The carriage kept going with stops for almost a month, and finally we arrived in Kyoto after passing another post station.

Such a slow speed was, firstly, to take care of Jiang Zuiyao's pregnant body, and secondly, to avoid being pursued by the Taixuan clan.

The Imperial City Secretary's eyes were spread throughout the entire Rong Dynasty. They were always watching the Taixuan clan's movements. With Hong Jingxian leading the way and escorting them, they could easily avoid the Taixuan clan's pursuit.

After a tiring journey, Jiang Zuiyao rested in the bedroom of the inn. After one more night, she would get up early tomorrow and get on the carriage, so that she could enter Kyoto in the evening.

It seemed that she had finally escaped, but Jiang Zuiyao was still worried in her heart.

Not to mention anything else, the bumpy road made her exhausted. She vomited and fell asleep along the way, and her whole body was chaotic and lack of energy. Although Qin Nanxian's medicine was hanging on her, she still couldn't bear it.

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Six months pregnant, my belly is getting bigger day by day. I don’t know how many satin skirts I was wearing along the way. One size is larger than the other, and my body is getting heavier. Even if I am wearing a loose satin skirt, I can still see

Showing the high bulge of the lower abdomen.

The hot summer is coming to an end, but it is also the hottest time. The cicadas chirping outside the window make people unable to sleep. Jiang Zuiyao, who is exhausted, sits on the edge of the bed and stares at the waning moon in the sky in a daze.

Suddenly, a burst of quarrel came into my ears.

"You idiot who can kill a thousand swords, this is something for a noble lady in Kyoto to drink, and you actually threw it?"

"It's dark at night, and it's hard for me to hold a lamp in one hand and a bird's nest in the other. But she wants to come out and quarrel with me. If you don't blame her, why bother asking me?"

"You're such a foul-mouthed slave! You don't know that you are guilty, do you? Do you think this is the palace? Come here! Beat this little slave to death!"

"How dare you! It's always the slave who is guilty, but after all, the slave is a respectable maid in the palace. Without the royal order, why do you dare to kill the slave?"

"Hmph! Today I will see what I can do if I kill you! Drag her down and beat her to death with sticks!"

Such an heated argument aroused Jiang Zuiyao's curiosity. She had nothing to do, so she leaned out of the window and asked, "What happened?"

Under the moonlight, there were several people holding lamps in the courtyard, and a woman stood in front of a man, arguing endlessly.

The person who replied was a man, who was also a somewhat powerful servant in the post. He quickly smiled and raised his head and said to Jiang Zuiyao: "Damn it, I'm disturbing my wife for her retreat. It's nothing important. The people below are disobedient, so I'll take this slave who doesn't know the rules."

go out."

Jiang Zuiyao looked at the woman who had caused trouble. She was in her early thirties, wearing coarse clothes, and her thin cheeks were full of gray. It seemed that she had not lived a good life on weekdays, but her shrewd eyes and the sonorous words just now

The powerful argument attracted Jiang Zuiyao's attention and she said: "Wait a minute."

Jiang Zuiyao stood up and walked out. She was already six months pregnant and it was no longer easy to walk. She stepped out of the threshold and walked to the courtyard. The man ran up to him with a smile and said: "Madam, I don't dare to disturb you with this little thing. Go back and rest quickly."

Bar."

Jiang Zuiyao glanced at the woman, and then saw the bowl of bird's nests that had been overturned on the ground. He knew what trouble she had caused, and said: "It's just a bowl of bird's nests. Why are you so angry? It made me upset. If it's because of this, it's just a bowl of bird's nests."

Can you bear it if you have a fetal infection?"

This condemnation was enough to frighten the man, and he quickly apologized: "My slave was stupid and frightened my wife to rest. I deserve to die."

Jiang Zuiyao frowned in disgust: "I'm still pregnant, so I can't listen to these unlucky words, so that's all for today."

The man seemed reluctant and glanced at the woman unwillingly, but in the end he did not dare not listen to Jiang Zuiyao's words and could only nod his head and said: "Yes."

Then, he turned to the woman and shouted: "Why don't you thank Madam quickly?"

The woman stepped forward and immediately knelt down in front of Jiang Zuiyao, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and said gratefully: "Madam is kind, I thank you madam."

Jiang Zuiyao saw that the woman's body was wet with bird's nests and said, "The clothes are dirty, come in and talk."

The man quickly stopped him and said, "Madam, she has been convicted of a crime, but you still..."

"Shut up!" Jiang Zuiyao interrupted him angrily and said coldly: "Who do I want to see and talk to, and I have to be controlled by you? I think you are so aggressive and you must be difficult to get along with. Do you believe it or not?

I will inform the Queen Mother about this and chop off your dog’s head!”

The man was frightened. He could show off his power in this inn, but in front of the Queen Mother, he was just a little Luoluo. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Zuiyao: "Madam, please forgive me, madam, please forgive me, I don't dare to control you!"

Jiang Zuiyao said in disgust, "Why don't you get out of here?"

"Yes, yes, slave, get out of here, get out of here." The man got up from the ground and ran as fast as he could, fearing to offend Jiang Zuiyao and fleeing to save his life.

Jiang Zuiyao led the woman into the room, took out a piece of clean clothes, handed it to the woman and said, "I'm too bloated now to put on this dress. You can change into it."

The woman was surprised and slightly startled, and quickly shook her head and said: "I am a humble slave, how dare I wear my wife's clothes."

Jiang Zuiyao nonchalantly stuffed the clothes into her arms and insisted: "The clothes on your body are dirty, so just change them. Don't dislike me for wearing them. They are clean."

Such a small favor is a great gift to a woman who is in deep trouble.

She looked at Jiang Zuiyao with great gratitude, and said thanks: "Thank you, madam, for your kindness."

When the woman changed her clothes and came out, the vicissitudes of life on her face seemed incompatible with the exquisite satin skirt. Her dusty black hair was only held up with a wooden hairpin, which was very crude.

The woman walked up to Jiang Zuiyao and knelt down, grateful: "If I hadn't protected you today, my slave would have been beaten to death by that bitch. Thank you, my wife, for your words to save me."

Jiang Zuiyao said nonchalantly: "It's such a small thing, you don't have to take it so seriously."

The woman still refused to get up, as if she had something to say, but she didn't dare.

Seeing this, Jiang Zuiyao said, "Let's talk if you have anything to say. Do you want me, a one-month-old pregnant woman, to help you up myself?"

When the woman heard this, she stood up with a look of panic on her face.

Jiang Zuiyao saw that she didn't speak, and she couldn't sleep at this moment, so he started chatting with her: "I just heard you mentioned during your argument that you are from the palace?"

The woman nodded: "My name is Xijun. I used to be a servant in the palace and was the personal maid serving the late Concubine Rong."

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Zuiyao immediately looked at the simple and unpretentious woman in front of her with admiration.

This Concubine Rong has a great background. She is one of the most favored concubines in the palace. She has been accompanying the emperor since she entered the palace as a teenager. She is deeply favored by the emperor. Although she has no heirs, she is still favored by the emperor in her early forties.

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Just hearing Xijun mention that Concubine Rong Gui had passed away made Jiang Zuiyao say in disbelief: "You said Concubine Rong Gui passed away? Didn't you have a good time some time ago? What happened?"

Mentioning the deceased Concubine Rong, Xiyun replied with a sad face: "Concubine Rong was poisoned and killed by a traitor."

Jiang Zuiyao was even more surprised: "Who is so brave? So capable?"

Xiyun looked at Jiang Zuiyao hesitantly, not daring to say anything. He hesitated for a long time before speaking: "It is Madam's concubine, Empress Xibi."

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Jiang Zuiyao couldn't believe her ears for a moment, let alone that her sister Jiang Ningyao was so bold!
Chapter completed!