The next few days were the annual autumn hunt, and because Mu Qingwan was feeling unwell, she did not come. Xia Houlie also lacked interest. If it weren't for the rules of his ancestors, he really didn't want to participate.

He was carelessly riding his horse and running slowly in the hunting ground alone, but his whole heart had already flown back to Mu Qingwan.

"Brother Imperial!" A familiar shout came from behind him. He reined in his horse and turned around. When he saw it was Showa, thinking about what he had been asked to investigate a few days ago, he asked:

"What's going on with Helian Moxiao?"

"Although he is very dissatisfied with you for arresting Helian Hengzhi, there is nothing he can do about it. Who could have told him that he was unjust to you in the first place." Zhaohe rode with him at a leisurely pace and continued slowly:

"Now the royal family members of Dongmo are enough for him. I'm afraid it won't be easy for him to replace Helian Hengzhi."

Xia Houlie's eyes suddenly darkened, "He deliberately concealed Qingwan's affairs in Lu Mansion, which almost caused me to be separated from Qingwan forever. I haven't settled this debt with him yet! But seeing that Qingwan is back now,

For the sake of being with me, I won't care about him. If he is unable to deal with those clan members, then he only has himself to blame and cannot blame anyone else."

Zhaohe raised his head and looked into his deep eyes, "Brother Imperial, how is my sister-in-law?"

"My energy is up and down, I am very thirsty and sleepy, and I am lazy all day long and don't want to move." Xia Houlie paused for a moment, and then said: "I wanted to invite the imperial doctor to have a look at her, but she refused."

He suddenly reined in his horse and turned around to look at Showa steadily. The sharp and deep look in his eyes suddenly disappeared, leaving only confusion, "Showa, why do you think she concealed her pregnancy from me?"

Zhaohe was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that Qingwan hadn't mentioned her pregnancy to Xia Houlie yet. He looked at the emperor's brother who looked uncertain, and had never seen him look so hesitant before, so he had to think carefully before speaking to comfort him.

:

"Qingwan was captured by Helian Moxiao this time, and then fell into the hands of Helian Heng. Later, she finally escaped from Dongmo Palace and fled all the way to Lu Mansion. She was a single woman and pregnant with a child.

She must have suffered a lot during pregnancy. She almost fell off a cliff and died last time. I'm afraid she still can't let go of all these shocks. Brother Huang, you should be more patient and wait until she calms down.

, she will naturally tell you. If you are so eager to go to the imperial doctor to prove whether she is pregnant, doesn't this mean that you are good to her and that you have a purpose in rescuing her? This is not good.

She will definitely feel uncomfortable, thinking that you are doing all this for the sake of the child. So before she takes the initiative to tell you, you should just pretend not to know."

"That's what I originally thought, but it's been a few days now and she still refuses to say anything. Do you think she still refuses to be pregnant with my child? Or maybe she doesn't really want to come back with me? Helian

Hengzhi said that she had escaped from Dongmo Palace a long time ago, but she never came back to find me. Even when we met in Lu Mansion, she never thought of recognizing me..."

After all, Helian Hengzhi's words really stabbed him deeply in the heart. Although he always told himself in his heart, it was not like this, not what he said, Qingwan really loved him.

, she really came back with him, but after all, she deliberately disguised herself in Lu Mansion and deliberately avoided him. This was a fact, and he couldn't let it go easily.

He didn't know when he had become such a person who worried about gains and losses.

Zhaohe was also puzzled by this. Qingwan was willing to sacrifice herself to save the emperor's brother. He believed that she truly loved the emperor's brother. However, why did she not return to Beiyan after escaping from Helian Hengzhi?

, instead of wandering outside alone with the child? Moreover, if Helian Moxiao hadn't taken her to the Lu Mansion Hall to explain everything, even he would have been kept in the dark.

He couldn't help but wonder, if Helian Hengzhi hadn't surrounded Lu Mansion, would she have disappeared? Would she never recognize them again?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Xia Houlie worriedly. At this moment, he had completely lost the calm and domineering attitude of the past, and his eyebrows were full of worry and uncertainty.

He smiled bitterly. It seemed that the emperor's brother had really fallen into trouble this time, and he had fallen into it completely.

"Brother Emperor, please stop thinking nonsense. Women sometimes like to play a little mysterious, like the girl in early summer. Every time I take her to play on the street and ask her what she wants to buy, she always says, guess? You

Said, there is nothing to guess, but she likes it. I think most women enjoy this feeling of mastering secrets. That kind of happiness that no one else knows is a great enjoyment for them. Yes.

After all, pregnancy is a big deal. Maybe my sister-in-law hasn’t figured out how to talk to you yet, or maybe she is just thinking about how to tell you to surprise you. Maybe she will tell you when Qiu Shou returns this time.

Already."

Xia Houlie frowned, still a little doubtful, "Is that so?"

To be honest, he has never understood women as creatures, and he never thought about understanding them before. But Showa is different. He has been out there since he was an adult. He has come into contact with many women and knows them better than him.

The woman's thoughts, perhaps, what he said is right.

With this thought, the gloom in his heart suddenly disappeared, and he gradually began to look forward to it.

"Come on, we brothers will have a good competition today to see who has more prey and who will win! I heard that someone saw a white fox in this paddock a few months ago. I want to kill it for Qingwan. She will definitely see it.

Happy."

With that said, Xia Houlie took the lead and galloped away. Zhaohe looked at it and suppressed his thoughts, so he could only follow quickly.

*

Yuxiang Palace

"What did you say? Did you really see the maid from the Dragon Palace taking these medicines from the Imperial Pharmacy?"

Zhou Churuo looked at the paper in his hand with a look of surprise and uncertainty.

Her mother was proficient in the art of Qihuang, and knew that there were many tricks in the palace that used medicine to harm people. She hoped that she would not fall for it easily, so she gave her some medicine before entering the palace.

As for these medicines, she clearly remembered that they were medicines that her mother had once said would cause abortion.

"If I tell you, it's true, but the Dragon Palace is now heavily guarded, and the slaves can't get close to verify it."

Zhou Churuo's eyes flashed with a hint of sternness, "I have long heard that the woman brought back by Long Live Lord from Dongmo is very beautiful, but I never expected that this woman is not only beautiful, but also very courageous, and she actually dares to take it into her stomach."

The kids were joking.”

Qiu Tong, who was standing next to him, immediately turned pale when he heard this, "What does the empress mean... is she pregnant with a dragon fetus?"

"I don't know if it's a dragon fetus, but I can be sure that she is definitely pregnant, and she secretly sends people to the imperial pharmacy to get medicine, although she doesn't notice it every time, and the medicine is also separated.

I took it several times, but if I hadn’t been paying attention to her and my mother’s good intentions, I really wouldn’t have discovered her tricks.”

Since the fall of Yun Lanshan, Yun Luo's status in the palace has plummeted. Mu Qingwan was dethroned as queen and expelled from the palace. She originally thought that with these two stumbling blocks removed, she would be able to turn around.

When she arrived, not only did the emperor not favor her, but he didn't even see her once for several months, let alone visit Yuxiang Palace.

Fortunately, this is the case for all the concubines in the palace, and she has nothing to worry about. However, a few days ago, there was a sudden rumor in the palace that the emperor brought back a stunning beauty from Dongmo, raised her in the Longyu Palace, and issued an imperial edict.

As soon as anyone came close, her sense of crisis was awakened.

She was originally thinking about how to get rid of that woman, but now that she has come to her door by herself, don't blame her for being rude.

"Reporting to the Emperor, please visit the alleyway of the Royal Pharmacy."

Xia Houzhi proudly handed over the little white fox he had just hunted to Li Changan behind him, and told him to take good care of it before signaling for someone to come in.

The person who came was a young eunuch in green clothes. As soon as he entered the tent, he fell to the ground and knelt down and said:

"Your Majesty, good luck."

Xia Houlie lifted up his robe and sat down in the armchair behind him, rubbed his brows and said, "What's the matter?"

"This servant is here to report to the Emperor on the order of Dr. Li about the mistress of the Dragon Palace..."

Xia Houlie's eyes suddenly opened, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he shouted: "Explain it to me carefully!"

Xiaoluzi didn't expect his reaction to be so big, and he was so frightened that his voice began to tremble:

"Mr. Li said... that a few days ago, Su Xin, the palace maid of Longyu Palace, went to the Royal Pharmacy to get some medicine..."

An ominous feeling hit his heart, and Xia Houlie tightened his fingers on the armrest, "What medicine?"

"...Those medicines are...used for abortion..."

"What?" Xia Houlie whispered in disbelief, and the handrail at his hand shattered with the sound. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the path with his head lowered in front of him, staring closely, as if he wanted to make a hole in his body.

Come.

When Xiao Luzi was stared at by him, he felt as if he had died for the first time. However, fortunately, he had been working hard in the palace for many years and was already a veteran. Naturally, he knew that it was time to distance himself from the relationship, "...Li...

… Seeing the seriousness of the matter, Doctor Li ordered his servants to come over late at night and report to the Long Live Lord…”

"Li Chang'an!" Xia Hou stood up suddenly and shouted outside.

Li Changan quickly opened the curtain and came in, "My servant is here."

"Prepare a fast horse for me, I will return to the palace immediately!"

The sun had set outside and the sky was getting dark. Although Li Changan didn't know what was going on, it was the duty of a slave to carry out orders, so he didn't ask any more questions and quickly went down to prepare.

At this moment, the sun was setting in the west. Mu Qingwan looked at the afterglow of the setting sun shining on the window lattice, and her heart was filled with sadness. Today, she would say goodbye to the child she never had in her belly.

As a doctor, she knew very well that if a stillborn fetus was not aborted in time, it would cause great harm to the mother's body. The reason why she had not taken action was because Xia Houlie had been standing by and there was no chance at all. The second reason was that she herself

I can't be cruel at all.
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