Concubine Yuan Shu's miscarriage brought a strange atmosphere in the palace - everyone was very sad when they talked about it, as if they had a miscarriage, but as soon as they turned their heads, they would continue to smile, it was said that it was to prevent the emperor from seeing everyone's sad face and then causing sadness, you must know that too much sadness will damage the dragon body.

That's the Queen's reasoning. She generously rewarded Zhong Xiugong with some things to replenish her body, and then turned her head to prepare for the Cold Food Festival, and she had to prepare with great fanfare, in order to "relax" for the emperor.

Although smoking and cold food are prohibited during the Cold Food Festival, the food for the festival is also quite distinctive, such as cold porridge, cold noodles, green rice, etc., as well as various types of noodles to be enshrined. This time, the queen decided not only to gather in the palace on the day of the Cold Food Festival to plant willows, but also to have homemade pastries from each palace and fight dishes during the party.

Of course, there are also skillful palace people in the palace who are making noodles, snakes, rabbits and cakes, etc., which attract a lot of palace people who are not worthy of value, and some people still learn to do it, and the scene is quite lively.

This relaxed atmosphere only stopped at the outer hall, but the queen mother in the inner hall was not so happy: "Who have the king and princess of Anjun been to these days?" ”

Qingyu stood aside with his hands down, and said in a low voice: "Today I went to Huangzhuang......"

It is said that the first batch of pox vaccines has been produced in the Huangzhuang, and Princess Anjun went to check the pox vaccines.

The corners of the Queen Mother's mouth curved, outlining a sarcastic line, coupled with the deep nasolabial folds on both sides of the nose, which was indescribably gloomy: "I went to Huangzhuang today...... When you come back in a few days, I'm afraid there are more people going there, right? ”

Qingyu hung her head. A few days ago, when the pox vaccine had not yet been made, someone had already handed a post to the Anjun Palace. It's just that the princess of the county has not stopped since she returned to the capital, and later left the capital for a few days because she went to treat Governor Cui's mansion, where is there time to be a guest?

Now that Concubine Yuan Shu has had a miscarriage in the palace, the princess of the county no longer has to enter the palace to diagnose the pulse, and the prefect of Cui is also dead, so she does not need to go out of Beijing, even her mother's family, I heard that Pharmacist Jiang also went out and went to the northeast in order to compile the medicine book. So the princess of the county had a lot more time, and began to respond to the invitations of those posts, and went out frequently.

"What's going on in Fuzhou?" The Queen Mother was silent for a while, and then asked.

Qingyu was even more frightened when he answered this question: "The emperor said that this kind of thing is inevitable, General Lu is still chasing the Japanese people at sea, and promised him to make meritorious contributions." If the guard is changed, who can guarantee that this will not happen again......"

"Nonsense!" The Queen Mother said angrily, "If you say this, you don't have to punish if you lose a battle, anyway, if you change someone, you don't dare to say that you will win a hundred battles?" ”

Qingyu didn't dare to say anything, and the Queen Mother was annoyed for a moment and asked, "What did the court say?" ”

"All, they all said that they wanted to ask the Lu family about their crimes......"

This "capital" refers to the Yu party. The Queen Mother also understood in her heart, and frowned slightly: "What about others?" ”

Qingyu hesitated at this time, and said after a while: "There are also people who don't ......" For example, Zhao Shangshu, and for example, some young officials who did not come up from the path of Yu Ge Lao.

For example, some of the officials who have been visited by Princess Anjun these days. The generals, in particular, were against it. Their reason is also very good: after all, everyone is the one who leads the army to fight, and if someone sneaks attack, they will be dismissed, then everyone is in this danger. What's more, this matter is not General Lu himself slack, but the people under his command have a problem, even if General Lu is jointly and severally responsible, he will not be asked.

However, the Queen Mother didn't see it that way: "Sure enough, they are in the middle of the series!" ”

Qingyu snorted for a long time, and said in a low voice: "It is said that the pox seedlings made by the princess of the county are the best, and there will be no mistakes when they are planted......" These days, the princess of the county has done some publicity about the pox, and everyone knows that this pox is not planted by everyone, if the pox seedlings are not good, or the child is too poor, the pox can not stand it, and a very few may be infected.

Children in every family are precious, and who doesn't want to get pox safely and never be threatened by smallpox? Since it was the princess of the county who invented the method of planting pox, there is no doubt that the pox vaccine she made is the best, and it is also the safest for her to inoculate it herself.

However, there is only one person in the princess of the county, not to mention the thousands of people in the world, that is, these people in the capital, the princess of the county can't be planted if she doesn't become a thousand-armed Guanyin, naturally whoever can invite the princess of the county, whose child can let her get pox.

It's a pity that the princess of the county used to be just a doctor girl, and lived far away in Wuxi, and went to the northwest a few years after entering Beijing.

"Now that she is the princess of the county, her heart is also big." The Queen Mother took a deep breath, her expression returned to her original calm, and she said lightly.

Qingyu opened her mouth, not knowing what to say. Originally, after Concubine Yuan Shu's matter passed, she was also relieved, because the princess of the county had not diagnosed any clues, and the emperor was still only investigating the matter of Concubine Yuan Shufei being splashed with hot soup, but except for killing a few palace people, there was no progress.

Who knew that when the gourd was pressed and scooped up, the princess of the county would not stop, and the pox matter had not officially begun, and she had already used this matter to connect people and intercede for General Lu.

"She's not a quiet person." The Queen Mother half-closed her eyes, as if she was gossiping, her tone was flat, and she didn't even hear the slightest displeasure, "When I first entered the palace to diagnose Lu's tuberculosis, I could see it." "At that time, Jiang Xi had not yet been named a pharmacist, but he was just a showman, and after he was personally said by the first emperor to be a sinner who was not worthy of practicing medicine, Jiang's identity was even more pitiful.

However, with such a humble status, the Jiang family still dared to enter the palace, and even did not hesitate to overturn the diagnosis of the doctors in the Tai Hospital, pointing out that the Lu family was not tuberculosis but Mei nuclear qi. From that moment on, she should have seen that the Jiang family was not a lady who kept to herself, and she had a wild energy on her body, which was difficult to tame.

As a result, the first thing and one by one confirmed this characteristic of the Jiang family. The queen asked her to go to the treatment of malaria, but she really went, and ordered the people of the two counties to set up a shrine for her. Going to the northwest could not cure anthrax, but he made a pox to avoid smallpox. There is also the matter of Cheng Enbo - the Queen Mother still can't forget the extremely heavy Mochizuki sand in the medicine. She didn't believe it, if the Moon Sand was used less, Yu Sirui's illness would not be cured!

However, it is useless to say these things now, Jiang is almost successful now, and his identity is not as good as before, and he has begun to learn to use his medical skills to influence the court. Although this impact is still very slight, it just takes advantage of the sad mood of those generals, but after all, it has begun. If she is left alone, who knows what she will do in the future?

"But—" Qingyu said cautiously, "the princess of the county is just socializing in the back house. "Originally, it was common for the wives of each family to come and go with each other, and the county prince's mansion received all the posts handed by the female dependents, either to enjoy the flowers or to visit the spring, which was no more serious. Although everyone knows that the back house can also be related to the previous dynasty, at least on the surface, Princess Anjun did not leave anyone with any truth, and she didn't even do a single thing to diagnose the pulse, that is, she couldn't do it privately.

Qingyu knows the queen mother's temper very well. The more he said this, the more irritated he became. It's just that the princess of the county has done a very thorough job, and Qingyu can't think of any tricks to grasp. After all, at this time, if the Queen Mother acts rashly and affects the pox, I am afraid that it will cause the world to complain.

The Queen Mother's half-closed eyes suddenly opened, and she sneered: "Socializing in the back house? It's okay, the matter of the back house should naturally be solved by the back house. Passed the decree, since Governor Cui sacrificed his life for the country, his family should be cared for. On the day of the cold food, please invite Mrs. Cui and the second girl Cui to come into the palace together. ”

Qingyu was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Queen Mother, they are the time to emphasize filial piety, and it is too ...... to enter the palace" The heavy filial piety of losing a husband and father is not appropriate to go out, let alone enter the palace, it is really unlucky.

The Queen Mother said lightly: "Why is it unlucky to sacrifice your life for the country?" If they regard their mother and daughter as unlucky, how can they be worthy of the souls of the dead? ”

Qingyu just subconsciously said that sentence just now, and hurriedly said: "What Niangniang said is that it is the slave maid who has seen it, so she will go to pass the decree." ”

said that she went to deliver the decree, but in fact, she had her own palace people running errands. Qingyu only said a word, then returned to the Queen Mother's side to serve, and asked carefully: "What does the Queen Mother mean-" This is naturally not to take care of the Cui family's mother and daughter, she has to ask the Queen Mother clearly before she knows how to treat the Cui family, right?"

The Queen Mother closed her eyes again, and said slowly: "Princess Anjun has to preside over the pox matter and socialize outside, which is really hard. But after all, one person's energy is limited, and it is inevitable that things in the county king's mansion will be negligent. It's nothing else, I'm afraid she won't have time to take care of King Anjun. King Anjun is in his early twenties, and he has no children yet. Although he is not my own child, after all, he also calls me a queen mother, so I have to worry about him. ”

Qingyu instantly understood: "The Queen Mother wants to put the Cui family's daughter-"

"He already had a marriage contract with the Cui family's daughter, but the eldest daughter died violently that day, and the Cui family wanted to marry the second daughter to him, didn't he?" The Queen Mother said slowly, but she regretted it a little in her heart. At that time, the Cui family wanted to continue the marriage contract, but she was unwilling to let Shen Shu marry the daughter of a fourth-grade official, and finally chose the Jiang family, who was from a humble background.

But now, I knew that Cui Jimin died so early, and I really shouldn't have stopped it in the first place! Otherwise, how could there be any such thing as the Jiang family stirring up the wind and rain today.

"Although Governor Cui is no longer there, he is a loyal minister, and it is enough for his daughter to be a concubine of the county king." The Queen Mother sneered slightly, "If you want to come to the House of Loyal Martyrs, my daughter must have all four virtues, and I will be relieved to have her share the worries of the Jiang family." ”

Qingyu thought for a moment: "But Governor Cui ......"

The Queen Mother still closed her eyes: "Governor Cui's injuries are serious and difficult to treat, and even the envoys of the Tai Hospital are helpless." Although the method used by the princess of the county is a little unbelievable, the parents of the doctor will not hate the Cui family because the king of Anjun once had a marriage contract with the daughter of the Cui family, let alone the life of the Cui prefect. ”

Qingyu was silent. The Queen Mother's words all sound like she is excusing the princess of the county, but every word is a bit alluded.

"What's more—" The Queen Mother added lightly, "I heard that the Jiang family and the Cui family also signed a deed, even if the Cui prefect dies, there is no fault for her." After all, she is smart, and the Cui family was willing to sign this deed that day, but now it is naturally difficult to mention it again. ”

Qingyu lowered her head. The word smart is used here, but it is not a good word, it clearly means that the princess of the county has already thought of a way to get out for herself, so if she says that she has no intention of treating the Cui Governor's Mansion, it seems that it is not a nonsense.

Don't look at it, it is said that the palace is forbidden, and it is difficult to hand out a word, but that means that the palace is unwilling to let you pass on any news. With such a status as the Queen Mother, as long as she has a heart, she can spread it immediately if she says a word, and it won't be long before anyone who should know will know.

"Oh-" The Queen Mother seemed to suddenly remember something, "On the day of the cold food, let the Jiang family also enter the palace." Since it was for the king of Anjun to take a side concubine, she should also know before she went back to prepare, right? ”

The Cold Food Festival has always been a gathering of the concubines in the palace themselves, because this day is all cold food, and it is not easy to set up a banquet, so it is not to call foreign women. In this way, Cui's mother and daughter were particularly eye-catching when they were summoned to the palace, and it spread all over the capital in just half a day.

"Mother, what does the Queen Mother mean by this?" Cui Youwan is also a lot haggard these days. Although the Cui family has no relatives in the capital, because of a good reputation for donating their lives for the country, there is an endless stream of people who come to mourn.

Mrs. Cui was more haggard than her, and the loss of her husband made her eyes a little blank: "It's always a good thing......" The sky on the head fell, and the pillars of the family fell, at this time the queen mother said that Cui Jimin was a loyal minister, which was tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow, no matter what was wrapped in this charcoal, she had to take it. After all, she still has two sons and a daughter, if she can get the queen mother's blue eyes, her future will definitely be better than now.

"But my father is the first seven ......" I really shouldn't go out at this time.

"Heaven and earth are the king's teacher, and the king is before the family." Mrs. Cui raised her hand and wiped her face, and said tiredly, "The Queen Mother has a will, how can we disobey." You go to Haosheng to pick out a piece of clothing, although it is hot filial piety, it is not easy to wear too eye-catching when entering the palace, and the selection is simpler. ”

Cui Youwan nodded, and was about to go back to her room, when Cui Jing, who had gone to send the internal supervisor to deliver the decree, walked in, her brows furrowed tightly. Mrs. Cui glanced at him: "What are you doing like this, the Queen Mother also wants to take care of our family to have this will, don't show it outside." ”

Speaking of which, the Queen Mother's will is indeed not very humane. Governor Cui is the first seventh, so he asked his wife and daughter to enter the palace, at least he did not understand the sad feelings of the deceased's family. However, this is another kind of grace, the Cui family can only accept it, and they must be grateful to Dade, and they must not show the slightest dissatisfaction.

"Mother, it's not because of this-" Cui Jing is not a fool, how could he not know that the summons of the Queen Mother at this time is a good thing for the Cui family, "Fang Cai, Fang Cai's inner servant who came to deliver the decree ......"

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Cui finally sharpened, "What did he say?" ”

Cui Jing hesitated for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Cui Youwan. Mrs. Cui saw the meaning from his eyes, and her face changed slightly: "Is it a young family?" ”

This kind of thing should not have been talked about in front of Cui Youwan, but it was about her life, and the Cui family was an extraordinary period, and Cui Jing couldn't care about it much: "The chamberlain hinted that the Queen Mother wanted to be a matchmaker for Youwan." ”

"Your father—" Mrs. Cui stopped after saying half a sentence. The death of parents is a heavy filial piety, if there is a marriage, filial piety should be kept for three years before acting. However, there is also a custom that it is permissible to marry within 100 days of the funeral.

Of course, this custom is mainly practiced among the people, and in some places it is called marrying a desolate relative, which carries a little contempt. As for the high-ranking families, of course, there are very few such things that take advantage of filial piety to get married.

Now that the Queen Mother wants to be a matchmaker, it will definitely not be for Cui Youwan to wait for another three years, after all, she is also fifteen. In this way, most of them are filial piety, but those who are willing to marry deserted relatives are afraid that the family will not be very high.

Mrs. Cui's heart was desolate. As soon as her husband died, her son had no official position, and the Cui family had actually become an ordinary family, where could she find fault with any family?

Cui Youwan's face was also pale. It's already a tragedy that she can't marry the person she wants, so should she marry someone casually now? However, with the current situation of the Cui family, as long as the Queen Mother speaks, how can they refuse? No, even when his father was still there, the Queen Mother was the matchmaker, and the Cui family only had the share of sincere fear.

"That person, did you say-" At this time, I can't care about the rule that the daughter in the boudoir doesn't say anything about her family, "The queen mother ...... what kind of family she wants to marry."

Cui Jing's face became even more ugly: "I seem to be listening, I want my sister to be ...... sideways"

"To be a concubine?" Mrs. Cui stood up with a sigh, "This, how can this be done!" "The daughter of a dignified fourth-class member goes to be a concubine? Even if Governor Cui died, wouldn't he say that he sacrificed his life for the country? How can he despise his daughter like this?

Cui Youwan was startled at first, but then she heard a clue: "Big brother, what did you just say - for the side?" ”

The side and side rooms are actually a euphemism for concubines. However, there are rules nowadays, ordinary concubines are called concubines, and those who can be called side rooms are first accepted by the daughters of regular families, and secondly, after entering the door, they are different from ordinary concubines and have a higher status. Now that the chamberlain said that he wanted her to be a "side", did this mean to make her a concubine better, or did it mean something else?

Cui Jing's face was still not good: "Listen to the meaning of the waiter-maybe it's a side concubine." ”

Cui Youwan's heart shrank suddenly, and then she jumped wildly.

Side Concubine! This is a side chamber that can only be erected by those who are crowned kings of this dynasty. Now in the capital, apart from Shen Shu, the king of the county, who else can set up a side concubine?

Mrs. Cui was also stunned. Just heard that her daughter was going to be a concubine, her heart sank to the bottom of the eighteenth layer of hell, and now she heard that it was a side concubine, and she actually had a feeling of escaping, and she almost cried with joy. Of course, the side concubine is also a concubine, if the husband is still there, he would never want his daughter to be a concubine, but now-think about it, it seems that this is actually an excellent future?

"But where is King Anjun?" The first thing that came to Mrs. Cui's mind was Shen Shu.

Cui Jing didn't think so: "There is still a Prince Cheng in the capital. "If the Queen Mother wants Cui Youwan to marry Shen Shu, why didn't the Queen Mother agree when the Cui family wanted to replace the eldest daughter with the second daughter?

Cui Youwan's heart suddenly tightened again. No, there is still a second prince in the capital, but because he is closed all year round, no one wants to get him for a while. However, I heard that Prince Cheng is not in good health and already has a son-in-law, if she marries into Prince Cheng's mansion, what will she live?

Mrs. Choi also thought of this at the same time. If you marry Shen Shu, at least people have seen it, and it can be said that she is tall and heroic, and there is only one concubine in the house so far. Prince Kecheng is a sick man, and I heard that there are many people in the back house......

The so-called husband dies from the son, as soon as the prefect of Cui died, Mrs. Cui regarded the eldest son as a reliance, if it was usual, these words would never be said, but at this moment she couldn't help but pour it out: "If your sister marries into the prince's mansion, I am only afraid of being sad this day......"

Cui Jing looked at his mother, and he didn't know what to say for a while, and then said, "Is it possible that my mother is willing to marry to the Anjun Palace?" "Just now he thought that Mrs. Cui was unwilling, but he blurted out that King Anjun was willing to marry his sister?

Mrs. Cui was also stunned for a moment, and then said: "The Queen Mother is a matchmaker, how can we be reluctant?" ”

Cui Jing's face was swollen and red: "I'll go and ask the emperor!" Since my father sacrificed his life for the country, I desperately begged the emperor for a favor to let my sister marry herself, and the emperor always returned-"

"Don't!" Cui Youwan cried out in a lost voice, and said stubbornly under Cui Jing's gaze, "If my brother goes to say it, even if the emperor agrees, it will offend the queen mother, what can I do in the future?" "She shouldn't marry herself! Now that she is fifteen years old, her brothers have no future, if she marries herself at this time, what kind of family can she marry? Now that the Queen Mother said that she would make her a side concubine, maybe she would be able to marry Shen Shu?

Cui Jing frowned and said, "Even if you offend, you can't be allowed to be a concubine." ”

"I-" Cui Youwan turned her heart sideways, "My family has raised me for all these years, and now I can use me, how can I refuse!" Brother don't worry, I'm willing to be this side concubine! If so, if God has no eyes, the Queen Mother really wants to marry me to the Prince's Mansion, and it's just my life. ”

Cui Jing was enthusiastic at the beginning, but he gradually felt that something was wrong later: "Then, if it is the Anjun Palace, is it ......?"

Cui Youwan turned her head and said in a low voice: "It's better than Prince Cheng's Mansion." ”

"My poor daughter-" Mrs. Cui hugged Cui Youwan and burst into tears, "I knew this was the case, if this family affair had been done in the first place, why would you suffer such a grievance today......

Cui Jing was upset by Mrs. Cui's tears: "Mother, but a few days ago-" A few days ago, they were still suspecting that Princess Anjun had killed her father, and now she was going to marry to the Anjun Palace, and her sister would live under Princess Anjun in the future!

Cui Youwan raised her head and pursed her lips: "If the Queen Mother pointed me over, she wouldn't dare to do anything." At this time, she suddenly blessed her soul, why couldn't the Queen Mother let her marry into the Anjun Palace? The father sacrificed his life for the country, but let his daughter go to the concubine as his side, this is always a thing that will be criticized. Why did the Queen Mother risk everyone's discussion to do such a thing, it must have a plan.

So, what exactly is the Queen Mother planning? If she is not mistaken, the Queen Mother should not like the Jiang family, let alone the Jiang family's current limelight......