After driving for several days in a row, Xiao Ci was exhausted even after a day. After washing himself, he lay down and couldn't move even if he tried.
There were lights on and an ice basin in the room, so it didn't feel very hot.
Song Qinghuan covered her belly and leaned on the pillow, and her eyelids began to grow heavy.
Xiao Ci looked at the yellowish lamp for a while, then suddenly shook Song Qinghuan awake: "Tomorrow morning we will go back to Prince Rui's Mansion to stay. I will go on an expedition the day after tomorrow. Then, don't go out easily. Even if you have to go out,
You must also bring Chu Han with you."
Song Qinghuan was already feeling sleepy. Hearing what he said meant that he wanted to keep Chuhan to himself, he suddenly became excited and lost all sleepiness. He opened his eyes and said: "I won't go out, but you
You have to bring Chu Han with you."
Chuhan and Liujian are the most useful ones around Xiao Ci. Liujian stayed in Ruizhou to protect a few children. This time Xiao Ci is going to the battlefield. Chuhan naturally has to follow him. He is not afraid of ten thousand but also afraid of the worst.
Xiao Ci said, "No, you don't have time to spare. It would be better for Chuhan to stay in Kyoto."
Then he said: "I always feel that something is wrong about this matter. I just told a few uncles and they said the same thing. However, I can't find out who is behind it. I can't take you with me this time. I can't take you with me this time."
I feel uneasy, so I can feel more at ease by letting Chuhan stay."
Song Qinghuan was completely sleepless. He sat up with his brocade quilt in his arms and lowered his voice: "Do you also think that someone is planning this behind the scenes?"
Song Qinghuan also felt the same way. How come things in this world are so coincidental? Emperor Chengxing has never left the city gate of Kyoto since his birth. The two princesses of Ye Kingdom have also never been to Dali. How did Emperor Chengxing know this?
The two princesses? How did you know that the two princesses have the appearance of gods?
From the looks of it, he is just a lustful emperor who would do anything for beauties, but if you really want to talk about it in detail, there are many details worthy of scrutiny.
However, these are not the most important things. What is important is who is planning it behind the scenes?
Xiao Ci was also a little worried about the crusade against Ye Kingdom. Because he didn't know what the person behind it was planning, he didn't know what the consequences would be if he went to Ye Kingdom.
It is unknown whether the person who secretly plotted this is an enemy or a friend, but what is clear is that they are in a passive situation.
When Song Qinghuan asked such a question, Xiao Ci was silent for a moment, and then discussed the matter with her. Thinking that Xiao Ci was going to the battlefield, Song Qinghuan might not be so relaxed in Beijing.
Originally, they just wanted to retreat to Ruizhou so that they would no longer be involved in the affairs of the court. Unexpectedly, they were pulled back again. I don't know when this day ended, but the two of them were always very bored.
After spending the night at the Song family, Xiao Ci went to the camp to hand over the troops early the next morning, waiting to lead the troops and set off early tomorrow morning.
Song Qinghuan was having breakfast with the Song family when an aunt came to the palace and said that the Queen Wang invited Song Qinghuan to come into the palace to talk.
Being said to be Queen Wang's, Xiaoyun's heart felt tight. Knowing that it was not a good thing for Song Qinghuan and Xiao Ci to be invited back to Beijing this time, she immediately said: "How about I accompany you into the palace."
Queen Wang, the mother of a nation, first lost her adopted daughter, and then her son. The only one she had a blood relationship with was the daughter born to Mrs. Xu, who now looked even older than Emperor Chengxing.
Song Qinghuan had met her yesterday, but had not spoken to her. Now she suddenly invited herself into the palace to talk, and she didn't know what she meant.
But no matter what Empress Wang meant, Song Qinghuan flatly rejected Xiao Yun: "The Empress invites me to talk, what will it be like for my mother to follow her?"
Then he said: "It's okay, I'll go and come back."
Her intuition told her that Queen Wang had no ill intentions. Otherwise, she would not have been able to come from the palace yesterday.
Song Qinghuan changed her clothes and followed her aunt into the palace. Before going out, Xiao Yun was still uneasy and pulled her and said, "Be careful in everything."
Song Qinghuan nodded: "Don't worry, if anything goes wrong I'll have someone send a letter home."
It has been several years since they left Beijing. Princess Rouzhen and Xiao Ci originally left some influence in the palace, but now I don't know if they can still use it.
As the carriage entered the palace, the aunt led Song Qinghuan not to the middle palace, but to Cining Palace.
The smell of medicine was everywhere in Cining Palace. Song Qinghuan argued carefully that they were all warming medicines and nothing special. When they entered the inner hall, before they saw anyone, they heard a violent cough.
Then Queen Wang's soft voice came: "Mother, please drink some medicine to calm down."
The always domineering Empress Dowager Jiang rarely made a sound. The curtain was lifted, and Song Qinghuan saw Empress Dowager Jiang lying on the hospital bed.
However, after not seeing her for three years, she was no different from the old lady in the market. She had gray hair and a vegetable-colored face. She might have been severely tortured by illness. She was skinny and skinny. When she saw Song Qinghuan coming over, she could see her cloudy eyes.
He glanced at it and then dropped it, no longer as sharp as before.
Song Qinghuan stepped forward to salute and say hello. Empress Dowager Jiang did not say a word, but drank all the dark concoction from the medicine bowl in Empress Wang's hand.
After Queen Mother Jiang was put to sleep, Queen Wang helped Song Qinghuan up and took her outside. As she walked, she said: "The Queen Mother has been ill for some days and she doesn't recognize people very much now. The imperial doctor said she is getting old."
, I can’t escape, so I have to take medicine to support him.”
This means that there is no longer any threat.
Song Qinghuan didn't quite understand what Queen Wang wanted to express when she said this to him, and didn't say anything for a while.
Empress Wang took one look at Song Qinghuan and looked unmoved, so she left Cining Palace and headed for the Central Palace with her.
The central palace is still the same as before. The decorations in the palace and the flowers, plants and trees in the courtyard have not changed, but the people have changed.
Xiao Mu will never appear here again, calling for his mother, and Xiao Jingrou will not follow the queen closely.
Things are different and people are different.
Song Qinghuan followed Empress Wang into the main hall, only to feel that it was very deserted. As soon as the servants were sent out, she could feel the drop of a needle.
Queen Wang also felt something. She looked around the hall and couldn't help but smile sarcastically: "There is nothing in this palace."
Her son died, and her grandson also died in infancy. If Emperor Chengxing dies in the future, she or the entire Wang family may not end up well.
Song Qinghuan lowered her head and said nothing. She really didn't know what Queen Wang's intention was.
Song Qinghuan didn't speak, but Queen Wang shed tears. After a long time, she calmed down and said: "It's pointless for me to invite my younger siblings to the palace. I just want to find someone to talk to. You are Mu'er and his wife."
Your savior, be on good terms with this girl Rouzhen, I will not harm you."
Song Qinghuan hesitated and said hypocritically: "The Emperor's sister-in-law's words are obvious. It is also my blessing to be the Emperor's sister-in-law's listener."
These words were very true and false, but Queen Wang couldn't help but sneered, straightened her clothes, and said with a smile: "That idiot Liu Guifei thinks that my son will be crowned after his death. It is really ridiculous..."
