Lu Nianjin was stunned for a moment when she saw the queen looking at her, and after she reacted, she smiled and said generously, "Queen Mother, speaking of which, Jin'er hasn't seen Concubine Jing for a while, why don't you invite her in?" ”

The queen saw that Lu Nianjin was frank, there was no abnormal reaction at all, she nodded, and said to the palace maid who was speaking, "Then let Concubine Jing come in!" ”

"Yes, Queen." The palace maid was ordered to retreat.

Not long after, Concubine Jing walked in holding the hand of the palace maid, and before and after, she saluted, "The concubine asks the queen mother to say goodbye," after a pause, she looked at Lu Nianjin again, her eyes were still soft, and said, "I have seen the princess." ”

"No courtesy." The queen screamed lightly, and then gave another seat, and then asked with a smile, "Why did Concubine Jing suddenly remember today and come to the palace to say goodbye?" ”

Concubine Jing was dressed in a group collar Ai green skirt, combed a flat bun, and only had a few hostas carved into magnolia patterns, looking very plain and gentle, listening to the queen's inquiry, she turned sideways and said softly, "The concubine knows that the queen is quiet, and she doesn't dare to bother at will on weekdays. ”

"What's the matter?" The queen looked at Concubine Jing and said softly, "If this palace can help, this palace will definitely do its best." ”

Concubine Jing heard the queen say this, and glanced at Lu Nianjin as if she didn't have anything, and then said, "The concubine wants to ask the queen to marry Ze'er." ”

"Marriage for the Four Princes?"

The corners of the queen's eyes jumped slightly, the smile on her face froze, and she paused for a moment before saying, "Then I don't know which noble girl in the capital you have taken a fancy to, Concubine Jing?" ”

Concubine Jing lifted her lips, smiled, and said unhurriedly, "If you go back to the queen's mother, the concubine is not talented, and she takes a fancy to the eldest daughter of the Qing Meng family, and the child's name is called Qing Court." ”

"I remember in a trance that Miss Meng is a talented girl, and she is as famous as the eldest granddaughter of Mr. Jiangnan Dahongru Jinglin's family."

Concubine Jing's face was faint, "It's not famous, in fact, it's second, it's just that the two children are very fateful, a few days ago, Ze'er went hunting on the side of the Yaqing River, and it happened to be a thunderstorm, he was going to the thatched hut in the mountains to take shelter from the rain, thanks to Miss Meng, who went up the mountain to collect medicine, she saw that something was wrong and stopped him in time." Later, the thatched hut was indeed split by thunder because it was not equipped with lightning rods, and if it hadn't been for the heavy rain at that time, it would have been impossible to say that the whole mountain would have been burned. ”

The queen was shocked, "There is such a thing?" It's dangerous! Are the four princes okay now? ”

Concubine Jing shook her head, "Miss Meng's blessing, Ze'er is just wet in her robe, and she hasn't even been stained by the wind and cold." ”

"That's good." The queen replied with a light smile, paused, and said, "Giving marriage to the four princes is a big deal, and the palace will discuss it with the emperor later, and if there is no accident, I will give you an answer in a few days." ”

Concubine Jing nodded, and after finishing her business, she made a statement of resignation.

The queen didn't stay, she glanced sideways at Song Ying, and said with a smile, "You send Concubine Jing for the palace." ”

"Yes, sissy." Song Ying agreed and walked out.

sent Concubine Jing out of the main hall before she came back.

Considering the ambiguous past of Lu Nianjin and Concubine Jing's mother and son, after Concubine Jing left, the queen and Jiang Rongyue tacitly agreed that they would not mention this name again.

On the contrary, it was Lu Nianjin, who was surprised in his heart, Xiao Ze and Meng Qingting actually came together, and he didn't know if Meng Qingting calculated Xiao Ze, or if the two had the same smell.

However, it is good that these two are paired together, so as to save others from harm.

Thinking like this, the corners of her mouth hooked up a smile.

When the queen saw it, the little pimple that was originally entangled in her heart was immediately dispersed, and she turned to talk to her about other things, "The few prescriptions you gave to the queen mother last time, the queen mother asked Song Yingquan to concoct them, and the effect is really good, do you see if the tail lines of the queen mother's eyes are really much lighter?" ”

Lu Nianjin heard the queen say this, raised his head and looked at her carefully for a while, and said with a smile, "It's true, no wonder when I entered the palace, I looked at the queen mother as if she was a few years younger, and it turned out to be my credit." ”

"It's not your fault." The queen patted her hand gently, with a gentle smile in her eyes, "And the tranquilizing pill you gave is also very good, your father and emperor took it once in the queen mother's place, and I thought it was very good, but then I was cheeky and asked for it all." ”

"Then I'll go back and make a few more bottles for the queen mother." Lu Nianjin said, as if he remembered something, and said to Chu Fu, "Auntie, please bring the incense ball I made for the queen mother." ”

Hearing this, Chu Fu took out a brocade box from his sleeve and presented it to the queen.

When the queen opened it, she saw that in the brocade box divided into twelve grids, each grid had a delicate incense ball, twelve incense balls, and twelve patterns, which were the twelve flower letters.

The queen looked at it carefully, with a touch of surprise in her eyes, and praised, "Jin'er's mind is really exquisite. ”

Jiang Rongyue approached and ate the taste, "This is much more exquisite than the incense ball that my cousin-in-law gave me before." ”

Lu Nianjin heard her complain like this, and couldn't help but raise her hand, pinched her nose and said, "Even the vinegar of the queen mother, I can forget your cousin." As she spoke, she glanced at Chu again.

Chu Fu understood, and took a brocade box from his sleeve and handed it to Lu Nianjin.

After Lu Nianjin opened it, there were six kinds of incense balls in the shape of small animals, and she handed it to Jiang Rongyue and said, "The rabbit is lily incense, the carp is lily of the valley, and the pig is orange blossom...... I heard that my grandfather's family had six sisters, so my cousin was in charge and went back to divide the sisters among them, just one for each person. ”

Jiang Rongyue played with the six delicate and cute incense balls in the box, but she was reluctant, she secretly glanced at Lu Nianjin, and secretly rubbed and said, "Cousin-in-law, can I not give them and swallow them alone?" ”

Lu Nianjin pursed his lips and smiled lightly, looking at the queen, "Or, you ask the queen mother?" ”

The queen doesn't care, "Your cousin-in-law asked you to share it with your sisters, and it's also for your good." But when the thing arrives in your hands, it's yours, and if you want to sell it to them, you can give it, if you don't, then it's all yours, and others can't grab it if they want to. ”

"I see." Jiang Rongyue nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Then I will give one to the eldest sister and the sixth sister, the two of them have always been good with me, as for the third sister and the fourth sister, I just throw them away!" ”

"Then listen to you, only for the big girl and the sixth girl." The queen touched Jiang Rongyue's heart and said.

Lu Nianjin also means this.

Since the death of the first prince, the queen's health has not been very good, and now that she has been talking for so long, she is also sleepy, so she asked Jiang Rongyue to accompany Lu Nianjin, and she went back to the apse to rest.

After watching the queen leave, Lu Nianjin remembered that he had also made ambergris incense balls for the emperor, so he said to Jiang Rongyue, "The matter of Princess Huyang last time was handled by the emperor impartially, so we can get out completely, this time when we enter the palace, the two of us should ask the emperor for peace, and my cousin will accompany me." ”

Jiang Rongyue has been much bolder since she taught Princess Huyang a lesson with Lu Nianjin last time, and at this moment, she listened to Lu Nianjin's proposal and agreed without thinking about it.

So, the two took the palace people out of Kunning Palace and headed towards the Qianyuan Palace.

The waiter on the errand outside the Qianyuan Hall was still the same as last time, and when he saw the two figures of Tingena from far and near, he recognized at a glance that they were the crown princess and the county lord of Pingyang.

Thinking of the person who had just pretended to be a little eunuch and infiltrated the Qianyuan Palace, his heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he hurriedly ordered the little eunuch next to him to go in and remind him.

When the little eunuch sneaked out of the hall, Lu Nianjin and Jiang Rongyue happened to come closer.

There was no need for Lu Nianjin to signal, Chu Fu had already stepped forward and said, "Please let my father-in-law report that the crown princess and the county lord of Pingyang have come to greet the emperor!" ”

"Yes, the minion is going!" The waiter said, bowed to Lu Nianjin and Jiang Rongyue, and then stepped back.

"The crown princess and the county lord wait a moment." Watching the chamberlain enter the main hall, Chu Fu returned to Lu Nianjin and persuaded in a low voice.

Lu Nianjin let out a "hmm" and threw a polite look at Chu Fu.

After that, there was no word, and after about a quarter of an hour, the chamberlain came out of it and said respectfully, "The emperor invited the crown princess and the county lord of Pingyang to go in." ”

Lu Nianjin nodded at the waiter, raised his feet and walked inside.

Entering the inner hall, the two saluted the emperor one after the other.

The emperor looked at the two of them, and said "no courtesy" in a low voice.

Lu Nianjin straightened up, and as soon as he looked up, he saw the eunuch hat and a bowl of lotus root flour dumplings resting in the corner of the imperial case.

Soon, though, her gaze looked away again.

Jiang Rongyue was very naïve, looked at the eunuch hat and asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, which eunuch is so bold that he dares to put his hat on your imperial case." ”

It was also at this time that the emperor realized that he was patronizing Tibetans, but he forgot these little things, and his face suddenly froze.

"Maybe it's Father-in-law's." Lu Nianjin said lightly.

When the emperor heard this, he immediately followed the steps she gave him and said, "It's Fuquan's, I just gave him an errand to do, and it was not very convenient to wear a hat on that errand, so I allowed him to put his hat here first." ”

"I see." Jiang Rongyue nodded.

The emperor also breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the two of them, and asked, "What are you two doing today to look for me?" ”

Lu Nianjin said, "Last time, thanks to the emperor's justice, Nianjin was able to retreat, and this time he entered the palace again, and Nianjin came to the emperor to ask for peace after seeing his mother, and brought a box of incense balls to the emperor." ”

The emperor listened to Lu Nianjin's words, but he was a little uncomfortable, and paused for a moment before asking, "What kind of incense ball, present it, I'll take a look." ”

Lu Nianjin gave Chu Fu a look, and Chu Fu immediately bowed down and presented the ambergris incense ball personally prepared by Lu Nianjin to the front of the palace.

The emperor opened it and sniffed it, nodded and said, "It's really good, it's better than the ambergris used in the palace." ”

When Lu Nianjin heard the emperor say this, he just smiled lightly, "It's good if the emperor likes it." ”

But Jiang Rongyue behind her couldn't help but say the other benefits of this incense ball.

After listening to this, the emperor was really more interested, and even asked Lu Nianjin about the incense recipe for making this kind of incense ball.

Lu Nianjin couldn't see that the emperor wanted to set this incense ball as a tribute, but why did he want her things! Just because he connived at Princess Huyang, did he still come out to hang out during the grounding?!

"If you go back to the emperor, this is a relic left by Nian Jin's biological mother, because the spices required are too precious and complicated, and if you save a few years of spices, you may only be able to make these two or three boxes." Thinking like this, she deliberately enlarged the rare incense ball, and branded it as the relic of her dead mother.

As soon as she said this, the emperor really stopped the idea of playing this incense ball incense recipe.

And Lu Nianjin saw that the time was almost up, so he offered to leave.

The emperor thought of Princess Huyang, who was still holding behind the curtain, and waved his hand to let the two of them retreat.

Out of the Qianyuan Palace, Lu Nianjin's face sank suddenly.

When Jiang Rongyue asked her where she was going next, she didn't hesitate to say, "Go to the Jade Lake Palace." ”

When Jiang Rongyue heard this, her face changed, "What are you going to do in the Jade Lake Palace?" ”

"Naturally, I want to visit Princess Huyang and rebuild the old friendship with her." Lu Nianjin's expression was gloomy and compassionate.

"Cousin, you can't be serious, right?" Jiang Rongyue looked at Lu Nianjin's face and asked worriedly.

Lu Nianjin didn't explain anything, just walked forward quickly.

Jiang Rongyue was ordered by the queen to accompany her, what can she do now? I can only sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman!

The two of them went all the way to the Jade Lake Hall in this way.

Then, as soon as he entered the hall, he was blocked by Mama Hong, the grandmother of Princess Huyang, after Mama Hong saluted, she looked at Lu Nianjin coldly, and said without pretense, "The princess is thinking about copying the palace rules in the side hall, and it is inconvenient to come out to meet people, and ask the princess to forgive her sins. ”

Lu Nianjin listened to Mama Hong's obstruction, but she didn't mean to retreat, she looked at Mama Hong with a smile, "If the crown princess and the county lord of Pingyang came to visit Princess Huyang on the order of the queen, Mama Hong still won't let her?" ”

Jiang Rongyue: "......" When did her aunt make this decree? How she didn't know.

"Mama Hong?" Lu Nianjin saw that Mama Hong was silent, paused, and reminded her with a smile, "The queen also said that this princess is the princess's eldest sister-in-law after all, and she should be generous and kind to her younger sister, if the princess really knows her mistake, she will spare her this time first, and don't worry about her." ”

Mama Hong listened to Lu Nianjin say word by word, and the cold sweat almost soaked her middle clothes.

She knew that if she refused to go on, she couldn't say anything about it, so she could only stubbornly say, "Please ask the crown princess and the county lord of Pingyang to come with the old slave, and the old slave will take the two to the side hall to see the princess." ”

Lu Nianjin nodded, and took Jiang Rongyue to follow Mama Hong to the side hall.

Naturally, there is no Princess Huyang in the side hall, but Yu Xiang, the palace maid who serves Princess Huyang, pulled out another lie when she was in a panic.

Kneeling on the ground and trembling, he said, "Crown Princess, princess...... The princess went to the clean room to change her clothes. ”

Lu Nianjin didn't have much interest in embarrassing a palace maid, she glanced at her gently, and nodded her chin, "Then you can bring me the palace rules that Princess Huyang has copied in the past month, and I can explain to the queen when I go back." ”

Yu Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground, was even more afraid, her eyes flashed, and she didn't dare to move.

Seeing this, Lu Nianjin couldn't help but change his face suddenly, "In the past month, Princess Huyang shouldn't have copied a word of the palace rules, right?" ”

Yu Xiang's face is bloodless: "......"

She wanted to say "The crown princess is wise, you guessed it", but her position did not allow it, so she could only be silent.

Lu Nianjin looked at Yu Xiang's default attitude, as well as Mama Hong's expression of imminent disaster, but he was surprised. Princess Huyang was just vicious and domineering, but she didn't expect that she would dare to turn a deaf ear to the emperor's punishment, and she didn't even bother to do the most basic face work.

Jiang Rongyue on the side was dumbfounded, and it was only at this moment that she reacted, where was her cousin-in-law looking for Princess Huyang to rebuild it, and she was clearly looking for trouble.

As for the princess Yu Xiang said was changing clothes in the clean room, I am afraid that it is also fake, Princess Huyang, she is not in the Yuhu Palace at all.

Thinking like this, she suddenly blessed her soul, looked at Yu Xiang coldly, and scolded, "It's all this time, do you still want to hide it for Princess Huyang?" Say! Where the hell is Princess Huyang! ”

Jiang Rongyue was rare and majestic, and Yu Xiang shuddered when she was frightened.

She was not originally a palace maid who served Princess Huyang closely, and more than a month ago, because Princess Huyang's close palace people were all stung by poisonous bees, and it was inconvenient to serve Princess Huyang, she was transferred from the outer hall.

Now that she was forced to ask by Jiang Rongyue, she couldn't help crying anymore, and then explained honestly, "If you go back to the county lord, half an hour ago, the princess and Sister Miaoyin changed into eunuch clothes and went out......"

As for where the two went, she didn't know.

She didn't know, but Jiang Rongyue figured out when she heard the three words of eunuch uniform, where is the hat of Father-in-law Fu on the emperor's royal case, it is actually the hat of Princess Huyang!

As for Gonggong Fu, nine times out of ten, he stayed by Princess Huyang's side, lest she rush out on impulse.

After thinking about this, she looked at Lu Nianjin with a little verification, wondering if she had guessed these a long time ago, Lu Nianjin nodded slightly, Jiang Rongyue smiled mockingly, and there was no doubt in her eyes.

The two shook off the bottom of Princess Huyang's grounding period clearly, and returned to Kunning Palace.

When he saw the queen, he naturally told the truth about the behavior of the two foxes and fake tigers for the first time.

The queen was not dissatisfied with the behavior of the two of them in falsely spreading the decree, and rewarded each of them with a jade plaque with a smile, and instructed, "In the future, the two of you will hold this jade plaque as if you were in the palace." ”

Lu Nianjin held the lifelike phoenix jade plate in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and put it away as a life-saving mascot.

Jiang Rongyue was used to taking all kinds of rewards from the queen, and she didn't refuse.

As soon as the two of them got the jade medal on the front foot, and on the back foot, the news that the emperor had once again severely punished Princess Huyang spread into Kunning Palace.

This time, the emperor directly doubled Princess Huyang's punishment, and specifically pointed to an upright imperial aunt to watch her...... If you can't copy the palace rules punished within a year, you will be stripped of the princess's title and fiefdom and demoted to the county lord.

Jiang Rongyue heard that Princess Huyang was suffering again, and she happily ate an extra bowl of rice.

The queen just frowned slightly, and said lightly, "This girl from Huyang is really not like talking. ”

Lu Nianjin looked at the queen's face and sighed in his heart.

Although there is no direct evidence pointing to Lu Guifei in the matter of the first prince back then, who else would and who would dare to poison the first prince except her!

It is also embarrassing for the queen, for so many years, her own murderous enemies and children are complete, and she can only live in a corner of peace, she can't do anything, she can only guard this huge Kunning Palace, and live a lonely life.

After lunch, Lu Nianjin and Jiang Rongyue accompanied the queen to the imperial garden to eat.

After eating, the three of them went back and took Aunt Song Ying to make a table and hang a horse......

Lu Nianjin's card skills were the worst, he lost the worst, but he was still the biggest addiction, and in the end, only the phoenix jade card given by the queen was left in the whole body.

provoked the queen and Jiang Rongyue to joke.

……

That night, before going to bed, Jiang Rongyue proposed that she wanted to sleep with Lu Nianjin.

The queen glanced at her, and refused without thinking about it, "Just your monkey-like sleeping position, don't come to your cousin-in-law, you don't have to hurt your cousin-in-law to sleep badly all night, and you won't dare to enter the palace in the future." ”

Lu Nianjin didn't want to sleep with anyone because she was pregnant, so she just watched narrowly.

After being trained by the queen, Jiang Rongyue finally stopped thinking about sleeping with Lu Nianjin, and reluctantly went back to her room.

After she left, Lu Nianjin also went back to the room where she lived last time.

The room was still the same, she was pregnant now, she should not be tired, and she simply washed up and went to sleep.

Mama Qin didn't worry about her, so she slept on her footsteps to help her keep vigil.

Lu Nianjin couldn't bear to feel that Mama Qin was still suffering from this crime at this age, so she simply got up and asked the palace people of Kunning Palace to carry a soft couch in, and put it next to her bed, with a thick futon on it, just enough to lie down Mama Qin, and tolerate her to turn over twice.

The night was getting darker, and the sound of long breathing soon could be heard in the room.

Aunt Song Ying sneaked into the room quietly around the ugly hour, when people were most asleep, she bypassed Mama Qin and walked directly to Lu Nianjin's side, her three fingers slightly curled, and put on her wrist.

One, two, three...... At the sixth breath, she withdrew her hand, turned around, and left quietly.

What she didn't know was that after she left, Lu Nianjin immediately opened her eyes.

At the same time, there was a touch of doubt in my heart.

Who's coming?

Why do you need to check her pulse?

What did she want to be sure?

The Queen's Bedchamber.

It's been this time, and the queen is still leaning on the couch, refusing to sleep comfortably.

Hearing the slight sound of footsteps outside, she clenched the note in her hand and looked up at the beaded curtain.

It was Song Ying who came in who had changed out of his night clothes.

"How?" When the queen saw Song Ying, she immediately sat up, looked at her and asked a little anxiously.

Song Ying looked at the queen's expectant appearance and shook her head gently.

The next moment, the queen's eyes immediately dimmed.

She clenched her hand on the couch, her voice filled with disappointment and choking, "Can't you?" Still not good after all? ”

Song Ying stepped forward, handed a handkerchief to the queen, bent down, and helped her wipe her tears while comforting, "Only once, this does not prove that the poison hindered the prince's fertility, maybe it was just a coincidence!" ”

When the queen heard Song Ying say this, a flash of hope suddenly appeared in her eyes, and she looked at her burningly, "Is what you said true?" ”

Song Ying nodded, "Naturally, it's true," and then she said, "But if the mother is really in a hurry, there is another way for the slave maid?" ”

"What's the idea, you say it quickly?"

"The ancestor of the slave maid once left a prescription, and decocted the medicine according to the prescription, and if he had sex that night, he would definitely be able to give birth to a male fetus......"