhou didn't do anything, just stood by silently.

The room where the second prince lived was turned into a temporary mourning hall.

Dong Dong asked the guards to vacate a room for the little emperor and Ji Qingzhou to stay temporarily.

That night, the little emperor seldom ate much, and hid in the quilt after nightfall, he never fell asleep.

Although he didn't see what happened today, he probably guessed it from other people's speech and behavior.

"Can't sleep?" Ji Qingzhou asked, touching the little emperor's head.

"Zhou Zhou, why did Second Emperor Uncle die suddenly?" The little emperor asked with a sob.

He held back in front of Li Zhan for a long time without daring to speak, until at night when only Ji Qingzhou was left beside him, he dared not ask.

While stretching out his hand to gently comfort the little emperor, Ji Qingzhou said, "Because the person he cares about is gone... He misses him very much, he thinks too much..."

"Is it like the way the mother misses the father?" The little emperor asked: "The mother misses the father so much that even I don't like it anymore, and she stays in the Buddhist hall every day... Is the second emperor uncle also like that?"

Ji Qingzhou didn't know the relationship between the queen mother and the first emperor, but since he entered the palace, the queen mother has been closing the door to worship the Buddha and not asking about world affairs, even the little emperor didn't care much, and he was very indifferent when he met occasionally.

He thought, maybe this is what people say about heart like ashes?

A person has lost another person, and since then there is nothing in the world that can give him the desire/desire to live.

"It's not that the Empress Dowager doesn't like you anymore, she just..." Ji Qingzhou thought for a moment, not knowing what to say.

But the little emperor said: "I know, sir said that there is nothing more to be sad than a dead heart. When a person's heart is dead, he doesn't care about anything. The empress mother's heart is dead... The second emperor's uncle's heart is also dead... ..."

After the little emperor finished speaking, he put his arms around Ji Qingzhou's neck, and Ji Qingzhou felt a little hot and humid on his neck, knowing that the little emperor was crying.

"Cry if you want to cry." Ji Qingzhou hugged the little emperor and said.

The little emperor sniffed and said in a muffled voice: "The emperor doesn't cry, and I don't cry either."

He said not to cry, but his tears wet Ji Qingzhou's neck and shoulders.

In the middle of the night, the little emperor fell asleep in a daze.

Li Zhan came once, but only stayed by their side for a while before leaving again.

Early the next morning, people from the Ministry of Rites came.

Because the second prince died in the imperial mausoleum, they didn't need to go back to the capital to discuss the funeral.

According to the ritual system, the second prince has now been rehabilitated and can be buried directly in the imperial mausoleum.

But Li Zhan raised objections and asked the people from the Ministry of Rites to pick a place in the suburbs of Beijing to build a general mausoleum and bury Zhou Chu there.It would make sense if that was the case. After all, Zhou Chu suffered such a great injustice, so he should make up for it.

But the problem is that Li Zhan asked the people from the Ministry of Rites to bury the second prince in the General's Mausoleum.

A prince and a general were buried together, which was unprecedented in the Yu Dynasty... The people in the Ministry of Rites naturally dared not agree casually.If they agree to this kind of unethical thing, and then all the civil and military officials make a fuss, it will be troublesome.

When Li Zhan is the regent, how can the courtiers find fault with him?

If something really happened, it was the people in the Ministry of Rites who were responsible, so no one dared to let go easily.

The matter was very tense, and in the end Zhang Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites even came forward in person, but it was of no avail.

Li Zhan was determined to do this, and he would not listen to anyone's advice...

Zhang Shangshu had no choice but to go to Ji Qingzhou.

Everyone knows that this young master Ji has a lot of face in front of the lord, and the lord might listen to what he says.

"Is Commander Zhou and His Highness the Second Highness buried together, is it against the etiquette?" Ji Qingzhou asked Zhang Shangshu.

"We don't have such a precedent in Dayu!" Zhang Shangshu said: "According to the law, a prince can be buried in the imperial tomb when he dies, and he has never heard of a prince who will be buried in the general's tomb... Besides, Zhou Commander and Second Highness... are neither relatives nor relatives..."

"It's not relative or reason?" Ji Qingzhou sneered and said, "My lord is going through the pain of bereavement now, and I don't have time to break up with you. Since Zhang Shangshu came to me today, I will speak to you on behalf of my lord."

Zhang Shangshu had seen Ji Qingzhou's aura in the court hall, and he regretted hearing this statement today.

He came to look for Ji Qingzhou only thinking that Ji Qingzhou's words would be useful in front of Li Zhan, but he forgot that this young master of the Ji family has always been one-hearted with the prince, this time he found the wrong person...

"Didn't someone make a fuss about Commander Zhou and His Royal Highness' 'close relationship' in the case of Xifengying back then?" Ji Qingzhou said: "All civil and military officials in the Manchu dynasty knew that Commander Zhou and His Highness had a 'very close relationship'. Why did Zhang Shangshu say that they are neither relatives nor relatives?"

"This..." Zhang Shangshu said: "Young Master Ji, you know that's not what the old man meant."

"You don't mean that, but I mean it." Ji Qingzhou said: "In the court that day, Zhang Shangshu also took responsibility for the case that year. Today is not yet three days. Meditate on your past and ask yourself what was wrong in that case?"

Zhang Shangshu didn't expect him to turn over the old account, and he didn't come back to his senses for a while.

Ji Qingzhou said again: "Since Commander Zhou's death was due to the failure of both civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and now the Second Highness committed suicide for this matter, then the death of the Second Highness is also inseparable from the failure of the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty. related."

"What do you say?" Zhang Shangshu became anxious when he heard the words.

"Am I wrong?" Ji Qingzhou said.

Zhang Shang's face was livid, but he didn't say any rebuttals for a while.

As an official in the court, one has the duty of admonishing them. If they all made strong admonitions in the case back then, the result might be different.Their silence and cowardice led to that tragedy and indirectly led to the death of the second prince. What Ji Qingzhou said was not wrong.

"The bones of the Second Highness are not yet cold, Zhang Shangshu felt his conscience and asked himself, did he really think that he and Commander Zhou were not related to each other, so it was not suitable to be buried together, or was he afraid that this would set a precedent, and let the officials in the court challenge him?" Can't explain it?" Ji Qingzhou asked.

Ji Qingzhou's words broke the other party's mind, and Zhang Shang's writing turned blue and red, which was horrible.

"You failed once, and His Highness the Second Highness regretted it for the rest of his life. Do you want him to be unable to rest in peace forever this second time?" Ji Qingzhou asked.

Zhang Shangshu sighed when he heard the words, but said nothing more.

The next day, the Ministry of Rites drew up a regulation: from now on, the general mausoleum will be built on the outskirts of Beijing, and the coffin of His Highness the Second Highness will be temporarily placed in the imperial mausoleum. After the general mausoleum is repaired, it will be buried with Zhou Chu.

It's just that they were scruples about rumors and didn't use the term joint burial. Instead, they made up some words such as "the best friend" by citing scriptures, and found an excuse for the joint burial of the two.We are all smart people, no one said it clearly, and naturally no one would puncture it on the surface, if they say they are close friends, then that's it...

The settlement of this matter obviously made many people heave a sigh of relief.

Anyone who is familiar with Li Zhan knows that Li Zhan's emotions have been suppressed for the past few days, and no one can guess whether Li Zhan will lose his temper if this matter is not handled well.In fact, even Zhang Shangshu and the others were secretly relieved at the end, thinking that it was fortunate that Young Master Ji gave a push on this matter, otherwise Li Zhan would be angered, and they would be the ones who couldn't bear to walk around.

A few days later, everyone returned to the capital.

As soon as the carriage entered the city gate, a person came on horseback. Ji Qingzhou lifted the curtain and saw that it was Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng was sent by Li Zhan to deal with the rogues a few days ago, and he just came back now.

"I came back last night. I thought I would go to the imperial mausoleum to inform someone, but I heard that you are coming back today." Qin Zheng said to Li Zhan, "I have finished dealing with the affairs over there, and I have one more thing to tell Young Master Ji... ..."

Qin Zheng turned to Ji Qingzhou and said, "Your brother and Tu Dayou have been found, and they are now in Ji's residence."

Ji Qingzhou was startled when he heard the words, and he didn't recover for a long time.

This reunion came a bit suddenly, especially when the Second Prince passed away not long ago...

Ji Qingzhou even thought it was a joke that God was playing with him!

On the other hand, Li Zhan said, "Let Qin Zheng send you back to the mansion first, you two brothers have been separated for so long, there must be a lot to say... this king... this king will go to the palace and send your majesty back. Tomorrow we will meet you." Go to Ji Mansion to visit your brother."

Ji Qingzhou was actually a little worried about Li Zhan, but he knew that if he insisted on not going back at this time, it would be easier for Li Zhan to think wildly, so he hesitated for a moment, then nodded in response.

Li Zhan didn't let Ji Qingzhou get out of the car, he hugged the little emperor and changed a horse.

"Go back and have a good talk with your brother, don't worry about other things." Li Zhan sat on the horse and said to Ji Qingzhou.

Ji Qingzhou looked at Li Zhan through the curtain of the car, and the other party even gave him a faint smile.

It's just that the smile fell in Ji Qingzhou's eyes, which always made him feel distressed.

Li Zhan sat on the horse and watched the carriage go away before urging the horse to go in the direction of the palace.

It has been a long time since Ji Mansion was so lively.

The three brothers and sisters of the Ji family were reunited for the first time since last year.

When Ji Qingzhou returned to the mansion, Ji Qinghuai was sitting in the courtyard talking to Tu Dayou. When the other party saw him coming in, he was startled for a moment, and hurriedly waved to him.Ji Qingzhou walked quickly to the other side, only to realize that Ji Qinghuai was sitting on a wooden wheelchair.

"I broke my leg, but the bones have been healed, and I can recover after a few months of rest. Don't worry." Ji Qinghuai took the initiative to speak to him, looked at Ji Qingzhou seriously for a moment, and then said: "Looking at the complexion a little, But it’s okay, it seems that you are taking good care of yourself.”

Ji Qinghuai is a few years older than Ji Qingzhou, and his appearance is somewhat similar to him, but more calm and mature.When he spoke to Ji Qingzhou, his tone carried the care and intimacy unique to his elder brother. Even though it was the first time Ji Qingzhou met him, he didn't feel too unfamiliar at all, as if he had accepted the person in front of him naturally. Is his own brother.

"It's good that you... are fine." Ji Qingzhou looked at Ji Qinghuai and then at Tu Dayou, feeling quite emotional for a while.

There is a scar on Tudayou's neck, which looks very deep. Although it has healed now, it can still be seen that it was very dangerous when it was injured.Although Ji Qingzhou didn't ask, he could think that the two disappeared before, and they should have experienced a narrow escape.

"Maybe it's an auspicious person..." Ji Qinghuai and Ji Qingzhou just met, and they didn't want to talk about the dangerous past, so they said lightly: "I encountered some troubles before, but fortunately, a doctor who returned to his hometown came to the rescue. If you ask carefully, the doctor seems to have some connections with you."

Ji Qingzhou was startled when he heard the words, and asked, "What doctor?"

"He said that he once diagnosed your pulse in King An's other garden." Tu Dayou said.

Ji Qingzhou was startled, and suddenly realized.

The doctor he had let go on a whim, actually saved Ji Qinghuai and Tu Dayou by mistake?

On the other hand, after Li Zhan sent the little emperor back to the palace, he did not go to the Yinghui Pavilion, but returned to the palace.

Dong Dong knew that he was in a bad mood, so he specifically ordered no one to disturb him.

Li Zhan had suppressed his emotions for a long time in the past few days, and finally he could release them to his heart's content when no one was around... But when he was alone, he felt empty in his heart, and he didn't even have the energy to cry.

Dong Dong asked someone to prepare food and wine for him, but he had no appetite, so he just carried the jug and went to the yard.

It was dark now, there was no moon in the sky, and it was a little dark outside.

Li Zhan sat on the stone bench in the yard and drank half a pot of wine, suddenly feeling a little bored.

He couldn't help but wonder if he was too greedy and wanted to hold too many things, so fate would play such a joke on him.He even had the illusion that in the end, would he still have nothing?

Second brother left...

Ji Qingzhou will also be reunited with her family...

In the future, Ji Qingzhou will no longer be a helpless person. With his brother and sister by his side, will he still have a place in his heart?Li Zhan was happy for Ji Qingzhou in his heart, but besides being happy, he was inevitably a little lonely.

Li Zhan sighed, raised his head and took a big sip of wine.

The strong wine tasted a bit spicy in his throat, but Li Zhan felt that the taste in the wine was more bitter.

At that moment, Li Zhan couldn't help thinking that he really regretted letting Qin Zheng send the boy home.

He should sell it miserably, be more selfish, and ask the other party to stay with him...

As long as he said it, Ji Qingzhou would definitely not have the heart to leave him.

Li Zhan feels that Ji Qingzhou is always like this, and he has too much tolerance and accommodation for him...

Like the night of Mid-Autumn Festival...

When he was drunk, Ji Qingzhou came to him.

He took advantage of the alcohol and kissed each other...

The other party didn't evade, nor was he ashamed, but just fled after regaining consciousness.

It would be great if the boy was here tonight, Li Zhan couldn't help thinking.

As soon as he thought about it, he heard footsteps behind him.

Li Zhan turned his head suddenly, and saw a familiar figure walking towards him through the night.

He stared at the other party in a daze, and for a moment he couldn't tell if he was hallucinating from drinking too much wine.

It wasn't until the boy approached and he smelled the familiar scent of soap on the other party's body that he realized that all this was true.

"Why are you here?" Li Zhan asked hoarsely.

Ji Qingzhou walked to him and said, "I want to see you, so I'm here."

Li Zhan stared blankly at the person in front of him through the night, and the emotions that had been pent up in his heart for a long time suddenly seemed to find an exit, rushing out.Afterwards, he held the young man's wrist with one hand, and brought him towards him, while holding the young man's back neck with the other hand, he kissed him.

The author has something to say: The second brother should have a side story, the sweet one~

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