Because Concubine Yuan Shu is pregnant, this year's New Year, the palace is full of joy.

"It's like last year." The weather has been bad a few days ago, but today it was sunny early in the morning, and there was no wind, so Wang Chongrong simply didn't sit in the warm sedan chair, and took Jiang Xinghua all the way from the Qunxiang Hall to Fengyi Palace.

The more you go to Fengyi Palace, the flowers and trees on the side of the road are tied with fake flowers made of silk, and there are small palace lamps hanging on them, which looks really gorgeous and lively. Wang Chongrong walked on the cleanly swept bluestone slab palace road, watched left and right with interest, and said to Jiang Xinghua with a little emotion: "I just hope that this time the concubine can get a man in one fell swoop, and the emperor will have an heir." ”

Jiang Xinghua nodded and looked at her carefully. Wang Chongrong has a special status in the palace: she has neither the emperor's favor nor her family background, but she lives a good life, and even the days she spent with Jiang Xinghua in the Qunxiang Hall are very peaceful, and even the queen does not trouble her.

Wang Chongrong also seems to be wholeheartedly devoted to the emperor, she has never been pregnant, but she is never jealous, every time she hears that a concubine is pregnant, she is even happier than she is pregnant. And this joy is never hidden, even in front of the queen.

The big palace maid of the Qunxiang Hall next to her said playfully: "I heard that Concubine Yuan Shu's baby has been firmly seated, and in a few months, there will definitely be another child in the palace." ”

Wang Chongrong nodded with a smile on his face: "That's great." ”

As he was talking, he saw a warm sedan car coming over on the side road, Wang Chongrong glanced at it and smiled at Jiang Xinghua: "It's Jiang Chongyuan." ”

It was indeed Jiang Meihua who came over there, and when she saw Wang Chongrong here, she hurriedly stopped the sedan chair and walked down: "Sister is interested, so she walked over." ”

Wang Chongrong said with a smile: "It's rare that the sunshine is good today, and I feel a little more relaxed when I take two steps." ”

Jiang Meihua has been weak and afraid of the cold recently, and she didn't dare to wear too much because she was afraid of being bulky, so she came in a warm sedan chair. But now Wang Chongrong is walking, and she can't sit in a warm sedan chair to walk, so she has to pace, and said with a smile: "What my sister said is that when you move, your blood flows, and your hands and body are warm." ”

As she spoke, she shivered as she was blown by a cold wind that slipped over, and she couldn't help but secretly complain that Wang Chongrong was born in a palace, and she loved to walk. This cold day is also used to go, she is not hard, but it hurts others to work.

However, these words can only be thought about in the stomach, although Jiang Meihua and Wang Chongrong are now equal in terms of grade, but after all, Wang Chongrong is older, the title is before her, and there is the respect of the emperor, which still opposes her invisibly, which is absolutely unoffended.

"Sister." Jiang Xinghua stepped forward and saluted at this time.

Jiang Meihua saw this sister just now. Don't look at it as just a Baolin, but the clothes on the body are really not bad, look at those few pieces of jewelry, not much but very exquisite, and the clothes are also new this year, not to mention compared with a favorite concubine like Yuan Shufei, the average concubine is definitely not as good as her. Even Jiang Meihua herself, the jewelry on her head is old and refurbished.

"My sister looks so good, it can be seen that she is taken care of by her sister in the Qunxiang Palace, and her life is comfortable." Jiang Meihua finally couldn't hold back and slipped out a few sour words.

Trying to let this concubine enter the palace was originally to help herself, hoping that if she gave birth to a son and a half daughter, she would be able to cage the emperor. Who knew that this girl didn't know how to tell the emperor, and as soon as she entered the palace, she was put into the Qunxiang Palace.

The place in the Qunxiang Hall is actually a special cold palace. There he could be protected by the king, but the emperor rarely went. All the little concubines who live in the side hall of the Qunxiang Palace, even the queen will not go to trouble, because that means that the emperor does not intend to pamper her, but only to raise a person.

As a result, Jiang Meihua's plan was completely disrupted. Although she was later promoted to Chongyuan, a Chongyuan who was completely ignored by the emperor did not have a son and a half daughter, what is the use? Wang Chongrong can live this kind of life, but she can't!

"Niang Rong has always taken care of me." Jiang Xinghua said sincerely. Now this day is simply many times better than when she was at home, and the most important thing is that she no longer has to be afraid of Liu Zhijing's family, and she no longer has to be afraid that her mother-in-law will marry her to someone at will.

A good mood naturally brings a good complexion, sometimes Jiang Xinghua takes a self-portrait in the mirror, and she also feels that the puff on her face is puffy, and even a sharp melon seed face is a little round.

Jiang Meihua also noticed this, and laughed lightly: "I see that my sister is plump now, but she is a bit like the character of the third sister." ”

Jiang Xinghua pursed her lips and smiled: "My sister has praised me, how can I compare to the third sister." ”

Now no one in the palace doesn't know the pox planting technique that Princess Anjun engaged in in the northwest, which is even more amazing than when she cured the malaria in Lantian and Luonan counties, after all, it only benefited the two counties, but now it may help the world, this is the real reincarnation of the Bodhisattva. As long as Jiang Xinghua thought about it, she felt that the third sister was out of reach, like a celestial being, how could she dare to compare herself with her.

Jiang Meihua secretly gritted her teeth, but she still had a smile on her face: "My sister has been in the palace for a year, right?" Seeing that Wang Chongrong had walked a few steps in front of him, he lowered his voice and said, "Can you go to bed?" ”

After she gained weight, she smiled a lot kinder, and she no longer looked like a cold beauty before. Jiang Xinghua's face flushed slightly, and she coughed lightly and said: "Sister, the emperor, the emperor has his own opinions...... Of course, she has never been bed, in fact, after she entered the palace, she could only see the emperor when the concubines went to the middle palace or Shouxian Palace to ask for peace, and she had seen the emperor seven or eight times in this small year, which was really a handful.

Jiang Meihua smiled: "This is also true." Sister, you were still young when you entered the palace, and it was not suitable to sleep. However, after this year, you will be sixteen, and then the emperor should also summon you. ”

Jiang Xinghua's face turned red when she said it. She is not an untrained little girl, she was married in her previous life, so she naturally knows what Jiang Meihua meant: "Sister! ”

"Okay, okay, I'll stop talking." Jiang Meihua chuckled, as if she was very conniving, "You still don't understand." It's just that since you have entered the palace, you must always serve the emperor attentively, and if you can get a man and half a woman, you will rely on it in the future. ”

She looked at Wang Chongrong, who was walking in front, and lowered her voice again: "Sister, Wang Chongrong has the affection to serve the emperor, but we don't have it." ”

Jiang Xinghua's heart tightened violently when she said it. After entering the palace, her life was so comfortable that she almost forgot that she was neither a girl at home nor a serious marriage, but the emperor's concubine.

The Emperor's concubines sounded noble, but that was while the Emperor was alive. If the emperor is a funeral, the queen can be promoted to the queen mother and stay in the palace, and the concubines with children can also be, but those with low status and nothing can only go to the temple to live that lonely and bitter life.

In the past, Jiang Xinghua would have felt that it was better to go to the temple than to marry the Liu family, but after these days of peaceful enjoyment in the palace, she actually felt a little scared of the days in the temple.

Although the distance from the Qunxiang Hall to the Fengyi Palace was not close, before Jiang Xinghua cleared her mind, the vermilion gate of the Fengyi Palace had already appeared in front of her, so she could only temporarily collect her mood and follow Wang Chongrong and Jiang Meihua in.

Today is a big invitation, so the little concubines such as the Baolin Imperial Maiden also gathered in the main hall of Fengyi Palace. During the New Year, everyone tried to dress brightly and look full of flowers and was very lively.

In such a bright group, Yuan Shufei looked the most simply. The clothes on his body were not embroidered with many patterns, and he only wore a big hairpin on his head, with a few beaded flowers on both sides. However, even so, everyone's eyes still fell on her, especially the unmanifested belly.

"My sister looks so good." Zhao Chongyi is almost raised now, but his face still looks a little yellow, but he can't see it when he covers it with fat powder, "It can be seen that this child is well-behaved, does not toss people, and will be filial in the future." ”

Yuan Shufei bent the corners of her mouth: "I borrowed my sister's auspicious words." ”

"Of course Sister Shufei has a good complexion, the emperor specially sent the imperial doctor to ask for the pulse every day, and how many good things to protect the fetus and nourish the body are sent to Zhongxiu Palace, if it is not well raised, it will be a miracle."

It was Yu Zhaorong who spoke. She is several years younger than Concubine Yuan Shu, and she has a princess by her side, so she has always been treated very well. However, I don't know what's going on, she always has a mean look on her face, so that the two nasolabial folds are very clear at this age, causing her to look older than Concubine Yuan Shu.

Princess Celestia is also by her side today. The seven-year-old child is small, wrapped in a thick jacket, wrapped like a ball, but the little face that is exposed is pointed, and the face is a little pale, and it is not very healthy to look at. On weekdays, she doesn't come out, and she only shows her face during the palace reunion during the New Year's Festival, so she is not familiar with these people, and timidly only pulls her nurse's skirt.

Concubine Yuan Shu glanced at Yu Zhaorong, and then her eyes fell on the eldest princess. She had a miscarriage even when she was pregnant with two children, and she was actually looking forward to having a child in her heart, even if the eldest princess was not born to her, she liked it. At this moment, he ignored Yu Zhaorong's sour words, but smiled at the eldest princess: "The eldest princess looks good." ”

This is also true. The eldest princess is congenitally deficient, and she was carefully raised before the age of three, and she can't use medicine casually, and she doesn't dare to use medicine if she is a little bad in health. In the past few years, I have grown older, and my body has finally become a little stronger, and now I am already looking good.

Concubine Yuan Shu originally gave birth to a dignified goose egg face, but now she is pregnant and slightly blessed, and her smile is much more loving than Yu Zhaorong, and the eldest princess smiled at her, revealing a shallow dimple on her cheek.

The eldest princess was born like an emperor, not very beautiful, but quite cute. Concubine Yuan Shufei liked it more and more, and saw that the eldest princess was wearing a pair of golden cloves on her ears, so she took off the jade earrings that fell from her ears, and beckoned her to come over: "You pierced your ears and eyes, and you are also a big girl, take this to wear and play." ”

Princess Celestia was weak because she didn't prickle her ears and eyes until this year. However, there is no girl who does not love beauty, the jade beads used by Yuan Shufei for this pair of earrings are not big, but the color is extremely green and transparent, the eldest princess liked it at a glance, happily took it, and said softly: "Thank you, Niangniang." ”

Yu Zhaorong's eyebrows furrowed, and he glanced at the nurse without smiling, and the nurse hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the eldest princess back with a smile. Yu Zhaorong glanced at the jade pendant in her daughter's hand, and smiled again: "My sister is pregnant, I should get a few boys' clothes and put them under the pillow to get closer and closer, so that I can get a man in one fell swoop." ”

The eldest princess only looked at the earrings, but her nurse's face changed slightly, lowered her head and stroked the shoulders of the eldest princess, and pulled her closer to her skirt.

She was born as the eldest princess and served in the Lanxiu Palace, and her children could not be seen outside the palace, so she loved the eldest princess as her own daughter. She can see those things in Lanxiu Palace clearly: Yu Zhaorong actually doesn't like the eldest princess, she wants to have a son. Because her surname is Yu, if she gives birth to a son, the queen and the queen mother are most likely still allowed. If that's the case, her current status is not ordinary, and she will even have the opportunity to be the queen mother and be equal to the queen in the future.

It's a pity that she gave birth to a daughter, and she is still a daughter who is not in good health. The imperial doctor diagnosed that the eldest princess was congenitally deficient because her mother was not healthy, that is, Yu Zhaorong was not in good health and could not give birth to healthy children.

Yu Zhaorong always felt that it was because of the diagnosis of the imperial doctor that she lost the emperor's favor - because she could not give birth to a healthy prince, the emperor refused to bother with her anymore. Therefore, she didn't like this daughter who brought such a conclusion, but because the emperor cared about her daughter, she couldn't let go - if she didn't have this daughter, she might not even be treated now.

Such a contradictory psychology made Yu Zhaorong a little moody towards the eldest princess, and also made the eldest princess not very close to her biological mother, which made Yu Zhaorong even more unhappy. Fang just said the words of winning a man in one fell swoop in front of his daughter, just to sarcastically say that Concubine Yuan Shu might not be able to give birth to a prince, but he didn't think about how the eldest princess would feel when she heard this.

The princess is really miserable...... The nurse looked down at the eldest princess and couldn't help but gently touch her soft hair again. In the past, I always felt that the princes and princesses in the palace were born with a golden spoon, and I don't know how many lives of high incense burned before they were cast into such a good fetus, and now the longer she serves in the palace, the more she feels that it is not like this, it is better to reincarnate into a solid family, and live a peaceful life more comfortably.

"What are you talking about?" The queen walked out of it with the hands of the palace people, with a little smile on her face.

The concubines in the hall all immediately got up and saluted, and a few little concubines who couldn't hold their breath couldn't help but quietly look at the queen's face - Concubine Yuan Shu was pregnant, and the most annoyed person should be the queen, with the queen's temper, how could there be a smile on her face at this time?

However, the queen was indeed laughing, and even beckoned the eldest princess to her side and touched her head, and when she saw the jade pendant given by Yuan Shufei, her eyes flashed: "But Concubine Shu is careful, she is really a pregnant person, and she thinks thoughtfully when she sees the child." ”

The concubines in the hall all bowed their heads slightly. The queen's words were sour, and they were really not very decent. said that it was a satire that Concubine Yuan Shufei knew that she was worried about the eldest princess when she was pregnant, but she didn't see how good she was to the eldest princess on weekdays, wouldn't this even be sarcastic to herself? But as soon as she said this, the concubines felt that they were finally normal - the queen should be like this, if she was really tolerant and generous, it really didn't look like the queen.

"Go, bring the newly beaten box of jewelry from the palace." After the queen finished speaking, she turned her head and instructed the palace people, "Show it to the eldest princess." ”

The palace man turned around and took out a box, and when he opened it, it was full of jewelry worn by little girls, all of which were delicate and delicate, inlaid with bright red agate, turquoise or beeswax, and the weight was not heavy, but the style was very beautiful. The queen picked up a pair of red gold lantern earrings and compared them in the eldest princess's ear: "This is right for you." Although jadeite is a good thing, the little girl doesn't wear it. ”

This pair of lantern earrings is made of fine gold wire, a small pair, a red agate bead in the middle, and it can still roll around in the lantern, it is really bright and cute, it is indeed more suitable for the eldest princess than the green jadeite, and the style is also suitable.

Yu Zhaorong got up with a smile on his face: "The concubine thanked the eldest princess for her reward." "At first glance, these things are specially made for the eldest princess, but they are not much stronger than Yuan Shufei's pair of earrings that were temporarily taken off?

Concubine Yuan Shufei lowered her head, as if she was slapped in the face by the queen's actions, and she looked a little unable to wipe off her face, but in fact, she was secretly relieved in her heart - the queen overwhelmed her in front of her like this, which showed that she actually had no other way to deal with her, so it could only be so. If so, maybe she can really save the child this time.

Glancing at Zhao Chongyi next to her from the corner of her eye, Concubine Yuan sighed softly: Maybe her luck really came, if it wasn't for Zhao Chongyi's pregnancy and giving birth to a deformed fetus before, the queen would definitely deal with the child in her womb unscrupulously. But now Zhao Chongyi's matter hasn't been long ago, everyone's eyes are on the Middle Palace, even if the queen doesn't care about it, the queen mother won't let her make a move.

The queen proudly handed the box to the eldest princess: "Take it and play with it." You are also going to be a big girl now, ask your mother to dress up for you, and the emperor is happy to look at it. "A seven-year-old girl has long hair, and she can wear small objects such as beaded flowers.

The whole hall echoed and praised the queen's kindness. After tossing and turning for a while, the queen showed a trace of fatigue. Yu Zhaorong was the first to get up: "The mother is really working hard in the new year, the concubine is retiring, and the mother can take a rest." ”

Of course, the rest of the people were even more eager to leave Fengyi Palace as soon as possible, and they got up one after another, and suddenly heard someone exclaim: "Lu Baolin!" Everyone looked back together, only to see Lu Baolin holding a chair with one hand and his head with the other, trying to stand firmly, and a little concubine next to him stretched out her hand, not knowing whether to help or not.

"What's going on?" The queen frowned. Although Lu Baolin's illness had long since recovered, he had been living in the remote Tingyu Residence, and had not moved back to the Qunxiang Hall or other palaces closer to the emperor. Counting this year, except for the emperor who occasionally went to see Jiang Meihua and would stop by to listen to the rain house, the rest of the days when she was called to sleep were rare once in two months, so that the queen almost forgot her.

Just look at Lu Baolin's dress today, not to mention that compared with Jiang Xinghua under Wang Chongrong's wings, it is slightly inferior to those little concubines who entered the palace at the same time, the clothes on his body are still the same as last year's, and the Huiluan hairpin on his head is obviously old and fried, only a pair of white jade pendants on his ears have never been seen, and it is about a new reward under the year.

"The concubine is just a little dizzy." Lu Baolin stood firm, and hurriedly turned around to ask the queen for his guilt, "It's the concubine's sin to disturb the mother." ”

"That's it." The queen waved her hand, thought about it and said, "This has just entered the New Year, and it is not easy to pass on the imperial doctor under the New Year's Festival, so you can take care of it yourself." Wait for Shangyuan to pass, and then pass the imperial doctor to take a look. ”

Lu Baolin hurriedly said: "The concubine must have been unable to sleep well last night, so there is no need to ask for a doctor." ”

The queen didn't take her very seriously, and let everyone retreat with a casual nod.

A room full of flowers and flowers walked away, and the queen exhaled heavily: "It's finally gone!" "One by one, it's an eyesore to look at.

The palace people next to her hurriedly stepped forward to massage her temples, and the queen half-closed her eyes before saying after a while: "That thing, is it arranged?" ”

The palace man's hand involuntarily stopped, and said in a low voice: "Niangniang, if the Yuan family gives birth to a freak ......", it would be too obvious.

The queen opened her eyes, and her eyes lit up a little terrifyingly: "Then double the medicine!" "One drop at a time, can make the mother give birth to a teratosensor, then two drops each time, the onset of the drug effect will be much faster, and the child born at a small age has not yet been fully formed, so naturally it is impossible to see whether the child is deformed.

"If it's Yuan Shufei—"What if Yuan Shufei is also dead?" After all, the first concubine was dead.

"It's better to be dead." The queen said coldly. Concubine Xianxian died of a postpartum blood collapse, but the child was still alive, indicating that the amount of medicine at that time was too small, so she wanted to double the amount of medicine now, and she must not let Concubine Yuan Shu give birth to a child.

The palace people are really in a dilemma: "Niangniang, the most important thing now is that you have to have a child in your hands." ”

"Wouldn't Hongu want to?" The queen said angrily, "But apart from the slut of the Yuan family, how can there be a blessed one?" ”

There were a lot of blessings in the past, but you have taken them away, haven't you? The palace man muttered secretly in his heart, and suddenly remembered something: "According to the slave maid, I should still ask a doctor to take a look at Lu Baolin." ”

"How?" The queen suddenly raised her eyebrows, "You mean the Lu family—"

"The slave maid saw that Lu Baolin's body has always been healthy, and he never dared to lose his honor here in Niangniang, and this dizziness today is a little weird. Not necessarily, but it doesn't hurt to pass on the Imperial Doctor to take a look. "It's bad luck to ask for a doctor in the New Year, but it's just to say to the little concubines who have no status, otherwise there will always be someone in the hospital at this time, and the masters who are ready to use it at any time.

"Could it be that she is acting in front of this palace?" The queen's eyebrows rose even higher.

"The slave didn't dare to see her." The palace people sighed, the queen's habit is to always think of people in the worst place no matter what, but in some things, she never thinks about how bad the situation will be, "Besides, she is very confused, and she may not know what is going on." ”

The queen kept a straight face for a long time before she said coldly: "No! This rule can't be passed on to the imperial doctor just because she is broken, and then wait for fifteen! If she is not blessed, it is her own business, if she really has this blessing - this palace will fulfill her, if she can really give birth to a prince for this palace, this palace will naturally reward her! ”