In October, the capital is full of depression, and the coolness of autumn is getting deeper and deeper. The throne that has been vacant for nearly a year in the Daye Dynasty is still unreplaced, and although Concubine Xian assists in harem affairs, she is not in charge of the phoenix seal. Concubine Xian is pregnant with Liujia, although she is still taking care of many matters, but because of the return of the Queen Mother, the only person in the harem is naturally the Queen Mother.

The queen mother lives in Shoukang Palace, since returning to the palace, the palace people set the province on time every day, now, the concubine is above five people, three concubines, and the rest are concubines below the position.

There are five palaces, nine halls, and sixteen courtyards in the West Garden, except for the Shoukang Palace of the Queen Mother, the Qiluan Palace where the Empress Xu once lived, and the concubines of Qi Ming each lived in the sixteen courtyards, such as the Yifeng Courtyard of the virtuous concubine, the Baolin Courtyard of the Shufei, and the Qiyang Courtyard of the Jing Concubine.

As if the Xiyuan, which had been empty for a long time, finally had a master, the concubines suddenly became active again. From time to time, the queen mother summoned the minister's inner involvement into the palace to speak, and the concubines who had lived in the palace for a long time were also a little unbearable and lonely.

Today, after the early dynasty, the queen mother ordered someone to invite the emperor to Shoukang Palace.

A faint benzoin wafted out of the purple gold glazed porcelain incense burner, and the entire hall of Shoukang Palace was filled with this smell. When Qi Ming entered, the Queen Mother was sitting on the throne of the main hall, twisting the Buddha beads in her hand.

"I've seen the Queen Mother." Qi Ming's light voice turned on.

The Queen Mother slowly opened her eyes, and when she saw the person in front of her, she said lightly: "It's here." ”

The emperor sat on the armchair next to the queen mother, and the glazed magnolia bowl teacup was quickly placed on the coffee table.

Qi Ming asked, "Does the queen mother have something to tell me to come?" ”

The Queen Mother and Qi Ming have no mother-son relationship, however, the two have not had any holidays, she said directly: "The queen seat has been empty for so long, and the emperor plans to stay empty?" ”

The emperor smiled and said, "It's not that they have something to trouble you, you don't have to worry about it, leave it to Concubine Xian to deal with." ”

The Queen Mother glanced at the emperor and said: "She is now inconvenient to be pregnant with the dragon heir, why does the emperor still hand over the matter to her, if she intends to make her the queen, forget it, but the emperor doesn't mean this, does he?" ”

Qi Ming still smiled and said, "It's still the queen mother who understands me, and I really have no plans to establish a future." As for Concubine Xian, she didn't say anything herself, presumably she did it very easily. ”

The Queen Mother finally looked at Qi Ming, and said after a while: "Does the emperor not care about the child in Concubine Xian's belly?" It's not too late to wait until the child is born. ”

Qi Ming also looked at the Queen Mother, and said half-truthfully: "Don't worry, the Queen Mother, I have a number in my heart." It's you, if you feel bored, you can summon someone from Ning Wangfu to accompany you. ”

The queen mother held the hand of the Buddha beads for a moment, slowly raised her head, and said: "Your Majesty, the mourning family is already half of the people who have entered the earth, just ask the royal family to be as safe and healthy as ordinary families, and the descendants will continue, the emperor knows this better than anyone else. In the past, you doted on Empress Xu, and I didn't say anything when I thought of your young couple, but she hasn't done anything for three years, and now you can't continue to mess around like this. ”

Qi Ming stood up slightly, since he ascended the throne, the Queen Mother had never talked to him. In the past, the first emperor was the heir was difficult, although there were several princes, but he died early, including the queen mother's biological son. The relationship between the two has always been cold, and now these heartfelt words are difficult for the queen mother.

After being silent for a moment, Qi Ming said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing, and I won't call the royal queen doomed." ”

After the Queen Mother looked at the cold figure walking out of the main hall, she was even more worried

Fu Tianqing since that day's trip to Dajue Temple, he privately asked about the situation, learned that his relatives were indeed no longer in the world, in a trance for a few days, the mood of conforming to the days has long been gone, and now there is an unprecedented hatred in the chest because of her illness, and the old lady Fu also had to postpone the trip to go out.

Concubine Jing also wrote to greet her since that day, but Fu Tianqing did not reply immediately, until she withdrew from her previous memories and replied. She knew that she couldn't touch Concubine Xian no matter what, so she had to borrow strength.

Late autumn is even more lonely, and the women in the palace have already cooled their hearts for Qi Ming, and An Xin has seen the emperor only a handful of times since she entered the palace. I heard that the emperor will now go to An Concubine's Cuihua Courtyard to sit often, and An Xin has heard about An Concubine's appearance from the palace people who have seen Queen Xu early on, and the strange thing is that she has a new understanding of the emperor.

Entering the palace was to consolidate the family, and now she goes to the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace to sit whenever she has time, and the face of the Queen Mother in this palace is still extremely effective.

The deep palace is difficult, she doesn't dare to get close to others, and the occasional correspondence with Fu Tianqing has become a matter in her heart, there is no conflict of interest between the two, and the Guogong Mansion and the Bachelor's Mansion are about to marry, so she doesn't care about it.

On the evening of the seventh day of the first lunar month, she invited Fu Tianqing into the palace to accompany her to enjoy the night view

Fu Tianqing clearly remembered that in the early spring of this year, she had stayed in the cold palace.

Concubine Xian suddenly ran to Qiluan Palace to inform herself that she was pregnant with the dragon heir, she only thought that Concubine Xian was unhappy and deliberately responded to herself, when she joked with Qi Ming about it, Qi Ming actually did not deny it

Her head was like being hit by five thunders, and she was caught off guard, I still remember that he said that she was the only one, for her, such a blow was too big, she lost her mind and quarreled with him, but he was impatiently accused, at that time she was still holding a trace of luck, saying that he was just for the heir, and he was alone in his heart until she left Qiluan Palace.

After more than ten days in that biting palace, she still looked forward to him coming, even if it was just a single answer. What I was waiting for was the truth of Concubine Xian, who had been beaten by facts at that time, and my fragile consciousness was sometimes a terrible thing, and my previous life was destroyed by consciousness.

Under his feet is the familiar blue brick and stone slab, in front of him is the familiar West Garden, the palace person who led the way is not to Qiluan Palace but to lead her in another direction, Fu Tianqing only remembered in a trance that it was not yesterday.

The splendid glory of the past is still there, and the palace lights lit up in front of the palace gate are also a beautiful scenery in the palace at night. As she walked, she couldn't help but slow down, looking up at it as she had done before.

At this time, Dixi Garden was very quiet, and the masters of all the palaces had no intention of going out, and she seemed to be the only one roaming in the entire garden.

Qi Ming would never have thought that he would see a similar situation one day, until there was really a person at the end of the corridor in the garden, and he asked the attendant beside him, "Did someone pass through the verandah just now?" ”