There is a picture of the winter in the palace, and the palace concubines kill time, depicting one stroke at a time, and the spring will begin after eighty-one days. Wanwan has to wait for a month, she painted plum blossoms on the case, the branches are stretched, the branches are painted with six plum blossoms, and they are hung on the wall to fill in the color every day.

I rested in the house for two days, but I was actually very tired and didn't want to move. But the Queen Mother must have known that she had returned to Beijing, and she did not enter the palace to greet her, for fear that the Queen Mother would complain in her heart. After all, she was once remembered in her name, no matter whether it was a mother and daughter, she never showed up, so that people said that she was rude, and she had to be arranged by someone when she turned back.

She put down her pen and walked out of the house, Xiao Youzheng brought pigeon soup, chattering about how beautiful this pigeon was, with a purple ring around its neck, and walking with a twist. Wanwan frowned when she heard this, "You said it so thoroughly, do you still ask people to eat?" I really didn't have an appetite, so I asked her to take it away, and asked Yu Qiyao to prepare a sedan chair, planning to enter the palace and ask the queen mother for peace.

The mansion named her is not free to enter and exit, and if you want to step out of the gate, you have to pass the Jinyi guard. She went out of the mansion with her front foot, and Qianhu greeted her with her back foot, and arched her hand upwards and said: "The ministers are ordered to protect the safety of His Highness, where is His Highness going, the ministers immediately gather people to open the way for His Highness." ”

The person under the umbrella had an indifferent face, thin, but looked dignified and majestic. She didn't even look at him, "Are you ordered to protect me, or are you ordered to monitor my whereabouts?" ”

The thousand households were slightly stunned, and their bodies lowered a few points, "The minister doesn't dare, the capital has not been peaceful recently, and there are often some unknown people who make trouble, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are already arrested, but the house of the emperor in Beijing still has to be guarded." The duty of the minister is to protect His Highness, and if there is any misconduct that disagrees with His Highness, His Highness can return to the Holy Lord, and the minister is willing to be punished. ”

This little Qianhu has a lot of temper, and a few words blocked her. She frowned and looked at him, with eagle eyes, and the determination of Mount Tai to collapse in front of him without changing his face. Probably on duty, he is often exposed to the sun, and his skin is dark, but there is some kind of power hidden under the flying fish suit, like a leopard, which will come out at any time and bite through your flesh with its sharp teeth.

"What's your name?"

He didn't raise his eyes, still staring respectfully at the upper of his shoes, "Chen Jinshi, listen to the lesson of His Highness." ”

She turned her gaze away and sighed lightly, "I'm going to enter the palace, prepare for me." ”

She sat in the sedan chair, lifted the curtain and looked out, the capital has signs of autumn, although the day is still hot, but the occasional birdsong has carried the desolation of autumn. She withdrew her hand and put it on her lap, and suddenly remembered the scene of going to Tanzhe Temple and riding in a carriage with Yinlou. Now that she is still there, she doesn't know if she is still alive, but for half a year, things are not people, and in this life, there is always a sad feeling that she can't let go and can't hold on.

The sedan chair is upside down, the alley of Dongshuaifu is not far from the Donghua Gate, and it stops in front of the tube river, and there is a small chariot in the palace to respond. The copper ring helped her down, she raised her eyes, and saw a bright smiling face, Cao Chun'an called His Highness, "The slave welcomes His Highness back to the palace." ”

Cao Chun'an is Xiao Duo's godson, who follows him all day long, and his godfather is long and short, so he has been in and out of Yude Palace a lot of times, and he is also very familiar with her. After leaving the palace for half a year, I was very happy to see familiar faces at first glance. Wanwan smiled, "Haruko, you've grown taller again." ”

Cao Chunang's eyebrows fluttered, "The slave's strength is all spent on growing taller, if you come back a few months later, the slave can grow taller!" As he spoke, he came up to support him, and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, are you doing in Nanyuan?" You've been out for so long, and the slave and maid can miss you. ”

The eunuch is sweet-mouthed, Wanwan said very well, asked him how he was, and asked him about his godfather's recent situation, if there was any news back.

"The people on the sea in the east have a dog's brain, don't look at Tan Jin as a landlubber, he is a good hand at fighting. There are often reports in the court, but there is no recent situation of my godfather, and I said that I would follow and serve him, but the old man refused to let me. He said with a bitter face, "There are no eyes in the war and guns, my godfather is such a hypocritical person, and he will be scolded for a long time when he turns around with a little blood foam, will he make those stinky soldiers lift up and throw them into the sea?" ”

Wanwan laughed when she heard this, "You arrange him like this, be careful that he comes back and beats you." ”

Cao Chun'an stuck out his tongue, "I don't tell outsiders, what is in front of Your Highness, and the slave can trust Your Highness." ”

Talking while walking, she soon arrived in front of Cining Palace, and when the steward at the palace gate saw her, he sighed and hurriedly sent someone to go inside. Wanwan walked around the shadow wall and saw the Queen Mother standing in front of the south window, looking out through the glass. Her heart was sour, she quickly stepped into the main hall, stood still with both hands and saluted, and was dragged by the Queen Mother.

"Don't, you're a man with a body, what if you harbor my grandson!"

In the end, in the first ten years of her life, there were still some feelings. The mother and the two were teary-eyed, and looked at the Queen Mother gracefully, originally she had black hair, but now there was a faint frost on her temples, as if she had aged more than ten years all of a sudden.

The Queen Mother didn't check, and said happily: "It's all good in Nanyuan?" Is the concubine treating you well? What about the King of Nanyuan? He has a concubine and a son in his house, is he of the same heart as you? ”

Wanwan said that it was very smooth, "My mother-in-law loves me, and my husband is also considerate." It's just that I often think about the queen mother, the former son went to Xihaizi, and I wanted to enter the palace, but my body was not successful, the boat went to Tongzhou, and I took the car into Beijing, which shook my bones and fell apart, and I couldn't support it, so I couldn't come to see the queen mother. ”

The Queen Mother said that she knew, "Women have the most difficult first few months of pregnancy, and some children are well-behaved and do not produce moths; Some children love to toss, like your big brother, who told me to sleep badly all night. After that, he looked at her stupidly, "My good boy, it's hard for you, thousands of miles to rush back, you, the emperor's brother, want to come out one by one, and now no one can control him." ”

The Queen Mother later talked about her relationship with the emperor, and the emperor almost turned against her in order to establish Tongyun as the queen.

"What kind of thing is Tongyun, a slave, an inferior of the inferior, how can this virtue be worthy of being a queen? Since the founding of our Daye, we have experienced sixteen dynasties one by one, which queen was not born in a family? Even successively, she is also the daughter of the Taifu, this Tongyun's father is a carpenter with a hoop barrel, okay, the emperor still wants to be the father of this mud foot pole who walks the streets and alleys, he is really not afraid of jokes! "When the Queen Mother said that she was anxious, she hated her heart's blood, "Besides, Tongyun is Xiao Duo's opponent, Xiao Duo is outside, and the emperor actually looks down on his woman, as soon as this thing comes out, the world is in an uproar, and it chills people's hearts, is Daye still good?" If I don't let him be satisfied, he will complain about me, and he will not come to greet me for these two months, nor will he pay attention to me. I, the queen mother, is a thorn in his eye, if it weren't for the fear of the world poking his backbone, I would have been eliminated a long time ago. ”

After speaking, he wiped his tears again, and said in a suppressed voice about King Rong, "Yannian is good, how can he suddenly die violently, don't let me know, it wasn't he who instructed someone to do it!" The first emperor broke off his line, and the emperor took his turn to do it, he murdered his own nephew, and the heavens did not spare him! ”

In the past, I would never have heard the Queen Mother say these words no matter what. Her son is dead, her grandson is gone, and she is left with an empty title, and she has to continue to let the current emperor provide for her. She didn't dare to argue with him, it wouldn't do her any benefit to make trouble, but now it seems that the superficial mother-son relationship is difficult to maintain, so she thinks of the first emperor who died of illness, and the grandson who died in vain. If they were all here, how could she end up in this place!

Wanwan wiped her tears and persuaded her to be calm, "The queen mother is just a momentary angry talk, and it is not good to spread it to the emperor." I also know about Tongyun, don't worry, don't worry, if you have the opportunity, I will advise the emperor again. The queen mother extinguishes the fire, and it is important to take care of her body. ”

The Queen Mother vented, and it was already much better, but remembering that she and the emperor were brothers and sisters, she couldn't help but be a little afraid.

"You ...... After all, it's a mother's womb......"

Wanwan smiled, "Don't worry, we just talked about family life, and didn't say anything else." You take care of it, the emperor's affairs are all up to him, why bother to poke that gray nest! ”

The Queen Mother wanted to keep her for dinner, but she declined, and she was depressed after staying in this palace for a long time, and she no longer had the ability to live here.

Coming out of Cining Palace, just past the Jingyun Gate, I saw a person standing outside the back wall of the South Group House, wearing a bun, wearing a bean-green silk gown, and a round and jade face, which made her recognize it for a long time.

The copper ring pressed her throat and said that it was Tongyun, Wanwan's feet slowed down, and when she saw her quickly come forward to salute and squat, when she stood up, her eyes were wrapped in tears, and she whispered: "Seeing Your Highness is like seeing my master." ”

In the past, the three of them often played together, and on the day of Tongyun's wedding, she and Yinlou sent her to the sedan chair, but now that I think about it, it is like a world away. Wanwan sighed lightly: "Tongyun, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Tongyun said in a loud voice, "The slave maid heard that His Highness entered the palace today, so she hurried over to greet His Highness." When His Royal Highness came out, the slave and maid were not in the capital, and they couldn't bid farewell to His Highness, and they always remembered it in their hearts. I'll see you now...... You're less than before, because you're pregnant with a baby, right? It's like this at first, and when the process stops throwing up, it's getting better. ”

Wanwan was a little surprised, as if she had given birth to a child.

She may also feel that there was an omission, so she hurriedly bypassed, and invited her to sit in the stele pavilion and say that she had something to say to her. Wanwan also wanted to talk to her about the emperor, so she agreed.

The warm breeze is like weaving, and the pavilion is ventilated on all sides, which makes it very cool. Tongyun gossiped with her for a few words, and began to become slurred, Wanwan knew that she was taboo to have someone in front of her, so she branched out the copper ring.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Tongyun stood up and solemnized her, "The slave knows that the emperor has written a letter to you, and the letter says his thoughts, you see, Bachenger hates me to death, and thinks that I seduce the emperor and plot against me." ”

"Indeed, when I first saw that letter, my brain was dizzy, but when I calmed down, I thought, you must have your reason." Wanwan didn't blush, just looked at her quietly, "Say it, I want to hear your troubles." ”

Tongyun lowered her head, as if she was a little embarrassed, and the bright satin lined her pretty appearance, which was quite beautiful and infinitely beautiful.

She bit her lip and hesitated for a long time before saying: "My master and Xiao Zhangyin's affairs, His Royal Highness knows that I married Xiao Zhangyin, not because Xiao Zhangyin likes me, but because I am helpless." In the final analysis, the reason is that the emperor is still here. At the beginning, the emperor sent Xichang to bring my master back, and soon after he came back, he was lucky, and it was not my master who went back to bed, but actually my ......."

Wanwan was stunned, and said strangely that the sound building was very abnormal at that time, and she always looked like she wanted to talk about Tongyun. At this point, it makes perfect sense to link the cause and effect.

Tongyun glanced at her astringently, "Later, the imperial doctor gave me a pulse diagnosis and said that I was a happy pulse, and the old lady Zhao went to the queen mother in a fit of anger, and seeing that she couldn't cover it, Xiao Zhangyin planned to eat in pairs with me, in order to get me out of the palace." I was really pregnant, and soon after I arrived outside the palace, I was sent to Zhuangzi, and the child was born and was taken away by Xiao Zhangyin's people, he was afraid that I would think about it, so I would detain the child so as to contain me. She said, choked up, "Your Highness, you are also a mother who is going to be a mother, can you understand the pain of separation?" I still don't know where the child is, and I don't dare to tell the emperor. But the emperor is my man in the end, if I don't follow him, who else can I follow. ”

If a real person lives in the world, it is not easy for everyone. Her words made Wanwan have a different opinion of her, just like she said, the separation made her taste enough of the bitterness, and she was already in pain when she came back from Jinling, if she was forced to let people take the child, then she probably really couldn't live.

So what else can be said? Let her and the emperor cut it in two? She's pitiful enough, she's done so desperately that she can't bear it.

"I understand your suffering, I used to complain that you didn't wake up, but when I heard you say this, I think it's not easy for you. If you and the emperor can get back together, it will be a complete thing for you, at least make up for some shortcomings. But you have to know that your identity is embarrassing at present, and the emperor doesn't say that if you are canonized, even if you are included in the harem, you have to make people talk. She groaned, "I mean, you advise the emperor to hold off for the time being, and wait for Xiao Zhangyin to come back before making a decision." Over the years you have been in the palace, you know what is most important to an emperor. I have the same heart as you, and we both hope that he will be good, so for the time being, please press it, the emperor is in a hurry, you have to advise, and think about it in the long run. ”

Tongyun was wrapped in tears and promised and squatted, she comforted her a few words, and then came out of the Donghua gate. Tonghuan asked her how she was, and she sighed helplessly, "It's quite related, and it should be earned a position." "When I looked up at the sky, the sun was fading, and clouds were piled up in the west, as if it were going to rain.

Hurry back, she sat in the sedan chair, and after walking a short distance, thunder rumbled. The summer rain was amazing, and the raindrops of beans smashed on the sedan chair enclosure, and she heard people running on the street, but her sedan chair was still steady. Lifting the curtain, those brocade guards are like tree stumps, even if the wind and rain are not dodging, they still straighten their backs.

Poor brass ring, drenched so that her hair fell apart, and when she got home, she was not allowed to serve anymore, and let her rest by herself. The imperial doctor from Yu Qiyao had been waiting in the house for a long time, asking for her pulse, saying that the child was fine, and telling her to rest more, not to work, and to get through the first three months with the symptoms of joy. Wanwan found a way to alleviate herself, and from time to time she had a plum in her mouth, and her teeth were sore, but it worked wonders to deal with gagging.

Xiao You laughed at her, saying that she belonged to the sheep, and saw her chewing all day long. This girl is always up and down, and she is used to it. One day while reading a book, Yu Qiyao came in from outside, his face was not very good, and he called out to His Highness, "There is good news coming back, saying that Tan Jin led the army to defeat the Ryukyus and drove the group of Japanese robbers on the sea back to his hometown." However, Xiao's palm print fell into the water in the fierce battle, and the search has been fruitless so far, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck. ”

The book in her hand fell to the ground with a thud, and she was speechless for a long time. This seemed to have been expected by her for a long time, but it really came true, and she couldn't help but feel sad.

"Overboard...... Is the message accurate? ”

Yu Qiyao said, "I have seen it with my own eyes. ”

She leaned back in her chair and muttered, "Whether he lives or dies, he will be with Yinlou, and they are luckier than us......"