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After the news of Fu Yu and Shen Zhiqiu's Yuanxiao going out of the palace spread in the harem, the queen mother was very upset. She saw that Fu Yu always rested in the Yuxiu Palace before, and thought that Zhou Yixin could successfully win Fu Yu's favor, but she did not expect Shen Zhiqiu Still occupying an important position in Fu Yu's heart, the Empress Dowager Zhou found out that Fu Yu really liked Shen Zhiqiu, and it would probably be impossible to expect Zhou Yixin to take away his favor. Shanglong Si.

On this day, the Empress Dowager Zhou called Fu Yu to Yongshou Palace and asked him to have dinner with her. When Fu Yu went there, he found that Zhou Yixin was there, and immediately understood what the Queen Mother was thinking. As if he didn't know it, he respectfully greeted the Queen Mother. , Empress Dowager Zhou said with a smile: "The new year has just passed, the emperor is busy with state affairs, and he hasn't had a meal with Ai's family for a long time."

Fu Yi sat down at the dinner table and pleaded guilty: "It's my son's fault. I should have come here often to pay my respects to my mother. It's just that the corruption case was not closed before, and the stalls on New Year's Eve were adjusted by officials from various places, so I was negligent."

The Empress Dowager Zhou smiled lovingly, "State affairs are important, the emperor doesn't have to blame himself, I want you here today because of my heart, this year is her first year in the palace, the little girl always misses home."

Zhou Yixin saluted Fu Yi and the Queen Mother slightly, although she had a smile on her face, but the smile was only superficial, she said: "It's really a sin to labor the Queen Mother and the Emperor with such a small matter as a concubine."

"You are the niece of the Ai family, and the emperor's cousin. Although the previous New Year's Eve banquet was lively, the Ai family just thought that it would be more warm and comfortable for the whole family to have a meal together." The queen mother laughed.

Fu Yi was as bright as a mirror in his heart, but he didn't show anything on his face. He followed the queen mother's words: "What the queen mother said is very true. Sister Yixin doesn't have to be restrained today. They are all family members. Today is an ordinary family banquet. I respect you first." Sister Xin has a cup."

As Fu Yi spoke, he raised his glass and drank the wine in one gulp. Zhou Yi didn't dare to suffer, so he stood up quickly and said: "I thank you, Your Majesty." He also covered his face and drank the wine in the glass.

The Empress Dowager Zhou was very pleased to see the two people's amiable appearance, and she led them to tell a lot of interesting things about the past, and the meal was enjoyable.After dinner, Fu Yu accompanied the Queen Mother and talked for a long time, and seeing that it was getting late, he got up and knelt down to pay his respects.

The Empress Dowager Zhou took Zhou Yixin's hand and said to Fu Wei: "It's getting late today, and Yixin drank again. The emperor will send her back."

Fu Yi didn't have a choice, he could only smile and said, "Even if the mother doesn't say anything, I will send her back."

After saying that, he stretched out his hand to take Zhou Yixin's hand, and they left Yongshou Palace together. Zhou Yixin's slender fingers were as soft as bones, but they were extremely cold. Fu Wei said to the maid who was serving behind Zhou Yixin: "Bring the stove. To your masters."

Liansheng hurriedly stepped forward to hand the stove to Zhou Yixin, and Fu Yi let go of her hand. The two walked towards Yuxiu Palace side by side, neither of them spoke. There was a chill, Zhou Yixin had been in the palace for several months, Fu Yu had never been lucky with her, Zhou Yixin never had any complaints, even the Queen Mother never told, this really surprised Fu Yu, either Zhou Yixin was too soft-tempered, or It's just that she doesn't care about Fu Yi's favor at all.

In the end, it was just a poor person used by the Empress Dowager Zhou. Fu Yi turned his head and asked her, "How old are you this year?"

Zhou Yixin seemed to be thinking about something, he was stunned for a moment, and quickly replied: "Responding to Your Majesty, this concubine is sixteen this year."

Fu Yi didn't continue to ask questions, and walked all the way back to Yuxiu Palace in silence. Fu Yi went to bathe and change clothes first, while Zhou Yixin sat in front of the dressing table and was lost in thought. Lian Sheng came over with a small bottle in his hand, and asked her cautiously: "Your Majesty, this is the medicinal wine bestowed by the Empress Dowager. It is said that it can aid in pregnancy. Do you want to take it now?"

Zhou Yixin glanced at the small white porcelain vase in Liansheng's hand through the bronze mirror, a disgusted expression appeared on her face, but it was only fleeting, she said: "Find a place where no one is around and throw it out quietly, so that no one can see it."

Liansheng bowed his head in response, turned around and went out, and then took advantage of the time when he was dressing Fu Yu, Liansheng secretly told Fu Yu about this matter, and Fu Yu became even more convinced that Zhou Yixin and the Queen Mother were not on the same side.

That night, he slept in the same bed with different dreams. Since he was not in the same group, Fu Yi didn't need to worry about her telling the truth.

In Fengyi Palace, the empress leaned weakly on the bed, covered with a thick blanket and quilt, and the close-fitting palace maid Zhuzhi fed her medicine spoon by spoon, and the black medicine juice was drunk into her stomach bowl by bowl However, her body didn't work, Zhuzhi often secretly wiped her tears behind the queen's back.After drinking the medicine in the bowl, Zhuzhi handed over the candied fruit, the queen shook her head, looked out of the window, and asked Zhuzhi, "Is Your Majesty still in Ganquan Palace tonight?"

Zhuzhi couldn't bear to tell her master these things, but dared not to say so, so she shook her head and said: "Your Majesty will rest at Yuxiu Palace tonight."

The queen didn't react too much after hearing this. Fu Yi still came to Fengyi Palace to see her every day, but he never stayed here. In the concubine's palace, I was still sad. Shen Zhiqiu had been alone for so long, and now there was a young Zhou Yixin. There was never a shortage of beauties in the harem.The queen closed her eyes and forced herself not to think about these things. Zhuzhi knew that her master was sad, so she helped her to sleep. As soon as she helped her to lie down, the queen coughed violently. Covering her mouth with a silk handkerchief, the queen coughed and the bed seemed to vibrate, and it took a while to recover. Zhuzhi took the silk handkerchief away, and saw a dark red blood stained on the pure white silk handkerchief, she was shocked. Kneeling down, she yelled in a crying voice: "Empress Empress!"

The queen glanced at the blood-stained Sipa, smiled sadly, and said weakly, "Get up, it's not a big deal." In fact, she had been coughing up blood for a long time, but only she knew it before, and she knew in her heart that she might not survive this spring.

Zhuzhi wanted to report this matter to Fu Yu, but was stopped by the queen, "Since the birth, my body has been going back and forth like this. Your Majesty has arranged for the judge of the imperial hospital to treat me, and told him that it was just to make him worry. Don't say it."

Zhuzhi felt unwilling, but had to listen, so she could only wipe away the remaining blood stains from the corners of the queen's mouth with tears in her eyes, and washed her face before helping her to sleep.

Due to the intervention of the Empress Dowager Zhou, Fu Yu pretended to rest in Yuxiu Palace for a few nights. After going to court today, Prince Rui came into the palace and reported the news he had heard outside the palace to Fu Yu, saying that the Queen Mother took advantage of the When the officials were mobilized in the new year, they also placed a lot of their own forces in various state capitals. At present, the most prominent and powerful ones in the court are still the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Ning Guogong.

Fu Wei sneered, "She always acts safely, but if she is too safe, she will inevitably shrink back. She clearly wants to take power by herself, but she pretends that she only wants to train the successor of the Fu family."

Prince Rui picked up the teacup and sniffed the fragrance of the tea, and looked up at Fu Yi, "Speaking of which, you were the emperor who set up the line for Duke Ning Guo. Back then, if you wanted to marry Fifth Sister to Yuan Hongxuan, the Empress Dowager might not be able to do so." Shangning State Duke's Mansion."

Fu Yibai glanced at him, "You always say you are smart, but now you are stupid. You don't know that Ning Guogong supported the eldest brother in the past. They have colluded with the queen mother for a long time. I just put them on the table. Speaking of which, Yuan Hongxuan's concubine gave birth to a son or a daughter."

Prince Rui put down the teacup and said with a smile: "I gave birth to a son. Although the child is now being raised under Fifth Younger Sister's name, it is not my own. She has no child and gave birth to someone else's son first. Fifth Younger Sister is not happy. I know how frustrating it is."

Fu Wei sighed, "I can't blame me for not loving Fifth Sister, her temperament is too similar to the Empress Dowager, we can't let her live too comfortably, seeing that Seventh Sister is about to grow old, I don't know which in-laws the Empress Dowager wants to cling to. "

Prince Rui took a sip of tea, "Seventh Sister is obedient."

"Yes." Fu Yi thought to himself, the two brothers chatted in the imperial study for a long time before Prince Rui left the palace.Prince Rui didn't stay in Chengguang Palace for dinner, Fu Yi felt that eating alone was boring, so he asked Jin Fu to inform Shen Zhiqiu, saying that he would go to Ganquan Palace for dinner.

When Jin Fu came to pass on the transmission, Shen Zhiqiu was checking it with a light pink sachet. Hearing this, he nodded to indicate that he understood. After Jin Fu left, Chen Xiang notified the servants of Ganquan Palace to pick him up. Seeing that Shen Zhiqiu was still holding the sachet Sang was looking at it, and he couldn't help asking curiously: "My lord, is there anything wrong with this sachet?"

"Where did you say Xiaolian picked it up?" Shen Zhiqiu asked.

Chen Xiang replied: "Xiao Lian said that she was going to get something from the House of Internal Affairs today. When passing by Yongxiang, she accidentally bumped into a panicked guard and fell off him. The slave girl looked at that it was probably a court lady who was a good friend of the guard. The object of love, why did you look at it for so long?"

Shen Zhiqiu shook his head secretly in his heart, the fabric and embroidery thread of this sachet are made of very good material, it is not something that ordinary court ladies can afford, the sachet seems to be made of Shu brocade, and only Jie is qualified to use Shu brocade in the palace Empresses above Yu, the embroidery on them is also very fine, and the embroidered one is a colorful phoenix, "the body has no colorful phoenix wings, but the heart has a tacit understanding". It is really a token of love. Put the sachet away, and ask her not to disclose this matter.

Fu Yi had dinner in Ganquan Palace that night, eating the same taste of the imperial dining room for thousands of years. He thought that Shen Zhiqiu might be tired of eating too, so he suggested that Shen Zhiqiu open a small kitchen in Ganquan Palace. He said: "You love food so much. Things, the dishes made by the Imperial Dining Room are always quite standard, so it’s not comfortable to open a small kitchen and let them cook for you whatever you want.”

Shen Zhiqiu had this idea a long time ago, but due to the small size of Ganquan Palace, there is no place to repair the small kitchen, and now he acts as an agent for the affairs of the harem. It would be too high-profile to build a small kitchen for himself, so he didn't mention it to Fu Yu. Having mentioned it, he had no choice but to say: "Oasis Palace has only four side chambers, which are just enough for the palace people to rest, and if there is a small kitchen, it may be a bit crowded."

"That's hard to say. Later, I ordered someone to repair the Ganquan Palace and rebuild two ear chambers." Fu Wei said.

Shen Zhiqiu shook his head, "It's not appropriate to go to war like this, I'm fine now."

Just as Fu Yi was about to say more, Jin Fu hurried in and knelt down in front of the two of them, and replied tremblingly: "Return to Your Majesty, the empress is in a coma, and the imperial doctor said that I'm afraid it's not very good."

"What?!" Fu Lie stood up in shock, Shen Zhiqiu's heart sank when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "The emperor quickly go over and have a look."

Fu Yi didn't care about eating, so he stood up and took Jin Fu to the Fengyi Palace. Shen Zhiqiu didn't have the intention to continue eating, so he put down his chopsticks and secretly worried. Now that the first month has just passed, and spring has not yet entered, I don't know if the empress can survive until spring. The weather will warm up, and her condition will probably be better.Chen Xiang said from the side: "Master, do you want to go over and have a look?"

Shen Zhiqiu shook his head, "The empress is sick in her boudoir, it's not easy for me to enter the inner room as a man, I'd better wait for the empress to get better before going to see her." He secretly hoped that the empress would survive this calamity.

When Fu Yi left, Fengyi Palace was very quiet. The palace people followed the rules and did their own things. A few wisps of faint fragrance wafted from the incense burner, adding a touch of loneliness to the quiet palace. A few maids kneeling beside the queen's bed Crying silently, when he saw Fu Yu coming in, he bent over to greet him. Fu Yu walked over and sat on the bed. The queen was still in a coma. The plump cheeks were thin and out of shape, and the whole person lay under the thick quilt, looking lifeless.Fu Yi picked up her hand under the quilt and felt it was icy cold. He felt very uncomfortable, and asked Zhuzhi with a frown, "What's going on?"

Zhuzhi knelt beside the bed, sobbing: "Master, since the beginning of winter, his body has been getting worse day by day. A few days ago, he was able to stand up with strength. He even drank half a bowl of porridge this morning. In the afternoon, he said he was tired and wanted to take a nap. , Who knows that I didn't wake up when I fell asleep until You, so the servant called the imperial doctor over."

"What did the doctor say?"

"The imperial doctor said that the mother's bleeding hurt her inner body during childbirth, and her energy and blood were lost. She was frightened by the matter of the eldest prince before, but now the weather is cold, and her body is getting more and more unbearable. Her energy and blood are almost exhausted. She said it was..." Zhuzhi She cried again as she spoke, not daring to continue speaking intermittently.

Fu Yi asked in a deep voice, "What did you say?"

Zhuzhi wiped away her tears, and continued: "Say yes... If you can survive this time, you should be able to recuperate. If you can't, even the gods will be powerless."

After hearing this, Fu Wei felt a dull feeling in his heart, pushed Zhuzhi and the others to go down, held the queen's hand tightly, and frowned at the unconscious queen.Although he married her because of King Zhennan, but after living together for so long, he still has some affection. In addition, the queen is usually gentle and virtuous, dignified and generous, and never treats the palace people harshly. Don't worry, he may not be considered love for her, but his respect for her is the only one in the harem. He thought she could teach his eldest son to grow up, and then watched him take over the Northern Wu, but unexpectedly hurt her. Standing up, thinking of this, Fu Yi felt more and more guilty. He touched the queen's forehead, hoping that she would wake up soon.

Fu Lie guarded the queen in Fengyi Palace for a whole night. He didn't wash his face and change his clothes to go to court until Jin Fu came to call him at Maoshi. After a sleepless night, his eyes had thick bruises. When he left, the queen was still in a coma.

As soon as Fu Yi left, Concubine Zheng came to Fengyi Palace in the morning dew. She ignored Zhuzhi and the others' greetings, quietly entered the inner room, sat where Fu Yi had been, and quietly looked at the woman on the bed. People, the beautiful Yuan Shandai frowned tightly, with inseparable sadness in her eyes.

There was no sound in the silent inner room, only the slight sound of the cold wind blowing the branches outside the house hitting the tiles. Concubine Zheng lowered her head and gently brushed the hair on the Queen's forehead, feeling the Queen's delicate but dry and cold skin, and murmured Said: "Yanjun."