When Taohua got the news of the death of Mrs. Jiang and Yu, it was the day she returned to the Anjun Mansion from the palace.

It was Licorice who came to report the news, dressed in sackcloth, and his eyes were red from crying: "The prince, the princess, the old lady and the old lady have all gone to ......"

It was Yu who left first, and after Mrs. Jiang saw his wife's body, he didn't get up that night and died without a problem.

"Grandma Uncle's gone, too?" Taohua was taken aback, Old Lady Jiang only predicted her death, but did not mention the Yu family.

"Old lady...... "Licorice slurred, not knowing what to say. He was a little servant in Baicaozhai, and he couldn't enter the courtyard of the clan at will, but he vaguely heard that the old lady did not die like the old lady, but seemed to have committed suicide.

It's just that he doesn't dare to say this. Committed suicide, this is a big deal, there is such a life in the family, it is said that it should be reported to the official, but Jiang Jun finally only said that Yu died of a long illness, and decided to bury his parents on the same day. Since the master didn't mention it, of course he, as a subordinate, couldn't talk nonsense.

And he didn't see this with his own eyes, but Xue Liu, the big girl beside Yu's side, missed a plausible sentence in panic, but when he asked again, Xue Liu didn't admit that he had said it at all. Moreover, Yinliu and Xueliu are now guarding in the mourning hall, and they can't see them at all, so they can't inquire. In that case, how could he tell the princess of the county?

After thinking about it, Licorice still swallowed the words behind him: "The old lady ordered the little one before his death, and sent the medical book to the third master, and there is also a medical box for the princess of the county, and an inkstone for the young master Bai...... Speaking of which, I gave this thing to the third master's family, and the licorice was embarrassed to say it.

Old lady Jiang's medical box is almost exactly the same as Jiang Fanghui's medical box, but the words written on the corner are different, but because of the age, the handwriting is also very blurred, just like Old Lady Jiang, a person who has passed away.

Momoka opened the lid of the medical box and looked at it. Maybe it's because she cried once in the palace that day, or maybe Mrs. Jiang herself is too open-minded about life and death, when she really heard the news of Mrs. Jiang's death at this time, her heart was calm, although there was a faint pain, but it was not unbearable: "You said that Uncle Grandpa slept in the past?" ”

Yu's death surprised her, but after being surprised, she stopped caring. To her, Yu was like a stranger, or not as good as a stranger.

"Yes." Licorice lowered her head and said, "The old lady was fine last night, but who knew that she would ...... this morning"

Taohua wiped away the tears that rolled to her cheeks at some point: "What did the eldest uncle say?" "Even if Shen Shu doesn't care about things now, he knows that Jiang Jun is proud of the spring breeze now, and he wants to keep filial piety at this time, I'm afraid he will complain about Old Lady Jiang in his heart, right?

Speaking of this, Licorice also felt strange: "Old Man-Sad and ......" and it seems that it is not only for the Yu family, it seems that it is really sad for the sake of Old Lady Jiang, which is really strange.

"For Uncle Grandpa?" Momoka muttered subconsciously. This is really strange, to say that Jiang Jun is sad for the good future that is close in front of him but has to give up temporarily, it seems normal, "Prepare the carriage, I want to go to see my uncle." ”

It's not just Jiang Jun who is sad, but also Jiang Meihua in the palace, but she is mainly sad about herself.

"The old man has already handed over the Ding Wei fold, and the eldest young master is also ......" Agarwood looked at Jiang Meihua's face and said cautiously, "When the old lady is over seven or seven, the whole family plans to go back to the south......"

"Back to the south?" Jiang Meihua is like five thunderbolts. My father and brothers are all worried, and they have to go back to the south, so wouldn't they leave her alone in the capital? This year was supposed to be drafted, but because the Queen Mother died, the emperor canceled the matter, but it will definitely be selected next year. Even if her father can recover after three years, she is almost twenty-five years old at that time, and there are newcomers in the palace, where is there still room for her to compete for favor?

"It's all over, everything is over......," Jiang Meihua muttered, and sat down in her chair in a dejected manner. The Yuhui Pavilion was originally not a very big place, but now it seems to be indescribably empty, so empty that it can't even retain a trace of popularity and vitality, just like the second half of her life, a pool of stagnant water, it is difficult to make waves......

The departure of the Jiang family was originally a small wave, but now the capital is in turmoil, so this wave did not cause much repercussions, and everyone's attention was focused on the continuous raids, interrogations and killings.

The first one to be destroyed was, of course, the Yu family. However, the emperor was merciful, and it was for the sake of the late queen mother who had raised him, and only killed Yu Ge Lao and his own brothers, those clansmen who were not very close, if they were evil by relying on the power of the Yu family, they would naturally do what they should do, if they had always lived honestly, they did not rush to kill them all, but they were all driven back to Yu's original hometown, and they were not allowed to live in the capital anymore.

The rebellion and evil have all been done in this way, and the officials below are almost the same law: all those who followed Yu Ge Lao out of the circle of guards that day will be handled in this way. Therefore, although there was blood and rain in the capital for a while, it was not yet to the extent that everyone was in danger, but many people who escaped from Zhulian were grateful, and praised the emperor's mercy everywhere.

The same good things about the emperor, naturally there are those officials who did not rebel with the same cabinet elders, the fall of the party, is to give them the opportunity to be promoted, almost every day there are orders down, although it is only said that it is a temporary position, but everyone knows that this is a temporary generation, and after the party turmoil subsides, eight out of ten will sit down, the emperor is just busy with the funeral for the queen mother at this time, and he can't take care of the clear decree for the time being.

The funeral of the queen mother was extremely grand, according to the emperor, the queen mother is still the queen mother, the original match of the first emperor, and the mourning after her death is not reduced because of the rebellion of the old man, which is to preserve the face of the first emperor.

However, the greasy thing in the red and white things is the biggest, the same is that it is very good-looking on the surface, and the gap on the inside may be straw and splendid. Those people in the Internal Affairs Office are shrewd to death, the emperor is holding a funeral for the queen mother, and on the other hand, he abolish the queen as a concubine, and on the grounds that the mausoleum of the first emperor has been closed for many years and should not be disturbed, he chose another auspicious place for the queen mother to build a mausoleum. What's more, now there are shrewd officials who have asked for the emperor's biological mother to be posthumously named the queen mother.

Therefore, the funeral of the Queen Mother looks grand, but in fact, many things are perfunctory. These guys in the Internal Affairs Office who are good at figuring out their intentions have saved a lot of money for the emperor - with this money, how beautiful it is to spend it on the ceremony of canonizing the new queen.

That's right, the edict after the canonization has come down, and there is no doubt that it is the original Xiuyi Lu Ying.

As soon as this edict is issued, the concubines of the harem are going to flock to the Qiuliang Hall again - not to disturb the new queen to raise the baby, but to go to congratulate first according to the ceremony.

"Niangniang, it's time to go to the Qiuliang Palace today no matter what......" In Zhongxiu Palace, the tassel whispered to remind Yuan Shufei, who had already dressed up, but was still sitting in front of the mirror in a daze.

"Oh-" Concubine Yuan agreed casually, but she still sat still, looking in the mirror with a blank expression. She is also a Western glass mirror here, and now a middle-aged woman is clearly reflected in it, although she has applied fat powder to cover the fine lines at the corners of her eyes and the yellowing of her complexion, she can't hide the tiredness in her eyes.

"Niangniang-" Tassel said cautiously, "Although it is said that Niangniang is still a concubine, second only to the queen ......" The status has not changed, but Niangniang's whole person seems to be lifeless, which is completely different from the excitement when she fought with the abolished queen a while ago.

But then again, how can I say that Niangniang was also a strong opponent at that time, and she could be regarded as having fought against the Yu Party, even if she couldn't enter the middle palace, she couldn't be promoted, at least after Yu Zhaoyi was abolished, the eldest princess she gave birth to should also be raised by Niangniang, why did the emperor hand over the eldest princess to Wang Chongrong? makes the status of the mother in the palace particularly embarrassing.

However, this kind of thing is the emperor's final say, and the tassel is a small palace that people can't control, so they can only remind Yuan Shufei: "Niangniang, let's get up......" It has been two days since the edict came down, and Yuan Shufei was probably the only one in the palace who didn't go to the Qiuliang Palace to congratulate. Although the concubines who went were all blocked from the palace gate by the apprentice of Du Neijian, it is one thing for the queen to see it, and it is another thing for you to go or not.

Yuan Shufei only felt that she had no energy at all, and she knew that she should go, but she didn't want to get up. was sitting in a daze, and suddenly a little panicked voice from the little palace person came from the door: "Niangniang, Niangniang, someone has come to announce the edict!" ”

Edict? Tassel couldn't help but be happy in his heart: Could it be an edict for the promotion of his master? The edict has been announced, so if there is another change of position in the palace, the lady should be the first to take her turn.

However, as soon as he saw the solemn and cold look on the face of the inner servant who came to announce the edict, the tassel's heart sank - if it was a happy event for promotion, the inner servant of the edict should also be jubilant......

Sure enough, as soon as the waiter spoke, the words fell head-on like ice stubble: "The Yuan family disrespects the queen, is negligent and rude, and is demoted to Jieyu, and will move to Qinglu ......Pavilion from now on."

Reduced to Jieyu? Moving to Kiyoshikan? The tassel was completely smashed. From a concubine to Jieyu, this must be a big mistake. And the name of Qinglu Pavilion is good, but it is in the northwest corner of the palace, not far from the cold palace, but it is not far away from the emperor's residence, if there is no special reason, I am afraid that I will not see the emperor for the rest of my life. My own master, this - this is a complete fall from grace and degraded!

Concubine Yuan Shu didn't expect it to be such an edict at all, and the whole person knelt on the ground and was stunned: "Your Majesty-" It's just that I didn't go to congratulate for two days, after all, this is just an edict, and the canonization ceremony has not yet been held, strictly speaking, Lu Ying is not the queen now. What's more, the emperor said that she should raise the fetus with peace of mind, and asked Xiaoluzi to stop all the concubines outside the palace!

The chamberlain put away the edict and leaned over: "The emperor asked the slave to ask the maid, do you remember the bowl of medicine back then?" "He is not as favored by the emperor as Father-in-law Du or Father-in-law Xiaoluzi, and he knows many things, such as the bowl of medicine that the emperor said, he doesn't know what's going on. However, this did not prevent him from passing the word. Besides, don't ask too much about what the emperor didn't tell you, just be careful. Sooner or later, one day, he can also go to the emperor's side on an errand, and he can also get the emperor's trust, and he will naturally know what he should know.

Tassel watched Concubine Yuan Shu—no, it should be called Yuan Jieyu now—falling to the ground as if she had been cramped, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Niangniang-Jieyu!" "After being demoted, even the mother can't be called.

"The emperor knows, the emperor knows......" If Yuan Jieyu still had a glimmer of hope in her heart before, then now, there is nothing, and it is already polite for the emperor to only belittle her, and her fate is actually not much better than Zhao Chongyi in the cold palace......

The Queen's canonization ceremony was held at the end of June, because by that time the new Queen's fetus had already been four months old, and it was the time when the fetus was stable, and the weather was past the height of summer, and the heat was no longer unbearable.

This day is the farthest one that the emperor personally chose from the auspicious day of Qintian's supervision, of course, it is said that the rebellion involves a wide range of things, and I am afraid that it will not be able to deal with it without two or three months. However, in private, everyone talked about it, saying that the emperor was sorry for the new queen - if you choose a May, just the queen's outfit can make people faint with stuffiness.

Speaking of which, the new queen should be regarded as a stepfamily, although the queen's name is the same, but after all, it is not the original match, and the grandeur of the ceremony should be one level lower than that of the former queen. However, no one in the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs mentioned this matter, but raised the level of the ceremony on the grounds that the new queen had the eldest son of the emperor - of course, it was definitely not the cumbersome degree of the procedure that was raised, it was the emperor himself who vetoed it, and the new queen was still pregnant, how can it be good if she is tired?

In short, the canonization ceremony was very grand, not only the internal and external women came to congratulate according to the makeup, but also the officials of the previous dynasty all wore official uniforms to meet the new queen, and the whole palace was very lively. Even the royal temple also prayed for the blessing of the new queen, not only giving 18,800 new steamed buns, but also holding a free clinic in the name of the new queen, which attracted those poor people to praise the queen's benevolence.

The weather at the end of June, although it is still a little hot, but the palace banquet is placed in the imperial garden, not far in front of the liquid pool, the wind blows with water vapor and lotus fragrance, and it makes people not feel hot in the summer.

Taohua sat on the first seat of the foreign woman with a stomach.

Looking at it, you don't need to look at the previous dynasty, just look at the banquet in the harem, and you already know what it means to be a person. On the side of the inner woman, it was not only Queen Yu who disappeared, but also Concubine Yuan Shu and Zhao Chongyi, who had been separated from her, oh yes, and Yu Zhaoyi. Now sitting under the queen is the former Chongrong Wang family, who has been promoted to a virtuous concubine, and the eldest princess is still holding the eldest princess by her side, coaxing the child while accompanying the queen to laugh. In the past, she didn't say much, but now everyone found out that Concubine Wang Xian was actually a long-sleeved person who was good at dancing, Rao was so flattering to the queen, and she could still say that there were four springs, and no one would be left out in the cold.

And Jiang Meihua sits in second place as Chongyuan, although she is the only one in the position of the nine concubines now, and she can be regarded as a high position, but looking at the depressed spirit, Jiang Baolin, who is not sitting on the bottom, has a good complexion, and knows that although his position is high, his life is not satisfactory.

The little concubines below exchanged knowing glances with each other - it's no wonder, after all, their father and brothers are worried, and their mother's family has no backer, even if they still want to fight for something, they can't fight.

"This may not be, you have to have your own ability...... someone squeezed out a thin whisper from his throat, only a few people around him could hear, "Look at Prince An...... princess"

That's right, now the Anjun Mansion has been upgraded to Prince An's Mansion, and the original Prince Cheng's Mansion has been demoted to the county king because of the entanglement between Prince Cheng and the former queen Yu's family and the design to frame Princess Anjun. Princess Chengjun was even ordered to think about it behind closed doors, and she couldn't participate in today's palace banquet, so she could only bow down in her own mansion in the direction of the palace.

"I heard that the emperor doesn't plan to let her come out again...... "There are also people talking about this topic among the foreign women, after all, the most conspicuous one today is the new queen, and the other is Prince An, as long as you see these two pregnant women, you can't help but think of Princess Chengjun.

"It's good that she wasn't cured." Mrs. Jinghai said lightly, "It's all for the sake of the late King Anjun." ”

In this rebellion, Jinghaihou led the soldiers and horses of the five cities to resist the rebels. Although the combat effectiveness of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses is really not strong, it is not a great achievement, but the loyalty to the emperor is obvious. After the matter of betrayal of the party was dealt with, when the meritorious deeds were rewarded, although the Marquis of Jinghai was not promoted from Hou to Duke like the Marquis of Dingbei, the second son Cao Ming was given the shadow of a hereditary commander of the fourth grade, which was also a great grace. Cao Ming was originally good at bowing horses, and giving this shade seal was like a fish in water, if he had any credit in the future, he couldn't say that he could rise again.

Therefore, Mrs. Jinghaihou's words immediately attracted a chorus of echoes.

The Lord of Nanhua sat next to him, looking at the unfamiliar faces around him, and his heart was mixed. In previous years, there were such palace banquets, and she, as the adopted daughter of the Queen Mother, always sat at the first seat. But now, that position is where Prince An's Princess Jiang is sitting, and she has not only moved her position back, but there are no flatterers - the Queen Mother has fallen, and the Yu family has been driven out of the capital, it would be good if she was not implicated, how could she still have the scenery of the past. Fortunately, her second daughter-in-law is the eldest girl of the Jinghai Hou Mansion, and her in-laws are beautiful, so she can still bring the Jiang family to some extent.

However, if Jiang Heng married the Jiang family at the beginning...... The Lord of Nanhua County glanced at the chief, and immediately suppressed the trace of regret that had risen - she would never regret it! Cao Hui can also bring benefits to the Jiang family, even if it may not be as good as the Jiang family, she will never regret it! It's just that if Cao Hui is pregnant now, this daughter-in-law is fine anywhere, but there has been no good news, and when she sat down at this table today, she was compared to the Jiang family.

Cao Hui sat next to the lord of Nanhua, took in the look on her mother-in-law's face, and exchanged glances with Mrs. Jinghaihou. She doesn't care what the lord of Nanhua is thinking, now that the Jiang family has to rely on the Cao family, what can she do even if she is a mother-in-law? Besides, her husband is in harmony with her, and her father-in-law is also a reasonable person, and her mother-in-law's idea is careful and can't make big waves. As for the fact that she is still not pregnant-well, after Princess An gives birth, she may be able to ask her to check her pulse. No matter what the Lord of Nanhua thinks, wouldn't it be stupid to let such a miracle doctor relative not use it?

Taohua didn't listen carefully to the whispers of the people below - if you don't listen, you know what you're talking about, it was rebellion before, and now it's a reward, anyway, it's just the ups and downs of officialdom.

She was thinking about her family now. The death of Mrs. Jiang was a blow to Jiang Xi, he originally wanted to follow Mrs. Jiang's coffin back to Wuxi to observe filial piety for a few years, but Mrs. Jiang not only gave him the medical book he had written, but also asked Gan Song to send him a message, saying that he wanted to see him compile a complete "Compendium of Herbal Medicine" as soon as possible.

As a result, Jiang Xi changed his mind and decided to go out again after Tao Huasheng was born. This time I was going to Yunnan, and I was going further. Of course, Bai Guo accompanied him, and Jiang Bohua could live in Prince An's mansion again, on the one hand, he could continue to learn martial arts with his brother-in-law, and on the other hand, he could play with his little nephew.

As soon as she thought of Brother Xu, Taohua turned her head and asked Yuzhu beside her, "Where is Brother Xu?" ”

Yuzhu hurriedly said: "The prince and the eldest son of the emperor went to the middle palace to play, and Sister Mint followed, the princess can rest assured." "Mint has already been married to Chu Jun, just wait for Taohua to give birth to this child and then sit in confinement, and then get married. Shen Shu was promoted to the prince, and even the guards around him were also promoted, and the first year of junior high is now a seven-rank military attaché, and Mint is also an official's wife when he marries.

This strengthened Yuzhu's confidence even more, seeing that when Mint got married, she would be the confidant of the princess, would her future be bad? Not to mention, now the prince's mansion is not the time when the county palace was in the past, the prince is no longer a person who is suspicious, the princess is friendly with the new queen, and even the little prince, and the eldest son of the emperor are now the "brothers" that the emperor himself said, and ......

Yuzhu feels that he can wake up with a smile when he dreams at night, when he was sent to the palace to be a small palace person, how did he know that there would be today's blessings?

"Are you worried about Brother Xu?" Lu Ying heard Taohua's words above, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, there are grandma and palace people following." "Although Brother Hui is not yet the prince, according to the rules of this dynasty, as long as he is not a gentleman in the future, the position of the prince will not be able to escape, so the treatment is already similar to that of the prince.

"I'm afraid that kid is too skinny, and he will be naughty with the eldest son of the emperor......" Taohua was a little helpless. Although they are cousins, their temperaments are very different, looking at Brother Hui'er is steady and heavy, and he doesn't say much, but Brother Xu is like a monkey, eager to go to heaven and earth.

Lu Ying covered her mouth and smiled: "You don't have to worry about this. The emperor said that Brother Hui was too old and had to be led by someone to be lively. "Besides, the palace people have already reported to her, although Brother Xu is naughty, but he is not messing around indiscriminately, even the emperor has said that Jiang Xi's temperament, how can he teach a lawless demon king.

Listen to this. Brother Hui will inherit the unification in the future, and it is only when he is old that he should be older, the emperor said this, but it is just "if there is regret in his words", I don't know how much I like it.

"Niangniang, it's time to use the tocolytic...... "Cherry brought a small cup of medicinal juice, "The imperial doctor said that after eating this month, there is no need to take it again." ”

Lu Ying frowned, drank the medicine, and said to Taohua: "Sister Tao, then Imperial Doctor Gu, really refuse to stay in the Imperial Hospital?" If you don't persuade him, it's better to run in the capital than outside. ”

The emperor originally wanted Gu Cong to lead the hospital, but Gu Cong excused himself on the grounds that his medical skills were not perfect, and he volunteered to undertake the annual pox errand in various places.

Taohua smiled: "He is young, and if he wants to lead the hospital now, it will be difficult to convince the public." And what he has learned in the inner palace is not suitable, and he has little experience, so it is better to go outside to experience and experience, and in another ten or eight years, it may be used by the emperor. "Actually, Gu Cong is tired of the intrigue in the palace, but how can he say this.

Lu Ying was slightly disappointed: "That's it, that's it, it's okay, there are you horizontally and vertically." ”

Momoka smiled. In fact, she and Shen Shu had already discussed, and in a few years, their whole family planned to go to the northwest. Although the capital is good, it is not a place they like. is Lu Ying, now that she is the queen, the way everyone gets along with each other is gradually changing.

I just don't know when this little thing in my stomach will come out, whether it's a man or a woman...... Taohua touched her stomach and thought, in fact, the due date should not be far away. She and Shen Shu are looking forward to being a daughter, so that both children and daughters, husband and wife are harmonious, and life is like a ship with sails, riding the wind and waves, all the way forward......