Taohua entered the palace again five days later, this time, her treatment was much better than last time, just kneeling, the queen mother gently let her get up, no longer have to be in close contact with the floor tiles of Shouxian Palace.

"Give Chiang a seat." The queen's reluctant voice came from the side.

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Momoka curtsied, and when she stood up, she was stunned - there was an unusual flush on the queen's face, but it was not the color of rouge, but it was like - her face had been rubbed vigorously, and she looked a little bruised.

Quickly lowered her head, Taohua had already figured out the reason for this in an instant, and quickly strangled the little smile that came up in her stomach, went over to check the pulse of the Queen Mother, and asked softly: "I don't know what symptoms the Queen Mother has these days?" ”

The palace man hurriedly replied: "Niangniang no longer vomits, but occasionally there are some chest surges, but she has never vomited." ”

Occasionally, the chest churned - thinking that I had drunk bat droppings for months, it was impossible to forget it for a while. Taohua muttered in her heart, but her face was not obvious: "The weather is hot, and if you drink too much medicine, you don't think about eating, and it's always not suitable for your body." The Queen Mother might as well stop the medicine for the spleen and stomach and only use a light diet to raise it. The so-called medicine is not as good as food, especially in summer. As long as you continue to drink the decoction for eye diseases, you can't stop this medicine. "The Queen Mother has cataract aura, and the Chinese medicine for this disease can't break the root, but if you don't drink it, you're afraid that the symptoms will develop too quickly, and Taohua doesn't have the ability to do surgery for her.

The Queen Mother immediately asked, "How are my eyes?" ”

Taohua pondered for a moment and decided to tell the truth: "When the Queen Mother was young, she worked too hard, and she suffered losses in all her organs. The liver is the main eye, and the liver injury is the eye loss, so it gradually grows white, which is the same as the queen mother's immortal life, which can be reversed by non-human beings, and can only be slowed down with medicine. Just as daily maintenance can make people younger than their actual age, it will not make gray hair turn black and rejuvenate again. ”

The Queen Mother had never heard such straightforward words, but she couldn't refute it. Time is indeed gone, and the Queen Mother is also well-maintained, but she also knows that no matter what good medicine she uses, she will never become twenty years old again, so she can't find fault with what Taohua said. What's more, Taohua said that her illness started from overworking when she was young, which really hit her mind - the first emperor was in a difficult situation when he was a prince, so she naturally had to plan more, but now she has a disease of eye, which shows that there are gains and losses in life, and it is not to blame the head of the doctor.

Taohua is planning to shirk responsibility. These nobles will not reason with you, if you whitewash the peace now, what if the queen mother is angry in the future? It's better to make it clear now, anyway, she is not a doctor, and if she thinks she is not good at medicine, she can be cured by a doctor.

The main hall was quiet for a while, and no one dared to talk nonsense. Taohua took the opportunity to quietly sweep around from the corner of her eye, only to see Lu Ying sitting in the distance, her clothes were not conspicuous, but her face was good, and even her thin and out of shape face a few days ago was a little rounder, and she felt relieved.

Jiang Meihua's position is higher than Lu Ying's, but her face is more haggard, and the spots on her face seem to be heavier. Since Taohua entered the hall, she has been looking at Taohua eagerly, as if she wants to make eye contact with her.

If Taohua still makes eye contact with her at this time, then she is stupid. Therefore, he just swept Jiang Meihua's face and turned away. After that, she saw Wu Baolin - oh, it should be called Wu Cainu now.

However, although he has the lowest status in the palace, Wu Baolin's face is good, although it cannot be said to be radiant, nor is it like the depressed appearance of being demoted to the lowest level by the emperor, and the clothes on his body are no worse than Lu Ying, which shows that it is really more useful to please the queen mother and queen in this harem than to please the emperor.

"In a few days, the emperor will go to Nanyuan to hunt." The Queen Mother struggled with her eyes for a while, and seemed to let go for the time being, but Taohua immediately knew that this was an illusion, because the Queen Mother then said again, "Jiang, you can drive." ”

Whatever you want! Taohua almost wanted to lift the table in her heart, and on the surface she had to say respectfully: "Yes." "Anyway, these are the medicines, and she can't prescribe the elixir, and when the Queen Mother finds out that the eye disease has not changed more, she will probably lose interest in her.

Anyway, it's hot now, and it's hard to get back to the south at this time. Taohua can only comfort herself like this.

"The emperor has arrived, and the king of Anjun has arrived." The voice of the chamberlain outside rang out. The emperor brought Shen Shu in one after the other, and said with a smile: "The Jiang family is here." What is the pulse of the queen mother? ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "I'm naturally fine, the emperor comes over every day, and if you see it in your eyes, why bother to come over again today." ”

The emperor sat down next to the Queen Mother and said with a smile: "Although it is good to look at the queen mother, you still have to check the pulse to rest assured." It just so happened that King Anjun entered the palace today, and his marriage should be set. ”

"Oh?" The Queen Mother looked very interested, "Miss Cui's illness is cured?" ”

"Exactly." The emperor smiled and said, "A few days ago, I asked Qin Tian to supervise a few auspicious days, and now that Miss Cui is well, and the county prince's mansion can also move in, it is better to set the date." King Anjun is twenty years old this year, and it really doesn't look good if it drags on any longer. ”

The Queen Mother nodded, as if she was also very happy: "Amitabha, Miss Cui's illness has finally been cured." In this way, the emperor set a date and did it well. It's just that Miss Cui has been sick for so long in Beijing, and it can be seen that her body is still a little weak, so she should be carefully raised, otherwise she will get married in the future, and it will not be easy to spread her branches and leaves. ”

Some of the concubines in the palace echoed, but some were silent. What the Queen Mother said was simply cursing Shen Shu for having no heirs after marriage. Of course, the emperor still has no children, and the queen mother naturally doesn't want to see Mr. Shen Shu's son, but it's really ...... to say it to his face

Shen Shu didn't seem to hear what the Queen Mother meant, and replied very respectfully: "Thank you for the Empress Dowager's care." I'm going to ask someone to take care of her. ”

He entered the palace today, of course, not for the engagement date. In fact, he has nothing to look forward to in this marriage now, and it is not the case that he will not get married? For him now, getting married is just an excuse to return to the northwest. As for the person he wants to marry, it's impossible anyway......

Taohua felt as if two eyes were fixed on her face, but when she looked sideways slightly, she only saw Shen Shu sitting in an orderly manner. Because the concubines had not all retreated, he did not squint and did not take another look.

The emperor handed a piece of paper in his hand to the Queen Mother: "Qin Tianjian has chosen three days, I see, the latest one is going to the month of Layue, and it is not appropriate to freeze the weather, so it is better to choose the day of early September." ”

The Queen Mother deliberately delayed it, but thinking about it, it was impossible for Shen Shu to leave immediately after getting married, as long as it was delayed until the New Year, and he would be left for a while, in fact, it was exactly the same as the date in the month of La, so why bother to pick the latest day, and fell traces, so she nodded and said: "July is too early, just the lukewarm in September." ”

This is considered to be decided, the emperor pinched the traces on the day of September with his nails, and casually gave the paper to the Du Neijian beside him: "Go and tell the Zongren Mansion, it will be set on this day." He didn't ask Shen Shu what he meant, and finalized it lightly, and then talked about the hunting in Nanyuan, "I should also ask these noble sons and daughters in the capital to go and see what they can do." Don't fight cocks and lackeys all day long, I don't feel at ease if I want to send them an errand. I thought, it is better to let them end up and compare with each other, who hunts more, I will be brilliant. ”

The Queen Mother also felt a little interesting about this: "I also have some." ”

The emperor smiled: "The queen mother doesn't have to take anything valuable, it's just a colorful head." "This kind of thing is more of an honor, and if it is valuable, it seems to be really fighting for something.

The Queen Mother thought for a moment and said: "Take the jade carved narcissus sent by Chengenhou a few days ago to make a colorful head." "This thing is not very valuable, it is interesting and good, and it is suitable for carrying, and it is suitable to take it out to make a colorful head. Otherwise, even if she has any coral trees in the Gem Mountain, how can she move to the hunting grounds?

When Taohua heard the words jade carving narcissus, she couldn't help but raise her head, and when she saw the piece of jade that was held out by the palace people, she couldn't help but change her face - why did this thing run into the palace again!

Originally, she was still thinking that she could find an opportunity to get this thing back from the Cao family, but if she had already entered the palace, and now she wanted to send it out as a lottery, wouldn't she know where it would go? I hope it's not that piece of jade, right? Just now, the Queen Mother said that it was sent by Yu Sirui, and the Jinghai Hou family has never had a big friendship with Yu Sirui, so it shouldn't be given to Yu Sirui, maybe it's just something similar?

The emperor just glanced at the palace man's hand and nodded: "This is appropriate." When you get to the hunting ground, the queen mother will take it out. After that, he asked the palace people to take it back again, and from beginning to end, Taohua only had a glimpse.

Taohua really wanted to grab the piece of jade immediately and take a good look, but there was no place for her to speak in the Shouxian Palace, so she could only force herself to listen to the emperor and the queen mother talking about the hunt.

Hunting at the beginning of autumn is the custom of this dynasty, and it will come to the world immediately, and the children of future generations will not be able to immediately throw away all the things that bow and horse. However, this custom is also sparse from generation to generation, that is, in the case of the current emperor, it is only once in three or five years. This time, in order to test these noble children, the scene will be grander than before.

However, the women in the palace don't care if the scene is grand or not, they care about who is qualified to drive. This is not to go to Qujiang Palace to watch the race, the distance is not far, everyone has a share. The Nanyuan Palace is narrow, and only the most favored concubines can follow.

The emperor casually ordered Yuan Shufei, Yu Zhaorong and Zhao Chongyi to be several high-ranking concubines, and the queen's face was a little gloomy, and she looked around the hall and said, "Lu Baolin's body has not healed yet, so don't go." His eyes moved to the last seat, and he suddenly said, "There is one thing - the Jiang family was recommended by Wu Cainu, and now she is indeed superb in medicine, and the Queen Mother is also very good. What do the concubines think, how about being promoted to a talented person? ”

Wu Cainu was originally the Baolin of the sixth grade, and was demoted to the bottom by the emperor a few days ago, and today the queen is about to rise to the fifth grade of talent, and she is already one of the best among the concubines who have entered the palace.

Taohua watched coldly, saw the queen mother's brows frowning slightly, and glanced at the queen, as if she didn't agree with what she said now. Thinking about it, the emperor has just degraded, and the queen is in a hurry to mention it, which is inevitably too revealing.

However, the emperor seemed to have long been accustomed to this kind of thing, and nodded casually and said, "The empress is right. The pair of begonia gem hairpins the day before yesterday were rewarded to Wu Cairen. After speaking, he also took a closer look at the new Wu Cairen, and seemed to notice her appearance.

Taohua saw the queen's face with the corner of her eye, and instantly became even more gloomy, looking at Wu Cairen's gaze was also a little unkind, she couldn't help but glance at the emperor quietly, but saw the emperor get up and said: "Since this matter has been decided, the queen mother is resting, I will go back first, and there are political affairs to deal with." King Anjun came with me. He walked past Wu Cairen, suddenly stopped and glanced at her, and said to Du Neijian, "These glass earrings are too vulgar and glamorous, plus that pair of crystal earrings." ”

Wu Cairen hurriedly bowed down and bowed: "Emperor Xie." "The face is a little strange - the emperor thinks the earrings she wears are vulgar, although the reward is an honor, but the word vulgar just now is enough for her to become a laughing stock in the harem.

Sure enough, the queen smiled unceremoniously: "Wu Cairen, the emperor likes elegant makeup, you also learn a little." It would be nice to read a few more books when you have nothing to do. ”

Although Wu Cairen was born in a small official family, he had no choice but to have a stepmother on top, and he didn't ask someone to teach, and he did not read much, which everyone knows, it is really irrefutable, so he can only bow his head.

The Queen Mother frowned again. Wu Cairen doesn't read much, but the queen has invited Mr. to teach since she was a child, and when she was a girl, she was also familiar with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

However, she was always bad at teaching the queen in front of all the concubines, so she waved her hand and ordered everyone to disperse, leaving only the queen behind.

Unexpectedly, before she could speak, the queen had already complained: "Queen Mother, the emperor wants the Yuan family to accompany him when he opens his mouth, and he will not forget to take her with him wherever he goes, what kind of system will he become!" ”

The Queen Mother suddenly became angry in her heart: "The Yuan family is a concubine, only under you, how can you not take it?" It's you, the emperor degraded the Wu family, and you are in a hurry to promote her today, are you deliberately slapping the emperor in the face? ”

The queen also regretted it a little at this time: "It was my carelessness - I didn't expect the Wu family to fall into the emperor's eyes!" "Instead, she gave Wu a chance to get the emperor's attention.

It's like a chicken and a duck, the bull's head is not in the horse's mouth, the queen mother remembered that the imperial doctor told her not to be angry, so she could only try to calm her anger: "You are the queen, what kind of body is it to make such a jealous face!" "I remember that this kid wasn't like this when he first stood up.

As everyone knows, the queen is also wronged. At the beginning of her establishment, of course, she was virtuous and virtuous, otherwise she would not have made the then prince Liangdi Yuan a concubine. But there is no use for virtuous and virtuous farts, and now she has been a queen for ten years, and her stomach still hasn't moved, but she has only seen other concubines pregnant one by one, and she can't help but gradually become a jealous woman full of malice.

In addition, these concubines in the palace are just that-"Why did the queen mother let the Jiang family also drive?" ”

Naturally, let her follow to check the pulse. After this incident, the Queen Mother had a little psychological estrangement from the doctors in the Tai Hospital. Although everyone kept their mouths shut and never mentioned anything about the Luminous Sand, the Queen Mother knew in her heart that at least Taohua knew where her heart knot was, which at least guaranteed that if Taohua prescribed her prescription in the future, she would never prescribe any strange animal.

The queen didn't think about it so delicately, and only cared about saying the suspicions in her heart: "Did the queen mother notice that this Jiang's side face is quite like a person......"

"Who?" The Queen Mother asked absentmindedly. Don't think that the Queen Mother likes Taohua, on the contrary, for Taohua, who knows the cause of her illness, the Queen Mother has a faint sense of jealousy and displeasure - think about it, the Queen Mother was nauseous and vomited by the bat feces that she drank into her stomach, and those who know the cause of this cause are equivalent to knowing that "the Queen Mother drank bat dung". Maybe the imperial doctors think this matter is okay, but the queen mother doesn't think it hurts. In fact, the palace maid who said that Luminous Sand was bat dung had already "died violently" yesterday. As for the imperial doctor who prescribed the Luminesa formula, due to his old age and high position, the Queen Mother has not yet figured out how to deal with him.

The queen was a little anxious, and when she saw that there were only henchmen left in the hall, she said, "That's it, like the Xia family!" The last two words almost squeezed out of his teeth.

"What?" The Queen Mother suddenly turned her head to look at her, "Who do you say you look like?" ”

"Like Xia!" The queen said eagerly, "That day, she came to check the pulse of the queen mother, and I saw that the emperor always looked at her, so I walked behind the emperor and took a look--the front is not very good, but from the side, it is seven or eight points like the Xia family!" ”

"Xia's—" The Queen Mother slowly narrowed her eyes and repeated.

In the inner hall of Shouxian Palace, there was silence. The people who can stand here at this moment are all old people who have served the queen mother or queen for more than ten years, and naturally they all know that the name Xia is a taboo in the harem. In fact, because this name has not been mentioned for ten years, six or seven out of ten concubines and palace people in the palace do not know this name, let alone that she used to be the eldest princess.

Before he ascended the throne, he was the crown prince first, and before he became the crown prince, of course, he was the eldest prince. In fact, he was the eldest prince until he was seventeen years old, and he was named the crown prince half a year before the death of the first emperor. Before becoming the crown prince, his wife was Xia.

Xia was only the daughter of a ceremonial Langzhong in the capital at that time, and she was really not noble in terms of background, but her family was upright, known as virtuous, and her appearance was also very good, so she was selected to be the eldest princess.

As for why the queen at that time and the current queen mother only chose such a mediocre wife for the eldest prince who was raised under her knees, most people said that the queen was in order to avoid suspicion, so as not to be said to be a foreign relative, and did not choose a Yu daughter as a wife for her adopted son.

But what the truth is, in fact, only the Queen Mother knows. At that time, although Concubine Xian died, the four princes she gave birth to were the most favored by the first emperor, and because she had no mother, she could also be adopted into the middle palace. If the fourth prince is also raised in the middle palace, then he will most likely be made the crown prince, and the Yu family has a daughter of the same age who can match him, so if the eldest prince marries a wife who is too prominent, it will naturally be inappropriate.

Who knew that the first emperor did not play cards according to the rules of the cards at all, and did not find a face-saving adoptive mother for the young son who lost his mother, but sent him to the ancestral house in the northwest after discovering his eye disease, completely cutting off the possibility of the young son succeeding to the throne, and making the eldest son the crown prince.

The crown prince is the future emperor, and the crown princess is the future queen. The Yu family was careless, and they wanted to give up the queen's position to others, which is worth it!

So as soon as the crown prince succeeded to the throne, his wife became seriously ill, and died before she could be canonized as the queen. After he ascended the throne, the queen mother made the decision to choose a daughter of the clan for him, and she was canonized as the queen, who is now the queen. And the Xia family has always been just the "eldest princess" on the jade, and there is no other title.

"Are you sure the emperor is ...... because of this," the Empress Dowager hesitated slightly, "The Jiang family is also born well." "In fact, not only is it good, but even the concubines in the harem, there are few who are better than her.

"You can't be mistaken!" The queen said categorically, "When the emperor first ascended the throne, he also painted portraits of the Xia family, mostly silhouettes. Now that I think about it, it is very similar to the Jiang family! ”

At that time, she was still virtuous and virtuous, and she was newly married, and she had the confidence to replace Xia, so she quietly looked at these portraits, and even thought about imitating them. Who knew that the emperor did not fall in love with her, but he was very fond of the Yuan family who was still serving in front of the bed when the Xia family was dying. In fact, he was just blind - wasn't that bowl of life-threatening decoction served by the Yuan family.

Over the years, seeing Concubine Yuan Shu being favored, the queen sometimes really wants to tell the truth and see what the emperor's expression will show to this woman who has been in love for ten years. But no matter how anxious she was, she knew that the crime of murdering the princess and concubine could not be borne by a single Yuan family, and once the truth was revealed, the emperor would inevitably suspect the Yu family, and it would be chaos at that time.

The horizontal and vertical Xia clan has disappeared, and the queen also wants to endure this breath, but now there is another Jiang clan who is quite similar to the silhouette of the Xia clan, and she can't help it.

The Queen Mother's face was also cloudy, and she said after a while: "You don't need to be in such a hurry, let's take a look first." ”

"What if the emperor wants to accept the Jiang family?" The queen couldn't help but be anxious, "Jiang Jieyu let her enter the palace before, and she must have this idea!" ”

The Queen Mother frowned and said: "Even if you enter the palace, it's just the identity of a royal maid, what are you anxious about." "It's so breathless.

The queen didn't want another concubine like the Xia family in the palace, even if it was the lowest. But before she could speak, there was already a little waiter outside who came to report: "Queen Mother, the concubine of Chengenbo Mansion has had a miscarriage, and the aunt who is on an errand in the Bofu Mansion has asked the hospital to go to someone quickly!" ”