Huadian is framed with iron wire and cardboard, and the outer layer is wound with a net-like pattern woven with black silk threads, and the surface is all dotted with emerald.

The front part is decorated with five golden silk phoenixes, inlaid with pearls and gemstones, and the mouth is crowned with pearls and gemstone tassels.

The golden phoenix is decorated with nine golden Zhai, with tassels such as pearls, coral, turquoise, lapis lazuli, and red sapphires.

There are also several strings of tassel pendants at the back of the dan [Note], which are dazzling and beautiful.

At this time, it is evening, and the sunset shines in from the window lattice, reflecting each other with the pearl and green, and the hall is more and more luxurious.

Gu Zhen sighed, carefully put Hua Tian on the brocade mat of the ebony lacquer plate in front of him, and said slowly: "Send it to Xuanqing Palace, just say that this palace added makeup to Princess Xincheng." ”

When she said this, she subconsciously glanced sideways at the crystal mirror not far away, the queen in the phoenix crown in the mirror was still noble and beautiful, but with a little attention, she could find that there were already a few wisps of light gray on her sideburns, but she was born early.

"Bengong isn't young anymore......" Gu Zhen sighed again, she was the same age as Chunjia, and this year is already Chunjia's twenty years, and she is already sitting at the age of three and four.

It's just that men are more forbidden to be older than women, Chunjia is in power, and he is getting more and more right, everything is going well, and he only feels majestic and grand, but his face is as handsome and upright as ever.

But the queen, since the beginning of this year, during the ceremony, the emperor and queen are juxtaposed, which makes people think that she is seven or eight years old, let alone the emperor.

The old people in the past are still good, and they all know that the queen's life has become more and more difficult in the past two years.

In the fifteenth year of Chunjia, the two healthy princes, the tenth prince and the twelfth prince, were moved to the Taichu Palace, and the emperor himself took over their teaching.

This would have been a good thing.

But after the two princes arrived at the side hall of Taichu Palace, in the first few months, the emperor just watched coldly, but they were quite peaceful.

Sixteen years after Chunjia, because there was nothing to do in the country, Chunjia was not polite when he freed his hand, but he openly trained these two children with heavy hands.

The ten princes were arrogant, and the emperor often scolded and blamed; The twelve princes were cowardly, and the emperor encouraged and persuaded mostly.

In all fairness, Chunjia's arrangement can be regarded as a concern for the two sisters-in-law.

However, the relationship between the Ten Princes and the Twelve Princes has deteriorated. 【！！ iQiwen #¥ fastest update]

Not only that, but rumors gradually spread among the palace bans, saying that one of the two princes was too domineering, the other was too weak, and none of them were normal.

Although these words were suppressed by the emperor and queen when they spread slightly, the terrible thing is that the ten princes and the twelve princes heard it.

Although the two princes became more and more respectful to the queen after that, Gu Zhen always felt that they had actually distanced themselves from themselves in their hearts.

In terms of palace affairs, the collision between the middle palace and the noble concubine is increasing.

This is not what annoys the queen the most, what makes her almost vomit blood the most is Chun

In the middle of the sixteenth year of Jia, under the repeated requests of her and Mrs. Gu, Chunjia allowed the Gu family to send a pair of sisters into the palace, under the banner of accompanying the queen, as the prince of the middle palace and the future concubine.

As a result, Gu Long, the younger sister of the two young ladies of the Gu family, did not fall in love with the third prince, let alone the king of Chu, nor the sixth prince...... It's the seven princes who saw the sky coming forward!

To be honest, although the queen doesn't like the concubine, she really wants to secretly praise the Seventh Prince that this child is really outstanding.

Because of his grandfather Yin Qu, this child's status in the palace has always been a little transcendent, and even the concubine has to deal with it and refuses to be left out in the cold.

But there is no arrogance, but a very generous and polite temperament.

In addition to being more attached to the concubine, he can be said to be a rare sincere gentleman.

And the appearance is quite Xiao like Chunjia, when he was young, elegant and graceful.

Gu Zhen sometimes sees this child, he will be a little in a trance, because he remembers that he first entered the palace when he was fifteen or sixteen years old, and he saw the Son of Heaven for the first time.

Chunjia's heart is like iron stone, and many of the old people who have accompanied him since the wedding, few of them have died well, and few have lived comfortably, including Concubine An, who is a childhood sweetheart. Even so, Gu Zhen, these old people, who hasn't been moved by the emperor in private in their best years? At that time, I was still a little naïve and childish, and I didn't understand the depth of the sorrow of meeting such a son of heaven, and at first, I was just greedy for the good color of the Ninety-Five Supreme.

Thinking of this, Gu Zhen really couldn't bear to blame Gu Long.

Gu Long is her niece, the same age as the Ten Princes. In the arrangement between the queen and the Gu family, if she is not surprised, she will become the side concubine of the Ten Princes in the future.

It's just that Gu Long was able to greet the Ten Princes at first, but after meeting the Seventh Prince a few times by chance, she even avoided the Ten Princes......

If it is other princes, there are many nieces and nieces left and right, and the queen is not unable to find ways to fulfill her thoughts.

The problem is that the seventh prince is raised by the concubine, even if the relationship between the two parties is not considered, and only says that the niece wants to be the daughter-in-law of the concubine, Gu Zhen is dark for Gu Long.

That is the master who has squeezed out of Beijing in embarrassment and has not been able to return to the palace so far, and he is still so cruel to his elders, let alone to be her junior?

Especially the Seventh Prince is good at everything, except when it comes to the matter of the concubine, he doesn't even think that his mother is good at everything.

Even his maternal grandfather, Yin Qu, became more and more subject to the concubine because of this.

Gu Zhen pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly, wondering, did he wait for Xincheng to leave the cabinet and find an excuse to send Gu Long back to his parents' house?

Otherwise, it was a small matter to waste a niece and daughter, so don't make any trouble, dragging down the prestige of the middle palace.

Although the middle palace has been defeated again and again in the past two years, its reputation has also been defeated.

But Gu Long is not angry, Gu Long's sisters still have hope of marrying into the royal family, and they can't call her an ignorant and ruin the future of other girls.

"Niangniang, this Huadian is so luxurious, it is too much to give Princess Xincheng." Someone among the attendants hugged her upset, so she whispered, "She is about to marry outside the Saiwai, so where can I use it when it's cold?" Don't move a king's tent, give the beads and fall the green feathers, you don't have to spoil the good things, it's better to send two pieces at will. ”

Anyway, Concubine Min is not a good person, so what's the use of giving her niece and daughter more good things?

Gu Zhen pinched the corners of his forehead and said slowly: "That is so, after all, she is the princess who was canonized by His Majesty personally, and she is the master of Wei Su's family." As the queen, there must always be two decent things to add makeup. Otherwise, if it spreads, it won't be able to open the pot for our middle palace! ”

After Chunjia personally raised the ten princes and the twelve princes, he thought that he had fulfilled his responsibilities to the middle palace and the Gu family, and then he was even more comfortable favoring the concubine.

Originally, the concubine was domineering and arrogant, and after this incident, it was even more public.

Half a year ago, he also found fault with the Ping family, and the ten princes personally went to the palace to intercede, not only failed to make Chunjia soft-hearted, but was scolded by the Son of Heaven in public, saying that he was ungrateful, for a cheap maid, and successively despised the noble mother-in-law, as well as the noble mother-in-law, it can be seen that there is no respect in the heart, not only punished the ten princes for kneeling for four hours for a long memory, but also disposed of a few of the scholars who admired him the most, on the grounds that they had no way to teach and did not urge the ten princes to become a good prince with excellent character and learning.

After the news of this matter spread, the former dynasty and the harem all talked about it, thinking that the ten princes might be a little out of the way.

After all, the emperor favors the concubine so much, how can he let the ten princes who have grievances with the concubine ascend to the throne?

After hearing the news, Gu Zhen was so angry that he hated Yun Fenghuan for being vicious, and deliberately provoked the Ten Princes from Ping Xianyi; I hate the ten princes for being confused, even if I want to protect my mother, who is this attitude bad, in front of Chunjia?

Now it's not the turn of the Ten Princes to be in charge!

She knew the child's nature, lest he say something that he shouldn't say in anger, and cut off his future more and more, so she forcibly untied her coat and blew the cold wind all night, making herself sick, and under the pretext that she needed the ten princes to serve the sick, she detained people by her side and taught her well.

After this incident, the Ten Princes have restrained a lot, and they have some sincerity towards her.

It's just that the mother and son have been separated for several years, and this is not a short time together that can erase the estrangement.

In the end, it is impossible to be as intimate and affectionate as the Seventh Prince and the concubine.

And the result of the queen's sideways intervention was that the concubine did not target Ping Xianyi again, but contradicted her everywhere.

Gu Zhen didn't say anything, but he was actually really tired in his heart.

She is nearly ten years older than Yun Fenghuan, and she is not favored by Chunjia, and she is not capable enough to be qualified for the position of the middle palace...... It is really very difficult to support until now, so in the past two years, she has given in to Yun Fenghuan if she can.

What he said to the left and right was that there was no need to cause trouble because of trivial matters and increase Chunjia's dislike for them.

In fact, I just feel tired.

It's the same this time.

Princess Xie Kuo of Xincheng was canonized five years ago, and she would have married the grassland the year before last.

But when Chunjia was eighteen years old, Wei Suxin Khan fell seriously ill and almost didn't survive.

The court urgently convened a court meeting for this reason, and the courtiers were divided into two factions, one faction proposed to marry Princess Xincheng immediately, and if the khan was cold, he would succeed his son and nephew, and Xie Kuo would be the regent of the Empress Dowager Wei Su; The other faction believes that Xie Kuo is not from a high background, he is young, no matter how weak Wei Su's side is now, he is also a dynasty that was once able to sit on an equal footing with the national dynasty, where could it be that Xie Kuo was a big clan when he first arrived, and he could be suppressed?

Yes, it is impossible for Xie Kuo to marry far away alone, and he will definitely arrange people to marry and give advice.

No matter how many people come up with ideas, at the critical moment, Xie Kuo still has to be able to stand up to the scene, if this candidate is Concubine Min, the courtiers dare to rest assured.

However, Xie Kuo is rumored to be calm and well-behaved, so everyone naturally doesn't believe her very much.

The most important thing is that Xie Kuo is the same age as Wei Suxin Khan.

The young Khan was born and raised on the grassland, and he was at risk of dying young, not to mention Xie Kuo, the master who had been pampered in front of the concubine for many years?

What if Xie Kuo goes, there will be three long and two short in two years?

It's not a curse on her, but it's really possible.

What name does such a dynasty have to manipulate the Khan of Wey?

In the end, the latter faction gained the upper hand, and the state found an excuse to delay the marriage, and confirmed that the khan had completely survived, and then agreed to continue the marriage.

But after Yun Fenghuang found out, he said that the khan was already weak, and after this incident, he didn't know if he could live a long life. Even if she doesn't think about her niece, but simply thinks about the country, Prince Wei Su, who has the blood of the country, is more reliable than the children who come after him?

All in all, the national dynasty dragged its preparations until the beginning of this year, when it was learned that Wei Su Khan was completely well, and even let a female slave give birth to a male heir, so he relented and married Xie Kuo.

The auspicious time of Qintian's calculation is the day of autumn, and now it is only early spring, and there is still enough time to prepare, but considering the summer vacation in the middle, in fact, this year is the day when Xincheng comes out of the pavilion when he comes back from Qishan. In this way, the queen was afraid that she would be in a hurry at that time, so she simply took advantage of the new batch of jewelry sent by the people below and gave the makeup first.

Left and right sent to Xuanqing Palace, and Concubine Min picked up for her nephew.

After arranging this matter, she didn't want to think about those troubles, but asked someone to take a stack of portraits in front of her, and muttered: "You say, among these girls, who is the one who has a contract with Bing'er?" ”

[Note] The five phoenixes of the dotted emerald inlaid jewels are described from the appreciation of the Forbidden City collection.

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