In the blink of an eye, it was the first month of the sixth year of Qianlong, and the cold wind was still howling. And Concubine Yu Haijia was sick, and it seemed that the illness was not light, so Concubine Xian took the opportunity to temporarily help Concubine Yu raise the fifth elder brother.

But everyone knows that this is Liu Bei's borrowing of Jingzhou, and there is no repayment of the loan!

Then the queen lost power, the Gao family was dead, and there was no one to stop her for a while. The emperor had already agreed, and on a sunny day, he asked someone to send the fifth elder brother Yongqi to Concubine Xian's Wanfang Anhe Palace.

"Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the palace gathers in the Tranquility Hall to feast and drink, can the mother wear bright clothes?" Banxia asked with a smile.

Hao Ming said lightly: "You don't have to be too outstanding, ordinary clothes are fine." "-- Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor authorized pregnant concubines not to participate, today's 15th Lantern Festival, since they cannot be absent.

Banxia hurriedly picked up a mink fur: "It's cold at night, let's put on this sable coat." ”

Although the name of this sable is "purple", it is not purple, but yellow-brown, with fine mink fur and rich fluff, so it is unusually warm. This piece was sewn by the most skilled needle and thread man a few days ago, and it has not been worn before.

Yu Ming smiled and put on a sable coat and asked, "Is the emperor still wearing folds in the front hall?"

Banxia said: "The emperor went to Bitong Academy to test the homework of the school brothers, and said that he would go directly from Bitong Academy, please don't wait for him." ”

"Oh. He answered, took the hand stove offered by Grandma Sun, and took a warm sedan chair to the Tranquility Palace.

It was difficult to travel in the wind and snow at night, but it was delayed for a while. When they arrived at the Tranquility Palace, it was already dark, and most of the concubines had already come. Outside the palace. Ming saw that there was the emperor and queen in the parked warm sedan chair, it can be seen that the emperor and the queen have come, but they are not in the main hall at the moment, presumably they are going to the back of the dormitory to ask the queen mother for peace.

In the main hall, the concubines are greeted by the queen mother's niece, Concubine Wulanara, who is dressed up ceremoniously today, wearing a silver-red golden dress similar to the big red. The Longhua embroidered with the wishful knot is very commensurate with the flag uniform, and the head is full of gold and silk, and the appearance is very noble.

"Concubine Xian Niangniang Jin'an. He bowed his knees slightly to Concubine Xian to say hello.

Concubine Xian smiled brightly. Rujin Ruxia, hurriedly took a few steps forward, and helped her with her own hand: "Sister Shu Concubine is here! ”

Hao Ming said politely: "Thank you Concubine Xian for your concern." The concubine's fetal appearance is no longer safe. It's just a little weak, and I need to recuperate for some time. ”

Yu Ming glanced at the palace, the pure concubine Su and Jia Concubine Jin all brought their respective sons, and the Qing concubine Lu also brought the three princesses who looked more and more white and fat to the banquet, and the Yi noble, who had a towering belly, had already sat aside, smiling gently and decently, but he had never seen Yu Concubine...... Hao Ming secretly glanced at the luxurious and proud concubine, and asked, "Why didn't you see Concubine Yu?"

Concubine Xian said lightly: "Concubine Yu is infected with the cold. Even the fifth elder brother can't take care of it, so today the Queen Mother deliberately exempted her from tossing back and forth. Let her be well born and sick. ”

"Then congratulations to Concubine Xian for having a child under her knees. Ming looked at Concubine Xian with a smile and said.

Concubine Xian raised her eyebrows, and said, "It's just to help Concubine Yu take care of the fifth elder brother for a while." But these words are obviously the words of the scene.

Yu Ming sighed secretly, Yu Concubine, who is this recruiting, who is provoking whom?

Concubine Xian glanced at Ming's belly that was tightly covered by the sable thick, and couldn't help but reach out and touch the sable's fluff, and said with a smile: "The emperor really cares about his sister, this sable is the king of fur, gorgeous and gentle, not wet, it's really a rare good thing!"

Hao Ming immediately looked at her clothes and said: "Concubine Xian Niangniang's flag is the finest woven gold satin, right? Look at the golden scales of every inch of it, it is so brilliant in the light, if it is in the sun, I don't know how gorgeous it will be!"

Concubine Xian's smile suddenly brightened a little, "It was rewarded by the Queen Mother a few days ago, and the needlework room was made yesterday, and it was finally in time for today's Lantern Festival banquet." Concubine Xian said with a touch of self-esteem, and said with a smile: "Yo, I patronized and talked to my sister, and I forgot that you are still pregnant, Concubine Shu, please sit down." Concubine Xian pointed to an empty seat.

He smiled and nodded, and stepped forward to take his seat. Next to her is Lu Haiying, a concubine who just came to the Old Summer Palace a few years ago.

After raising in the palace for a while, Qing Concubine's complexion looks much better, although her face is not ruddy, but most of her sick green qi has gone, and her motherly kindness makes people look very close. Especially the third princess who was held in the arms of the nursing mother, she was even more cute.

Qing Concubine smiled tricklingly, "If Concubine Shu likes it, you might as well hug the third princess." ”

Hao Ming couldn't help but be happy, "I can't ask for it!" he hurriedly stretched out his arms and carefully took the third princess from the nurse's arms, and couldn't help but lift the swaddling clothes and look at the third princess's hair, which was much thicker and longer a lot, but it was still curly hair.

Qing Concubine covered her lips and smiled: "The little curly hair of the third princess can't be combed straight, it's really helpless." ”

Hao Ming hurriedly asked, "Can you take a milk name?"

Concubine Qing's expression darkened, and she shook her head and said, "The emperor didn't speak, how dare I make my own opinions?"

Yu Ming stroked the soft little curly hair of the third princess, and couldn't help but quip: "I think, it should be called 'curly roll'!"

When Qing Concubine heard this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Be careful that the child grows up, don't follow it!"

Hao Ming smiled and said, "So, I have to call it when she doesn't grow up!"

When Qing Concubine heard this, she smiled from ear to ear.

At this time, the eunuch's shrill voice sounded: "The emperor has arrived! The queen mother has arrived! The queen mother has arrived—"

As soon as he started, the concubines in the palace at least got up and saluted, and in a hurry, they had to squat down and kneel down with the three princesses of Qing Concubine. Humming squatted and bent over, and the sable's soft hairs fell on the delicate little face of the third princess, which made the third princess itch and let out a silver bell-like "giggle" laugh, which resounded in the quiet quiet palace.

The Lantern Festival night banquet is a family banquet, and it is a day of celebration, and the laughter of the three princesses is very appropriate. If the adult prince and princess laugh so loudly, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate, and if it's a child, there are naturally no taboos.

The emperor smiled and asked, "Who is laughing?"

Bo Ming got up, smiled at the child who was giggling with little milk teeth in his arms, and said, "It's the third princess who is laughing." He hurriedly added, "I guess I heard the emperor arrive, so I smiled happily." ”

The emperor was stunned, "Why is the third princess in your arms?"

Hao Ming's smile was as bright as a spring flower, "Concubines like children, so when they saw the third princess, they couldn't help but hug them." ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyes and glanced at them twice, and said with a kind face: "It turned out to be the third princess of Qing Concubine, I haven't seen her for more than half a year, but she has become more and more white when she grows up." Bring it to the mourning family!"

Hao Ming answered "yes" softly, and then stepped forward and hugged the third princess under the eyes of the queen mother.

Sitting on the seat next to the queen mother is the queen Fucha, she has lost the power of the queen, but it is rare to still be dignified, and her demeanor is not reduced, and the queen has a decent smile on her face: "The third princess has fair skin, black and thick hair, and she is very lovely." ”

The emperor said in a gentle tone: "I see that I have grown up a lot, and I must have become heavier." Just ask the nurse to hold it. ”

He was stunned for a moment, so he reluctantly handed the third princess to the white and fat nurse behind him.

The Queen Mother took a sip of wine, looked at Ming Ming with a smile, and said to the emperor: "The mourning family remembers that it has been three years since Concubine Shu entered the palace?"

The emperor also smiled and nodded: "There are still a few months left, and it will be three years." ”

Ming was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled, what did the Queen Mother do with the emperor talking about her qualifications?

The Queen Mother straightened her sideburns full of silver threads, "Concubine Shu is famous, she has been doing her best to serve the emperor since she entered the palace, and now she is pregnant again, can the emperor be interested in promoting Concubine Shu to Concubine Shu?"

Hao Ming was dumbfounded, and promoted her to a concubine?!Which tendon is wrong with the Queen Mother?!Let herself and the Queen Mother's niece Concubine Xian sit on an equal footing?!Xuan Ming couldn't help but glance at Concubine Xian, but Concubine Xian's appearance was faint, without the slightest surprise, look, Concubine Xian knew it a long time ago?

It was the queen, her face turned white, and she hurriedly smiled and said: "Concubine Shu's family background, concubine Feng is naturally indispensable." It's just that Concubine Shu is still pregnant now, I'm afraid it's not suitable for the canonization ceremony, so it's better to wait for Concubine Shu to give birth to the prince, and then add the seal, and change the name to be more justified. And it's like today's freezing ......"

The emperor glanced at the queen with cold eyes: "It's okay! I will make an order first, wait for the full moon after Concubine Shu gives birth before the official canonization ceremony, and the sky will be warm by then!"

The emperor's words made the queen speechless.

Concubine Xian said with a smile at this time: "Concubine Shu, is this a bad joy? ”

Hao Ming came back to his senses at this time, and regardless of why the Queen Mother was like this, he hurriedly leaned down and said respectfully: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, thank the Queen Mother for her love." Then she looked at the queen's ugly face, and hurriedly bowed her head and said, "Thank you Queen Mother." ”

The Emperor smiled, "Calm down." ”

"Yes. Only then did he hold the back of Banxia's hand and stand up.

Immediately, I saw that all the concubines except Concubine Xian had already stood up together, and saw Wanfu towards her: "Congratulations to Concubine Shu!"

Regardless of whether they are sincere in their hearts or not, they are full of manners and manners.

Hao Ming hurriedly lowered his head and signaled, not daring to show the slightest pride. But he couldn't help but tighten a string in his heart, and looked back at the third princess who was smiling and salivating in the nurse's arms, and then his heart was a little more settled.

At this moment, the queen had to make a virtuous attitude, and said with a warm smile: "Sure enough, Kyushu Qingyan is blessed by the emperor's dragon energy, and Shu Concubine looks at it as if she is already very good, and after waiting for four months, she will definitely be able to give birth to a healthy prince for the emperor." ”

Hao Ming knew that the queen was giving her hatred, and it was indeed enough to make people jealous of the concubine before she was born, not to mention that she made an exception to live in the apse of the emperor's bedroom. Hao Ming hurriedly said: "It's the concubine who has exceeded the rules, and as soon as the Changchun Immortal Pavilion is repaired, the concubine should move back to live." As for the child in the womb...... "Hao Ming looked at the third princess who was smiling happily, "The concubine is looking forward to giving birth to a little princess as lovely as the third princess!" )