Xia Jie came back early today, and the ministers of the previous dynasty knew about the matter of reporting on the harem. The military situation in the northwest, the bandits in the southeast, and the corruption of several frontier officials in the south were not mentioned at all.
These people only have the interests of their family in their eyes, but they never really care about this country!
Xia Jie saw those people speaking righteously and quoting scriptures, talking about how the dignified concubines in the harem were kidnapped and then returned to the palace safely instead of protecting their reputation. This was a violation of etiquette and how they had humiliated the court. Xia Jie
Jie felt the anger in his heart rising slowly.
He scanned the faces of the ministers below one by one. Behind the sanctimonious appearance, there were families of concubines in the palace, or they were opponents of the Dou family's interests. Any royal family's reputation was all a lie!
Xia Jie watched coldly as these people appeared on stage one after another like they were singing in front of him. He secretly saw all these people in his eyes and remembered them in his heart. He would not touch them now. After all, Yifang was kidnapped.
In fact, according to the practice of the imperial harem, if such a concubine becomes pregnant after being rescued, the child should indeed be aborted and sent to the cold palace.
But at that time, how could Yifang be treated like other concubines?
Whether the child is his or not, you can tell the month by taking a pulse. Although these people are not so bold, they dare to say in front of him that there is something wrong with the flesh and blood in Yifang's belly, but they are questioning every word!
It’s so funny…
If they hadn't thought about the manpower arranged by Xia Jue in various state capitals, these people thought that he would have tolerated them continuing to talk.
Xia Jie had a serious face in the court. After all, the ministers did not dare to say any more, which made both parties unhappy. Xia Jie returned to the harem without any delay after leaving the court.
When he walked to the White Dragon Royal Road, Xia Jie saw from a distance that Li Fu and Cui'er were asking two powerful eunuchs to carry a sedan to the West Third House. A nun beside Cui'er was holding a
A round little bundle.
Xia Jie's heart suddenly moved, and his eyes burst out with a sharp look.
Li Fu and Cui'er were sent to Prince Lian's Mansion by him. When he set out to save Yi Fang, the woman Bi Ruge happened to give birth at this time and said she wanted to see him, otherwise she would not give birth to the child.
How ridiculous.
Since Cui'er and Li Fu came back at this time, bringing a sedan with them, does that mean Bi Ruge has given birth to the child?
The poison in Yifang's body was said by the imperial doctor to be cured. Murong Yi hadn't gone to see him yet. He wanted to call Murong Yi over this morning, but he didn't know that Murong Yi said he wanted to go to the foot of Wanglong Mountain again. It was just the right time.
, Bi Ruge’s child was born, and she tried the same medicine. After trying it, she asked Murong Yi to see if it was still necessary to give Yifang an antidote!
Xia Jie ordered to the little eunuch beside him: "Go and call Li Fu over to me."
The little eunuch trotted over. Li Fu, who was walking on the palace road over there, heard this, looked towards Xia Jie, and led Cui'er and the others to Xia Jie's side.
When a few people got closer, Xia Jie discovered that the one who looked like a small bundle from a distance was actually a swaddling baby, and the one holding the swaddling baby was none other than Grandma Wang who he wanted Cui'er and Li Fu to take out. Xia Jie
Jie's eyes gradually became meaningful as he looked at the infant.
"Slave, please see your Majesty."
"Old slave, see the Emperor."
"Get up."
Xia Jie stood on the high platform, looking down at the people at the foot of the jade steps. He glanced at the swaddling clothes and saw a red baby inside, sleeping deeply. He clenched his little hand into a fist and put it to his lips, vomiting.
There were transparent bubbles. Xia Jie couldn't help but think of the child in Yifang's belly. It turns out that children are like this...
"Bring the child over here."
"According to the decree."
Li Fu responded, walked to Grandma Wang and hugged the child, but Grandma Wang refused to let go. She held the child in her arms with both hands, protecting her tightly. Looking at Li Fu, her eyes were full of pleading.
The old faces were all squeezed into a ball.
She knew something was wrong when her identity as the princess was exposed. She had followed the Empress Dowager all her life and had been prestigious in the palace for so many years. Before the Empress Dowager died, she knew that the emperor would not let the Bi family go.
Yes, and it can be seen that the current emperor, who was still the prince, has an extraordinary mind and will definitely be a hero in the future. So he told her early on that she must try her best to get closer to the emperor. Therefore, during the period of Emperor Jing'an, she relied on the Empress Dowager
What little power and dignity he had left, he tried his best to protect the emperor.
Emperor Jing'an still hated the Empress Dowager. After all, those things were royal secrets and there was no reason to tell them to the outside world. So as long as she didn't go too far and didn't interfere with the court affairs, Emperor Jing'an didn't dare to do anything to her. At that time
Hou, the Empress Dowager's remaining power in governing affairs is still there. If the Empress Dowager and the late Emperor pass away, Emperor Jing'an will dare to take advantage of the old people around the Empress Dowager in the Palace. Scholars and scholars all have something to say.
In this way, the emperor also gained some affection from her. Only then could she continue to maintain a detached status in the palace, and in the next few years, could she slowly help the Bi family do some things, and only then could she rely on this
Show some kindness and send the princess to the palace without anyone noticing.
In fact, she really doesn't want to...
Others don't know, and the current children and grandchildren of the Bi family don't know. Doesn't she still know what the so-called rumor that a girl from the Bi family must be favored by the emperor is about? It is obvious that she was in the palace at the behest of the Empress Dowager.
The purpose of spreading the news was to make everyone think that the late emperor doted on the girls of the Bi family. It not only covered up the affairs of the late emperor and Princess Feng Wu, but also helped the Bi family save face, making those people think that this was really the case. The court officials
Then they would rush towards the door of Bi's house one after another.
But lies are lies after all. From the late emperor to Emperor Jing'an, the late emperor's queen was a daughter of the Bi family, and the late emperor didn't love him. Emperor Jing'an's biological mother was a daughter of the Bi family, and his first wife was also a daughter of the Bi family, and Emperor Jing'an didn't love her either.
.No matter how close the bloodline of the late emperor and Emperor Jing'an is to the Bi family, they can never let go of their hatred for the Bi family.
When Emperor Jing'an first attacked the Bi family, he did not hesitate at all, nor did he think that this was his maternal grandfather's family.
Originally, the Empress Dowager had arranged everything. The glory of a family could only last for so many years. The Bi family had enough wealth, and the Empress Dowager had also arranged a retreat. As long as the Bi family stayed honest, it would be enough for future generations.
Get richer and richer. But those people don’t give up...
He insisted on returning to the days when he had power, wealth and honor, and sent the princess to the palace. The princess was also arrogant. After she was brought into the palace, she relied on her beauty and refused to listen to her advice.
When Concubine Yi was favored, she arranged the assassination.
Since ancient times, kings have been suspicious and it is most difficult for them to have true feelings. But once an emperor has true feelings, they are also the ones that will never change.
Look at the former emperor...
She knew that the current emperor looked ruthless on the surface, but secretly he was most affectionate. Once he felt that someone was really kind to him, he would return it with all his heart and soul. This was how the original Concubine Zhen was in the palace.
The position will not be shaken in the coming year.
She originally wanted to wait, wait a little longer, but she kept watching with cold eyes, feeling that the favored Concubine Yi was not easy to deal with, but the princess couldn't wait...
If you fail at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, you should retreat...
The princess refused to retreat, and she already felt ominous at that time...
The princess still refused to listen. She had no choice but to arrange someone. When Concubine Yi was forced to go to Yunshan Temple, she used the last manpower left by the Empress Dowager in the capital to assassinate her in the most secretive way. But it still failed...
…
What the emperor showed at that time had already shocked her, and she also knew that if one step was too late, the whole game would be too late. The emperor was moved, and it was not so easy to take it back. But the princess still refused to listen, and instead
He went to the Crown Princess, secretly manipulated and poisoned the Princess Yi, and finally got himself and Master Rufeng into trouble, and went to Prince Lian's Mansion to marry that good-for-nothing Prince Lian, and the child he gave birth to was still alive.
To be a medicine person for others...
Medicine man, this poor child...
Grandma Wang looked down at the small soft ball in her arms, her old eyes were wet with tears. She looked at the child, then looked up at Xia Jie, and fell to her knees on the ground with a thud, the sound echoing on the hard stone floor.
"Your Majesty, I beg you, old slave, to let this child go."
Neither Li Fu nor Cui'er expected that Aunt Wang would suddenly act like this. They had long known that this Aunt Wang, an old friend of the Queen Mother, was with Princess Lian. But when they were in Prince Lian's Mansion, this Aunt Wang
Mammy watched Cui'er rush into Princess Lian's house, watched Cui'er force those nannies to use birth-stimulating drugs, and watched them bring the groggy people into the palace. No matter how hard they tried, she never said a word.
Although it had no effect, it did not stop him. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the palace and saw the emperor, he had an attack instead.
Grandma Wang ignored Li Fu and Cui'er, and just begged Xia Jie who looked indifferent: "Your Majesty, I know that the Empress Dowager was sorry for you, and I also know that the princess is too ruthless in doing things, but now that this child is born.
It's a life after all, so why should the child deserve it? Your Majesty, please consider that I have been loyal to you in the past, give me a face, and spare this child."
Those who followed Cui'er and Li Fu to Prince Lian's Mansion and those who are still following Xia Jie are Xia Jie's carefully selected and trained confidants. They may not know what the Empress Dowager did back then, but they all know that today the emperor and Qingliu courtiers praised
The Empress Dowager was far from being as affectionate as imagined. Although she knew it in her heart, no one had ever dared to say it outright. Grandma Wang said it so bluntly that Li Fu and Cui'er couldn't help but feel a little scared.
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The air seemed to be stagnant. Xia Jie looked at Grandma Wang, then at the child in her arms, and suddenly smiled evilly and said: "Grandma Wang, did you really protect me and help me back then?"
Grandma Wang hesitated for a moment and said nothing.
Xia Jie said calmly: "Let me ask you again, the Empress Dowager is my grandmother. How come I don't know what kind of things she has done that would make me resentful."
Grandma Wang opened her mouth wide this time. Looking at Xia Jie's smile, she suddenly felt that her body had turned into ice slag.
Xia Jie snorted and saw that Grandma Wang was silent and moved her feet. People felt that their eyes were blurred. The child who was still in Grandma Wang's arms just now was already in Xia Jie's hands.
"emperor……"
Grandma Wang shouted, and finally knelt on the ground dejectedly. What else could she do? The emperor clearly did not want to even mention the Empress Dowager. This was hatred to the extreme, and the princess and the emperor even disdained to mention it.
.
She performed her last duty. She originally thought that the emperor wanted her to persuade the princess to give birth to the child. If the princess really didn't want to give birth, she would use the poison hidden in her body to drink it and it would be over.
Young Master Rufeng, she still has the last thing given by the Queen Mother, which can keep Young Master Rufeng safe. By protecting the roots of the Bi family, other short-sighted people in the Bi family, her old bones, can also
I can't care about that much anymore.
She also thought that Concubine Yi was still a woman no matter what. As long as she held the child and begged her, Concubine Yi might be pregnant and she might make the decision to let the child go.
She heard about Concubine Yi's pregnancy on the road. She knew the poison of the Bi family best. If Concubine Yi still had the poison that the princess had given her before, it would never have been possible for her to have such a smooth pregnancy.
Concubine Yi was pregnant. The last time Concubine Yi was pregnant, it was because the princess only added the last two points of poison after Concubine Yi was pregnant. But this time, Concubine Yi was pregnant with the poison before she was pregnant. If Concubine Yi was pregnant,
Without detoxification, how can you be pregnant?
Now that Concubine Yi is pregnant, the possibility of letting the child go will greatly increase!
She made countless calculations on the carriage, but she never expected that she would meet the emperor first when she entered the palace.
Xia Jie held the child in his arms and didn't pay any attention to the calculations of Grandma Wang below. He concentrated on looking at the baby in his hands, and when he saw that his brows were somewhat similar to his own, he couldn't help but laugh.
After all, he has royal blood, so it's not surprising that he looks similar to him.
As soon as the words "royal bloodline" appeared in his mind, Xia Jie thought of Xia Jue, and his face suddenly became clouded.
It's really ridiculous, the person he hates the most in the world is the person who looks most similar to him!
Thinking of these, when Xia Jie looked at the tender and fragile life in his arms, all he remembered was his mother's cruelty and his father's evil intentions. His hands gradually tightened, and the little baby in his arms was killed by him like this.
He strangled himself and started crying loudly.
Grandma Wang's heart was beating fast, but she didn't dare to step forward. She knelt on the ground, not knowing what to do.
Xia Jie still held the child, and after he had cried enough, he lazily asked: "Where is Bi Ruge?"
Cui'er hurriedly stepped forward to report back; "According to the order of the empress, I took her to the West Third Institute first. The empress said that she would be locked up for two days and then I would go there for questioning."
When Xia Jie heard what Yi Fang meant, he turned around with his child in his arms and walked towards the dormitory at the back of Longyang Palace without saying anything.
The group of people hurriedly followed, and Grandma Wang was worried. She stood several times but could not stand up. Cui'er looked at the appearance of this old man who once dominated the palace, sighed, and helped her up.
He advised: "Mommy, let me give you a word of advice. The emperor knows what you did back then, and the empress also knows it in her heart. It's just that you haven't figured out how to deal with it now. You and the emperor still have the little credit you had in the past.
If you sincerely regret and find a place, your Majesty will arrange for you to take care of yourself in your old age, and you don’t want to worry too much. After all, you know that your Majesty is pregnant now, and your Majesty will certainly not hesitate to do the things that should bring blessings to the little prince and princess, but
If you insist on getting involved in those things, you will not be able to get back no matter what, and given the emperor's temperament, you also know that."
After hearing what Cui'er said, Grandma Wang was stunned for a long time and followed Cui'er silently, unable to say anything.
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In the inner hall of Nuo Da, Yi Fang was leaning on the beauty's couch, looking softly at the scenery outside the window. At this time of year, there were not many gorgeous mountain flowers, but there were pleasant green grasses.
It is also a pleasure to look at it.
Xia Jie saw Yi Fang looking out the window in a daze from a distance. He held the baby in his arms and told the servants not to make any sound. He walked quickly and quietly to Yi Fang and suddenly took the child to Yi Fang.
He put it in front of him and said in a hoarse voice: "What are you thinking about?"
Yifang was startled, and just as he had time to give Xia Jie an angry look, he suddenly saw the child in his arms. He was slightly startled and thought of the origin of the child.
There was no pregnant concubine in the palace, and there was no such a young prince. Xia Jie had just returned from the court, so it was impossible for some minister to go to court with the child in his arms. Thinking of what the little eunuch came to report this morning, Yifang glanced at the child and said,
He said in a low voice with a complicated expression: "Is this the young prince of Prince Lian's palace?"
Yifang really didn't know how to describe the identity of this child. If he said he was Bi Ruge's son, Yifang himself was afraid that he would not be able to resist doing something to this innocent child. He could only be said to be the young prince of Prince Lian's palace.
Although there is a high probability that this child will not be able to obtain the identity of Prince Lian's son, Yifang still hopes so.
Xia Jie nodded, sat next to Yi Fang, held the child in his arms, and with one free hand went to catch Yifang's catkins and put them on the child's tender face, while telling his plan.
"The doctors in the palace can't help. They can't diagnose whether you are poisonous or not. I'm always worried. That man is a madman. I don't know why he detoxified you and whether he might have given you something else.
The thing is on you. I want to find Murong Yi and ask Bi Ruge to hand over the antidote and try it on this child. With the antidote, I feel more at ease."
After hearing these words, Yifang felt mixed emotions in his heart.
She had known for a long time that Bi Ruge was sent to Prince Lian's Mansion to give birth to a child, and this child was to detoxify and be her medicine man.
She has thought for thousands of times that she has nothing to feel guilty about. It was Bi Ruge who poisoned her, causing her to lose her child, and she might not be able to be a mother in the future, so Bi Ruge's child
The medicine man was Bi Ruge's own fault, so she didn't have to feel sad at all.
Even when she knew that Bi Ruge was going to give birth this morning, she still thought this way, but now when she actually held the baby in front of her eyes and saw such a fresh and tender life, her heart began to throb suddenly.
, the guilt and pity pouring in cannot be stopped no matter what.
I didn’t get the order of a chapter earlier. It’s not that I’m missing the number of chapters. Don’t misunderstand me. There’s no missing content. It’s just because Chapter V was shrunk as soon as it was published. I can’t change it, so I have to do this. I’m sorry...