However, in half a day, Miss Fan's affairs have spread all over the six palaces. In the later generation of little girls, according to rumors in the palace, Miss Fan was the first to be "fortunate to be on top", so the ladies inquired about each other's news, and they were waiting to see how the queen would deal with it.

After returning from the Guanjia Palace, the queen returned to the normal state of joy and anger, handled the affairs of the harem in an orderly manner, and then described the scene of Miss Gao's ceremony to Jinshang at the dinner, and then mentioned Miss Fan casually, saying that Miss Fan is getting older, and she is no longer willing to let her adopted daughter out of the palace, so please take Miss Fan by her side so that they have no risk of separation.

Yixi's words were calm and calm, which made Imajo a little embarrassed, but in the end, he still pushed the boat down the river and "invited from him".

So the queen allocated another pavilion to Miss Fan to live, and the palace people in the pavilion added a lot, and then discussed related matters with the palace order and the Shang Palace, and chose an auspicious day to wait for the official seal today.

The six palaces were in an uproar, and there were many versions of the reason for this matter, among which there is a saying that the queen adopted Miss Fan, and she wanted to share the favor of Zhang Beauty with her, and Miss Fan "seduced" Jinshang, which was also instructed by the queen. Many people heard that I had glimpsed a little about the affairs of the Rouyi Palace, and they all asked me with great interest, but I kept silent, and they asked me at least to describe the queen's expression when she learned about it, and asked me if she was very proud at that time, and I did not respond, and even said "I never saw it" to Miao Zhaorong.

I don't know if this was expected by the queen, but the only thing I know for sure is that the drop of water was not rain falling from the sky. But I won't tell anyone about it, and I don't think the current queen bothers to justify and prove anything.

has not yet been sealed, and now she has often gone to Miss Fan's Pavilion, and there are many speculations about her name. Today, the concubine is the royal servant, generally the first to seal the imperial servant, a little focus on the key points at the same time to seal the county or the county monarch, not in the five products of the women, and then slowly move up in the future. But now it is rumored in the palace that Miss Fan is the son of a good family and the adopted daughter of the queen, so the emperor intends to give her a higher rank, and she will be named a talented person or a noble person at the beginning, and even a beauty of the fourth grade.

When this was mentioned, most of the ladies were dancing with their eyebrows, almost as if they were optimistic, and it was not difficult to guess why, they were all waiting to see the new beauty overwhelm the old one.

Zhang Meiren was made restless by these rumors, and often stayed behind the court hall to wait for Jinshang, and after many times, Jinshang couldn't help but say bluntly, asking her not to come again. The news spread, and it became the laughing stock of the six palaces.

Presumably, Zhang Meiren did not give up seeking countermeasures. In those days, the people in her pavilion were very busy, and it was common for Granny Jia or her eunuchs to go in and out of the inner and outer palaces, with a calm face and a hurry.

"She wants to discuss it with Jia Xianggong again." Miao Zhaorong said privately, "But this time the official family accepted a new favorite was suggested by the queen, Fan Guanyin has a good background, even if Jia Xianggong admonishes, the official family has a reason to refuse and ignore it." ”

She was right, but the drought that has continued since last winter has made things uncertain.

Monarchs have always been afraid of natural disasters, and every time there is a catastrophe, some ministers will ask the emperor to reflect on himself, saying that he is wrong in his administration, which causes the heavenly changes.

It was still not raining in March, so the officials were worried, not only avoiding the main hall, reducing regular meals, but also frequently praying for rain in the palace, exhausting all kinds of rain prayer techniques, and even leading the palace people and eunuchs to burn incense and pray, but never saw the rain from the sky.

Prime Minister Jia Changchao admonished at this time, saying that there were too many women in the palace, and he invited people out of the palace to prevent the catastrophe. Jinshang also agreed, and after returning to the palace, he ordered to take the palace registration, and chose some people who were not very close to him to be released from the palace.

On this day, there is still a rain prayer ceremony in the palace, and today as usual, he wrote a congratulatory speech, and when he put pen to paper, Zhang Meiren suddenly stepped forward and said: "The concubine heard that the congratulatory speech should be written in the blood of the praying person, which is enough to show her sincerity." The concubines have been favored by His Majesty for many years but have not been able to repay them, and they pray for rain today, but please use the blood of your concubines to fulfill your long-cherished wish of the concubines for the king. ”

Before he finished speaking, he flashed a dagger and slashed at his left arm.

Seeing the blood dripping, Jinshang was shocked, grabbed her arm, pinched the wound, and called someone to bandage it. Zhang Meiren gently pushed him away, insisted that someone bring a cup, and dripped some blood before he was willing to bandage the wound.

Jinshang was greatly moved, comforted and rewarded repeatedly, Zhang Meiren just smiled and said: "But I can share the worries for Your Majesty, what a pity for the concubine to have some flesh and blood." Then he softly urged him to write a congratulatory message.

The last step of the ritual on this day is to summon the palace people who have been released from the palace, and then show the sincerity of accepting the advice and cutting the palace maids. After the Shang Palace named them one by one and let these palace people pay their respects, Zhang Meiren stood up tremblingly, bowed up and down today, and said: "This drought lasts for a long time is extremely rare, if the people who go out of the palace are only dispensable, it is difficult to show the sincerity of Your Majesty and the six palaces to pray for rain." The concubine's adopted daughter, Xu, has always been loved by the concubines, but now that the sky has fallen into a catastrophe, the concubines are willing to give up the love of mother and daughter, and let Xu out of the palace, hoping to feel the will of heaven and seek rain to eliminate disasters for the monarch. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, two more ladies who had been close to her on weekdays also came out to bow down, expressing their willingness to let their adopted daughter out of the palace. Today, I groaned and didn't say a word for a long time. The rest of the concubines present who had adopted daughters were like sitting on pins and needles, and after a while, another lady knelt down to second, and this time, they knelt down one after another, and they all expressed their willingness to give up their adopted daughter. Most of them must not have such intentions, but in such a scene, if they do not express their stance in public, they will appear to be unwilling to make the slightest sacrifice, as if they are disloyal to the monarch and patriotic.

Seeing this, Zhang Meiren smiled faintly, stroked her chest and gasped slightly: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, now that the six palaces are united, they are all willing to give up their adopted daughters out of the palace. After that, he turned his head to look at the queen and asked softly: "Queen, the concubine is not wrong?" ”

The queen did not answer, but turned to the present and bowed: "Your Majesty, now there is only one adopted daughter of the concubine in the palace, whether to go or stay, but it is up to Your Majesty to decide." ”

Today silently looked at the sky with his hands in his hands, his face solemn. After a while, he said, "I will make plans after consulting with the prime minister tomorrow." ”

The result of the discussion with Jia Xianggong can be imagined. Under the strong approval and even instigation of Jia Changchao, it is now decreed that more than a dozen girls below the queen's adopted daughter Fan and Zhang Meiren's adopted daughter Xu will be released from the palace.

The atmosphere of the final farewell ceremony was extremely miserable, several pairs of mothers and daughters hugged each other and cried silently, Miss Fan ran to the queen's feet after finishing the salute today, and bowed down and cried: "Sorry, I was wrong......

The queen pulled her up, wiped her tears for her, thought about it, stopped talking, and finally only sighed and held her in her arms with tears.

When it was Miss Xu's turn to salute, there was a little accident. She knelt down in a daze, but when Granny Jia saw that she didn't move again, she reminded her to say goodbye to Jinshang, but she suddenly became excited, turned around and walked a few steps on her knees, grabbed Zhang Meiren's skirt, and cried: "Why did my sister drive me out?" ”

Zhang Meiren was startled, and when she reacted, she made a sad gesture and said: "My sister is reluctant to let you go, but if you are reluctant to leave the palace, this rain will ......."

"It's not! My sister doesn't like me at all! Miss Xu didn't want to hear her at all, and cried and complained, "Your favorite is Youwu...... Haven't looked at me since you gave birth to her...... I think, if Youwu is gone, you should be better to me, but you still don't want to see me, and you treat Sister Zhou better than me......"

"Youwu ......" Zhang Meiren seemed to be stabbed by this name, and read these two words in a low voice, and suddenly grabbed Miss Xu's arm with both hands, almost pinching her fiercely, with a fierce look in her eyes: "It's you, it turns out to be you......"

Miss Xu screamed in pain and struggled desperately. Seeing that the situation was not good, Granny Jia hurriedly came over and pulled them away, took Miss Xu in her arms, covered her mouth with her hands, and covered it up: "This child is too sad and his brain is a little unconscious, so this ceremony will be waived for the time being." Then he frequently glanced at Zhang Meiren.

Zhang Meiren was stunned, gradually calmed down, and then made a thin smile, and said softly to Miss Xu: "Silly child, my sister doesn't like you, who else can I like?" Go back, and my sister will come to see you later. ”

Granny Jia was instructed by Zhang Meiren, half hugging and half dragging Miss Xu out, Miss Xu struggled to shake her head, and there was a sound of "woo" in her covered mouth, but she couldn't spit out a word, and tears flowed down Granny Jia's fingers.

Relatively speaking, Miss Fan and the others walked calmly, no one resisted, but they all hid their faces and wept. They drove out of the palace gate, a group of more than ten palace cars, fragrant dust rolling, mourning, just like this all the way out of the imperial city.

Watching them drift away, I suddenly remembered that the women in this palace had all gone out crying when they left the imperial city.

Or, there are always exceptions. I think.

For example, Qiuhe, when she leaves the palace in the future, she will be full of joy, because the life she is looking forward to is like a scroll, and it will slowly unfold in front of her at that time.

Another example is the princess, she was born in the palace, but she will not live in it for the rest of her life, one day, she will find a concubine for her, and send her out of the palace in a beautiful way...... The emperor is on top of the temple, and all the people he sees all day long are all handsome for a while, and he will choose a son-in-law for his only daughter in the future, and I don't know what kind of outstanding person he will choose...... When the princess came out, her heart must have been happy......

I looked into the distance and wanted to be engaged, but I didn't notice anyone approaching, and I didn't react until she shook her hand in front of me a few times, and when I looked at it, it was Qiu He.

"What are you thinking?" She smiled lightly and asked, because she had cried for Miss Fan just now, and now her eyes were still red, "Why are you sighing?" ”

"Huh?" I asked, "Did I sigh?" ”

Miss Fan and others still did not see rain after leaving the palace for a few days, and now in a fit of anger, Jia Changchao was dismissed as the envoy of Wusheng Festival, sentenced to the Daimyo Mansion, and concurrently served as the pacification envoy of Hebei, and demoted him out of the capital.

The day before the announcement of the resignation of the prime minister, Granny Jia worked hard in the inner and outer palaces, and finally returned in vain, and the details about the resignation of the prime minister of Jia Changchao were shaken out by the busy people who paid attention to her.

It turned out that after the palace people were released, they did not wait for Gan Lin, so they privately discussed with the Taiwanese official Li Khan Zhi, Li Khan said: "Your Majesty has almost done all the methods of praying for rain, but the section of 'exempting the three princes' in the story of the Han disaster has not been done." ”

Because of Fan Guanyin's matter, he was already quite annoyed with Jia Changchao, and after hearing this, he became more and more inclined to have the idea of rejecting the prime minister, so he asked Gao Ruone's opinion in the imperial history, and Gao Ruone also said bluntly: "Yin and yang are not in harmony, and the responsibility lies with the prime minister." ”

The minister Hong Fan seconded the proposal, and mentioned that Jia Changchao had quarreled with Wu Yu in the court many times, saying: "If the minister is not solemn, then the rain will not be from time to time." ”

Today, the case was auctioned, and the court was immediately ordered to lock the court and draft an edict to let the Hanlin Academy write the system of rejecting the prime minister.

If there is a major event such as drafting an edict, the Hanlin Academy must first lock the door of the academy and cut off contact with the outside world to prevent leakage of secrets. Granny Jia originally bribed one or two of the emperor's attendants, but at this moment, the attendants saw that they had summoned the ministers to discuss the affairs of the Jia Chang dynasty, and immediately notified Granny Jia.

Granny Jia and Zhang Meiren were very anxious and intended to contact the Jia family's henchmen, but at this moment, the court had dispersed, and those courtiers had already left the palace. Granny Jia then found an excuse to go out of the palace gate, but was stopped by Mr. Zhang Maoze, saying that it was too late, and she couldn't come back before the palace gate was closed, so she must not go out now. Granny Jia returned in a huff, and later ran to the gate of the Hanlin Academy to watch, but was driven back by the guards. It was easy to wait until dawn and then go to the academy, but when she saw that the door of the academy was wide open, the scholar held the book high and walked away under her watchful eyes, and entered the vertical arch hall to face the king. About half an hour later, Jia Changchao, who had already retired, came out of the hall dejectedly......

And since his resignation, the rain has been pouring down for several days.

These things were described by the ladies vividly, and the listeners usually laughed, but the princess asked faintly after hearing this: "Then will Sister Fan come back?" ”

Miao Zhaorong didn't answer, called Jiaqingzi and Xiaojing'er, and asked them to accompany the princess to the courtyard to swing.

"If you send it out in the name of praying for rain, how can you come back?" After the princess left, Miao Zhaorong said to the surrounding ladies.

Yu Jieyu also sighed: "Think about Guanyin, this child is pitiful, who dares to marry a woman who has served the official family?" In the future, I can only be a sister-in-law. ”

"Isn't it?" Miao Zhaorong casually dialed the flowers in the vase beside him, "It's like a good peach blossom, just after the first bloom this spring, it was cut down and burned as firewood." ”