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Chapter 3

Until the afternoon, Song Xian thought that this day was the most interaction between him and the emperor's favorite concubine.

In Tanyuan, Yu Ya packed up Concubine Xiao's gifts in person, and said: "I have no contact with Concubine Xiao."

"Her surname is Xiao." Yu Ya's voice revealed a bit of unreasonable fear, "The nine clans have all been wiped out."

"Besides, she didn't talk much to people at the banquets in the Inner Palace in the past. Even the Queen Empress spoke to her in a nonchalant manner. Today is really a bit strange."

Song Xian sat down, picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Father's attitude is also incomprehensible, let's just watch." He smiled again after speaking, "Father is sick every day, someone should More irresistible than us."

Yu Ya nodded and smiled, then said yes, she stroked the light fabric in her palm, "It's really a wonderful thing, I've never seen such soft and smooth silk satin."

"It was originally for you..." Song Xian's words were blocked in his throat with Yu Ya's pale and distorted face, and he was stunned for a moment before reaching out to help.

But before the outstretched hands of Song Xian and the surrounding servants touched Yu Ya, she clutched her lower abdomen in cold sweat and collapsed powerlessly.

And the warm blood gushing out from under her body immediately soaked through the light blue skirt on Yu Ya's body.

The news that the third imperial concubine Yu Ya became popular spread to the inner palace in a blink of an eye, and her birth was highly valued by Emperor Wu.Almost all the masters of Shanqian gynecology department of the imperial hospital went to the third prince's residence, but they still didn't keep this much-anticipated child.

Yu Ya's pregnancy is stable, and because she is the eldest grandson of the emperor, she has attracted much attention.

During Emperor Wu's illness, he was spared all the big and small dynasties. During the period, he used to discuss the government affairs with his confidants in the Hanyuan Hall, and no one should disturb him during this period.

Therefore, this incident inevitably alarmed the Empress Dowager who worshiped Buddha all the year round in Changle Palace.

The Empress Dowager is the current birth mother, although she has not cared about the world for many years, even the Empress had to kneel under the Empress Dowager's seat to plead guilty and answer, let alone the culprit who sent the poisonous silk satin.

In Pingjing in December, it was rainy and snowy, cold and wet, and it was an extremely harsh weather. After the afternoon today, the rain and snow became heavy, and it hit the ground sharply and coldly.

Xiao Lingming knelt quietly and obediently on the cold and soaked floor tiles carved with golden lotus outside Changle Palace according to the order. The decoration on his hair had been removed by the queen mother's close female officer.At this moment, his long hair fell loosely and fell limply on the hem of his delicately embroidered crimson dress.

Fortunately, the queen mother still cared about the emperor and sent a little maid to hold the umbrella for him.But a small umbrella was useless under the rain and snow in December. Bean-sized water droplets wrapped in fine ice particles mercilessly hit Xiao Lingming's body, and soon soaked half of it. clothes.

His scattered hair was soaked by the rain, sticking to his neck and cheeks, lining his snow-skinned lips, but it looked a little scary because of the more glamorous color revealed under the embarrassment.

After a few minutes of incense sticking, the gate of Changle Palace slowly opened again. The elderly female official had a serious face and withered cheeks. She asked solemnly again: "The queen mother asked the empress, whether to recognize or not."

Concubine Xiao Gui lowered her eyes and replied, "I have never done this before, and I have never had any contact with the third prince. Today's gift of silk and satin is just a gift to His Majesty."

The female officer glanced at her, didn't say any more unnecessary words, and turned back to answer.

"Still deny it?" The Queen Mother took a sip of tea.

The female officer shook her head, "Ms. Xiao still claimed that she gave the silk satin to His Majesty the Third Highness according to His Majesty's will." She rubbed her shoulders and neck for the Empress Dowager and persuaded, "After all, she is the one on His Majesty's heart, so what if she did it, You forgot that year..."

The queen mother glanced at her, "The emperor hasn't come yet, that's the emperor's attitude." Then she turned to the queen, "Queen, what do you think?"

The queen sat down, dressed plainly, her brows and eyes were quiet and haggard, like a Buddhist mother who no one cares about in a deserted village, "After returning to my mother, if someone else is in the harem, I think it is innocent. No one would be so blatantly harmful. people."

The Empress Dowager looked at her and snorted, "Then you think that if it's Mrs. Xiao, you're not innocent?"

The queen only said: "Even though it has been many years since the incident of the imperial concubine Yuan Hui, it is still vivid in my mind, it is really shocking."

The empress dowager made a tricky place to kneel, the floor tiles are intricately patterned, and the rain soaks in the winter, making it extremely cold, and the cold air can be stuck inch by inch into the knees soaked in the cold rainwater, and it can make a pair of legs in half an hour Swelling and bruising.

To make matters worse, the sky suddenly turned, and the rain and snow turned into downpours in an instant, pouring down.The maid who was kneeling behind Concubine Xiao took two steps forward, "I beg Your Majesty..." She was about to get up.

Xiao Lingming didn't look back at her, "Sui'er! Kneel down."

Xiao Lingming paused for a moment and finally turned his head back. He continued intermittently: "He Gongxia...what can be hidden from him, if he doesn't come...he just doesn't want to come. It's useless if you go begging..." His words were sound difficult.

At this moment, his fingertips were cold and exhausted, but his palms were hot, and his knees were so painful that he lost consciousness, but he still did not forget to comfort him: "Left and right are just a pain in the ass."

After he finished speaking, he heard one of the little maids kneeling behind Sui'er hastily kowtow and shout long live.

In the heavy rain, Xiao Lingming raised his head with difficulty to see the guard of honor coming from afar, and let out a silent breath.

The cold water drops that fell on him quickly cut off the emperor's canopy, but Emperor Wu stood a step away from him, but he didn't ask him to flatten his body, he just asked, "Is there anything I want to say to my beloved concubine?" ?”

Xiao Lingming raised his head and shook his head slightly, "It's not me."

Emperor Wu did not speak, but took a deep look at him, turned his head and entered the Changle Palace, and as the emperor left, the pouring rain fell back on Xiao Lingming again, denser and colder than the one just now.

When Song Xian arrived in front of Changle Palace, what he saw was such a scene.

Xiao Shi seemed to be unable to kneel any longer, her pale and slender hands were in vain in the rain, trying to support her crumbling body.

Concubine Xiao Gui's black hair, which was like thick satin after being wet, was rolled by the cold winter wind, revealing the round gold-encrusted oriental pearl on her earlobe.One of Yuanyuan fell under Concubine Xiao's pale and delicate earlobe, and was wrapped in satin-like black hair.

Song Xian glanced at the round Dongzhu, who was even slightly yellow under the black hair and snowy skin, and thought for no reason, that the bead was set off by someone.

"Niang Niang!" Sui'er exclaimed.

But she also knelt for a long time and lost strength in her hands, seeing Concubine Xiao Gui was about to fall into the stagnant water on the ground.

"Snapped--"

Concubine Xiao Gui couldn't support herself and fell down slumped, and was quickly supported by Song Xianyan, her cold back was loaded heavily into Song Xian's warm chest.

She tried her best to raise her head, and her slender fair neck even showed some blue veins because of the effort.

Concubine Xiao's beautiful moist eyes under the bushy eyelashes looked at Song Xian for a moment, with a pool of sorrowful and soft water in her mouth, she said, "It's not me...I didn't..."

Before she could finish speaking, she lost her strength and passed out.

Sui'er couldn't help but turn pale, "Niang Niang!"

Song Xianfu couldn't help frowning as he hugged the cold man in his arms. It would be too tortured for a concubine of a country who had not been convicted to kneel outside the palace on such a rainy night.

He supported the man and said to the maid holding the umbrella: "Go in and answer, and then go and ask the imperial doctor to come over."

"But..." The maid hesitated, the third prince has always been a good tempered man, but on the other hand, he couldn't hold his tongue.

Everyone knew that the Empress Dowager was doing this intentionally, so she was naturally afraid that the nobleman would blame her.

Song Xian passed out with his arms in his arms and knelt in the rain, still speaking in a gentle and gentle tone, "The emperor's grandmother has always been kind and kind, so I won't blame you, she said it was Yu's intention, go."

The little maid nodded in agreement, turned around and walked into the Changle Palace, but before taking two steps, she knelt down again, "I have seen the saint."

Song Xian was still holding the unconscious Concubine Xiao Gui in his arms, he turned his head, Emperor Wu understood that it was inconvenient for him to salute when he saw it, so he waved his hand to avoid it.

Emperor Wu stepped forward quickly, and the noble emperor knelt down together, and took his beloved concubine from Song Xian's arms with great care.

Emperor Wu personally hugged her horizontally, a pale and smooth arm fell from Emperor Wu's arms, and the gold bracelet on his wrist fell in front of Song Xian's eyes. Cut off the wrist, lining out a section of moist whiteness.

"Tell all the imperial doctors to go to Hanyuan Hall!" After Wudi finished speaking, he whispered to Sui'er who got up and waited beside him: "You trash!"

Song Xian stood up slowly and respectfully sent his father away.

The emperor's black gold robes surged with his hurried steps in the rain, but Song Xian could always see the dazzling white from the gaps in the robes.