Wanxi sat by the window, raised her eyes and looked at the pavilions and towers outside the window.

Although it was September and the autumn scene was already full of autumn. Although there were no more flowers and willows, the mountains and forests were dyed, and the layers of golden and crimson were still the beautiful scenery on earth. It was not as delicate as a daughter, but as generous as a man.

Wanxi couldn't help but think of the painting that Jiufujin painted for Jiuye back then, and she used cinnabar ink to dye the colorful autumn colors.

Time is gone, and it’s been a matter of many years ago. Once you lower your eyes, half of your life has passed.

Yuchan walked in and smiled with her lips pursed, "Go back to the master, the Ministry of Internal Affairs just received a letter from the imperial carriage, saying that the emperor will be here tomorrow. Master, take a break tonight, and prepare to pick him up tomorrow."

Wanxi nodded with a smile, "I know."

Wanxi also put away her mood and prepared to take a break earlier.

Yuchan was still standing there, wanting to speak but stopping.

Wanxi raised her eyes and said, "If you have something to do, you don't have to hide it."

Yu Chan hurriedly walked forward a few more steps until Wanxi was beside her, "The emperor returned from the Summer Resort and has been trying to punish criminals in various provinces these days."

Wanxi's heart trembled slightly.

After all, Ji Qing is also a member of the Wei family.

Even as a minister, he was punished by the court for making a mistake. However, whether it is imprisonment or exile, he couldn't bear to be beheaded like this.

Wanxi took a deep breath, raised her eyes as calmly as possible, and smiled faintly, "In the past years, the emperor should have returned to Beijing before he began to convicts in various provinces. Why did the emperor start to convicts on his way back to the palace this year?

"The emperor was exhausted all the way, but he did not rest when he arrived at the palace. Instead, he had to punish the criminals. It was really hard for the emperor."

The criminals were punished with the right punishment. This was originally a national ritual. Therefore, the emperor could not just quit it in the bedroom. He had to personally go through the main hall in the palace and perform various rituals before he could complete the matter together with the military ministers on duty.

This will always take time, and you must walk with caution, and you will inevitably sacrifice the emperor's rest.

Even though Wanxi tried her best to calm down, how could Yuchan not hear the sourness between the master's words?

Yuchan took a careful breath and said, "I think I'm afraid this is because the emperor is caring about his master's body, so he doesn't want to make his master sad."

Wanxi lowered her head and smiled with all her might.

That's right? If the emperor followed the practice of previous years and really returned to Beijing and then decided, then she would naturally hear the news, how could she be so cruel and not feel sad at all?

"The emperor has ordered criminals to be punished by the emperor, and the custom is to be collected according to each province. Do you hear that the emperor has already ordered criminals reported by the emperor?"

Yuchan nodded, looked at Wanxi carefully, and whispered: "On September 13th, the emperor began to hook up criminals in Jiangxi, Yunnan, Shandong, Zhili, Henan, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou provinces. More than 110 people were hooked up."

"On September 14th, the emperor stationed in the palace of Yaoting and hooked up to prisoners from Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian provinces. One hundred and sixty-nine people were hooked up."

Although Wanxi had already made preparations in her heart, last year, because the Empress Dowager's seventy-year-old birthday, the emperor was reluctant to give her a year of grace. Therefore, this year is the two-year-old criminals, so naturally there will be no less.

But when Wanxi heard these two strokes, she couldn't help but tremble, "More than 110 people, plus 169 people, this is 280 people."

The emperor suddenly decided to go like this, and it was obvious that the country was very strict, so Ji Qing would probably not be able to escape the blame this year.

Wanxi didn't want to ask Yuchan to see that she was worried, so she reached out to serve the milk tea bowl. The hot milk tea was the most comfortable to drink in this autumn dusk; but Wanxi seemed to have forgotten how hot the milk tea was, so she picked up the tea bowl, and her fingertips trembled and she sprinkled some of the milk tea out.

Yuchan also trembled and hurriedly said, "Master, don't be anxious first! - The emperor also has a prisoner who will stop!"

The suspension means that there has been no decision this year.

"The official indictment is killed. He was killed in Henan. He was killed in Zhili, killed in Anhui, killed in Jiangxi, killed in Fujian, killed in Henan, killed in Henan, killed in Shandong, killed in Shanxi, killed in Shanxi, killed in Sichuan, killed in Yunnan. He also had three masters in Guizhou, killed in Guizhou, killed in Guanhou, and killed in Guanhou. But when the emperor was still suspended in so many people!"

Wanxi looked up at the Jade Cicada, nodded, and smiled hard.

"Silly girl, the decision may be pardoned by the emperor, but it is not the case. Also, the provinces reported it to each other, and after the Ministry of Justice investigated, or the emperor felt that the case was still unclear, and handed it back to each province to continue to investigate and handle it."

Yuchan bit her lips, her eyes were already a little wet, and she knelt down at Wanxi's feet, "It's a slave who deserves to die. I shouldn't say this today, and I'm afraid that the master will be worried. But I also thought that the emperor suddenly started to retaliate on the way. This situation is really different from previous years, so I'm worried, worried."

Yuchan couldn't continue to say anything.

Wanxi nodded, reached out to hold Yuchan's arm, and pulled her up.

"I know what you think. You just started to punish criminals on the way because the emperor suddenly started to punish criminals on the way. And this year Jiqing is in this matter, so you are worried that the emperor will do this. You must try Jiqing in advance before returning to Beijing and avoid going back to Beijing and then picking me up again. If you ask me to know, you will be even more sad."

Jade cicada's tears fell down.

"I know that what I said this will make my master sad; but if I don't say this, everything will be a foregone conclusion after the emperor returns to the capital, and then the master will feel even more uncomfortable. I just weighed the two, and I still felt that it might be better to go back to my master first."

Yu Chan suddenly raised her head and looked at Wanxi with tears in her eyes. "The emperor asked the master to go to the Nanshicao Palace to pick him up in advance, that is, the emperor has not returned to the capital yet. If the emperor changed his mind now, everything would be too late! The slave thought, this is probably the only chance left for the master."

"Now the master is pregnant with the emperor's heir. If the master is willing to plead with the emperor, then Lord Jiqing may not have no chance."

The night was shrouded in the quilt, and Wanxi was lying in the quilt. Although she had closed her eyes long ago, she was actually unable to fall asleep.

Yuchan's words kept circling in her ears.

The descendants of the official women thought about her, and she also understood that Yu Chan's words naturally made sense - it was really a good opportunity in front of her. If she was willing to plead with the emperor for Ji Qing, she might not have no chance at all.

After all, Ji Qing did not take the blame for his own marketing, but just did not take strict care of his subordinates, so there was indeed something wrong with it.

Wanxi sighed lightly and turned over.

Yu Chan is an official woman under her position. After Yu Rui was granted the title, she replaced Yu Rui as the head of the Yongshou Palace. Yu Chan is not the kind of slave who mutters in front of her master. She is actually cheerful and very interesting.

Yu Chan mentioned this in front of her this time, it was not that Yu Chan couldn't tell the difference, but because An Ning had just happened this time.

During these four months, Xinpin's brother-in-law An Ning quickly passed through the experience of suddenly dying - chasing the title of abdication and honor - revealing the evidence of his crime - chasing the house and dismissing him, and everything was destroyed; if Wanxi's own brother Ji Qing was also beheaded like this, then Xinpin had something to say.

The original festive season of this year was also discounted.

Wanxi thought about it all the time, and the night was long, and the full moon of fifteen hanged brightly outside the window, which made people unable to sleep.

The next day, September 16th, the emperor finally returned to the Nanshicao Palace.

Wanxi was wearing her body, although she didn't have to kneel outside the palace gate to greet her, she just stood at the door of the inner court with a smile.

The emperor rushed over with a few big strides, and with a smile on his face, he bowed and helped Wanxi up.

The autumn sun in September illuminated the emperor's eyes. His thin lips curled up, trying his best to restrain joy, but his fingers clenched Wanxi's elbows tightly.

"Are you suffering from this?"

Wanxi looked up at the emperor. Although it was only two months since we parted, the longing in our hearts had already spread. Then we finally met our eyes and felt relieved, but we were excited because of joy.

"Don't worry, even though it is a palace, the Nanshichao Palace is not far from the garden; the carriages and horses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are arranged in a comprehensive manner, and Hu Shijie's preparations are appropriate. Where can the servants be tired?"

The emperor nodded with a smile. At this time, he didn't say much in front of so many people. However, the hand holding Wanxi never let go, and the other hand naturally circled behind Wanxi's waist and surrounded Wanxi's waist and abdomen.

The two of them stood in embrace each other, with their heads facing each other, with their four eyes facing each other.

The autumn sun in September also shines down from the high sky, falling on the shoulders and eyes of the two people. There is a warm feeling and a surging feeling.

Except for the emperor, no one could have expected Wanxi to appear here. Especially the inner court who was accompanying him, they couldn't believe their eyes.

When they saw the scene in front of them, the people who followed Shu Fei, Ying Fei, Yu Ping, Rong Ping and others were stunned and laughed.

Although it was unexpected, it was not surprising to see that Wan Xi came, not others. If someone else had changed to someone else, and had the emperor's heir, this month was the next month, the emperor would not have called him.

But Wanxi has always been an exception.

Although Wanxi was pregnant and not far from the date of delivery, the emperor took Wanxi with her when Wanxi was pregnant. Even when the date of delivery was closer, she still took her to Mulan. In this month, it was only so close to the palace of the South Stone Cave Palace that Wanxi had come, so there was nothing to worry about.

Among the other few people, Xinchang was originally learning the rules under the position of Yupin, and his position was low, so he had no thoughts.

Shenpin was really a little surprised, his lips were stuttering, and he had something to say, but he finally took care of his position and endured it. He only raised his eyes and looked at the Queen Nara.

In front of the imperial concubine, the only one who can be hidden is the queen.

Sure enough, when Shenpin raised his eyes, he saw Nara's angry face. Nara stared at Wanxi tightly, and her whole body became a little tense.

But now, in front of the Empress Dowager, Nara had to temporarily suppress his anger and send the Empress Dowager back to the "Yu Shou Palace". After the Empress Dowager was settled, Nara turned around and headed far to the emperor, "What is the emperor doing? He has arrived at the Nanshi Trough, and there is only one arrow left to the capital. How can he return to the garden tomorrow?"

"Why did the emperor trouble the imperial concubine today? She is pregnant with the imperial heir!"

The emperor smiled faintly, "The queen is right, I will be able to return to the garden tomorrow. If you have any words, I will wait until I return to the garden tomorrow, and it will not be too late."

The emperor looked up at everyone, "I have been walking for a day today, and they are tired. So I have avoided some complicated and waived my greetings tonight. Then I will disperse immediately. Let them go back to their bedrooms to rest."

Concubine Shu and Concubine Ying looked at each other, but before Nara could say anything, they immediately squatted and bowed.

The emperor nodded with a smile, and Concubine Shu and Concubine Ying took the lead and turned around and left.

The other concubines were in charge, so they naturally had to leave. Then they only flashed down the queen, couldn't help but be angry, and stood there and stared at the emperor.

It wouldn't be joyful to ask Nara to stare at him so angry. Wanxi gently scratched the emperor's palm.

The emperor snorted, let go of Wanxi's hand for the time being, walked to Nara's, and gently patted Nara's shoulder, "The Queen, go back and rest. If you are not tired, the emperor's mother will always be tired."

Nara stubbornly stumbled her neck, "I will serve the emperor's mother to place her, so the emperor doesn't have to worry! Just a few words will not take much time to summon the imperial concubine to the palace alone, but I never knew me, the queen, before!"

The emperor thought about it, looked back at Wanxi, and then he laughed, reached out and patted Nara's arm again, "Yes, yes, yes, I forgot to inform the Queen. The Queen is right, I am not considering it well."

"I'm happy today, so don't be angry with me." The emperor said as he blinked at Nara in a naughty way, "When I return to the palace, I have good things to give to the queen, ah."

The emperor rarely spoke to Nara like this. Nara raised his eyes and stared at the emperor, but he could not squeeze out any joy on his face.

But the emperor ignored it. After saying that, he stopped and turned around and left.

Back to Wanxi's side, the emperor returned to the ground to protect Wanxi's waist, and the two of them walked together and looked at Nara.

The emperor shook his hand at Nara, "Why is the queen still standing there? Kneel down."

The emperor and Wanxi returned to the "Big Palace Room" with Wanxi, and Wanxi looked back quietly in the emperor's arms.

Finally, he could never see the figure of Nara again, and Wanxi smiled naughtyly, "The emperor is unreasonable. That is the queen. It is neither in the capital nor the day of the ceremony. Why did the emperor ask the queen to kneel down and go there?"
To be continued...