Wen Ruchu glanced at Wen Nianruan and smiled slightly: "It seems that the fourth sister is also concerned about the emperor's safety and does not forget to come to see the emperor on rainy days."
Wen Nianruan raised his eyes and said in a cold voice: "Aren't you the same?"
Wen Ruchu smiled: "Of course, we are the emperor's concubines. We should care about the emperor."
Wen Nianruan looked back and ignored him.
The palace door opened, and Yun Chenan and Feng Jinyan walked out.
Before Wen Nianruan could speak, Wen Ruchu couldn't wait to ask: "Miracle Doctor Feng, how is the emperor's condition?"
Feng Jinyan looked at her, his eyes darkened, he sighed and shook his head.
Wen Ruchu's eyes flashed with light, but his face remained calm, and he pursed his lips with a worried look: "Your Majesty..."
A sneer appeared at the corner of Wen Nianruan's mouth. Wen Ruchu's "cat crying and mouse pretending to be compassionate" is just a pretense in front of others, so what else is there to pretend in front of them?
"I'm going to see the Emperor."
Wen Ruchu looked worried. Just when he wanted to enter the palace, he was blocked by Feng Jinyan.
"The Emperor is in a bad situation right now. It is better for Concubine Jia not to disturb you anymore."
Wen Ruchu smiled: "Feng Divine Doctor said so, but if I care about it, it will cause chaos."
Yun Chenan looked at Wen Nianruan with a soft light in his eyes, and said softly: "It's getting late, Concubine Wen, please go back and rest first. Young Master Feng and I will guard the Emperor's side."
"good."
Wen Nianruan felt relieved when he saw Yun Chenan, turned around and left without asking any more questions.
Wen Ruchu kept up and walked beside Wen Nianruan, looking down at the road under her feet, her red lips slightly curled up like a smile: "There are still more than twenty days before the fourth sister will be crowned queen. The fourth sister feels that this
Can you still be the queen?"
Wen Nianruan lowered his eyelids casually: "If you don't succeed, what can you do?"
How rare does she think she is to be the queen?
"Fourth sister is quite open-minded."
Wen Ruchu looked at her and smiled faintly, and separated from her when they reached the fork in the road.
Wen Nianruan returned to the dormitory and did not fall asleep, lying on the bed tossing and turning.
"Soft."
Hearing Yun Chenan's voice, Wen Nianruan quickly sat up.
Yun Chen sat beside the bed and held her in his arms: "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"
"I can't sleep," Wen Nianruan frowned with worry: "How is the emperor?"
Yun Chenan shook his head and said solemnly: "Not very good."
Wen Nianruan's heart sank even more: "Are those assassins today from Yu Hanyao?"
"Well, they are all very powerful experts from the Yaori family, as well as their elders."
Wen Nianruan was worried: "Chen'an, can we escape this time?"
He chuckled: "Why not, believe me."
After letting Wen Nianruan lie down, Yun Chenan covered her with a quilt and comforted her softly: "You don't have to worry about anything during this period. Just stay in Fuhua Palace and don't run around. Leave the rest to me."
"good."
"Be good, go to bed quickly."
The next day, the light rain had stopped, the sky was still gloomy, and the entire palace was shrouded in mist.
Perhaps because the emperor's life was hanging by a thread, the atmosphere in the palace was extremely depressing.
All the officials in the court were secretly wondering whether the emperor's posthumous decree would appoint the child in Concubine Wen's belly as the crown prince if the emperor died. After all, Concubine Wen was granted the title of queen, so the child in her belly could naturally inherit the throne.
But the situation on the emperor's side is unknown. Only Yun Chenan and Feng Jinyan are guarding the side, and their courtiers cannot enter.
At midnight in the evening, Su Muye summoned him into the palace and left half an hour later.
On the Queen Mother's side, there are also undercurrents surging behind her back, as if she is planning something.
In the evening, the Queen Mother also summoned Xiao Yihan.
Two more days passed and there was still no news of the emperor's improvement. Every time the ministers asked about Feng Jinyan, he would sigh.
In the past two days, Wen Nianruan was inexplicably flustered. She couldn't stay in Fuhua Palace and was just about to go check on Yun Chenan when Yushuang ran over with a panic look on her face: "Mother, the Imperial Master has been taken into custody by His Highness King Xuan.
Woke up!"
Wen Nianruan was horrified: "Why did Xiao Yihan take him into custody?!"
"It is said that the Imperial Preceptor took advantage of the Emperor's illness to plot rebellion, so His Highness Prince Xuan imprisoned the Imperial Preceptor on charges of treason."
"Impossible! It's impossible for Chen An to rebel!"
Wen Nianruan hurriedly walked out of the palace. Before he could get out of the palace gate, he was surrounded by a group of guards.
Wen Ruchu and Xiao Yihan came over.
Wen Ruchu smiled: "Where do you want to go, Fourth Sister?"
Wen Nianruan ignored her and looked at Xiao Yihan with a cold look in his eyes: "What does your highness, Prince Xuan, mean?"
Xiao Yihan's face stiffened slightly, he looked away from her, and ordered the guards around him: "Take good care of the people in Fuhua Palace. No one can let them leave the palace, including Concubine Wen."
Wen Nianruan narrowed his eyes, his eyes filled with coldness.
Wen Ruchu chuckled softly: "Fourth sister, don't panic. Now the emperor is ill in bed, the court is in turmoil, and there are many treacherous ministers and traitors who want to take advantage of the opportunity to rebel. In order to protect the fourth sister, we can only put you under house arrest first."
Aren't her words calling for "catch the thief"?
Wen Nianruan looked back and sneered: "Protect me? Shouldn't the fifth sister protect herself more?"
Wen Ruchu shook his head and sighed: "My life is not as valuable as the life of my fourth sister. You are the imperial queen, and the child in your belly may inherit the throne. We cannot let anything happen to you and the child in your belly.
.”
Wen Nianruan was too lazy to listen to her call, his eyes were cold, he glanced at Xiao Yihan deeply, turned around and returned to the palace.
Xiao Yihan tightened his jaw and secretly tightened the palms hidden in his sleeves.
The next day, Fuhua Palace was sealed off. No one in the palace could get out, and no one knew anything about the news outside.
But everyone could feel that there was an undercurrent surging behind them, and the situation was tense.
In the evening, Xiao Yihan came to Fuhua Palace and brought Wen Nianruan nourishing tonics.
Xiao Yihan placed the soup cup in front of Wen Nianruan and said warmly: "This is a brewed tonic. Your complexion has been bad recently, so take more tonic."
Wen Nianruan raised his eyes: "Where is Yun Chenan?"
He answered: "In prison."
Wen Nianruan was angry: "Why should we detain him? It is impossible for him to rebel!"
Xiao Yihan said solemnly: "This is the Queen Mother's will."
Wen Nianruan was stunned and sneered: "How dare you join the Queen Mother's camp?"
"Two days ago, I made an engagement with Li Yingshuang," Xiao Yihan pursed his lips, his eyes dark and complicated: "Moreover, my mother-in-law is also in the hands of the Queen Mother."
"So, you want to say that you are also forced to have no choice?" Wen Nianruan mocked, looking at Xiao Yihan's eyes with faint disappointment: "You were stationed at the border and fought bloody battles on the battlefield because you wanted to defend the emperor's dynasty.
, but now, you are colluding with the Queen Mother, do you want to watch her dominate the sky with one hand, and have your relatives interfere in politics, and evade the power of your Xiao family? "
Even if the Queen Mother's rebellion was successful and Xiao Weifeng ascended the throne, he would still be nothing more than a puppet. The Queen Mother's ambitions did not stop there.
Her greater ambition is to change the Xiao family to another dynasty, with the surname Li.
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