Lu Ying was promoted from Jieyu to Xiuyi, and justifiably took charge of the Qiuliang Palace, which can be regarded as the end of this battle of "who will raise the prince to".

It is a big deal whether there are concubines in the palace who are promoted to a high position like nine concubines, of course, the news soon spread outside the palace, attracting countless discussions.

Therefore, some things are simply covering their ears and stealing the bell, and basically everyone made the same judgment as Shen Shu: this is simply a play directed and acted by the Queen Mother and the Queen, in order to prevent Concubine Yuan Shu from getting this prince. After all, the emperor did not hide the fact that he arrested a palace person on the first day of the New Year, although who was arrested was not disclosed, but which palace person was missing from Concubine Yuan Shu's palace, as long as he had a little heart, he could find out. And what she was caught for, that is even more obvious to everyone.

However, whether such a fig leaf is useful or not depends on who covers it. Even if everyone was pouting and rolling their eyes behind their backs, with the edict of the Middle Palace, Lu Ying became a sure cultivator, and his position was even above Zhao Chongyi, Wang Chongrong and Jiang Chongyuan, second only to Yuan Shufei and Yu Zhaorong.

The autumn cool hall was suddenly full of people coming and going, and it was so lively. Visiting the sick, congratulating, sincere, and false, making an autumn cool hall look like the two cities of the east and west, and the voices are constant.

Of course, in the palace of Zhao, Wang, and Jiang, there were also quite a few people who came to visit with ulterior motives, all wanting to see what they thought of this newly promoted Lu Xiuyi, who had no foundation but pressed on his head.

It was quiet in the Chunhua Palace. Zhao Chongyi sat in front of the window, and there was a pot of plain orchid on the table in front of her, and the half-opened buds exuded a faint fragrance. The beauty of the famous flower, from the outside, it is indeed a beautiful scenery that can be painted. But if someone is inside, they probably won't feel that way.

"The queen not only wants to lift up the Lu family, but also to step on my face." Zhao Chongyi's beautiful face was cold, "What is the Lu family, even if she gives birth to a prince, she won't be able to climb on my head." The queen did this, even slapped our Zhao family in the face. ”

Sitting opposite her was her eldest sister-in-law, Grandma Zhao, who sighed when she heard this: "It's not a day or two, and now your brother is also unable to move an inch in office, and someone will always make him stumble." ”

Zhao Chongyi's long nails painted on Kodan moved, and she pinched off a flower bud: "Our family can't always be like this." ”

"So what can I do?" Grandma Zhao had a sad face, "To be honest, it's not that the courtiers are discouraged, our family is really not as good as the family." ”

Zhao Chongyi gritted his teeth and said: "The Yu family is not very good!" If they hadn't supported the first emperor, how could they have today's scenery? Now the emperor doesn't want the queen to raise the prince, it can be seen that he is separated from the Yu family, why can't our family take this opportunity to come up? ”

She involuntarily reached out and stroked her flat lower abdomen, and squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth: "If I hadn't carelessly fallen for their ......" If she could have a prince, the Zhao family would be different now.

Grandma Zhao also looked regretful, and leaned forward slightly: "Father also asked me to enter the palace to ask my sister what I mean, whether the emperor is really with the Yu family......"

"Definitely, yes!" Zhao Chongyi nodded without hesitation, "And now the Yu family is actually far less than before." Don't say anything else, just look at Jiang Chongyuan's birth a few years ago, how blatantly the queen did it, a cat was gone. But Concubine Yuan Shufei fought for the prince this time, and the queen had no choice but to promote the Lu family. If it had been a few years ago, how could there have been such a thing? I'm afraid that the Lu family will die of a blood collapse when he gives birth to the prince, and the prince will go directly to the middle palace. ”

Grandma Zhao couldn't help but nodded: "The queen's behavior in the past two years is indeed not as good as before-" Not as arrogant as before.

"So our family doesn't have to be afraid!" Zhao Chongyi sneered, "Doesn't Daddy have the handle of the Yu family in his hands?" Now it is the time for our family to show loyalty to the emperor, as long as I have another prince - the Lu family has no foundation in the end, and the emperor has no intention of promoting the Lu family until now, so it can be seen that the Lu family is nothing more than that. ”

Grandma Zhao was still a little worried: "Sister, let me say a word about women, although this part was mentioned by the queen, but if the emperor is unwilling, this thing will not be done." In the end, it is the person who gave birth to the emperor who gave birth to the prince, I am afraid that ...... "These things in the back house, she is clear, let's just talk about her husband, it is not the case with the Tongfang Qinzhu who has served him since he was a child, on the surface, it is not serious, but in fact, she is not less subsidized in private." It's just that she can hold it, as long as she has no children, she is not allowed to be promoted to aunt!

The emperor is also a man, and I am afraid that his thoughts and thoughts have something in common with ordinary men. Although it is rumored that Lu Xiuyi has no favor at all, he is just lucky to give birth to a prince. But she always felt that this place may not be the same as the legend on the surface, not to mention that she heard that Princess Anjun and Lu Xiuyi are close friends, and Princess Anjun has face in front of the emperor, wouldn't she say a few words for her friend?

"Of course I did." Zhao Chongyi sneered, "This re-cultivation ceremony is that Princess Anjun is fanning the flames next to her, saying that she has rewarded the Lu family, and it is also to show the people of the world that the royal family values loyalty and filial piety...... Phew! She is embarrassed to say anything about filial piety, who doesn't know how disgusted the two of them are! ”

Grandma Zhao was not interested in whether Princess Anjun was interested in recruiting the Queen Mother, and only said: "Then ...... Lu Xiuyi" is favored or not?"

"Whatever she does." Zhao Chongyi waved his hand impatiently, "As long as we can help the emperor overthrow Yu from the party, then my father will be able to take the place of Yu Ge Lao." At that time, what if Lu Xiuyi was petted? I haven't seen how many years the Yuan family has been favored, but still can't fight the queen? ”

Harem concubines, the emperor's favor is important, but family background is even more important. The man who can make the emperor rely on your family in the previous dynasty can make the woman of your family have a stable position in the harem.

"Besides, she's going to give birth to a son, won't I? I'm not the queen's hen that doesn't lay eggs! ”

Grandma Zhao strongly agreed with this. The queen has been in the palace for more than ten years, but she really can't even lay an egg, and the harem concubines are pregnant, but she has no movement, which leads to the absence of children in the middle palace, and the situation is embarrassing. If his own family gains power, the sister-in-law will have a prince again, and at that time, with the power of the Zhao family, the Lu family is incomparable. Don't look at the eldest prince born in the Lu family, as long as there is a son-in-law, the eldest son is not worth much.

"I know, I'll report to my father when I go back." Zhao Shangshu is a capable person, but he is a little indecisive, which is one of the reasons why he has been willing to assist his family all these years. It's just that now the Zhao Yu family obviously can't be the same as before, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind, and there is no third way to go.

Zhao Chongyi nodded, watched the palace people send the eldest sister-in-law out, and immediately bent down to reach out and lift her skirt, and grabbed it in the crook of her knees. Her personal palace man hurriedly took out the ointment: "Niangniang, apply the crystal ointment again, right?" ”

"It didn't work very well." Zhao Chongyi's knee was itching badly, scratched the knee bend, and then went to scratch the elbow bend, and then felt that the back of the ear seemed to itch too, and the two hands were simply not enough.

"Otherwise, ask the Imperial Doctor to take a look?" The personal palace man cautiously proposed.

"What's the use of those quacks!" Zhao Chongyi said irritably, "If it was really useful, at the beginning-" The original child would not have been saved. Since the birth was gone, she fell into this itching problem, the itchy skin is often reddish, and there is a rash if you look closely, if you are a little careless in eating, it will immediately become obvious, so that she now does not even dare to eat at will.

The doctor came to see him, but he couldn't diagnose anything on the pulse at all, and when he saw the affected area, he only said that it was rubella, and he prescribed some medicine to clear away heat and dampness, or eat or apply, but it didn't work.

This jasmine paste is made with mint borneol, which is used by the palace concubines to apply it if they have prickly heat when it is hot in summer. It's not hot yet, but what if it's summer? If you get up hard at that time, how will you sleep?

The personal palace man hesitated for a moment, and when he saw Zhao Chongyi's brows furrowed, he still said in a low voice: "Niangniang, if not, please ask Princess Anjun to come and take a look." "In fact, when the mother had just given birth, Princess Anjun came to check the pulse and asked if there was any other discomfort. But at that time, Niangniang was afraid that she would be named as ill, so she could no longer serve the emperor, let alone compete for favor, so she concealed the truth. Now that I think about it, if I had told the truth at the time, I can't say that I would have been cured by now.

"Princess Anjun?" If it was in the past, Zhao Chongyi would definitely deny it, but she had been tortured by this itching for too long, and after listening to the advice of her henchman, she was also a little moved for a while, but after thinking about it again, she felt that she still couldn't trust the Jiang family.

"According to the slave maid, Princess Anjun is not untouchable." The confidant palace people have thought about this matter a few times, and now they are confident when they talk about it, "Niangniang thinks, is Princess Anjun willing to fall of the Yu family?" ”

Of course you do! Without mentioning the death of the former concubine, it is said that the queen mother and the queen have repeatedly embarrassed this Jiang family, and it would be strange if the Jiang family did not hate them.

"But-King Anjun ...... in the eyes of the emperor, "After all, it is a thorn in the flesh."

"Because of this, Princess Anjun will have a request for Niangniang." If Niangniang can be in the middle palace in the future, it will not be difficult to ask for a favor for the Anjun Wang's family and keep their peace and wealth.

Zhao Chongyi shook his head: "As long as the Marquis of Dingbei still has military power in his hands, the emperor will not tolerate the king of Anjun." ”

The confidant palace man smiled: "As long as the mother agrees to intercede, what will happen then, and then I will talk about it." ”

Zhao Chongyi instantly understood, and couldn't help but reach out and nodded: "You girl, you're a slippery girl, isn't this an empty word?" ”

The confidant palace man smiled: "The slave maid just thinks like this, maybe the emperor will cut the military power of the Marquis of Dingbei, and the family of King Anjun will be left." ”

Zhao Chongyi pondered for a moment: "This is a method." I can't do this all the time. "What if one day the emperor suddenly itches and scratches in front of the emperor?

"The slave maid is also afraid-" The henchman hesitated for a moment before saying, "Maybe this is the medicine over there, and some residual poison has not been cleared." If it affects the mother's future ......"

Zhao Chongyi suddenly froze: "What you said is true." "If it's just itching, it's fine, but what if it's really residual poison and affects future offspring? When the Zhao family gains power, she can't have children, isn't it the second queen again? It's not going to happen!

"Just how do you catch her? Now that she is about to give birth, she doesn't come to the palace often. ”

"When the confinement is out, it will naturally come." The confidant palace man affirmed, "Lu Xiuyi canonized, Princess Anjun can't catch up with the right day, and she will inevitably go to congratulate in the future." Niangniang might as well take the opportunity to congratulate Lu Xiuyi and get closer to Lu Xiuyi first. According to the slave maid, don't look at Lu Xiuyi who was raised by the queen, but she may not be of the same mind as the queen. ”

Zhao Chongyi suddenly smiled: "That's nature." The queen wants to take away her son, how can she be with the queen. "Didn't you see that the queen was forced to worry about the matter of raising the prince a year ago?

"Since this is the case, then Lu Xiuyi and Concubine Shuniang naturally can't be single-minded." The confidant palace man added another sentence.

Zhao Chongyi's eyes flashed: "Yes, that's also impossible...... In this way, if the Lu clan wants to find an ally, the two in front of them can't be relied on.

But......

"And what about Wang Chongrong and Jiang Chongyuan?"

"Jiang Chongyuan, the slave and maid can't see it." The confidant palace people talked eloquently, "Jiang Chongyuan and Princess Anjun are not on harmony, and they were originally diagnosed by Lu Xiuyi for Princess Anjun's entry into the palace...... If the relationship was really harmonious, Lu Xiuyi would have been close to Jiang Chongyuan a long time ago. ”

Zhao Chongyi naturally remembered that incident: "Jiang Meihua is also stupid, she sold people at the beginning, and now she is afraid that she will not regret her death." ”

"Wang Chongrong - I haven't seen any movement over the years, no one pays attention to it, and he may not pay attention to Lu Xiuyi. Besides, even if they are really close, what help can Wang Chongrong give Lu Xiuyi? "Wang Chongrong is just a palace maid, and her family background is far inferior to the Lu family.

Zhao Chongyi nodded slowly with a deep groan, and glanced at his henchman appreciatively: "You are shrewd." In the two years since you entered the palace, you have grown. I didn't even think of these things. ”

The confidant palace man hurriedly said: "Niangniang injured her body in childbirth, and she didn't have the energy for a while." Where can the slave and maid say anything shrewd, if they say that they have grown a little, they will also follow the mother □□ out. ”

Zhao Chongyi smiled: "That's it, you don't have to say this." I know that since the miscarriage, this energy is indeed much less than before. ”

"It is inevitable that a small birth will hurt the body. When the mother takes care of her body, it will be fine. "Zhao Chongyi's changes are naturally impossible to hide from his confidants. In fact, if she says that she has made any progress, it may not be, but Zhao Chongyi had her own ideas in the past, and she didn't need the people around her to give advice. However, since she had a miscarriage, she has indeed dulled her mind a lot, which shows the benefits of these people.

This point, this confidant palace man naturally will not say it. Although the interests are related, but people will be a little selfish, such as being a subordinate, always hoping to rely on the master a little more, so that there is a future, right? Besides, how can anyone say that the master's mind has become dull, isn't it asking for trouble?

"In this case, you can go to the library to take a look, pick up some things that are useful and not eye-catching, and send them to the Qiuliang Palace. Yes, send more fine and soft fabrics for the little prince, and then jewelry, and you don't have to send any spices and medicinal materials. "It's better to avoid suspicion of these things, even if you send them over rashly, I'm afraid that the Lu family won't dare to use them, and they will be wasted.

When planning in the Chunhua Palace, in the Yuhui Pavilion, Jiang Meihua was also talking to Xiao's family: "How is Sister Dan'er's dowry prepared?" If there's anything missing, I'll take what I have. In order to avoid suspicion, after Jiang Meihua's status was promoted, the number of times Xiao's family entered the palace was less, and although the mother and daughter had news from time to time, they had not seen each other for more than half a year.

"It's almost ready." It's not been a year or two since Xiao's family saved a dowry for his daughter, and now Jiang Jun has been promoted again, and his natural grade has been raised again. It's just that the specifications of the dowry sent by the Ou family are there, and although Xiaoshi wants to prepare a ten-mile red makeup for his daughter, he is a little hesitant.

As the saying goes, the man picks the woman, and the woman accompanies the dowry to have a lot of face, but it is also necessary to see what the dowry given by the man looks like, otherwise if it is too much, it will inevitably be suspected of demonstration. The dowry gift sent by the Ou family is definitely a lot, but it is not too much, and according to the identity of European Airlines, a seven-grade official, it can be seen that he does not want his daughter-in-law to make any red makeup.

"I don't have anything else to pick on, it's just Mrs. Ou's old-fashioned temper......" Speaking of this, Xiao Shi was still a little worried, "You also know your sister's temper, she was raised by me, and she will suffer when she marries." ”

Jiang Meihua said impatiently: "Who's daughter-in-law is not like this. Ou Gongzi was born at a young age, and he will definitely have a good future in the future. Such a family affair, if it weren't for the grandfather and the old lady of the Ou family, it might not have fallen on Sister Dan's head. "My sister is more blessed than her to marry such a family.

"Sister Dan-" Xiao Shi wanted to say something, Jiang Meihua had already interrupted her: "Has my mother been to see Sister Tao these days?" ”

Xiao Shi naturally hasn't been there: "The county king's mansion is easy to go......

"You're Sister Tao'er's aunt, why can't you go!" Jiang Meihua was a little annoyed, "Didn't I say a few days ago that I would let you go and see Sister Tao more?" Now that she's pregnant, it's a good opportunity to move around. ”

"Your father said that it is better to go less ......" Xiaoshi is in a dilemma. Of course, she hopes to make her daughter and Taohua closer again, but she can't help but listen to what her husband says.

Jiang Meihua blocked her chest in one breath: "What the hell is going on with Dad!" ”

"Your father said that as long as his errand is done well, you will be safe in the palace......"

"What's the use of being steady!" Jiang Meihua was almost angry, "Even if I become a concubine, I don't have any children, what will I do in the future?" Look at the Lu family, just because of his friendship with Sister Tao, they are all cultivators now! ”

Xiao Shi hesitated for a while, but still said in a low voice: "Sister Mei, even if it is ...... You can't ...... if you're afraid" Jiang Meihua is like this now, much worse than the previous flower and moon appearance, and it is probably impossible to invite a pet child.

Jiang Meihua only felt as if a scoop of cold water had been poured on her head, and glared at Xiao Shi in disbelief: "Mother, what did you say?" "Is this her own mother? Do you curse your own daughter like this?

Xiao Shi lowered his head and said softly: "Now your father's errands are all entrusted to Sister Tao, there are some things...... I really can't do it. Xinghua's girl is useless, and she can't help you...... Sister Mei, now that you are safe, when your brothers have a chance in the future, they will naturally be able to help you...... Even childless concubines may not all go to the temple. What's more, the emperor is in full bloom, this matter is ...... I can't say yet. ”

"Mother, you-" Jiang Meihua couldn't say a word.

Xiaoshi stood up with his head down, not even daring to look at Jiang Meihua: "It's not too early, I should also go out of the palace." Sister Mei, don't worry, as long as your father is loyal to the emperor, in the future, in the future, ...... in the future"

"You-" Jiang Meihua clenched her hands tightly, "You can think about it for you...... "If the family no longer helps her to compete for favor, then what can she do herself?"

Xiao Shi ran away as if he was being caught by something, Jiang Meihua sat down in the chair, only to feel that her heart was sore, but her eyes were dry. Agarwood was beside her, and when she saw her like this, she couldn't help but tearfully say: "Don't be sad, Madam-Madame can't help it...... Speaking of which, it is still too difficult for the princess to speak, and she doesn't care about sisterhood at all......"

Jiang Meihua sat stunned and didn't speak. Why Jiang Taohua ignored the love of sisters, she understood best. However, at this time, only a statement like agarwood can make her feel more comfortable. Otherwise, she would have to think about how stupid and short-sighted her actions were, and how ruthless her family was, abandoning her like a.

Sandalwood is not as stable as agarwood, and can't help but say, "So what now?" ”

Agarwood glared at her, kicked her out to do things, and then said to Jiang Meihua: "Niangniang, in fact, what Madame said also has some truth, as long as the emperor values our family, Niangniang's status will be stable." After a few years, there will be newcomers in the palace, and there will be few people who will return to the mother, ......and at that time, "if the little concubine in her palace gives birth to a son, she can also find a way to raise it."

When Jiang Meihua heard this, her eyes lit up slightly, and then she shook her head again: "Even if you live in my palace, you may not be willing." If you can't hold people, you may end up biting back. "Who doesn't want a mother to be expensive with her son, and who wants to make a wedding dress for someone else?

"Find someone from a lower background, and you can always handle it."

"...... from a lower background," Jiang Meihua muttered and repeated, her eyes unconsciously looked out of the window, and saw several palace people pruning those flowers and trees in the courtyard.

If you want to say that those who are from low backgrounds are easy to handle, aren't they these palace people? If you arrange for your palace people to serve the emperor, and when you are pregnant, don't you want to be attached to her and be at her mercy?

It's just that even if you are a palace person, you have to choose a good choice, if there is a big heart and disloyalty, you can't raise a tiger for trouble......