As soon as the sky was bright, all the palaces in the Forbidden City were already going in and out like palace maids and eunuchs in different colors. The vehicles carrying water from outside the city have also been slowly pulled in from the Shenwu Gate. -- In the Forbidden City, there are wells in the courtyards of each palace, and most people eat well water. Only a few people, such as the emperor, empress and even the queen mother, can eat the mountain spring water specially pulled back from Yuquan Mountain.

This waterwheel entered the Shenwu Gate and divided into several roads, some went to Qingning Palace, some went to Qianqing Palace, and some went to Kunning Palace. Although the Qianqing Palace and the Kunning Palace are separated by a corridor, the degree of use is clear, and there is nothing to be ambiguous.

The waterwheel can not enter the Kunning Palace, to the North Point Gate stopped, naturally someone stepped forward to take the bucket to carry it in, this uproar pouring water, the early morning silence in the sky came out of the distance, over the high wall, all the way to the queen's ear.

The queen slowly opened her eyes and looked at the top of the fine embroidery, and after a while she sat up, but instead of getting up, she leaned against the head of the bed and looked out the window. "What time is it?"

"It's just the hour." It was night, and Lotus stood up neatly from the corner where she was resting cross-legged. I packed up the thick blanket under my body when I spent the night - the palace maid was on duty at night, of course, she couldn't fall asleep on the furniture, even on cold winter nights. As a rule, a thick blanket is given, half padded and half covered, and there is also a cover when napping. As soon as there was any movement in the bed where the master was sleeping, they had to wake up and be ready to serve. "Niang Niang will sleep again, right?"

"I can't sleep." The queen shook her head and counted on her fingers, "Did you sleep for two hours last night?" ”

"From the time you fell asleep to this point, it's an hour and a half." Although there was a melancholy in Lotus Lotus's eyes, her tone was still so light and homely, and she stepped forward to tuck the quilt for the queen. "Mother, get up when you wake up. After breakfast, the garden is loose and loose, today is a small day of please, if you want, go out and joke with the concubines, if you don't want to, then come back and use snacks, read books and play chess, come back and have lunch and sleep for a while......"

The queen already had insomnia, and after the second miscarriage, this problem became more serious, so that she couldn't sleep all night long, and there could be seven or eight days out of ten days. In addition, his health was not good, but now he is pale and thin. If it weren't for the imperial doctor's support for the pulse, they all said that the body recovered, and the lotus lotus would be a little ominous and worried...... Although this tone is not something that the slave should use with the master, but now she can't take care of it, so she can only help the queen arrange it in this way, otherwise, she doesn't know when she can get up.

The queen was silent for a while, and then slowly got out of bed and freshened up according to the lotus lotus arrangement. Here in Lotus Lotus, although she called someone in, she didn't hand over the combing errand to others, and while combing her hair, she smiled and said, "I'm afraid that Concubine Zhuang is the only one today-Concubine Hui Niangniang heard that she was sick last time, and said that she had a stomach trouble, but I'm afraid that she may not come over today." ”

Kunning Palace has become like this, and Concubine He Hui's steps are not as diligent as before, and it is common for her to not come with anything. Recently, Concubine Sun Guifei didn't come to raise a baby, and when she was a little please, Concubine Xu Zhuang often came alone, and she saluted the empty seat and left-I didn't feel anything when it was full before, but now I feel cold. In Lotus Lotus's heart, she gradually became a little uneasy: the queen's body is getting better and better, and she always doesn't go out to let people sit in front of the empty seat, which was nothing before, but now when Concubine Zhuang comes alone, she always feels a little rude.

Maybe this is the change of momentum, and people's hearts have changed unconsciously......

Lotus Lotus sighed in her heart, then glanced at the queen's expression in the mirror, and cautiously persuaded again, "Niangniang is up today, you might as well go out to see Concubine Zhuang...... is so lazy to see people, isn't it boring? ”

The queen didn't seem to have any opinions, the lotus root combed her hair here, and the breakfast was hurriedly put on the table - the queen got up early, and according to the rules, she didn't have breakfast time, but she didn't let the master wait for the reason, and when the atmosphere in the house was leisurely freshening up, there were many people outside the house who broke their legs for this breakfast.

"Let's use a bowl of **." It was rare for the queen to have the interest to name the dishes, but after the entrance, she just moisturized her lips and put it down, and the lotus lotus and other people close to the palace persuaded her again and again before she took two bites of the steamed bun. "I don't know what's going on, and I can't eat anymore."

In the long run, what should I do? Several big palace maids looked at each other, and they could see the sadness under the smile. It's just that he naturally didn't dare to show anything on his face, and he used a little bit to serve the queen, and the whole breakfast table was almost untouched, and it became a benefit for the palace maids.

Lotus lotus was on duty last night, and after serving breakfast, he could go back to rest. It's just that she has something on her mind, and she eats a meal of reheated soy milk vermicelli buns in the small pantry - 'greasy, no wonder Niangniang doesn't like to eat this' - I heard that Concubine Xu Zhuang came in to ask for peace, wiped her mouth, and then mixed into the main hall, and the queen stood behind her.

She expected it well, Concubine He Hui really didn't come this morning, saying that she was not well yet. Concubine Xu Zhuang also helped her explain to the queen, "The weather is just cold, she came back from a walk a few days ago, and she had to drink cold tea when she was greedy for cold, but she couldn't stand it." When I went to see her yesterday, I was still lying in bed, shouting that this disease was not good and that I couldn't eat crabs. ”

The queen was also amused by Concubine Xu Zhuang's description, "Immortals are naughty - in fact, Beijing crabs are not very interesting, they are not as fat as Nanjing, and it is okay not to eat them." ”

"Indeed, if you want to say fresh, the hairy crab in Nanjing Taihu Lake is delicious." Concubine Zhuang and the queen said something to eat in Nanjing, and also smiled, "Talking and talking, I want to go back to Nanjing to eat small radish shredded baked cakes." ”

"You love to eat, and it's the same if you ask the imperial chef to call you at noon." The queen's mouth responded, but she turned her head and glanced at the lotus. Lotus Lotus knew in her heart: Concubine Zhuang came over, she had been sitting for a quarter of an hour, and as an excuse to ask for peace, it was almost time to leave. But Concubine Zhuang didn't mean to move yet, and the queen asked Lotus to give Concubine Zhuang a hint.

Can...... don't understand eyebrows like this? Lotus Lotus took a step forward and gave Concubine Zhuang a look, and sure enough, Concubine Zhuang's eyes flew back. The two glanced at each other a few times, and the lotus lotus understood. She bent down and whispered softly in the queen's ear, "Niangniang, Concubine Zhuang is just afraid that she has something to say......"

The queen let out an 'oh' in surprise, and then she came back to her senses. She pondered for a moment, and then said with a smile, "You haven't been here for a long time, I'm afraid you don't know, I have a few more pots of good flowers here, why don't you go and see them together?" ”

Lotus Lotus suddenly felt a sour in his heart: If in the past, when Kunning Palace was still in charge, what good things were there? Even when Concubine Zhuang came, she was also steadily suppressed by Kunning Palace. But now, it is so difficult for Niangniang to find an excuse, Concubine Zhuang just gave birth to a princess, and she is being favored, the emperor has passed over repeatedly, how dare Qingning Palace be wronged? Not to mention what things are still supplied, if there are rare things, they will naturally go over there first. In this Kunning Palace, it is not difficult to find some Yong'an Palace, but it is impossible to find the opposite......

#徐循这一阵子, every three days there is no shortage of greetings, in fact, waiting is just such an opportunity. In the past few months, the queen didn't come out, and she came to visit, but there were traces, and besides, the posture was not good-looking. Seeing that summer is going to autumn, and Sun Guifei has been pregnant for five or six months, the queen is still so indifferent and only cares about recuperation, Xu Xun is basically sure that she really doesn't know. It seems that in addition to entrusting that batch of goods to her, the queen really doesn't care about the world at all and lives in another shijie.

Autumn is crisp, the sun is out at this time, and it is very comfortable to walk in the garden. The two walked hand in hand in the backyard for a while, and the palace ladies all fell far behind. Xu Xun thought about it for a while, and simply got straight to the point, "Sister, what do you think about the Changning Palace matter?" ”

"I'm finally pregnant again." The queen is not too much to cope with normal conversation. "It's a good thing to be able to spread the branches for the heavenly family. I just hope that she can successfully protect the fetus and give birth safely, but don't have any more moths. ”

Xu Xun snorted, sure that the queen had not heard the slightest clue. "However, no matter which one is pregnant, as long as it can give birth safely, it is good, no matter what, it is also the eldest brother's heir."

The queen paused, "You mean she called her sick at first?" ”

If she had educated Xu Xun in turn at this time, saying that it was excusable for Sun Guifei to say that she was sick, then Xu Xun would not have said it further, seeing the queen's sincere attitude, she continued, "This is one, and there is another, Qingning Palace sent Nan Yipo over, but from beginning to end, Nan Yifu saw Sister Sun a few times, and then she was sent back, and the eldest brother went to Qingning Palace to ask for peace...... Since then, Qingning Palace has ignored Changning Palace. It's been a few months, and there is still no movement at all, how concerned you and I were when I was pregnant, and my sister also knew it. ”

The queen's eyes were already a little thoughtful, she pondered for a while, and said slowly, "Ask Changning Palace, is it Imperial Doctor Liu?" ”

"Not really." Xu Xun sighed, "It's the Imperial Doctor Zhou who was supposed to wear the guilt." ”

The queen nodded, revealing a slight sarcastic smile, "It's better to make a mistake than to do it." ”

No matter how unjust this crime is, the ghost fetus was not helped out, it was not saved, and it happened that someone saved it, this is the crime of Imperial Doctor Zhou. I didn't deal with him at the time, but it was because the palace didn't free up his hands, and later Xu Xun gave birth, and he was lucky to be called in again, and he still made a small contribution, so he kept his position. But the status of Imperial Physician Zhou is now incomparable with Imperial Physician Liu. In the past, he was able to give the concubines a red imperial doctor, but now he has been marginalized. Such people often want to climb up again, and they are often easy to take risks and be easily bought.

Xu Xun sighed, she felt that she had finally reached love. He didn't plan to talk about it again, but looked at the pot of chrysanthemums and said with a smile, "It's really a good bloom, this is a red mountain, right?" It's so beautiful red. ”

The queen didn't answer Xu Xun's words, but asked again, "Do you do that in Changning Palace, is it to raise you from outside the palace, or—"

Xu Xun frowned and said busily, "This ...... The eldest brother should also know about this matter. ”

She began to worry a little about the queen's combat effectiveness: a serious illness can often make people think slowly and change their personality greatly. Especially the queen's disease bleeding is too bad, and it is very likely that her brain is not as flexible as before. Just now she clearly said that the emperor had been to Qingning Palace, but now she still asked such a thing, which couldn't help but make her worried.

I had to make the words clearer again, "The palace people around me are pregnant, so it is understandable that such an arrangement will be made." This child is a daughter, and there is not much more. If it is a son, he is the eldest son of the emperor. ”

When the queen has no hope of giving birth, the eldest son of the emperor is basically equivalent to the crown prince. The crown prince's biological mother, in the future, if the emperor walks in front of two women, are you, the queen mother, embarrassed to let people be martyred? There are also a lot of examples of the two sides of the previous dynasty. At most, it will be a few more emblems for Empress Dowager Hu, and the emperor will definitely still value his 'biological mother' in his heart.

Of course, if the queen dies, there is nothing to worry about. Xu Xun actually always suspected that the queen probably knew everything, but he felt that he didn't live long, so he didn't bother to care about it at all. She gave herself a full moon wine, which had a very strong sense of trust. She had been hesitant to do that—but in any case, since the queen did not know the possibility, she was too affectionate to sleep peacefully at night.

"The eldest son of the emperor ......" the queen seemed to chew these three words slowly, and after a while, she smiled again, "You say, what should I do?" ”

Xu Xun looked at her for a while, and felt very sad in her heart, she couldn't help but sour, and said slowly, "It's always a good thing to spread branches and have children." If the concubine herself is pregnant, there is nothing to say, but if you want to steal the son of man, this is against the heavens after all...... The harem system doesn't seem to allow it. When Song Zhenzong was in power, it was when the queen died, and it was Liu E's turn to act like that. This matter is brought forward by the mother, it is really reasonable, you send the lotus lotus, and follow Imperial Doctor Liu to help Sun Guifei take a pulse, otherwise everything will be clear. ”

More than five months, I am almost about to start showing my pregnancy. Even if Imperial Physician Liu opened his eyes and said nonsense, Lotus Lotus must have some way to find out whether Sun Guifei was really pregnant or fake. Needless to say, it is true pregnancy, although the queen is a little embarrassed, how bad can her relationship with the emperor and the concubine be? It's a fake pregnancy, judging from the attitude of the Queen Mother, she is also very reluctant to agree with Sun Guifei's approach, and now that the truth is revealed, there is no need to say it, even if Sun Guifei is not cured, it is always okay to bring the palace person who is really pregnant out to live. gave birth to a daughter, needless to say, just raise it casually, give birth to a son, how to seal it, how to fly Huang Tengda, how to be proud in the future - it is also what people deserve? Who gave birth to a son? Even if you want to hug and raise, then the queen should hug, in all dynasties, when there was no queen, the concubine hugged the heir, to put it mildly, a concubine hugged a child who had a room, what is going on?

Of course, Jihua is like this, and there may be many twists and turns in the implementation process at that time, but Xu Xun believes that the risk of the queen doing this is very small, after all, she really has not much to lose.

This is not a difficult math problem, but the queen was silent for a long time before nodding and saying, "You have a point...... Xiao Xun, there are so many sisters in this palace, I can see it clearly today, that is, you have a sincere heart for me. - It's really Xiexie. ”

Xu Xun thought of the queen's care for herself in the past, and the emotion and sourness in her heart were really indescribable, she said in a low voice, "Don't say that, Niangniang, I didn't do anything." ”

"What haven't you done yet?" The queen smiled, "Having said this, it is enough to treat me as her own." ”

"If you want to say that, how should my mother take care of me in the past?" Xu Xun shook his head, "Niangniang told me before that our sisters are not outsiders. I've kept this in my heart all these years. ”

The queen couldn't help but hook the corners of her lips, she held Xu Xun's hand and patted it, "I have always remembered this...... I know that neither of us has any bad intentions. ”

Is it true that she has never had a bad heart, Xu Xunshi doesn't dare to say, sometimes she feels that living in this palace is like blindly groping in the dark, everyone's face is so blurred, even she herself doesn't dare to say that she hasn't speculated about the queen in a bad way. But at least, the two of them did something and were kind to each other in the end, and that was enough.

"I hope my sister recovers soon." She said sincerely, "The princes and princesses still have to rely on you to raise them." ”

In ordinary people, even if the wife is not born, the children have to treat her as their own mother. Many children also have a deep affection for their mother-in-law - they have been raised and raised since childhood, eating and drinking in one place, and they are not blood relatives, but they can also have strong family affection. Even if there is no possibility of having children, the queen can - and she should also try to raise the eldest son who has not yet appeared, this is not only her power, but also her duty.

The queen only smiled very weakly, she couldn't stand still, and found a place for herself to rest under the porch nearby.

"Just because you are intimate with me, I will also tell you the truth today......" She closed her eyes softly. I've also received a little bit of wind about these things. I should think, I can figure it out, but Xiaoxun, I don't have the strength. ”

She whispered, "Let them toss, love as it is." I don't want to fight, if she wants to be the biological mother of the prince, let her do it, if she wants to be the queen mother, let her do it, she can't kill me again, right? I live in this Kunning Palace, she wants to kill me, I won't move the nest, love will come, I will wait. ”

The queen's words are true and sincere, without the slightest hypocrisy. Xu Xun looked at her, and couldn't help but be speechless for a while, and only after a long time did he whisper, "Yes, no matter what, no matter what, I have to respect you as a queen." Sister, you're out of ...... now."

Speaking of which, what else is there to continue? Xu Xun helped the queen into the back room, watched her fall asleep, and then said goodbye.

Back in Yong'an Palace, Liu Zhien waited there early in the morning, he is an insider, Xu Xun went to invite An for so long today, with Liu Zhien's IQ, how could he not guess what this was for? As soon as Xu Xun returned to the house, he followed. "Mother-"

Xu Xun didn't have an appetite either, "It's useless." ”

Liu Zhien raised his eyebrows.

"The queen has fallen." Xu Xun's tone was cold and crisp.

After thinking about it, he couldn't help but sigh, "Remember when I made an analogy with you?" ”

Liu Zhien nodded slightly, "What do you think...... The queen has been swallowed? ”

"It's not just swallowing it, I think she's already chewed it up." Xu Xun whispered, "All that's left now is just a little scum spitting out." ”

Liu Zhien couldn't help but be silent - the queen's life, can't say it's bad, but it can't be said to be good, fate brought the position of the queen from the sky, but it also took away the hope of giving birth to a boy. Maybe someone will stand up and start again after such a blow, but judging from Xu Xun's feedback, the queen does not have such a possibility.

Then there is no way. The queen can't say that she doesn't have the strength to fight, and there will never be fewer people who are willing to help her, the queen mother and Xu Xun are all very heavyweight helpers, but she herself collapsed first, and others can't help her.

Who in the harem would do such thankless and useless work?

"Compared to that, Sister Sun is tougher." Xu Xun thought about it, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. "It's the same fate, right now, isn't it possible for her to add another boy?"

The queen didn't interfere, the queen mother watched from the wall, if the child was a boy, he would definitely have to remember Sun Guifei's name and treat it as a parent.

"Do we want to ......," Liu Zhien asked cautiously.

"What do you do with all that nosy?" Xu Xun asked rhetorically, "After I manage it, the child will become me?" ”

"Yes." Liu Zhien thought about it and smiled, "Hengzhi, this matter has nothing to do with us." Niangniang is still at ease, Yong'an Palace is a little true. ”

"Not really." Xu Xun smiled, "If this gives birth to a boy, I will also be happy for Sister Sun - this time, she really has her wish come true, and she is angry." ”

Even so, there was still a bit of ridicule in the words. Liu Zhien saw it clearly: although she had no position to speak, Concubine Zhuang was a little disdainful of the noble concubine's actions in her heart. She is kind-hearted, and she must not see such a thing.

However, although I can't see it, in the final analysis, it's still the same sentence, no matter what, this boy is someone else, and it won't be Concubine Xu Zhuang's turn to take it, this matter is still someone else's business after all. Yong'an Palace, just watch it from the wall.

This view is that the wind and waves are calm, and the wax moon in the middle of winter is observed.

The author has something to say: this morning

The house has cooled down a lot, and I am dying of cold, I really want to sleep in a nest like our cat, don't do nothing......