She looked at Li Hong and asked with a smile, "Brother, am I not allowed to have children?"
"I'm sorry, sister... It's my brother who is sorry for you. I shouldn't have... shouldn't have..." Li Hong cried with tears streaming down his face.
Qing Jiao shook her head gently, "Brother, you don't have to blame yourself. I've actually always regretted having this child. Because of me, he has been inferior to others since he was born."
"So, everything I do now is voluntary."
"Brother, you don't have to feel guilty."
Qingjiao walked to the door, kicked the door frame, and suddenly fell to the ground.
"younger sister!"
Li Hong's eyes were cracked, and he knew that Qingjiao was trying to cover up for himself. Falling and losing the child would not offend the third prince more than taking medicine and aborting the child.
"Someone come quickly."
"Ah, madam!"
"Doctor, call the doctor quickly..."
Qingjiao was lying on the ground, blood flowing from her skirt.
But in the blink of an eye.
Her face turned pale.
Li Hong watched her become weak.
Qingjiao was carried to the bed by him, but she stretched out her hands and tightly grasped the skirt of his clothes.
"Brother, tell me the reason."
At this moment, Qingjiao was still worried about Li Hong.
Li Hong cried until tears ran down his nose. Looking at Qing Jiao's persistent eyes, he quietly told her the story in her ear.
After Qingjiao heard this, before the doctor came, she held his sleeve tightly and said weakly but firmly, "Brother, you are the only child of my Li family. No matter what, you have to live."
"Listen to the emperor, listen to him."
Her voice was very soft for the last sentence.
Only Li Hong saw her mouth shape.
Li Hong nodded, "I promise your sister, nothing will happen to you. It's all my brother's fault. He didn't take good care of you..."
"Mr. Li, come out quickly, the doctor is here."
The maid came over and pulled Li Hong out of the house.
Qingjiao tried her best to look good so that her elder brother could go out with confidence.
Wait for the door to close.
Qing Jiao could no longer hold back the moans of pain that escaped from her mouth.
This night in April was particularly dark and empty.
In the latter part of the night.
Yunzhen came in a hurry.
All I got was an apology from the doctor.
"The child is gone?" Yun Zhen asked a little lost.
Li Hong hurriedly pulled the doctor and asked, "Doctor, how is my sister? My sister."
"Madam's body has lost too much blood. I'm not sure whether she can survive it. However, I must take good care of herself in the future, otherwise..."
Both men heard what the doctor said.
Yun Zhen punched Li Hong in the face angrily.
Li Hong did not resist.
Let Yunzhen fight.
"What's wrong with you? A martial arts practitioner can't even look down on a girl like Qing Jiao." Yun Zhen roared angrily.
Li Hong said nothing, but had a sad look on his face.
"Forget it, what happened can't be undone."
"Let Qingjiao take good care of her body first."
"His Royal Highness will arrange for someone to come and deliver the medicinal materials."
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"Your Majesty, news has come from Li Hong."
"He beat the child and said that he would obey the emperor's orders from now on without any second thoughts. If he had any second thoughts, he would be killed as he pleased."
Eunuch Lin'an informed Emperor Yunwu of the news early in the morning.
Emperor Yunwu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "If he didn't want to make too big a move, there would be no need to keep this person."
"Let it dry for now."
"Yes." After Eunuch Lin'an responded, he quickly informed Emperor Yunwu of the news he had investigated in the palace.
Naturally, the results of the current investigation are similar to what Yunwu said.
Emperor Yunwu stopped, feeling complicated.
On the other hand, I am happy that the eighteenth princess will receive a lucky star from heaven.
At the same time, I was angry that all these people had small thoughts and stretched their hands too far.
Emperor Yunwu went to the morning court with a cold face.
In today's morning court, the ministers were cautious and did not dare to look at Emperor Yunwu.
After the witchcraft case occurred in the palace yesterday.
Well-informed courtiers already knew.
Naturally, he didn't want to get into trouble with Emperor Yunwu at this moment.
The father-in-law of Lin'an shouted in the court hall, "If there is something to do, we will start to report, but if there is nothing to do, we will withdraw from the court."
The sound is passed on.
At the front, Guo Xiaoyu, the Minister of Household Affairs, stood up.
"Your Majesty, news came from Baonyeong Mansion a few days ago that it has not rained since the beginning of spring this year. In addition, there was a year of drought last year, and the winter was severely cold and frozen. Now it is April, but We can’t even sow grain seeds, and I’m afraid there will be a second large-scale grain failure this year.”
“We need to be prepared for the possibility of a famine in Boryeong Province this year.”
"Master Guo, you are exaggerating. Since the past few years, which state has not said that the food production under its control has decreased and the weather has become colder. Everyone knows it, even in the capital, it is cold. Just a few.”
"Since the temperature has dropped significantly, it is impossible that only Baonyeong Prefecture is experiencing the problem of reduced grain production." Wang Jiewen, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, interrupted Guo Xiaoyu's words with dignity.
Guo Xiaoyu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, frowned, "It's different in Baoning Prefecture. The weather there is dry and there is not as much rainfall as in the southern region. In addition, the land is not fertile, and even grain can only be grown once a year. Unlike rice in the Jiangnan area, it can only be grown once a year." Can the two be the same?"
"Master Guo, do you mean to use the Jiangnan area to collect grain to save Baoning Mansion?" Wang Jiewen, the right servant of the Ministry of Personnel, asked.
"I didn't say that!"
"Then what do you mean, Mr. Guo? I want to tell my subordinates that if this situation occurs in Baoning Mansion, shouldn't it be the problem of the prefect of Baoning Mansion?"
"Logically speaking, we should have found ways to solve these problems as early as last year, and if they are still here this year, wouldn't that be a dereliction of duty on his part." Wang Jie, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, criticized righteously.
At this time.
He Sui, the supervisory censor and spokesman next to him, stood up.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
"What's the matter?" Emperor Yunwu looked at him.
He Suidao said, "I want to impeach Song Qing, the governor of Baoning Prefecture. During the time when the people were suffering from the disaster, he drank and had fun, ignoring the life and death of the people. A few days ago, he even married a local wealthy merchant girl as a concubine in an attempt to collude with the powerful. Now he has He deceived Mr. Guo and complained to the court about his poverty, maybe he wanted to support his troops and respect himself!"
Guo Xiaoyu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, was startled, "You, you are talking nonsense!"
"Master Guo, is it possible that you have a close relationship with Song Qing? The evidence is conclusive, and you are still defending him." He Sui sneered, approaching him step by step.
"Insolent!" Guo Xiaoyu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, blushed angrily, "Master He, you are slandering me. I am a decent official, but you slander me just because of a rebuttal to you. I think you have ulterior motives. .”
"Master Guo, do you think it is true that Song Qing drank and had fun?"
"Is it true that Song Qing married a local rich girl as a concubine?"
"Is it true that Song Qingcheng hosted wealthy businessmen and powerful men at his wedding banquet?"
He Sui asked three questions in a row, causing Guo Xiaoyu, the Minister of Household Affairs, to step back step by step with an ugly look on his face.
If only it was just one thing.
Why did it happen that three things happened one after another?
