43. Compete for favor
Because Mei Xueshen suddenly fainted, the family banquet was dispersed. immediately moved her to the inner room of the Yiyuan Palace, and sent someone to invite the imperial doctor, and there were only a few people left in the lively banquet for a while.
But in a moment, Zu Cheng led a few imperial doctors to arrive, and the Han Yuan envoy was also among them. Before these people could breathe and salute slightly, the Queen Mother was anxious to urge them to save people, and they were all exempted from the courtesy.
The Queen Mother looked at the look of the Han Yuan envoy when she was diagnosing the pulse, and saw that he frowned at first, and then stretched slightly. The Queen Mother couldn't help but feel moved in her heart: "Could it be that Xue Shen is pregnant?" ”
I only heard Mei Xue Shen groan slightly, and the queen gently reassured: "Don't worry, don't worry, wait for the imperial doctor to check it." ”
The Queen Mother's face changed instantly, and she said unhappily: "What the queen means by this, is she not wanting to see Concubine Mei pregnant with a dragon fetus?" ”
The queen hurriedly said: "The queen mother misunderstood, the concubine was just worried about Concubine Mei's sister's body, and she had no other intentions." Besides, now there is only one child in the palace, if Concubine Mei can continue to have children for the emperor, Chonghui can have a few more brothers and sisters, and the concubines are also very happy. ”
After the envoy of the Han Yuan finished taking the pulse, he said cautiously: "Concubine Mei's pulse is as thin as a hair, and there is no definite number, most of them are the blood deficiency of Yin Sheng and Han accumulation, and it is not pregnant. ”
After Jing Zhen heard this, his face, which had been tense, eased slightly, and asked in a deep voice: "Since she is not pregnant, why did Concubine Mei fall unconscious?" ”
The envoy of the Han Academy hesitated for a moment, secretly glanced at the Queen Mother, and only heard her say: "If the envoy has something to say, you might as well say it directly." He mustered up the courage and said: "Concubine Mei is afraid that she suddenly fainted because she drank too much." ”
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, really surprised: "What does this mean?" ”
The envoy of the Han Academy asked, "Dare to ask what kind of wine is used for the royal banquet tonight?" ”
Jingzhen said: "At the palace banquet, men drink more Xifeng wine, and women have Luofu spring and rose brew to taste. ”
The envoy of the Han Yuan arched his hand and said: "With all due respect, the wine that Concubine Mei Niangniang drank tonight is probably not a drink like rose, but a strong Xifeng wine." In addition, Niangniang has always been slow to digest and poor blood flow due to the cold spleen and stomach, and the painful drinking will hurt the nerves and consume blood, and the spleen and stomach will be affected, causing uneven qi and blood, resulting in syncope. ”
The Queen Mother pointed to the palace maids waiting in the palace, and Huo Ran shouted: "You waste, how do you take care of your master?" ”
Several palace maids were shocked, and they were instantly so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and said one after another: "The Queen Mother spares her life!" One of the older palace maids was so anxious that she was about to cry, she fell on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, and replied with tears: "The Queen Mother forgives her sins, tonight is the Yiyuan Hall where the slave maid followed the maid to the mother." Because the mother was not in a good mood, she drank a few more glasses. The slave didn't know it was strong wine, so she couldn't drink it. ”
The queen asked casually: "Why is Concubine Mei frustrated?" ”
The palace maid glanced at the emperor worriedly, and said in a trembling voice: "Slave, slave and maid dare not say." ”
The Queen Mother endured her anger and said: "The mourning family is here, don't dare to say anything!" ”
I only heard her say: "My mother is because of ...... It's because the emperor hasn't come to Huayin Pavilion for many days, and he has been thinking about the emperor every day. As a result, when I saw it today, the emperor was only gracious to the newcomer Yuan, and completely ignored Niangniang's feelings, which was ...... This is just a moment of depression, and I want to use wine to kill my sorrows......"
The Queen Mother screamed angrily: "Confused! ”
Separated by a bed of silk yarn, Mei Xueshen didn't have time to take off the silver and blue woven gold satin palace dress, her lips were pale, and her voice was intermittent: "Queen Mother...... Don't blame her...... Be...... It's a concubine...... I was confused. ”
Seeing that she was ill and bleak, and she had lost all of her former favored Qi Nianyu, she couldn't help but soften her heart, and said in a gentle tone: "You are also too self-loving, since you are a concubine, your body no longer belongs only to you." If you don't know how to take care of your own body like this, how can you serve in the future, and how can you give birth to a dragon heir for the emperor? ”
Mei Xue was about to get up, but the queen hurriedly stepped forward to help her and let her sleep again, before she said to the queen mother: "Don't blame her, the queen mother, Concubine Mei's sister can't think about it for a while, it's pitiful." The concubine will persuade her well, and she will never do this again in the future. ”
The Queen Mother looked at the indifferent Jingzhen and asked him sharply: "Does the emperor have nothing to say?" Isn't it enough for you to reflect on the lessons of Yang's past before? I thought you had been fine in the past two years, but it turned out that you still didn't know the importance of it! ”
Jing Zhen suddenly heard her mention Yang Muzhi, her body couldn't help trembling, and then she steadied and said: "My son knows that he is wrong, and in the future, he should give priority to stabilizing the six palaces, and don't worry about the queen mother." ”
On the surface, he was blaming himself, but in fact he meant that Concubine Mei was frustrated and drank and injured herself, disturbing the peace of the harem. The Queen Mother couldn't hear the deep meaning of these words, so she was even more displeased: "Not to mention that Xue Shen is infatuated with you, she used to save your life, but now she can't compare to a palace maid who has returned from the imperial tomb?" Every word and deed of the emperor was watched by thousands of people. Such a thing of 'only hearing the newcomer laugh and not hear the old man cry', if it spreads, it is simply chilling! ”
"I only hear the newcomer laughing, but I don't hear the old person crying?" The muscles on Jing Zhen's face twitched faintly, his eyes became darker and darker, and he tried his best to maintain a thin smile: "What the queen mother taught me a lesson." From now on, the son will not live up to Concubine Mei's wishes, and of course he will not live up to the wishes of other concubines in the harem. As for the 'fetal medicine' given by the queen mother to those newlyweds every day, can it be withdrawn? After he finished speaking, he quietly glanced at the Han Yuan Envoy, and the Han Yuan Envoy suddenly felt cold sweat on his back.
The Queen Mother's eyes lit up, and then she said gloomily: "The mourning family is old, what the emperor says is what it is." ”
Seeing that the mother and son were in discord because of their own affairs, Mei Xue struggled to turn to the side and said with difficulty: "As a concubine, you shouldn't be jealous, let alone hurt yourself. It's all the fault of the concubines, please don't blame the emperor anymore. ”
The queen also persuaded her: "It's better for the emperor to stay with Concubine Mei's sister tonight, so that the queen mother can rest assured." ”
The Queen Mother's eyes were slightly closed, and she stood for a long time supported by the red calyx before she said slowly: "The mourning family will go back first." Not long after, the queen also said goodbye and returned to the palace, leaving only the emperor and Concubine Mei in the dormitory.
"Your Majesty's ......" Mei Xue was stunned and shed two lines of tears, "The concubine has already done what she should do, if she doesn't do it well, I hope the emperor will forgive me." ”
Jing Zhen was expressionless, looking at the flickering candles, and his tone was cold: "You did a good job." ”
Mei Xue wiped the tears on her cheeks: "Concubine...... The concubine was uneasy, the queen mother was kind to the concubine, but now she wants me to betray her...... "This bitter trick was played to the queen mother, firstly, to make the queen mother feel that her relationship with the emperor was not as good as before, so that she would not suspect that she had taken refuge in the emperor; Second, it is also to take the opportunity to reduce the queen mother's many interferences in the harem forces.
"If the world changes hands, you, as my favorite concubine, should be able to anticipate your future situation."
Mei Xueshen's eyes were sour, and she burst into tears again: "The concubine is willing to stand on the emperor's side because the concubine only has the emperor in her heart, not for the concubine's own future." Seeing that Jing Zhen didn't speak, she weighed and asked, "Will the emperor exterminate the Zhang family?" ”
Jing Zhen said lightly: "As long as the Queen Mother is willing to let go of her authority, I will naturally fulfill her filial piety and treat her mother clan well." ”
Mei Xue muttered in a low voice: "The emperor is merciful." "The person in front of me is no longer what he used to be. Benevolent? She smiled to herself, hoping she wouldn't make a mistake this time.
But he heard him say, "You have hurt your body, rest first." With that, he walked away.
"Where is the emperor going?" She still couldn't help but ask.
"Yuntai Palace." His footsteps faltered slightly, and he quickly walked out of the temple gate.
At that time, in Yuntai Palace, Baotong had just come back from outside, and Ah Yuan sat on the couch and asked him, "What did you hear?" ”
Bao Tong hit a thousand children, and then said: "That Huayin Pavilion was surrounded by water, and the slave still asked about the situation from the Tai Hospital, it seems that Concubine Mei has drunk too much." ”
"Drinking too much?" Ah Yuan was surprised.
Bao Tong said: "Oh, the slave only knows one of the classic medicines of the Tai Hospital, and I also heard it from him." He said that there were only two kinds of prescriptions prescribed by the Han Yuan, one was to sober up and detoxify alcohol, and the other was to cure blood deficiency. ”
Ah Yuan suddenly realized that most people with blood deficiency have a weak spleen and a cold stomach, and drinking alcohol is indeed extremely harmful. She nodded and said, "You've come around so hard for a long time, go down and rest early." ”
Bao Tong knelt down according to the rules, and then retreated in small steps.
Here Ah Yuan thought that the emperor would not come again tonight, and he could finally sleep well. He ordered someone to help her remove the hairpin ring, and put on her bedclothes, and just half lying down, she heard footsteps outside the warm pavilion, and heard Cai Wei's voice: "The emperor is auspicious." ”
Then came Jing Zhen's gentle voice: "Is your little master asleep?" ”
Cai Wei didn't know the relationship between the two of them, and she was about to say "just rest", but after a while, she wanted to keep the emperor, so she said: "The little master has just finished freshening up, and he is about to rest at this time." ”
Jing Zhen let out a low "um" and pushed the door in. I saw Ah Yuan look like a frightened rabbit, and hurriedly got up from the bed, a thin layer of white bedclothes could not cover her delicate curves.
Ah Yuan glanced at the emperor, and immediately understood, and his face was red for a while. I hurriedly went to find a smock and put it on, so I pretended to be casual and said, "Why is the emperor here?" Didn't you stop at Huayin Pavilion? ”
Jing Zhen sat on the side of the collapse and looked at her flustered appearance playfully: "I don't want to listen to the Queen Mother's arrangement. ”
Agarwood curled, he sat there motionless, and Ah Yuan couldn't go over to make the bed, so he had to hold a large mass of quilts and freeze in place. The two looked at each other, Jing Zhen put away his gentle gaze, and said, "Didn't you always want to use my favor to lure the snake out of the hole?" That's not right. ”
Ah Yuan was stunned for half a minute, but he faintly felt that he didn't hate living in the same room with him, and when he saw him at this time, he was a little happy in his heart. She shook her head violently, quickly denied her terrible thought, and raised her eyes: "That's right." ”
After a while, he still had no intention of removing from the couch. Ah Yuan only felt that her arms were sore, and the brocade quilt was also sinking in her hands...... Jing Zhen smiled, took the futon from her hand, and threw it on the couch. Ah Yuan was taken aback, and was at a loss for a while: "Your Majesty ......"
Jing Zhen stared for a moment, and suddenly realized: "I sleep here tonight, you sleep on the bed." ”