A bright yellow petal slowly fell down and landed silently on the sandalwood table.

There was a shadow shaking outside the hall.

Gu Changjin picked up the petals that fell from the branches, looked at the inner hall, and walked out of the outer hall.

Zhui Yun was waiting in the corridor. As soon as Gu Changjin came out, he immediately handed over half a bamboo flute and said, "Wen Xi got a high fever not long after she returned to Kunning Palace. Sun Yuan envoy came over and gave her an hour of acupuncture to reduce the fever. "The Queen is taking care of her in the side hall now."

Gu Changjin said with a calm expression, "What's going on with Xuance and Hengping?"

Zhui Yun said with a smile, "You're watching, that one wants to run away." She can't run away. She dares to stay in Daci'en Temple just because she holds Master Fanqing's hand."

Gu Changjin nodded: "Tell Chang Ji and Liu Ping to be prepared and don't let Aunt Zhu see the flaw."

"Will the Queen really send Aunt Zhu to Minglu Yuan?" Zhuiyun said: "My subordinates are worried that something will happen to the Queen."

"She will. If she doesn't send Aunt Zhu to Minglu Yuan, how can she follow Zhu's instructions? Mammy found Xiao Fu and asked him the truth? Queen Qi knew Xiao Fu and knew that only if Xiao Fu thought that everything she planned was successful would she tell the truth. "

Mr. Gu ." Jin turned the jade ring on his hand and asked again: "Where are Madam Shen and Lu Baotou?"

"We will reach Shuntian in a few days. The Shen family's caravan is traveling almost non-stop day and night. According to the With this journey, we will definitely be able to reach the capital before going to Yuan Dynasty." Zhui Yun smiled after saying this, "Ms. Shen is worried about the young lady. Liu Dugong has repeatedly told her that the young lady is living well in the East Palace, but she is still there. Don't worry, you have to see the young lady in person before you can feel at ease. If Mrs. Shen arrives in Beijing early, the young lady may be very happy."

Gu Changjin curled his lips, "Don't tell her yet, send some people. I'll wait at the inn. I won't talk to her until I get someone, so as not to make any mistakes and make her happy."

Zhuiyun agreed quickly, then thought of something and said, "There are many people in Beijing these days. The invitations and greetings have been handed over, Master, do you want to accept them?"

Emperor Jiayou's attitude towards Gu Changjin is all seen by the ministers. These people have been in the court for many years, and they are all thinking of ways. I want to establish a good relationship with Gu Changjin.

No, when the New Year comes, a big pile of greetings and invitations falls like snowflakes falling from the sky.

Gu Changjin muttered: "Send someone to deliver some medicine to the old minister's mansion. Is Pan Xueliang still in the old minister's mansion now?"

"Here, not only Pan Xueliang, but also Mrs. Pan and Mrs. Liao are here." Zhuiyun sighed. He said: "Listen to Pan Xueliang, the old minister probably won't survive this spring."

When Liu Yuan brought Pan Xueliang and his party back to the capital, the Qi family and the second prince Xiao Yu set up an ambush at the ferry to silence them. Fortunately, Liu Yuan and the others had already taken precautions. Although they were injured, their lives were not in danger.

Afterwards, the truth about the official fraud case was revealed to the world. The Sanfa Division told the outside world that this was a trap set up by Lao Shangshu and Pan Hongfeng, who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country.

Pan Xueliang has since been cleared of fraud charges.

When he entered the palace to face the Holy Emperor, Emperor Jiayou was planning to change Jiayou's 21st palace examination to February of the following year.

In this way, Pan Xueliang, as the leader of the joint examination, will be able to participate in the palace examination, and maybe even spread the word in the palace, creating a good story.

However, to everyone's surprise, Pan Xueliang begged the emperor to take back his honors as a tribute scholar and a civil servant.

"If Liao Rao hadn't added the name of the grassroots to the laurel list in order to take advantage of the grassroots, the grassroots would still be scholars today." Pan Xueliang said sternly: "In this case, the grassroots should not and should not take advantage of the honor of being a tribute scholar or a scholar to participate in next year's competition. Palace Examination."

Pan Hongfeng has endured humiliation on Sifang Island for many years, and it can be said that she has made a great contribution to the victory in the suppression of the bandits. Pan Xueliang was her only son, and her contribution would be transferred to Pan Xueliang.

In the palace examination in February next year, Pan Xueliang will definitely be one of the Three Tripods.

This is the pursuit of many scholars. A road to success that countless people dream of has been paved at their feet, but Pan Xueliang chose to give up, which makes people feel sad but also admired.

Emperor Jiayou asked him: "Do you know that if you miss this opportunity, you may never have the opportunity to pass on the Golden Palace again in your life?"

"The common people know it." Pan Xueliang said frankly: "Only the common people know it, but they can't leave their name on the april list. The common people can still contribute to Dayin and benefit the people, just like A Niang."

"Gu Qing really guessed it right, as you wished." Emperor Jiayou said with a smile: "I asked Lin Qing to be in the Imperial Academy. I have left a place for you, and you will go to the Imperial College as a supervisor in the spring of next year. I will wait for you in the Jinluan Hall."

Pan Xueliang was stunned. After hearing Emperor Jiayou's words, Mr. Gu actually guessed that he would give up the autumn examination and attend the meeting after returning to Beijing. test results.

"Gu Qing once told me that if Pan Xueliang becomes an official in the future, he will definitely be a good official." Emperor Jiayou said: "I can't bear you wasting your time and want you to benefit the people as soon as possible, so I recommend you to study in the Imperial College. You Don't be afraid, you deserve this."

The old minister was a student of the Imperial College. The old minister felt guilty for Pan Xueliang. Pan Xueliang had a much brighter future when he went to the Imperial College than when he returned to Lingshan Academy.

Pan Xueliang knew that this matter was probably arranged by the old minister.

Sure enough, after the old Shangshu left the Dali Temple Prison, the old Shangshu sent someone to take him and Pan Hongfeng to the Shangshu Mansion and officially accepted him as a student.

Pan Xueliang said that the old minister could not survive the spring, but he did not know that the old minister had lived several months longer in this life than in the previous life. In the previous life, the old minister died in Dali Temple Prison, and even Jiayou did not wait for twenty-two years.

Kunning Palace is brightly lit tonight.

Queen Qi didn't close her eyes all night, fearing that Emperor Jiayou would stay up late with her, so she simply asked someone to send Emperor Jiayou back to Qianqing Palace.

Wenxi woke up in the middle of the night and saw Queen Qi sitting on the bedside taking care of her carefully, and felt somewhat mixed in her heart.

When she was sick when she was young, her mother-in-law would come to see her, but she would leave after sitting for half a cup of tea at most. Qingyue and Aunt An took care of her.

Wenxi knew that she had no mother since she was a child. Every time she asked her father who her mother was, her father always said to her sternly: "The princess is your mother, and you are not allowed to ask again in the future!"

Later she and Qingyue found her. After some insinuations, Grandma An found out that her mother-in-law wanted a child, so she arranged for her father to have a child with a maid who had been serving her since childhood.

The maid's surname was Wen, and she died not long after giving birth to the child. Wenxi took her surname.

What child doesn’t wish he had both a mother and a father?

Wenxi had never met the person who gave birth to her, and she had been raised under Xiao Fu's knees since she was a child, so she naturally regarded Xiao Fu as her mother.

A Niang said she wanted to have a child from her father, so her father actually gave birth to a child for her to raise, which shows that the two of them are in love. But because my mother-in-law was ill for a long time and could not have children, she borrowed money from someone else.

Knowing that she liked Brother Changjin, Aniang didn't stop her, and even told her that when Brother Changjin accomplished something big in the future, she would ask Brother Changjin to give her a title.

Wenxi has been waiting for this day.

As she was thinking about it, a chill suddenly hit her forehead. It turned out that Queen Qi had twisted a wet handkerchief and put it on her forehead.

"Mr. Sun Yuan said that you had a high fever because of the wind and snow. You have been in the side hall to give birth to yourself these past few days and cannot go anywhere." Empress Qi held her hand and said softly: "Is there anything else that feels uncomfortable?"

Wen Xi lowered his eyes silently.

Grandma and Aunt An hate Empress Qi. She has been influenced by her since she was a child, and she cannot like Empress Qi at all. However, during these days of living in Kunning Palace, Queen Qi treated her so well that the original dislike disappeared without her realizing it.

Sometimes I even think that this is the real mother.

When the child is sick, he will be anxious and stay up all night to take care of her, giving her a roof tile to protect her from wind and rain.

Brother Chang Jin said that she should recognize her duty clearly.

But she is not Queen Qi's daughter, and she entered the palace to harm her. She can't really indulge in this tenderness like flowers in the mirror and moon in the water.

Wen Xi now remembered the reason why she deliberately made herself feverish.

"No, Queen Mother, I'm very scared." Her eyes were red, and the hand held by Queen Qi was shaking slightly.

"Is this a nightmare?" Empress Qi looked at her and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, the queen is here."

Wenxi trembled more and more, and tears fell from her eyes with her movements. Extremely pitiful.

"I'm afraid of her, Queen Mother, I'm afraid of her." She said fearfully: "Ever since Brother Changjin exchanged Geng Tie with her, I have started to fall into nightmares every day. If not, I would not have made up my mind to leave Wutong Lane. From the past The old lady at home had her leg broken by her. Some time ago, after she went to the Hou Mansion, the old lady even suffered a stroke. Those people were right, no old or weak person could let her get close to her, otherwise she would be harmed. Something is wrong!"

As if she was possessed by an evil spirit, at the end of her sentence, her face became distorted and her voice gradually got higher and higher, with a hint of sadness.

But she managed to make people understand who she was talking about.

The old and the weak?

She was not the only one in the palace who was frail and sick, but also Emperor Jiayou, who had always been in poor health.

Emperor Jiayou never believed in strange powers that could disrupt gods, but Empress Qi did.

She didn't like the prince asking to marry that girl. After this, because of her guilt for her daughter and worries about her husband, what would she do?

Queen Qi's face was solemn, looking at Wen Xi's frightened look, she seemed to have thought of something, and her brows became tighter and tighter.

After a long while, she hugged Wenxi, gently patted Wenxi's shoulders and back that were shaking with fear, and said, "Don't be afraid, my mother will not let anything happen to you."

She comforted Wenxi softly for half an hour before calling Wenxi He. Go to sleep.

After leaving the side hall, Queen Qi sent someone to invite Master Fanqing.

In the next few days, Wenxi's condition became worse day by day. Not only did she talk nonsense, but she also began to hurt herself. Even Master Fanqing said that this was an evil spirit.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Queen Qi called Aunt Zhu, handed her a half-palm-sized medicine bottle in her hand, and said: "Mommy will set off to Da Ci'en Temple early tomorrow morning, and look for an opportunity to stop by on the way. Daoming Luyuan, put this medicine in that girl's food. "

Nanny Zhu knows what medicine is in it.

This is the secret medicine that Queen Qi secretly sent to Shu to find when she was in Taiyuan.

It is said to be a secret medicine, but in fact it is a medicinal poison raised by Shu people. After the poison enters the body, the person's pulse will weaken and the person will become a suspended animation.

Aunt Zhu looked at Empress Qi's expression with her peripheral vision and saw that she kept rubbing her eyebrows. Then she took the bottle of medicine and said, "Old slave, I obey, but after the girl takes this medicine, she can only pretend to be dead for three days." "Why don't you use other medicine? Only by cutting off the root cause will you not have any worries."

Queen Qi sighed: "I have no grudge against her. I just need to send her away to Beijing. There is no need to kill her." After taking this medicine, I will arrange for Master Fanqing to take her to Daci'en Temple when passing by Minglu Mountain. Someone will send her away at that time. If she refuses to leave, I will use the other medicine. "

When Empress Qi was still a young girl, Nanny Zhu was already waiting for her. She knows best what kind of temper Queen Qi is.

In order not to hurt innocent people, using such a precious secret medicine on Rong Shu was indeed what she would do.

If Queen Qi had sent poison that would seal the throat upon seeing blood, Nanny Zhu would have become suspicious.

After Aunt Zhu agreed, Queen Qi said again: "Aunt Gui hurt her leg. You can only do this. I don't worry about the others. Remember to do it in a secretive way and don't let the prince see the clues." "I don't want to fall out with the prince because of this matter."

Nanny Zhu lowered her eyes, covering up the strange look in her eyes, and said, "I know."

Early the next morning, a carriage quietly drove out of the imperial city.

When Wen Xi woke up from a coma, the person sitting next to her was still Queen Qi. She was holding a white porcelain bowl in her hand and was slowly stirring the thick ink-like liquid in the bowl.

Queen Qi helped her up and fed the medicine into her mouth one spoonful at a time.

"After taking this medicine, I will take you to Da Ci'en Temple." Empress Qi wiped the medicine on her lips with a handkerchief, and said slowly: "It's almost time, it's time to go to the theater."