It's the end of April, which is supposed to be a rainy season, but it hasn't rained a few times since the beginning of winter. In the courtyard www.biquge.info pen ~ fun ~ pavilion, Xiao Quanzi is bending down to draw water from the well, ready to use it to water the flowers.

A row of orchids planted in the corner of the palace wall in the north is blooming bones, orchids like moisture, this day is too stuffy, just watered in the morning, and it will be dry in the afternoon. Xiao Quanzi was carrying the water seven or eight times, sweating on the tip of his nose, and the hem of his gown was already wet, clinging to his legs.

Under the corridor, Anqin was holding a wooden spoon and scooping two spoonfuls of water under the pomegranate tree. The soil was very dry, and after two spoonfuls of water, it soon disappeared.

Xiao Quanzi brought water, lifted the bottom of the bucket and tilted it, and with a "whoosh", half a bucket of water was poured down, splashing a lot of water.

Anqin jumped up busily. laughed and scolded: "Xiao Quanzi, pay for my shoes!" ”

Xiao Quanzi grinned and played a scoundrel: "Sister help me carry water, I'll wash my sister's shoes." ”

Anqin took a bite out of him and ran to change out of her wet shoes.

Huancui turned out from under the porch and booed: "Be quiet, the master didn't sleep well last night, this will make up for sleep." ”

An Qin and the others stuck out their tongues and were silent.

Xinyan turned over in the room and opened her eyes, she woke up early, but she didn't sleep well last night, she was lazy and didn't want to get up.

This winter came and went quickly, and it was only in April that it was so hot. In the past few years, it has only rained once or twice, and the ground has never been wet. The flowers and trees all over the yard seemed to be eclipsed. Now, watering every morning has become a new job for Xiaoquanzi.

Their yard is fine, there are not many flowers and trees, and I heard that the water level of the two ponds on the other side of the Imperial Garden has dropped a lot. No matter how big the pond is, it can't be pumped and irrigated every day.

Xinyan got up and looked at the sky from the window, there was no cloud, blue and blue, and she couldn't see any clouds at all. She shrank back again, picked up a book boredly, flipped two pages, and closed it back.

There are almost no books that can be read here, all of them are the four female books, and there is a volume of "Harem Rules" for the harem concubines, which was compiled by Empress Xiaoen of the previous dynasty.

Every time Xinyan saw it, she remembered the "Student Code" when she was studying in her previous life. New students are required to memorize and be familiar with the admission, and they must be spot-checked and examined. If you make a mistake, you will be punished. Xinyan is a good girl, so naturally she is not in this range, but every time she looks at those naughty boys, she unconsciously feels a toothache.

The Gu family also has a family motto, every time Brother Heng makes a mistake, Gu Zhizhang will punish him for copying the family rules fifty times. Xinyan secretly helped copy it a few times, but after Gu's father found out, he doubled the punishment and didn't dare again.

She looked at the drip, it was still early. Suddenly thinking that Mrs. Fu was coming today, she called Huancui in, packed up and went to Yijing Palace.

Fu Fangfei's belly is already very big, and she basically doesn't go out now. Xinyan often went over to accompany her.

Mrs. Fu had to become the emperor's permission and enter the palace every half month.

Xinyan can see her from time to time. Because of what happened last time, Xinyan is grateful to Mrs. Fu, and she has to go over and sit with her every time. He didn't talk much, just sat quietly and watched their mother and daughter talk.

Mrs. Fu was talking to her daughter, and from time to time she looked up at Xinyan, and saw that Xinyan only lowered her head to embroider, and from time to time she looked up at this side, and when she saw Mrs. Fu looking over, she smiled, and then lowered her head and embroidered.

Mrs. Fu liked it in her heart and sighed in her heart. It's a pity. I heard that this child is not sleeping now, and his father's official position is humble, and such a concubine will soon be annihilated if she catches a lot of money in the palace.

Such a character, such a character, hey.

Suddenly thinking of Fu Yuyan, she couldn't help but sigh again, it was really heart-wrenching. The children of other people's families of the same age have become biological children early, and there are several children. Her grandmother had already done it, no, there was another one.

However, thinking of the child in Fu Fangfei's belly, she became nervous again, this is the royal heir. Before entering the palace, Fu Chen cautiously told Fang Fei to act carefully, and to put the child first.

She looked at Fang Fei's belly again, looked at it from the side, her stomach was straight and pointed, thinking of the "sharp man and round woman" as the saying goes, she couldn't help but sit up, looked at it carefully, and tried to recall when she was pregnant with Fu Yuyan at that time, but she couldn't remember it.

Fang Fei just stuffed a piece of jujube paste cake into her mouth, clapped her hands with satisfaction, and saw her mother staring at her stomach vigorously, and said angrily, "Haven't you seen enough?" I don't know how many times a day I've watched it. Besides, you can't look big again. ”

When Xinyan heard this, she laughed: "If you can see it, Mrs. will enter the palace every day." ”

Fang Fei sighed, "What do you say?" ”

Xinyan puffed out her cheeks and said, "The emperor can't ask his wife to come to my sister every day to look at her belly, maybe the little prince will come out early." ”

Mrs. Fu couldn't hold back her laughter, Fang Fei stroked her stomach and pointed at Xinyan, "Ouch, ouch".

Xinyan hurriedly came over and rubbed her belly, Fang Fei gasped and said, "Wouldn't it be better to just give birth and grow when you see the wind?" ”

Xinyan thought that it would grow when she saw the wind, wasn't it Nezha? Chai laughed weirdly. provoked Fang Fei to look at her strangely several times.

Mo'er pushed the door in, and there were three iced white fungus soups on the plate.

Fang Fei's eyes lit up, and she shouted, "Put more ice in my bowl, it's too hot this day." ”

Mrs. Fu hurriedly said: "You can't have too much, you are pregnant with a child, you can't eat anything too cold." While saying to Mo'er, "Put her bowl first, go and cool it down." ”

Fu Fangfei pouted, not following. Pregnant women are already afraid of heat, and this day has been dry for several months, and the bluestone ground seems to be dusty when stepped on.

And so it went on for almost two months, and in mid-June, finally, the water level in the well dropped by more than half. The three ponds in the Imperial Garden all have a shallow layer of floating water. The roots of the lotus leaf hang on the surface of the pond.

There are palace people who use hedgerows to remove rotten leaves on the surface of the water. Expose the mud pond underneath. A few little eunuchs rolled up their trousers and went down to the pond to fish.

The fish in the pond were fat and large, and some were as long as a child. These ponds have not dried up for many years, and the fish in the ponds are extremely fat. Most of them are red carp. The large wooden basin from the dining room was filled in a few moments. A few of them bounced out and jumped on the grass. Everyone giggled and went to catch it.

Emperor Cheng rarely came to the harem, drought for days, many places have caused drought, the front is tight, everyone in the harem is more cautious, nothing to go out less.

On this day, Xinyan went to Fu Fangfei and gossiped a few words. Chuan Fangfei looked at the sky outside and said, "If the drought goes on like this, how can you get it?" It's really hot! ”

Xinyan watched the white sun shine on the eaves and reflect the light, making people dizzy. She squinted, worried. If this is still the case in the capital, how can those ordinary people live?

The drought does not stop because of the will of the few of them. As the days went on, the situation got worse. According to Mrs. Chuan, there have been droughts in many places. This year, there is no harvest in the Zhuangzi, and the fields can run horses.