She fell out after crying at the wrong grave

Jin Feng went to pay his respects three times in a row, but was turned away by Shen Zhuo three times.

Prince Yi has been very popular recently.

There were people who were happy and people who were worried in the court, but A'ao was always the relaxed one.

She couldn't enter the palace openly. In order to prevent Xiao Jin from revealing the truth in her heart, she disguised herself as Shen Yuren's follower and followed Shen Yuren into the palace under the pretext of getting underwear for Shen Zhuo.

Shen Zhuo was becoming more and more obsessed. Ever since the immortal master told him the bad omen, he simply rolled up his bedding and moved directly into the Alchemy Palace, wishing that all his three meals a day could be replaced with elixirs.

"I think if this continues, no matter how detailed the plan is, it will be useless." Shen Yu and Ah Yi continued to walk on the palace road, lowering their voices, "It will be cinnabar poisoning sooner or later."

Ah-yi, who was half a step behind him in male attire, laughed when she heard this, "Isn't that better? My uncle is worried that he will be accused of usurping the throne. If someone eats himself to death, you and I will be innocent."

"You little girl." Shen Yu still laughed in anger, "Only a general like Zhao Hou would dare to marry you."

After entering Chong'an Hall, the female official knew Shen Yu's purpose as soon as she saw him.

After bowing respectfully, the female official ordered the maid behind her to bring a box over, "Your Highness, please allow me to report. In this box are the hairpins and crowns that Your Majesty usually uses, as well as the jade pendants and other ornaments that you carry with you, all of which are the ones you usually use."

The box was opened, Shen Yu took a look at it again, and then waved his hand to let it close. Ah-yi took it and held it in her arms. It was really not bad. Even the wood used to make the box was the best nanmu, which showed that Shen Zhuo was living a comfortable life.

"The remaining clothes, toiletries, tea sets, study supplies, etc. are too many for Your Highness to carry. I have ordered several eunuchs to pack them up. When Your Highness leaves the palace, you only need to take them with you in the carriage."

Shen Yu still nodded, "That's great, you did a good job."

The female official was a subordinate of Li Shanggong. When she learned that Prince Yi was going to enter the palace today, she made arrangements in advance so as not to delay the nobleman's business.

"Thank you, Your Highness. Take care, Your Highness."

There are only a few small paths from Chong'an Hall to Changsheng Hall, so it is quite easy to walk.

After they left, Ah'ao continued what she had just said, "What my uncle said just now was wrong. You just mean that I was not polite for what I said before, and that I was always talking about people's lives. In fact, I am usually a very kind and reasonable person. I just became particularly unreasonable when I met the Shen family."

When the two men reached the Changsheng Hall, a threshold blocked their way and stopped them in their tracks.

Shen Yu still stopped and glanced at A'ao sideways.

Ah'ao also looked back at him frankly and unceremoniously.

Perhaps because he had also been surnamed Shen for thirty years, Ah-yi's words, especially the last sentence, always sounded a bit unpleasant. "Yuan Ning, even if you changed your surname, don't you still have Shen's blood flowing in your bones?"

Fortunately, the threshold is low and it is in the shade, so Ah-yi is in a good mood. We might as well have a good talk about this.

"I'm not listed in the Imperial Book of Jade, so what do I have to be afraid of?" She looked at Shen Yuren with amusement, her lips were red without any embellishment, "Uncle, do you know what I admire about you? You can basically wipe out the descendants of the Shen family with just a little trick. I don't want to be the daughter of the Shen family, and I don't have to be one now. Even if I change my last name to Chen, I will never be named Shen."

"As for you, you have already paid homage to the heavens and the earth and your ancestors, and your name has been recorded in the Jade Book. Even if you hate it now, you have to be a descendant of the Shen family for the rest of your life."

A'ao patted his shoulder, looking regretful, then turned around and went into the palace first.

Shen Yu was still speechless and had no words to say.

Although Changsheng Hall is extremely cold in winter, it is a rare place to cool off in summer.

Jin Zhaoyi was wearing a goose yellow gauze dress and sitting in the shade of the corridor. Two palace maids were fanning her and peeling lotus seeds for her.

"Empress Zhaoyi, your royal brother is in the Alchemy Palace to seek advice from the immortals. I'm here to check on your health on your orders." Shen Yu was still about ten steps away from the corridor when he stopped in an orderly manner.

After all, this is the residence of concubines. There are many people around and everyone is watching. We should not be too presumptuous.

Jin Zhaoyi was originally happy to see Shen Yuren coming. But she saw that there was a humble servant following him. She thought about it and her eyes lit up. "I am fine. Thank you, Prince Yi, for coming here. Zhuiyue, please serve tea. The rest of you can go down. I want to ask about His Majesty's recent situation."

The eunuchs and palace maids around were all ordered to leave the courtyard.

The palace maid who had just peeled the lotus seeds was still there to serve tea. This must be the Zhuiyue she had just mentioned.

A'ao looked at the person carefully, and then glanced at Jin Zhaoyi.

Jin Zhaoyi understood and quickly explained, "I asked for Zhuiyue from Li Shanggong. I am not comfortable using people sent by my father. Since it was trained by Li Shanggong, you can rest assured."

Ah-yi nodded, sat down at the stone table, and looked at her with a smile, "Jinniuniu, I haven't seen you for a few months. You have gained a lot of weight!"

Because of her pregnancy, her appetite increased, and she ate much more than usual. In the past, she had to consider Shen Zhuo's favor and wanted to maintain her figure, so she always treated herself badly. Now that she had a child, she didn't have to sleep with him or compete for his favor, and Shen Zhuo had even gone far away to the outskirts of the city. She was even happier and freer, so she couldn't treat herself badly anymore.

So I felt happy, everything tasted delicious, and my breasts became rounder day by day. I felt a little embarrassed and said angrily, "How can there be so many! When you have a child in the future, I will laugh at you like this too!"

Ah'an waved her hands quickly.

Seeing that she was still angry, Shen Yu couldn't help but smiled gently.

It would have been fine if Jin Zhaoyi didn't see him, but when she saw him, he started laughing too. She thought he was making fun of her for not being as good as before, so she felt aggrieved, "She laughed at me, and that's fine, but you laughed too. What right do you have to laugh? If it weren't for you, I! I wouldn't have..."

"I'm not laughing at you, but I think you're cute when you're calculating." Shen Yu still reached out and stroked her back, "As long as you're healthy, it'll be fine. Just don't eat too much, or you'll suffer during labor."

Jin Zhaoyi lowered her head and smiled shyly, showing a bit of the pampered air of being loved.

The man is in love and the woman is willing. If they were not in their current positions, this would really be a beautiful story.

"Stop it." Ah'an gritted her teeth, "There are many people in the palace, and you are not afraid of being seen."

"What are you afraid of?" Jin Zhaoyi retorted, "Now everyone in the palace is either my father's people or yours. Who dares to say a word?"

The words may be rough, but the truth is there.

"It's not 'our' people, it's the people who want to purge the whole group of ministers." Ah's corrected, "Recently your father has suffered a setback in the court, not only the Minister of the Central Secretariat, but we are all under surveillance and very closely watched, so we haven't come before because we are afraid it's not safe."

Ever since Ah-yi received the news that the Youbei people's food and grass were burned outside the northern border, the peace talks have been at a disadvantage. They hurried back to the grassland, fearing that the northern border defenders would tear up the peace talks and attack them when they were not prepared, and their tone was no longer as tough as before.

This was even more of a blow to Jin Feng.

"Then why did you come today..." Jin Zhaoyi showed a worried look.

Ah Yi picked up a lotus seed and carefully peeled off the bitter bud in the lotus core. "Don't worry, he must know. But it doesn't matter. I came here today to inform you in advance that Jin Feng's crimes have been collected. Next month, before you give birth, he will be brought to justice. You just need to take good care of yourself and the child. Don't see anyone who comes to ask for help, and don't pay attention to any trouble you cause."

"What about my aunt?"

"Everything is ready. A doctor will come to her house in the next few days and tell her that she has contracted a contagious rash. Once Jin Feng gives the order to send her to the farm, we will send someone to pick her up." Shen Yu still went to do this personally, and there would be no mistakes.

"You don't have to worry about the alchemist." Ah Yi repeated what she had said to Shen Yuren before, "If he dies from eating the alchemy, it will be considered a perfect deed."

Having said that, it seems like there's really nothing to worry about.

Jin Zhaoyi breathed a sigh of relief, but she still felt like something was missing and was very uneasy.

She stood up from the chair, her round belly making her look a little tired. "Long time no see. I have a few private words to say to Ah-yi. You stay outside to keep watch."

The words were addressed to Shen Yuren, but Keren took A's hand and walked into the house without saying anything.

Zhuiyue was left waiting on the side, and Prince Yi was at a loss. The breeze was blowing gently, but it was difficult to answer his questions.

When did these two people become close enough to talk to each other privately?
After entering the bedroom, Jin Zhaoyi carefully closed the door and pulled Ah-yi inside until they sat on her couch. She panted and held her stomach, sweat oozing from her forehead.

"What is it that you would avoid talking to him about?" Ah-yi was curious and couldn't help asking. When she saw how she and Shen Yu-ren were just now, she thought they were really in love.

Jin Zhaoyi took a deep breath and said half awkwardly and half sincerely, "You also know that I am not a lady from a wealthy family. Since I was a child, my father has been plotting to marry me to a powerful person he wants to befriend or get close to. When I was a child, he tricked me into marrying into the palace. When he first met me, His Majesty only said that he would treat me well, and then he favored other concubines in the blink of an eye. I knew it was a lie, but I still took it seriously. I was fooled again."

When he said this, his eyes turned red.

"I forced myself to get together with Shen Yuren. Although he is a good person, I am still worried." Jin Zhaoyi clenched A's hand, "If those ministers want him to succeed the throne, and he can't marry me, I am a concubine of the previous emperor, and I have to watch him have three harems and six courtyards in the future, how can I bear it?"

She managed to stop crying and continued, "You asked me before whether I wanted to be the queen or the queen mother. Now I have made up my mind. I want to be the queen mother. This is the only ambition I have, but I just want to be the queen mother so that I can live a peaceful life without having to worry. I don't care about government affairs, and I have no intention of interfering. Even if my son is not allowed to be emperor, I will gladly accept it."

Ah-yi looked at her. Her hair was covered with pearls and jade, and her body was covered with silk and satin. Even though she lived in such a magnificent palace, she never put her heart at ease.

If a woman is like a vine that clings to a man, or a flower that adds fertilizer to a green tree, sooner or later, she will wither and die.

She finally saw her fate clearly and wanted to escape it, so how could that not be a good thing?

"That's no problem. You're pregnant with the prince. I said I could make you the empress dowager, and I will definitely do it." A'ao stroked Jin Zhaoyi's shoulder with some pity and said softly.

It can be said that she never misjudged anyone from the beginning.

(End of this chapter)