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The eldest prince finally woke up in the middle of the night, and the imperial physician hurried back and forth to report to Fu Yi, saying that his life was not in danger, but he was still weak and needed to be healed.Fu Yu and Shen Zhiqiu's heart that had been hanging in their throats finally came back to reality. They went in to see the eldest prince together. The eldest prince woke up for a while, and fell asleep at this time, his chubby little face was pale and pale , Fu Wei couldn't help feeling distressed when he saw it, and lovingly touched the eldest prince's forehead, couldn't bear to look at it again, and asked the imperial doctors to take turns to take care of him.

Not long after, the empress also woke up, Zheng Guifei had already left before the empress woke up, Shen Zhiqiu greeted her through the curtain, also resigned from Fu Lie, and went back first.Fu Wei sat by the bed and accompanied the queen, today he was angry and anxious, and he had no time to rest, he was very tired at this moment, he held the queen's cold hand, and comforted her: "Jue'er is fine, don't worry. "

Before the queen could speak, a line of tears flowed down first. She held Fu Yi's hand tightly, and asked him crying: "Why do they always want to harm Jue'er, poor Jue'er, who suffered so much at a young age."

Fu Wei wiped away tears for her, and said softly: "I won't let Jue'er have trouble again in the future, the important thing is that you take good care of yourself."

The queen's health was not very good after giving birth, but this time she was frightened again, and she looked weaker, much thinner than last year. Fu Wei held her hand, and felt that the bones in her wrist were particularly tender.The queen held back her tears, looked at Fu Yi sadly, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, please protect our Jue'er, he is the only child of the concubine, if there is anything wrong with him, the concubine will not survive. "

Fu Yi was also very saddened by her emotions, and immediately responded: "Don't worry, I will protect him well."

The queen was about to speak after hearing this, but Xu Shi rushed to the wind and coughed several times, her bloodless face was flushed red, Fu Wei hugged her lightly, stroking her back to make her feel better, the queen coughed After a while, she snuggled into Fu Yi's arms, greedily inhaled the reassuring scent on his body, and said weakly: "Your Majesty, this concubine's health is getting worse, and there are many trivial matters in the harem, and this concubine may not be able to handle it. His Majesty should find someone to represent him as soon as possible."

Fu Yi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he frowned deeply, blaming her: "Don't say such unlucky things."

"The concubine didn't say these words on purpose to stab His Majesty's heart, it's really powerless. If His Majesty can find someone to act as an agent, the concubine can also relax." The queen said slowly.

Feeling her weak strength, Fu Wei had no choice but to say: "I will arrange this matter, it's getting late, and you just woke up again, don't think about such things anymore, take a good rest, I will come to see you tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, she gently placed the queen on the bed, and the queen smiled weakly at him, and said respectfully: "Forgive me for not being able to get up and send you off respectfully, Your Majesty, go slowly."

Fu Yi covered her with a quilt, and after instructing the maids and eunuchs who served her, he left Fengyi Palace. The moon was shining outside, and the hour had passed. Temple of Light.

Shen Zhiqiu was lying in the Ganquan Palace, but tossed and turned, unable to sleep. He thought carefully about everything that happened during the day, and always felt that things were not as simple as they appeared on the surface. Liu Guiren and Lin's were originally targeting him, why did all the evidence suddenly disappear? Pointing to Lin's, and Liu Guiren's quick change of words is embarrassing. In Shen Zhiqiu's perception, she and Lin's should be sisters, at least on the surface. Could it be that they have already torn their faces?But if Liu Guiren really did it, why did she frame Lin?And that Caiwei, who is it?

There were too many things that I couldn't figure out, and he suffered from the cold during the day. Shen Zhiqiu only felt a pain in his head, and he fell asleep in a daze until Yinshi. When he woke up, it was already bright daylight. Shen Zhiqiu called someone, Chen Xiang and Ginkgo Molan Hurrying into the room to wait for him to get up, wash and dress, Shen Zhiqiu took a look at the sky outside, the gloomy sky was not very good, Chen Xiang followed his gaze and said, "I'm afraid it will snow again today."

"What time is it?" Shen Zhiqiu opened his arms and let them dress him.

Chen Xiang said: "It's been three quarters. His Majesty came here this morning. Seeing that you were still asleep, he didn't bother you and said he would come back at night."

Shen Zhiqiu hummed, and after getting dressed, the meal was also served. He sat down and drank the porridge slowly, continued to think about what happened last night, and beckoned to Ginkgo, "Go and inquire, I was originally with Mrs. Lin from the palace. Is there any other maids who come into the palace besides Caiwei, if there is, please find a way to call."

Ginkgo responded, and hurried away, Chen Xiang prepared dishes for Shen Zhiqiu, scooped a bowl of wild ginseng, ginger and duck blood soup, and said to Shen Zhiqiu: "Your Majesty specially ordered the imperial dining room to make this. It is said that the master suffered from the cold yesterday. Drink this to warm yourself up."

Shen Zhiqiu was a little groggy at the beginning, but it was much better than yesterday. Seeing that Fu Yi was still thinking about him while he was busy, he felt a sense of urgency in his heart, and immediately drank two bowls hot.After dinner, Shen Zhiqiu went back to the Nuan Pavilion to wait for the news. The sky became more and more gloomy, and after a while, heavy snow fell one after another, a charcoal pot was burning inside the house, and the snow falling on the window sills outside quickly turned into water vapor, changing the scenery outside the window It's got to be dense.

About two hours later, Ginkgo came back, leading a low-class court lady in coarse clothes, Ginkgo asked her to wait outside, and came in alone to reply: "My lord, this servant brought Xiaolian."

Xiaolian?Shen Zhiqiu felt that the name sounded familiar, but couldn't remember where he had heard it, so he nodded and said, "Bring it in."

The palace maid was about sixteen or seventeen years old, she was tall and thin. After being called into the room, she seemed a little panicked. She kept her head down and knelt down to greet Shen Zhiqiu, "Servant Xiaolian greets Mr. Yunyu."

Shen Zhiqiu said indifferently: "Get up and answer."

Xiao Lian stood up cautiously, still not daring to raise her head, rubbing the corners of her clothes with both hands uneasily, Shen Zhiqiu asked her slowly, holding a teacup, "You used to serve in Yongning Palace, where do you work now?"

"If you go back to the son, the servant girl is now in the clothing bureau." Xiao Lian said.

Seeing her figure, Shen Zhiqiu also felt familiar, and asked again, "Why was she sent to the Clothes Bureau as a punishment?"

Only then did Xiao Lian raise her head, with a hint of surprise in her eyes, and then she quickly lowered her eyes, faltering and saying: "Last year, the slave and servant bumped into the young master in the imperial garden, and was punished by His Majesty to the Clothes Bureau."

Only then did Shen Zhiqiu remember that not long after he entered the palace last year, when he was walking in the imperial garden, he helped a court lady, and was later framed by Mrs. Lin for assaulting her maid, and was banned for three months by His Majesty. It turned out to be her, no wonder He felt that the name Xiaolian was so familiar.

Seeing Xiaolian's panicked look, he understood that Xiaolian probably thought that he called her here to settle accounts with Qiu Hou, so he smiled and said, "I came to you today, not because of what happened that day, I just wanted to ask You, did you serve Mrs. Lin when you were in the palace?"

Xiao Lian was slightly surprised, and quickly replied: "Yes, the servants are the sons of the palace. When the concubine and concubine entered the mansion, His Majesty sent the servants to serve them."

"Then, besides you, who followed her into the palace from the palace?" Shen Zhiqiu asked.

Xiaolian said: "There is also Sister Caiwei, she is the maidservant of the empress."

Shen Zhiqiu took a sip of tea, thought for a while, and asked again: "How was your master's relationship with Liu Guiren in the palace?"

Xiao Lian lowered her head and thought for a while, recalling and said: "When the master entered the palace, the noble lady was already His Majesty's concubine. The master came all the way from Jeju, and he didn't know the rules in Beijing very well. He was far away from his hometown. Sometimes I feel very lonely, so the noble lady often comes to talk with her... Later, the servant remembers that it seemed to be New Year's Eve, when the queen mother summoned the prince and all the wives and concubines, the master walked outside the palace gate and found that his robe was torn It was such a big hole. It was too late to go back and change clothes. The master was so anxious that he didn't know what to do. It was Liu Guiren who changed his robe with her. When meeting the Queen Mother, the noble lady was severely beaten by the Queen Mother. She was punished and punished to go to the palace every day to copy the scriptures for the Empress Dowager, and after more than half a year, the relationship between the master and the noble lady has become better and better since then."

Shen Zhiqiu listened quietly, without comment, and then asked, "Then after entering the palace, do they often see each other?"

"Yes, our master is simple-minded and relies on the help of the noble lady." Xiao Lian said, taking a peek at Shen Zhiqiu, and continued hesitantly, "...At the time when the slave and maid bumped into the young master in the imperial garden, the slave and maid didn't talk too much at all. , It was the maid who was traveling with me who told the master that the empress of the noble lady happened to be talking with the master in Yongning Palace at that time, and after hearing about this, she asked the master to go to the empress empress for comment."

So that's it, Shen Zhiqiu sneered in his heart, this Liu Guiren really had deep thoughts, when he saw Lin's beauty and simplicity when he was in the palace, he approached her step by step, what she did with her in the palace, Shen Zhiqiu was nowhere to be found, but in the palace These few incidents, from his being accused of assaulting the court lady, to Lin's whipping him, and the later deer blood wine incident, should all be hindered by Liu Guiren. Lin is innocent, stupid and has a quick temper. With more encouragement, she did it herself, and now that Liu Guiren finished using her, he kicked her away.

This time when the eldest prince fell into the water, she first poured dirty water on Shen Zhiqiu, intending to shake the emperor's trust in Shen Zhiqiu's favor, and then ordered Caiwei to frame Lin, convict Lin's crimes, and hurt the eldest prince and his wife. The empress's body can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

What a delicate thought.The more Shen Zhiqiu thought about it, the more he felt chills down his spine. When he was in the Hou Mansion, although his father had several concubines, they were all overwhelmed by Mrs. Li, so the back house didn't fight too hard. Now that they met , I really feel that every step is startling.

Shen Zhiqiu thought for a while, put down the teacup, changed his posture and sat down, and continued to ask Xiao Lian, "When you were in the palace, did your master arrange you to do many things?"

Xiao Lian shook her head, "Caiwei is the master's dowry maid, and the master orders her to do any important things."

Shen Zhiqiu couldn't help but feel sorry for Lin Shi, the maid whom he valued so much betrayed her in the end, I don't know how Lin Shi should hate her, no matter how stupid she is, she should think clearly now.

After asking for so long, Shen Zhiqiu had already obtained almost all the information from Xiao Lian, so he said: "You don't have to go to the Clothes Bureau in the future, you will stay in Ganquan Palace to serve."

Xiao Lian was overjoyed. She has been sent to the clothing bureau for more than a year. She does the heaviest work every day. She soaks her hands in the water. When the weather is a little colder, her hands are full of frostbite. Now she can go to the most favored place. When Ganquan Palace came to serve her, she didn't even dare to think about it, she knelt down and kowtowed to Shen Zhiqiu, and said with tears in her eyes: "My servant, thank you, Mr. Yunyu."

Shen Zhiqiu said indifferently, "I don't care who you have served before, in my palace, you must regard me as the master and be loyal to me. If you have two hearts, it will not be as simple as sending it back to the clothes bureau."

Xiaolian kowtowed again and again, "This servant must serve the young master wholeheartedly, and there will never be half-heartedness."

Shen Zhiqiu called Chen Xiang in, took Xiao Lian down to rest, Chen Xiang didn't ask much, and led Xiao Lian out, Shen Zhiqiu reached out to warm himself by the fire, recalling the conversation with Xiao Lian just now, the reason why he kept her was because he felt that he wanted to let her go. Huanyi Bureau, probably no longer safe.

Fu Yu came here before dinner, and it was still snowing, he stopped outside the Ganquan Palace, Jin Fu held an umbrella and approached the yard with him one by one, Shen Zhiqiu greeted him outside the hall, Fu Yu walked hand in hand with him He took the black cloak from his bed and handed it to Chen Xiang who was beside him, and said to Shen Zhiqiu, "Why is no one sweeping the snow in your yard?"

Shen Zhiqiu said: "It looks good when it's thick, but it's ugly when it's bare."

Fu Yi looked back out of the window and said with a smile, "Then I have ruined your beautiful scenery, and there are more footprints for no reason."

"No footprints and no anger, it looks better this way." Shen Zhiqiu picked up the fire in the charcoal basin, and brushed a little bit of snow off Fu Wei's hair.

Fu Wei took his hand and said: "This weather is suitable for eating pots." After saying that, he called Jin Fu and asked him to inform the Imperial Dining Room to put beef soup pots in Oasis Palace at night. Shen Zhiqiu was also a little hungry after hearing what he said. He smiled and said, "I haven't eaten a pot for a long time."

"Do you like to eat?" Fu Wei asked.

Shen Zhiqiu nodded, "I ate it when I was in the Hou Mansion before, rice wine should be served with the pot." He told Ginkgo to prepare rice wine, and Xiao Lian happened to come in to change the charcoal basin. Fu Wei was a little surprised to see her, and asked Shen Zhiqiu, "This is?"

Shen Zhiqiu said: "This is Xiao Lian who used to serve in front of Mrs. Lin. Last year, the emperor sent her to the Clothes Bureau. Today I called her to ask some questions. I thought she did a good job, so I made the decision to keep her. I didn't tell the emperor in advance, so I ask the emperor to forgive me."

Fu Yi warmed up, pulled Shen Zhiqiu to sit down, said fondly, "It's just a court lady, you can stay if you like, don't tell me, if Ganquan Palace is still short of people, just tell Jin Fu."

"No shortage, I usually don't have many things to do, and I feel uncomfortable when there are too many people." After Shen Zhiqiu said, he asked, "How about the eldest prince and empress?"

Fu Wei comforted him, "Today I stayed with the Queen and Jue'er all afternoon, and Jue'er's spirit and complexion are much better, but she doesn't have much strength yet, and the Queen's body is still not very well."

Shen Zhiqiu frowned slightly, "The Queen's body was injured during childbirth, and she was frightened, she needs to rest well."

Fu Yi sighed softly, remembering what the queen had said, looked at Shen Zhiqiu, and said, "Yanjun is not in good health, and there are many trivial matters in the harem, she wants me to arrange another person to assist in the harem affairs, what I mean is for you to come, what do you want?" How about next?"

Shen Zhiqiu was startled, stood up quickly and declined, "I have never been in charge of such matters, and I am a man, so it is absolutely inappropriate. For such an important matter, it is more appropriate for the emperor to let the imperial concubine do it."

Fu Yu pulled him to sit down, and said: "I asked her, Wan'er doesn't like to care about these things, Liu Gui doesn't have enough status, Wang Meiren is too soft-hearted, and Zhou Yixin doesn't even think about it. After thinking about it, it's only you." It's suitable, I'll leave it to you, and I can rest assured."

What he said was not without reason, Shen Zhiqiu still felt that it was not appropriate, and when he was about to speak again, Fu Yi said again, "It's just an assistant, don't worry, if there is anything difficult, just come to me, I will help you."

The conversation has come to this point, Shen Zhiqiu can't evade any more, so he can only agree. During the conversation, the pot and rice wine have been set, and the two sat down at the dining table. The table was filled with ingredients such as beef ribs, beef louvers, lamb tripe, pheasant, wild goose, quail, black fish, mandarin fish, sea shells, fresh bamboo shoots, stone fungus, perilla leaves, etc. Shen Zhiqiu couldn't think about it for a while. For other things, only food is left in my heart.