Shen Wanzhen sat in a sedan chair, through the gauze curtain, the corridor was lined with towering palace walls, and the inner court turned left to see the yellow glazed tile heavy eaves of Cining Palace.

In front of the palace gate, Wang Wengui helped the master into the gate of Cining Palace, in the middle of summer, the scorching sun and the summer heat, along the west corridor to the main hall, Wang Wengui whispered: "The queen mother happened to have breakfast at this hour." ”

There were deacons and eunuchs standing on both sides of the main hall door, and when they saw Princess An coming from afar, they hurriedly returned to the inside, "Princess An came to ask the Queen Mother for peace"

Wang Wengui and others were in the west side hall, Shen Wanzhen entered the palace gate without hurrying, turned the rosewood landscape stone interstitial, and Yu Guang saw the queen mother sitting and drinking tea, her expression was serene, she breathed a sigh of relief, and knelt respectfully, "Please say hello to the queen mother"

The Queen Mother's bland voice "flat"

Shen Wanzhen got up, the Queen Mother put down the teacup, and said, "Give a seat"

Shen Wanzhen sat down on the edge of the chair, leaned forward, lowered her eyes, and didn't dare to look around, looking respectful.

Empress Dowager Guo's expression was a little cold, and when she saw her, she didn't seem to be very happy, and asked coldly: "What have you been busy with lately?" Didn't come to the palace for a few days? ”

Shen Xuanzhen heard that the queen mother was not safe, and she didn't dare to take the sin of snubbing the queen mother, so she hurriedly leaned over and explained: "The prince is busy with affairs, and he only returns home at dinner every day." ”

"The mourning family should marry a daughter-in-law and forget her mother." Empress Dowager Guo said half-sourly, it seems that she has been dissatisfied with her for a long time, and Shen Wanzhen is more cautious and does not dare to say more.

"Do you remember what the mourning family told you last time?"

Shen Wanzhen knew that the Queen Mother was trying to persuade the prince to go to the house of another side concubine, and lowered her head a little, "The concubine has persuaded her a few times."

In fact, she never mentioned it to Zhao Shijiao. Push her husband to another woman's house, pretending to be virtuous, she can't do it, the queen mother asked her to persuade, she said to persuade, and the queen mother will not confront the prince, this kind of lie can't help.

Empress Dowager Guo couldn't help sneering and dragging her long voice, "Really? The princess is really virtuous, so can the prince listen to your persuasion? ”

It seems that the queen mother is not easy to fool, Shen Wanzhen had no choice but to lie, "The concubine has been unhappy recently, and she has a separate room with the prince, and the princess goes to the side concubine's wife's house, the concubine rests early, sleeps and dies, and she doesn't know what to do." ”

"What did you do, the princess? I don't know if it's a perfunctory mourning home? ”

Shen Wanzhen hurriedly stood up, "It's the concubine who is careless, be vigilant when you sleep in the future." ”

Empress Dowager Guo's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, staring at her for a long time, Shen Wanzhen intuitively shot a sharp gaze towards her, and lowered her head even deeper.

"Do you hate the mourning family for meddling in the affairs between your husband and wife, if you have an heir, the mourning family will still that idleness, you have been in the palace for a long time, why bother thanklessly, I will pass the imperial doctor to ask for your pulse later, it is said that the two of you have been married for half a year, it should be."

Shen Wanzhen was inexplicably a little nervous, she also thought about whether she could give birth and raise, the ancients were not filial, and there were no queens, it was a big trouble, her husband could understand, her mother-in-law couldn't tolerate it, she didn't make sure that her body was fine, it had been half a year, there was no sign, and she didn't expect the heir to be difficult.

Shen Wanzhen lay flat in the side hall of Cining Palace, Hao wrist stretched out the crab shell green mist gauze tent, the imperial doctor took the pulse of the princess at the behest of the queen mother, very dedicated, back and forth, and took the pulse several times, Shen Wanzhen heard the calm voice of the imperial doctor through the screen, "The queen mother of the queen mother, the princess's body is very good, the queen mother does not need to worry." ”

Shen Wanzhen breathed a sigh of relief, her body was soft due to tension, and the palace maid helped her up.

Out of the side hall, the imperial doctor played the Empress Dowager, the princess was in good health, no need to take the decoction, the Empress Dowager Guo was a little relieved, and her attitude was relaxed, "The princess has no symptoms, and the mourning family is relieved, but there is nothing wrong with the body, and she has not been pregnant for a long time, why?" ”

The grandson of the patriarch of the Tai Hospital, with a gray beard, said: "The Empress Dowager Qi, there is nothing wrong with her body, she can't conceive for three or five years, it's not nothing, the more anxious she is, the more pressure is too great, the more she doesn't, the mood is relaxed, and the melons are naturally ripe and falling, and it will come naturally." ”

The Queen Mother listened, her brows furrowed, "According to what you say, even if you are not sick and can't conceive, is it possible?" ”

Sun Yuan judged that how dare he say that the matter would be dead in front of the Queen Mother, whether there is or will not be in the future, he doesn't want to bear the responsibility, so he said: "It's hard to say, Weichen doesn't dare to guarantee the ticket, he will be pregnant in a few months, or he will be born in a few years, this Weichen will not dare to assert." ”

The queen mother waved her hand, just now she checked that the princess was not sick, and then she breathed a sigh of relief, and at this moment, she raised her heart again, put her hand on the diamond sutra placed on the table, and said to Cui Changhai; "The mourning family has been eating vegetarian chanting since today."

said to Shen Wanzhen again; "Princess An copied the scriptures for the mourning family, not for others, but also for her own good."

Shen Wanzhen was very happy and said, "Yes, Queen Mother." ”

Shen Wanzhen stayed in Cining Palace, the west room of the dormitory, the eunuch and the palace maid burned incense, waiting for her to clean her hands, Shen Wanzhen dressed and adjusted her skirt, and sat in front of the kang table respectfully and reverently.

Shen Wanzhen concentrated and forgot the hour, until the palace maid brought lunch, she relaxed her muscles and bones, hastily used lunch, and continued to copy.

When she was tired of copying, she put down her pen, and remembered that Wang Wengui was waiting in the eunuch deacon's room, so she ordered the palace maid to summon Wang Wengui.

Wang Wengui waited for the master to come out on the left, and he couldn't wait for the right to come out, so he asked the eunuch who was waiting for the queen mother to inquire, and heard that the princess copied the scriptures, and it was estimated that the princess could not stay in the palace for a short time, so he drank tea and chatted with a few eunuchs who were not on duty, and a palace maid came over, "Princess, the princess called you"

Wang Wengui thought that the princess was going to drive back to the house, so he hurriedly followed him to the west room of the queen mother's bedroom.

Shen Wanzhen sat all day, her waist was a little sore, and she looked out the window at the green sycamore in the courtyard, Wang Wengui took it lightly, afraid of disturbing the princess, and walked behind the princess with caution, and said in a low voice: "Princess, are you going back to the palace?" ”

Shen Wanzhen turned around, "Princess, go back to the palace and tell the prince, I will stay in Cining Palace tonight to copy the scriptures." ”

Wang Wengui was stunned for a moment, looked at her, a little embarrassed, "But the prince is ......"

"The queen mother has been fasting and reciting the Buddha these days, and I have copied the scriptures for the queen mother, and I have done my best, not to mention that the queen mother is also for the prince and me, how can I enjoy myself."

Wang Wengui wanted to say something, but he wanted to say and stopped, bowed down and said, "Yes, princess"

Zhao Shijiao went down to the court at night, as soon as he entered the main courtyard, he was silent, he wondered in his heart, he stepped into the hall, there was no one quietly, and the maid didn't know where to run, Xiuju heard the footsteps and came out of the hall, and saw that the prince was busy squatting and saluting, "The prince is back"

"Where did the princess go?"

"Just now the princess came back and said that the princess stayed in the palace to help the queen mother copy the scriptures, and if she didn't go back to the palace, she asked the princess to tell the princess."

Zhao Shijiao entered the back room, auspicious and Fusheng, embroidered chrysanthemum a few servants to wash their faces, pass dinner, a huge long table, he ate alone, eat tasteless, occasionally look up, the seat opposite is empty, he ate a bowl of blue stem rice, just put it away, according to the usual husband and wife to eat together, the amount of food has decreased a lot, after dinner, he read the book again, always feel that there is something in his heart, he will raise his eyes to look at the door, trance Shen Xuanzhen enchanting figure appeared at the door, Ying Ying smiled.

He moved his eyes to the book, and Shen Wanzhen's delicate smile appeared on the title page, and he closed the book and settled it early.

Every day the husband and wife hugged each other and slept sweetly, but this night he couldn't sleep, the silence around him, the sound of frogs and cicadas, he heard it really, the corner tower drum beat the three watches, he fell asleep in a daze.

When he woke up habitually, he closed his eyes and reached out to touch it, his hands were not hindered everywhere, he opened his eyes coldly, and the bed next to him was empty, only then did he remember that Shen Wanzhen stayed in the palace.

He got up listlessly, Jixiang and Fusheng waited for the master to dress, Fusheng looked at the face of the master, as if he hadn't slept well all night, and whispered: "Listen to the meaning of the princess, the princess will not return to the palace today." ”

At this time, Wang Wengui came up, and Zhao Shijiao said: "How did the Queen Mother think of asking the princess to help copy the scriptures, the harem concubines have nothing to do, and anyone can copy them." ”

Wang Wengui heard that the prince's voice was displeased, and said carefully: "Yesterday, the Empress Dowager asked the Sun Hospital of the Tai Hospital to judge the princess's pulse, and then the Empress Dowager decided to eat the Buddha and leave the princess to copy the scriptures. ”

Zhao Shijiao straightened the Zhengyu buckle, and when he heard this, he paused, and said in surprise: "Is the princess sick?" ”

Wang Wengui thought for a moment and said: "The imperial doctor said that the princess is in good health, and the queen mother is worried about ......."

"Worried that this king has no heirs?"

Wang Wengui was slightly embarrassed, "The Queen Mother cares about the prince and the princess"

Zhao Shijiao thought to himself that the queen mother would not be embarrassed by Shen Wanzhen, so he said to Wang Wengui, "You go to the palace today to have a look." ”

Wang Wengui knew that the prince was not at ease, so take a look, just to see if the princess was wronged.

Mrs. Xiao saw the little maid sent out from the window into the small courtyard, walked to the door with footsteps, and hurriedly asked, "The princess didn't go back to the palace last night?" ”

"I didn't come back, I heard that the people in the upper room said that the queen mother stayed in the palace, and it seems that she can't go back to the palace these days, and the maids in the upper room are all leisurely, and there are important matters in the house, which will be handled by Yan's mother."

"Find out the embroidered shoes I made in the shape of the princess's feet." The maid was stunned for a moment, why did the master suddenly remember something irlevant.

Mrs. Xiao saw that she didn't understand, and said in a low voice: "Wrap it in a cloth, and I'll send it to the upper room tonight." ”

The maid suddenly enlightened, "Why didn't the slave think of it?" ”

The next day, Shen Wanzhen got up early in the morning, took advantage of the fact that she didn't have breakfast, copied it for a while, and when the breakfast was delivered, Shen Wanzhen saw that they were all vegetarian dishes, and the Queen Mother was a vegetarian, and she also followed the Queen Mother.

Although they are all vegetarian dishes, they are full of color, flavor and flavor, carefully cooked, light and refreshing.

After breakfast, Shen Wanzhen rinsed her mouth with her hands, ordered the palace maid to light incense, and copied it devoutly.

This is also a good thing for her, she can cultivate her self-cultivation.

"The princess rests, let's take a sip of tea" The two palace maids waiting were very dedicated, one was fanning beside her to drive away mosquitoes, and the other was serving tea and water.

Shen Wanzhen's throat was a little dry, she took the tea and took a sip, raised her head, and inadvertently looked out the window, only to see a middle-aged lady from an official eunuch family walking towards the dormitory.

"The Queen Mother announced Zhao again today to command Mrs. Zhao to enter the palace."

Shen Wanzhen smiled secretly, Xue Jin's mother-in-law had probably already passed the words.