Outside Donghua Gate.

Jiao Shun rubbed his stiff neck and suddenly pushed open the back door of the carriage. The cool air after the rain immediately rushed into the carriage, making him shiver unconsciously.

The night in late March was still a bit cold, especially since it had just rained, so when he saw Concubine Wu at midnight, he had not been summoned. Jiao returned to the carriage with two blankets, one for himself and the other for himself.

Covered Concubine Rong.

This hot potato can die elsewhere, but it must not die in one's own hands.

Of course, Jiao Shun was just afraid that she would be suffocated and frozen to death. As for the ball in her mouth and the restraining ribbon on her body, they were not touched at all. He wanted to return the original piece to Zhao.

At this time, Shuan Zhu heard the noise and hurriedly moved the stairs sleepily.

Jiao Shun did not get out of the car in a hurry. He pulled out the towel from the half-open box and took a look inside. He saw that Concubine Rong had also woken up. Although her eyes were haggard, she was obviously not in danger, so she opened the box again.

Covered and locked.

After getting off the car, he told Shuan Zhu to look at the box, then handed the sign to go to Fengtian Hall to wash up, and at the same time asked to see the imperial concubine again.

…………

The queen also woke up early in the morning.

After arriving at the Fengtian Hall, they specially ordered people to invite Concubine Wu to join them. As a result, they waited for almost half an hour before they saw Concubine Wu, who was lazy and comfortable, and Shanshan, who had arrived late.

As soon as he entered the door, he started to rake him up: "Sister, why are you in such a hurry today?"

"It's a shame you were able to sleep peacefully."

The queen sighed helplessly and asked immediately: "When are you going to summon Jiao Shun?"

"What? My sister also wants to get involved?"

Concubine Wu was sitting on a chair, crossing her legs out of habit—since Emperor Longyuan fell ill, she had developed many new habits.

The Queen, who was sitting dignifiedly, naturally couldn't bear to see her being so lax. She had told Concubine Wu a few times before that she shouldn't be so unsightly, but seeing that Concubine Wu had always gone her own way, she didn't bother to say anything anymore and just pretended it was nothing.

When he saw it, he said angrily: "You say these nonsense words again. Aren't I worried that Concubine Rong will leak her clothes outside?"

After saying that, he added: "Jiao Shun didn't bring any big box into the palace. If he didn't leave it at home, it would be in the car outside - I guess he might not dare to leave it at home."

Concubine Wu said yesterday that she would let Jiao Shun dry overnight and ignored the matter. The queen was not as big-hearted as she was. After she separated from Concubine Wu yesterday, she specially ordered someone to investigate.

"oh……"

Concubine Wu yawned uninterestedly, then raised one of her legs, raised her toes slightly, and bent her ankles wrapped in flesh-colored stockings, looming between the embroidered shoes and mourning clothes.

In her early years, she gained the reputation of being a palm flying swallow in the palace because of her pair of three-inch golden lotuses. Later, although she danced less, her maintenance was still the best in the palace. She was fifteen or sixteen years old.

It's hard to match a virgin.

"Don't just say 'oh'!"

When the queen saw this, she wanted to slap her naughty golden lotus on the ground, and asked in a loud voice: "Didn't you say yesterday that you would meet him this morning? What are you going to do? Take Concubine Rong back to the palace, or take Concubine Rong back to the palace?

…”

"How can it be!"

Concubine Wu sneered: "No one can take away what I don't want to give; if I give something away, who dares to take it back?!"

After hearing these words, the queen felt a little uncomfortable. Although Concubine Wu was domineering a few days ago, she was not so arrogant and unruly in front of her. Now that the prince is about to ascend the throne, her attitude has obviously changed.

.

If things continue like this...

Even if she becomes the Queen Mother, I'm afraid she will be forced to be a head shorter than her.

It's just that she's a head short, but looking at her recent behavior, who can guarantee that she will do something crazy in the future?

At this moment, the queen suddenly became wary of Concubine Wu.

However……

If Concubine Wu was of low birth, it would be fine. Even if the prince ascends the throne, it would be difficult to compare with her aunt, the Queen Mother. However, the concubine is second only to the Lord of the Sixth Palace. When the prince succeeds to the throne, what can he do to her?

In fact, if you really want to solve this matter, it is not impossible, but the Queen is not that ruthless character.

After thinking about it, he suddenly said: "Jiao Changqing is planning to marry the third girl from Rongguo Mansion as his wife. I wonder if my sister has heard about this?"

"Is this happening?"

Because she suddenly changed the subject, Concubine Wu was stunned for a moment, and then said indifferently: "For men, it is normal to have three wives and four concubines."

The queen continued: "What I want to say is that Jia Tanchun is the biological sister of Concubine Xiande. We don't look at the face of a monk but the face of a Buddha..."

Originally, because of Concubine Wu's hard work against the Queen Mother, she planned to find an opportunity to talk about it later, but now she desperately hopes that someone can share some of the pressure with her.

"this……"

Concubine Wu showed some reluctance at first, and then said flatly: "I didn't say what I wanted to do to her, but she just moved out of the Queen Mother to suppress others - that's all, I'll give Jiao Shun some face."

.”

As he spoke, he waved his sleeves a little irritably and said, "Aren't we talking about Concubine Rong? Why did you suddenly jump to Concubine Xiande?"

"Then let's talk about Concubine Rong."

Since the queen achieved her goal, she naturally followed the good advice: "Are you really determined to give Concubine Rong to Jiao Shun?"

"nature!"

Concubine Wu sneered: "He dared to refuse even the things I offered him. It can be seen that he is proud of himself because of his success in suppressing the rebellion."

I'm afraid you are the only one who is truly proud of yourself, right?

The queen cursed in her heart, but still followed her lead and said, "So, you want to take the opportunity to beat him?"

Without waiting for Concubine Wu to reply, she persuaded again: "In my opinion, it's unnecessary. Don't forget, he already has something in our hands."

In fact, Concubine Wu never thought of taking the opportunity to beat Jiao Shun, but when the queen said this, she really wanted to beat Jiao Shun - she could be proud of herself, but she could not tolerate the slightest disobedience from others.

But how to convince the queen?

Concubine Wu thought carefully for a while and then said: "I'm afraid that the two handles we have are not very secure. So Mrs. Mei is willing to sacrifice herself. As for Concubine Xiande's sister - isn't she about to marry into the Jiao family?

?Since she has become Jiao Shun's wife, what does the previous matter mean?"

This is somewhat of a strong statement.

On the surface, there seems to be some logic: Jiao Shun has just made a great contribution to suppressing the rebellion, and he is not one of those sanctimonious scholars. Two romantic affairs alone may not be able to restrain him.

But the problem is that Jiao Shun is still on the weak side in the court now. Without the support of the imperial power behind him, he would be bitten to pieces by those Confucian scholars in minutes!

So it doesn't actually matter whether there is any handle on him in the palace.

However, the Queen explained this truth in a profound and simple way with great sincerity, but Concubine Wu was still not ready to give up: "Even so, there is no harm in pinching him a lot, right?"

As she said this, she seemed to have a sudden inspiration and jumped up excitedly: "I thought of it, I thought of it! Haha, he has thrown himself into a trap this time!"

Before the queen could ask what she meant, she said excitedly: "Sister, I won't be guarding the Fengtian Palace this morning. I'll go back and arrange the decorations first. When the decorations are ready, I'll invite you to watch a good show!

"

"you……"

The queen still wanted to ask clearly, but Concubine Wu didn't bother to explain to her. She left Fengtian Palace through the back door as if she had just left early, and rushed back to Zhongcui Palace in a hurry.

In this way, Jiao Shun waited hard all morning, but did not wait to be summoned by Concubine Wu. He could not even find Concubine Wu in front of the mourning hall.

…………

Zijin Street, the old residence of the Xue family.

At three o'clock in the morning, Xue Pan began to get up and wash up. He came back late yesterday. Who would have expected that his mother and sister would block him as soon as he entered the door, holding up his ears and scolding him.

After careful questioning, I found out that Xia Jingui secretly revealed the news of her pregnancy to her mother while he was away.

Tsk~

As the old saying goes, one family does not belong to the same family, and this is really true when it comes to Xue Pan and Xia Jingui - they both have a promiscuous personality, and they both like romantic and handsome husbands.

And Xia Jingui obviously loves her more deeply than Xue Pan.

Originally, Xue Pan had thought that if Jia Lian refused to obey, he would abort the bastard and throw the placenta into the East Crossing Courtyard of Rongguo Mansion, just to see if he would regret it.

It's good now, because of Xia Jingui's plan, she has to give birth even if she doesn't want to - it's not that Xue Pan doesn't dare to tell the truth, it's mainly because she's afraid of making Aunt Xue angry.

Fortunately, Jia Lian doesn't know about this yet, so he can make a time difference.

After a simple wash, Xue Pan was ready to go to Rongguo Mansion for an appointment. However, Xia Jingui sent Bao Chan to deliver a sachet, saying it was a token from Jia Lian, and asked him to take it with him to play the emotional card.

Is this a slap in the face?

Xue Pan muttered dissatisfiedly, but still took the sachet. Seeing that it was not sealed, he opened it and took a look, only to see that it contained a few strands of hair. Judging from the quality of the hair, it should have come from Jia Lian's head.

Cut off.

This second brother Lian didn’t know who he learned it from. He doesn’t use any gold, silver or jewelry, he just uses these few hairs to fool around with things!

After tucking the sachet into his arms, Xue Pan pulled Baochan up again, wrapped a mouthful of rouge and gouache, and then drove to Rongguo Mansion.

He was racking his brains along the way, thinking about how to persuade Jia Lian to go to sea. Who would have thought that after a sweep of the East Crossing Courtyard of Rong Mansion, he found out that Jia Lian had been taken away by people from Dali Temple in the morning. It was rumored that it was a case involving King Zhongshun's rebellion.

.

Xue Pan was startled, and then he thought about where to go to get a lawsuit - although he was not a good bird, he was always the most loyal. Even if he knew that this matter was not relevant, he would never act like it.

Others stay out of things like that.

Besides, he is now not only a relative of the Jia family, but also Jia Lian’s man!

Most of the people he usually comes into contact with are yamen. Small things can be solved with just one sentence, but big things can't be counted on at all.

After thinking about it, I quickly placed my hope on Jiao Shun.

Xue Pan vaguely remembered last night that his sister had said that Brother Jiao had a day off today, so he immediately whipped up his horse and whipped his whip back to Zijin Street. However, he was not in a hurry to visit the Jiao family - no matter how close he was, he would always ask for help.

Should I prepare a gift first?

When he returned to his home, he began to rummage through the cabinets to find a suitable gift.

Because he had been waiting for news, the news of Xue Pan's departure and return soon reached Xia Jingui's ears. He also heard that he was hurriedly preparing gifts, so he thought that the matter was settled.

So he came to Xue Pan happily and asked when it would be convenient to invite Jia Lian over so that the three of them could discuss the future.

"It's still coming!"

Xue Pan said impatiently: "If Brother Lian is trapped in it this time, I'm afraid it will be a serious crime of ransacking the house and beheading him!"

Only then did Xia Jingui realize that something was wrong, and quickly asked what happened.

Xue Pan didn't hide anything - after all, he didn't know much - he told Jia Lian that he had been taken away by people from Dali Temple and that it might be related to the case of King Zhongshun.

Xia Jingui was immediately frightened and turned pale. First she said, "How could that be possible?" twice, and then she lowered her head and fell silent.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Xue Pan rummaged through the boxes and cabinets again to find gifts.

Xia Jingui came back to his senses and saw him like this, and asked suspiciously: "What are you going to do?"

"Of course I'm going to ask Brother Jiao for help!"

Xue Pan said confidently: "Brother Jiao has just been promoted and is a great hero in suppressing the rebellion. As long as he is willing to stand up and say that Brother Lian is fine, Brother Lian will be able to take it out in no time!"

With that said, he put the newly found treasures on the table, preparing to sort them into categories later.

Unexpectedly, Xia Jingui suddenly shouted: "Don't go!"

Xue Pan was startled, and turned around to look at her blankly, only to see Xia Jingui holding her stomach and gritting her teeth: "You dare to bring up the treason case, is it because you think you are tired of living? You want to seek death?

Don’t drag me with you!”

"ah?"

Xue Pan was a little unable to turn around: "Are you planning to ignore Brother Lian? But didn't you say before..."

"That was before!"

Xia Jingui gritted his teeth and said decisively: "If his case is confirmed, this child will never be kept!"

"You have become..."

"What's going on, what's going on?!"

Just when Xue Pan was about to laugh at her for being duplicitous, he suddenly heard someone at the door saying anxiously: "Why can't you keep this child?! What do you mean?!"

But it turned out that Aunt Xue heard that Xia Jingui was looking for Xue Pan, and she was afraid that Xue Pan would be in trouble and delay the child, so she chased after her.

As a result, I heard this as soon as I arrived at the door. I was so frightened that I hurriedly pushed the door open and asked the two of them.

"this……"

Xue Pan looked at Xia Jingui and explained nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's okay. I just had a few words with her, and she was just talking nonsense out of anger."

"How can you be so angry?!"

Aunt Xue stepped forward and grabbed Xia Jingui. She wanted to complain a few words, but she was afraid that she would be in a bad mood and might have fetal gas, so she turned to Xue Pan and said: "Your wife is twins now, just let her go."

Already?"

Xue Pan was about to respond, but Xia Jingui said reluctantly: "Who is talking nonsense? He has been working on the rebellion case for a long time, what else can he do?!"

After hearing this, Aunt Xue hurriedly asked about the cause and effect. When she learned that Jia Lian was involved in the rebellion of King Zhongshun, she couldn't help but said in shock: "What, what can we do? Sister Feng is about to give birth before her eyes. What if Jia Lian has

Anyway, how will she live in the future?!"

As she spoke, she thought that Rongguo Mansion didn't even have an elder who could make the decision, so she hurriedly ordered her servants to set up a carriage and prepare to go and look after Wang Xifeng.

It’s wet, it’s wet~

My wife's family started to evacuate, and her uncle's family called and said they would come and stay for a while.
Chapter completed!