It's the end of the year, and all parts of the palace are dressed up, and the red festive palace lights are hanging, and even the "cold palace" like Fengzao Palace shows a bit of joy. The palace people up and down the Fengzao Palace are all looking at it, but now they are eighteen years old and have not received the will to lift the ban, and they can't help but muttering in their hearts, how did their own mother offend the saint? Even at the end of the year, he refused to stop his anger.

Baoqin had just come back from the small teahouse, holding a bowl of black decoction in his hand, and saw several palace people gathered together to meet their ears, although the voice was small, there were still a few words floating into their ears. As soon as he heard that these people were talking about Niangniang, he immediately frowned and shouted: "It's a big sin to talk about the master behind your back!" I don't care about you for a few days, you have itchy skin, don't you? ”

"The slaves don't dare." Several palace people were so frightened that they knelt down and hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Kneel down here and wake up your mind." After holding the harp, he entered the temple. The hall is empty, all the luxurious utensils have been cleaned up, and the things that belong to the concubine have also been taken back by the Internal Affairs Office. Baoqin couldn't help but feel sad when she saw it, and saw that her mother was struggling there, so she hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Niangniang, the medicine is ready, take the medicine." ”

Jia Yuanchun's former glorious face lost its luster, looking haggard and sickly. Listening to the sound of hugging the qin, he smiled bitterly: "My body is already like this, what is the use of eating more bitter medicine juice?" It's not going to get any better. ”

"Mother's ......"

Jia Yuanchun said again: "Those people below let them go, what do you punish them for?" Now they think that I am still a mother, and they are afraid, and if one day they know that I have completely lost power, will it not be difficult for you then. Why bother? We have been in this palace for so many years, not because we know that little ghosts are difficult, and more things are better than less. ”

There were tears in Baoqin's eyes, and she choked up and said, "How can Niang Niang allow them to discuss!" Even if the mother loses power, she is also the master, if you let them go, who will listen to the rules and understand the rules. Niangniang is soft-hearted, but if Niangniang is hard-hearted, she will not be ......"

"But it's stupid again. Can I leave them alone? I entered the palace for them in the first place, how can I ignore it? Jia Yuanchun also shed tears as he spoke.

Baoqin was busy persuading, and persuaded her to take the medicine.

Yuan Chun was already heartbroken, turned his head and closed his eyes, and let the medicinal soup get cold little by little.

Baoqin was helpless, so she had to accept the medicine bowl, and when she saw that she didn't move, she thought she was asleep, so she ordered the little palace maid to watch it, and she went out with the medicine bowl. Baoqin is the first confidant palace maid around Yuan Chun, and she didn't need to do these chores, but they have been in the harem for so many years, and they are used to being cautious, so where can they rest assured that others will do it. Especially at the moment, Yuanchun is in a bad situation, if someone takes the opportunity to do something, there is no place to complain.

The night was dark, and all parts of the palace were silent, only the palace lamps shone on the ground and dragged out a cold shadow.

Yuan Chun opened his eyes, the hall was cold, and he vaguely heard the sound of talking. It was about the last night that the palace people were chatting to pass the time, but they unconsciously heard the words "Shijia", "Copying the Family", "Ning Guofu" and so on, which made Yuan Chun alert, got up and walked to the window, and quietly listened to the sound outside.

The more Yuan Chun listened, the colder his heart became, and his feelings fluctuated too much, and he felt that it was difficult to breathe.

Since Yuan Chun was demoted and grounded, he didn't know any news from the outside world, and it turned out that the historian was also implicated in the matter of the prince of Nan'an, and the prince of Nan'an actually had the intention of rebellion. Thinking of what he had done before, he was afraid and deeply worried, in case the emperor was angry with the Jia family......

"Niangniang, Niangniang, what's wrong with you?" Baoqin just habitually got up at night to check, and saw Yuan Chun lying on the ground, his face flushed, and his hands patting his heart as if he couldn't breathe. Baoqin hurriedly called someone to inform the queen mother to ask for a doctor, and went to get the spare loquat ointment.

Yuan Chun has fallen ill since he gave birth, and the medicine prescribed by the doctor is also effective, but it also has a small side effect, which makes Yuan Chun a little blessed. After struggling in the harem for so many years, Yuan Chun left nothing but a dark wound, and now his body is broken, and all kinds of old diseases have been found. I don't know when Yuan Chun's heart is very hot, and he is often prone to phlegm, and when he is excited, phlegm will come up, blocking his throat and making it difficult to breathe. The imperial doctor added a medicine to clear the fire, but it was not very effective, but he often ate loquat ointment to dissolve phlegm, and in the end it treated the symptoms but not the root cause.

Time passed little by little, and seeing that Yuan Chun's face turned white, the imperial doctor was still in the future.

"These people are all snobbish, they must have seen Niangniang fall out of favor......" Baoqin was anxious and angry, and couldn't help crying.

Yuan Chun grabbed the hugging qin with both hands, and moved his mouth as if he wanted to say something, and after listening to the hugqin for a long time, he realized that he was talking about the "Jia family", and suddenly cried even more.

In the end, he couldn't hold his breath for long, the imperial doctor hadn't come yet, but Yuan Chun was already out of breath.

When the news was reported to Fengyi Palace, the queen frowned slightly, only feeling that such a fact was bad luck at the bottom of the year, thinking that she had to ask the emperor to have an idea about this matter, so she ordered someone to report it to the emperor.

The emperor didn't like it when he heard this, so he only said lightly: "What can I do with this?" It's just a nobleman, as usual. ”

When the queen heard this, she knew what to expect. Although Yuan Chun used to be a concubine, she has been demoted, has no children, and is still charged with crimes, so it is a blessing not to drag her to the transformation field. The queen is happy to have the emperor and grandson, and she doesn't want to get involved in such things, so she just explains it and asks her subordinates to handle it.

Although the death of a noble person in the palace is only a trivial matter, Yuan Chun was born in the mansion of the country, and the queen ordered someone to notify him.

When Jia Yu heard that there was a eunuch in the palace, he thought that he was here to ask for silver, but he didn't see it at all, so he only asked people to lead him to the second room to see Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang is in the Daguan Garden, two days ago the palace sent someone to send Xichun back, and at the same time brought a lot of people who were close to each other, including grandmothers, female officials, palace maids, eunuchs, and a few guards, in addition to those large dowries, in addition to partially recovering the treasury, the remaining dowry belonging to the county lord's specifications was left in the internal affairs office for archiving. Xichun is now the county lord, although she still lives in Jia's family, Jia's family can't be the master of her marriage, and they have to take good care of her. Mrs. Wang didn't care about anything else, but wanted Xichun to help find Baoyu.

Mrs. Wang was worried day and night, and her gray hair was a few more, and she was more haggard.

Xichun naturally knew where Baoyu was, and also knew that Baoyu would not be able to arrive in the capital at the end of the year, but he couldn't tell Mrs. Wang the truth. "Second wife, although the court appointed me as the county lord, in the end I am a girl's family, where can I know who can go to the second brother? Why didn't Mrs. ask Second Brother Lian? Second Brother Lian is an official outside, so he naturally knows many people. ”

Mrs. Wang lowered her head and wiped her tears, and no one saw the cold color in her eyes: "Your second brother Lian is busy with errands, where is there such idle time, I think, if you can make a list posted in each post station, Xu Baoyu will be able to see it, and know that I am sick, and I will definitely come back." ”

Xichun was stunned for a moment, and then she understood what Mrs. Wang's idea was, she actually wanted her to go to Prince Chun's mansion. Among the sisters, she has a better relationship with Lin Qingyun, and the pure prince is in favor of her, so it is not difficult to post a list of people to be found at the post station. What's more, when Mrs. Wang said this, she was afraid that she wanted to make people greet the officials along the way and help them find the treasure.

Xichun used to feel that Mrs. Jia Mu Wang and others were too doting on Baoyu, so that Baoyu always looked like a child, and now look, Mrs. Wang wants to manipulate Baoyu, whether it is a big matter of marrying a daughter-in-law, or a small matter of going out to socialize on weekdays, Mrs. Wang always knows. To this day, Baoyu will be deceived back. Although she has a motherly heart, the last thing Baoyu needs now is a "loving mother".

Therefore, Xichun pretended to be puzzled, and was embarrassed: "I don't understand what the second wife says, how can I have such ability?" It has always been the imperial court that issued a list of documents, and we can only spend money to find people. I don't think the second wife needs to worry too much, didn't the second brother write to me two days ago? Since he is all right, and he said that he will return home in March or April next year, let's wait. The second brother has been practicing outside, and the second wife will be amazed and dare not admit it. ”

When Mrs. Wang saw that she didn't answer, she was annoyed and anxious, where to pay attention to these obedient words, and was about to leave, when she saw a report from Zhou Rui's family, saying that it was someone from the palace.

"It's just asking for silver, and you have to come every year at this time, so it's worth it?" Mrs. Wang couldn't help but feel strange when she saw Zhou Ruijia's face pale.

"Mrs., Mrs., ......" Zhou Rui's family endured it, but after all, they couldn't hold back, and they cried all of a sudden: "Mrs., just now the little eunuch said that last night, our eldest lady was gone." ”

Mrs. Wang was stunned: "What? ”

"The little eunuch just now said that the eldest lady had committed an old illness last night, and the imperial doctor ...... before he arrived."

Mrs. Wang only felt that the world was spinning and fell to the ground.

At this time, the big house also got the news, and it was as if the sky had collapsed. Today is the nineteenth day of the lunar month, and this year's imperial court seal is on the twenty-first day of the lunar month, so Jia Lian is still on duty in Honglu Temple, Wang Xifeng has no one to discuss, so he has to come to Mrs. Xing and ask Jia Yu for an idea.

Through a curtain, Jia Yu asked Wang Xifeng: "What did the eunuch say?" I thought it was for the silver, but I only said that I was not there, and it would not be good to see him. ”

Wang Xifeng didn't care about laughing at the old man, and hurriedly told him what he inquired about. "At first, the little eunuch only said that Niangniang had committed an old illness last night, and the person was gone. Although the mother's health is not very good this year, the daughter-in-law only thinks that things are not quite right, that is, it is really a, our mother is a virtuous concubine, can there be no movement in the palace? What's more, just send a little eunuch to pass the word. The daughter-in-law was not sure, so she used the silver, and the little eunuch whispered the truth. The little eunuch didn't know much about the inside story, but he only knew that our mother was buried according to the rites of the nobles, and she had been packed in a coffin last night and sent out of the palace overnight. ”

Mrs. Xing's hand shook, and the tea bowl smashed to the ground: "This, ...... this?"

Even if Mrs. Xing didn't know anything about it, she knew that such a hasty and humble thing was definitely not a good thing, but she was afraid that it would be a disaster.

Jia Yu also thought so, and hurriedly said: "Go, hurry up and send someone to Honglu Temple to find Lian'er, and let him inquire." Remember, quietly ask someone, in case you can't ask, don't mess with the taboo above. ”

Jia Yu was deeply afraid that Jia Yuanchun would provoke something in the palace*, and he was even more afraid that Yuanchun's death was not his own death, but that he was given death by the royal family. The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, and when I thought of the few that I had copied not long ago, I was scared into a cold sweat.

Wang Xifeng was also very afraid, touched his belly for nearly seven months, ordered Ping'er to prepare a car outside, and said to Mrs. Jia Xing: "I'll go to Prince Chun's Mansion." ”

"Yes, go and ask Prince Chun, as long as you know whether our family is guilty or not, you don't have to worry about the second room." Jia Yu instructed.

As a result, Wang Xifeng hadn't gone out yet, but she saw a little girl running over and shouting: "Oh no, no, no, the old lady knew about it, and she fainted all of a sudden." ”

Jia Yu rushed out of the house and asked, "How does the old lady know?" Isn't it a secret? ”

The little girl said: "It's hidden, but, but the second wife suddenly ran in, and she said everything at once, about the mother, and about the Shi family, and the old lady ......."

"The second family, this is to force the old lady to death!"

Wang Xifeng didn't care about going out to find out the news at this time, so he hurried to the upper room. When the big room came, I saw the mandarin ducks lying there crying, and Li Kun led Tanchun, Xichun, and Baochai Baoqin sisters to cry, only Mrs. Wang sat there like a clay sculpture. Seeing the eldest master come in, Li Su hurriedly avoided it with his sisters.

Jia Yu came in and saw that Jia's mother was lying there and did not react, and she was also anxious, and asked the mandarin duck repeatedly: "How is the old lady?" Did you send someone to ask for a doctor? ”

"I've gone to ask for a doctor." The mandarin duck wiped her tears and replied, occasionally glancing at Mrs. Wang's gaze with a hint of resentment.

Jia Yu turned his head and scolded Mrs. Wang: "Second family, what kind of heart do you have? Are you deliberately trying to off the old lady? If you're so unfilial, I should let the second child divorce you! ”

To say that Jia Yu is really anxious, there is filial piety to Jia's mother, but more because it is more considering that if Jia's mother is really gone, Jia Lian will have to keep filial piety as a burden-bearing grandson. Seeing that Jia Lian has become more and more like an official in recent years, Jia Yu also realized the pride of being a father a little, not to mention that the eldest grandson has a father who is an official to rely on, which is also an important step in the revival of the big house, how can it be destroyed on Mrs. Wang!

Mrs. Wang seemed to have been scolded and woke up, and sat on the ground without any image and cried bitterly: "My Yuanchun, my poor daughter...... My daughter entered the palace for the Jia family, endured hardships and torture, and now she is dead without knowing a word. I don't know where my treasure jade is, my pearl, my treasure ......."

Mrs. Wang was already stunned, crying and screaming about her children in her mouth, but Li Kun in the blue yarn cupboard heard the name of her deceased husband, and she also cried sadly for a while.

Jia's mother was already old, and she often had symptoms in the past two years, but this time she was stimulated again, she was furious, angry, sad, and anxious, and when she attacked a few times, people were unconscious. Doctor Wang came, shook his head, changed to another doctor, still shook his head, Jia Yu personally went to ask Lin Ruhai, and invited two good doctors with Lin Ruhai's name, but the diagnosis result was still not optimistic. Every day, the bitter medicine juice is poured, but it is the meaning of resignation.

When Jia Zheng came back and learned about this, he slapped Mrs. Wang in annoyance and scolded: "Ignorant stupid woman! The affairs of the children are all destined by heaven, how can you bring your mother tired because of this, if the old lady has a bad one, I will definitely leave you back to the royal family! ”

Mrs. Wang was relieved for two days, and she also knew that she was reckless at the beginning, and she didn't dare to distinguish in the face of the angry Jia Zheng, so she was beaten, made a very repentant appearance, and invited herself to the Buddhist hall to recite scriptures to pray for the old lady.

If it is said that Mrs. Wang's behavior that day is really just a coincidence, a moment of anger, and a moment of urgency. Because of Baoyu's worries, he never ate and slept well day and night, and only his daughter died, and the death was unknown, and the turmoil in Beijing a few days ago, I don't know how many people were copied. All of this was hidden from the old lady, who only ate and drank every day, played with her granddaughter, and only occasionally asked Baoyu if she had any letters. Baoyu's affairs couldn't be hidden from Jia's mother, Jia Zheng was afraid of scaring Jia's mother, so he only said that Baoyu was escorted to his ancestral home in Jinling to sweep the tomb of his ancestors. Jia's mother scolded him for this, and read Baoyu's letter again, but she had to give up, and there was no lack of relief that Baoyu had grown up, and the letter asked about everything, which made Jia's mother very warm.

That day, Mrs. Wang woke up in a coma, and she went to the upper room to ask the old lady for an idea, and to get some information about the death of the old family. But the little slut of the mandarin duck said something "The old man said, you can't stimulate the old lady", just saw the laughter in the upper room, and became angry for a while, hit the mandarin duck, and went in to Jia Mu and told him what had happened in the past few days.

Mrs. Wang knelt in the small Buddha hall, showing kindness and piety on the surface, but in her heart she kept cursing the old lady to die.

Regarding Jia Zheng's words that he wanted to divorce her, Mrs. Wang didn't care at all. She married into the Jia family for twenty or thirty years, gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and served her father-in-law with mourning and filial piety, how could Jia Zheng say that she would take a break? Besides, she is the daughter of the Wang family, his brother Wang Ziteng is in a high position, but the Jia family has declined, hum, Jia Zheng wants to divorce her, dare you?

Jia's mother has not woken up, and when this matter reaches Daiyu's ears, Daiyu can't help but worry. Later, Daiyu remembered that Lin Qingyun had told her about the Jiuhua Mountain Divine Doctor Fan Shu, and it was inconvenient for her to go out, so she had to ask Zijuan to ask.

Lin Qingyun said: "That Fan Shu has already left Beijing, and now he doesn't know where he is, besides, this person has a strange temper, even if he finds someone, he may not be willing to come to see a doctor." How is my sister lately? ”

Zijuan sighed and said: "Our grandmother's temper princess doesn't know yet, she is the most careful, and she is easily sad. Since she was pregnant, she has a strange temper, and she often tosses the uncle, but the uncle is used to her, and he is not annoyed. In the past few days, the eldest grandmother has not eaten well and slept well for the sake of the old lady of the Jia family, so the uncle also found a good doctor and sent it to the Jia family, but the doctor said the same. ”

Lin Qingyun's heart moved: "The old lady is most worried about Baoyu, if you can find Baoyu back and call the old lady twice, the old lady will wake up." ”

Zijuan said helplessly: "Second Master Bao is also capricious, he ran outside alone, and he didn't know where he was, and he didn't come back for the New Year." If you want to find it, where will you find it? ”

"Just go back and let your sister not worry, the old lady will be fine." Lin Qingyun didn't say anything, but thought that Xichun must have sent someone to inform Baoyu, and after getting the news, Baoyu must have rushed back.

The day before the Chinese New Year, Jia Baoyu rushed back, looking at the people in front of him, Jia pardoned Jia Zhengwang's wife Wang Xifeng and others almost didn't dare to recognize it.

Jia Baoyu went out this time, and after nearly half a year, his round face has lost a little weight, but the whole person has grown a lot taller, looking handsome and straight, with the heroic appearance of a sixteen-year-old boy. This time when he went out, Jia Baoyu has experienced a lot, and naturally he has grown a lot, although the habits of some sons and sons are difficult to change, they understand the responsibility that a person should shoulder, which cannot be escaped.

"Madam, Baoyu is back." Jia Baoyu knelt in front of Mrs. Wang and kowtowed.

Mrs. Wang looked at him, tears fell down her eyes, hugged him and slapped and scolded: "You kid! Why is it so worry-free, but running around by myself, does it mean that I want my life? ”

When Jia Zheng saw Baoyu's appearance, he was also pleased, and reminded on the side: "Okay, let Baoyu go and see the old lady." ”

Jia Baoyu came to Jia's mother's bed, and when she saw the old lady like this, she felt uncomfortable, and choked up in her ear and called: "Old lady, I'm Baoyu, I'm back, the old lady opened her eyes and looked, her grandson is back." ”

Although Jia's mother was unconscious, she was not unconscious, and tears fell from the corners of her eyes when she heard Baoyu's voice.

Sure enough, Jia's mother was worried about Baoyu, and a few days after Jia Baoyu came back, Jia's mother finally woke up.

On the ninth day of the first month, the full moon of the little prince of the pure prince's mansion, and in the New Year's Festival, the palace is a big feast, and it is very lively.

Lin Qingyun finally finished her confinement, took a good bath, washed her hair, and because the weather was too cold, she inevitably blew a cold wind and didn't go outside. During the month of confinement, she did not fast eating and drinking, firstly, because she had to breastfeed her child, and secondly, if she did not take good food this month, she would always lose money to her body. After a month of giving birth and raising her, Lin Qingyun now looks at herself as round and jade, adding the brilliance of motherhood, and reducing a little bit of the cold feeling in the past.

On this day, a holy decree came from the palace, which was an official gift to the prince of the world, such as documents and seals. The emperor and the yamen sealed the 21st day of the lunar month, so this decree has been prepared for a long time, just waiting for it to be announced today.

In this way, it is necessary to arouse jealousy.

The sons of other county princes were canonized at the age of three to five, but they were worried that the children were too young to stand, and the sons of the Wang family with different surnames were canonized even later, and many of them were officially canonized before getting married. In this regard, Tu Yan and Lin Qingyun have reached an agreement, Tu Yan's identity is destined to attract people's attention in the title, no matter how much the honor and favor of Xiao Shizi is the same, so there is no need for all the grass and trees to be soldiers, just respond to all changes without change.

That night, Chu Yang's small bed was moved to the first room in the east wing prepared earlier, and Tu Yan came back to live. It's just that in the middle of the night, Lin Qingyun always gets up, and she always feels that she can't sleep well when she hears the cry of Chuyang.

Tu Yan grew up in the royal family since he was a child, there are many royal rules, family affection is thin, the princes and princesses are raised according to the rules, even the children are more with the nurse, so they are used to this kind of thing. Seeing her so soulless, she was both funny and emotional, in the end she was also the first child, and Tu Yan herself was also in a lot of pain, and the next day she moved the small bed of the early sun to the outside again, and the nurse girl was outside to take care of it.

Getting closer, Lin Qingyun really felt much better.

Tu Yan sighed: "When he is older, you can't be so doting, like Jia Jiabaoyu, some have a headache." ”

Lin Qingyun glared at him: "How can my son be like Jia Baoyu?" Then he laughed: "He must be like a pure prince." ”

Tu Yan also laughed when he heard it: "My son is naturally like me." ”