The emperor's birthday banquet ended unhappily amid Cheng Jin's jokes. The little girl of the Cheng family actually had a miscarriage at the emperor's birthday banquet. Not only did it ruin the reputation of the general's mansion, it was also an insult to the royal family!
The emperor's face turned pale after listening to the diagnosis of Wang Taiyi. Such an unlucky thing! Such an unlucky thing! He just wanted to give this woman to Ye Feibai!
The emperor became more and more angry, so he smashed the cup hard on the ground, breaking it at Cheng Jin's feet, and the wine spilled all over the floor. The princes and ministers knelt down hurriedly and said, "Your Majesty, calm down!"
The emperor was no longer in the mood to sit down. Thinking of the shocking bloodstain, if it wasn't General Cheng's daughter, he would have ordered someone to get rid of her long ago! He stood up and glared at Cheng Jin, who was still unconscious on the ground, and left in anger.
Shangguan Ningyun hurriedly got up and followed him until he was out of the palace. Shangguan Ningyun stepped forward and comforted him softly, which made the emperor's face look much better.
The emperor's angry departure ended the banquet, and everyone left one after another. What happened just now was still being discussed. General Cheng had made great achievements in the war, but he didn't expect his daughter to be such a shameless person. It was really unbelievable.
When those ladies left, they kept glancing at Cheng Jin, whispering to each other, with contempt on their faces. Some even muttered: I thought the daughter of the Cheng family was beautiful, and I wanted to marry into the Cheng family, but I didn't expect it to be such a thing.
Some people even gloated: "What a beautiful woman, but she is just like this, a withered flower and a withered willow."
The queen looked at Cheng Jin who fainted on the ground. No one paid attention to her now, but she had to be this good person. A hint of sinisterness flashed in her eyes. Such a good chess piece, it would be a waste if it was not used. She ordered someone to help Cheng Jin down and sent him back to her own palace.
The imperial physician Wang, who had treated Cheng Jin before, packed up his things and left. On the way to the Imperial Hospital, he suddenly saw Ye Chonghua. He looked cold and gloomy.
The imperial physician looked at Ye Chonghua and seemed to be waiting for someone. Ye Chonghua was the god of war in Xiling, and Doctor Wang had always respected him. Knowing that Ye Chonghua was blind, he had been researching ways to treat blindness. Seeing Ye Chonghua in front of him, he stepped forward and bowed to Ye Chonghua, saying, "Second Prince."
Ye Chonghua frowned slightly when he heard Doctor Wang's voice, and his voice was cold without a trace of warmth: "Is Cheng Jin pregnant?"
Doctor Wang looked up at Ye Chonghua in confusion. Although he didn't know why Ye Chonghua asked this, he didn't dare to answer those ladies like he did before when he met his frost-filled eyes. He said tremblingly, "Indeed, this old minister is sure that she is pregnant."
Ye Chonghua's face was tense, and his face suddenly looked complicated. He took a breath slowly: "Has she ever suffered from uterine cold?"
Dr. Wang said: "Miss Cheng has always had a good physical foundation, and it doesn't seem like she has suffered from uterine cold. If she hadn't accidentally fallen this time, the child would have been safe and sound."
Ye Zhonghua's face showed a strong hatred, his hands clenched into fists, and the veins on his forehead bulged and jumped. Oh!
What a Cheng Jin, what a Cheng family, what a uterine cold, for so many years, he has been feeling guilty for a lie! A haze flashed across his face, which was extremely terrifying.
Cheng Jin, I will never let you go again!
In the Queen's palace, Cheng Jin on the bed was pale, with his eyes closed and sleeping. The Queen stood in front of the bed, looking at Cheng Jin, and a hint of pride appeared on her face.
Cheng Jin woke up with a whimper on the bed. When the queen heard Cheng Jin's noise, she stepped forward and asked with concern: "Jin'er, are you feeling better?" Cheng Jin raised her eyes slightly and saw the queen's concerned eyes. Her eyes couldn't help but turn red: "Queen..." "Jin'er, don't cry. Even if the child is gone, there will still be one." The queen hurriedly comforted her. Cheng Jin's face turned pale. She looked at the queen in disbelief and asked with difficulty: "Child, what child?" She wanted to get up eagerly, but found that she was very weak at this time, and her lower abdomen was aching, and she couldn't use any strength. Seeing that she wanted to get up, the queen gently helped her and helped her lie down halfway. She took the brown sugar ginger tea from the servant's hand and handed it to her with a smile in her eyes: "Jin'er, whose child is this?" Cheng Jin's face was already completely pale, without any blood color. Her teeth were biting the corners of her lips tightly, and she was shaking and couldn't make a sound. She didn't want to think about what happened some time ago. She wanted to forget those men who pounced on her and did whatever they wanted. They were so disgusting and so fresh in her memory. She hugged her head in anger. No, she was clean, she was clean...
How could she get pregnant with the bastards of those disgusting men!
The queen looked at Cheng Jin's pale face, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, and said: "Look how scared you are. What's wrong with saying this! This child is not white, right? He is so careless that he didn't know you were pregnant and asked you to show your talent to the emperor." A trace of surprise flashed across Cheng Jin's face, then she lowered her head, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes, and when she looked up again, her face was a little sad, and there was a little expectation: "Yes... Please ask the queen to make the decision for Jin'er!"
Yes! Why didn't she think of it? !
As long as she insisted that the child was Ye Chonghua's, then... would her wish be fulfilled soon?
The queen showed a sneer on her face, and then said gently: "You can lie down and rest assured. I will report this to the emperor and ask him to help you."
"Thank you, queen!" Cheng Jin wanted to kneel in front of the queen, but her body was weak and she fell back involuntarily. The queen helped her and said, "Be careful."
Since the birthday banquet, the emperor's impression of Cheng Jin has been greatly reduced. He dislikes her very much and is even more angry with her. The emperor was sitting in the imperial study, but he was troubled by these things. He always felt that Cheng Jin's uncleanness would affect his national destiny. Therefore, he couldn't read the memorial in his hand and sighed at it. The voice of eunuch Cao sounded outside the door: "Your Majesty, the queen wants to see you." The emperor's house arrest order for the queen has not been lifted yet, and her hair has not grown well. Although she wears a wig now, every time he sees her, he will think of her bald head, and he can't help but feel a little irritable.
The Queen came to the Imperial Study without informing the emperor. The Emperor frowned. Just as he was about to scold her, he saw the Queen in front of him: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"
"What is more important than my order? Didn't I tell you not to step out of Zhongcui Palace? I'm giving you face by letting you appear in front of everyone today!"
The Queen bowed to the Emperor, but she was a little scared when she saw the Emperor's cold expression. She remembered the purpose of her visit and said, "What I want to report is This is a serious matter, and we must discuss it with the emperor!"
The emperor glanced at the queen and said coldly: "Speak."
The queen's expression flickered slightly, as if she was hesitant, and she said hesitantly: "Yesterday, I took Jin'er back to my palace to rest, and I wanted to ask her whose child she was in. Jin'er is really a child. A girl suffered such a loss but didn't say anything, and she tarnished her innocence in vain."
When the emperor heard the queen mention Cheng Jin, his eyes became more angry. How could such an undisciplined woman have any innocence? This kind of thing is always her own undisciplined. The queen's chattering made the emperor even more impatient and asked: "Whose child is that?"
"This, that child is Fei Bai's."
The emperor's eyes were slightly surprised. Fei Bai? Didn't he like Ouyang Wu very much? How could it be?
Thinking about it, she couldn't help but ask, "Is this true?"
Seeing that the emperor didn't believe it, the queen said affirmatively, "I have confirmed it again and again, it is Feibai! Ouyang Wu is gone, wouldn't Feibai favor other women? Besides, how could a kind woman like Jin'er accuse Feibai of this!"
The emperor's expression was hard to read. Thinking of Ye Chonghua and Cheng Jin's relationship, he felt like he had swallowed a fly. But he suddenly thought of Ye Chonghua, and thought of Ye Chonghua's haggard look these days. No matter how bad Cheng Jin was, she was still General Cheng's daughter. Between her and Ye Chonghua...
Wu'er had just left, how could she make Ye Chonghua sad again.
Seeing that the emperor's expression was somewhat relaxed, the queen leaned over to the emperor and said goodbye softly.
The emperor came back to his senses from his contemplation and said to Eunuch Cao outside the door, "Call Feibai to the palace."
Ye Chonghua soon entered the palace, and the emperor looked at the son he had previously recognized the most. His eyes were ruined, but the proud look on his face never changed. He sighed quietly and said slowly: "Fei Bai, I will give Jin'er to you now, I hope you..."
"Why would I want this vicious woman?" Before the emperor finished speaking, Ye Chonghua's voice sounded coldly.
"How dare you, you and her have a secret pregnancy. Although the child is gone, you still have to be responsible for what you did?"
Ye Chonghua's lips sneered, as if he heard a joke, and said: "Father, Cheng Jin has caused Wu'er to be in an uncertain state of life and death. I wish I could cut her into pieces, so how could I do such a shameful thing with her? As for her lost bastard, only she knows who it belongs to."
"You..." The emperor looked incredulous. Cheng Jin was actually related to Wu'er's death? In the eyes of the emperor, the uncertainty of life and death was just a cover. She was probably no longer in this world. He was about to ask again when he heard Eunuch Cao say, "General Cheng is here to see you!"
General Cheng walked in with a sincere look on his face. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily, "Your Majesty, I have something to say to the Second Prince."
The Emperor had just heard the Queen say a lot and had already made up his mind to give Jin'er to Chonghua. Now seeing Ye Chonghua's resolute attitude, he was speechless for a while.
General Cheng's arrival gave the Emperor a way out. His Feibai was no longer a child. He had the right to decide his own affairs. He said, "I am tired," and turned away.
Ye Chonghua stood aside with a cold face, leaning on a blind stick. He had nothing to say to General Cheng now.
When General Cheng saw Ye Chonghua was about to leave, he immediately knelt in front of him, grabbed his robe, and said in a trembling voice: "Feibai, please help Jin'er. If you don't help her, she will be ruined!"
Ye Chonghua's voice was cold and frost-filled with sarcasm: "What does her life or death have to do with me? Now if she falls into my hands, I will definitely make her live a life worse than death!"
General Cheng's face changed, tears flowed down his old face, and his voice became more earnest: "Feibai, you miss Jin'er, but she is still alive, and ... "For the sake of our friendship, please spare Jin'er's life! Jin'er just loves you too much, that's why she did such a thing!"
General Cheng saw that Ye Chonghua was unmoved, and his heart sank even more, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, so he continued: "Fei Bai, think about how close you two were when you were young. If you hadn't treated her so well, how could she have thought of becoming the Princess of Ning..."
Ye Chonghua didn't wait for General Cheng to finish his words, and interrupted him sarcastically: "General Cheng means , all this is caused by me?"
"That's not what I meant." General Cheng was terrified and said quickly: "Fei Bai, think about my wife, who used to treat you like her own son, she..."
"General Cheng, please don't stand up for Madam Cheng anymore. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have let Cheng Jin go again and again. She wanted Wu'er's life, and now I'm asking for her life for Wu'er. Don't tell me about our friendship then, I won't show mercy anymore."
General Cheng couldn't believe that Ye Chonghua would After saying such cold words to him, tears fell from his eyes, and he cried and grabbed his robe tightly: "Fei Bai..."
Ye Zhonghua used his internal force to tear the half of the cloth in General Cheng's hand. He walked out step by step with a blind stick: "General Cheng, I have made up my mind. It is useless for you to say more."
Cheng Jin took a short rest and was taken back to General Cheng's mansion in the capital. Hearing that General Cheng had entered the palace to ask the emperor, he was anxiously waiting for General Cheng to return.
It was not until noon that General Cheng walked in slowly with a depressed face, and Cheng Jin hurriedly greeted him. But seeing General Cheng's expression, he knew the result was not good, but he still couldn't help asking: "Daddy, what did the emperor say?"
General Cheng looked up at his daughter's face full of expectation, sighed, and couldn't help saying: "Daddy went to the palace today and met Feibai."
Cheng Jin's face was even more expectant, and asked: "What did the second brother say?"
General Cheng sighed helplessly and said: "According to Feibai's personality, how could he recognize this child. But, he didn't remember the old relationship at all and refused it outright, it's really..."
Looking at Cheng Jin's hurt expression, he continued: "Jin'er, in Daddy's opinion, you don't have to think about Feibai anymore, let's find another way to solve it."
Cheng Jin's face changed when she heard Ye Chonghua's resolute refusal. He saw how pitiful she was, but still hated herself so much?
No, she would not marry anyone but Ye Chonghua!
Her face showed a stern look: "No! My daughter will not marry anyone but my second brother! Daddy, let's go to my second brother's house again and beg him again, he will definitely agree!"
General Cheng looked at his daughter so unpromising and couldn't help but said angrily: "Don't you think it's not embarrassing enough!"
Cheng Jin's face was full of tears. She pulled General Cheng's sleeve and choked up: "Dad..."
Cheng Jin was the apple of General Cheng's eye. He loved her very much since she was a child. She lost her mother when she was young, and he raised her by himself. After all, he couldn't bear to say harsh words to her. Seeing her so sad, he said helplessly: "Okay, tomorrow Daddy will take you to apologize to Fei Bai early."
On the second day, just after dawn, a carriage stopped outside the Ning Wang Mansion.
Ye Chonghua was already in the main hall, and heard the servant report: "Your Majesty, General Cheng and his daughter want to see you."
Yun Shang has been helping Ye Chonghua find Ouyang Wu these days, and has been living in the Ning Wang Mansion. He was standing beside Ye Chonghua. When he heard the servant's words, he couldn't help but sneered: "You are quick."
Ye Chonghua's face did not change, but there was a hint of cruelty in his eyes. He asked Yun Shang: "Have they found them?" Yun Shang smiled and said: "Don't worry about me doing it."
Ye Chonghua said coldly: "Let them in." General Cheng walked in quickly, followed by Cheng Jin who was obviously dressed up.
As soon as General Cheng saw Ye Chonghua, he immediately knelt down and said, "Feibai, I'll let Jin'er come over to apologize to you and kowtow to you..."
General Cheng pulled Cheng Jin behind him, and Cheng Jin knelt down at Ye Chonghua's feet, crying, "Brother, Jin'er was wrong, Jin'er was wrong, how can you forgive Jin'er?"
Seeing that Ye Chonghua was unmoved, Cheng Jin stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve, choking with sobs, "Please don't abandon Jin'er, Jin'er will serve you as a slave in the future!"
"Despicable!" These two words came out of his thin lips, and Ye Chonghua pushed Cheng Jin away with disgust. Fear appeared in Cheng Jin's eyes. He was about to say something, but suddenly saw Yun Shang coming in from outside with a few men. Yun Shang whispered a few words in Ye Chonghua's ear, and Ye Chonghua kicked all five men in front of him to General Cheng, with a hint of teasing in his voice: "General Cheng, these five men may be sons-in-law of the Cheng family. As for when Cheng Jin committed herself to whom, I don't know. Otherwise, you can consider finding someone for Cheng Jin to marry. With our many years of friendship, the king will definitely give her an extra gift."
Cheng Jin saw the men in front of her, two of whom were the ones who humiliated her that day, and the other three were the men who were forced to sell their bodies in the brothel. She could forget this humiliation, but when the other party stood in front of her, her body trembled violently, her face turned pale, and she almost fainted.
"So she is really the general's daughter..." One of the men showed a happy look on his face. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to General Cheng. "It was my original intention, my original intention was extremely!" "Beast!" General Cheng was also pale and kicked the man in the heart! "Since he is willing, I am willing to pay the betrothal gift for him." Ye Chonghua laughed coldly. Cheng Jin was now desperate. Ye Chonghua's behavior was almost more painful than killing her. Her face darkened and she slammed into the pillar. "Bang!" Her forehead hit the pillar heavily. General Cheng was shocked. When he was about to deal with these beasts, his daughter was in trouble! Cheng Jin crashed into the pillar. There were so many people around, but no one came up to stop her. Her forehead was covered with blood and she fainted! "Jin'er!" General Cheng supported her and looked at Cheng Jin with heartache. Ye Chonghua heard the bang and smiled. General Cheng hugged Cheng Jin, his old face flushed with anger: "Fei Bai, you actually, you actually..."
Ye Chonghua said: "Why, did I bump into her? I didn't touch her at all."
"You!" General Cheng was so angry that his beard was trembling. He couldn't vent his anger on Ye Chonghua, but on those five beasts. He wanted to defeat them.
"General Cheng, please don't dirty my place."
General Cheng came out holding Cheng Jin and said coldly: "Fei Bai, if you don't care about our friendship, don't blame me for not caring either."
"Goodbye!"
Yun Shang said puzzledly: "Ye Er, are you just letting her go?"
A cold smile flashed across Ye Chonghua's lips: "Of course not, let her see the light of day for a few more days!"
Yun Shang was about to leave when he heard Ye Chonghua's lifeless eyes fall on him: "Is there any news about Wu'er?"
Yun Shang's face showed a trace of guilt. Fortunately, Ye Chonghua couldn't see it at the moment, otherwise he would definitely kill him. He carefully made up another lie: "It seems that another subordinate has found out that the princess seems to be going south."
"South?"
"It should be in the direction of... Nanfeng Country." Yun Shang listened to Ye Chonghua's voice and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Add more people, make sure to find Wu'er!"
"Yes!"
General Cheng helped Cheng Jin leave the Ning Palace, and saw Ye Feixi standing by with a smile on his face. Seeing the two of them coming out, he said, "General Cheng, are you still worried about Jin'er?"
General Cheng had always been on good terms with Ye Chonghua, and he was not on good terms with Ye Feixi. Now seeing his expression, he thought he wanted to take the opportunity to mock him, so he just snorted coldly: "The fourth prince is too concerned, the old minister's affairs do not need the fourth prince to worry about." After saying that, he helped Cheng Jin to raise his feet and walked forward.
After walking a few steps, he heard Ye Feixi say behind him: "General Cheng, perhaps this prince can help you."
"You?" General Cheng stopped and looked slightly surprised.
"Why, General Cheng doesn't believe it? General Cheng is just looking for someone to rely on for Jin'er now, and Ye Feibai disagrees, right?" Ye Feixi looked determined.
General Cheng turned around and looked at Ye Feixi, and asked, "How will the Fourth Prince help us?" Ye Feixi said with a playful look, "General Cheng wants Ye Feibai to help her, and I can help her in the same way."
General Cheng looked at Ye Feixi, he knew the meaning behind these words, as long as he agreed, it would mean that he would be in the Fourth Prince's camp in the future.
General Cheng had never been optimistic about Ye Feixi before, and had great confidence in Ye Chonghua, and even had some disdain for Ye Feixi, but he didn't expect that it would come to this point today, and it was Ye Feixi who wanted to help them.
General Cheng thought of Ye Chonghua's cold words just now, and he no longer had any expectations in his heart, thinking about Ye Chonghua's invisible eyes. Looking at Cheng Jin who was half unconscious in his arms, his heart couldn't help but hurt. Ye Feixi looked at General Cheng's tangled expression and continued, "General Cheng, have you thought it through?"
General Cheng looked up at Ye Feixi and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay."
Ye Feixi's lips curled up slightly, and a look of success appeared on his face.
"What?" A roar came from the Queen's palace. She was so angry that her wig almost fell off. She stared at Ziyuan with disbelief. Ziyuan said carefully: "I heard it for sure. It was said... that the Fourth Prince came to the palace early in the morning to ask the Emperor to give Miss Cheng to him as a concubine." The Queen was so angry that she swept the cup on the table to the ground. The fragments splashed on Ziyuan's hands, leaving blood marks. Ziyuan did not dare to say a word and tried to hold back the trembling. The Queen was so angry that she shouted: "Get out!" Ziyuan crawled and rolled out as if relieved. The Queen's face was extremely ugly. Why should the woman that Ye Chonghua did not want be given to Ye Feixi! Why should she be given to her dearest son! Thinking of Cheng Jin again, that shameless bitch, who got pregnant before marriage, and whose bastard was in her belly, she just wanted to frame Ye Chonghua, saying that the child was Ye Chonghua's, but she didn't expect that it would be her son in the end. Feixi actually wanted to marry such a rotten person!
The queen gnashed her teeth in anger and smashed all the porcelain in the room in one breath, and then she breathed a little. Her mind was somewhat clear. Feixi was her child. She knew that since Feixi did this, he must have reached some kind of agreement with General Cheng, but she just couldn't accept it, she couldn't accept it!
The Xiling Palace was in chaos, but Ouyang Wu, who followed Rong Suiyun to leave Xiling Kingdom and headed south, felt that she was living a very comfortable life.
In the carriage, Ouyang Wu ate the snacks that Rong Suiyun bought for her without hesitation. These snacks with Jiangnan flavors had a Jiangnan charm. It seemed as if the tip of the tongue was dancing in her mouth. Ouyang Wu ate very happily.
Rong Suiyun half leaned on the couch, looked at Ouyang Wu and smiled lightly: "It seems that Xiaowu likes it very much."
"Why don't you eat?" Ouyang Wu lowered her head to pour herself a cup of tea, raised her head and looked at Rong Suiyun, only to see Rong Suiyun shook his head at her and smiled lightly.
Ouyang Wu found that his face was pale and very ugly, as if he was enduring some pain.
Ouyang Wu put down the snack in her hand and asked: "What's wrong with you, are you feeling unwell?"
Rong Suiyun smiled as if he didn't care, and said: "Nothing, an old problem."
Ouyang Wu remembered that Rong Suiyun was not like this before getting on the car, but his face was so ugly when he got on the car. This is a typical motion sickness. Ouyang Wu thought about it and took out a pill and handed it to him: "I wonder if you will feel better after taking it."
Rong Suiyun took the pill Ouyang Wu handed him, casually put it into her mouth, and drank it with tea. She didn't show any vigilance, and her smile was full of trust: "Xiaowu knows medicine?"
Ouyang Wu looked at Rong Suiyun's casual movements, and her heart was warmed. He trusted her so much.
Hearing Rong Suiyun's question, Ouyang Wu neither denied nor admitted it, and her lips curled slightly: "If you feel uncomfortable, just tell me."
Rong Suiyun felt much better after taking the medicine for only a moment. She looked at Ouyang Wu with a little admiration. No one had ever been able to cure her illness.
Ouyang Wu peeled an orange casually, and the orange flesh was clean and even cute. Seeing that Rong Suiyun's complexion had improved a lot, she handed one to him and said, "Eat an orange to moisten your throat first. You haven't eaten anything since this morning, so it's no wonder you feel dizzy."
Rong Suiyun looked at Ouyang Wu, smiled softly, hummed, took the orange from her hand, slowly put it into his mouth, and just after biting it, his face changed and he frowned slightly.