A full moon feast was tepid. The queen had the intention to do a lot of things, but the emperor didn't bring Prince Cheng and Shen Shu over in a hurry to show his face until the banquet in the harem was about to end. And he hasn't seen the little prince yet, because the little guy fell asleep after being fed, and was carried back to the Qiuliang Palace by Lu Ying, and he didn't know when his father would come.

Shen Shu came over, Taohua had no intention of staying for a long time, and was about to wait for the emperor to say a few words before retiring, so he heard Yu Zhaorong say: "Your Majesty, I heard that the children of all families in the capital are going to finish planting pox?" ”

The emperor didn't seem to be very satisfied with the full moon banquet being so big, the queen pulled him to tell him how cute the little prince was, and he also listened impatiently, and at this moment he heard Yu Zhaorong mention the matter of pox, and he was in the middle of it, so he said: "Exactly." Although there are a large number of people, it is rare for the pox planting department to be done in an orderly manner. ”

When the queen heard this, she immediately felt uncomfortable. The pox place, that is the Jiang family's leader, and it is her uncle who is doing the next thing, isn't praising the pox place equivalent to praising the Jiang family?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but glance at Yu Zhaorong - what kind of pox is there to mention, isn't this hooking the emperor and thinking of the Jiang family?

Yu Zhaorong pulled the eldest princess over and hugged her in her arms, with a hint of grief between her eyebrows: "The folk children have all been seeded with pox, but the eldest princess ......"

Taohua raised her eyebrows and glanced at Yu Zhaorong. What kind of demon moth is this, didn't you say that the eldest princess can grow pox after a few years of recuperation? Yu Zhaorong didn't say anything at the time, why did he suddenly mention it again today.

The emperor obviously thought the same way: "Didn't you say that you can get pox in a few years?" ”

Yu Zhaorong hugged the eldest princess with a sad expression: "But the concubine is afraid...... It's so easy to have this pox seedling, why can't the eldest princess plant it? The concubine has a thin life, but the eldest princess is the emperor's daughter, how can she ......"

Where is this? Taohua heard it in a fog, and it took a long time to come up with something meaning-Yu Zhaorong Mo was not suspicious, she deliberately did not give the eldest princess pox, just because the eldest princess was a girl of the Yu family?

The emperor was naturally much more sensitive than Taohua, especially very familiar with this kind of saying, and immediately frowned: "I didn't give her pox because she was weak, and she was afraid that she would get sick if she got pox." Didn't I tell you all this truth that day? Why today—"

The emperor didn't say the second half of the sentence, but no one in the hall could hear it, which was to blame Zhaorong for thinking nonsense.

All the women in the hall were silent, hoping that they didn't hear it. Old Madam Yu Ge's face was slightly red, and she secretly blamed Yu Zhaorong for speaking on any occasion, and she invited the emperor to blame her, and let her be embarrassed in front of everyone.

The emperor glared at Yu Zhaorong, smiled at the eldest princess, and beckoned, "Come to my father." ”

The eldest princess is not a stranger to the emperor, after all, the emperor has to go to see her every few days, but she was a little uncomfortable by Yu Zhaorong, and when she saw the emperor beckoning, she took small steps and trotted to the emperor's side. The emperor touched her thin hair, sighed a little in his heart, took her little hand and asked a few words about living and eating. The eldest princess replied a few words, and some couldn't answer, but her nurse and the personal palace people answered next to her, and the atmosphere in the palace was quite warm for a while.

Yu Zhaorong didn't expect that she just said a few words, and she attracted the emperor's reprimand, and hurriedly cleaned up the grievances on her face, and looked at the eldest princess with a motherly appearance.

Prince Cheng on the side couldn't help but shrink back, thinking about it but unwilling, in the end she still mustered up the courage to speak: "Although you can't get pox, there will always be a specific way, take precautions against this smallpox, right?" ”

In fact, when she talked to Yu Zhaorong just now, she was not hinting at Yu Zhaorong's meaning at all, it was completely Yu Zhaorong's own thoughts. Her two sons were weak, and she knew that. began to pester Taohua, because she didn't know the danger of pox, and then Taohua repeatedly stated that she didn't dare to risk her son's life, so she had to give up.

However, despite this, Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng were always a little unwilling in her heart. It's not a pox, but isn't there any other way? Jiang Shi couldn't even think of a way to take pox seedlings from sick cows, so he couldn't think of any other ideas?

Princess Cheng didn't suspect that Taohua deliberately didn't give her son pox, but she felt that Taohua didn't do her best to think about it, to be precise, she felt that Taohua didn't do her best for her two sons.

If Prince Cheng said this in front of Taohua's eyes, Taohua was afraid that she would die of laughter, but in Princess Cheng's mind, these two sons were her treasures, and whatever was good should be held in front of them, if not, she would always try her best to get it. She is like this, and everyone else should be like this.

Of course, Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng are not arrogant enough to think that Taohua will listen to her words, at least they are also princesses of the county. Therefore, she only picked up Yu Zhaorong to speak today, and deliberately mentioned this kind of pox, originally wanting to use the eldest princess to force Taohua, at least find a way to come out, and first prevent this smallpox for her son.

It must be known that the children in the capital are not afraid of smallpox in the future, and the court will no longer care about this smallpox, but her son has not yet avoided pox.

Who knew that Yu Zhaorong's brain, when he thought about it, he actually thought of it, and he was scolded by the emperor in plain terms, but he didn't get to the point. Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng were a little afraid when they saw that the emperor was displeased, after all, Prince Cheng's mansion had been used to living behind closed doors all these years, and she didn't dare to disobey the emperor. However, thinking of her two sons, she finally opened her mouth, after all, she missed today, and she had to go back to the prince's mansion, how could there be so many people listening to it, and it was impossible to mention this topic through the eldest princess.

These words are exactly in Zhaorong's arms. In the past, there was a child of the eldest princess in the palace, and both the emperor and the queen mother were tightly protected, and she was not afraid of anything. But now that the emperor has a son, daughters are naturally not so rare, what if someone sees that the emperor is no longer concerned and seizes the opportunity to harm her daughter? Naturally, if you can have one more layer of prevention, you can have one more layer.

"What Prince Cheng said is true. The princess of the county has outstanding medical skills, there is always a way, right? ”

Taohua owes her body: "There is really no way to do this, only to let the eldest princess recuperate, exercise appropriately according to my method, slowly raise the body, and in a few years it will be once and for all if you can get pox." There is no other way. ”

Prince Cheng couldn't help but say, "Then the princess of the county also gives me a way to recuperate?" "It turned out that it was really given to the eldest princess to recuperate, but why didn't she give it to her son?

Taohua frowned: "The method of recuperation varies from person to person, the two little sons are different from the eldest princess, they really can't use the same method, so it is advisable to recuperate according to the previous method." "Speaking of which, the imperial doctor who served in Prince Cheng's Mansion is also a good skill, and he can raise two congenitally deficient children to such a big age, and he may not be able to do it if he changes to someone else.

Princess Cheng only felt disappointed. According to the previous prescription, that is, nothing has changed, so won't her son never be able to get pox?

"When will I get pox?"

Taohua really had a headache, so she could only say vaguely: "Let's take a look in a few years." In front of so many people, she couldn't just say that the two sons of the prince's mansion were so weak that they could never get pox.

"But-" Prince Cheng was really unwilling, "is there no other way?" ”

"I have limited medical skills, so I really have no other way. Or, ask another doctor to diagnose the pulse and prescribe a prescription? ”

Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng stopped talking. Other Imperial Doctors? She has already invited the imperial doctor in the capital, if there is a way, there is a way to do it a long time ago, do you still need to wait for today?

When the emperor saw the look on Prince Cheng's face, he waved his hand and said, "It's not too early, the two children are in the mansion, you should go back and take a look as soon as possible." ”

The emperor spoke, not only Prince Cheng and his wife, but also the foreign wives in the palace also got up together, and before they could leave the hall, they heard the emperor say to Concubine Yuan Shu: "I heard that you are a little unwell these days, and it just so happens that Princess Anjun is here, take a look for you." ”

The wives outside the hall all exchanged glances. This is the full moon banquet of the little prince, the emperor came so late, he didn't ask the little prince and Lu Jieyu at all, but he was so concerned about Concubine Yuan Shu, this is really ...... Princess Anjun is also a good order, but listening to the emperor's meaning, she is still the same as when she was a medical girl.

The queen also thought so, and looked at Concubine Yuan Shu's carmine palace dress and felt even more dazzling, and couldn't help but say: "The emperor should go to see the little prince if he is free." Speaking of which, now that the children are full moon, this name should also be given, after all, it is the eldest prince. ”

The emperor replied nonchalantly: "For such a young child, I am afraid that he will not be able to bear the name if it is precious, so I will call him a big man first." Most of the children in the families of the people outside have a cheap name, but it is easy to feed. I'll see him later. ”

As he spoke, he walked out, and the queen looked at the palace room that had been gone, and couldn't help but stomp her feet, and turned back to the queen mother and said, "Auntie, look-"

The Queen Mother sighed: "That's it, there is no one in the Yuan family in the court, and they can't afford to make any waves." If this child is not born in the end, if he is regarded as too valuable now, he is afraid that it will not be good in the future. ”

That's how she handled it when the emperor was born. On the one hand, he raised him under his knees to raise his identity, and on the other hand, he always emphasized that he was just the son of a palace maid, so that if she gave birth to a concubine herself in the future, this eldest son would not stand in the way.

Now it seems unlikely that the queen will be reborn on her own, but after all, this child is not raised in the middle palace now, so it should not be too elevated, otherwise if another prince is born in the future, if that one is better controlled, this one will become an obstacle.

The queen thought about it and said stupidly: "It's just the Yuan family-"

The Queen Mother snorted: "What is she?" It's not her at all that you have to worry about! She began to preach this truth to the queen many years ago, but the queen couldn't figure it out.

The queen bowed her head and was silent, and only said after a while: "The emperor is so good to the Jiang family, but for the sake of the Yuan family...... "I don't treat the Jiang family as a medical woman."

The Queen Mother had a headache: "Why are you only staring at these things...... can't you take a long-term view?" The emperor's heir, the emperor's heir, the emperor's heir in his hand, this is the most important thing! As for the Yuan family, a concubine with no children, no daughters and no family, it is not difficult to martyr her when the emperor dies! Even if Jiang Shi is called to diagnose her pulse now, can she still give birth to a prince?

The queen was not very convinced: "I am in the harem all day, what else can I watch." Even if she wants to take a long-term view, she can't let go of these four high walls, "Now that the emperor doesn't even let me raise the prince for the sake of the concubine, isn't this an important thing?" ”

This is speechless. That's right, this is a very important matter, not that the emperor is important for the Yuan family, but that the emperor does not let the queen raise this prince, this attitude is the most important. This means that the emperor is unwilling to have one more prince in the hands of the Yu family, that is, the emperor does not want the Yu family to control the third dynasty anymore.

It's terrible. Because there is no prince, as long as there is no third queen in the Yu family in the future, the power will be sidelined. And since the emperor doesn't want the queen to raise the prince, it is unlikely that he will pick a future queen from the Yu family's daughters. The emperor's attitude has been very clear.

What if the queen gave birth to a son herself...... The queen mother's eyes involuntarily fell on the queen's stomach, looking at a very good person, the imperial doctor also said that there was nothing wrong, why couldn't even an egg be laid?

Wait! The queen mother's heart suddenly moved: there is nothing wrong with the queen's body, and there must be nothing wrong with the emperor if he can make other concubines pregnant, so why is there no heir between the emperor and the queen? Is it because there is something about the two of them, or is it because - someone did something?

It is unlikely that the queen will do anything here. The Queen Mother is confident that she has been in the harem for many years, and she can still protect a niece. What's more, the queen herself is also careful, and there is a trusted doctor at home to diagnose the pulse of peace, if someone quietly gives the queen any medicine, it is impossible!

If it's not that the queen has a problem here, then it's done to the emperor? The queen mother's mind turned fast - although no children have been born in the palace in the past few years, but there are pregnant ones one after another, if she and the queen have been shooting, I am afraid that the princess and the prince have several, and obviously no one has given the emperor any medicine.

Then there are only two possibilities for things. First, it is difficult to have children between the emperor and the queen, and the queen mother has heard of this kind of thing. Another possibility is that every time the emperor stays in the middle palace, there is a problem.

This problem cannot come from the hands of others. The Queen Mother never believes that someone has such a great ability, every time she can always do something when the emperor goes to the Middle Palace, there are only two people who can do this: either the queen or the emperor! And it is obviously impossible for the queen not to give birth to herself, so ......

Maybe the wind blowing into the Penglai Hall was a little strong, and the Queen Mother only felt a little chill on her back. Could it be the emperor's hands? If it were him, it would be too convenient - if you do something on yourself, the queen will not find out at all, and no one will find out - other concubines can get pregnant one after another, only the queen is not pregnant, then in the future, the throne will never fall to someone with Yu's bloodline, and the Yu family will naturally be finished.

If in the past, the Queen Mother really couldn't think of this, but now, even the Queen can hide from her and steal the secret medicine to drug Concubine Yuan Shu, so wouldn't it be easier for the Emperor to do something? At the very least, the emperor is always much smarter than the empress.

"Auntie-" The queen found that the queen mother's face was a little wrong, and swallowed back the complaint that came to her mouth, "but the wind blows and you have a headache?" "The Queen Mother has often had headaches and dizziness recently, and the imperial doctor only said that she should take good care of her life, eat lightly and calmly and nourish her nature, but there is no cure. Although the queen is capricious, she really doesn't dare to be contemptuous in this matter, if the queen mother has three longs and two shorts, it will be very detrimental to the family.

"It's a bit of a headache." The Queen Mother stood up forcefully, "I've been sitting for too long today." I'll go back and rest, and you can go back too. "She has to go back and think about it, if it is true that the emperor doesn't want the queen to give birth to an heir at all, then what will the Yu family do? Could it be that the emperor asked the Jiang family to diagnose Yuan's pulse, and really wanted Yuan to give birth to a prince?

Of course, Taohua could not let Concubine Yuan Shu give birth to a prince, in fact, she was called by the emperor to Zhongxiu Palace, and it was not a problem for her to graduate a prince at all.

"How's the pulse?" After diagnosing Concubine Yuan Shu's pulse and entering the side hall, the emperor asked.

Taohua shook her head: "It's even worse than some time ago." "Concubine Yuan doesn't look at the beauty of being dressed up now, but her body is not as good as day by day, "What is the discomfort of Concubine Shu now?" ”

It was Tassel who followed them to talk back, and when he entered the side hall, he knelt down tremblingly. She can see it now, outsiders think that Zhong Xiugong is in full swing, but in fact, the emperor's attitude towards his master is becoming more and more strange, and he doesn't look like he is favored at all.

Tassel didn't quite understand the reason for the change, and she guessed that it might be because Concubine Shu did not keep the baby, and it was difficult to have children after her body was damaged. But no matter what it is, the emperor's attitude is not as good as before, so much so that she is now so worried that she no longer dares to have the same casualness as before.

"...... As usual...... "This is not lying, Tassel does feel that Concubine Yuan Shufei has not changed much from before, maybe there is something wrong emotionally, but a woman who has had a miscarriage for the third time and lost her child, it is abnormal that there is no change."

"No, there must be something different, think about it." Taohua shook her head and denied the tassel's answer, "For example, does Niangniang feel eye discomfort, or some inconvenience when walking?" Or maybe sometimes there is something strange on your face? "Heavy metal poisoning can damage nerves in a variety of ways, but that's pretty much what can be observed. The main reason is that Yuan Shufei refused to cooperate, and asked her to say that she was fine, which was very troublesome.

The emperor said coldly: "After thinking clearly, I will answer the words of the princess of the county." If it's nonsense, there are slaves and maids who have to be attentive here. ”

Tassel shuddered, and quickly lowered his head to think carefully. After thinking for a while, he didn't dare to look up with certainty and said, "Niangniang has indeed had something unusual recently...... It's just that the slave doesn't know if it's a ......."

"You say." Taohua's tone softened, "You just have to say it, speak carefully, and don't worry about the rest." ”

Tassel whispered: "Niangniang used to love to pick clothes and jewelry by herself, but recently ......"

Concubine Yuan Shu can dress up, especially with those elegant colors, wearing plain but not light, elegant and refined, even the palace people around her who are in charge of clothes and jewelry are not as good as themselves, so the clothes on weekdays are all selected by Yuan Shufei herself.

But these days, Concubine Yuan Shu doesn't pick out her own clothes. Because one day, she chose a powder blue gown, but she chose a skirt embroidered with crimson roses on a pink background.

Blue with red, this is something that Concubine Yuan has never used, so that the palace people holding the clothes were stunned, and subconsciously asked: "Niangniang wants to wear this peach-colored skirt?" ”

"At that time, the mother seemed to be stunned, and said 'pink dress?'." Tassel tried his best to recall, "Then he said, forget it, let's change it to a moon-white one." ”

It seems that from that day on, Concubine Yuan Shu no longer chooses her own clothes. The palace people brought the clothes, and she always asked the palace people to match them, but she listened carefully beside her, as if she wanted to find something out of them. And recently, she has become more and more fond of letting the Shangyi Bureau make bright clothes, especially all kinds of red.

"Niangniang used to be a dislike of wearing red...... tassel said worriedly. In fact, it's not that she doesn't like to wear red, Yuan Shufei was born white, although her face is not always very good, but she is slightly covered with fat powder, and she looks good in red. However, in order to avoid competing with the queen, her clothes are always blue, green and blue, with occasional light peach, silver red, and Yang Concubine color, but they are just used to embellish one or two.

Taohua nodded, sent the tassel out, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the illness of Concubine Shu is the same as that of the prince." ”

"Blindness?" The Emperor frowned.

"Yes. Concubine Shu didn't want to pick a pink dress at that time, she was afraid that she thought it was a pearl gray. "Generally, concubines don't like to use gray, only Yuan Shufei finds another way, and occasionally uses a very elegant gray line.

The emperor turned his head to look at Shen Shu: "I heard that you have also had some results in treating the fourth child's eye disease?" ”

"Exactly. Therefore, the courtiers thought that the prince's eye disease should also be caused by poisoning in the womb. Nowadays, it seems that the same □□ is still used. ”

"What about Zhao Chongyi?" The emperor immediately thought of Zhao Chongyi, "she seems to be ......" and did not find this problem.

"It varies from person to person." Taohua thought for a while, "Maybe the amount of medicine also has a relationship, some of it acts on pregnant women, and some of it acts on the fetus...... "For example, Qianxian Concubine, isn't it that I have nothing to do, but Shen Shu's eyes are broken?"

"I'm afraid this is not enough proof......," the emperor muttered, turned around and walked out of the hall, "It's not too early, you go to see Lu Jieyu, and then it's time to leave the palace." ”

"Then Shufei-" Taohua hesitated, but still asked, "Do you want to make a prescription?" "After all, I said that I came to recuperate for Concubine Yuan Shu, so don't you even open a prescription? Of course, Taohua didn't want to treat her eyes, so it was very troublesome. She was too busy to be busy, so she didn't want to toss Concubine Yuan Shu anymore.

A sneering sneer appeared at the corner of the emperor's mouth: "Didn't Concubine Shu say that everything is okay with her, then what kind of prescription do you have to prescribe, it will be done with the recuperation prescriptions of the imperial doctors in the palace." Take care of it, and one day it will be fine......"