Yi Xunying threw aside the scriptures sent by Li Qi'er, and the scene of Li Qi'er hurriedly saying goodbye when she saw Ma Xiuying coughing badly just now fell into her eyes, and she said angrily: "What she said sounded good, but she walked so fast, as if your illness would be transmitted to her." Really, don't come if you're afraid, pretend!"

"It's okay to leave, it's finally clean, and no one else will be seen again. Ma Xiuying disagreed, she and Li Qi'er had long been separated, and it didn't matter to her whether Li Qi'er was sincere or hypocritical.

Xun Ying comforted: "Don't worry, master, Master Daoyan will definitely heal you, and when you are well, the slave will accompany you to see the emperor's eldest grandson." I heard that the emperor's eldest grandson can walk. ”

Ma Xiuying imagined Zhu Xiongying running around on her short legs, and couldn't help but smile, "I really want to hear him call Grandma Huang." ”

Xun Ying said, "So you must follow Master Daoyan's medical advice and get well quickly." ”

"Yes, for the sake of my son and grandson, I must not fall ill. Ma Xiuying's expression was a little solemn, she knew very well that she couldn't have an accident before Zhu Biao ascended the throne, otherwise it would be a big shock to Zhu Biao.

"It's best if my master thinks like this. Xun Ying relaxed. Dao Yan repeatedly told her to persuade Ma Xiuying to be positive and optimistic, because drug conditioning can only curb the disease from the outside, and to really make Ma Xiuying better, she has to rely on her own will, and strong willpower can defeat the disease.

So Ma Xiuying tried her best not to think about the troublesome things, and asked Xunying to often go to the East Palace to learn about Zhu Xiongying's growth. Hearing that Zhu Xiongying can walk several steps without being helped, and Chang Meirong often teaches him to call the imperial grandmother, the smile on Ma Xiuying's face is getting more and more.

During this period, Dao Yan insisted on treating Ma Xiuying every day regardless of his injuries, and sometimes told Ma Xiuying some of the strange things he had seen from all over the world.

With a sensible son, a well-behaved grandson, and Dao Yan's explanation, Ma Xiuying's mental state gradually improved, coughing was not so frequent, and the phenomenon of hemoptysis was gradually curbed. In addition to being able to walk around a small amount on the ground, he was able to eat normally, and he ate two bowls of rice one day.

Every day, palace people reported Ma Xiuying's physical condition to Zhu Yuanzhang, and when they heard that Ma Xiuying could walk and eat, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy, and rewarded the imperial chef who prepared meals for Ma Xiuying that day, and ordered everyone to take care of Ma Xiuying more carefully.

Zhao Cheng saw that Ma Xiuying was getting more and more energetic day by day, and secretly thought that Dao Yan could really make Ma Xiuying better? This is not a good phenomenon, so he told Zhu Yuanzhang that Dao Yan would not only treat Ma Xiuying in Kunning Palace, but also talk about some miscellaneous things, and even sometimes leave food, faintly implying that Dao Yan's behavior was inconsistent with etiquette.

Zhu Yuanzhang called someone to ask for details, and when he heard that it was these interesting chatters that made Ma Xiuying feel cheerful and have a great appetite, he laughed and didn't take this matter to heart.

However, just when he was happy that Ma Xiuying's condition had improved, Chengmu Guifei Sun suddenly passed away.

The Sun family has been depressed since she had a miscarriage and can no longer have children, and Ma Xiuying gave her the right to take charge of the harem in the hope that she could come out of the pain of losing her child. She did have a good time, but every time she saw other princes and her mother and concubine intimate with each other, she felt sad and thought of her unfortunate child. Especially when she saw Ma Xiuying surrounded by children and grandchildren, she became more and more sad and sad.

Last year, a newly favored concubine, Gao, was pregnant, and she was jealous that Sun's childless could still be in charge of the sixth palace in a high position, so she unknowingly provoked Sun, and sarcastically mocked Sun to her face as a hen that could not lay eggs.

This can offend the two most noble women in the harem at the same time, you must know that Ma Xiuying can no longer have children. Ma Xiuying still has three sons, but she didn't take Gao's words at ease, and only punished her for trespassing and offense, but Sun couldn't afford to be ill from then on, and Ma Xiuying had no choice but to promote Li Guihua to take charge of the affairs of the Sixth Palace.

Gao's punishment did not end there, she was suffocated to death less than a month after she gave birth, the reason was that Zhu Yuanzhang was angry that she dared to sarcastically mock Ma Xiuying and Sun, if it weren't for the fetus in her womb, Zhu Yuanzhang would have executed her on the spot, and it was entirely up to the emperor's heir to live a few more months.

This thunderous method made the concubines no longer dare to say nothing to Sun, but Sun's heart knot became deeper and deeper, and his illness became more and more serious. She is different from Ma Xiuying, Ma Xiuying has a strong personality and must persist for the sake of her children no matter what. Her personality was originally a little cowardly, and after being sarcastically ridiculed by Gao, she washed her face with tears all day long, sad and sad that even if she had great power without her son?

Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that she had no children, and handed over Guo Hui's children Princess Ningguo and the eleventh prince Zhu Chun to her to raise, Princess Ningguo was quite well-behaved and sensible, and every time she saw her, she knew the etiquette. That Zhu Chun was raised lawlessly by Guo Hui and the servants, not only did she not recognize the new mother, but also often scolded and accused her of killing her mother.

Sun became more and more sad, wouldn't raising such a child raise an enemy for herself, and she refused to raise Guo Hui's children on the grounds of physical discomfort.

Ma Xiuying once asked Dao Yan to diagnose and treat Sun's condition, but she was helpless against this woman who had lost the will to live, that is, Bian Que Hua Tuo, and Dao Yan could only sigh. What's more, his focus is on Ma Xiuying, and he will not be as patient as Ma Xiuying to slowly explain the Sun family, and Ma Xiuying herself is seriously ill, so she has no time to care about the Sun family.

In the coldest winter, Sun went quietly, she walked so suddenly, she had a conversation with Princess Huaiqing the evening before, and never woke up the next day.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying were shocked.

"She's only thirty-two years old, why did she go?" Ma Xiuying opened her mouth incredulously, tears welling up unconsciously, not only sad that Sun's death at a young age, but also worried about whether she would step into Sun's future.

Zhu Yuanzhang was most worried that her grief would aggravate her condition, so he called Dao Yan to stay by her side and comforted: "Don't be sad, although the Sun family has no children, I will also let people keep filial piety for her, so that she will not be without incense sacrifices." ”

Dao Yan also persuaded her from the perspective of Buddhism, "There must be death in life, and there must be life in death, and the cycle is endless." Death is not actually death, it is still in reincarnation. The queen doesn't have to be sad, the departure of Concubine Cheng Mu means that her current state of life is over, but she will start a new state of life, but we can't communicate with her. ”

Ma Xiuying doesn't believe in Buddhism and doesn't respect Daoyan's words, but in order not to worry Zhu Yuanzhang and Daoyan, she still endured her sadness and quieted down, and prayed in a low voice: "I hope she can be happy and happy in another world." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyebrows moved slightly, could it be that the Sun family has been unhappy and happy with him all these years? He thought that if he gave the women around him a noble status and fine clothes and food, these women should be satisfied, but he would never understand the helplessness and sorrow of countless women to share a man.

Xun Ying noticed that Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was not worried, and hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, the slave maid thinks that Concubine Cheng Mu will be happy if she goes to another world to unite with her children, so don't be too sad." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was relieved that Sun was suffering from his illness, and this reason could also explain what Ma Xiuying said just now.

He then left Kunning Palace and convened officials to discuss the funeral arrangements for Concubine Chengmu.