The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

Before Bai Yu found out the mystery, another guest came to the palace.Chunyu Xuan had just returned from a change of defense. As soon as he returned to Beijing, he went to the General's Mansion quietly, and then hurried to Liang Wang's Mansion.

Bai Yu hadn't seen Chunyu Pang for a long time, and brought him in with great joy, but Chunyu Piao strictly abided by the etiquette and insisted on seeing each other according to the rites. Bai Yu was so angry that he went back to the house and took off his python robe, and changed into the simplest flowing water cloud pattern.

Chunyu Xuan smiled and said, "Why bother, Your Highness."

Bai Yu was a little unhappy, "I'm really angry if I'm so particular about it."

Chun Yuxuan smiled and shook his head, "The general is being hypocritical, and he shouldn't be so unfamiliar. It's just that His Highness's status is quite different now, only under the emperor, and the general can't help being restrained."

"You're a general, not a literati. It's not like you to be so rigid about etiquette." Bai Yu waved his hand, Qiu Ye understood, and led the waiters in the hall to retreat.

Seeing that everyone had retreated, Chunyu Xuan pondered slightly, and said, "As soon as the last general returned to Beijing, he heard that the court was in turmoil. General..."

Bai Yu's smile suddenly faded, "Yan Xun was framed by someone. He let Qin Ran go, but he didn't kill anyone. I will investigate this matter."

Chunyu frowned, and said: "The emperor handed over this case to the Ministry of Punishment..."

Bai Yu nodded, and said in a low voice, "Fortunately, his younger brother is the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, so he will always help."

Chunyu Xuan sneered, and said: "Not necessarily, I just hope that he won't make trouble."

Bai Yu was taken aback, "You mean...to doubt him?"

Chunyu Yu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but finally stopped, and sighed sadly: "I sneaked to the general's mansion, the general is still under house arrest, he asked me to come and have a few words with you."

Bai Yu turned her face away, "If you tell me not to ask about this matter, then there is no need to say it."

Chunyu Xuan shook his head slightly, trying his best to restrain the dissatisfaction and resentment in his heart, "You don't understand, the hearts of us military generals are so cold these days, really. The bitter cold place outside the Great Wall is so cold that people's hands and feet are numb. Finally In difficult times, the governor of Liangzhou refused to provide military rations and clothing. We ate cold steamed buns that were as cold as stones all day long. If we were lucky, we could cook some gruel to deal with it... We fought desperately on the battlefield, ignoring these grievances, What is it for? Is it to let those masters who live high in the temple stab us in the back? We don't know how to intrigue and scheme, only know that dying for the country is as good as death, but we don't want to sell our lives to such a court. So Qin Ran is gone, and the general is also tired."

Bai Yu listened quietly, full of bitterness, as if swallowing a Coptis chinensis, "I understand, but..."

"Since your Highness understands, don't ask about this matter anymore. The criminal department can investigate the case as it should. Yan Shilang will help him or not. No matter what the final result of the investigation is, the general will admit it. "When Chunyu Xuan said this, there was a smile on his face and eyes, but that smile was full of helplessness and sorrow.

"He intends to plead guilty?" Bai Yu's breathing paused, and all the warmth in his tone suddenly lost, "The dignified Marquis was killed in his own mansion, or on the emperor's birthday, all the envoys from all over the world knew about it. Can he accept this crime?!"

Chunyu Zhen pressed Bai Yu's hand, and said quietly: "Your Highness, the plot against the General is getting more treacherous and vicious every time. The last time he was still implicated by Qin Ran, this time it is directly the General himself. Even if His Highness once again After finding out the truth, the man's goal has not been achieved, and there will be another time, and the next time will be more vicious and unexpected. Can His Highness turn danger into good luck every time? The general is really tired, he Tell me personally that he has had enough. Since this court cannot tolerate him, whether he is demoted or dismissed, even if he is imprisoned and exiled, it will be more enjoyable than what he is doing now."

At the end, hearing Yan Xun's words of self-abandonment, Bai Yu's eyes became uncontrollably sour, and her throat was choked with pain.

He could not utter a word, and had nothing to say.

One day two days later, the second princess had a fever, and the emperor stayed by the child's bedside for a while, and took a nap in the empress's palace by the way.The queen untied her hairpin and changed into her pajamas before going to sleep, when the door rang twice, and the shrill voice of the servant called respectfully outside the door: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

The emperor asked impatiently, "What's the matter?"

The people outside panicked: "Reporting to the emperor, the imperial concubine is suffering from abdominal pain, I am afraid she is about to give birth!"

The queen was startled, opened the curtain and called out: "Come here, change my clothes!"

The noble concubine gave birth, but the person was not in her own palace, but in the empress dowager's palace of compassion.In a panic, the emperor and empress didn't even bother to ask what was going on, and rushed to the Compassion Palace together.

Just after entering the gate, I could hear the noble concubine's screams getting louder and shriller, it was like digging out one's heart and lungs. The queen was so panicked that she hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this concubine wants to go in to accompany my younger sister. This is the first time she has given birth. child."

The emperor was also worried, so he nodded and said, "It's not convenient for me to go in, so you can go and accompany the imperial concubine."

After entering inside, she found that the queen mother was also in the inner room. The queen was taken aback, bowed her knees and saluted, then hurried to the imperial concubine's bedside to hold her hand, calling her baby name repeatedly, "Xin'er, Xin'er! Sister is here! , sister is here with you, don't be afraid!"

The imperial concubine's face was covered with tears and mottled.Her face was as white as white, and she shook her head desperately and said hoarsely: "Sister, save me, save me..."

The queen only thought that she was in severe pain, so she comforted her: "You will be fine, believe me, my sister also suffered a lot when she gave birth, isn't it still fine now?"

The imperial concubine seemed to have something to say, but she was so painful that her heart and lungs were about to burst, her breath was blocked in her throat, and she couldn't speak for a while.The queen was about to burst into tears, stomped her feet repeatedly, and scolded the midwife, "What's the matter!"

The midwife was also sweating all over her face, "Reporting to the empress, the imperial concubine has already drank a lot of oxytocin, and there is a lot of blood coming out of her body, but the baby still hasn't moved."

"Then what to do!!"

The queen immediately went to ask the imperial physician outside the screen, and the imperial physician said: "Mother, the imperial concubine is the first child, and she was born prematurely in August, coupled with the fetal position, it is really difficult. I am afraid that I will use oxytocin again, and the dose will be too large at the moment. , will hurt the empress's jade body."

Although the queen gave birth twice, she was lying on the bed in a daze of pain and was at the mercy of others. She didn't know much about it, so she said: "Then, then you go and ask the emperor for an order to see what to do, go quickly !"

The emperor outside meant that the imperial concubine must not be hurt, but the queen mother turned to the imperial physician and said, "You just said that the dragon fetus in the imperial concubine's womb is difficult to deliver. If you don't give birth as soon as possible, the longer the delay, the more dangerous the dragon fetus will be. Is that right?"

The imperial doctor tremblingly said: "This... yes, it is so."

The Empress Dowager said coldly: "Then induce labor quickly, if there is a moment of delay, if there is a mistake in the dragon fetus, you know what will happen to Aijia."

The empress was lying on the side of the imperial concubine's bed, she was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then jumped up, "Empress! Sister, she really has no strength, I'm afraid to induce labor..."

"It is because she has no strength that I need to induce labor quickly. Is it possible that we have to wait until she faints before thinking of a solution?" The Queen Mother's old voice was majestic and irresistible, "Queen, the emperor's heir is more important than the concubine, don't you?" do you know?"

The imperial concubine held the queen's wrist with her right hand, and the queen could clearly feel the strength in her hand gradually loosening, and her heart became more and more flustered. Seeing that the imperial doctor came again with oxytocin medicine, and took a silver needle to induce labor with acupuncture, The strong smell of blood mixed with the smell of herbs in the air made people feel suffocated.

The queen suddenly burst into tears, and stood in front of the imperial concubine's bed to prevent anyone from approaching, "I beg my mother to be merciful to my younger sister! My mother also experienced the pain of giving birth once she was pregnant in October, how could she bear to let her suffer like this!"

There is nothing wrong with these words, but the Queen Mother's complexion changed strangely, as if the sun was gradually sinking in the sky, taking away its own scorching and bright light little by little, and giving the world to the cold moon.

The Empress Dowager stared at the Empress for a moment, then let out a long sigh, "My son, even if you don't induce labor, the imperial concubine will still die. Look, she is about to die."

The imperial concubine grabbed the queen's wrist and slid it down inch by inch.

The empress didn't care about any dignified manner, she lay on the side of the imperial concubine's bed and cried helplessly, she wanted to go out to find the emperor to make decisions, but she couldn't leave the weak imperial concubine alone to face the empress dowager who had long been malicious to her.

The queen walked up to the empress dowager on her knees, holding her skirt tightly, "The queen mother has a way, the mother must have a way! I beg the mother to save my sister, I can do anything!"

The corner of the queen mother's mouth curled up, and she patted the back of the queen's hand lightly, "There is no way for Aijia, the only way is to let her give birth to the dragon fetus first."

The last bowl of oxytocin was forcibly poured down, the three women winked, and the six hands began to press hard on the imperial concubine's stomach, and the imperial concubine, who was almost unconscious, let out a shrill scream.

"Don't! Don't!" The queen struggled in panic and wanted to pull Wenpo away, but she couldn't pull three people away by herself, and the servants standing around were all from the Compassionate Ning Palace, each of them was like a clay puppet, watching with cold eyes.

The queen was helpless, so she left the imperial concubine and stumbled out of the inner room to look for the emperor. She cried so much that her temple hair was messed up, and the strands of hair were covered with tears on her face. It's about to die!"

The delivery room was bloody, the emperor shouldn't have set foot there, he was about to go in, but he was stopped by all hands and feet, the imperial concubine inside screamed in pain, the emperor kicked away the slaves who stopped him, abruptly When he broke in, the queen also cried and followed behind.

As soon as he stepped into the inner room, he heard a low cry, a bloodshot baby boy was being cleaned.The servants knelt down happily, "Congratulations to the queen mother, congratulations to the emperor, the imperial concubine gave birth to a prince!"

The child was wrapped in swaddling clothes and handed to the queen mother first. The queen mother hugged the child happily and went forward, "Emperor, look, the third prince is born so white."

The emperor looked at it twice, nodded slightly, and hurried to see the imperial concubine.

The imperial concubine was like a leaf in the wind, lying lightly on the large bed, her face was pale to transparent, and the entire snow-white bedding was almost completely soaked in blood.She lay there quietly, making no sound.

The three stable women knelt aside with blood on their hands, tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is dead!"