Rong Xi gradually stopped crying, because her stomach was too erect, although her forehead was pressed against Mu Huai's shoulder, she was actually still some distance away from him.
Such a gesture made both of them very uncomfortable.
Mu Huai's legs were slender and strong, and Rong Xi almost knelt on them.
On it, it bears the weight of their mother and son.
Although this posture looks easy to fall, Rong Xi feels very safe in his heart.
She knew that Mu Huai would not let her fall, and would protect her and the child very well.
Even after returning to the palace, Rong Xi never fully trusted the man in front of him.
By now, she could no longer ignore her growing sense of security.
Mu Huai has been protecting her in his own way, this sense of security that he hasn't had for many years is given to her by him.
Since the accident of his father Rong Bing, Rong Xi has experienced earth-shaking life changes.
After becoming a slave, she always told herself secretly that even if no one protects her in this world, she must be strong herself and learn to protect herself.
And now, she not only has the protection of the most powerful person in the world, but also has his favor.
Rong Xi naturally hoped that Mu Huai could always protect her and pamper her like this.
This taste is really sinking, even addictive.
After all, Muhuai is the Prince of Daqi, the future emperor.
By the side of the emperor, whether it is a concubine or a courtier, you must always remember that a companion is like a tiger.
Rong Xi is afraid that as time goes by, she will rely too much on Mu Huai.
He is also afraid that if he praises her too high now, if she falls out of favor in the future and she falls from a height, the fall will be even worse.
Thinking about it, Rong Xi finally told Mu Huai the truth in a whisper—
She confessed to him that it was Zhai Shiyin who helped her escape from Yongxi Palace, and then Zhai Shiyin got the news that she was pregnant from Ye Yunlan.
Therefore, Zhai Shiyin did not tolerate her, and the bandits who intercepted her and Huanniang's carriage on the official road in Hongdu were most likely the killers sent by Zhai Shiyin.
The instigator of the deaths of Ye Yunlan and Huanniang was Zhai Shiyin alone.
Mu Huai was silent for a while after hearing this.
Then he lowered his brows and asked in a cold voice: "Why didn't you talk about it so long ago? After Ye Yunlan died that day, Gu said that you may avenge you with a sharp blade. Why do you want to use the child to plot?"
Rong Xi lowered her eyes and raised them again, feeling guilty in her heart, and replied in a very small voice: "At that time, I didn't know my husband's feelings for her... It was rumored by the palace people that you would marry her as a concubine, and I always thought that... She will enter the Eastern Palace as the Crown Princess..."
Mu Huai glanced up and down at her with a serious face.
Although he didn't say a word, Rong Xi probably already guessed what this person was thinking.
Mu Huai must be calling her stupid in his heart.
Rong Xi blushed, and then said in a soft voice: "...Moreover, I have no evidence. After all, Zhai Shiyin is the queen's niece. At that time, I simply... couldn't touch her."
After finishing speaking, Mu Huai put the woman on his lap back to the side of the bed, and stroked her round belly with his big palm.
His actions towards the unborn child were gentle, but his eyes were extremely sinister.
In vain, in his previous life, he allowed the empress and that bitch Zhai Shiyin to live a smooth life. Now, although Zhai Shiyin is dead, the empress is still fine.
Although he did not respect the empress in his previous life, he allowed her to live a stable and prosperous life in Yongxi Palace.
Since she has the intention of harming his women and children, there is no need for him to bear her anymore.
It's just that Emperor Zhuang still has some feelings for the queen.
Now that he is old and terminally ill, if he finds out that he has killed the queen in a cruel way, then Emperor Zhuang will not only be disappointed with him, but also feel extremely sad.
After all, Mu Huai still cared about the relationship between father and son, and after careful consideration, he decided to let the old bitch from Weiyang Palace live for the time being.
He looked at Rong Xi's stomach, and reprimanded in a low voice: "If something happens in the future, don't hide it from Gu anymore. Don't keep those twists and turns in your mind, and it will grind Gu's heart in the end."
Rong Xi nodded heavily, and said, "Yes."
Just as Mu Huai was about to stop, he realized that a few more tears were falling on the back of his hand.
It turned out that this delicate woman was crying again.
He cried until his heart trembled.
I can't blame some fools who are confused by disasters always like to call women's hearts.
Mu Huai frowned, and said coldly, "Don't cry anymore."
Rong Xi was so frightened that she immediately fell silent.
After tossing and tossing for a long time, Bianjing was already Bailu Xiwei, and neither of them was in the mood to sleep again.
Mu Huai looked at the blood stains on the quilt, and while reaching out to wipe the woman's tears, he asked, "What's going on with the blood on the bed? Is it your own blood?"
Rong Xi answered truthfully: "...it's pigeon blood."
After hearing this, Mu Huai paused for a while to wipe away her tears.
He thought of the roasted pigeons that this woman brought him that night.
Mu Huai's eyebrows became darker, and a nameless anger welled up in his heart.
This woman has too many ghosts in her mind.
He was afraid of wasting the pigeon blood after taking it, so he coaxed him to eat all the pigeons that night.
Thanks to her being able to do such a thing, what kind of vicious woman did he raise
Rong Xi carefully observed Mu Huai's gloomy complexion, she had a big belly, after Mu Huai put her down from her body, she kept her right hand behind her and supported the bed with difficulty.
Mu Huai was going to change into a clean mian suit, and went directly to the Jiazheng Hall to court after a while.
After getting up from the bed, she saw that Rong Xi's long black hair was hanging loose, her beautiful eyes were full of tears, with a hint of mesmerizing beauty, and the pool of blood beside her slender hands also added a bit of weird glamour.
Perhaps because of fear, she was breathing calmly.
Xuefeng, who was much taller than before the pregnancy, also fluctuated up and down.
The stomach is so protruding, and the demeanor is so timid.
Such a gesture is really too alluring.
Mu Huai's eyes turned slightly, and his heart was filled with extreme annoyance.
He didn't expect that at this time, he could still have such thoughts about her.
What a monster, disaster, and torturer!
After Mu Huai took a deep breath, he finally said calmly to the woman on the bed: "Let the maid change the quilt and sleep for a while."
*****
Yongxi Palace, Jiazheng Hall.
Above the court, Mu Huai will report to Emperor Zhuang one by one what he has investigated recently.
Zhai Zhuo's crimes are unforgivable. He not only corrupted the treasury, but also disrespected the ancestors of the Mu clan. He actually stole the relics of Empress Yuzhen when he supervised the construction of the royal tomb.
However, the eldest lady of the Zhai family, Zhai Shiyin, behaved misbehavingly, but she still felt jealous of the prince Liangdi, and secretly practiced witchcraft in the mansion, which almost caused the prince Liangdi to have a miscarriage.
The evil deeds committed by the Zhai family are one after another, and each item is a heinous evil deed.
In fact, all the ministers in the court vaguely heard this morning that something happened to the Zhai family.
It is said that the crown prince ransacked Zhai's mansion with forbidden guards in the middle of the night, and dragged Zhai's daughter by her hair, causing her to hit her head against a sharp stone and die.
Although the means of killing the daughter of the Zhai family was extremely cruel, but the prince's usual style of dealing with things has always been the same. All the officials are not surprised, and no one finds it strange or regretful.
Hearing the stern voice of the crown prince's speech, all the courtiers felt that after Emperor Zhuang finished disposing of the Zhai family, the court could retire.
But who knows, the prince actually said: "I still have something to play."
After Emperor Zhuang agreed, all the courtiers were guessing, when they saw an unfamiliar official walking in with a tooth card. Since he was wearing a Shenbi official uniform, his official position was no more than six rank.
The minister who entered the hall was Xue Rui, Shao Cheng of Dali Temple.
Xue Rui's official position is too low, and when he usually enters the Yongxi Palace to go to court, he is not allowed to enter the main hall to listen to the government.
Since he was introduced into the palace by the crown prince today, any interested courtiers could guess that this unknown Xue Rui should be the one the crown prince wants to promote.
Although Xue Rui entered the hall for the first time to face the saint, he behaved extremely calmly and indifferently.
He explained to Emperor Zhuang the doubts about Rong Bing's case back then.
Emperor Zhuang listened and thought for a moment.
He had some impressions of this minister whose surname was Taichang Si. Many years ago, something happened to Empress Yuzhen's tomb. He didn't want to punish him too harshly. The punishment back then was just to deprive him of his official position.
But because of the advice of the doctor Yushi, he ordered Rong Bing to be exiled.
Then why did the prince suddenly want to investigate the old case from more than ten years ago, and also brought the prime minister of Dali Temple to Jiazheng Hall to reverse the case for a late minister of Taichang Temple
Emperor Zhuang looked at Mu Huai in the main hall, who was wearing a black robe and a splendid crown, and finally understood.
His beloved Liang Di was also originally surnamed Rong.
It was rumored that there was Rong's Liangdi in the womb before, she was the daughter of the guilty minister.
Emperor Zhuang knew in his heart that the original intention of his strong-tempered beloved son to do this was to strive for a higher status for Rong Liangdi.
Mu Huai was more resolute and courageous than him in dealing with things, and Emperor Zhuang was pleased with this.
But even if Rong Xi's father was fine, he was only a fourth-rank minister of Taichang Temple. Mu Huai could make her the crown princess, but Rong Liangdi would still be criticized.
Emperor Zhuang seemed to be listening to Xue Rui's speech carefully, but he was actually thinking.
Man Ya Next, what method will he use to help that woman to the position of the crown princess
In order to show justice, Emperor Zhuang issued an imperial decree that day to restore the deceased Rong Bingguan to his post, and he would also give an explanation to the family members of the Rong family who were implicated and convicted.
The treatment of the Zhai clan is as follows—
Zhai Zhuo, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, will be beheaded at the Meridian Gate in three days.
As for the family members of the Zhai family who have not yet served three times, the men will be exiled, and the women will be sent to Ye Ting to be the most humble palace servants.
All the property of the Zhai family must be refilled into the treasury.
Although the current empress is also surnamed Zhai, Emperor Zhuang did not deprive her of the posthumous position, he just ordered her to contemplate her mistakes behind closed doors in Weiyang Palace on the grounds of Gu Nian's love for his wife.
Mu Huai was not satisfied with the result of Queen Zhai's disposition, but he did not directly express his dissatisfaction in front of Emperor Zhuang.
He thought that after Emperor Zhuang passed away, he would definitely not leave any way for her to survive.
After Zhai Zhuomei's family property was filled into the national treasury, everyone in the court was panicked and dumbfounded. No one thought that a single Minister of Rites could covet such an old silver tael.
The courtiers, who were a little wary and gradually conscious, became vigilant. What the crown prince said was only to attack the Zhai family first.
Since he is the crown prince, he naturally wants to take advantage of this opportunity to eradicate the forces in the court and China that are unfavorable to him under the pretext of purging corrupt officials.
Mu Huai lost last year's treasury expenditure from the household department. After raiding Zhai's house, he still wanted to use the extra money to buy military supplies.
In recent years, there are not many good horses in the territory of Daqi, but Humvees are rich in Hummer horses. He wants to trade with the majesty of Ugh to buy some horses.
It is not necessary to buy adult horses, small foals are enough, and the price is much lower than that of adult horses.
Moreover, he has no intention of fighting in recent years, and only wants Da Qi to survive the drought in three years' time.
After three years, the foal will grow into a fat and strong horse. If you want to send troops to fight at that time, these horses are the most suitable time.
Of course, the money should be used for other purposes.
The marriage between him and that woman can also be more grand.
Unlike accepting Rong Xi as his concubine, this time, he wanted to marry her as his wife.
He wants to give her the best of everything.
Thinking about it, Mu Huai sneered lightly.
He thought that the wedding ceremony of the two of them could be held by the Jinming Pond on the Imperial Street, so that the people of Bianjing could also see the grand event of the crown prince accepting his concubine.
He wanted the whole world to know that Rong Xi was the wife that Mu Huai Mingmei was marrying.