This year's weather is not as usual, spring has come for a few days, and it has returned like a turtle.

For several days in a row, the sky was hazy, with sporadic light snow mixed with drizzle, lingering and falling.

The snowflakes make the water melt, fall to the ground, and freeze into ice.

It's hard to step on it with any foot.

On that day, it was first discovered that Concubine Shu's fetal image was not right, and then a "dog bites dog" drama was staged in the Tai Hospital.

The strength deduces what is meant by "flying separately in the face of adversity", and shirks responsibility from each other.

Afterwards, unable to evade, they pointed at Concubine Shu with one voice.

Concubine Shu was frightened and angry, bleeding profusely.

The emperor passed out and woke up slowly after a day and a night.

When he woke up, the child was gone, and the concubine Shu was gone.

Long Yan was furious.

Except for Zhao Zhong, who took care of the emperor's body on a daily basis, everyone present at the Imperial Hospital packed up and sent them to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Confess to the personnel of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and within five days, they must make a name for the trial and give an explanation.

To comfort the dead.

At this time, the Queen of the Palace was serving one after another, but she didn't persuade her when she should have been persuaded.

In order to uncover the truth.

In order to appease the emperor's anger and sadness, someone had to bear the anger.

The Queen fell into a rare silence.

It has been a few days in a row.

The work in the palace became busy, and the thin layer of ice had to be cleaned before dawn on the second day, lest the sun would melt it and dirty the feet of any passing nobleman.

The queen woke up all night, served the decoction in the morning, and was helped out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation by the maid.

The two walked in front, followed by the sedan chair, Cheng Yun circled behind her with one hand to hold an umbrella, and supported her steadily with the other, "Ma'am," she asked worriedly:

"Isn't it inappropriate for His Royal Highness to go south at this time? If something happens, wouldn't it be too late?"

What she meant was very taboo, and it would be an accident if someone with a heart heard it, the queen couldn't help but glance at her.

She stayed up all night last night, taking care of the emperor's body, and now she is not sluggish, only the black and blue circles around her eyes reveal her exhaustion.

"There's also the Imperial Physician Song," Cheng Yun immediately lowered his voice, and asked in a whisper, "Shall we go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to say hello? Your Highness has told me several times, please take care of me."

The queen smiled, and washed off her makeup overnight, and the lines around her lips were obviously deep.

"If the crown prince doesn't leave, I'm afraid he will be impeached by the officials, especially since the emperor fell ill again. The crown prince is staying in Beijing, isn't he hoping for something to happen to the emperor?"

Cheng Yun silently said "Ah", suddenly realized.

"After a while, you will go to the East Palace right away, and tell the prince to leave quickly, so you don't need to enter the palace." The queen said.

Cheng Yun nodded solemnly.

The queen said again:

"That Song Chunjing is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Look at what he said, how clean he picks himself?"

Cheng Yun listened attentively.

"Come on, in order not to get involved in the affairs of the Hall of Xianshu, I don't even give Shubi a good look at her pulse, for fear that something will happen in the future and it will be blamed on him."

"How did he know that concubine Shu would have an accident?" Cheng Yun asked.

The queen looked at her and smiled slightly.

"Isn't it, did something happen?" She said so, but there were countless mysteries hidden in her eyes that people couldn't see through.

Cheng Yun thought for a while, but didn't understand.

The queen nodded her, "I was a little concerned about Concubine Shu's pregnancy that day, and he advised me not to interfere, so I knew that he was a bit decisive."

"The servant girl was also there, but I didn't hear anything." Cheng Yun said.

"That day he said, 'Concubine Shu is favored when she is young, Yi is very happy and furious, and frightened and angry during pregnancy, but it is a big taboo', do you remember this sentence?"

Cheng Yun nodded.

"Look at him yesterday, Concubine Shu was already angry like that, and he still added fuel to the flames, poking her inside and outside the words, for fear that she would not be angry enough."

"Originally there was a turning point, the court judge also said, but wait for two days to see, what if the fetal pulse reappears?" The Queen smiled and said: "Shu Concubine didn't live up to her expectations, and was yelled by the generals, It was not stable in the first three months, how could she be so surprised."

"Before, he asked the empress to wait for the opportunity, and I thought he was procrastinating and unwilling to contribute. Now this opportunity is just waiting for it?" Cheng Yun also smiled, the lines at the corners of his eyes deepened a little, and his eyes were full of reassurance, "The empress is relieved." .”

Her feet were slippery, she suggested: "Your Majesty, get on the sedan chair, what's wrong with twisting your feet?"

The queen waved her hand.

Cheng Yun continued:

"Physician Song said coldly, but still stands on our side, for fear that Concubine Shu will give birth to a little prince in the future and block our Highness's way."

The queen nodded with a smile, looked at the rainy and snowy sky, "It doesn't matter if you do it intentionally, or just push the boat along the way, it counts as he has the heart."

Cheng Yun asked again: "Then shall we pass a message to the Ministry of Punishment and ask someone to take care of it?"

The queen lowered her chin slightly, as a response to the words.

At dusk, the East Palace.

Cheng Yun left the palace before the key was released.

Changed into ordinary clothes, came to the East Palace, and met the prince.

The crown prince got up and said politely: "Why is aunt here in person?"

Cheng Yun didn't dare to be presumptuous, and bowed politely, "The Empress asked the servants to come and ask, why haven't they left yet? But is there something that's holding you back?"

The prince couldn't hold it back, and sighed with a smile, "My aunt is here to make fun of me. Hurry up and go back to the palace with my mother and say, if you press me again, my son won't come back after going to the south."

The prince grew up in the palace, because the queen had many things to do and her status was noble, and the gorgeous clothes were not suitable for bringing children often.

In contrast, Cheng Yun often hugged her, so he was very close to her.

Cheng Yun pursed her lips and smiled.

She is no longer young, and there is no slyness in this smile.

On the contrary, it is all the tolerance of the elders.

"At the Song imperial doctor's place, the empress has already asked someone to pass in the words, so she can't suffer anyway."

Cheng Yun said: "Furthermore, there is the General's Mansion. The son's master has been imprisoned. The General can do his best. He cannot be wronged."

The prince thought about it.

Slightly relieved.

Seeing his distraught appearance, Cheng Yun also sighed, "Don't wait any longer, Your Highness, and leave for the south tomorrow, otherwise the emperor will really have a hard time explaining it."

The prince supported his head with his hands, and tapped his forehead with his fingertips.

"One more thing is worse than one less thing. Your Highness, don't make your empress anxious." She continued to persuade.

"Okay," the prince said weakly, "Okay."

March [-]th is supposed to be a good spring season when the grass grows and the warblers fly.

The favored concubine in the palace is fragrant and jade-like.

The palace was quiet everywhere, and no one dared to speak loudly.

Due to the cold spring, all the buds on the branches froze off, and the outside of the palace was not spared.

The food planted just sprouted a fingertip sprout, and all of them were frozen and their heads were lost.

The peasants were crying and grabbing the land.

The WDA urgently drew up a policy, summed up the seeds that Curry wanted to allocate for relief, and handed them to the emperor's bedside.

The emperor was sick and worked overtime and stayed up late, making his health even worse.

On March [-]th, at night, the beater knocked eleven times.

The guards on duty outside Dali Temple stomped their feet in the freezing cold.

Complained: "This is so fucking evil."

When the other saw it, he also felt that it was getting colder, and he couldn't help but said: "Fortunately, the snow stopped today, otherwise we brothers would be frozen like sticks!"

Just as the earlier one was about to respond, hurried footsteps sounded in the courtyard, he quickly shut his mouth and stood like a pine tree.

Dali Temple Minister He Houcong stepped out of the high threshold of Dali Temple, let the cold wind blow on his head, and sneezed.

Hearing the movement, the attendants behind him hurried forward to block the wind, "My lord, my lord, it's getting cold, do you really want to come here at this time?"

He Houcong put his hands into his sleeves, his teeth chattered uncontrollably, "I also feel sick, they..."

Just as he was speaking, a dark shadow loomed from the end of the avenue facing the door, and it was a bit frighteningly erratic.

He Houcong squinted his eyes and looked around, and the attendants on the side also straightened their necks.

The black shadow floated a little closer, and it turned out that it was a light sedan chair, carried by four people, and they all stepped on the ground lightly.

There was nothing beside him, not even an attendant followed.

Traveling late at night, and deliberately avoiding people.

He Houcong has some ideas in his heart.

After looking at it clearly, the attendant withdrew his neck and clicked his tongue, "I sent someone to send us away, my lord, go back, just leave me here."

"No hurry, let's take a look," He Houcong coughed twice, feeling as if he had let out the last bit of hot air in his body, he raised his eyes to look at Han Tian: "At this moment, there must be something important to be worthwhile. Run this way."

As the sedan chair approached, he waved his hand and told the guard at the door: "It's cold, you go in and rest first, and light a charcoal basin to warm your hands."

The two guards looked at each other and said in unison: "Thank you for your understanding."

He lifted his numb feet and hurried in.

As soon as the sedan chair stopped, He Houcong let go of his hands, opened his shoulders, and resumed his previous upright, unselfish and cold face.

The car curtain opened, and two people, big and small, came out at once.

The older one was the general, with a straight back and a cold side face, the creases on his face seemed to be frozen, his complexion was a bit uglier than the remaining snow on the ground.

The small one didn't reach his chest, with a pair of big eyes open, and his small face was as soft as moonlight, with a golden and jade-like appearance.

When the third-rank Dali Temple Minister saw these two people, he didn't care about his airs and hurriedly lost his temper.

He hurried over, "Why did the General come here in person? It's so cold today, what happened...".

"Lord He," the general interrupted him, and asked directly: "How is Master Song doing now?"

His complexion was not very good-looking, and his throat was filled with frost, and his thick and heavy sentence almost knocked He Houcong into a daze.

"Master Song?" He finished arranging the important officials in the court, but he didn't remember which surname was Song.

At this time, the young man who was following the general raised his face and took half a step forward, "My master, Imperial Physician Song from the Imperial Hospital."

This Song imperial doctor was first involved in the murder case, but before the investigation, what did he do?

What does this doctor have to do with him?

"Chen Huan," the general glanced at the young man, "Don't be unreasonable."

The boy lowered his head and stepped back.

He Houcong was still puzzled.

The general arched his hands and made a tolerant salute.

Almost frightened the souls of these third-rank and unfavored mediocre courtiers.

He hurriedly bent down, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, my lord general, I'm going to be an official..."

"It's already unethical for me to come here late at night, and it's even shameless to disturb your lord," the general straightened up, and sighed, "But my son went to the Supreme Hospital a few months ago to be a teacher under Mr. Song's door, and he will be a teacher for a day and a father for life. Zi also respects and loves him as a master, Mr. Song had an accident a few days ago, the naughty son had no choice but to come to me, so he had to take this trip for him."

He Houcong was thinking in his heart, what kind of temperament is the only son of the general's mansion?His father has a high position and authority, so he even went to the Imperial Hospital?

The general sighed again, "My lord, the hearts of parents in the world!"

He Houcong has a deep understanding of these words in the gate of Dali Temple.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"What happened to Mr. Song that the general is talking about?"

"Isn't the nobleman in the palace gone..." The general paused for a moment and sighed, "He was there that day, along with a group of people from the Imperial Hospital, and was imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I heard that he will be transferred to Dali Temple tonight. "

"I've heard about that." He Houcong nodded.

"It's just that I didn't come to Dali Temple." He added.

The general asked with some surprise: "Didn't you come?"

He Houcong thought for a while, it seemed that he had heard about such a thing during the day, but it was not an ordinary person, because he was involved in the murder case that the crown prince entrusted him to investigate before, he was a little concerned.

However, so many people were imprisoned all at once, and what he said did not blame the public, he had only heard of it when a gust of wind passed by his ears, and it disappeared in a short while.

I don't know if there is any Song imperial doctor who is guilty, but he didn't transfer to Dali Temple, and he didn't take it to heart at all.

Now that the general father and son were standing in front of him, he realized that he was too incompetent.

"General, my lord," he said slowly while thinking about how to exert his strength, "The Ministry of Punishment is always obeying the king's order. This time, your master's master didn't turn around, there must be something that got him in the way... "

He raised his eyes and saw that the young master of the General's Mansion was staring at him intently.

There is too much expectation in the eyes.

... This young man should like his master very much.

He made up his mind, "The general's status is precious, and it's inconvenient to move around. I'm afraid of being noticed. I have a close friend in the Ministry of Punishment. If the general doesn't mind..." He thought that if he could do something for the general's mansion, Even if it doesn't work out, it's still a matter of personal preference.

He has been inactive in his official career for many years, and the prince gave him a chance to investigate the case before.

But it's complicated and hard to get started.

When I was worrying, when this happened now, maybe the east wind was coming.

"... until tomorrow morning, the next official is willing to knock on the door of the Ministry of Punishment for you."

The general pursed his lips and thought for a moment.

"Then Master Laohe..." the general called out, "Shen Huan."

Shen Huan pursed his lips, took a step forward and raised his hands and bowed, "Thank you, my lord!"

He Houcong didn't dare to accept it, and quickly returned the gift with both hands.

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