Early the next morning, an extremely miserable scream came from the side room in the backyard of Weiyang Palace, waking up Zhong Qingye who was still sleeping. His mind went blank for a moment, and he reached out to rub his temples with a headache. "
Grind purple.”
Hearing her call, Yan Zi quickly walked in. Seeing that she was already awake, he hurriedly stepped forward and supported her waist to help her sit up, and asked with concern: "Mother, did Miss Fifth wake you up?"
Zhong Qingye rolled his eyes, "I knocked her out yesterday and brought her back. I didn't expect to wake up now. Alas... it's a pity that I have enough sleep time."
As he said that, he was about to lift the quilt and get out of the bed. Yanzi hurriedly offered help and murmured: "It's still early, the queen can rest for a while. As for the fifth lady, wouldn't it be better to let the internal prison handle it?"
"
Zhong Qingye got out of bed, put on the silk-embroidered soft-soled shoes inlaid with bright jade butterflies and flowers, and while stroking his messy hair, he said lazily: "No, I'm too lazy to go back to sleep after I wake up anyway.
After all, we are still sisters, so it’s time to go to her.”
Yanzi chuckled, came forward and helped her sit down at the table, beckoned the palace maid carrying toiletries outside the house to come in, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty's heart has become softer and softer since she became the heir. If it had been before
, who cares about these things?"
Zhong Qingye smiled, took the cup for gargling, and said casually: "She has repeatedly deliberately harmed me. She even had a share of the credit for the loss of my child five years ago. In the past, I didn't.
It would be merciful to kill her with my own hands, but even so, it does not mean that I will forgive her."
"That's right! When did the empress treat her as a sister? When did she treat the empress as a sister?" Chun'er led several palace maids in. Perhaps after hearing what Zhong Qingye and Yan Zi said, she curled her lips and said with disdain: "Her
How can such a person be qualified to be our empress’s sister? The empress let her go, just to do some good deeds for the little prince in her belly, how can she have such honor!”
Zhong Qingye took a mouthful of salt water and moved it in his mouth for a few times, then spit it out on the enamel thick-necked vase handed over by the palace maid. He handed over a warm handkerchief dipped in rose and narcissus juice, and Zhong Qingye took it over.
, gently pressed it on the face. Yanzi then smiled and said softly: "Although Chun'er's words are a bit harsh, it is indeed true. As for the things that Miss Fifth did, she is indeed unqualified.
Please accept our queen’s favor.”
"Okay, don't talk bad about others so early in the morning, or you'll get bubbles on your mouth." Zhong Qingye handed the veil to the maid on the side, raised his head and said to Yanzi: "Brother has sent someone to notify you.
Yet?"
Before Yan Zi could say anything, Chun'er was the first to say: "I informed you early in the morning, but it should still be going to court at this moment. Mr. Zhong will come to the empress as soon as the court is announced."
"Yes." Zhong Qingye nodded and walked slowly to the dressing table. "Find someone to wait at the palace gate. When he comes, take him directly to Zhong Ying." Then he turned to Yanzi and said: "Easy combing.
Just a little hair on the temples will be fine.”
After finishing dressing up, Zhong Qingye took a casual look, then stood up with Yanzi's support, and said to Chun'er: "Let's go and see this incredible Concubine Shu."
"Your Majesty, stay!" Chun'er hesitated for a moment, then said carefully: "Now her situation is unstable and she is crazy. Your Majesty is pregnant with the emperor, so it's better not to go. If there is a collision..."
Zhong Qingye laughed. "How can I believe this thing? Besides, I brought her back. What will happen to her?"
Yanzi also hesitated and said: "Even if you are not afraid of collision, the fifth lady is crazy and evil now. What will happen if she accidentally bumps into the empress?"
"Okay, you two, it's not like I don't have eyes, so how could I let her bump into me? Besides, aren't there people under supervision there?" Zhong Qingye ignored the two people's concerns and strolled out of the house.
go.
Yan Zi and Chun Er reluctantly had no choice but to help her walk towards the backyard.
It is said to be a backyard side house, but the environmental conditions of Weiyang Palace located in Zhong Qingye are not much different. The closer you get, the more you can hear Zhong Ying's hysterical roars, accompanied by indistinct voices from time to time.
The sound was so brutal that both Chun'er and Yanzi's hair stood on end.
There were dozens of internal inmates standing in front of the side room. A few of them still had injuries on their faces and stood there with grinning teeth. Some of them had a bad temper and yelled and cursed from time to time. Although the words they said were not unpleasant, they were not very serious.
Nice to hear.
Zhong Qingye frowned, and the eunuch consul beside her in Weiyang Palace immediately came forward to greet her, shouting angrily in a high-pitched voice: "What do you call it?! Do you have eyes? Are you not here? Why don't you salute quickly?"
?!You little brats!”
The internal guards who were standing in twos and threes finally saw Zhong Qingye, who had arrived in simple clothes. His legs were so frightened that they were weak. He hurriedly knelt down and saluted. It turned out that the slaves who yelled the most fiercely were covered in cold sweat, and they were trembling and dared not lift their heads.
Get started.
Zhong Qingye walked forward slowly, stopped in front of everyone, glanced around dozens of people, and said lightly: "Zhong Ying is indeed locked up here because of my face, and it is indeed because of me.
It’s the reason why I wasn’t beaten to death with sticks, but I don’t know. It turns out that you slaves can talk about my affairs at will, huh?”
Her tone was calm, and she repeated the words that those servants had yelled. Although she didn't have any anger, she still frightened those servants out of their wits. They hurriedly kowtowed and apologized. Chun'er said impatiently: "Our queen is here.
How can we allow you to speak dirty words? Little Suzi, please take them down quickly and punish them according to their crimes, so as not to stain our queen’s eyes here!"
Xiao Suzi was the internal eunuch consul. When he saw that something was wrong, he quickly asked someone to take the internal eunuchs who were trembling with fear without saying a word. Zhong Qingye just responded calmly and did not stop them.
The palace is different from other places. Here, good people will be deceived. She was bedridden for several months and spent half of her time in bed. After she recovered, she lived in seclusion. There were thousands of slaves in the palace.
Fully half of them have only heard of her name but have never met her as a person, let alone understand her.
Although Qi Mo is the only one who loves her, the knowledge that she is in poor health has been buried in everyone's hearts. It is probably because they think she is sick and has no style, so these minions don't take her seriously.
, even a small inmate dares to call them queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen, queen.
Zhong Qingye lowered his head and touched his belly, with a calm expression on his face. Everything now is of course based on the child. These small things can be dealt with slowly after the child is born.
She has never been a kind, generous and good-tempered person.
The group of people kneeling below saw that Zhong Qingye had not spoken for a long time, and they were not sure what she was thinking about. For a moment, they were so frightened that they fell into silence. From time to time in the distance, there were screams of being tortured in the inner prison. In conjunction with Zhong Ying in the room,
The sharp roar became more and more terrifying and abnormal.
Zhong Qingye stopped the kneeling crowd and said in a calm tone: "What's the matter with the injury on your face?"
An eunuch with a scratched mouth said in a tearful voice: "The Queen, please forgive me, slave... the slave was scratched when he was bringing food in..."
"Come here Zhong Ying, she is really crazy." Zhong Qingye said with a smile but not a smile. "Okay, you all get up. Remember from now on, what should be said and what should not be said. If
If you don’t remember, your head will fall off at any time.”
A group of slaves responded obediently, and then slowly stood up. Zhong Qingye walked to the door of the side room, locked the doorknob with an iron chain as thick as a baby's arm, and hung a big lock. He couldn't help but be stunned. "
Open the door."
"Queen, this..."
Yanzi immediately said angrily: "I opened the door when I asked you to, why are you so wordy?!"
The internal prison officer who had just wanted to stop him was startled by Yan Zi's roar. He didn't dare to delay. He hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door with the key. Zhong Qingye stepped in and saw that the decoration of this side room was exquisite, although it was not as good as her room.
The atmosphere is exquisite, but it is still a good place.
On the bed in the house, Zhong Ying had her wrists and ankles chained with iron chains, and one end was connected to a pillar in the palace. She was wearing tattered clothes that were almost colorless, and she was sitting on the ground with her hair disheveled. There seemed to be blood scabs on her forehead.
With a frozen appearance, when he saw someone coming in, he immediately jumped up like a frightened beast, roared, and rushed towards everyone with his teeth and claws.
"Protect your empress!" Zhong Qingye didn't think anything of it yet. He really frightened a group of slaves. They all stopped in front of Zhong Qingye and were wary of Zhong Ying who was rushing over.
"Bold dog slave! I will kill you!" Zhong Ying screamed, a twisted face peeking out from behind greasy, messy hair, and her white teeth were stained with green plant leaves and some unknown things.
There was a yellow object, and the whole body also exuded an unpleasant smell, which was extremely nauseating.
She screamed and rushed towards Zhong Qingye. The appearance was really terrifying, but before she could rush out two meters, she heard a clang of iron chains. Her body that dived forward suddenly stopped, and the iron chains were pulled into a chain.
The straight line firmly tied her hands and ankles. Zhong Ying rushed so hard that she couldn't stabilize her body and fell to the ground hard.
Zhong Qingye had already realized that her iron chain was not long enough to attack him, and he did not show any surprise on his face. Instead, he saw a large blood mark on her exposed wrists worn by the rough iron chain rings, and her ankles were on the ground with her bare feet.
It's the same everywhere, there are flies circling around in the bloody mess.
Zhong Ying had just been brought back for one night. Such injuries could not have been caused overnight. Zhong Qingye knew it clearly. After coming to Jingyang City and being captured by Qi Mo, Zhong Ying's life as a wanderer was not easy.
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a burst of chaotic footsteps outside the house, and then the inner prisoner said in a long voice: "The emperor has arrived..."
Zhong Qingye turned around, but before she could speak, someone grabbed her shoulder. Qi Mo looked her up and down anxiously, and kept asking: "Are you okay? Did I hurt you?"
Zhong Qingye shook his head. "I just arrived and haven't gone over yet."
Seeing that she was indeed fine, Qi Mo was relieved, then turned to Chun'er and Yanzi and said angrily: "The queen is very heavy, how can she be allowed to come to a place like this alone? Are you doing this? What if she is injured at all?"
Yes, can you take responsibility?!"
Yanzi and others panicked, and were about to kneel down and beg for mercy, but Zhong Qingye reached out to stop them first, explaining: "It's not their fault, I came here on my own. I'm here, and I didn't go there, so I can't hurt you."
What."
I don't know, but I realized that Qi Mo was actually wearing the gold-embroidered nine-dragon forged robe that he used when he went to court, and even his shoes were dragon-pattern boots outlined with gold thread. He knew that he had just come down from the court, and even his clothes
He didn't even have time to change it, which shows that he hurried over as soon as he heard the news.
Zhong Qingye's heart softened and his voice softened involuntarily. "Okay, don't blame them. I'm fine too. I'm pregnant with our child and I will protect him carefully. Don't worry."
"I wish I could rest assured." Qi Menai glanced at her and pulled her into his arms. Zhong Ying, who then turned around and fell to the ground, frowned. "What's going on?"
Zhong Haoyu and several imperial doctors were also accompanying him. The moment he arrived at Zhong Ying, Zhong Haoyu almost rushed up to her, but he was still concerned about his identity and held back. At this moment, seeing Qi Mo asking, he hurriedly said to the imperial doctor:
"Physician, could you please come forward? What's going on?"
Several imperial doctors responded and stepped forward cautiously. As soon as they lifted Zhong Ying's hair, her face relaxed. They turned around and knelt down and said: "Report to your Majesty, the Queen, the prisoner has fainted."
"Fainted?" Zhong Qingye was stunned for a moment. "How come you suddenly fainted? Doctor, please check and see if there is anything wrong?"
What she said was exactly what Zhong Haoyu wanted to say, and Qi Mo didn't object. The imperial doctor responded respectfully, turned around and carefully checked Zhong Ying's pulse. After careful examination, his face suddenly changed, and he exchanged words with several imperial doctors.
With a look in her eyes, she immediately took a few steps back and asked another imperial doctor to diagnose her pulse.
Zhong Qingye and others were confused, Zhong Haoyu was even more anxious, and he couldn't speak easily, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Not long after, several imperial doctors knelt down and one of them said: "Your Majesty, the Queen, the prisoner... is pregnant."
"Pregnant?!" Everyone present was shocked. Even Qi Mo couldn't help but frown, and Zhong Haoyu even blurted out: "This is impossible!"
Zhong Qingye pulled his clothes and said calmly: "How many months has it been?"
"It's been more than three months since I returned to the Queen."
Zhong Qingye's heart skipped a beat and she turned to Qi Mo, who was also facing her. The two looked at each other and had plans in each other's minds. Zhong Ying was Qi Mu's concubine before, and Qi Mu was defeated in the army more than three months ago.
Missing, probably hiding from the world on Qianhe Island, this child cannot be Qi Mu's.
The imperial doctor continued: "The prisoner shows signs of being tortured, and his body is covered with scars. Your Majesty and Your Majesty, please invite me."
As he said that, he stepped back slightly and lifted up one of Zhong Ying's sleeves. At a glance, Zhong Qingye saw that the slender arm was full of wounds, including long strips, oval shapes, and fire-shaped ones.
, some have suppurated, some are still bleeding, new injuries are stacked on top of old ones, it’s terrible to see.
Yanzi and Chun'er gasped and took two steps back in fright. Zhong Haoyu was shaken and his face turned pale. Even Zhong Qingye couldn't help but frown. One of his arms was like this.
Other parts of the body can be imagined.
Suddenly, she seemed to understand where the child in Zhong Ying's belly came from.
There were so many wounds on Zhong Ying's body, and there were also large scratches on her wrists and ankles, indicating that she had also been abused by someone who tied her hands and ankles with rough things. The child in her belly was probably also abused.
To.
Not only Zhong Qingye, but also Qi Mo and Zhong Haoyu thought of this possibility at the same time. Zhong Ying probably also knew that she was pregnant. Perhaps under the extremely unacceptable circumstances, Zhong Ying, who had been crazy once before, went crazy again.
Crazy, reduced to such a state.
Zhong Haoyu's eyes were full of regret and distress, and Zhong Qingye's eyes could not help but sigh. Zhong Ying, no matter how unconscious she was, could not help but sigh. A good woman was ruined like this. If she had not had the heart after she recovered.
If she entered the palace deliberately to become Qi Mu's concubine out of revenge, she probably wouldn't have ended up where she is today.
People never know how to grab the best thing at the right time.
Zhong Qingye was feeling sorry when Zhong Haoyu suddenly walked up to him and knelt down in front of Qi Mo, startling her. "Third brother, what are you doing?"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, I have the courage to ask your Majesty for permission for something!"
Qi Mo said calmly: "You want to take Zhong Ying back to your house and take care of it yourself? Even after knowing what she has done?"
Zhong Haoyu nodded and said in a deep voice: "No matter how many wrong things Zhong Ying has done in the past, she still got the punishment she deserved. I also ask the emperor and empress to show mercy and let Wei Chen take my sister back to the house for treatment."
As he spoke, he banged his head heavily on the ground, making a dull sound.
"What's wrong with you?" Qi Mo asked Zhong Qingye.
Zhong Qingye shrugged. "I hold grudges very much. I can't forgive the things she did, and I'm not prepared to forgive at all, but I really sympathize with her. Since the third brother said so, let him
Take her back for treatment and save me the trouble of seeing you again."
Qi Mo nodded, turned to Zhong Haoyu and said, "You heard what I said, find someone to take her back. I don't want to see her again."
With that said, he ignored Zhong Haoyu's reaction and walked out of the room with Zhong Qingye in his arms. From far away, he could still hear Zhong Haoyu's extremely happy voice of thanks.
A group of people walked slowly, Qi Mo and Zhong Qingye walked in front, and the minions followed. Qi Mo hesitated for a while, and suddenly said: "Qingye, the fire in the Zhong family five years ago..."
"I don't want to know anymore." Zhong Qingye interrupted him, reaching out and caressing his belly consciously. "Zhong Ying has fallen to this point, and she deserves the bad retribution. Everything has passed, and now I just
I want to focus on what I can catch. I don’t have the energy to care about anything else.”
"You don't have to worry about anything." Qi Mo kissed her temples. "I will be by your side and help you take care of all the things you don't want to worry about. All you have to do is give birth to a pair of fat and white children for me.