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Chapter 655 Undercurrent
The two of them still slept on each side, not next to each other.

Meng Zhao couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so she carefully reached out her hand and put her palm against Li Beichen's face.

The next moment, her neck was pinched hard. His closed eyes suddenly opened and he turned his head to look at her.

It was a pair of eyes filled with murderous intent and coldness.

Meng Zhao's neck was pinched, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't think. His pale fingers suddenly tightened the thin quilt under him, and he tried his best to squeeze out a voice like a kitten, "Your Majesty."

The hand holding her throat not only imprisoned her body, but also imprisoned her soul.

After Li Beichen stared at her for a while, he let go of his hand, his voice low and hoarse.

"Why don't you sleep?"

Meng Zhao coughed unconsciously, touched his neck subconsciously, and his body trembled slightly, "Your Majesty, forgive me, it was me who disturbed the Emperor. I just had a nightmare. When I woke up, the Emperor was by my side, and I felt very relieved."

Li Beichen calmed down, smiled faintly, and patted the back of Meng Zhao's hand, "Go to sleep. It's very late."

The moment he saw the emperor's face relax, Meng Zhao understood why Li Beichen wouldn't let him touch him at night.

Perhaps he was afraid that he might accidentally think of her as an assassin and harm her.

The man in front of him had lived in the palace since he was a child, and he probably kept vigilance in his sleep to prevent being assassinated.

After thinking about this, she felt more and more sorry for the emperor.

"Yeah." Meng Zhao took the opportunity to hold Li Beichen's hand tightly, as if he was afraid that Li Beichen would leave suddenly.

After she fell asleep, Li Beichen gently took out his hand and stared at the beautiful woman in front of him carefully.

As if to remember her appearance.

Finally, he reached out his hand, touched Meng Zhao's soft and delicate face, and lowered his eyes.

A little sad.

He has been hesitating whether to kill Meng Xiang. If he dies within a year, Meng Xiang will become an unpredictable and serious problem.

And no matter how Meng Xiang ends up, she will leave earlier than herself with the child in her belly because of the poison.

The flowers that have just bloomed will soon fade. But she is still looking forward to the future, a happy future.

When Meng Zhao opened his eyes again, it had turned from late night to daytime. The air is filled with the refreshing fragrance of flowers, and the pillow is empty.

She reluctantly touched the place where the emperor lay, with a look of happiness on her face.

After a while, the emperor sent someone to deliver an oral message, and Jin Fang was always there to serve as a talented person.

Everyone thought that this night was the favorite of this generation.

In Meng Zhao's view, this was a great favor to her. Be good to the people around her, and be good to her. Increase her weight.

After Zhen Jieyu heard about it, she was so angry that her heart ached. She gritted her teeth and said, "If I had known, I would have invited the emperor to Yanxi Palace last night. This bitch would have taken advantage."

*
Today, Jiang Yuebai's uncle Lu Youzhi brought his eldest son Lu Shanchang to the palace for an audience. Murong Chi also came to the palace with his sister.

To everyone's surprise, the emperor did not bring Murong Chi's sister into the palace, but instead granted marriage to Lu Shanchang.

Lu Youzhi was ordered to open the "Jun to Gusu" teahouse to the capital, and Lu Shanchang was given the rank of seventh-grade sinecure of the Supervisory Yuan, with the main function of supervising hundreds of officials and impeaching officials.

In other words, Murong Chi and the emperor were now close to each other and became brothers-in-law, directly tied together.

Jiang Yuebai's aunt Wang Yunzhi also entered the palace today and officially became the chief female officer of the Clothing Department of the Shangfu Bureau.

The six bureaus in the harem were all well-informed. When they heard that they were relatives of Concubine Jianing, they all smiled and busied themselves trying to curry favor with them. Among them were Sun Sizheng, a female official from the Shangyi Bureau, and Lin Shanggong, the adjutant of the Shanggong Bureau, who had let Jiang Yuebai go when she first set up her stall.

Wang Yunzhi was twenty-eight years old and managed a large embroidery workshop with hundreds of people at home. He had seen this kind of flattery scene many times, and he dealt with it very calmly and appropriately.

She didn't care about these false reputations. She eagerly hoped to see Jiang Yuebai, the only flesh and blood her sister had left in the world.

Over the years, she has given birth to four children, two boys and two girls, all of whom are smart and sensible. They live a smooth and happy life with her husband.

This makes her often miss "Xiao Yueyue", the daughter of her eldest sister whom she loved most in the past.

We were all in Suzhou before, and we went back and forth from time to time, but it was nothing. Later, Jiang Yuebai was called into the palace as a concubine, but there was too much distance between them.

Thinking of the cruelty and dangers of the harem and the powerlessness of Jiang Yuebai, Wang Yunzhi was more concerned than before. I heard that her legend was spread everywhere, and within a few months she was promoted to concubine and even became pregnant. While I was happy for my niece, I was also worried about her.

Later I heard the news that my brother-in-law had passed away. This worry is even more serious. Therefore, it was a good thing for her to be able to enter the palace and see her niece Jiang Yuebai.

When he saw Jiang Yuebai in Yonghe Palace, which is full of Jiangnan atmosphere, Wang Yunzhi was so excited that he burst into tears and shouted affectionately, "Xiao Yueyue."

Jiang Yuebai was stunned by the sound of "Yueyue" with a local accent.

This is her family!
Jiang Yuebai couldn't believe her eyes. After being stunned for a long time, she was convinced that the person standing in front of her was her second aunt who loved her the most. She was so excited that she almost cried, "Auntie!"

Walk forward with the support of Xia Zhi and Li Chun. It was just a few days after I resumed walking that I didn’t dare to exert myself.

"Slow down, my empress, please slow down. Doctor Jiang said you can't hurry up." Li Chun urged.

Wang Yunzhi noticed that Jiang Yuebai's legs and feet were inconvenient, and without regard for etiquette, he ran forward and held Jiang Yuebai's hand: "Yueyue, what's wrong with your legs?"

She looked Jiang Yuebai up and down and asked happily: "Yue'er, how many months are you now?"

Jiang Yuebai said shyly: "It's just three months old."

After the two sat down, they had endless things to say.

Wang Yunzhi sighed with a smile. He didn't expect her belly to grow so fast and the skirt prepared for her was too small.

Jiang Yuebai smiled and said that she would wear the same clothes after giving birth.

Touching the delicate Su embroidery in her hand, Jiang Yuebai felt a little sad. The father who bought her new clothes all year round and praised the beauty of his three daughters is no longer here.

*
In the Qinzheng Palace. It was only the first day of July, and the weather was still hot, but all the ice had been removed.

Jin Yiwei was reporting the investigation results to Li Beichen: "According to my secret investigation, the father of Deputy Sizheng of the Food Department was favored by Prime Minister Meng many years ago. Before Meng Zhao entered the palace, Prime Minister Meng secretly sent someone to contact him. Is there any conspiracy to murder the emperor? His plans are unknown."

The deputy director of the kitchen and the assistant cook have been executed. Now there is no evidence of death and it has become a mystery.

Li Beichen was silent for a long time, "Go down."

Meng Zhao has been too smooth sailing since he was a child. He looks arrogant and has a smart mind, but in fact his mind is extremely simple. It is difficult to have such a long-term and well-hidden plan, and it is also difficult to have the courage to poison so many pregnant women in one move.

But her father, Meng Xiangcai, was so ruthless, so it could not be ruled out that it was his arrangement. As for Xie Zhili, he might not have known anything about it, or he might have killed someone with a borrowed knife. Because Xie Zhili also had the motivation to attack in groups. Almost everyone among the high-ranking concubines was pregnant, and she had the motive to do so.

Xie family. Thinking of these two words, he gritted his teeth with a mixture of love and hate.

In the past, Xie Kewei, as the empress, had nothing to do with murdering the other concubines' pregnancies, but now Xie Zhili wanted to poison all the emperor's heirs, and it was really unbearable.

Moreover, I heard from Jiang Xian's newspaper that Concubine Tian asked her for a prescription for regulating the body's early dehydration and came here specifically to ask for instructions.

After Li Beichen thought about it for a while, he sneered and asked Jiang Xian to follow Concubine Tian's wishes first.

If you want to sleep with someone so impatiently, you may be self-defeating and rush to hell, right?
*
At night, Concubine Xian on the first day of the lunar month, Concubine Meng on the second day of the lunar month, and Concubine Jianing on the third day of the lunar month.

Li Beichen thought about it for a long time and planned a showdown with Jiang Yuebai today.

The two had dinner together and took a walk together. Li Beichen personally accompanied Jiang Yuebai to bathe and wash his hair.

He still couldn't say it.

Jiang Yuebai stared at Li Beichen blankly and smiled: "Does the Emperor have something to say to me?"

Li Beichen's eyes wandered and became heavy: "Yes."

He waved everyone away, dried Jiang Yuebai's hair, and leaned on the bed side by side. He held Jiang Yuebai's hand, and Jiang Yuebai nestled in his arms.

The two of them were silent for a long time, hesitating and hesitating, neither of them dared to take the initiative to lift the last layer of veil.

Until the end, Li Beichen rubbed the back of Jiang Yuebai's hand and broke the silent silence:
"Jiaojiao, I may not live long as Dao Yan said. Regarding the cold poison, I have found out everything."

Jiang Yuebai was shocked and grabbed Li Beichen's hand tightly, "What's going on?"

Li Beichen shook his head, "I can't explain it in one sentence or two. There is no cure for this kind of poison. The person who poisoned her was Princess Jinyang. Her mother was a priestess of the Baili tribe and was good at making poison. In order to take revenge on the royal family, so He was poisoned many times. I suspect that even the prince’s poisoning had a different truth.”

Li Beichen concealed the key information: the poison was actually a poisonous insect. Only her and Zhen Jieyu's children were pregnant before being poisoned, and they were the only two healthy pregnant women.

He was worried that after Jiang Yuebai found out about this, he would kill Zhen Jieyu to ensure that his child could inherit the throne.

At that time, if Zhen Jieyu was killed and had a miscarriage, and Jiang Yuebai was pregnant with multiples and had difficulty in giving birth. Inadvertently, both sides lost their turn, leaving the country without an heir. It is likely to cause chaos in the world.

This was the reason why he kept the legitimate son of King Liuyang.

Even if there is no heir in his lineage, he can still hand over the throne to his cousin. At least Jiangshan's surname is still Li, which will not give the northern minorities an opportunity, and there will not be rebellions everywhere.

"The emperor recruits miracle doctors from all over the world. There will definitely be a solution. And if the world we live in is really a book, then the author probably lacks medical knowledge and takes it for granted to cure some diseases, and may use unconventional methods to cure it. Such a difficult disease.”

Li Beichen thought of the blood of the special person Dao Yan said. Is it true?

He asked Jiang Yuebai excitedly: "For example?"

Jiang Yuebai thought about the possible situation of dog blood: "For example, special blood. The ancients believed that drinking blood can cure many strange diseases, and the same goes for eating a baby's placenta."

Otherwise, why would anyone eat blood steamed buns or Ziheche to cure illnesses?

Li Beichen sighed, "Maybe."

I thought, according to the routine of dog blood novels, the author will let the blood of the female protagonist cure the male protagonist's disease, which will show the uniqueness of the female protagonist to the male protagonist.

Jiang Yuebai thought for a moment and took the Purple Snow Pill, which might also be effective against this cold poison. He gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, you can try drinking my blood. It might be useful."

Anyway, even if she didn't mention it, if the emperor already knew that she came from a book, if the emperor wanted to try, she couldn't stop him.

It is better to take the initiative and seize the moral high ground. Besides, the two of them are, in a sense, grasshoppers tied on a string.

It would not do her any good if Li Beichen died before she gave birth to her child.

At least until she gives birth safely and makes her child a prince.

This requires the two of them to work closely together. If the other party is worried about his lack of sincerity, then take the initiative to take the first step.

Jiang Yuebai took out a sharp dagger from under the pillow, "Just put it in a tea bowl."

Li Beichen looked at the shining dagger in a daze. He has always been defenseless against her. If he wants to kill him, there are really many opportunities.

Jiang Yuebai also instantly understood the fear and worry in Li Beichen's heart, and immediately explained: "I have difficulty with my legs and feet. I am worried about assassins in the middle of the night, just in case."

Li Beichen said "hmm" and shook his head, "Don't do anything stupid. You are pregnant with our child and you are vomiting all the time. How can you withstand bloodletting. If you get infected, it will be even more dangerous. You are pregnant with our child." Pregnant with five, no kidding.”

If something happened, it would be one corpse and six lives. When he himself died, it was just a corpse and a life.

It's just that he is the emperor, and his position is more important.

Jiang Yuebai reluctantly sheathed the dagger and asked worriedly, "What should I do? There has to be something to do."

Li Beichen asked tentatively: "Do you have a system?"

Jiang Yuebai confessed: "Yes."

Li Beichen asked nervously: "Have you asked the system in the past few days if there is any way to treat cold poison."

Jiang Yuebai said helplessly: "I asked. But there is no medicine for cold poison in the system. However, I still have a lot of antidote pills here. Would you like to try them, Your Majesty?"

Li Beichen thought that a dead horse should be treated as a living horse doctor: "Okay."

Jiang Yuebai held on to the bed and was about to get up to look for Li Beichen, but was pushed down by Li Beichen.

"You lie down and don't move. I'll get it."

"It's in the blue lotus bottle in the second drawer under the dresser."

When Li Beichen found the medicine and turned around, he saw bright red blood dripping from Jiang Yuebai's wrist into the tea cup.

So Jiang Yuebai deliberately sent him away, knowing that he would refuse and stop her, so she secretly bled him.

Li Beichen's eyes were moist, and he ran over quickly, "Enough, enough! Don't let go anymore. I don't want you to bleed to save me! Stop it!"

Jiang Yuebai was indifferent, "Bring me the white bottle in the first drawer. That's the healing ointment."

There was already more than half a cup of blood in the cup in front of her. It was bright red and shining brightly, a bit like red wine.

A strong smell of blood rushed into his nose, which made Li Beichen's brows tighten with heartache and nausea at the same time.

Forgive the male and female protagonists for being wary of each other and thinking about games. Both of them have something more important than their own lives.