"The implementation of the method of pox in the northwest?" After the winter, the Queen Mother always felt that she was not very comfortable in her body, and summoned the imperial doctor to come and see, but she couldn't say why, so she kept dragging it half-lazy and lazy. Even if it was about to be the New Year, it didn't make her cheer up, but when she heard the news today, she immediately raised her strength.

It was Yu Sirui who came to the palace. In the past half a year, almost all the people in the hospital have been in Chengenbo Mansion, and even the envoys often run there while serving the emperor, empress and queen mother, racking their brains to recuperate for him. Now he was more or less comfortable moving, but he had gained a lot of weight, and he looked like he was a little swollen. As for that aspect - I heard that many concubines who have no name in Chengenbo Mansion have been sent away, and I think everyone understands.

"yes." Yu Siyan is also a little empty when he speaks now, and he is no longer the same as before. Ever since he gained weight, he didn't like to move, and he didn't even want to ride a horse. The more he doesn't like to move, the fatter he gets, the more fat he gets, the less he likes to move, and so on, his current size is more than a circle wider than before, and he is a big lump when he collapses in the chair, "It is said that he has a pox, and he will never have smallpox again in the future." ”

"Is this true?" The Queen Mother asked suspiciously.

Yu Siyan said lazily: "I heard that the two youngest sons of the Dingbei Hou Mansion have been infected with pox, and then the Dingbei Hou sent them to eat and live with the smallpox patients, and they returned five days later, safe and sound. "Is that true?

The Queen Mother was stunned: "The Yin family dares to be so ......" This courage is not something that everyone has.

"Anyway, now, I heard that the whole Northwest is going to get pox. The king and princess of Anjun took people to Duzhou City first, and people from other places rushed to Duzhou City. If it weren't for the Dingbei Hou Mansion to ensure that there would be pox everywhere, and the people were not allowed to walk around, I was afraid that Duzhou City would not be able to squeeze at this time. ”

When Yu Sirui talked about Taohualai, his feelings were quite complicated. If it weren't for Taohua, he would probably still be lying in bed now, but if Taohua came to recuperate for him, maybe he would have recovered better. However, now he is like a skin filled with water, and he has to pant for breath after walking a few steps, but Taohua is vigorously in the northwest to do something big, and compared with the two, this relationship is even more complicated.

"Nonsense, nonsense!" The Queen Mother said it twice, but there was no follow-up. How to mess around? The Dingbei Hou Mansion used his two youngest sons to prove that the pox was effective, and then it was going to be implemented, which was a matter of benefiting the country and the people, and no matter how much it was done, it couldn't be messed around.

"How can they make their own decisions?" The Queen Mother choked for a while, and finally found out the reason, "The northwest is an important place, so it makes people panic, what if the northern barbarians come to attack?" ”

Yu Sirui said half-deadly: "I heard that the song fold has been handed into Beijing yesterday. After the emperor saw it, Long Yan was happy, and said that the princess of the county was really a miracle doctor, and he would add the Jiang family. ”

The queen listened half-heartedly next to her, and she was not happy when she got here: "Although the Jiang family's surname is Jiang, she is already a married daughter, so she has merit, how can the Jiang family share it?" "If you get married, you are a member of someone else's family, how can you make a contribution to your mother's family?

Yu Sirui glanced at her: "Niangniang, if you don't seal the Jiang family, will you be the king of Anjun?" ”

The queen choked and stopped talking. She has been living a good life recently, and she is planning to celebrate the New Year happily, but she didn't expect the northwest to come out like this again, which is really a blockage. I really didn't want to hear the news of the Jiang family's meritorious service, so I simply stood up and said: "Cheng Enbo will talk to his mother and eat in the palace." There are a lot of things to do in the new year, and I still have some palace affairs to deal with, so I will go back first. ”

Yu Sirui is almost like a eunuch now, even if he stays in the palace, it is estimated that the imperial historians will turn a blind eye, let alone have a meal. He casually nodded to the queen, but still sat on the chair and couldn't get up.

When the Queen Mother saw him like this, she was distressed and angry, and said, "I heard that the imperial doctor said that your body is better, but you don't like to move?" This can't be done, the way of health preservation still has to be kept, and it's good to take a few people out to run a horse when you have nothing to do. ”

Yu Sirui didn't want to go out of Chengenbo Mansion at all now. What are you going out for? Do you look at the kind of eunuch-like look that others cast at him? However, he also knew that only the Queen Mother really cared about him now, so he said casually: "What my aunt said is true." It's cold these days, and when spring begins, I'll go out for a walk. ”

The Queen Mother sighed and said, "In my opinion, you should also be careful about the succession." It doesn't matter what the child's background is, as long as he has a good temperament - he can be familiar with a younger one. ”

Yu Sirui waved his hand impatiently: "Let's see." Even though he knew that the Queen Mother was concerned about him, he was still uncomfortable when he heard this topic, as if telling him: You can't do it, hurry up and pass the step, otherwise you won't even have incense when you die!

The Queen Mother also knew that he didn't like to hear it, but she had to say it: "My aunt is also old, how many years can she take care of you?" Take advantage of this time to hold a small one, pick an honest one from your concubines, and your aunt will give you a few palace people to help take care of it, and it is also your reliance to raise it, and your aunt may be able to help him with a future. If it drags on for a few more years, my aunt will not be able to care about anything as soon as she closes her eyes. ”

This was said with some emotion, and Yu Sirui couldn't help but soften: "How can my aunt say such a thing." My aunt is in good health, and she will definitely live a long life. ”

The Queen Mother sighed: "Where are the people who live a long life? This year, my health has become worse and worse, and the imperial doctor only prescribes some squares, and hangs me from death or alive. If you don't have an incense, your aunt won't have the face to see your father when she goes underground! ”

Yu Sirui lowered his head and said for a while: "I thought that if I was older, I could also see my temperament. Although the young ones are easy to raise, they don't know how to do it. "If he bothered to raise him and went back to find his biological parents, wouldn't he be in vain?

At this time, as long as he is willing to ponder this matter, the Queen Mother will be fine: "It's all up to you." Which one you fancy just tell your aunt! ”

Yu Sirui smiled bitterly: "I originally fell in love with the one in the sixth room, but who knew that he was dead again." ”

The Queen Mother thought for a while before remembering who he was talking about: "You mean that...... Don't mention it. "Isn't that the one named Yu Ling? I seem to have seen it when I was hunting in Xiyuan. That's a willing person, but it's a pity that he got involved in that incident, and he didn't know the severity, so he had to keep it.

The aunt and nephew talked about the topic of succession for a while, but they both felt unhappy and simply didn't mention it. The queen mother ordered the rice to be passed, and the palace people were distributing vegetables on the table like flowing water, and a small palace person quickly came in and whispered a few words to Qingyu, and Qingyu's complexion changed slightly. When the Queen Mother saw it, she said, "What's the matter again?" ”

Qingyu's lips moved, and she paused before she could speak: "Niangniang, Concubine Yuan Shu has diagnosed a happy pulse." ”

The Queen Mother's face changed slightly: "Concubine Yuan Shu? Does the queen know? ”

The New Year is coming soon, and the palace people can use some brightly colored ornaments these days, and they must always smile on their faces, in order to ask for a good fortune. Qingyu has been in the palace for all these years, so she naturally knows this rule, but she really can't laugh at this moment: "The imperial doctor who went to ask for peace has already reported it, and the queen mother already knows it." ”

The Queen Mother pressed her temples with a headache: "You go and get a pair of wishful gifts to Concubine Yuan Shu, and then go to the queen and tell the queen that this year is another double happiness, but you have to do it well." How many months? ”

Qingyu bowed her head and said, "It's been almost two months." ”

If the concubine is pregnant, she should first report to the middle palace, and the middle palace will inform the emperor. Because everyone knows that the queen is jealous, if she is pregnant, she will do everything possible to hide the news, such as the last time Zhao Chongyi was pregnant, it was announced after three months, in order to ensure that the fetus was already stable, and it would be more difficult for someone to use any means.

But Concubine Yuan Shu's birth was less than two months old, and she was almost diagnosed as pregnant and reported it immediately, which is not quite in line with the habits of the concubines, could it be that she didn't know that she was pregnant, so she was suddenly diagnosed by the doctor, and she didn't have time to find a way to delay?

"The tire gas is not stable yet." The Queen Mother said lightly, "Just say it's my words, let her rest well, you don't have to go to the Middle Palace to ask me for peace these days, even the palace banquet during the New Year doesn't have to come." ”

Qingyu lowered her head and listened to them one by one, and after the Queen Mother's orders, she went to the Queen Mother's private treasury, took a pair of auspicious and auspicious jasper Ruyi, personally sent them to Zhongxiu Palace, and relayed the Queen Mother's words word for word, and then received the purse of Yuan Shufei's reward and went to Fengyi Palace.

The queen was sitting in the hall, and there was a small palace man kneeling in the courtyard outside, crackling in her palm. Qingyu had just entered the palace gate, and she saw that the little palace maid's cheeks were purple and swollen, the corners of her mouth were cracked, and blood dripped down her chin onto the pale cyan placket, staining dark stains.

Qingyu couldn't help frowning, and asked the palace man who was being imprisoned next to him, "What's wrong?" Under the New Year, even if there is a mistake, it should be left for punishment after the New Year. "It's going to be the New Year, everyone has to please the lip service, if there is a small mistake, let it go, how did you get to the middle palace here and fight bloody.

In the end, it was the big palace maid next to the queen mother, and the palace maid of Fengyi Palace also wanted to give three points, so she hurriedly walked over and whispered: "What else does my sister not know, our mother is unhappy......

Qingyu of course knew why the queen was unhappy, and sighed and said, "On such a day, you should also persuade some mothers." Even so, he knew that the queen was not a person to listen to persuasion, so he moved into the palace.

The queen sat on it with a dark face, and when she saw Qingyu, she only pulled the corners of her mouth: "But what does the queen mother command?" ”

Qingyu saluted and said the words of the Queen Mother, only to see that the queen's face was even darker, so she said tactfully: "Niangniang, the Queen Mother said that it is double happiness." "Last year, Zhao Chongyi came to the door with a double happiness, but she was born a freak, and this year Yuan Shufei also came with a double happiness, if something happens again, it will be too ugly.

The queen knew very well what the queen mother meant by rewarding her wishes and letting Concubine Yuan Shu raise a baby, but how could she bear it? Concubine Yuan Shu is the highest-ranking concubine in the palace today, and she has been unshakable for many years, although her family is a little worse, but if she gives birth to her eldest son, her identity will be different, and she wants to take this child to the middle palace to raise, but I am afraid that it will not work.

"Niangniang, if there is anything, I will wait until the New Year." Qingyu saw that the queen's face was really ugly, so she had to say again: "There is an auspicious picture in the palace in the new year, and there is such a happy event, the mother should also be happy...... "Don't scold the little palace maid in the palace as soon as you hear that Concubine Yuan Shu is pregnant, isn't this clearly so that everyone sees her and doesn't want to see Concubine Yuan Shu."

Queen Tie Qing glanced at the palace people waiting next to her, and the palace people understood, and hurriedly went out to stop the little palace maid's palm, and sent the person to the lower room to apply the medicine. Here, the queen held back everyone in her anger, and then asked Qingyu: "What did the queen mother say?" ”

Qingyu had already relayed the Queen Mother's words just now, and the queen was still asking like this at this time, in fact, she was asking the Queen Mother what she planned to do with Yuan Shufei's baby. Qingyu understood in her heart, but the queen mother's meaning was also very clear, she was really in a dilemma when she was caught in the middle, and after thinking about it, she said: "The queen mother only said that she wanted the concubine to take care of her life." ”

The queen's face changed suddenly. Good health maintenance, that is, let her give birth? It's not going to happen!

"Niangniang-" The palace people of Fengyi Hall came in like shrunken quails, and they stopped talking.

The queen was annoyed, and glared at her: "If you have anything to say, just say it." What kind of system is it! ”

The palace people seem to want to shrink themselves into a small group, and it is best that the queen can't even see her: "The emperor heard that Concubine Yuan Shu was pregnant, and he rewarded a lot of things to go down...... "Now it is being carried to Zhongxiu Palace like flowing water."

There's no way to get through this year. The queen grabbed the tea cup in her hand, and when she was about to fall out, she barely suppressed it, gritted her teeth for a long time and said: "Compared with the things given by the emperor, it is halved, and the palace will reward her!" ”

Qingyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, she can also figure out a little bit of the queen mother's meaning: don't look at Concubine Yuan Shu's high position, but her mother's family can't do it, even if she gives birth to a prince, there is no powerful maternal family behind her, and it is even more difficult to succeed to the throne. In contrast, the Zhao family behind Zhao Chongyi is powerful, so the Queen Mother can't let her give birth to the emperor's eldest son. The queen may not know this truth, but Concubine Yuan Shu has been favored for many years, and this jealousy has always been uneasy. Now if the queen can think clearly, it will naturally be the best.

The palace people were ordered to go to the treasury of the middle palace to pick up things, and the queen stared at her back and exhaled fiercely, before turning her head to Qingyu and saying, "You go back to serve the queen mother." also asked the queen mother, did she give Zhong Xiugong according to Zhao Chongyi's share of the original? ”

Qingyu was stared at by the queen's eyes, and her back was a little cold. Only then did she realize that her breath was relaxed too early just now, and the queen didn't think it through, but just barely tolerated Concubine Yuan Shu, waiting for the opportunity to start.

However, she is a palace person, although she is serving the queen mother, she is not qualified to say too much in front of the queen, Qingyu had to bow her head and agree, and go back to Shouxian Palace.

There was such a thing, and it was said that the palace was jubilant, but in fact, there were few people who were really happy. Of course, Yu Sirui understood that he would not have to stay at this time, and he would have already quit the palace and left the palace. Qingyu said the queen's question to the queen mother word for word: "Slave maid, the queen's eyes are a little ......."

The Queen Mother sighed: "It's really a sin, there are so many concubines in the palace, why do you have the Yuan family." "If there are other concubines, even if it is Wang Chongyuan, the queen will not be so eager.

"I just gave birth to a freak this year, and if I do it again next year, it will be too much to say." The Queen Mother said as if talking to herself, "Yuan's birth is actually not good, the queen is just lost and can't see clearly." ”

Qingyu said in a low voice: "Actually...... It's no wonder that the queen is in a hurry, and the slave maid just heard that the emperor rewarded a lot of things and went to Zhongxiu Palace. If the emperor wants to promote the Yuan family......"

The Queen Mother sneered: "Then there must be someone in the Yuan family who can be promoted." It's just a mediocre family. "Twine strings of tofu, if you can't lift it, you can't lift it.

"Then the queen's mother...... "How do you reply?"

"Tell her that Yuan's is nothing."

Qingyu was a little worried, can the queen listen to this?

In fact, it is not only Qingyu who is worried, but not even the queen, and in Zhongxiu Palace, there is no such joyful and ecstatic atmosphere at this moment.

"Niangniang, the emperor has rewarded a lot of things. The mother looked at the pair and shook their steps, the slave maid had never seen the golden pearl. Zhong Xiugong's big palace maid tassel was holding a flat box, carefully trying to make the master happy.

Concubine Yuan Shu's dignified goose egg face has lost some weight these days, and when she heard this, she just glanced listlessly at the delicate wisps of golden hibiscus, shook her head and the pearls shining with precious light, and said lightly: "Put it aside." ”

The tassel was so worried: "Niangniang, wear it during the New Year." "If the emperor rewards something, you have to quickly find a chance to wear it out, and let the emperor know that he didn't reward you in vain. At this time, it looks like the New Year's Day, so it is naturally the best to wear it during the New Year.

Concubine Yuan Shufei smiled bitterly: "Didn't you hear Qingyu just now, the Queen Mother asked me to take care of it, and I don't have to go to the palace banquet." ”

The tassel sighed: "Niangniang, although the Queen Mother said so, but on Chinese New Year's Eve, Niangniang still has to go." "There are many palace banquets under the festival, and other Yuan Shu concubines can not participate, but on Chinese New Year's Eve, the palace concubines gather, which is regarded as a family banquet for the emperor, unless they are too sick to get up, otherwise they can't go away." and the days when she routinely asked the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother for peace, did Concubine Yuan Shu really dare not go with such a big face?

Concubine Yuan Shufei smiled even more bitterly: "Did the emperor say when he would come?" "Don't people come just to reward things?

Tassel cheered up and smiled: "Du's father-in-law said that the emperor will come to see Niangniang in the evening, and I think it's almost time here, so the slave and maid will go to the imperial dining room to order a few dishes, right?" ”

"It's fine." Concubine Yuan Shufei finally had a little spirit, "The emperor likes pots, you ask the imperial dining room to prepare one, don't want any venison and roe meat, the emperor doesn't like those." If you want mutton, it must be a sheep from the northwest, and you are not allowed to fool with the ones raised in the capital! In addition, I want more frozen tofu, and then some duck blood, the emperor likes that. ”

Duck blood pork belly is not a big thing to eat in the palace, and I think this thing is cheap. So at this time, Concubine Yuan Shu said that the emperor likes to eat duck blood, and the tassel was also stunned for a moment, before saying: "The slave knows." ”

Each palace concubine has a rule, and there will be no shortage of things, but if you want to add something extra, you have to ask someone to go to the imperial dining room to order it yourself. Of course, there are differences here: some unfavored concubines may not be able to get even if they take the silver, and some are particularly favored, as long as they say a word, they will rush to send it to the imperial dining room. Concubine Yuan Shu's situation is quite embarrassing, she has the emperor's favor, but she doesn't have any real power to match it - for example, she has nothing to do with palace affairs, and the queen mother and queen obviously don't want to see her, so if she wants something now, she really has to let the tassel run in person.

Zhongxiu Palace is not close to the dining room, and the tassel brought a little palace maid over, and I couldn't help but ponder along the way - the emperor's hobby in food, probably few people in the palace know, so it seems that Yuan Shufei is really the one who has served the emperor for a long time, and she knows it clearly.

The tassel came to serve Concubine Yuan Shufei's palace after the emperor ascended the throne, and the maid brought by Concubine Yuan Shu back then is said to have died of a sudden illness, so although she is now the most proud person in Zhongxiu Palace, she still doesn't know much about Concubine Yuan Shufei's master, and it always seems to be separated by something.

For example, if she is pregnant this time, she doesn't look happy when she looks at Concubine Yuan. Of course, she had two pregnancies before and had a miscarriage, maybe she was worried, but no matter what, she is thirty years old this year, how happy is it to be able to get pregnant again, why is there no joy at all?

Tassel went to the imperial dining room with a heart, but this time the attitude of the imperial dining room was a little different from the past, listened to what she said, immediately agreed with a smile on her face, and specially pointed to a cook to prepare, even the tassel gave the purse refused to accept, and forced her to stuff a lotus crisp just out of the pot.

Not long after the tassel returned to Zhongxiu Palace, the food in the dining room was delivered, and sure enough, an extra pot was added, and the hot white soup was boiling, and it was a good chicken soup when it smelled. The thinly sliced mutton on the plate next to it has no fishy smell, and it is indeed the Northwest sheep. In addition, there are white jade-like frozen tofu and agate-like duck blood tablets, plus a few kinds of green vegetables that are rare in winter, which are piled up on the green oil, which makes people have an appetite at a glance.

Tassel instructed the people of the palace to put all the food on the table, and then heard the soft whistle and high five outside—the emperor was coming.

Concubine Yuan Shu had already changed into a water-red palace dress, her black hair was loosely pulled up, and she only took a hairpin from the pair of gold-inlaid pearls. There was no other jewelry, and as soon as the emperor came in, he saw the bead shining in the candlelight, and said with a slight smile: "This is a tribute from the South China Sea, do you still like it?" ”

The tassel looked at Concubine Yuan Shuying's bow, although she was thirty years old, her waist was like a fine willow for ten years, and she was particularly cute when she folded it down: "The concubine likes it very much, thank the emperor for rewarding." ”

"Get up." The emperor waved his hand, "If you give birth to a prince for me, what do you want?" ”

This is obviously a good word, but the tassel found that Yuan Shufei was shaking her body to stand up, and even the white jade bead on her head was very obviously dangling, which was a bit of a gaffe. She hurriedly went over and hugged Concubine Yuan Shu, and said in a low voice, "Niangniang, are you dizzy again?" ”

Of course, Yuan Shufei did not have dizziness, but pregnant women will always have such and such problems, and dizziness is a good cover for the gaffe just now. Concubine Yuan Shu didn't answer this, but only said to the emperor: "It's cold, the concubine let the dining room put a pot, and the emperor uses a little?" ”

"Okay." The emperor stretched out his hand and took Concubine Yuan Shu's hand, and said with a smile, "I was thinking that it was cold, and the pot was hotter, so you called the pot, which can be seen to be considerate-"

The last few words disappeared into thin air, and the Emperor's footsteps suddenly stopped. Tassel boldly looked up, only to see the emperor staring directly at the table—to be exact, staring at the plate of duck blood on the table, that kind of look made Tassel indescribable for a while.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became strange, but the emperor quickly withdrew his gaze, glanced at Yuan Shufei's face, and smiled lightly: "You are really considerate......