The wind blew the lanterns under the eaves, the lanterns dangling, and finally came to peace.
King Chen: "Royal father, with you here, what else do you need as a prince?"
"If you become a crown prince, you will have your own Zhan Shifu, and you will have the power to handle the affairs of the state. You don't need to get the consent of your father for everything." Emperor Longfeng laughed: "Lingzhou Ming family, it's just a matter of your words. ."
"Even if I'm not the prince, if I want to clean them up, it's a matter of saying a word to you." King Chen shook his head: "I used to ask you for something, and I have to do it myself in the future, so what's the point of being a prince?"
"Men start a family and start a business, and they want to support their wives and children. Don't you want the princess to see you calm and decisive, pointing out the world?"
"Don't you want your princess to feel that you can't do anything except ask your father for something?"
"Do you want the courtiers to laugh at me and say that I can't find a good successor?"
"Your eldest brother has a straight personality. Although he is clever, he doesn't know how to be flexible. Your second brother is even more straightforward, and he has no courage to hold up big things. As for the third child, he has a gentle temperament and is too smooth. However, those who are too smooth cannot be wise. Emperor. Fourth... "
Speaking of Yun Yanze, Emperor Longfeng looked at King Chen: "His personality is the most unsuitable person to be an emperor among all your brothers."
"You are my beloved son, and you have the power of an emperor." Emperor Longfeng sighed: "When the late emperor was on the throne, the people lived in hardships. No matter whether you respect the noble concubine or the poor women in the concubine palace, they are all just the late emperor. Evil deeds are just a drop in the ocean. If you can sympathize with the imperial concubine, you will understand how important it is to the people of the world."
"The world is not just two words." Emperor Longfeng opened the window and let King Chen see the flowers and trees outside, as well as the bright moon in the sky: "The world is full of tens of thousands of people, their lives are separated from death, their hunger, hunger, cold and warmth are all In the anger of the emperor."
"When your princess was born, she was forced to be separated from her family and finally abandoned in the mountains and forests. The culprit was not the Ming family in Lingzhou, but the late emperor."
"He listens to slander, doesn't discriminate between loyal and treacherous, and makes the whole court dark. Your princess is the lucky one among the victims." Emperor Longfeng turned to look at King Chen: "Du Qing, you are me and Mei. Dai's child, you have Zhen's resoluteness and Meidai's kindness, I believe you will become a good prince."
King Chen walked to the window, closed the window, took up his robe and draped it over him: "Your robe has been taken off, what kind of night wind is blowing."
"That's all." Emperor Longfeng smiled lovingly: "You are still young, we will talk about these things later. I promise you about the Ming family in Lingzhou. You can rest at Taiyang Palace tonight."
"I already have a daughter-in-law, so what are you doing here?" King Chen helped Emperor Longfeng tidy up his robes: "You should rest early, don't stay up until this late night."
As long as there are many affairs in the court, the father and the emperor are afraid that the mother will find out that he stays up late to handle government affairs, so he will find an excuse to stay in the Taiyang Palace.
"I heard that someone in the palace said gossip about the fourth child, and you dealt with it?" Emperor Longfeng sat on the dragon bed.
King Chen sat down next to him: "My son should let Lao Tzu discipline him, why should outsiders interfere? There is a folk saying that the meat is rotten in the pot, and there is no reason for outsiders to take it away."
Emperor Longfeng laughed: "You are right."
Everyone in the world thought that it was because of Meidai that he loved Du Qing so much.
But I don't know what he likes most is his heart.
"Hurry up and rest, it's not dawn tomorrow, and you have to rush to the big court meeting." King Chen always felt that being an emperor, especially a Ming Jun, often went out of bed under the stars, carried the Sunrise Palace on his back, and often got up in the middle of the night to deal with it. emergency.
Although power is tempting, if you can't exercise self-control, being in a high position will only harm more people.
"My son, I sincerely hope that you can live long and healthy, and your blessings are safe." Emperor Longfeng of the Chen Dynasty bowed deeply, turned and walked out of Taiyang Palace.
The palace was extremely quiet, with the occasional sound of insects. The eunuch palace maid on duty walked by with a smile, and when she saw the chariot he was riding, she quickly restrained her smile and respectfully retreated to the side.
The armored guard passed by, and the sword collided with the armor, making a sound.
They respectfully bowed their hands to him, and the red ying on their helmets moved slowly in the night wind.
"Stop." King Chen looked at the guard on duty who slowly walked away with the lantern, and turned back to look in the direction of Taiyang Palace: "Go back to Taiyang Palace."
Jiu Zhu woke up from the quilt, and the king Chen beside her was still sleeping, she thought about it, and then shrank her head back.
There were birds chirping outside, she looked at the long eyelashes on King Chen's face, smiling and silently counting how many eyelashes he had.
Someone outside was pacing non-stop, and it seemed that there was something urgent to report to them, but they dared not come in to disturb them.
Jiuzhu supported the pillow with one hand, turned over and jumped out of bed, wrapped her robe around her body, and went outside with her toes on her toes: "What happened?"
"Princess." Seeing Jiuzhu coming out, she walked over to her on the spring equinox and whispered in her ear, "Something happened to Zhang Liugong."
"What's wrong?"
"The fourth imperial concubine has a miscarriage." The vernal equinox's face turned pale: "The person who came to spread the word said that the fourth imperial concubine woke up later than usual today, and the people serving her were not at ease. When she entered the inner room, she found the fourth imperial concubine. The bedding under her body was dyed red, and the child in her belly was gone."
Jiu Zhu was stunned for a moment: "You go to the warehouse to get the medicinal materials for qi and blood, and I will go to see it right away."
"Wangfei, you wait." The maids surrounded her: "The slaves will wait for you to dress up."
Jiuzhu sat in front of the dressing table, her brows furrowed tightly. She had only met Sun Caiyao a few days ago.
In the room of Zhang Liugong's small courtyard, Sun Caiyao was sitting on the bedside, drinking the medicine brought by Bai Shao, his expression was not like sadness, nor anger, but more like numbness.
Yun Yanze walked into the room and waved everyone in the room to step back. The worry and distress on his face disappeared little by little.
Sun Caiyao sneered: "Your Highness, finally don't have to act in front of me?"
Yun Yanze: "The child is gone, you are in a bad mood now, rest in the room."
"You disgusting hypocrite." Sun Caiyao said bitterly: "I really regret, I really regret marrying you."
"It wasn't you who took the initiative to approach me and wanted to marry me?" Yun Yanze said blankly: "Now that this king has lost power, and Yun Duqing is still the high-ranking King Chen, do you regret it?"
"That's a pity." He sneered: "If you didn't go boating on the lake with me back then, maybe you would be Princess Chen now. How good Yun Duqing is to her princess, silk satin, and jewelry and jade keep going to her house. Let go, set off fireworks and firecrackers with her, accompany her to climb mountains and enjoy the scenery, and accompany her to make paper kites."
"Unfortunately, your life is not good." He walked to the bed and clamped her chin with his hand: "I know you saw what happened last night."
Sun Caiyao's pupils widened, her eyes filled with tears: "You are a lunatic!"
"You who tried so hard to marry me are nothing good." Yun Yanze let go of her chin: "I remember that you have a brother who works in another place, so you obediently pray for him. In case of any accident, Not so good, right?"
"It wasn't you who rode on a horse back then and caught the window-dead child, right?" Sun Caiyao asked sharply, "You've been lying to me all the time."
"Liar to you?" Yun Yanze chuckled lightly: "When did I admit that I was that person, everything was your own thoughts, what's the deal with me?"
"No wonder... no wonder..."
Sun Caiyao finally understood that it was no wonder that Ming Jiuzhu in the dream would die with him in the end. Pity she also felt that Ming Jiuzhu acted ruthlessly and worried about him everywhere, but she didn't expect that she was the fool.
"Let me think about it, that year there was indeed a prince who saved the child who fell out of the window." Yun Yanze's face was filled with crazy pleasure: "Guess who?"
Sun Caiyao's face was as white as paper.
"Looks like you've guessed it."
"It's the Yun Duqing whom you despised so much." Yun Yanze laughed out loud: "If you didn't seduce me, maybe you would be able to marry your sweetheart."
Now that his life has been full of misfortune, seeing others in pain is equally pleasing to him.
"Sister Spring Equinox, listen to me, it seems that someone is crying." Jiuzhu looked behind the rockery: "You take someone to see, what's going on?"
The vernal equinox came back soon: "Princess Princess, is a palace maid who raised a cat for Princess Roude. The cat she raised had its limbs broken by someone, and by the time she found it outside Zhang Liugong, the cat had already died for half its life. Nope. She feels sorry for the cat and is afraid of the princess' punishment, so she hides here and cry."
Jiuzhu frowned, she remembered that Concubine Zhao's cat also had two front legs broken in Zhang Liugong.
After she walked to the rockery, she saw the little palace maid holding the cat and sobbing softly. The fluffy cat looked very pitiful.
"I'm still alive." Jiuzhu thought for a while, took a pill from her purse, twisted her fingers lightly, crushed the pill, opened the kitten's mouth, and fed it in.
"Princess, what kind of medicine is this?"
"My master made the medicine, saying that as long as it doesn't hurt the inner abdomen, it can cure diseases and save lives." Jiuzhu saw that the cat had a lot of gas, but it was useless to seek an imperial doctor: "Just try it."
"Thank you, princess, thank you, princess." The little palace maid hugged the cat and thanked Jiuzhu again and again.
"It's nothing, you guard the cat here, don't move it." Jiuzhu stroked the cat's head: "When I come out of Zhang Liugong, I will help you deliver the cat to Princess Roude."
The princess is protecting her.
The little palace maid still didn't understand, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Jiuzhu.
When Jiuzhu left, she leaned against the rockery and sat dazedly with the cat in her arms. After waiting for a long time, she suddenly heard the cat meow softly.
She lowered her head excitedly and saw the cat opened her eyes, and hot tears flowed from her eyes again.
When Jiuzhu arrived at Sun Caiyao's house, several other princesses had already arrived. The expressions of the princesses were a little down, and when they saw Jiuzhu come in, there was no smile on their faces.
"Sister-in-law four." Jiuzhu gently held her wrist: "How is your body?"
Sun Caiyao looked at Jiuzhu who came from the Qilin Palace, held her hand tightly, held back the tears for a long time, and rolled down.
"It's not easy for you to cry now, take care of your body now, and you will have everything in the future." Seeing the beauty weeping and weeping, Jiuzhu's heart softened, she took out a handkerchief to help Sun Caiyao gently wipe her tears: "Anytime, girls always Be kind to yourself."
"It's good to cry." Seeing Sun Caiyao crying so sadly, Princess Huai's eyes were red: "The imperial doctor said that she was too frightened and angry, which caused the miscarriage. If there is something in your heart, when you cry, you must relax. a little."
It's just that they didn't expect that the relationship between the fourth sibling and the fifth sibling didn't seem too close, but after she came, she burst into tears.
Hearing Jiuzhu's consolation, Sun Caiyao was even more sad. She reached out and hugged Jiuzhu's waist and burst into tears.
This woman, whom she had feared, felt guilty about, and guarded against, was the only person who could give her a little sense of security.
Jiuzhu was stunned for a moment, then she reached out her hand, placed it on Sun Caiyao's back, and patted it slowly.
Bai Shao came in with the medicine, saw the fourth imperial concubine leaning on Princess Chen's arms, looked down at the steaming soup medicine in the bowl, and stood aside with her head bowed.
"No more, no more." Sun Caiyao cried while muttering, "It's all my fault, it's my fault."
Her voice was so low that no one but Jiuzhu could hear her.
"It's not your fault." Jiu Zhu comforted her: "The child is just too naughty. He went to play elsewhere and forgot the way home. You'll be back when you're healthy."
"It's okay if he doesn't come to such a home." Sun Caiyao lay beside Jiuzhu's ear, and whispered quickly, "Be careful of Yun Yanze, he's a lunatic."
Suddenly, she pushed Jiuzhu away and sneered at her: "What's the use of such comforting words, I think you are laughing at me?"
Jiuzhu turned her head naturally, she saw Yun Yanze standing outside the door, looking haggard and painful.