Donggong Zhangjiao

next morning.

Yan Wei came in and woke up Fang Yun, "Madam, it's time, it's time to get up."

"Yeah." Fang Yun responded.

Opening his eyes, he woke up from lying down, and then he helped Yan Wei's hand to get up.

"Yuan He probably has something to report, so I'll be waiting early in the morning." Yan Wei whispered.

Fang Yun nodded, "I know, let's ask him to come in after changing his clothes."

Yanwei responded and winked at Su Xin who was guarding the screen. The latter understood and immediately went out to deliver the message.

Not long after, Fang Yun changed his clothes and when he was washing, Yuan He came in.

"This slave pays my respects to the queen."

"Let's get down to business."

Fang Yun wiped his face with a handkerchief and said softly.

Yuan He nodded, "Yesterday, I sent someone to follow me from a distance. The palace maid was not dead. She was smuggled out of the palace by pretending to be dead. The two people who sent her out of the palace should know the inside story. Logically, the body should have been thrown into a mass grave. They lit a fire, but they left behind and left. Not long after, the palace maid got up and was about to leave, but was caught by our people and questioned her thoroughly."

"The queen is still too forward-thinking when doing things, and she wants to have a plan, but she can't kill her." Fang Yun narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice.

If he killed the palace maid directly, nothing would happen later.

Yan Wei echoed, "That person from Fengxuan Palace, you haven't been virtuous and generous to the end, and you haven't been cruel to the end. You are so entangled and repeated, you want to plan for profit, but you also want to avoid getting too much blood on your hands. How is this possible?"

Even if he is as gentle and kind as Fang Yun on weekdays, his hands have already been stained with a lot of blood.

Not to mention anything else, there were nearly a hundred people in the Fang Mansion back then.

Could it be that everyone in there deserves to die?

There are always some people who are implicated for no reason.

But since you want to go higher, you can't care too much about these.

This is the truth when you are constantly being disturbed.

Yuan He also continued at this time, "Isn't it? The palace maid named Qinglian has confessed that it was the queen who made Xu Lingyi feel that it was the empress who put dirty things around her that would make women infertile, which made Xu Lingyi hate her. Once she falls in love with you, she won’t know anything else.”

After hearing this, Fang Yoong frowned.

"Sure enough, when there is a fight, she doesn't come forward in person and just pushes Xu Lingyi forward."

"From the day the Queen was afraid of our Fourth Highness, it was only a matter of time."

Yanwei brought some water for Fang Yun to rinse his mouth, and helped him sit down in front of the dressing table to comb his hair.

"The window paper hasn't been punctured yet, let's let them make their plans first. Let's be careful here. Xu Lingyi is not a scheming person, but she is simple and easy to guard against, but we can't just keep an eye on her. Fengxuan Palace, too It cannot be less." Fang Yun said solemnly.

Yuan He nodded, "Don't worry, Madam, I will take good care of you."

"Well, by the way, has that palace maid been dealt with?" Fang Yun asked.

"The Queen wanted to keep her alive, so the servant thought that the death of this person would make people suspicious. The palace maid also said that the Queen promised her money, and she would leave Kyoto with her family overnight to make a living elsewhere, so the servant kept her. But I have sent people to follow me so I won’t lose my whereabouts.”

Yuanhe answered immediately.

Fang Yun nodded, "Well done, you've worked hard too. I have a white crane jade pendant over there. It looks like it matches your new clothes. Yanwei, please bring it to Yuan He to wear."

"Slave, thank you for your favor!" Yuan He smiled and cupped his hand.

But the next month was quiet. The main reason is that Xu Lingyi really has no ability. Apart from looking at Fang Yun with resentful eyes when greeting him every day, he has done nothing else.

This was also the case with Fang Yun's strict guard, so she had no chance to make a move.

Fang Yun also wanted to expose a flaw so that she could take action, and was preparing to let her fall into a trap.

However, the queen was probably afraid that Xu Lingyi would make a mistake, so she sent an experienced nanny beside her to Xu Lingyi to provide guidance at all times. She only said to the outside world that the two maids around Xu Lingyi were too young and did not know how to take care of others, so she left the old nanny to go. Teach teach.

It was also because of this nanny that Xu Lingyi didn't step into the trap directly.

Otherwise, it would have been lost long ago.

During this period of time, the queen was not idle either. She continued to search for evidence that Fang Yuan had murdered Concubine Wan and made Concubine Wan sterile. At the same time, she had to deal with Concubine Wan's increasing arrogance.

Hu Daixu also made many military exploits in the north.

After all, this time, there were only three young generals leading the army, Huo Mingxuan, Ye Yunxiao, and Hu Daixu. The others were all veterans, and the youngest was forty years old. This combination was also for safety, as young people are prone to impulsiveness. , and there must be veterans to stabilize it.

But now that the battle is going well, it will naturally be easy to achieve success.

The battle situation is now very good, and the morale of Daqi is very high.

Although Shangyang Kingdom has the advantage of being more familiar with its own geographical conditions, it lacks support from the rear.

First, the monarch Lin Chen kept scolding, questioning and doubting, and the supply of food and grass was not timely. The weather was getting colder and colder. In November, the north was already covered with ice and snow. The soldiers of Shangyang Kingdom were already low in morale and could not eat. Not well clothed but not warm, working hard for the court and being treated harshly by the court, the military morale has been weakened, so how can we fight?

That is to say, Jin Wuke, a veteran general of Shangyang Kingdom, has high prestige in the army. The Jin family army he leads has high military quality, and they all obey orders loyally and do their best to maintain military discipline.

Otherwise, I am afraid that the army of Shangyang Kingdom would have been retreating steadily.

But just like that, Shangyang Kingdom has now been conquered by four cities.

Under such circumstances, Pei Yao gave Yichun Palace more dignity in view of Hu Daixu's meritorious service.

Concubine Wan hated the queen for causing her to be infertile, so she naturally became more and more rude in front of the queen.

That is to say, the queen knew that she could not give birth, otherwise she would have done something to her long ago to avoid the second concubine Yang.

Of course, there was another thing that trapped the queen's spirit.

In November, it snowed for the first time in Kyoto, and the weather became colder and colder. The fifth prince probably got up early to go to school, accidentally caught the cold, and fell ill.

It’s not that the illness is severe at one time, but that it is intermittent and does not get better. It is not a high fever, but the body is always warm. The child is not energetic at night, but he can play happily during the day, which requires people to keep an eye on him all the time. Very tiring.

The imperial doctor said it was because of the cold weather, so the queen ordered people to burn the earth dragon in Fengxuan Palace. When the fifth prince went to the school in the morning, he also took a warm sedan. There were also hand stoves and foot-operated stoves in the school to keep warm.

But in this case, the fire was too strong and the child got angry again.

In short, it cannot be taken lightly or seriously.

The queen was exhausted physically and mentally every day.

After all, she was just an only child and she didn't dare to make any mistakes.

The Queen was very busy, and Fang Yun always did not offend others unless they offended her, so she just stared secretly without making any first move.

Concubine Wan, on the other hand, has been a little too proud recently and actually stretched out her hand in front of Fang Yun.

On this day, Pei Yao ordered to come to Yuzhang Palace for dinner. Fang Yun asked the harem's large dining room to cook a roasted mutton dish. Unexpectedly, Liang Xi'an sent someone to the dining room to spread the news that Concubine Wan's people were coming. When I got dinner, I took away the roasted mutton dish.

He said that he would ask the dining room to make another dish.

It's not difficult to make another one, but it will definitely delay the meal time, so Liang Xian specially sent someone to explain the situation to Fang Yun.

But Fang Yun also knew in his heart that delaying the meal was nothing. What was important was Concubine Wan's provocation.