Jin country, Kyoto.
Compared with the continuous wars on the border, Kyoto is still peaceful and prosperous.
The concubines in the palace have never been favored, and they have long been accustomed to the days of obscurity. The emperor and queen are not in the palace, and they can't dance around. However, there are still some people who secretly hope that the queen who was captured by the Xiliang witch king will not come back up.
As long as there are empresses in the palace, the emperor can't see the rest of them. If the empress is gone, they still have a chance to be favored by the emperor, and they don't expect to be favored by the empress to give birth to their children. One and a half daughters is enough. If the queen comes back and hears that she is pregnant with dragon descendants, then I am afraid that they will not even have a place to live.
Compared with the dark thoughts of these concubines, the queen mother's life is very nourishing and relaxed.
"Ayi, look, this is the famous lady selected by the Ai family for you, you can see which one suits you." In addition to dealing with the affairs of the palace every day, the queen mother's greatest joy is to choose the princess for Murong Yi .
Murongyi just came back from the imperial study. He just learned the news of the civil strife in Beiming Kingdom and the possibility of a big war in the wasteland. He was not in a good mood. He was worried about the safety of the emperor's brother, and also worried that the queen's sister-in-law didn't know what was going on. Also, once a war breaks out in the wasteland, the people of Jin Kingdom may not have a peaceful life. He wanted to discuss these matters with the Queen Mother, but he didn't expect to hear that the Queen Mother wanted to choose a princess for him when he arrived at the Palace of Compassion.
"Queen, I didn't say that, I will mention this matter later." Murong Yi frowned, and said in a restrained tone as much as possible.
The queen mother gave him a sharp look, "How old are you? It's a big deal to marry the princess as soon as possible. These girls are carefully selected by the Ai family. Come and have a look."
Murongyi couldn't help raising his voice, "Mother, the major issue in the court today is the border war and the safety of the emperor's brother. You don't even ask if the emperor's brother is safe, and you never care about whether the queen's sister-in-law is rescued. How can you do your best?" Are you thinking about these meaningless things?"
"These things are meaningless." The queen mother said angrily, "How can the Ai family not care about the war on the border, but what's the use of worrying about the Ai family, can it change the situation? The emperor fought in Xiazhou, and the Ai family Everyone is also worried about his safety, but you can't ignore your life's important affairs just because you are worried about it."
"Mother, there is nothing more important than war now. Before the emperor comes back, I won't discuss any marriage matters." Murongyi said impatiently.
The queen mother asked urgently, "Don't tell me you plan to never get married if the emperor comes back?"
Murongyi looked up at the Queen Mother in shock and anger, "Queen Mother, what are you talking about?"
She actually cursed the emperor's brother not to come back? He couldn't believe that such words would come from the mouth of the queen mother. Could it be that the life and death of the emperor's brother is not important to her at all
"What Aijia said was just in case." The Queen Mother knew that she had said something wrong, so she coughed lightly.
"Queen Mother, don't mention this matter again, wait until Brother Huang comes back." Murong Yi said lightly, with an indescribable disappointment in his heart.
The queen mother grabbed Murongyi's hand, "Ayi, the Ai family knows that you and the emperor are brothers, but there will inevitably be accidents. You are the emperor's closest brother and will be the pillar of the Jin Kingdom in the future. There is nothing to worry about." wrong?"
"Mother, the queen's sister-in-law already has a child of the emperor's brother, so your worries are too much." Murong Yi said coldly, "I still need to discuss things with Mr. Xu, mother, I will go first."
"Ayi, Ayi!" The Empress Dowager yelled into Murongyi's voice.
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Even though she knew that Murong Ke's injuries had recovered, Ye Zhen still prescribed a few tonics for him. Those medicines were actually useless. She mainly wanted to give him some spiritual spring to ensure that he would not be affected by the poison again.
"Yaoyao, didn't you say that my health is fine? Why do I still need to take medicine?" Murong Ke has never taken medicine at this age, but he drank the most in the past few days. He felt his scalp numb when he saw it.
Ye Zhen said, "Although that's what I said, it won't do you any harm if you drink it."
Murong Ke smiled wryly, "Why do I feel that you are deliberately torturing me?"
"So what if I really want to torture you?" Ye Zhen asked with a smile, he concealed her identity as the Lord of Thousand Raksha Pavilion, and she hasn't settled with him yet.
"I can only bear it." Murong Ke sighed.
Ye Zhen said, "Your body was damaged too badly before. Although it has recovered, it is always right to be careful."
Murong Ke nodded with a smile, looked down at her slightly swollen belly, "Does Ah Zhan know you're pregnant?"
"I should know." Ye Zhen became happier when she thought of seeing Murong Zhan soon.
"Yaoyao..." Murong Ke hesitated to speak, and glanced at her with some hesitation.
Seeing his strange expression, Ye Zhen asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"
"If one day Ah Zhan made another woman his concubine, what would you do?" Murong Ke asked in a low voice.
"Aren't there other concubines in the palace now?" Ye Zhen laughed.
That's different! The woman that Murong Ke saw in his dream, Ah Zhan seemed to be in his heart, otherwise he would not have spoiled her for so long. Although it was just his dream, he faintly felt that it was not just a dream. Whether the dream is real or not, we will not know until we meet Ah Zhan.
"That's right." Murong Ke smiled, "Why is Ah Zhan willing to make you sad?"
Ye Zhen felt that there was something in Murong Ke's words, "What exactly are you trying to say? Why can't I understand."
"I'm thinking, if Ah Zhan hadn't met you, I don't know what it would be like." Murong Ke said with a smile, "I've never seen him smile before, let alone put his heart on any woman. His life seems like Only fighting."
In his dream, the Ah Zhan he saw was the same as when he was a child. Apart from fighting wars and being the state of Jin, he seemed to be interested in nothing else. Even the imperial concubine he later established did not seem to change his personality.
Speaking of which, the only person who can really change Ah Zhan is Yaoyao.
It was she who made him look like a human being with all kinds of emotions.
"The emperor suffered a lot in the palace before." Ye Zhen asked in a low voice.
"That's right, the queen mother was relatively weak at that time, so she couldn't protect him." Murong Ke said lightly.
Ye Zhen sighed softly in her heart, the current queen mother did not see any weakness.
"Then why did you become the pavilion master of Qian Luosha?" Ye Zhen asked.
Murong Ke smiled, probably expecting that Ye Zhen would ask this question, "Do you still remember Zhuo Lao? He was only acting as an agent for a few days, but unexpectedly he became the pavilion master."
"Why did you worship Elder Zhuo as your teacher?" Ye Zhen asked again, Elder Zhuo is just a man of the quack, and Murong Ke is a prince, how did he become Elder Zhuo's apprentice