Lu Nianjin looked at the queen on the phoenix seat, this year, the queen has obviously lost a lot of weight, the originally plump cheeks no longer have much meat, and the wide phoenix robe is a little empty on the body, thanks to the blessing of makeup, the whole person is not so ugly.

"Queen Mother!"

"Auntie!"

The two approached and called out separately.

The queen smiled gently, gave a seat, and then looked at the two of them and said, "You two haven't entered the palace for a while, and this Kunning Palace is a little lonely." ”

When Lu Nianjin heard this, she pursed her lips and didn't speak, Jiang Rongyue opposite her was stunned and didn't answer.

The queen looked at Jiang Rongyue, "Rongrong, what's wrong with you, but you're not feeling well?" Looks sullen. ”

"No," Jiang Rongyue subconsciously said when she heard the queen ask, she raised her head, shook it gently, and said worriedly, "Auntie, I'm not uncomfortable, I'm just ...... There are some worries. ”

"Oh, worry about what?" The queen took a sip of the honey water in her hand, frowned, and asked with concern.

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Jiang Rongyue's face, and she struggled for a while before she expressed her worries, "Auntie, I'm afraid that at today's palace banquet, the prince of the Japanese will propose marriage to the emperor......

The queen listened to Jiang Rongyue talk about the stubble of harmony, her face also became solemn, she paused for a moment, and then looked at Lu Nianjin and said, "Jin'er, what do you think about the matter of being close to the country?" ”

Lu Nianjin was silent for a moment, and when he looked up at the queen, he still said the same sentence, "The emperor's sacred heart, the courtiers' daughters-in-law dare not speculate." ”

When her words fell, the queen looked at her fixedly, her eyebrows frowned tighter, and after a long time, she sighed, and simply made this matter clear, "The queen mother means, if there is room for this matter to turn around, can you dissolve it a little, after all, she is the cousin of you and Xun'er." ”

After listening to the queen, Lu Nianjin wanted to say that Princess Huyang was also the sister of her and Xiao Xun's sister-in-law, but when the words came to her mouth, she rolled over, and finally swallowed it.

In any case, the queen is Xiao Xun's biological mother and Ji'er's own grandmother.

"I see." There was silence for some time, and finally she said a faint word to the queen.

The queen listened to her promise, and then she was satisfied.

Not long after, the palace concubines and the inner and outer wives also arrived, and entered the Kunning Palace in waves.

Lu Nianjin felt a little bored, said something to the queen, and retreated.

She stood on the wind outlet of the side hall, blowing the breeze to look at the several jars of water lilies placed under the corridor, and under the water lilies, there were various colored koi.

Thinking about things in her heart, she fiddled with the water in the water tank, and was looking at it in a trance, when she suddenly remembered Yun Jiang's voice behind her, "The slave maid has seen Concubine Jing." ”

Lu Nianjin's eyebrows jumped, she withdrew her hand soaked in the water tank, gently wiped it with the handkerchief handed over by Yunshu, and handed the handkerchief back to Yunshu, and then looked at Concubine Jing unhurriedly, "Niangniang." ”

Concubine Jing's makeup and dress today are still as simple and simple as ever, she smiled slightly, took a few steps forward, and said softly, "The crown princess is really interested." ”

"It's not as good as a mother." Lu Nianjin retracted his gaze and said in a light tone.

Concubine Jing looked at her like this, the smile in her eyes deepened, and she stood side by side in front of the water tank, admiring the water lilies in the tank, and said, "How is the crown princess doing these days?" ”

"It's okay," Lu Nianjin said softly, trying her best to behave normally, and when the words fell, she looked at her and asked rhetorically, "Niangniang, knees...... Is it better? ”

Hearing Lu Nianjin mention her knees, Concubine Jing suddenly thought of the six hours she had been kneeling in Yilan Palace, and a cold glint flashed in her eyes, but it quickly returned to normal, and the corners of her pale lips hooked slightly, and said, "After rubbing the medicine, it's much better." ”

"That's good!" Lu Nianjin nodded.

She was afraid that she would not be able to restrain her temper, and was about to find a chance to leave, when Concubine Jing suddenly said, "Next month, it will be your aunt's death day, right?" ”

When Lu Nianjin heard her mention the Li family, her heart suffocated, it seemed to be the emotions of the original owner.

"What the hell is the mother trying to say?" Her face turned a little colder, and she forced the discomfort in her chest to frown and look at her and ask rhetorically.

"It's nothing," Concubine Jing exhaled like an orchid and smiled faintly, "It's just that I suddenly remembered that when I handed over your aunt's relics to you last year, it seemed that something was left behind." ”

Hearing Concubine Jing say this, Lu Nianjin only felt bad.

"What is it?" She asked in a deep voice.

"A letter," Concubine Jing looked at her with a blank eyebrow, and said word by word, "A letter that your aunt wrote to the general of Zhenguo before she got married, she wants the general to protect you and keep you safe and happy for the rest of your life, because ...... You are his flesh and blood. ”

The last sentence, Xu is too taboo, Concubine Jing deliberately suppressed her voice very low, and the sound of koi turning between the water tanks was only heard by the two of them.

Lu Nianjin didn't expect her to say such a thing, and for a while, the whole person was stunned.

She clenched her fists tightly, thinking about the truth and falsehood of Concubine Jing's words...... But I couldn't think of a positive result at all.

After all, it was a matter of the previous generation, not to mention that she didn't know it at all, even if she had heard of it, it was just a scaly claw, and she couldn't touch the deeper truth at all.

"What this palace said, don't you believe it?" Seeing that she was deep in thought, Concubine Jing asked lightly, then took out an envelope from her sleeve and handed it to her, "This is the original letter specially printed by the palace, the princess can take it back and compare it carefully to see if it is your aunt's authentic handwriting." And when you were born, the old people in the Chengguo Mansion should know...... The palace wishes the crown princess to find out her life history as soon as possible and return to her ancestors. ”

Lu Nianjin was silent.

Her face was so gloomy that she couldn't speak.

On the other hand, Concubine Jing had a relaxed face, after she finished saying what she should say, she bowed slightly, and then retreated.

After she took Aunt Ahuai away, Yun Jiang took two steps forward, looked at her master's extremely ugly face, and couldn't help asking, "Crown Princess, what did Concubine Jing tell you, why is your face so bad?" ”

"Nothing." Lu Nianjin said in a hoarse voice, she tightly squeezed the envelope hidden under the wide sleeves, her eyes drooped, and after a while, her face returned to normal.

"Let's go back." After feeling that she had calmed down, she turned around and said to Yun Jiang and Yun Shu.

As soon as the words fell, she saw another familiar figure walking towards her, it was Lu Jiayi.

Lu Jiayi was dressed in a fiery red dress, raised her chin, and walked in front of her step by step, "I've seen the crown princess," she saluted reluctantly.

Lu Nianjin glanced at her and paused for a moment before calling, "Little aunt, why are you here?" ”

Lu Jiayi straightened up, glanced at her with an unkind expression, and said, "Our aunt and nephew haven't seen each other for a long time, I wanted to talk to you, so I came out." ”

"Then I wonder what my little aunt wants to tell me?" Lu Nianjin raised his eyebrows and asked.

Lu Jiayi didn't speak immediately, but looked critically at Yun Jiang and Yun Shu beside her, and commanded from above, "You go down first, I have some private things to say to the crown princess, and it's inconvenient for you to listen." ”

Yun Jiang and Yun Shu are both Lu Nianjin's people, so naturally they won't listen to Lu Jiayi's orders, and the two of them looked straight at Lu Nianjin at the same time.

Lu Nianjin didn't let the two maids retreat, but rushed at Lu Jiayi, not angry and arrogant, "Little aunt, if you have anything to say, just say it, they are all my henchmen, don't shy away from it." ”

When Lu Jiayi heard this, she glared at her fiercely, pursed her lips embarrassedly for a while, and then spoke, "I just want to ask you, what color does the prince like?" ”

Lu Nianjin was silent suspiciously for a while, then raised his eyebrows and asked, "What color does the prince like, what does it matter to the little aunt?" ”

Lu Jiayi thought that her mind was obvious enough, and now that she was choked by Lu Nianjin like this, she only felt that she was being ridiculed, and immediately raised her eyebrows, blushed, and glared at her, "Ask you what, you just say it, how can there be so many whys, do you still have my little aunt in your eyes?" ”

Lu Nianjin only reacted after Lu Jiayi blushed, and her little aunt didn't know when she actually empathized and fell in love with Xiao Xun!

"You say!" Seeing that Lu Nianjin was shaking again, she urged impatiently.

Lu Nianjin was called back to her senses, she squinted, and looked at this flying little aunt from head to toe, thinking about the stories that might happen to her and Xiao Xun in the future, a touch of starlight jumped out of her eyes, and said, "Okay! ”

"What is the prince's favorite color?" Lu Jiayi asked, with a rare hint of shyness on her face.

"Xuanxi."

"What is the prince's favorite jewelry?"

"Black Pearl."

"What kind of snacks does the prince like?"

"White sugar cake."

"What kind of incense does the prince like?"

"Roses."

"What books does the prince like?"

"The Broken Intestine Collection of the Talented Girl Zhu Shu."

……

Later, Lu Jiayi asked many questions, and Lu Nianjin said the opposite.

Lu Jiayi asked the back, and finally became a little suspicious, she looked at her suspiciously and asked, "What you said is true?" ”

"Naturally it's true, how dare I lie to my little aunt," Lu Nianjin deliberately made the appearance of the original owner when he was punished by Lu Jiayi in the past.

When Lu Jiayi heard this, she immediately stopped doubting it and left satisfied.

It's late afternoon in a blink of an eye.

Seeing that the banquet for the prince was about to begin, the former dynasty suddenly came to preach the decree that the prince was assassinated at a ten-mile slope outside the city, and now he was injured, so he could only return to the hotel to recuperate.

This meant that the banquet had to be postponed for a few days.

In the main hall of Kunning Palace, on the phoenix seat, the queen looked compassionate, sighed, looked at the concubines and women in the palace and said, "You have also heard, the prince of the palace is injured, and the banquet can only be postponed. ”

When the inner and outer wives heard the queen say this, they hurriedly said with a smile, "The prince will be assassinated, this is something that no one expected, where can I blame Niangniang, Niangniang really doesn't need to blame herself." ”

One person spoke, and many others echoed him.

When the queen heard this, she just smiled wistfully, and then arranged for someone to send the internal and external women out of the palace.

Because of their noble status, Concubine Lu and Concubine Jing walked in front of the internal and external women, but Concubine Ning, who had fallen out of favor, never left, and when all the internal and external women were gone, she was still sitting there steadily.

Seeing this, the queen couldn't help but turn her head sideways and asked, "Concubine Ning, what else is going on?" ”

Concubine Ning nodded, and then looked at Lu Nianjin with an embarrassed face, "Back to the queen, the words of the crown princess, it's like this, the little princess has always cried at night during this time, and the nurse can't coax it well, and the pediatric doctor from the hospital came a few, and they couldn't say why they came, so they ......."

"Do you want the crown princess to help you see the little princess?" The queen asked directly.

Concubine Ning nodded a little embarrassedly and said, "Niang Niang Minghui, that's what the concubine meant." ”

The queen wrinkled her eyebrows, and looked at Lu Nianjin again, "What does the crown princess mean?" ”

Lu Nianjin pondered for a moment, after all, he still couldn't save a child from death.

Thinking like this, she looked at Concubine Ning and said, "Let the palace people bring the little princess over." ”

Concubine Ning heard her say this, but a touch of reluctance flashed on her face, she pursed her lips, looked at Lu Nianjin and explained, "Forgive me, the little princess cried all night last night, and she couldn't fall asleep until I went out in the morning, she is still so young, I really can't bear to watch her suffer." ”

Lu Nianjin didn't like Concubine Ning originally, but now when he heard her behave like this, he was immediately unhappy, glanced at her coldly, and said, "The little princess was born for only a few months, and she won't leave, what is the burden, if you want to say that she is affected, it is also the nurse who is affected." ”

Concubine Ning was so stunned by Lu Nianjin that she couldn't refute it for a while, and after a while, she said faintly, "The princess is precious, and the little princess really can't deserve the princess to run in person, the princess, please wait a moment, I will let someone go to Qixiang Palace to bring the little princess over." As she spoke, she gave a look to the greenery beside her.

Lu Wufu bent down, bowed and retreated.

It didn't take long for her to take the nurse and bring the little princess over.

As Concubine Ning said, the little princess's physique is indeed not good, and when Lu Nianjin first saw her face, he solemnized his face and took a deep breath.

This kid really doesn't look like a long-lived one.

A pulse, sure enough, in addition to the deficiency in the womb, there is also the carelessness of the usual palace people.

And with too much medicine, her whole body is now like a barrel with a missing base.

Vitality passed quickly, and even if she made a move and used up the best medicinal materials in the world, I am afraid that she would not be able to last for a month.

The queen saw that Lu Nianjin's face was unprecedentedly solemn, as if she had noticed something, she asked tentatively, "Jin'er, how is the little princess's body?" But can it be cured? You can rest assured, as long as you can cure the little princess, you can prescribe whatever medicinal herbs you want, even if the hospital does not have it, the palace will also tell the emperor and collect it from the people. ”

Lu Nianjin heard the queen say this, she turned her head to look at her, her face was calm, she sighed, and said, "It's too late." ”

"Too late?" The queen repeated these four words, her face changed in an instant, she tightly grasped the handrail of the phoenix seat under her hand, and asked rhetorically, "What did you say that it was too late?" ”

Lu Nianjin looked back at the little princess in the nurse's arms, and said regretfully, "It's too late for Concubine Ning to bring the little princess to find her daughter-in-law, the little princess has now reached the end of the crossbow, and she can't be cured at all, even if she uses all the good medicinal materials in the hospital, it's ...... It won't last more than a month. ”

As soon as her words fell, Concubine Ning immediately fainted.

"Come on, quickly carry Concubine Ning to the side hall, and then invite the imperial doctor!" The queen watched Concubine Ning faint, and hurriedly ordered Yao Huang under her hand.

Yao Huang received the order, and while ordering someone to carry Concubine Ning, he asked someone to go to the Tai Hospital to ask the Tai Doctor to come over.

The imperial doctor quickly rushed over, and after he checked Concubine Ning's pulse, he was angry, prescribed medicine, and drank two meals.

Concubine Ning thought of the little princess, but she refused to drink the medicine.

The queen had no choice but to ask the emperor to come over.

The emperor didn't expect that he hadn't seen the little princess for a few days, and the child would only have more than a month to live, and immediately, his love for Concubine Ning and the little princess revived.

even made a holy decree to let Lu Nianjin stay in the palace to take care of the little princess, and asked people to prepare a step and personally send Concubine Ning back to the palace.

And the little princess stayed in Kunning Palace.

In the political hall, Xiao Xun was busy with the assassination of the prince of the Japanese princess, and rushed to pick up Lu Nianjin before the palace gate was locked, but after arriving at Kunning Palace, he was told that the emperor had ordered Lu Nianjin to stay in the palace to take care of the little princess.

After hearing the news, his face immediately darkened, and as soon as he grasped Lu Nianjin's hand, his eyebrows were gloomy, and he couldn't refuse, "Return to the National Master's Mansion with this palace." ”

"But," Lu Nianjin turned to him, and stopped talking with a look on his face, "The emperor asked me to stay in the palace to take care of the little princess." ”

"It's not safe in the palace, if it's just for the little princess, just let people take her back to the National Master's Mansion." Xiao Xun said.

Lu Nianjin frowned, "Will the emperor agree to this?" ”

Xiao Xun looked into her eyes and said firmly, "Naturally!" ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the ministers behind him, and the ministers understood and immediately retreated.

Not long after, when he came back, he brought the emperor's edict over.

The emperor didn't want the two of them to take the little princess back to the National Teacher's Mansion, the little princess only had one month to live, and the emperor hoped that she could stay in Qixiang Palace.

"What about me?" Lu Nianjin looked at the minister and asked.

"Back to the crown princess, the emperor didn't force you to stay in the palace, after he calmed down, he only asked you to record a copy of the prescription for treating the little princess to the imperial doctor, and let the imperial doctor do as he did."

"I understand," Lu Nianjin nodded, and then asked someone to prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Yun Jiang went out to get it in person, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were soon ready.

Lu Nianjin picked up the pen and wrote down the prescription Zizi who treated the little princess carefully, she wrote it in detail, after she finished writing, she was afraid that the doctor would not understand, so she asked the doctor who was the best at pediatrics in the hospital to come over, and planned to talk to him carefully about how to take care of the little princess.

Here, in Kunning Palace, she was talking to the imperial doctor.

On the other side, in the Qixiang Palace, a loud cry suddenly burst out, it was the voice of the nurse, "Concubine Ning, the little princess is dead!" ”

"What did you say, the little princess died?" When Concubine Ning heard this, she seemed to be crazy, climbed out of bed, and ran desperately towards the little princess's room.

After arriving in the little princess's room, she cautiously stretched out her hand and probed the tip of the little princess's nose.

There was no breath left.

Suddenly, her eyes turned red, and the whole person fell directly backwards, fainting again.

"Mother, mother!" Lu Wu came in from the outside, and just saw Concubine Ning fainting, she stepped forward quickly, calling Concubine Ning while asking people to ask for a doctor.

When the little eunuch outside heard this, he ran towards the hospital without saying a word.

When the imperial physician rushed over, the emperor who got the news also came, he sat on the side of Concubine Ning's bed, held her hand tightly, and comforted sadly, "Ai Concubine, little princess, she has gone to another world...... You mourn, and in the future, we will have other children. ”

"No!" Concubine Ning cried, she grabbed the emperor's clothes, buried her face in the emperor's chest, choked up, and said in pain, "No, the emperor, even if we have children in the future, it won't be like this, our little princess, she will never come back in the future......"

The emperor didn't understand this truth, what he said just now was just to comfort Concubine Ning.

The imperial doctor didn't expect that Concubine Ning would wake up before he arrived, and now, he could only stand aside and wait for the emperor's orders.

Concubine Ning kept leaning on the emperor's arms and crying for a long time.

At the end of the cry, she fell asleep unconsciously.

The emperor put her on the bed distressedly, looking at her frowning brows and red eyes that were still frowning in her dream, he raised his hand, caressed her eyebrows distressedly, and then looked at the imperial doctor, "Come here, give Concubine Ning a good look, and see if there is anything wrong with her body." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The imperial doctor agreed, knelt on the ground, crawled towards Concubine Ning on the bed, and then took a pulse pillow and put it under her arm, carefully checking her pulse.

After two quarters of an hour, he let go of Concubine Ning's hand, withdrew the pulse pillow, looked at the emperor and said, "If you go back to the emperor, Concubine Ning Niangniang only fainted because the little princess died suddenly and was too sad. ”

The emperor was slightly relieved when he heard the imperial doctor say this.

As long as it does not affect fertility, there will always be children in the future.

He waved his hand at the Imperial Doctor.

The doctor went down to prescribe medicine.

After seeing the imperial doctor leave, Gonggong Fu walked in from the outside at the right time, bowed down and walked to the emperor's side, and said, "Your Majesty, the little princess's mourning hall has been arranged, do you want to move over now to see the little princess for the last time?" ”

The emperor did not respond to Gonggong Fu's words.

His face was gloomy, and after a while, he suddenly said, "Go and call the crown prince and the crown princess!" ”

“…… Yes, Your Majesty! Father-in-law Fu hesitated for a moment before agreeing, because he knew that the emperor was angry with the crown princess.

But what does this have to do with the crown prince and the crown princess!

He sighed, thinking so in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and said yes, and walked out.

What he didn't expect was that as soon as he walked out of Qixiang Palace with his front foot, he saw the crown prince and the crown princess standing at the foot of the steps with his back foot......