"Emperor!" The Queen Mother looked at the emperor's retreating back in disbelief. Her vision went dark and she almost fainted. [ ]

"Empress!" Lu Mo supported her.

"The emperor has never spoken to the Aijia like this, never like this!" The Queen Mother couldn't help but feel an unprecedented sadness in her heart.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty is too worried. Furthermore, your Majesty was banned by the Emperor's decree, but she had an accident. The Emperor naturally couldn't let go. Moreover, she is pregnant and the child will be delivered in two months.

Well, if there is anything wrong with Concubine Ling, the Emperor will not only lose her, but also lose a child he has never seen before. You can imagine the pain in his heart!" Lu Mo said softly.

When the Queen Mother heard this, her heart ached: "If I had known this, the Ai family should not have insisted on asking the emperor to punish the concubine!"

"My Lady, please don't blame yourself. The plan for now is to find out the people who intend to murder the Imperial Concubine and the Emperor's heirs, and to find the whereabouts of the Imperial Concubine. Those people actually took advantage of the fact that the masters were not in the palace to murder them and set fire to them.

Yanxi Palace is simply heinous!" Lu Mo said at the right time.

When the Queen Mother heard this, her face became more and more gloomy, and she said to Lu Mo: "Show the Yikun Palace!"

"Yes, empress!" An imperceptible smile flashed in Lu Mo's eyes.

In the Yikun Palace, the imperial concubine was anxiously walking back and forth in the bedroom. Zi Yan walked in from outside and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is here!"

When the imperial concubine heard this, a smile appeared on her face, and she and Zi Yan went out to greet him.

"Hail the Queen Mother!" the imperial concubine said with a smile.

However, the Queen Mother had a gloomy face and said to the people around her: "Stay back!"

"Yes!" The minions immediately retreated.

"The Queen Mother, how is your concubine's matter?" the imperial concubine asked in a low voice.

The Queen Mother sat on the chair and looked at the imperial concubine coldly, without answering. After a while, she said in a deep voice: "The Ai family is asking you, please answer the Ai family honestly, did you send someone to kill your concubine?"

Hearing this, the imperial concubine suddenly knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "Empress Dowager, I have been wronged. I have never thought of killing anyone. What's more, I have been serving you and the emperor these days.

I just returned to the capital today, even if I want to harm her, it is impossible!"

Hearing this, the Queen Mother's face slightly improved: "It's okay, if you were the one who committed the murder, even if you are the niece of the Ai family, the Ai family will never spare you lightly. Minruo, please remember this for the Ai family. Gong

You can fight for favor and use any means, but... the Ai family will never allow anyone to murder the emperor's heir. If the Ai family finds out, even you will be punished by death!"

The imperial concubine knew that she could harm the concubines in the palace, but she could not harm the emperor's children. This was the bottom line of the Queen Mother. She was indeed the Queen Mother's niece, but... the prince and princess were also the Queen Mother's direct bloodline, and they were more important than her.

How many times.

However, she didn't understand why the Queen Mother suddenly mentioned the matter of the emperor's heir, and couldn't help but probe: "Mother, is your concubine pregnant?"

"Yes!" The Queen Mother was so confused at this time that she didn't want to say more and left with Lu Mo and others.

The imperial concubine was shocked in her heart. No wonder the emperor said that his concubine was not dead and ordered a search of the palace and sent people to search everywhere. It turned out that... she was pregnant. Naturally, those two corpses could not deceive the emperor. Thinking of this, the imperial concubine felt low.

The voice gave a few instructions in Zi Yan's ears.

"Don't worry, Madam, I will take care of it right now!" Zi Yan responded before leaving.

For several days in a row, there was no peace in the palace. Slaves from each palace were sent to the Department of Punishment for severe interrogation. Almost no one came out alive, which made everyone in the palace feel in danger.

On March 9, the emperor issued a secret order to take away several guards and commanders in the palace. They were also taken away along with several counselors who guarded the palace gate. From then on, no one saw them again.

On March 10, more than half of the palace guards were replaced. The emperor scolded Prince He in the court hall, accusing him of neglecting his duty when he stayed in the capital during the emperor's western tour. This was a heinous crime. Prince He was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy. Many

The ministers all interceded for him and were reprimanded by the emperor.

Faced with the emperor's fury, Prince He's concubine Enianggui took him to kneel outside the Yangxin Hall. Mother and son knelt for a whole day and night. Only after the Queen Mother's persuasion did the emperor pardon Prince He and ordered him to shut up and think about his mistakes.

On March 11, the emperor issued an order to renovate the Yanxi Palace and ordered that the concubine was seriously injured in the fire and needed to rest, so that the concubine would not have to spend time in the morning and dusk, and she would temporarily stay in Chengqian Palace to rest.

After hearing this, all the concubines in the palace were so surprised that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear, and then hurried to Chengqian Palace.

"My empresses, the emperor has decreed that before the Yanxi Palace is repaired, the concubines will rest in the Chengqian Palace, so you don't have to visit." At the gate of the Chengqian Palace, Xiao Yizi led a group of servants to the palace.

Everyone in the harem who came after hearing the news stopped at the door.

"Since it is the emperor's will, sisters, please disperse!" the imperial concubine said with a soft smile.

"Xiao Yizi, please tell me that I want to see your sister!" Concubine Jia was a little unwilling to give up. She wanted to know what happened?

"To my concubine, this is the emperor's decree. No one is allowed to visit my concubine. Please forgive me, my concubine!" Xiao Yizi said respectfully.

"This..." Concubine Jia was about to say something when she saw Lu Yunxi walking out of Chengqian Palace, followed by a group of minions behind her, all holding bundles in their hands.

"What is this?" Concubine Jia was slightly startled.

"Informing the empress, the concubine needs to rest. The emperor has decreed that the concubine will temporarily leave the Chengqian Palace to live in the Yongshou Palace of the empress. When the concubine returns to the Yanxi Palace, the concubine will return to the Chengqian Palace!" Lu Yunxishen

He took a breath and said.

After hearing this, Concubine Jia had no choice but to nod her head and leave with Lu Yunxi.

Arriving at the Yongshou Palace, Concubine Jia couldn't wait to ask: "Sister Lu, have you seen clearly, is that your concubine's sister?"

"Yes, is it fake?" Concubine Chun also asked hurriedly.

Concubine Yu looked at Lu Yunxi and remained silent.

A dignified look gradually appeared on Lu Yunxi's face: "Sisters, I looked at her from a distance when she came in. Because she was covered with a veil, I couldn't see clearly, but...every move she made was very different from your concubine!"

"That's really a pretense. What on earth is the emperor going to do?" Concubine Chun took a deep breath and said.

Concubine Jia suddenly collapsed on the chair and said in a trembling voice: "Your sister is really missing!"

"Yes!" Lu Yunxi said firmly: "That's not her!"

"The emperor found someone to pretend to be your sister, and he must have wanted to take the opportunity to block Youyou's mouth, and then sent people to search outside the palace!" Concubine Yu said suddenly.

"Yes, the emperor must have meant this. The emperor likes Ning'er so much and will definitely not give up. The emperor did this to save her status and everything. He is only waiting to find her and Yanxi Palace.

Welcome back the true master." Lu Yunxi said excitedly.

"Can we still find her?" Concubine Jia asked in confusion.

"Yes, of course I can. Ning'erji has her own destiny. I believe the emperor will definitely find her!" Lu Yunxi said with absolute certainty, as if comforting herself and everyone else.

Two days later, the Imperial Concubine became seriously ill, and the Empress Dowager issued an order to send Prince He into the palace to attend to her illness.

It was still early, so the imperial concubine went to Cining Palace to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager with the ginseng soup she had made herself. However, the empress dowager ordered her to send the ginseng soup to the concubine in Shoukang Palace.

The Imperial Concubine greeted the Grand Concubine, greeted her, and waited for her to drink ginseng soup before leaving.

The imperial concubine had just left for a moment, and the prince and the prince walked out of the imperial concubine's bedroom and met at the place they had arranged in advance.

"Hong Zhou, what happened? Why did the emperor reprimand and punish you in the court? What did he know?" The imperial concubine asked anxiously when she saw him.

Prince He said seriously: "Don't worry, he doesn't know anything!"

"Then why did he treat you like this?" The imperial concubine was still uneasy.

Hearing this, Prince He whispered: "On the day when the palace of Yanxi Palace was destroyed by fire, I invited all the officials, big and small, who were staying in the capital to have a drink at the palace, including the guards and commanders in the palace and all the officials in the capital.

Guardsmen at the big city gate, you know, this is a taboo thing, and it might be said to be a serious crime of treason!" After saying this, Prince He paused slightly: "I must be more careful in the future.

, Minruo, I can only help you so much. Don't worry, those who are taking action this time are all my confidants, and they have been killed by the emperor. Dead people will not tell secrets. The people who are chasing your concubine are even more powerful.

They are the dead soldiers I have raised for many years. Ening was beaten into the cliff, Hu Shijie was shot to death by random arrows, and your concubine was even forced to jump into a deep stream. Although the body was never found, she... fell from there.

There will only be one ending for a person - to be shattered into pieces!"

After hearing this, the imperial concubine finally felt at ease and said with a smile: "Hong Zhou, thank you!"

Prince He shook his head gently and said: "I said that I will do my best to help you, but now I can't take it lightly. Although after the fire in Yanxi Palace, all the clues have been wiped out by my people, but... it is still difficult to protect the emperor.

If brother discovers something, you must keep an eye on it!"

"Don't worry, I will do it!" The imperial concubine nodded heavily and immediately left Shoukang Palace.

The storm caused by your concubine's incident has not subsided. On March 15, news came from the palace that the eldest brother was critically ill. By the time the emperor and the Queen Mother dared to go, the eldest brother had already passed away.

The emperor was deeply shocked and heartbroken by all the sudden events. Looking at his son who was lying on the bed and was no longer angry, he regretted as never before, but it was too late.

Since the death of the Queen, he reprimanded Yong Huang, and Yong Huang fell into despair. He has been depressed for the past two years. He fell seriously ill at the end of last year, and he never came to visit Yong Huang. He never thought that he would never see her again.

The successive blows made the emperor fall ill, and while he was ill, he decreed that his eldest brother should be named the betrothed prince.
Chapter completed!