The summer of the twenty-third year of Qianlong was extremely hot.

Lu Guiren brought his own handmade zuò melon ice bowl to the Yikun Palace where Shun Concubine lived.

Yikun Palace is located in the center of the West Sixth Palace, adjacent to the Changchun Palace, which was once inhabited by the Empress Yuan but is now deserted and broken. Because the emperor went to the Summer Palace of the Old Summer Palace, this serious palace became an almost abandoned place. It is inhabited by a group of young but disgraced concubines. Shun Concubine Niu Hulu is one of them.

Concubine Shun looked at the bowl of ice bowl with red water, and there was no doubt that Lu Guiren would poison and harm him, so she directly picked it up and enjoyed it, "Sister Lu really has a heart." Because she knew that Lu Guiren would not do that kind of stupid thing.

Lu Guidao: "When I have nothing to do, I like to think about some cooking skills." But my own spleen and stomach are weak, and I can't eat ice bowls. As he spoke, Lu Guiren sighed to himself, and his beautiful eyebrows were full of self-pity and self-harm.

Concubine Shun ate all the melon ice bowls in one go, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and looked at Lu Guiren's moving face with a smile, "Now that the weather is hot, why doesn't Concubine Qing take her sister to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer?"

Lu Guiren's tone was low: "My sister is worried about me, and she sends things back almost every month." It's just that she can't help herself, although she is in a high position, there are some things, but she doesn't even dare to open her mouth. ”

Concubine Shun nodded, as soon as the emperor left, the concubines in the palace had a hard time, and the Internal Affairs Office naturally would not tie up a group of concubines who had fallen out of favor.

Take her as an example, the annual salary is only two hundred taels, and the reward is not enough. As for the silk and satin clothing, python satin, woven gold satin, makeup satin, Japanese satin, flash satin, gold satin, cloud satin, yang satin, Peng satin, Lu silk, palace silk...... It looks like a lot, but in fact, there is only one horse per year. And these satins are not only used for tailoring, but also for bedding, bed tents, curtains, and even mattresses, backrests, pillows, and chairs on chairs, which are all great consumption.

So just relying on those examples, life will inevitably be tight. And Lu Guiren, don't look at the position, she is just a nobleman, she has fewer shares than her, but her life is much more nourishing than her!

The reason for this is not that there is a sister of Concubine Qing in the Old Summer Palace? the surprises of the four seasons, the best jewelry, the nourishing bird's nest, ejiao, and the fresh melon and fruit ingredients, and even the ice in summer and the charcoal in winter, Concubine Qing have all taken care of them.

She even inquired that Concubine Qing often gave a little silver to Lu Guiren! With enough silver to pay up and down, the people around her naturally served with all their hearts, and the Internal Affairs Office was also very kind.

These made Shun Concubine envious. Thinking back then, in the years when Queen Nalan had not returned, the emperor also took care of her like this, all the high-quality satin materials offered by the Weaving Bureau, there was always her share, and the fashionable hairpins created by the manufacturing office, her share was always better and more than others......

Now that the emperor is gone, this qiē is naturally gone. Concubine Shun felt that life was too difficult......

Not to mention that life is sad, and there is no hope...... Looking forward to the emperor's return? It seems that it is already an unattainable dream.

She stared at Lu Guiren's moving face, revealing a little pity, and sighed: "My sister has a good appearance, ten times better than me, but I didn't expect to stay in the palace like me and live in loneliness." ”

Lu Guiren smiled with difficulty, "Isn't it all like this?" My sister said that after a few years, when I am no longer in Shaohua, she will ask the queen to let me go to the Old Summer Palace to take care of the thirteenth elder brother. ”

Concubine Shun sighed: "Sister Lu has a hope, unlike me, I don't know what I live for!"

Lu Guiren hurriedly said: "There will always be a ...... of improvement" Saying, Lu Guiren smiled again and said: "My sister also gave me the size of the thirteenth elder brother, and this child has grown taller and fatter again." I'm thinking about making him two cloud satin clothes, and the materials are also ready-made, Sister Shun will help me with the staff officer, is it better to be lake green or apricot red?"

Hearing Lu Guiren talk about the chubby and cute child of the thirteenth elder brother, Shun Concubine couldn't help but look stunned, and said after a long time: "Thirteenth elder brother...... It's still lake green!" Shun Concubine has recovered as usual, "In the summer, it's better to wear some refreshing colors!"

Lu Guiren's face was full of smiles, and he said: "Sister Shun is right! A few days ago, I also saw that the fifteenth elder brother was wearing a lake-green python satin shoulder, but it was bright!"

"Fifteenth elder brother...... Concubine Shun sighed, "Concubine Ying is really blessed!"

Lu Guiren still smiled: "Although she is not in the Old Summer Palace, the emperor still thinks about her, otherwise there are several concubines in the palace, why did she choose her to be the adoptive mother of the fifteenth elder brother?" - There are four concubines living in the palace, the concubine in front of her, the concubine who got the fifteenth elder brother, in addition, there is also a sick concubine, and a concubine from Horqin.

Hearing this, Concubine Shun couldn't help but be aroused by the color of injustice, Concubine Xin was sick and weak, and she couldn't even take care of herself, so it was naturally impossible to raise the prince, and Concubine Yu was just a decoration since she entered the palace, so naturally she would not be remembered by the emperor! But she was the niece of the Imperial Concubine of the Emperor Xi! How could the emperor not think of her mother's in-laws at all?! Concubine Ying already had a daughter, but she still had nothing under her knees! Why did Concubine Ying have both children and daughters, but she had nothing?! Doesn't Concubine Ying have a foxy face?!!

Thinking of this, Shun Concubine Bei's teeth gurgled.

Lu Guiren saw it in his eyes and smiled secretly, it seemed that the plan was very smooth......

Immediately, Lu Guiren sighed, "It's pitiful Wei Chang, I heard that she made a dress for the fifteenth elder brother herself, and Concubine Ying was stunned and threw it back to Jingren Palace!" - Wei was grounded in the apse of Jingren Palace, and she was not allowed to go out, but her daughter Seventh Princess was not grounded, but she could pass things for Wei.

Concubine Shun said lightly: "She finally got back the fifteenth elder brother, so naturally she has to hold it firmly in her hand." What's more, now that the Wei family is just a small constant, Concubine Ying naturally doesn't care about it. "--Today's Wei family is not the concubine Ling Niangniang of the past, her grade is two levels lower than that of Concubine Ying!

Lu Guiren nodded again and again: "Yes, it is impossible for Wei Changzai to have a chance to turn over." If even her only son was raised by Concubine Ying, what would she have to rely on for the rest of her life?"

Concubine Shun snorted coldly, "There are more women in the palace who don't have a son to rely on, and she is not one of them!"

Lu Guiren smiled and said: "It's just that you can't give birth to a son, but you can make a big fat son for nothing, and Concubine Ying is really blessed!"

Hearing Lu Guiren praise Concubine Ying's profound blessings, Concubine Shun's heart immediately became unbalanced, and her face was very hateful! )